WORSHIP

 

 

OPENING SENTENCE

Lord, you are indeed the Saviour of the world. Give us living water, that we may not thirst.

 

OPENING HYMN     Come, let us Sing                       Green Book   GB90

                                                                                                             

GATHERING

O Lord, open our lips.          And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

O God, make speed to save us.    O Lord, make haste to help us.

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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.

 

WELCOME & TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Welcome to those praying with us on line and here in person. We’ll be following an order of service for Morning Prayer on this Third Sunday of Lent.

 

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.

 

THE PENITENTIAL RITE

Seek the Lord with all your heart, call upon him when he draws near; let the wicked forsake their ways and, the evil ones their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, and God will have compassion and will richly pardon.

 

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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 Lord is full of compassion and mercy:          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               Exodus 17.1–7

 

PSALM          Psalm 95

Come, let us sing to the Lord; *

            Let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *

            and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.

For the Lord is a great God, *

            and a great king above all gods.

In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *

            and the heights of the hills are his also.

The sea is his, for he made it, *

            and his hands have molded the dry land.

Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *

            and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *      

           Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!

Harden not your hearts, as your forebears did in the wilderness, *

            at Meribah, and on that day at Massah, when they tempted me.

They put me to the test, *

            though they had seen my works.

Forty years long I detested that generation and said, *

            “This people are wayward in their hearts; they do not know my ways.”

So I swore in my wrath, *

            “They shall not enter into my rest.”

 

Psalm Prayer

Creator of all, we give you thanks for a world full of wonder, but above all because you have called us into a holy fellowship with you and with each other. Guide us in the ways of this your new creation, rooted and grounded in Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

SECOND READING                         Romans 5.1–11

 

GRADUAL HYMN        How Great Thou Art             Green Book   GB50                          

                                                                                                                                   

GOSPEL READING            John 4.5–42

 

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        O God, Beyond All Face and Form                         CP412

 

PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS

Spring of life and Source of goodness, receive all we offer you this day, and bring us to the living water, Jesus Christ, your Son our Lord.

 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

Al, Alice, Annette, Ben & Jen, 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, John, Judy, Karen, Kathleen & Team, Ken, Kristina & Family, Lee, Mary, Maureen,

Nathan & Chloe, Pat, Patti, Pauline, Peter, Ralph, Sarah, Shelagh, Simone, Spencer & Diana, Sue, Zoë

 

COLLECT OF THE DAY    Please join with me as we pray the Collect together

Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ gives the water of eternal life, may we always thirst for you, the spring of life and source of goodness; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER                 (sung) Gordon Light

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name;

Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth, as in heav’n.

Give us to-day our daily bread; forgive us our sins as we forgive

those who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom the power and the glory are yours;

Now and forever, Amen.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

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

Go in peace to observe a holy Lent!         Thanks be to God!

 

SENDING HYMN   This is the Day                     Green Book       GB 40

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​St. Saviour’s Anglican Church
250 492 4325 – stsav@shaw.ca – www.stsaviourspenticton.ca
Deacon: Reverend Richard Simpson - Deacon: Reverend Pat Simons
Bishop’s Warden: Pat Rowles – People’s Warden: Beth Hook

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