A Warm Welcome Awaits You!
+ORDER OF SERVICE+
September 17th, 2023
Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Prelude:Trumpet Graceful - Mons Leidvin Takle
How Firm a Foundation - Robert Hobby
Welcome and Announcements: (10:25 am)
Entry of the Word: (please rise)
Greeting and Call to Worship
Call on God with praise and thanksgiving.
Tell of God’s wonderful works.
We open ourselves to God’s Presence.
We are guided by God’s Spirit.
Our God is a God of generous abundance.
We worship with joy and gladness!
Hymn: #438: When morning gilds the skies
Prayer of Adoration and Confession:
Assurance of Pardon:
Hymn: #378: Jesus in the morning
Choir Anthem: Come, Christians, Join to Sing - Dave Perry
Prayer of Illumination:
Almighty and Eternal God,
you created the heavens and the earth, and humankind in your image. Teach us to discern your hand in all your works, and serve you with joy and thanksgiving, for we ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Old Testament: Isaiah 55:6-9
Responsive Reading: Psalm 116:1-6
Epistle: 2 Corinthians 9:6-9
Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16
Sermon: “God’s Strange Economics”
Hymn: #740: Make me a channel of your peace
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession:
Offertory:
Doxology: # 661: We give thee but thine own (v.1)
Hymn: #626: Lord of all power
Benediction:
Parting Hymn: “Go Now In Peace” (Besig/Price)
Go now in peace, never be afraid;
God will go with you each hour of every day.
Go now in faith, steadfast, strong, and true;
Know He will guide you in all you do.
Go now in love, and show you believe;
Reach out to others so all the world can see.
God will be there, watching from above;
Go now in peace, in faith, and in love.
Amen. Amen. Amen.
Postlude:Postlude on Old Hundredth - Fred Bock
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Choir Rehearsals have begun again.
The Choir meets on Thursdays at 7:00 P.M. in the Parlour/Choir Room. If anyone needs further information or has any questions, please contact me at 226-338 0868 or [email protected]
Thanks Gord
Sunday Coffee Time
Sunday Coffee Time has resumed here at St. Andrew’s, both before and after Service. Before Service fellowship begins around 9:45 am and After Service fellowship begins immediately following worship downstairs in McCullough Hall. All are warmly invited!
Free Sunday Bus Service
There is a free bus service to Sunday worship at St. Andrew's for those in the Stratford area. If you wish to use the bus, please call the Office at St. Andrew's at (519) 271-5668 to book a ride. The deadline for booking or cancelling (if you have a weekly scheduled pick up) is 12 noon on the Friday prior to the Sunday you wish to attend
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