This week's on-line worship service will be posted on YouTube, FaceBook and the Live Stream function of this website (which includes the option of chatting with others).

Thanks to Colin, Ron and Jasmin for the music; and to Janice and David for the readings.

St. David’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCemcPqOz1o7pgvEO3fIAU0Q

St. David's FaceBook page: https://www.facebook.com/stdavidsleduc/

You can also access these from this website. Look in the upper right hand corner. Beside the “Search” and “Contact” buttons, you should see two small icons. Clicking on the “F” will take you to our FaceBook page, and clicking on the one which looks like a “play” button will take you to our YouTube channel.

Blessings!

Witness of Love

WELCOME

EASTER GREETING

One: Christ is risen!
All: Christ is risen indeed! Hallelujah!

GATHERING PRAYER

RELIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE (John 14:15-21)

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”

HYMN NO. 217 VU: “All Creatures of Our God and King” (Francis of Assissi; William H. Draper; One License No. A722095)

All creatures of our God and King,
Lift up your voice and with us sing:
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
Bright burning sun with golden beam,
Soft shining moon with silver gleam,
Sing praises, sing praises,
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

O rushing winds and breezes soft,
O clouds that ride the winds aloft,
Sing praises, hallelujah!
O rising morn, in praise rejoice;
O lights of evening, find a voice:
Sing praises, sing praises,
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

Earth, ever fertile, day by day
Brings forth rich blessings on our way:
Sing praises, hallelujah!
The flowers and fruits that verdant grow,
Let them God’s glory also show:
Sing praises, sing praises,
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

And everyone of tender heart,
Forgiving others, take your part:
Sing praises, hallelujah!
All who long pain and sorrow bear,
Praise God and yield up all your care:
Sing praises, sing praises,
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

Let all things their Creator bless,
And worship God in humbleness:
Sing praises, hallelujah!
Praise God eternal, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, three in one:
Sing praises, sing praises,
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

SCRIPTURE READINGS (Click on link to read on Bible Gateway)

When has the Holy Spirit evoked a sense of awe in you? For what do we need to pray and prepare?

SERMON

HYMN NO. 248 VU: “When Long before Time” (Peter Davison; One License No. A722095)

When long before time and the worlds were begun,
When there was no earth and no sky and no sun,
And all was deep silence and night reigned supreme,
And even our Maker had only a dream...

... The silence was broken when God sang the Song,
And light pierced the darkness and rhythm began,
And with its first birth-cries creation was born,
And creaturely voices sang praise to the morn.

The sounds of the creatures were one with their Lord’s,
Their harmonies sweet and befitting the Word;
The Singer was pleased as the earth sang the Song,
The choir of the creatures re-echoed it long.

Though, down through the ages, the Song disappeared,
Its harmonies broken and almost unheard,
The Singer comes to us to sing it again,
Our God-Is-with-Us in the world now as then.

The Light has returned as it came once before,
The Song of the Lord is our own song once more;
So let us all sing with one heart and one voice
The Song of the Singer in whom we rejoice.

To you, God the Singer, our voices we raise,
To you, Song Incarnate, we give all our praise,
To you, Holy Spirit, our life and our breath,
Be glory for ever, through life and through death.

THE OFFERING: Funding the Church’s Work and Mission

DEDICATION:No. 115 More Voices (John Bell, One License No. A722095)

Behold, behold, I make all things new, beginning with you and starting from today.
Behold, behold, I make all things new, my promise is true, for I am Christ the way.

DEDICATION PRAYER

PASTORAL PRAYERS: for the Life, Work and Mission of the Church

PRAYER OF JESUS

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed 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. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

HYMN NO. 161 MV: “I Have Called You by Your Name" (Charles Damon; One License No. A722095)

I have called you by your name, You are mine;
I have gifted you and ask you now to shine.
I will not abandon you;
All my promises are true.
You are gifted, called and chosen, You are mine.

I will help you learn my name as you go;
Read it written in my people, help them grow;
Pour the water in my name,
Speak the word your soul can claim,
Offer Jesus’ body given long ago.

I know you will need my touch as you go;
Feel it pulsing in creation’s ebb and flow.
Like the woman reaching out,
Choosing faith in spite of doubt,
Hold the hem of Jesus’ robe, then let it go.

I have given you a name, it is mine;
I have given you my Spirit as a sign.
Like the wonder in your soul,
Make my wounded children whole;
Go and tell my precious people they are mine.

COMMISSION & BLESSING

POSTLUDE SOLO: “We’ll Meet Again”

 

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