Dear friends,
THIS SUNDAY, our Interim Moderator, the Rev. Dr. Roland De Vries will be leading us in worship.
OCTOBER 16 IS WORLD FOOD DAY and ECS – Ecumenical Community Services (scosaintlambertecs.ca) is kindly asking congregants to help stock its Foodbank on Sundays October 13 & 20. The demand is higher than ever due to increased food prices. Therefore, please consider donating 3-5 unexpired food items selected from the list below:
Canned Food: Fruit, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Soup.
Breakfast Food: Juice, Cereal, Peanut Butter, Jam.
General Food: Coffee, Cookies, Cake or Cookie Mixes, Flour, Sugar, Pasta and Sauce, Kraft Dinner, Mustard, Ketchup, Salad Dressings, Side-Kicks, Jello or Pudding, Granola Bars.
Household Items: Toilet Paper, Kleenex, Tooth Paste, Soap Bars, Dishwashing or Laundry Soap.
Your contributions will be received with gratitude. On behalf of all ECS volunteers, best wishes and Thanksgiving blessings.
CONGREGATIOINAL WORKDAY – As we move into the autumn season there is a lot of work that needs to be done around the church to get prepared for winter. Please join with the Board of Managers next Saturday, October 19 at 10 am. We will meet in the lower hall of the CEC for a cup of coffee as we discuss the work plans for the day. Please bring a bag lunch and plan to stay until mid afternoon. Please also bring along any tools you have that might be helpful for cutting back the bushes and cutting down the flowers in the garden. There is scraping and painting and staining to do. Windows and window sills to be cleaned, air conditioners to be removed. Lots of opportunity for everyone to exhibit their handyman skills.
OUR THANKSGIVING OFFERING this year (the yellow envelope in your envelope box marked October 13) has been designated to the Pavilion Marguerite de Champlain Shelter (pavillonmarguerite.com), which has been providing refuge, on the South Shore of Montreal since 1983, for women and their children who are victims of domestic violence.
Our scripture lesson this week is from the book of Deuteronomy. This specific text is often read and explored on Thanksgiving Sunday, and we will explore together what it means to be a people who have their life from the land that God has created and given to us. You may find the title of this week’s sermon a little odd—Satisfactions of the Mad Farmer—but it comes from the title of a wonderful poem by the equally wonderful poet and writer, Wendell Berry. He was for many years a Professor of Literature, but then returned to his historic family homestead as a farmer.
Order of Service
Prelude
Welcome
Call to Worship
Hymn 803 “Come, ye thankful people, come”
Prayer of Adoration
Prayer of Confession
Declaration of Grace
The Lord’s Prayer
Choir Anthem – “We gather together”
Children’s Time
Hymn 807 “We plough the fields and scatter” (1, Eng, 2,3 French)
Responsive Reading: Psalm 65
Gloria Patri
2 Corinthians 9: 6-15
Deuteronomy 8: 7-18
Sermon: “Satisfactions of the mad farmer”
Confession of Faith: Living Faith 8.3.1 – 8.3.3
Hymn 39: “God of mercy, God of Grace”
Offering and Offertory
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Hymn 457: “Now thank we all our God.”
Benediction
Go now in peace
Postlude