2025-02-02-Service
Summerlea United Church
225 50th Ave, Lachine, Québec, H8T2T7, Canada. 514-634-2651


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Sunday, February 02, 2025




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Note: Communion is moved to another Sunday for this month.
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Call to Worship

Come and gather to praise our God
and thank God for our lives.
We come, joyful, hopeful and sincere.
Let us present to God our hearts.
May God see us as we are.
And as we are, we pause, ponder
and simply enjoy the morning.

Yes, each moment of the day spent
within Christ is a blessed one.
Come as you are, be yourself before God,
and may your Soul be strengthened.
Amen.








Will You Come and Follow Me
(VU 567)

Will you come and follow me
If I but call your name?
Will you go where you don't know
And never be the same?
Will you let my love be shown,
Will you let my name be known,
Will you let my life be grown
In you and you in me?

Will you leave yourself behind
If I but call your name?
Will you care for cruel and kind
And never be the same?
Will you risk the hostile stare
Should your life attract or scare?
Will you let me answer prayer
In you and you in me?




Will you let the blinded see
If I but call your name?
Will you set the prisoners free
And never be the same?
Will you kiss the leper clean,
And do such as this unseen,
And admit to what I mean in you
And you in me?



Will you love the "you" you hide
If I but call your name?
Will you quell the fear inside
And never be the same?
Will you use the faith you've found
To reshape the world around,
Through my sight and touch and sound
In you and you in me?

Christ, your summons echoes true
When you but call my name.
Let me turn and follow you
And never be the same.
In your company I'll go where
Your love and footsteps show.
Thus I'll move and live and grow
In you and you in me.

Prayer for Black History




Words of Regret

For the moments when we are witnesses of injustice,
and say nothing.
Forgive us.
For those who are losing their faith
because of racism and prejudice,
We ask for your love.
For people who mock others
who are different than themselves,
We ask your mercy.
For our human lack of love and lack of faith,
We ask your forgiveness.
God of love and patience,
make us instruments of peace and justice,
And all will be saved.



And words of Assurance




You Call Us Out
(VU 569)

You call us out to praise you,
The God who gave us birth,
To gather in communion
And treasure your whole earth;
We are your living story,
To hear and to be heard;
We praise your name, who write us,
The author and the word.



"To gather in communion."



For varied hues and textures,
New patterns, still you search,
To weave your seamless garment,
The fabric of your church;
Our tattered faith you cherish,
Reclaim from wear and moth;
We praise your name, who twine us,
The weaver and the cloth.


The church that speaks forgiveness
Confesses its own need,
The church that feels its hunger
Finds grace to care and feed;
Our famished world is crying,
Its future filled with dread;
We praise your name, who fill us,
The baker and the bread.


The church that offers healing
Discerns its wounds and loss;
The church that faces dying
Shares life beyond the cross;
To people torn and broken
Your mercy is revealed;
We praise your name, who love us,
The healer and the healed.


Our feeble voices struggle
To sing your justice clear;
The world is sunk in silence,
Each discord echoes fear;
One voice alone is ragged,
Together we are strong;
We praise your name, who breathe us,
The singer and the song.


- Scripture -


Christine explains: Preamble.

Jeremiah 1: 4 - 10

Follow the text HERE.



The scripture this week is read by

Mary R.



R: A mighty fortress is our God,
a bulwark never failing.

Psalm 71

The Voices United text is HERE.



Luke 4:21-30

"...Take Jesus and throw him off the cliff..."

Follow the text HERE.




Rev. Beryl's





- The Anthem -


Rain Down

(Jaime Cortez, Arr. John Carter)



Rain down, rain down,
Rain down your love on people.
Rain down, rain down
Rain down your love , God of life.
Faithful and true
Is the word of our God.
All God's words
Are so worthy of trust..."




- The Offering -





All That We Have

All that we have
All that we are
We offer here today
To bring good news of hope and joy
To cherish on the way.

To feed the hungry
Heal the sick
And set the captives free
To build a world where love is lived
Proclaiming liberty.



Prayer for the Offering

Father God we call upon your benediction
of what we offer and what we do.
Grant us all your gifts of abundant life and joy
in knowing that we are not alone:
we know that you are with Us.
Though Jesus, we praise you,
Amen.





Jesus, You Have Come to the Lakeshore
(VU 563)

Jesus, you have come to the lakeshore
Looking neither for wealthy nor wise ones;
You only asked me to follow humbly.

R: O Jesus, with your eyes
You have searched me,
And while smiling,
Have spoken my name;
Now my boat's left
On the shoreline behind me;
By your side
I will seek other seas.



You know so well
My possessions;
My boat carries no gold
And no weapons;
You will find there
My nets and labour.
R.



You need my hands,
Full of caring
Through my labours
To give others rest,
And constant love
That keeps on loving.
R.

You, who have fished
Other oceans,
Ever longed for by souls
Who are waiting,
My loving friend,
As thus you call me.
R.




Commissioning

Let us go back into the world.
We leave, reassured, fed and at peace.
Let nothing trouble you!
We journey with God, Christ and the Spirit.
Indeed, we do.
A good week is ahead of us as we leave, with
and within God.










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