Author Archive: Sue Turley
Bulletin – Sunday, September 17, 2023 – Creation 2 / Communion
Sunday, September 17, 2023 Creation 2 / Communion Approach Welcome Lighting the Christ Candle One: After darkness and death, there was a resurrected Christ, promising hope, and new life. All: After Noah and family survived the storm, there was a rainbow, promising hope, and new life. One: We will all face times of storms and […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, September 10, 2023 – Creation 1 / Welcome Sunday
Sunday, September 10, 2023 Creation 1 / Welcome Sunday Approach Welcome Call to Worship One: Creator, we come together in community, as one heart and body. All: Braid us together. Let us be bound in love to one another. One: We recognize in community that when one of us struggles, all of us struggle. All: […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, September 3, 2023 – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Blessing of the School Supplies
Sunday, September 3, 2023 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Blessing of the School Supplies Approach Lighting the Christ Candle One: We light the Christ candle with great expectations. All: It is a symbol of hope and eternal love. One: We light the Christ candle to acknowledge the One who walks among us. All: The candle […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, August 27, 2023 – Thirteenth After Pentecost
Sunday, August 27, 2023 Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost Approach Lighting the Christ Candle: One: We light this Christ candle as a symbol of Christ’s presence here with us today. But Christ is not just here in this place. Christ is with us always wherever we go. All: May the light of Christ expose us to […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, August 20, 2023 – Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
Sunday, August 20, 2023 Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost Approach Lighting the Christ Candle: We light this candle as a symbol of the fire that burns in our hearts for the love of God. This flame represents God’s love, power, and nature burning bright in us and shining through us so that our neighbours, and the […]
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Bulletin- Sunday, August 13, 2023 – Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
Sunday, August 13, 2023 Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost Approach Welcome: Please join me in an Acknowledgement to the Territory: Indigenous peoples, for thousands of years, have walked on this land. We acknowledge the first peoples and their stewardship throughout the ages. The relationship with the land we worship and live on is part of Treaty […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, August 6, 2023 – Tenth Sunday after Pentecost / Communion
Sunday, August 6, 2023 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost / Communion Approach Lighting the Christ Candle Gracious and all loving God, as we light this candle today we hear you call to us across deep waters and dark places. Yours is the light which guides us and the voice which we follow. We pray that you […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, June 25, 2023 – Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, June 25, 2023 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Approach Welcome Good morning to all here and those streaming. I would like to thank you for inviting me into your Sunday service. Acknowledgement to the Territory Indigenous peoples, for thousands of years, have walked on this land. We acknowledge the first peoples and their stewardship throughout […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, June 18, 2023 – Third Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, June 18, 2023 Third Sunday after Pentecost Approach Minute Person Lighting the Christ Candle In any dark space, lighting even on candle breaks the hold that night and darkness has over us and our lives. When we light a candle symbolizing the Spirit’s flame in the world, darkness is transformed into day, despair is […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, June 11, 2023 – Second Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, June 11, 2023 Second Sunday after Pentecost Approach Lighting the Christ Candle In any dark space, lighting even one candle breaks the hold that night and darkness has over us and our lives. When we light a candle symbolizing the Spirit’s flame in the world, darkness is transformed into day, despair is changed into […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, June 4, 2023 – Trinity Sunday / Pride Sunday
Sunday, June 4, 2023 Trinity / Pride Approach Lighting the Christ Candle We light this candle remembering that God created light, the Saviour loved light, and the Holy Spirit offers us the fire to stir from apathy. Call to Worship One: Come, give thanks to God, All: the one who pours out abundant grace on […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, May 28, 2023 – Pentecost Sunday
Sunday, May 28, 2023 Pentecost Approach Lighting the Christ Candle – When the Holy Spirit takes you for a ride” When the Holy Spirit takes you for a ride, She only grabs one hand. She does not take both of your hands, facing you, And pull you to your destination on faltering feet. She always […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, May 21, 2023 – Seventh Sunday of Easter / Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Sunday, May 21, 2023 Seventh Sunday of Easter Approach Lighting the Christ Candle We light this candle as a symbol of the light of Christ, which cannot be held back by distance, which shines in each one of us, no matter where we are. Call to Worship One: A new day has begun. All: Hope […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, May 14, 2023 – Sixth Sunday of Easter / Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 14, 2023 Sixth Sunday of Easter / Mother’s Day Approach Lighting the Christ Candle The people of God sing. The role of music in worship is biblical. After escaping from the Egyptians and crossing the Red Sea, the people of Israel sang a song to the Lord (Exodus 15). Singing was part of […]
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Bulletin – Sunday, May 7, 2023 – Fifth Sunday of Easter / 60th Anniversary UCW Service
Sunday, May 7, 2023 Fifth Sunday of Easter 60th Anniversary UCW Service Approach Welcome Call to Worship One: Women’s Aide and Women’s Missionary Society gathered together. All: They had a vision. One: You women and seasoned members gathered. All: They had a vision. One: In 1962 United Church Women was born. All: They had a […]
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