Dear friends,
A COMMUNION SERVICE AND OUR ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING will be held next week on Sunday, October 6. After the Communion service, we will gather in the lower hall of the CEC for the annual meeting, then enjoy sandwiches, coffee and tea, together, provided by the Session. We encourage folks to bring along their favorite dessert to share with everyone. Copies of the Annual Report are available at the back of the sanctuary. Please review the Annual Report beforehand, and don’t forget to bring your copy to the meeting on October 6!
OUR GOSPEL READING continues in Mark 9: 38-50, “Anyone Not Against Us Is for Us”, and “Temptations to Sin.” In the first portion of our reading, Jesus teaches important lessons on discipleship and humility. The passage begins with John reporting to Jesus about someone casting out demons in his name, but Jesus tells them not to stop him, emphasizing that anyone not against them is for them. One commentator notes, “This phrase (“he was not following us”) does not deny that the man was a follower of Jesus; he was casting out demons in Jesus’ name. Probably what is meant is that he is not an adherent of the Twelve. Without taking away the prerogatives of the Twelve, but sensing their pride and exclusivism, Jesus refuses to denounce the one they are talking about. Instead, he teaches that the support and fellowship of all who support his cause should be gratefully acknowledged.”
Order of Service
Prelude
Welcome
Call to Worship
Hymn: “In Christ Alone” (vs 2&3 en français)
Prayer of Adoration
Prayer of Confession
Declaration of Grace
The Lord’s Prayer
Children’s Time
Hymn 750: “How deep the silence of the soul” (Sung to 671)
Responsive Reading: Psalm 124
Gloria Patri
James 5: 13-20 (en français BFC– English on the screen)
Mark 9: 38-50
Sermon: “Tempted to sin?”
Confession of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed
Hymn 399: “Spirit, spirit of gentleness” (vs 2&3 en français)
Offering and Offertory
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Hymn 727: “Let there be light”
Benediction
Go now in peace
Postlude