15 August 2021 Knox Bayfield Rev Dolson
The Lord be with you … and also with you. Welcome to worship at Knox Presbyterian Bayfield on August 15th
Announcements
Mission Moment … Eager to Read God’s Word
Presbyterians Sharing supports the Rev. Dr. Paul McLean as he works with Bible translation teams to translate the Bible into Indigenous languages in Taiwan. The work with Tayal began in the 1950s when PCC mission staff Clare and Grace McGill converted the spoken language into writing for the first time. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul met online three mornings a week with lead translator Watan Yawi to check spelling and verify consistent translation of biblical terms (e.g., temple, prophet, Lord) and over 2,000 parallel passages in the Old and New Testaments. They finished at the end of March. Proofreaders had three months before the translation was sent to the Bible Society in Taiwan for typesetting and printing. 110 Tayal churches in the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan are eager to read the whole Bible in their own language. “Mhway Utux Kayal! Thanks be to God!”
Interesting English: Why is it that you drive in parkways and park in driveways
The people of Knox Bayfield acknowledge that our community worship, live, play, and work on the traditional lands of the Anishinabewaki, Attiwonderonk (Neutral), and Mississauga peoples within Treaty 29, of 1827.
Hymn #730 O for a World
Call to Worship
Psalm 34:11, 14
Come, O children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Hymn# 699 All the ways my Saviour leads me
Assurance of Pardon
Ephesians 5:15–17; Psalm 34:13–14; Proverbs 9:6
Merciful God, we confess that we have not been faithful children. We do not live by your law; we remain silent in the face of evil; we do not refrain from deceit; we do not follow in the way of peace; and we have not honored all that is true and good.
We are foolish and immature people who resist the holy wisdom you graciously offer. Forgive us, O God, and lead us to sincere repentance through Jesus Christ. Amen.
Hear the good news: Christ offers himself as bread of life to all who would receive him. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
May the peace of Jesus Christ be with you. And also with you.
Prayer For Illumination
Almighty God, through the reading of holy Scripture, feed us with your living Word
and reveal to us the way of everlasting life. Amen.
Hymn # 498 Sing them over again to me
Readings
1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14; Psalm 111; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58
May God bless our understanding of this, God’s holy word. The Word of the Lord.
Hymn # 471 We are one in the Spirit
The Offering Of Our Life And Labour To The Lord
Quote: You should give according to your income, lest God make your income according to your giving! Dr. P. Marshall (1902–1949), Preacher
Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 2Corinthians 9:7-8
Blessing Of Gifts & Prayers Of The People
Ephesians 5:20; John 6:51-57; Psalm 111:5-9 1 Kings 2:10, 3:5-12
Join me in prayer:
We give thanks to you, God,for sending your Son Jesus to be living bread
for the world. We pray that your Spirit will breathe on the gifts we bring, that through them your life may feed, strengthen, and bless this world through Christ.
Faithful God, holy and awesome is your name. In your steadfast love, receive our requests for the well-being of your church, your world, and your people. May your church be granted understanding and discernment to faithfully carry out your mission in the world. We pray that your Spirit will cause us to walk in wisdom as mindful stewards with your creation and all living creatures.
We pray for your Spirit to provide all who govern wise and discerning minds that your way of justice and compassion may prevail among the nations. Holy Creator you have provided all that is needed for the people within your creation. Help us to discern ways to prevent hunger and despair.
Faithful and generous God, we give you thanks for our ancestors, the great people
you have chosen in all generations, who now rest with you. There are many within our church family in need of your special care at this time. We lift up Sandy and family, Judith, Earl, Nicole, Rudy and Grace, Bonnie, Rob, Courtney and Kyla, David, Sharron and William J Kelly. We lift up all those who prefer to remain un-named as they face immense challenges of health and finances.
O holy One, we desire to hear your voice of love, to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, and to see you clearly. By your Spirit who breathes within us, strengthen our faith, use our gifts, and work in our lives to bear witness to Christ who taught his disciples to pray, …Our Father who art in heaven, hallow’ed 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. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Hymn #489 Help us to help each other
Benediction
Eph. 5:16-18; 1 Kgs. 3:6-14; John 6:51–56
Be filled with the Spirit. Seek to walk in wisdom and grow in understanding of God’s will with the ways of Jesus Christ. May the blessing of God be with you. May the love of Jesus fill you. May the power of the Holy Spirit sustain you, now and forevermore.
