BUC Worship Service – Mar 3
Pastoral Charge of the United Church of Canada
Lent 3
Sunday March 3, 2024
Minister: Kelly Grittner, DLM
Music Ministry: Lee Dowan and Dr Alex Shawn
Prelude: Brethren, We Have Met to Worship – arr. K. Renfrow
Welcoming and Land Acknowledgement
“As we gather together, let us pause to remember that we live, work and worship on lands that are, by law, the unceded territories of the nations of Treaty 7. As Christ’s people, may we be people of love, of truth, and of reconciliation. May we live with respect on this land, and in peace and friendship with its people.”
Welcome and Announcements
Service Link
Bulletin link
Hymn Link
Reflection Link
Gathering as God’s People
Announcements & The Blessing Bank
Lighting of the Christ Candle
Jesus Christ is the light of the world
We light this candle as a sign that God, through Jesus, is always with us.
Opening Reading & Response
“To Worship” “Kneeling in Jerusalem” Ann Weems
Choral Response I Am the Dream MV 106
Call to Worship
As we travel this Lenten pathway,
we journey together, a community of faith.
As we travel this Way of Jesus,
we journey together, but also alone.
Practising our faith:
living Christ’s call
to love God with all that we are,
to love our neighbour
as we love ourselves.
Practising our faith:
As stewards on the Way
Opening Prayer
God of the hungry times,
God of the difficult times,
God of all the times of our lives,
we need to talk.
Sometimes it’s difficult to understand
the direction we need to go.
With all the choices we have in our lives,
sometimes we’re not sure
when to say “Yes,”
or when to say “No.”
So we ask for your guidance.
We ask for wisdom.
We ask for Spirit.
In our worship, in our work, in our choices, in our lives.
May it be so, loving God! Amen.
Hymn God of the Sparrow VU 229
SCRIPTURE READINGS
Luke 10:25-37 The Parable of the Good Samaritan”
REFLECTION “If you lose, I lose” Listen to the Refection here
Hymn We Are Pilgrims (The Servant Song) VU 595
Offertory & Presentation of the Offering Trust and Obey – arr. K. Renfrow
Dedication of the Offering
The bills and the coins
and the numbers in the bank
are symbols of the work of our hands,
loving God.
We offer them to you,
that they would be signs and symbols
of our worship
as they go out into the world.
May they be used in ways
that bring healing and wholeness
to all creation. Amen.
Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven.
hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those
who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory,
forever and ever. Amen
Hymn We Have This Ministry VU 510
Commissioning & Blessing
Let’s go into the world as people of gratitude.
Let’s go into the world as people of hope.
Let’s go into the world as people of joyfulness.
Let’s go into the world ready to share Christ’s love!
And let us go knowing this: we are never, ever alone.
The peace of Christ holds us,
the love of the Creator enfolds us,
and the wings of the Holy Spirit carry us,
today and always. Amen!
Postlude How Firm a Foundation – arr. K. Renfrow