1. Welcome and Intimations

  2. Prayer and Lord’s Prayer

    Our Father, who art in heaven,
    hallowed be thy name;
    thy kingdom come;
    thy will be done;
    on earth as it is in heaven.
    Give us this day our daily bread.
    And forgive us our trespasses,
    as we forgive those who trespass against us.
    And lead us not into temptation;
    but deliver us from evil.
    For thine is the kingdom,
    the power, and the glory
    for ever and ever.
    Amen.

  3. CH4 198 Let Us Build a House

    1. Let us build a house where love can dwell
      and all can safely live,
      a place where saints and children tell
      how hearts learn to forgive;
      built of hopes and dreams and visions,
      rock of faith and vault of grace;
      here the love of Christ shall end divisions:
      All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.

    2. Let us build a house where prophets speak,
      and words are strong and true,
      where all God’s children dare to seek
      to dream God’s reign anew.
      Here the cross shall stand as witness
      and as symbol of God’s grace;
      here as one we claim the faith of Jesus:
      All are welcome, all are welcome,
      all are welcome in this place.

    3. Let us build a house where love is found
      in water, wine and wheat:
      a banquet hall on holy ground,
      where peace and justice meet.
      Here the love of God, through Jesus,
      is revealed in time and space,
      as we share in Christ the feast that frees us:
      All are welcome, all are welcome,
      all are welcome in this place.

    4. Let us build a house where hands will reach
      beyond the wood and stone
      to heal and strengthen, serve and teach,
      and live the Word they’ve known.
      Here the outcast and the stranger
      bear the image of God’s face;
      let us bring an end to fear and danger:
      All are welcome, all are welcome,
      all are welcome in this place.

    5. Let us build a house where all are named,
      their songs and visions heard
      and loved and treasured,
      taught and claimed
      as words within the Word.
      Built of tears and cries and laughter,
      prayers of faith and songs of grace,
      let this house proclaim from floor to rafter:
      All are welcome, all are welcome,
      all are welcome in this place.

    © Marty Haugen

    1. Philippians 3: 4b-14

  5. Children’s Message

  6. MP 128 Father God I wonder

    Sing twice

    1. Father God, I wonder
      how I managed to exist
      without the knowledge of Your parenthood
      and Your loving care.
      But now I am Your child,
      I am adopted in Your family,
      and I can never be alone
      ‘cause, Father God,
      You’re there beside me.

    2. I will sing Your praises, I will sing Your praises,
      I will sing Your praises for evermore.
      I will sing Your praises,I will sing Your praises,
      I will sing Your praises for evermore.

    © Ian Smale

  7. Meditation

  8. 706 For the Healing of the Nations

    1. For the healing of the nations, Lord,
      we pray with one accord,
      for a just and equal sharing
      of the things that earth affords.
      To a life of love in action
      help us rise and pledge our word.

    2. Lead us forward into freedom,
      from despair your world release,
      that, redeemed from war and hatred,
      all may come and go in peace.
      Show us how through care and goodness
      fear will die and hope increase.

    3. All that kills abundant living,
      let it from the earth be banned:
      pride of status, race or schooling,
      dogmas that obscure your plan.
      In our common quest for justice
      may we hallow brief life's span.

    4. You, Creator God, have written
      your great name on humankind;
      for our growing in your likeness
      bring the life of Christ to mind;
      that by our response and service
      earth its destiny may find.

    © Fred Kaan

  9. Offering

  10. Prayer of Intercession

  11. CH4 565 How can I keep from singing

    1. My life flows on in endless song,
      above earth’s lamentation.
      I catch the sweet, though far-off hymn
      that hails a new creation.

      No storm can shake my inmost calm
      while to that Rock I’m clinging.
      Since Love is lord of heav’n and earth,
      how can I keep from singing?

    2. Through all the tumult and the strife,
      I hear that music ringing.
      It finds an echo in my soul.
      How can I keep from singing?

      No storm can shake my inmost calm
      while to that Rock I’m clinging.
      Since Love is lord of heav’n and earth,
      how can I keep from singing?

    3. What though my joys and comforts die,
      I know my Saviour liveth.
      What though the darkness gather round?
      Songs in the night he giveth.

      No storm can shake my inmost calm
      while to that Rock I’m clinging.
      Since Love is lord of heav’n and earth,
      how can I keep from singing?

    4. The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
      a fountain ever springing!
      All things are mine since I am his!
      How can I keep from singing?

      No storm can shake my inmost calm
      while to that Rock I’m clinging.
      Since Love is lord of heav’n and earth,
      how can I keep from singing?

    © Robert Lowry and Doris Plenn

  12. Blessing