Order of Worship Welcome in the name of Jesus Christ! August 13, 2017 – 10:00 a.m. A special welcome to you if you are worshipping with (You are invited to STAND, if you are able, where indicated by *) us for the first time - please join us for refreshments and a Time of Fellowship in Fergus Grant Hall after the service. If you would like additional information Prelude Allegro in B-flat; Allegretto from Sonata IV Felix Mendelssohn about this congregation or the Christian faith, please *Opening Hymn 482 Christ is made the sure foundation complete your name on one of the envelopes in the “Westminster Abbey” pew and place on the offering plate, or speak to the *Call to Worship The Rev. Dr. Karen Dimock Minister. Parking is available on most Sundays Prayers of Approach, Confession, and The Lord's Prayer behind & west of the Supreme Court. Assurance of Forgiveness If you are visiting Ottawa this week, and worshipping with us, it is great to Welcome and Announcements Elder Craig H. have you. If you could take a moment to sign our visitor’s book, we would Responsive Reading of Psalm 84 Helaina B. love to meet you and know where you are from. As you return home, *Hymn 773 Jesus bids us shine “Jesus bids us shine” please take our warm greetings and prayers with you, for your home churches and communities. A Time with Children Scripture Readings Jim P. If you have difficulty hearing, you can adjust your hearing aid to the ‘T’ Luke 11:1-4 New Testament p 69 setting, or use a pair of our headsets (set to 91.9 FM), available in Grant Psalm 137 Old Testament p 588 Hall. Large Print hymn books are in each narthex. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Pealing the Bell: Heather and James F. Duet Laudamus te from Gloria Antonio Vivaldi Ushers: Hugh D. & Peter L. (north); Aderemi A. & Yvette D. (south). Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. Adoramus te. Glorificamus te. Hospitality: Noral R. We praise you. We bless you. We adore you. We glorify you. We would like to thank organist Teresa van den Boogaard for being in Terri-Lynn Mitchell, soprano; Jennifer Olenic, mezzo-soprano. the loft many Sundays this summer. Thomas Annand will be back Sermon Lord, have mercy! from vacation next week. Hymn 744 Will your anchor hold “Will your anchor hold” Huda Kandalaft is on vacation from Aug. 19-25, after leading the Vacation Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession Bible School this coming week. The Offering We have a One Room Church School for children and youth up to and Offertory Andante in F Felix Mendelssohn including age 15. The Teachers this morning are Bree and Tyrese S. *Doxology 830 Praise God from whom all blessings flow “Old 100th” Visiting children and youth are most welcome: please follow the others as they leave during the service. *Closing Hymn 410 Joyful, joyful we adore thee “Hymn to joy” VBS: This week is our Hero Central Children’s Summer camp *Benediction and we are beyond excited! Volunteers, join us TODAY, with *Sung Amen a pizza lunch, 1-5 pm, and give us a hand as we set up to get Postlude Allegro con brio from Sonata IV Felix Mendelssohn ready for this awesome week. Today the bulletin contains the eighth in a series of inserts The Rev. Dr. Karen Dimock – Minister profiling St. Andrew’s Roll of Honour. Each month in 2017 we [email protected] 613 232-2746 highlight the lives of two soldiers connected to St. Andrew’s who gave Thomas Annand, FRCCO - Director of Music their lives, one in the Great War and one in the Second World War. The [email protected] 613 235-8830 full series is on our website, as well as a Timeline of our history. Huda Kandalaft – Director of Christian Development [email protected] 613 869-9042 Visit www.standrewsottawa.ca. Church Office (Elizabeth) – office @standrewsottawa.ca 613 232-9042 The Fair Trade Booth is open today! We have your coffee, tea, & hot chocolate, whether you are at home, at the cottage, or camping. We have a new shipment of Zatoun olive oil and the wonderful, all- natural olive oil soap from Palestine is back! AND a new type of chocolate from Free Trade Ghana. Lots of other items are available: stop by and stock up for the summer. Thanks to everyone who visits the booth, we are adding to the Refugee Account weekly! Summer Open Door: St. Andrew's doors are open for visitors Monday- Saturday until the end of August, 10 am - 2 pm (except VBS week). If you would like to help, please sign up in Grant Hall. You don’t need any special training, we provide info sheets with what you need to know. The most important ‘duty’: welcoming visitors with a warm greeting and a smile! Alpha @ St. Andrew's: Before the summer we asked the congregation to prayerfully consider who they could invite to Alpha; friends, family members, colleagues or acquaintances. Today printed invitations are available in the Narthex for members of the congregation to extend invites to attend Alpha at St. Andrew’s. Alpha begins Thursday, Sept 14 & runs for 11 weeks. An information session will be held Sunday Aug. 27 in the Currie Room immediately after the service; training for volunteers is Thursday Sept 7. For more information please contact Bruce F. Come and Celebrate: Gracefield Camp is celebrating 55 years of Christian camping and is hosting a FREE Open Doors event on Saturday, Aug. 19, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm, including outdoor games, canoeing, BBQ food, special exhibit, and Pow-Wow demonstrations of First Nations culture. Bus transportation available for a nominal fee. Participants must register by By the rivers of Babylon— contacting the office: 1-888-493-2267 or [email protected]. For more there we sat down and there we wept information check our church's website or the bulletin board. when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. The unfortunate events of two weekends ago have raised awareness of how For there our captors asked us for songs, important the garden is to many people, We would like to take this and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, opportunity to let people know how much time, and effort, our staff has put ‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion!’ Psalm 137:1-3 in to try to make this situation better. We would like to thank Elizabeth, James and Sean for the extra work and care they have put in. They have shown true dedication not only to the physical but emotional damage that was done. We are proud to have these dedicated people as part of our Church family. Words to Remember this Summer St. Andrew’s Church, Ottawa For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are The Presbyterian Church in Canada/ L’Église presbytérienne au Canada perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 82 Kent Street, Ottawa ON K1P 5N9 www.StAndrewsOttawa.ca facebook.com/StAndrewsOttawa 1 Corinthians 1:18 August 13, 2017 – 10:00 a.m. We are people gathered by God from across the National Capital Area to be a witness of Christian hope at the centre of the region. .