PRELUDE:  Hiding in Thee by I. D. Sankey.   Norman Abbott, organ.  Public Domain.          
 

WE GATHER AS GOD'S PEOPLE:

--Lighting the Christ Candle

--Acknowledging the Territory:

People have lived on this land for thousands upon thousands of years. This land on which we gather is the traditional land of the Anishinaabe (the Ojibwe or Chippewa Nation), the Haudenosaunee (the Iroguois, and the Oneida Nation), the Lenape (the Delaware People), the Attawandaron (the Neutral Nation or Algonquin People) and the Wendat (Huron People). We worship the Creator on this land and acknowledge with respect the thousnads of years of ceremony and relationship that are etched in footprint, fire, and faithfulness on the soil and rock that surrounds us.   From P. Chynoweth, Gathering, Pentecost 1 2023).

--Hymn (VU374, Come and Find the Quiet Centre), Call to Worship, Opening Prayers, Hymn (VU367, Come Down, O Love Divine)

           Beautiful Isle of Somewhere by J. P. Pounds and J. S. Fearis.   Performed by Norman Abbott, tenor, on
           piano.  Public Domain.

--Message:  "Two, or Three? Belief and Unbelief"  by M.  Rowat.

--Prayers of the People

Prelude:

Scripture:

Ministry of Music:

Message:

Prayers of the People: 

Offertory Ministry of Music:

Postlude: