September 25, 2016 - Sherbrooke - Plymouth

PLYMOUTH-TRINITY UNITED CHURCH
– September 25, 2016 – Nineteenth after Pentecost –
Prelude
Welcome and greetings
* Call to worship & Opening prayer
* Hymn
God of the Bible
Prayer of repentance and affirmation of grace
* Response
MV 90
MV 28
Don’t be afraid. My love is stronger,
my love is stronger than your fear.
Don’t be afraid. My love is stronger
and I have promised, promised to be always near.
N’a-yez pas peur, mon a-mour est plus fort,
il est plus fort que vo-tre peur.
N’a-yez pas peur, mon a-mour est plus fort ;
je vous ai pro-mis, pro-mis d’ê-tre tou-jours là.
Confession of faith
* Response
MV 92
Like a rock, like a rock, God is under our feet.
Like the starry night sky God is over our head.
Like the sun on the horizon God is ever before.
Like the river runs to ocean, our home is in God evermore.
Family time
* Hymn
Where cross the crowded ways of life
VU 681
Prayer for illumination
Readings (1) 1 Timothy 6:6-19
NT 210
Anthem
Knowing You (lyrics & music by Graham Kendrick)
Solo: Rev. Lillian Jane Buckley
(2) Luke 16:19-31
NT 79
The word of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
Sermon
A great crevasse between us
Personal reflection
* Hymn
I have called you by your name
MV 161
Minute for mission
OT: Old Testament
NT: New Testament
* the congregation standing, as able
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VU: Voices United
MV: More Voices
Offering
* Hymn
Through all our living
Through all our living, we our fruits must give.
Good works of service are for offering.
When we are giving, or when receiving,
we belong to God, we belong to God.
Announcements and sharing in the life of the Community
Prayers for the people & The Lord’s Prayer
* Hymn
Be thou my vision
VU 642
* Benediction
* Choral
Will you come and follow me
Will you come and follow me if I but call your name?
Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same?
Will you let my love be shown,
will you let my name be known,
will you let my life be grown in you and you in me?
Postlude
Plymouth-Trinity United Church
380 Dufferin Ave. Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 4M7
www.plymouthtrinitychurch.org
Ministers: All of us
Clergy: the Rev. Samuel V. Dansokho - 873 200-2011
Organist and Music Director: Leslie Young
Caretaker: Christopher Bryant
Board Chair: Ann Fowlis – [email protected]
Webmaster: Michael Eby – [email protected]
Secretary: Daniel Laplante – 819 346-6373
[email protected]
Office: Tuesday & Wednesday 8-11
Friday 8-11 & 11:30-14:30
Welcome to all who are worshipping with us today. On this first
Sunday of autumn, may we continue to feel the refreshing and gentle
winds of the Holy Spirit!
Bienvenue à l’Église Unie Plymouth-Trinity! Il y a des Bibles en français
disponibles sur la table à l’entrée pour les personnes qui en désirent.
If you are a visitor, please join us for fair-trade coffee or juice after
the service and take a peace candle back to your congregation.
We thank our volunteers:
Reader: Selma Chipenda-Dansokho
Ushers: Selma Chipenda-Dansokho & Val Rawlings
Sexton: Andrew Brown
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We are grateful to the Rev. Lillian Jane Buckley for sharing with us
her gift of singing today.
Happy birthday to Marilyn Bryant (September 25), Michael Fowlis
(September 27), Thelma Philbrick & Carno Tchuani (September 28),
Madison Marshall (September 29) and Hanne Butschkow & Gladys
Elkas (September 30).
Bulletin covers this week are donated by Thelma Philbrick in memory
of her husband Gordon.
Thanks to Ann and Dave Fowlis (and helpers) again: this time for
setting-up the breakfast “café” in the lower hall for last Sunday’s
meeting on ministère en français (MiF) at P-T with Kristine Greenaway.
The Board met on Tuesday (September 20) and decided to approve of
the project for the development of our ministry in French; we will
request a grant from the New Ministry Fund.
Today
Covenanting service at Lennoxville United with their new minister,
the Rev. Linda Buchanan this afternoon at 2 PM. The Plymouth-Trinity
congregation is cordially invited to attend this special celebration.
Silent Auction offer – Enjoy a 4-5 hour fall foliage tour through
Sawyerville, North River, Island Brook and Gould. Janet McBurney
is willing to take up to 3 passengers on a tour to enjoy the beautiful
fall scenery. The tour will include a lunch stop. Confirm your interest
before 6 PM today either by phone at 819-565-9716 or e-mail
[email protected]. Donations to the UCW (targeted tour
date is Saturday, October 1).
This week
A joint service with Holy Communionwill be led by P-T and Lennoxville
United at St-Francis Manor on Thursday, September 28 at 10:30 AM.
Non-native English-speakers: Next ESL session will be on
Wednesday, September 28, in the parlour from 6-7 PM. Please inform
Val Rawlings (819-562-8630) if you cannot attend.
Prochain cours d’anglais : mercredi le 28 septembre, de 18 h à 19 h. Veuillez
avertir à temps Val Rawlings (819-562-8630) si vous avez un empêchement.
The Bilingual Meditation group meets on Thursdays at 11 AM in the
chapel. Welcome to all!
Les sessions de méditation chrétienne ont lieu les jeudis à 11 h dans la
chapelle. Bienvenue à toutes et à tous!
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Next week
October 2 – World Communion & Stewardship Sunday
Lectionary readings
Lamentations 1:1-6
Psalm 137
2 Timothy 2:8-15
Luke 17:4-10
Il n’y aura pas de service en français à 9 h, comme un unique service
bilingue aura lieu à 10 h 30. Ce service de Sainte Cène sera suivi d’un repas
communautaire. Aussi, l’école du dimanche propose aux enfants de
3 à 12 ans un programme à leur intention sur le thème de la Paix.
Bilingual service at 10:30 in the sanctuary.
We’ll be presenting the Bilingual Children's ministry during the
service, a fun and educational programme for children aged 3-12.
This month’s theme is Peace.
We will be sharing in Holy Communion. The wooden Benevolent
Fund box will be on the table at the back of the sanctuary. Each time
we share in Holy Communion we have the opportunity to donate to
this fund, which is used to purchase food vouchers for the minister
to distribute to people in need, including our own members. Please
let the minister know if somebody needs to receive Communion at
home or hospital.
All are welcome to our Mission and Service Birthday/Anniversary
celebration after the service. Join us for a delicious hot meal followed
by dessert. With your free-will offering, our community increases
our M&S donations and our love spreads around the world!
The UCW will be having a Pre-Christmas Tea planning meeting at
1 PM on Monday, October 3.
Advance notice
Thanksgiving Sunday, October 9: Once again we will collect donations of
fresh fruit and vegetables (apples, squash, carrots, etc.) for the local
food bank, Moisson Estrie and special donations to Mission and Service.
Our harvest gifts will be collected by the children during the worship
service. They will be transported to the food bank on Tuesday, October
11. Moisson Estrie also gladly accepts cheques, made out to PlymouthTrinity with a note they are for Moisson Estrie. Special Mission and
Service envelopes will be available and donations to M&S should be
placed with our regular envelopes and PAR cards on the offering plate.
If you will not be able to attend Plymouth-Trinity on October 9,
please bring your donation(s) the week before (next Sunday, October 2.)
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