WORSHIP service FEBRUARY 5 2023
FIFTH sunday AFTER EPIPHANY
Winter Floral Arrangement in the Sanctuary (Photo courtesy of D. Cuppels)
Reflection: "Salt and Light"
Rev. Wendy Noble
Below
is a shortened version of the live Sunday service,
which had more
music and prayers and a social time before and after.
PRELUDE:
When Morning Guilds the Skies (Laudes
Domini) by J. Barnby.Norman Abbott, piano.
Public
Domain.
WE
GATHER AS GOD'S PEOPLE:
--Acknowledgement of the
Territory:
We acknowledge
that we live, work, worship on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe or Chippewa Nations), the Haudenosaunee
(Iroquois and Oneida Nations), the Lenape (Delaware People), the
Attawandaron (Neutral Nation or Algonquin people) and the Wendat (Huron
People). Guided by the wisdom of their traditions and their
ancestors, they have been taught that the circle of life is embraced and
embracing. Let us carry on this wisdom. May
we live our lives moving gently in creation, listening, learning and
striving to be people of reconciliation. Let us live into right
relations with love and respect for all.
--Lighting the Christ Candle
--Hymn VU679, Call to Worship, Opening Prayer and the Lord's Prayer
WE HEAR GOD'S WORD:
--Scripture
Isaiah 58: 1-9
Matthew 5: 13-20
--Ministry of Music:
-Now We Are Ambassadors...from St. Paul by F. Mendelssohn.
Duet by James Traquair, tenor, and Mitch
Rowat, baritone,
accompanied by N. Abbott, piano. Public Domain. -How Lovely Are the
Messengers...from St. Paul by F. Mendelssohn. Sung by the church
choir. Public
Domain.
--Reflection: "Salt and Light" by Rev. Noble
WE RESPOND IN LOVE:
--Prayers of the
People
--Offertory Solo:
O Lord, I Sing Thy Praises (KILLIN melody). Gaelic hymn.Translation
L. MacBean.
Performed by Choral
Scholar Karen Hu, soprano, and
N. Abbott, piano. Public Domain.
WE WALK IN GOD'S WAY:
--Hymn VU642 Be Thou My Vision
--Blessing & Commissioning
POSTLUDE: Jerusalem by C.H. Parry. Performed by N.
Abbott, organ. Public Domain.
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THE ABOVE SECTIONS OF THE SERVICE