Dear friends,
THIS SUNDAY Wilson Eyong 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 GOSPEL READING is taken from Mark 6: 30-34, 53-56, “Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand” and “Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret”. The first of these miracles describes Jesus welcoming back his apostles after they had been sent out to preach and heal. Seeing they were tired, he invited them to a quiet place to rest. However, a large crowd followed them, and Jesus, moved by compassion, began teaching them many things, likening them to sheep without a shepherd. Matthew Henry, a 17th century Presbyterian minister and author writes about the leftover bread and fish, “The provision Christ makes for those who are his is not bare and scanty, but rich and plentiful; an overflowing fullness”.
Order of Service
Prelude
Welcome
Responsive Call to Worship
Hymn 258: “Thine be the glory” (vs 2 en français)
Prayer of Adoration
Prayer of Confession
Declaration of Grace
The Lord’s Prayer
Children’s Time: “The role of the shepherd”
Hymn 11: “The Lord’s my shepherd” (vs 2&4 en français)
Responsive Psalm 150; Praise for God’s Surpassing Greatness
Gloria Patri
Old Testament: Jeremiah 23: 1-6 (en français BFC – English on the screen)
New Testament: Mark 6: 30-34, 53-56
Sermon: “Hear! Touch!”
Confession of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed
Hymn 570: “I have decided to follow Jesus”
Offering and Offertory
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Hymn 350: “To God be the glory” (vs 2 en français)
Benediction
Go now in peace