Worship Leaders: Peter Dick/ David Hamm
Speaker: Dennis Giesbrecht
Song Leader: Jeff Taylor
Pianist: Audrey Wichert
Ushers: Doreen Martens/ Jeff Taylor
Tech Team (In-Person / Online): Alison Li/ Nathaniel Penner
Coffee Hour Hosts: Peter and Denise Voth
Activity Period: Laura Giesbrecht
Order of Service
Piano Prelude
Gathering Songs VT 42 Could It Be That God Is Singing?
VT 81 All Creatures, Worship God Most High
Invitation to Worship (with invitation to kneel for opening prayer)
Opening Prayer
Burning of Incense (tobacco): Diem
Welcome and Bridge Building to Indigenous Spirituality
Scripture Reading 1: Psalm 68: 1-10, 32-35 David
Children’s Story – Zacchaeus
Song 3: VT 633 Total Praise
Scripture Reading 2: 1 Peter 4: 12-14; 5: 6-11 David
Sermon
Song 4: VT 616 Cast Thy Burden upon the Lord
Congregational Prayer
Giving with Gratitude
Report on Eritrean family: Evan
Announcements
Invitation to Mission and Service Project: Peter H
Benediction
May the Christ who walks on wounded feet, walk with you on the road
May the Christ who serves with wounded hands, stretch out your hands to serve
May the Christ who loves with a wounded heart, open your hearts to love
May you see the face of Christ in everyone you meet, and may everyone you meet, see the face of Christ in you. (VT 1066)
Song 5: VT 588 We Walk by Faith
Fire Drill
Scripture Readings
Scripture Reading 1: Psalm 68: 1-10, 32-35
1 God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him!
2 As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
3 But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!
4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord; exult before him!
5 Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
6 God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7 O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah
8 the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
9 Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished;
10 your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.
32 O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord,
33 to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
34 Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and whose power is in the skies.
35 Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!
Scripture Reading 2: 1 Peter 4: 12-14; 5: 6-11
4:12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
4:13 But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.
4:14 If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory, which is the Spirit of God, is resting on you.
5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time.
5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.
5:8 Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.
5:9 Resist him, steadfast in your faith, for you know that your brothers and sisters in all the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
5:10 And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.
5:11 To him be the power forever and ever. Amen.
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