BUC Worship Service – September 14, 2025
Balzac United Church
September 14, 2025 –Pentecost 14: Season of Creation
Guest Minister: Rev. Robert Mutlow
Music Ministry: Lee Dowan, Dr. Alex Shawn
Pianist: Michelle Johnston
Prelude:
Welcome and Announcements
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Bulletin link
Special music solo link
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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.
Lighting The Christ Candle – Introduction: Season of Creation 2025
Call to Worship: Garden of Peace – Isaiah 32.14-18
Come, let us worship God, the Creator of all things, who calls us
To dwell in peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, in quiet resting places.
Come, let us follow the Lord Jesus Christ,
who reconciles all things and leads us in the way of right relationships.
Come, let us walk in the footsteps of Jesus,
seeking healing for creation and peace for all people.
Come, let us move with the Holy Spirit, the breath of life,
bringing renewal to the earth and restoring the harmony of Creation.
Come, let us praise the Creator in this Season of Creation 2025,
reviving the land, calling us to be peacemakers with all of Creation.
Opening Hymn: All Creatures of Our God and King VU 217 vs.1,2,3 & 5
Opening Prayer
Beloved Christ, who spoke “Shalom” to frightened hearts
stir us to compassionate action.
Inspire us to work for the end of conflict,
and for the full restoration of broken relationships—
with you, with the human family, and with all Creation.
Prince of Peace, through your wounds, teach us to stand in solidarity
with the woundedness of others, of creation, and of the world.
Through your resurrection, make us people of hope—
with a vision of swords turned into ploughshares
and tears transformed into joy.
May we come together as one family, to labor for your peace—
where all your people may dwell in safety, and rest in quiet places. Amen.
Time for Young and Young at Heart:Fall: New Beginnings
Hymn: I’m Gonna Shout, Shout MV 183
Candles of Joy, Concern, & Sorrow
Congregation members come forward and light candles – prayer requests.
May our prayers rise like incense, a song of love for all Creation.
We thank the Lord for giving life to all Creation!
We thank God for our neighbors’ life, human and non-human alike.
We share the hope and the sufferings of our siblings in the whole Creation.
In communion with the waves of the sea, with the waves of the trees,
We recite Psalm 139:14 together, knowing that we are loved and forgiven.
“God, I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” Amen
Hymn: There is Room for All (3X – Seated) MV 62
Scripture Readings:
First Reading: 1 Timothy 1.12-17 – Paul’s Conversion
Gospel Reading: Luke 15.1-10 – Lost Sheep & Lost Coin
Special Music: At This Table Solo by: Dr. Alex Shawn
Message: A Place at the Table(There is room for all at Jesus’ Table)
Hymn: Come In, Come In and Sit Down VU 395
Time of Offering
Offertory:
Prayer of Dedication
Prayers of the People & Our Father
Communion:
Closing Hymn: Make Me a Channel of Your Peace VU 684
Benediction
Postlude: