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1 12 May 16th: Women s Institute, Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Theme World Affairs. May 17th: Moms & Tots at 9:30 a.m. May 18th: Friday, Men s coffee group meet at 9:30 a.m. Youth Choir Practice at 4:30 p.m. May 22nd, Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. Official Board Meeting May 24th, Thursday 6:30 p.m. Circle of Grace Drumming All welcome. Pine River United Church Chicken BBQ will be Wednesday, June 13th, The tickets are now available. We will be in the church foyer each Sunday or you may contact Wendy or Lee The sign up sheet for desserts, also in the lobby. Please help where you are able. June 23rd: Kincardine Pride Parade at 11:00 a.m. Silver Lake Auction Fundraiser Saturday, June 23th. Fundraiser Auction for the new dining hall for Silver Lake United Church Camp. Sign up sheet in the front lobby The Walker House presents: JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE Paddy and Jane Walker take a trip through time!! Sunday, May 27th, 2018 at the Kincardine Legion. Dinner at 6:00 p.m., Entertainment at 7:30p.m. Tickets available at Penetangear and Miller Insurance. Sharing Table is now downstairs...please deposit or take what you wish. Food Bank: This week we are collecting paper items or anything else would be greatly appreciated. Hamilton Conference Prayer Cycle: As a church we are called to pray for each other and our mission in the world. This week keep in prayer our brothers and sisters at South Cayuga Community Church. May 13th, th Sunday of Easter and Christian Family Music Director Patt Lowry Organist: Dianne Rotteau Greeters: Jan Kelly & Beth MacKenzie Minister: Rev. Vicki Johnson Phone: revvickijohnson@gmail.com Minister s Line: Church: pineriverchurch@hurontel.on.ca Website: 1

2 A warm welcome to Pine River United Church. May this time of worship offer you strength for the week ahead. * INDICATES AN INVITATION TO RISE IN BODY OR IN SPIRIT. CONGREGATION MAY RESPOND WITH THE PARTS PRINTED IN BOLD. We acknowledge that we gather here on traditional Saugeen Ojibway territory. We give thanks for the stewardship of the land by the indigenous peoples of Canada throughout the ages. GATHERING WELCOME AND GREETING - KYLE SMELTZER THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE COMPANIONSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL. And also with you. LIGHTING OF CHRIST CANDLE - SHELDON BOYD WE LIGHT THE CHRIST CANDLE THIS MORNING AS A REMINDER THAT JESUS IS WITH US AND WE ARE ALL PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOD. OPENING HYMN: MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE MORE VOICES # 820 (PSALM 100) (WITH INSTRUMENTS, PLEASE) CALL TO WORSHIP: (RESPONSE) - KURTIS SMELZER WE GATHER AS A FAMILY IN GOD S LOVE. The young, the old, the in-between. WE GATHER IN COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND BEFORE GOD. Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers; all of us children of God; all of us together as one family in faith. WE GATHER AS GOD S PEOPLE. We gather is God s presence. Let us worship God! AND TO GOD S WORLD. MAY WE GO IN CONFIDENCE AND PROMISE FOR GOD IS WITH US. AMEN. (written by Bob Root, Gathering L/E 2018, pg. 49. Used with permission) GO NOW IN PEACE (PLEASE BE SEATED) Go now in peace. Never be afraid God will go with you each hour of every day. Go now in faith, steadfast, strong and true. Know He will guide you in all you do. Go now in love, and show you believe Reach out to others so all the world can see. God will be there, watching from above. Go now in peace, in faith, and in love Words and Music by Nancy Price and Don Besig Copyright 1988, Harold Flammer Music Thank you to everyone who assisted in the service today. Please join us downstairs for refreshments and fellowship. Upcoming Church Services May 20th: With Doug Brown from Chesley Rev. Vicki is on study leave, if there is a pastoral emergency please contact Rev. Gord Dunbar at May 27th: UCW Service June 3rd: Presentation by Beth MacKenzie & Hailey Hartwick Thank you to everyone who came out to help make Shepherd s Pies. Very much appreciated. 2 11

3 10 OTHERS IN EMPOWERING WAYS. LET THE GIFTS WE OFFER TODAY SERVE GOD S DREAMS AND VISIONS FOR THOSE BOTH NEAR AND FAR. (written by Gloria Wray, Gathering L/E/P, 2011, pg. 43. Used with permission) * HYMN: WHAT CAN I DO? MORE VOICES # 191 (SUNG TWICE) * PRAYER OF DEDICATION (IN UNISON) HALLE ARMSTRONG MOST BLESSED GOD, WE KNEEL BEFORE YOU THIS DAY AND OFFER THE TREASURES OF OUR LIVES. We place here our resources, our work, our hopes for this church, our dreams for this world. MAY YOUR LIGHT SHINE UPON THESE GIFTS AND UPON ALL OF US WHO OFFER THEM, EMPOWERING US TO BE WISE AND GENEROUS AND OPEN TO NEW UNDERSTANDINGS. Amen. (written by Gloria Wray, Gathering L/E/P, 2011, pg. 43. Used with permission) ANNOUNCEMENTS, JOYS AND CONCERNS REID POLLOCK WE LIFT US ALL OF THESE JOYS AND CONCERNS TO GOD. * HYMN: JESUS, YOU HAVE COME TO THE LAKESHORE VU # 563 * BLESSING AND SENDING FORTH MAGGIE AND SARAH DURNIN AND NOW, WARMED BY THE SUSTAINING MEMORIES OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS, STRENGTHENED BY THE FAMILIES WE HAVE CHOSEN FOR OURSELVES, KNOWING OUR MEMBERSHIP IN THE GREAT FAMILY OF GOD, WE LEAVE THIS TIME AND PLACE OF WORSHIP: WITH HEARTS OPEN, WITH FAITH STRONGER, WITH PURPOSE CLEARER TO BE GOD S FAMILY TO ONE ANOTHER OPENING PRAYER (IN UNISON) SHELDON - GOD OF LOVE, ON THIS CHRISTIAN FAMILY SUNDAY, WE PRAY FOR ALL FAMILIES CREATED AND BLESSED BY YOUR LOVE. SENIORS: We thank you for old family photographs and precious memories of loved ones; for the ability to dream dreams and for the wisdom to interpret them. CHILDREN: We thank you for helping hands and warm hugs; for people and pets who love us ADULTS: We thank you for relationships that grow dearer with time; for the laughter and the stories that bind us together CONFIRMANDS: We thank you for good friends and new ideas, for all that the future will hold, and for the confidence and hope to Envision it. SHELDON: WE ARE CALLED TO BE THE CHURCH - THE FAMILY OF GOD IN EVERY AGE. ALL TOGETHER: Today we renew our commitment to one another and the journey we share in covenant relationship. Amen. WORD SCRIPTURE READING: GENESIS 9:8-17 COLE SNOBELEN GOD S COVENANT WITH NOAH JEREMIAH 31:31-34 CARSON RUTLEDGE A NEW COVENANT GROWING WITH GOD: (AT THE SOUND OF THE RAINSTICK ANY YOUTH ARE INVITED TO COME FORWARD) SADIE POLLOCK AND KATE LEPPINGTON 3

4 ANTHEM WOULD YOU BLESS OUR HOMES AND FAMILIES (The Candidates for Confirmation will come forward during the choir anthem) RENEWAL OF BAPTISMAL FAITH (CONFIRMATION) TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE RENEWAL OF BAPTISMAL FAITH AND CONFIRMATION OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: Halle Armstrong Sheldon Boyd Sarah Durnin Maggie Durnin Kate Leppington Reid Pollock STATEMENT OF PURPOSE PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES PROFESSION OF FAITH AND PROMISES CONGREGATIONAL COMMITMENT Sadie Pollock Carson Rutledge Kyle Smeltzer Kurtis Smeltzer Eve Snobelen Cole Snobelen AS A CONGREGATION, LET US PLEDGE TOGETHER OUR CONTINUING SUPPORT AND CARE FOR THESE CANDIDATES FOR CONFIRMATION: We will continue to support, walk with you, and grow with you. With God s help, we will live out our baptism as a loving community in Jesus Christ: nurturing one another in faith, upholding one another in prayer, encouraging one another in God s work. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AS WE AFFIRM OUR FAITH TOGETHER BY SAYING A NEW CREED WE MAY TURN TO YOU AS OUR MOTHER WHO LOVES US, AS: Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. THE BODY OF CHRIST, GIVEN FOR YOU. THE CUP OF PROMISE, POURED OUT FOR YOU. THE GIFTS OF GOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. COME, FOR ALL THINGS ARE NOW READY. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Life-giving God, may we, who share Christ s body, live his risen life; we, who drink his cup, bring new life to others; we, whom the Spirit lights, give light to the world. Keep us firm in the hope you have set before us, so that we, and all your children, will be free, and all creation will live to praise your name. Amen. OUR RESPONSE TO THE WORD SPECIAL MUSIC: MAGGIE DURNIN, SARAH DURNIN, CARSON RUTLEDGE INVITATION TO THE OFFERING EVE SNOBELEN PARTICIPATING IN WHAT GOD IS DOING IS A GIFT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. BEING PART OF SOMETHING LARGER THAN OURSELVES GIVES LIFE MEANING AND CONNECTS US WITH 4 9

5 PRAISE: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. WE GATHER AT THIS TABLE TO REMEMBER THAT ON THE NIGHT BEFORE HE DIED, JESUS ATE WITH HIS FRIENDS, HE TOOK A LOAF OF BREAD, AND AFTER BLESSING IT, HE BROKE IT AND GAVE IT TO THEM, SAYING: TAKE, EAT. THIS IS MY BODY, GIVEN FOR YOU. EACH TIME YOU DO THIS, REMEMBER ME. THAT SAME NIGHT, JESUS ALSO TOOK A CUP, AND AFTER GIVING THANKS, PASSED IT TO HIS FRIENDS, SAYING: DRINK. THIS CUP, POURED OUT FOR YOU, IS THE PROMISE OF GOD. WHENEVER YOU DRINK IT, REMEMBER ME. WE REMEMBER JESUS DEATH AND CELEBRATE HIS RESURRECTION; WE AWAIT WITH HOPE HIS COMING AGAIN TO BRING PEACE AND JUSTICE TO THE EARTH; AND WE PROCLAIM THE MYSTERY OF OUR FAITH Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. SEND, O GOD, YOUR HOLY SPIRIT UPON US AND WHAT WE DO HERE, THAT WE AND THESE GIFTS, TOUCHED BY YOUR SPIRIT, MAY BE SIGNS OF LIFE AND LOVE TO ONE ANOTHER, AND TO THE WORLD. THROUGH CHRIST, WITH CHRIST AND IN CHRIST, IN THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ALL GLORY IS YOURS, GOD MOST HOLY, NOW AND FOREVER. Amen. WE GATHER THESE, AND ALL OUR PRAYERS, THANKFUL THAT AFFIRMATION OF FAITH - A NEW CREED VU # 918 We are not alone, we live in God s world. We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit. We trust in God. We are called to be the Church: to celebrate God s presence, to live with respect in Creation, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God (PLEASE BE SEATED) PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND POURING OF WATER GOD BE WITH YOU. And also with you. LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS. We lift them to God. LET US GIVE OUR THANKS TO GOD. It is good to give God thanks and praise. THE ACT OF RENEWAL OF BAPTISMAL FAITH (CONFIRMATION) LAYING ON OF HANDS PRESENTATION OF CONFIRMATION CERTIFICATES AND BIBLES. DECLARATION AND CONGREGATIONAL WELCOME (PLEASE STAND AND JOIN WITH ME IN WELCOMING THESE PEOPLE INTO OUR FAITH COMMUNITY AND CONGREGATION) INTO THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH, 8 5

6 6 WE WELCOME YOU WITH JOY AND THANKSGIVING. We are members of the Body of Christ. We are inheritors of God s promise. In the name of Christ, we welcome you. BLESSING THE PEACE MUSIC REFLECTION EVE SNOBELEN AND HALLE ARMSTRONG * HYMN: LET US TALENTS AND TONGUES EMPLOY VU # 468 SERVICE OF THE TABLE BECAUSE THERE IS ONE BREAD, WE WHO ARE MANY ARE ONE BODY for we all partake of the one bread. IN CHRIST, GOD BREAKS DOWN THE WALLS THAT MAKE US STRANGERS TO OURSELVES, AND DIVIDE US FROM ONE ANOTHER. We are the body of Christ. AT THIS TABLE WE BEAR WITNESS TO OUR FAITH. AT this table, God brings wholeness out of brokenness, and healing to our world. LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER, AT THIS OPEN TABLE OF JESUS CHRIST, WHERE ALL ARE WELCOME, REGARDLESS OF DENOMINATIONAL AFFILIATION, AGE OR BAP- TISM. LET US EAT AND DRINK TOGETHER FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF OUR FAITH AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE WORLD. MAY GOD BE WITH US. God is here among us. LET US OPEN OUR HEARTS TO GOD. We open them to God and to one another. LET US GIVE THANKS TO GOD. It is right to give our thanks and praise. WE THANK YOU, GOD, CREATOR OF US ALL; FROM THE BEGINNING YOU MADE THE WORLD AND ALL ITS CREATURES. YOU MADE PEOPLE TO LIVE FOR YOU AND FOR ONE ANOTHER. WE PRAISE YOU, O GOD. We praise you, O God. YOU CREATED ADAM AND EVE AND GAVE THEM A GARDEN; YOU SHOWED NOAH A RAINBOW; YOU GAVE MOSES STRENGTH TO FREE YOUR PEOPLE AND TAUGHT MIRIAM TO SING; YOU GAVE COURAGE TO ESTHER AND LOYALTY TO RUTH; YOU GAVE DAVID A HARP TO SING YOUR PRAISE, AND HELPED HIM DEFEAT A GIANT. WE PRAISE YOU, O GOD We praise you, O God. YET, EVEN THEY TURNED AWAY FROM YOU AND FORGOT ABOUT YOU, AS WE DO TOO. BUT YOU DID NOT FORGET. YOU SENT JESUS TO THE WORLD TO SHOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE US AND TO BRING US BACK TO YOU AGAIN. WE PRAISE YOU, O GOD We praise you, O God. HE CAME AS ONE OF US, FIRST AN INFANT, THEN A CHILD, LATER A YOUTH, THEN AN ADULT. HE REJOICED WITH THOSE WHO REJOICED, AND WEPT WITH THOSE WHO WEPT. TO THE DESPAIRING, HE SPOKE A WORD OF HOPE. TO THE SICK, HE GAVE HEALING. TO THE HURTING, HE WAS A FRIEND. STILL, PEOPLE TURNED AWAY FROM YOU. THEY BETRAYED JESUS AND NAILED HIM TO A CROSS. BUT HE WAS LIFTED FROM THE GRAVE AND RESTORED TO LIFE, THAT HE MIGHT BE WITH US AND WE WITH HIM, ALIVE FOR EVERMORE! THEREFORE WITH ALL THE SAINTS OF EVERY TIME AND PLACE, WE JOIN THE ANGELS IN THEIR 7