WORSHIP

OPENING SENTENCE                  

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted.                       Isaiah 61.1                                                             

 

OPENING HYMN    On Jordan’s Bank, the Baptist’s Cry          

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 WELCOME & TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 

         

Welcome to those gathering with us on line and in person today! We will be following an order of service for Morning Prayer as we observe Remembrance Sunday today.

As we gather for worship today we acknowledge that we gather on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Syilx people of the Okanagan and we commit ourselves to the ongoing work of truth telling and reconciliation in our words and actions.

 

LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLES (first verse of hymn on insert)

 

 

CONFESSION  

      

Compassionate and merciful God, you have gathered us together in the name of your Son, to receive your grace and mercy in our time of need.

Open our eyes to see the evil we have done. Touch our hearts and draw us to yourself. Where sin has divided and scattered, may your love make us one again; where sin has brought weakness, may your power heal and strengthen; where sin has brought death, may your Spirit raise up new life.

 

Give us a new heart to love you so that our lives may reflect the image of your Son. May the world see the glory of Christ revealed in your Church and come to know that he is the one whom you have sent, Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord.

 

Almighty God, have mercy upon us, we pray. Pardon and deliver us from all our sins, confirm and strengthen us in all goodness, and keep us in eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

GATHERING

 

The kingdom of God is at hand: O come, let us worship.

 

CANTICLE           The Song of Zechariah

 

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; *

he has come to his people and set them free.

He has raised up for us a mighty Saviour,*

born of the house of his servant David.

Through his holy prophets he promised of old, that he would save us from our enemies, *

from the hands of all who hate us.

He promised to show mercy to our fathers*

and to remember his holy covenant.

This was the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, *

to set us free from the hands of our enemies.

Free to worship him without fear, *

holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.

You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the most high, *

for you will go before the lord to prepare his way,

To give his people knowledge of salvation*

by the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our God*

the dawn from on high shall break upon us,

to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, *

and to guide our way into the way of peace.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; *

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

 

 

FIRST READING    Isaiah 35.1–10

PSALM             Psalm 146.4–9

Praise him, heaven of heavens, *

 and you waters above the heavens.

 Let them praise the name of the Lord; *

        for he commanded, and they were created.

 He made them stand fast for ever and ever; *

        he gave them a law which shall not pass away.

 Praise the Lord from the earth, *

        you sea-monsters and all deeps;

  Fire and hail, snow and fog, *

        tempestuous wind, doing his will;

 Mountains and all hills, *

        fruit trees and all cedars

 

SECOND READING       James 5.7–10

 

GRADUAL HYMN    When the King Shall Come Again   

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ANNUNCIATION and MAGNIFICAT  

Duet Rev. Phil Benmore and Sandi Paterson

 

GOSPEL READING    Matthew 11.2–11

 

SERMON

 

CREED                    (Hear, O Israel)

 

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,

with all your mind, and with all your strength.

This is the first and the great commandment, and the second is

like it:

Love your neighbour as yourself.

There is no commandment greater than these.

 

 

OFFERTORY HYMN       Stay Awake, Be Ready   Please see Insert

 

 

PRAYERS OVER THE GIFTS

 

God of hope, renew in us the joy of your salvation and make us a living sacrifice to you, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord

 

 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

 

Al, Alice, Annette, Beryl, Brenda, Brynlee, Callie, Carol, Darlene, Darrell, Dave & Bev, David-Anthony, Doreen, Dylan, Effie, Emily, Frances, Gabe, Gavin, Gene & Ken, Graham, Heather, Heather, Jackie, Janessa, Janet, Jean, Jodi, Judy, Karen, Kathleen & Team, Ken, Kristina & Family, Lee, Lori, Maureen, Michelle, Nathan & Chloe, Pat, Pauline, Pauline, Peter, Ralph, Sarah, Shelagh, Simone, Spencer & Diana, Sue, Zoë

 

 

COLLECT OF THE DAY

 

God of power and mercy, you call us once again to celebrate the coming of your Son. Remove those things which hinder love of you, that when he comes, he may find us waiting in awe and wonder for him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER             (sung)                        R.Langdon

Our Father, who art in heav’n, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heav’n.

Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive them that trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;

for thine is the kingdom and pow’r and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS               (Beth)

 

THE SENDING

        

         May the Christ who walks on wounded feet    

walk with you on the road.

May the Christ who serves with wounded hands

stretch out your hands to serve others.

May the Christ who loves with a wounded heart

open your hearts to love.

May you see the face of Christ in everyone you meet,

and may everyone you meet see the face of Christ in you. Amen.

 

 

DISMISSAL

 

As we await our coming Saviour, go in the peace of Christ.

Thanks be to God.

 

SENDING HYMN      Hark, a Herald Voice Is Sounding

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