1 Home Worship Sunday, September 6, 2020 Centering Prayer As The
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1 SOUTH CAYUGA COMMUNITY CHURCH of THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Welcome to our Service this Morning Sept 6th @ 10:00 am Pastor Dawn Young Hill, DLM Email [email protected] 519 200 2272 V.A.M. – Joan Willis –- V.A.M – Rev. Bryan Melick Home Worship Sunday, September 6, 2020 I invite you to find a quiet, comfortable space to worship today. If you have a candle you may wish to light it and sit quietly for a few minutes before you begin. Perhaps you would rather take a few deep breaths to center yourself or sing or hum a verse of your favourite hymn. Though it may seem strange worshipping in your own home or alone, this service is being distributed among our friends and family of South Cayuga Community Church and others will undoubtedly be worshipping in their own space, at the same time as you. May you find comfort knowing that those whom you love and are missing, are praying these same prayers and reading these same scripture passages. When you are ready…. Centering Prayer As the warmth of the summer turns to the coolness of autumn, And leaves turn from green to brilliant shades of crimson, gold, and orange, May we know your presence, beloved Son of God. As the planting of the summer turns to the abundance of our harvest, May our hearts turn with gratitude to you, Creator of All. Amen. Susan Girard, Riverview U.C., Atikokan, Ont. Gathering, Pentecost 1 2020, p. 49 Used with permission Centering Songs Praise to the Lord, the Almighty VU 220 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty who rules all creation; O my soul, praise him, at all times your health and salvation. Come, all who hear: brothers and sisters draw near, Joining in glad adoration. Praise to the Lord, above all things so mightily reigning, Keeping us safe at his side, and so gently sustaining. Have you not seen how all you needed has been Met by God’s gracious ordaining? Praise to the Lord who will prosper our work and defend us; Surely his goodness and mercy will daily attend us: Ponder anew what the Almighty can do, Who out of love will befriend us. Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him! All that has life and breath come now with praises before him! Let the Amen sound from God’s people again: Gladly with praise we adore him. Words: Joachim Neander 1680; English trans. Catherine Winkworth 19=863, et al, alt. 2 Music: Stralsund Gesangbuch 1665; desc. Craig Sellar Lang 1964 Descant copyright ©Shawnee Press Inc. Here is a link to this hymn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNq0WtMSmIY Praise You In This Storm ~The Casting Crowns I was sure by now, God you would have And though my heart is torn reached down I will praise you in this storm And wiped our tears away, I lift my eyes unto the hills Stepped in and saved the day. Where does my help come from? But once again, I say amen My help comes from the Lord That it's still raining The maker of heaven and earth As the thunder rolls I lift my eyes unto the hills I barely hear your whisper through the Where does my help come from? rain My help comes from the Lord I'm with you The maker of heaven and earth And as your mercy falls And I'll praise you in this storm I raise my hands and praise And I will lift my hands The God who gives and takes away That you are who you are And I'll praise you in this storm No matter where I am And I will lift my hands And every tear I've cried That you are who you are You hold in your hand No matter where I am You never left my side And every tear I've cried And though my heart is torn You hold in your hand I will praise you in this storm You never left my side And though my heart is torn And though my heart is torn I will praise you in this storm I will praise you in this storm I remember when I stumbled in the wind You heard my cry you raised me up again My strength is almost gone how can I carry on If I can't find you As the thunder rolls I barely hear you whisper through the rain I'm with you And as your mercy falls I raise my hands and praise The God who gives and takes away And I'll praise you in this storm And I will lift my hands That you are who you are No matter where I am And every tear I've cried You hold in your hand You never left my side 3 Source: LyricFind, https://www.google.com/search?q=praise+you+in+this+storm&rlz=1C1AVNE_enCA697CA762&oq=praise+you+in+this+storm&aqs= chrome..69i57j46j0j46j0l4.4046j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Words: Mark Hall/Bernie Herms Praise You In This Storm lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group Here is a link to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgpaULjZOl8 Call to Worship Where there is praise you dwell. Where your faithful gather – virtually, singularly, or together indoors or out, you are here, in our midst. With gladness and joy, we praise you, Holy One. With dancing hearts, we praise you, Creator God. With thanks for all your gifts and graces, we praise you, Sacred Presence. With all we are and all we have, we praise you, Author of Life. Words by Kathy Swaar, revgalblogpals.org, https://revgalblogpals.org/2020/09/01/worship-words-for-6-september-2020/, accessed Sept. 2, 2020 Gospel Lesson Mark 3:1-6 (NIV) Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2 Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. 3 Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.” 4 Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent. 5 He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6 Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus. Prayer of Confession “Love does no wrong to a neighbour”… God, we confess we are not accustomed to thinking much about our neighbours, unless they are annoying us. And if our “neighbour” includes people who live any farther away than our street, we definitely don’t think about them. We admit that we enjoy doing what we want, acquiring what we want, and going where we want, without thought for what would be loving toward our neighbour, or toward you, or toward the earth. Forgive us when we have wronged our neighbour with our thoughtless consumption. Forgive us when we have wronged our neighbour and never noticed. Forgive us when we have wronged our neighbour and refused to care. Forgive us when we have used words of love not backed up with actions of love. Lead us to the kind of love that does justice and seeks reconciliation, 4 that we may live in the truth of your grace for all, not just for us. Amen. Words by Teri Peterson, revgalblogpals.org, https://revgalblogpals.org/2020/09/01/worship-words-for-6-september-2020/, accessed Sept. 2, 2020 Special Music Spirit Of Jesus If I Love My Neighbour Spirit of Jesus, if I love my neighbor Out of my knowledge, leisure, power or wealth, Help me to understand my neighbour’s anger: The helplessness that hates my power to help. And if, when I have answered need with kindness, My neighbour rises, wakened from despair, Keep me from flinching when the cry for justice Requires of me the changes that I fear. If I am hugging safety or possessions, Uncurl my spirit, as your love prevails, To join my neighbours, work for liberation, And find my freedom at the mark of nails. Words: Brian Wren Music: Dan Damon Words and Music ©1975 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188 Here is a link to this song: https://revgalblogpals.org/2020/09/01/worship-words-for-6- september-2020/ Words of Assurance Our God is relentless in seeking the lost and restoring the broken. What is tattered in your life, when offered to God, is surely redeemed, and all the heavens rejoice. We are loved, forgiven, found. Thanks be to God! Elaine Bidgood Sveet, First Lutheran, Rugby & Leeds, North Dakota. Gathering, Pentecost 1 2020, p. 42 Used with permission Prayers of the People Holy, loving and gracious God, we come before you raw and open. We know that we are loved and forgiven, and yet we struggle to accept that. We know that you call us to love one another and love your creation as you do, and yet we turn away. Right now Holy God, we pray with all our might for those who don’t know your love and forgiveness, those who haven’t heard the good news of your son Jesus. We pray for those who are struggling with doubt, with grief, with loneliness, with worries, with sorrow and weariness.