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.

                     
 

PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING AUDIO FILES ONE AT A TIMEIME
TO HEAR THE ABOVE SECTIONS OF THE SERVICE


Prelude: When Morning Guilds the Skies

   

Scripture

 

Ministry of Music:

 

Reflection:

   

Offertory Solo:

 

 

Prayers of the People: 

   

 

Postlude: Jerusalem

    

 

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