May 22, 2016 - Plymouth

FIANGONAN'I JESOA KRISTY
ETO MADAGASIKARA
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
IN MADAGASCAR
PLYMOUTH-TRINITY UNITED CHURCH
Trinity Sunday - May 22th, 2016
Prelude
Welcome and Greetings
* Response
MV 1, v. 1
Let us build a house where love can dwell
and all can safely live,
a place where saints and children tell
how hearts learn to forgive.
Built of hopes and dreams and visions,
rock of faith and vault of grace;
here the love of Christ shall end divisions:
All are welcome, all are welcome,
All are welcome in this place.
* Responsive call to worship: Psalm 100
Sing to the Lord, all the world!
Manompoa an’i Jehovah Amin’ny fifaliana;
Mankanesa eo anatrehany amin’ny fihobiana
Acknowledge that the Lord is God
He made us, and we belong to him
We are his people, we are his flock
Midira eo amin’ny Vavahadiny amin’ny fisaorana,
Ary eo an-kianjany amin’ny fiderana;
Misaora Azy, mankalaza ny anarany.
The Lord is good; His love is eternal
and his faithfulness lasts forever.
* Opening prayer
* Hymn
O Lord my God
O! Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works thy hand has made,
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy pow’r throughout the universe displayed.
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee;
How great thou art, how great thou art, (bis)
OT: Old Testament
NT: New Testament
VU: Voices United
MV: More Voices
* the congregation standing, as able
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VU 238
Raha mitsangatsangana ao an’ala
Ka mahare ny hiram-borona’
Ny rivotra mitsoka moramora
Ary mahita tendrombohitra
Midera Anao Andriamnaitra o!
Fa lehibe, Fa lehibe, (bis)
Quand, par les bois ou la forêt profonde,
J'entends, joyeux, tous les oiseaux chanter;
Quand sur les monts, la source avec son onde,
Livre au Zéphyr son chant doux et léger.
Mon cœur, heureux, s'écrie à chaque instant:
O Dieu d'amour, que tu es grand! (bis)
Prayer of confession
Unison affirmation of grace (Psalm 32:1-2)
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
* Response
VU 237
Ba ni ngye-ti Ba Ya-we, (X3)
Amen.
Let us praise the God of truth,
Let us praise the God of peace,
Let us praise the God of love.
Amen.
Hallelujah. (X3)
Amen.
* Statement of faith of The United Church of Canada (back of insert)
Family time
Hymn
Wonderful words of life
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.
Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life. (bis)
Io no Filazantsara soa, teny fiainana;
Teny mamy indrindra koa, teny fiainana,
Raisonao ny Teny, teny soa nomeny
Tenin’ny Ray, tsara tokoa teny fiainana. (bis)
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Prayer of illumination
Readings
Proverbs 6:1-11
Romans 5:1-5
Psalm 8
John 16:12-15 (Malagasy)
The word of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
OT 589
NT 155
VU 732
NT 110
Sermon
What are human beings that you are mindful of
them, mortals that you care for them?
Personal reflection
* Hymn
Come, O fount of every blessing
VU 559
Come, O Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing your grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing call for songs of endless praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount; I’m fixed upon it, mount of God’s unfailing love.
Here, I pause in my sojourning, giving thanks for having come,
come to trust, at every turning, God will guide me safely home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God,
came to rescue me from danger, precious presence, precious blood.
O, to grace how great a debtor daily I am drawn a-new!
Let that grace now, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to you.
Prone to wander, I can feel it, wander from the love I’ve known:
here’s my heart, oh, take and seal it for your very own.
Minute for Mission
Offering (collection will be taken during choir singing)
Malagasy Choir
Announcements & Sharing in the life of the community
Prayers of the people & The Lord’s prayer
Malagasy Choir
* Benediction
* Response I’m gonna live so God can use me
VU 575
Postlude
I’m gonna
1. live
2. work
3. pray
4. sing
So God can use me ; anywhere, Lord, anytime!
(twice per verse)
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Plymouth-Trinity United Church
380 Dufferin Ave. Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 4M7
819 346-6373 - [email protected]
www.plymouthtrinitychurch.org
Ministers: All of us
Clergy: the Rev. Samuel V. Dansokho - 873 200-2011
Organist and Music Director: Leslie Young
Secretary: Daniel Laplante – 819 346-6373
Caretaker: Christopher Bryant
Board Chair: Ann Fowlis - [email protected]
Webmaster: Michael Eby - [email protected]
Welcome to all who are worshipping with us today. On this first
Sunday of the longest season in the church calendar, may you feel
the warm and gentle winds of the Holy Spirit!
Bienvenue à l’Eglise Unie Plymouth-Trinity ! Il y a des Bibles en français
disponibles sur la table à l’entrée pour ceux 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.
All are welcome to our Mission and Service Birthday & Anniversary
celebration after the service. Join us for the Malagasy meal
graciously offered by our visitors. With our free-will offering, our
community increases our M&S donations and our love spreads
around the world!
We thank our volunteers:
Reader: Vivienne Galanis
Ushers: Mike Gosselin, Paul Young & Val Rawlings
Sexton: Robert Stratton
Bulletin covers this week are donated by Inge Lunkenbein in
memory of Bob Steele, and by Charlotte Stratton and family in
memory of Helen McKinnon.
Happy Birthday to Ashley Boynton (May 28th).
A bilingual prayer group is meeting on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 7:30;
please join us and/or send the minister your prayer requests.
We would like to know the people in the congregation who presently
hold a first aid certificate or would like to take a first aid course.
Please speak to Jim Innes.
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Sympathy: It is with deep sadness that we share the loss of our
beloved Ruth Elkas Atto who died peacefully on Thursday morning.
We send our condolences to her husband Jim and siblings Gladys,
Myrna, Emcee, Sam and Steve and their children and grandchildren.
Ruth was baptized at Plymouth, now Plymouth-Trinity, and played
and served here her entire life. She touched the lives of all of us here
as she did in the many other areas of her employed and volunteer
life. We are grateful for the life and the work of Ruth and will
remember her.
Ruth’s funerals will take place at Plymouth-Trinity at 11 AM on
Friday, May 27th preceded by visitation at the church at 9 AM. There
will also be visiting at Steve L. Elkas Funeral Home (4230,
Bertrand-Fabi) on Thursday from 2 to 4 PM and from 7 to 9 PM.
A Christian meditation group is meeting in the chapel on Thursdays,
11 AM to 12 noon. For more information, contact Carol Smith
(819-569-6514 or [email protected]).
Un groupe de méditation chrétienne se réunit les jeudis de 11 h à midi à la
chapelle. Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter Carol Smith (voir
coordonnées ci-dessus).
Church office: Daniel Laplante will be in Tuesday to Friday mornings
from 9:00 to 12:00. Messages for Daniel can be sent to
[email protected].
Today
Welcome to our Malagasy visitors who are with
us today, a group from the Canadian branch of
the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar,
whose visit is organised by our own Nadia
Andriamahefa! Go and preach the Good
News is the theme of their stay.
After the worship service, the group of about
100 will sing songs of praise and provide a
Malagasy meal for our Mission and Service
Birthday/Anniversary luncheon. Hallelujah!
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This Week
Non-native English-speakers: Next ESL session in the parlour on
Wednesday, May 25th, from 6-7:30 PM. This will be the last session of
this season.
Prochain cours d’anglais : mercredi le 25 mai, de 18 h à 19 h 30. Cette session
sera la dernière de la saison.
Next Week
Sunday, May 29th – Second Sunday after Pentecost
1 Kings 18:20-39
Psalm 96
Galatians 1:1-12
Luke 7:1-10
Le service en français se tient le dimanche matin à 9 h dans la chapelle.
Prière de prendre la porte qui donne sur l’aire de stationnement, rue Terrill.
English service at 10:30 in the sanctuary.
Outreach Projects
We stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in Fort McMurray.
Our heartfelt prayers go to those who have lost their homes in the
fire. The United Church of Canada is accepting donations to support
the response of our Alberta and Northwest Conference to this
disaster. You can donate through the United Church online or by
making out a cheque to Plymouth-Trinity and marking it
“Emergency Response - Fort McMurray”.
In the Community
Janet McBurney has accepted the baton once again and will be
participating in her 13th Relay For Life to raise money for the Canadian
Cancer Society on June 17th. It is a life-affirming, community experience
and a commitment to save more lives. Tax receipts are available upon
request for donations of $10 or more. Luminaires (candles) are available
for $5 and are personalized in honour of those battling cancer or in
memory of those who lost the fight. For more information, please
contact Janet at 819-565-9716 or [email protected] by June 5th.
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A NEW CREED
We are not alone, we live in God's world.
We believe in God:
who has created and is creating,
who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh,
to reconcile and make new,
who works in us and others by the Spirit.
We trust in God.
We are called to be the Church:
to celebrate God's presence,
to live with respect in Creation,
to love and serve others,
to seek justice and resist evil,
to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen,
our judge and our hope.
In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us.
We are not alone.
Thanks be to God.
CONFESSION DE FOI DE L'ÉGLISE UNIE DU CANADA
Nous ne sommes pas seuls, nous vivons dans le monde que Dieu a créé.
Nous croyons en Dieu
qui a créé et qui continue à créer,
qui est venu en Jésus, Parole faite chair, pour réconcilier et renouveler,
qui travaille en nous et parmi nous par son Esprit.
Nous avons confiance en Dieu.
Nous sommes appelés à constituer l'Église :
pour célébrer la présence de Dieu,
pour vivre avec respect dans la création,
pour aimer et servir les autres,
pour rechercher la justice et résister au mal,
pour proclamer Jésus, crucifié et ressuscité,
notre juge et notre espérance.
Dans la vie, dans la mort, et dans la vie au-delà de la mort,
Dieu est avec nous.
Nous ne sommes pas seuls.
Grâces soient rendues à Dieu.