BUC Worship Service – October 13
Balzac Pastoral Charge
Of the United Church of Canada
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Minister: Rev. Kelly Grittner
Music Ministry: Lee Dowan & Dr. Alex Shawn
Prelude: Thanksgiving Hymn – C. Curtis
Welcoming and Announcements
Service link
Bulletin link
Reflection link
choir link
Land Acknowledgement
“As we gather together, we acknowledge that we are meeting on the unceded territories of the nations of Treaty 7. May we live with respect on this land, and in peace and friendship with its people.”
Lighting the Christ Candle
We live in a time of turmoil
It can be hard to find peace in the world or in our hearts
In these anxious times, we turn to the light of Christ to ground us, to guide us, to comfort us
May this light be our peace, always.
Amen
Amen
Introit I’ve Got Peace Like a River VU 577
Call to Worship
With our hearts overflowing with thankfulness,
we are called to gather and praise you, O God.
We bring the bounty of your creation.
We gather here to thank you for the abundance of our fields and our gardens
We bring the bounty of your creation.
We gather to thank you for the trees and flowers that beautify our world
We bring the bounty of your creation.
We gather to thank, worship, and praise you for the talents that you have developed in us
We bring the bounty of your creation
We gather to thank, worship and praise you for all that we have received in abundance.
Opening Prayer
God is great, God is good; let us give thanks for our food.
By your hand may all be fed; make us, God, your daily bread. Amen
Hymn Now Thank We All Our God VU 236
Scripture Reading
Matthew 6: 25-33 “Do not worry what you eat or drink”
Reflection: “All Things are Possible with God” Listen to the relection here
Choir – Offering of Music Rejoice! Give Thanks! Celebrate! J. Martin – Listen to the choir here
Presentation of the Offering
Offertory Response What Can I Do? MV 191
Offertory Prayer
Generous Abundant God, you fill our lives with blessings.
We respond with joy and celebration.
These offerings are the symbols of our lives.
Where we can go, may we be a blessing.
Where we cannot go, bless these gifts to go for us. Amen
Prayers for the Day & 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 For the Fruit of All Creation VU 227
COMMISSIONING
We may have arrived here with some worries.
Let us leave with gratitude for our blessings.
We may have arrived here with our sorrows.
Let us leave with joy for the gifts of our lives.
We may have arrived here seeking nourishment.
Let us leave ready to give thanksgiving for God’s abundant creation.
Go in gratitude, in joy and with thanksgiving!
Postlude Let All Things Now Living arr. J. Sanborn