Dear friends,
THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship.
SUMMER SERVICES IN AUGUST at St. Andrew’s will continue. The theme for August is simplicity. What does a simple service look like? It looks a lot like our pre-COVID services! There won’t be any livestreaming on YouTube or a projector screen. Instead, we’ll sing from the hymnbooks, just like we used to and we can follow along with the scripture readings using the pew bibles. Sunday School will be taking a break, and coffee hour will be replaced with refreshing lemonade – perfect for those hot summer days. Let’s embrace simplicity, relax and enjoy the summer season! We still need some people to sign-up for serving the lemonade so please consider taking a turn in August, if you are able.
PLEASE NOTE there is ongoing construction on Green Street keeping Green from Oak to Notre Dame closed, Birch is now a two-way street accessible from Desaulniers.
OUR NEW TESTAMENT LESSON is Ephesians 1: 3-14, “Spiritual Blessings in Christ”. The Apostle Paul praises God for the spiritual blessings bestowed upon believers through Christ. He explains that God chose us before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. Through Christ’s sacrificial love, we are redeemed and forgiven. John Calvin, the 16th century Reformer adds, “The full certainty of future happiness rests on the revelation of God’s love to us in Christ, which God makes in the gospel.”
Order of Service
Prelude
Welcome
Responsive Call to Worship
Hymn 438: “When morning guilds the skys” (vs 2&4 en français)
Prayer of Adoration and Confession
Declaration of Grace
The Lord’s Prayer
Children’s Time
Hymn 648: “I’m gonna live so God can use me”
2 Samuel 6: 1-5, 12b-19 (en français BFC – English on the screen)
New Testament Lesson: Ephesians 1: 3-14
Sung Psalm 24 Hymn 13
Gloria Patri
The Gospel: Mark 6: 14-29
Sermon: “It’s all about who is the true king?”
Confession of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed
Hymn 704: “Teach me God to wonder” (vs 3 en français)
Offering and Offertory
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Hymn 746: “What a friend we have in Jesus” (vs 2 en français)
Benediction
Go now in peace
Postlude