OrderofService - Roxboro United Church

Order of Service

ciad mile failte
(One Hundred Thousand Welcomes: Scottish Gaelic)

The Congregation of Roxboro United Church welcomes you to our worship.
We are pleased you are here to come close to God and neighbour.
Here find a place to call home; here find the sacred time you need;
here find welcome for your faith and doubt; anger and joy; compassion and pain;
here find acceptance for who you are, for you are made in God’s image.
*Words printed in Bold are congregational responses *Stand at Bold Headings*

Today’s bulletin is sponsored by Lynda Scardocchio
in memory of Frank, greatly missed husband and father.

Committees of Our Church / AGM 7 March 2010

Prelude

Opening Responses
Today we gather for worship and work.
   They go hand in hand.
Our financial decisions,
our offering to serve the church whether on a committee
or through personal time, treasure and talent
come out of our conviction
that Christ has called all of us to serve as disciples.
   Our ministry is rooted
      in the biblical witness of Jesus’ first disciples
         and inspired by the Holy Spirit,
            so we worship with open hearts and minds;
              seeing where God will lead us.

Hymn MV145
Draw The Circle Wide

Time with the Children

Building the Cross

Anthem

Table Group Time

Presentation of Gifts
Offering

Hymn MV162
Christ, Within Us Hidden

Decisions & Commitments: AGM

Prayer After the Meeting
Ever-present God, our meeting has ended,
but life in you begins anew.
   We thank you for the freedom in which we gathered
      and for the privilege of being called to serve
         in this congregation.
For the decisions we have made,
   and the visions we have glimpsed;
for the challenges we meet,
   the joys and successes we celebrate, we thank you.
Bless each of us, we pray,
as we return to our families and homes.
   Help us to carry out the work that is now before us,
      and keep us faithful, each in our own unique ways,
         to the light, the truth, and the life of Jesus
           in whose name we rejoice and go forth.

Hymn MV154
Deep In Our Hearts

Closing Responses
From where we are to where you need us,
   Jesus, now lead on.
From the security of what we know
to the adventure of what you will reveal,
   Jesus, now lead on.
To refashion the fabric of this world
until it resembles the shape of your kingdom,
   Jesus, now lead on.
Because good things have been prepared for those who love God.
   Jesus, now lead on.

Sung Benediction (2x)
The peace of the earth be with you,
   The peace of the heavens too.
The peace of the rivers be with you,
   The peace of the oceans too.
Deep peace falling over you, God’s peace growing in you.

March Worship

March 7 Lent 3                              Isaiah 55.1-9; Psalm 63.1-8
   10h30 Worship in Hall / AGM 1 Corinthians 10.1-13; Luke 13.1-9
March 14 Lent 4                            Joshua 5.9-12; Psalm 32
   10h30                                           2 Corinthians 5.16-21; Luke 15.1-3, 11b-32
March 21                                        Lent 5 Isaiah 43.16-21; Psalm 126
   10h30                                           Philippians 3.4b-14; John 12.1-8
March 28 Palm/Passion               Luke 19.28-40; Psalm 118.1-2, 19-29
   10h30                                           Isaiah 50.4-9a; Psalm 31.9-16
                                                        Philippians 2.5-11; Luke 22.14-23.56