BUC Worship Service – October 5, 2025

Balzac United Church
October 5, 2025, 10:00am
Guest Minister: Dr. Alex Shawn
Music Ministry: Lee Dowan, Dr. Alex Shawn

Prelude: Count Your Blessings arr. K. Renfrow

Welcome and Announcements

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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 of the Christ Candle
Call to Worship:
The roads we travelled today to this place helped us experience a small part of God’s beautiful creation. We glory in the foods that are produced in our midst:
The awesome diversity of corn and zucchini, squash and tomatoes, pumpkins, and green beans.
God feeds us through the warmth of sunshine, rain, and the rich soil. We are God’s creation partners who sow the seeds and keep threats to growth to a minimum.
We do our part as co-creators in our small corners.

And yet, God’s creations is so much bigger than we can imagine. The

universe is filled with things we have not even seen.

We cannot understand the whole picture of creation, but we can

move back from time to time to remember that we are not the only

ones God has created.

Let us worship our Creator God, with praise, with love, and with hope.

Opening Hymn: Take My Life and Let it Be VU #506

Opening Prayer:

Hymn: Come Touch Our Hearts MV #12

Scripture: Matthew 5:1–12

Message: The Beatitudes with an Attitude Dr. Alex Shawn

Hymn: Jesus Calls Us VU #562

Offertory: Give Thanks arr. C. Curry

Prayer of Dedication

Pastoral Prayer followed by the Lord’s Prayer

Closing Hymn: I Have Called You by Your Name MV #161

Commissioning and Benediction

Postlude: Open the Eyes of My Heart arr. M. Hyzer