Postlude #623 Holy, holy, holy
Questions for Reflection
“At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, ‘Ask what I should give you’” (1 Kgs. 3:5). If God said to you, “Ask what I should give you,” how would you respond?
What does Jesus mean when he says his body is “true food” and his blood is “true drink” (John 6:55)?
Morning Prayer
Loving God, help me make the most of the time you give this day, to be wise in my decisions and careful in my actions. Let my life be a continual act of thanksgiving for your loving-kindness, through Jesus Christ. Amen.
Evening Prayer
Loving God, if I have not lived wisely this day, show me my foolish ways. Fill me with the Spirit that I may know your will and live by your truth, for I long to be your faithful child and to abide eternally with Jesus Christ, your Son. Amen.
Daily Prayer
Eternal God, your Son Jesus Christ is the true bread from heaven. Help those who receive his teachings be the body of Christ for the world, sharing the riches of his grace with all who hunger and thirst for eternal life; through Christ who dwells with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Scripture readings next week
1 Kings 8:1-43, Psalm 84, Ephesians 6:10-20; John 6:56-69
#730 O for a World
O for a world where everyone respects each others ways, where love is lived and all is done with justice and with praise.
O for a world where goods are shared and misery relieved, where truth is spoken, children spared, equality achieved.
We welcome one world family and struggle with each choice that opens us to unity and gives our vision voice.
The poor and rich, the weak are strong, the foolish ones are wise. Tell all who mourn: outcasts belong, who perishes will rise.
O for a world preparing for God’s glorious reign of peace, where time and tears will be no more, and all but love will cease.
623 Holy, holy, holy Words: traditional Music: F Schubert
Refrain: Holy, holy, holy, God almighty Lord!
Holy, holy, holy, everywhere adored!
God without beginning, God eternal One
reigns and rules forever all beneath the sun Refrain
Power and love and wonder circling round God’s throne
Praise our God most holy, Lord of Life alone Refrain
699 All the ways my Saviour leads me
All the way my Saviour leads me—What have I to ask beside? Can I doubt His tender mercy, Who through life has been my Guide? Heavenly peace, divinest comfort, Here by faith in Him to dwell! For I know, whate’er befall me, Jesus doeth all things well
All the way my Saviour leads me— Cheers each winding path I tread, Gives me grace for every trial, Feeds me with the living bread. Tho my weary steps may falter And my soul athirst may be, Gushing from the Rock before me, Lo! A spring of joy I see
All the way my Saviour leads me—O the fullness of His love! Perfect rest to me is promised In my Father’s house above. When my spirit, clothed immortal, Wings its flight to realms of day, This my song through endless ages: “Jesus led me all the way!”
498 Sing them over again to me
Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life; let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life; words of life and beauty, teach me faith and duty.
Refrain: Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life,
beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life.
Christ, the blessed one, gives to all, wonderful words of life, sinner, list to the loving call, wonderful words of life; all so freely given, wooing us to heaven. Refrain
Sweetly echoes the gospel call, wonderful words of life; offer pardon and peace to all, wonderful words of life; Jesus, only Saviour, sanctify for ever.
Refrain
471 We are one in the Spirit
We are one in the spirit, we are one in the Lord, We are one in the spirit, we are one in the Lord, And we pray that all unity will one day be restored, And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, And they’ll know we are Christians by our love.
We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand, We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand, And together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land, And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, And they’ll know we are Christians by our love.
We will work with each other, we will work side by side, We will work with each other, we will work side by side, And we’ll guard each one’s dignity and save each one’s pride, And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, And they’ll know we are Christians by our love.
All praise to the Father, from whom all things come, And all praise to Christ Jesus, who is God’s only Son, And all praise to the Spirit, who makes us one, And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, And they’ll know we are Christians by our love.
489 Help us to help each other
Help us to help each other, Lord, each other’s cross to share; let each our friendly aid afford and feel each other’s care.
Up into thee, our living Head, let us in all things grow, and by thy sacrifice be led
the fruits of love to show.
Drawn by the magnet of thy love let all our hearts agree, and ever to each other move, and ever nearer thee.
This is the bond of perfectness, thy spotless charity. Oh let us still, we pray, possess the mind that was in thee.