2025-03-16-Service
Summerlea United Church
225 50th Ave, Lachine, Québec, H8T2T7, Canada. 514-634-2651


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Sunday, March 16, 2025

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Sunday Bulletin



Oh my...
My old-timer's disease has struck again!
Although I had the recorder all set up
apparently it is also supposed to be turned ON!!
Hence the audio is nowhere to be found.
I would like to say it will never happen again.
But I cannot promise!




Call to Worship

Welcome to all who love God.
We come, called by Christ and pushed by the Spirit!
Yes, come in and sit down, you are a part of the family!
The Spirit of God gathers us, and we come to praise God.
Come and praise, come and pray, come and worship the only one who is, who has been, and who will always be!
Amen!
 



Guide Me, O Thou great Jehovah
(VU 651)

Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty,
Hold me with Thy powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven,
Feed me till I want no more;
Feed me till I want no more.



Open now the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
Be Thou still my Strength and Shield;
Be Thou still my Strength and Shield.
When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death and hell's Destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to Thee;
I will ever give to Thee.




Art by Eva

Just as the mother kangaroo keeps her baby warm & safe
so God/Jesus enfolds us in warm loving arms.




Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive
(VU 364)

"Forgive our sins as we forgive,"
You taught us, Christ, to pray;
But you alone can grant us grace
To live the words we say.

How can your pardon reach and bless
The unforgiving heart
That broods on wrongs, and will not let
Old bitterness depart?





In blazing light your cross reveals
The truth we dimly knew:
What trivial debts are owed to us,
How great our debt to you!

O cleanse the depths within our souls
And bid resentment cease;
Then, bound to all in bonds of love,
Our lives will spread your peace.

- Scripture -


"The LORD God took the man and put him
in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it."

Genesis 2:15-16, 3:6-7


R: God is my light and saving health,
I shall not be afraid.

The Voices United text HERE.

Luke 13:31-35

"...as a hen gathers her brood
under her wings..."
The scriptures this week were read

but not recorded (mea culpa) by

Barbara C.



Rev. Christine delivers her

Sunday message.

- The Anthem -
WE ARE DUST, YOU ARE GOD

We come, you receive,we pray,you hear.
We ask, you give,
We bow, you are near.
We are poor, you are rich.
We are blind, you can see.
We are weak, you are strong.
We are dust, your are God...

(By Lew King)





- Offertory -
For the Gift of Creation
(VU 538)

For the gift of creation,
The gift of your love,
And the gift of the Spirit
By which we live,
We thank you and give you
The fruit of our hands.
May your grace be proclaimed
By the gifts that we give.




How Firm a Foundation
(VU 660)

How firm a foundation,
You servants of God,
Is laid for your faith
In God's excellent word!
What more can be said
Than to you has been said,
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?



"Fear not, I am with you;
O be not dismayed!
For I am your God
And will still give you aid;
I'll strengthen and help you,
And cause you to stand,
Upheld by my righteous omnipotent hand.


"When through the deep waters
I call you to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
For I will be with you,
Your troubles to bless,
And sanctify to you
Your deepest distress.
"When through fiery trials
Your pathway shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient,
Shall be your supply:
The flame shall not hurt you;
I only design
Your dross to consume,
And your gold to refine.


"The soul that on Jesus
Has leaned for repose
I will not-I will not desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell
Should endeavour to shake,
I'll never-no, never-no,
Never forsake!"


Commissioning

There we go. Strong and faithful!
God is with us, we journey together.
Then go out now and keep your faith strong and active.
We leave, working for God and caring for the world.
Be confident: this is God's world we are minding and
God will not let us down.
Amen.





- Postlude -


"Old Irish Blesssing"




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