CENTRAL UNITED CHURCH Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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1 CENTRAL UNITED CHURCH Lunenburg, Nova Scotia The United Church of Canada Minister: Organist: Lay Reader: Sunday, June 19, 2016 Father s Day Rev. Grace Caines-Corkum Walter Delahunt Thelma Blinn centralunitedch@bellaliant.com Website: Scent-free Policy at Central United We encourage everyone to recognize that some members of our Church family are very sensitive to strong odours. There is a designated seating area for this purpose. The music for the weekly sung responses (e.g. Gathering, Offering) is available on laminated sheets which are located in the Narthex. Prelude Greetings THE APPROACH Gathering Music: Spirit of Springtime (Insert - verses 1 & 3) ***Please remain seated for the singing. (Sing once) Spirit of springtime in creation s garden, tingling the senses, tickling the earth, sap that is rising where the seed was sleeping, push for a new world coming to birth! Fresh as the rain that washes clean our vision, keen as the wind on Pentecost day, bright as the Spirit in the life of Jesus, bold as the mindset thinking his way. (Jillian Bray/Shirley Erena Murray) Central United Used with Permission LicenSing One License A CCLI

2 2 Hymn: Bring Many Names VU 268 Invitation: One: Today is Father s Day! A day to honour our families Embracing young and old, blood relations and heart relations, and church family relations One: We celebrate fathers And honour the spouses that make men into families One: We celebrate fathers And honour the children that make men into fathers One: Ordinary men and ordinary families bound together with extraordinary love and generosity But in families parents pattern their lives after Jesus caring for the smallest and most vulnerable among us. One: Ordinary as they may seem we celebrate the place of men in our lives, in our homes and in our church family And we say thank you for their place of love and care, nurturing and loving as Jesus taught us all to be. (Based on a resource by Daryl Webber Ebenezer P.C., Campbellville, Ont. Gathering Pentecost I, 2013 p. 29) Welcome

3 3 Gathering Prayer Loving Parent God, your spirit is seen in a smiling baby, to remind us of your creative presence. Your spirit is seen in the inquisitive child, to urge us to ask the simple yet profound questions. Your spirit is seen in a busy parent, to remind us of your care and our responsibility. Your spirit is seen in our extended family and friends, to remind us of the wider family of humanity. You come as a senior, to hold before us our faith traditions. God of all ages and stages of our life, we rejoice in family this morning and give thanks for the richness of this life in all the ways we see you and one another. Amen. The Prayer of Jesus THE WORD Scripture: Matthew 15: 1-11 May we but wait upon Love s word. Knowing our prayer is heard. (Sing twice) Hymn: Are You a Shepherd? (Insert) MV 126 Sermon: Love With Honour Honour With Love THE RESPONSE Offering our Gifts Regular Offering

4 4 Here We Bring, Small Or Great **Copies of music available in the narthex. Here we bring, small or great, gifts to offer on this plate, what we ve earned, what we own, tithe or token, bread or stone, Jesus said, Have a care your heart will always be where your riches are, where your riches are. (Please stand, as you are able, when the Greeters/Elders bring forward the Offering) Dedication of Our Offering: Wild flowers grow, birds find seed, God attends to each one s need; as we share, all can live, as we love, we learn to give, Jesus said, Have a care your heart will always be where your riches are, where your riches are. Minute for Mission Prayers of the People Hymn: Be Thou My Vision VU 642 Benediction

5 5 Sending Us Out: Christ Has No Body Now But Ours (Sing twice) MV 171 Christ has no body now but ours, no hands but ours, Here on this earth, ours is the work, to serve with the joy of compassion. Postlude The bulletin cover for today s service is a gift from: Barry & Rev. Grace In loving memory of our fathers Matthew Caines and Emery Corkum WELCOME Welcome to our Sunday Service. If you are a guest with us, please sign the Guest Book at the back of the sanctuary and introduce yourself to our Minister. ELDERS Peggy Greek Charlotte Smith GREETERS Sherrie & Ivan Carey COMING WEEK MONDAY, JUNE 20 TH 12:30 pm UCW Dinner Atlantica Hotel, Oak Island SUNDAY, JUNE 26 TH 10:30 am Regular Service

6 6 LOOKING AHEAD FRIDAY, JULY 1 ST CANADA DAY! Please note that the Church Office will be closed for the holiday. SUNDAY, JULY 3 RD 10:30 am Regular Service CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS BULLETIN SPONSORSHIP HAVE A LOOK AT THE CATALOGUE If you would like to sponsor one of these bulletins for a Sunday Service in 2017, please call the church office ( ) or drop in to see the catalogue. CALL FOR 2018 BULLETIN PHOTOS UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Want to see your photos on our bulletin covers? Please consider submitting them! A photo credit will be printed on the bulletin cover, and $100 will be paid for each photo used. Please drop by the church office for Entry forms or phone the church office at: ( ) for more information. CENTRAL UNITED CHURCH BOOK SALE Our church is having a fundraiser during the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Music Festival on Friday the 5th and Saturday the 6th of August. This sale will take place on the sidewalk in front of our Church facing the bandshell. Our goal is to sell assorted hardcover and softcover books, CD's, DVD's, and vinyl records. Our current inventory is practically nothing so we would like you to start bringing in items and leave them in the Narthex in the boxes provided. We are looking specifically for fiction novels and cookbooks as these have been traditionally our best sellers - not magazines, non-fiction or Reader's Digest items. Please take a look at home to see what you could donate and don't forget to ask friends and relatives for items they might like to donate as well. Thank you in advance for your support! COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS MARITIME CONCERT OPERA presents The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan Place: Central United Church, Lunenburg Date: Saturday, June 25 th at 7:30 pm Lunenburg tickets available from TicketHalifax.com or from Shop on the Corner, Lunenburg

7 7 Happy Father s Day In loving memory of Harold Josh Uhlman, a wonderful father and grandfather From: Dave & Olivia Thompson & family