Service Sunday June 1, 2025
Pride Sunday; Environment Sunday;
National Indigenous Peoples Month begins
All are Welcome!
Worship Leader: Rev. Max Ward
Music Director: Melissa Stephens
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The Gathering
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS:
FOCUSING ON THE LIGHT OF CHRIST:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TERRITORY: In Unison
Let us, in this place, remember, acknowledge, and give thanks for Indigenous and Metis Peoples, who have been the stewards of this territory since time immemorial. Especially in this place, we honour and acknowledge the Williams and Robinson Treaties that were made with the Original Peoples. May the work of reconciliation and right relations continue among us.
THE APPROACH
CALL TO WORSHIP:
One: When we gather, we cannot help but find that all of our voices unite as one.
ALL: Strong and brave, our spirits sing in such harmony, for we sing to God gathered round Christ’s love and humanity.
One: So let us lift our voices as we sing…
Written by Jim McKean, while at Severn Shores U.C., Severn, Ont.
Gathering, Easter*Lent 2025, p.44. Used with permission.
HYMN: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” VU #291
1 Each little flower that opens,
each little bird that sings,
God made their glowing colours,
God made their tiny wings. Refrain
Refrain
All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful:
in love, God made them all.
2 The purpleheaded mountains,
the river running by,
the sunset and the morning
that brightens up the sky; Refrain
3 The cold wind in the winter,
the pleasant summer sun,
the ripe fruits in the garden:
God made them every one. Refrain
4 The rocky mountain splendour,
the lone wolf's haunting call,
the great lakes and the prairies,
the forest in the fall; Refrain
5 God gave us eyes to see them,
and lips that we might tell
how great is God our maker,
who has made all things well. Refrain
A NEW CREED: Spoken in Unison
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.
MINISTRY OF MUSIC:
LEARNING TOGETHER:
HYMN: “Draw the Circle Wide” MV #145
Refrain
Draw the circle wide. Draw it wider still.
Let this be our song, no one stands alone,
standing side by side, draw the circle wide.
1. God the still-point of the circle,
‘round whom all creation turns;
nothing lost, but held forever,
in God’s gracious arms. Refrain
Refrain
Draw the circle wide. Draw it wider still.
Let this be our song, no one stands alone,
standing side by side, draw the circle wide.
2. Let our hearts touch far horizons,
so encompass great and small;
let our loving know no borders,
faithful to God’s call. Refrain
3. Let the dreams we dream be larger,
than we’ve ever dreamed before;
let the dream of Christ be in us,
open every door. Refrain
THE WORD
Scripture: Revelation 22:12-21
Leader: Hear and listen to what the Spirit is saying to the church.
ALL: Thanks be to God.
MESSAGE:
“Revelation Revealed”
OUR RESPONSE
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE and THE LORD’S PRAYER: (sung VU #960)
HYMN: “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” VU #602
1 Blest be the tie that binds
our hearts in Christian love;
the unity of heart and mind
is like to that above.
2 Before our Maker's throne
we pour our ardent prayers;
our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
our comforts and our cares.
3 We share each other's woes,
each other's burdens bear;
and often for each other flows
the sympathizing tear.
4 This glorious hope revives
our courage on the way;
that we shall live in perfect love
in God's eternal day.
AFFIRMING MOMENT:
PRESENTATION OF OUR OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY PRAYER
Through the peaks and valleys of life, you accompany us, O God. We offer these gifts so that stories may be shared of encounters with you on the road of life. Amen
Written by Laura J. Turnbull, Penticton, B.C.
Gathering, Easter*Lent 2025, p.48. Used with permission.
SUNG BLESSING: VU #574 vs 4
4 Come to my heart, O thou wonderful love!
Come and abide, come and abide,
lifting my life till it rises above
envy and falsehood and pride:
seeking to be, seeking to be
lowly and humble, a learner of thee. ©
SENDING FORTH:
A Time of Fellowship
© Music Reproduced with permission under License number A-605748, Valid for: 26/10/2024 - 25/10/2025; One License - Copyright Cleared Music for Churches.
