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Welcome to our online service for this week.  You can "tune in" to our livestream at 10 am on Sunday morning by Clicking Here for YouTube

You can find the words to the hymns from Common Praise (CP) by Clicking Here for Online Hymnal

A reminder that we are hosting "coffee hour" today via Zoom.  Join us at 11:15 am for some conversation and connection.  You can join us by Clicking Here for Zoom Link

 

 

Order of Service

Prelude

 

Welcome/ Announcements

 

Opening Hymn CP #527 How Firm a Foundation (vs.1, 2, 5)

 

The Grace

 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.  And also with you.

 

Collect for Purity

 

Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hidden.  Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen

 

Collect Prayer

 

Source of love and mercy, as we enter into a new year in the life of this church, may our love for you be made known in our love for one another. Guide our footsteps into the glory of your ways, that we may live as you created us to be - beloved children, crowned with glory and honour.  May our worship reflect the greatness of our calling, and the honour of our heritage.  Amen

 

The Readings - Isaiah 43: 1-7; Psalm 29; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

 

The Homily

 

Hymn after the Homily:  CP # 40 O Spirit of the Living God (vs. 1, 2, 5)

 

The Prayers of the People

 

Confession & Absolution

 

Dear friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy; he welcomes sinners and invites them to his table. Let us confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.

Silence is kept.

 

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us, that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your name. Amen.

 

Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

The Lord’s Prayer

 

As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.

 

Doxology

 

Glory to God, whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from generation to generation, in the Church and in Christ Jesus, for ever and ever. Amen.

 

The Blessing

 

Closing Hymn CP # 656 She Comes Sailing on the Wind

 

Dismissal

 

Postlude