Dear friends,
THIS SUNDAY, our Interim Moderator, the Rev. Dr. Roland De Vries will once again be leading us in worship. This Sunday is World Communion Sunday, and so we will be celebrating the Lord’s Supper.
OUR SERMON FOR THIS SUNDAY will focus on the story of Jonah—specifically, the time he spent in the belly of the fish, and how he prayed from that deep and dark place. We will think about this way of prayer from the point of view of our own lives. We all have our own challenges in life, and we can explore the story of Jonah for wisdom and for spiritual nourishment in the face of our challenges.
Order of Service
Prelude
Welcome
Call to Worship
Hymn 293: “Come thou almighty King”
Prayer of Adoration
Prayer of Confession
Declaration of Grace
The Lord’s Prayer
Choir Anthem: “Gather us in”
Children’s Time
Hymn 202: “We lay our broken world, in sorrow at your feet”
Responsive Reading: Psalm 111
Gloria Patri
Luke 17: 5-10 (en français BFC – English on the screen)
Jonah 1: 17 – 2: 10
Sermon: “Praying from the Belly of a Fish”
Hymn 298: “Glory be to God the Father”
Offering and Offertory
Apostles’ Creed and Invitation to the Table
Hymn 534: “All who hunger, gather gladly.
Lord’s Supper with Great Prayer of Thanksgiving
Hymn 11: “The Lord’s my Shepherd” (1-3 en français)
Benediction
Go now in peace
Postlude