Hybrid Worship,ALL SAINTS DAY, 1 NOVEMBER 2026,Minister: Mona Smart Music: Ian Cox

Hybrid Worship

ALL SAINTS DAY

1 NOVEMBER 2026

Minister: Mona Smart

Music: Ian Cox

 

We acknowledge that these lands upon which we worship are the

traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw

First Nation. Whoever you are and wherever you are on life’s journey,

you are welcome here!

Words for Worship

Words of response are in bold & italics

 

Prelude

 

Gathering Words

We thank you, God, that you have again brought us together to praise you for your goodness and to ask for your blessing. Give us grace to see your hand in the week that is past, and your purpose in the week to come.

 

Acknowledgement of the Land

We prayerfully acknowledge with thanksgiving that we gather

on the unceded territories of the Snuneymuxw people.

Gracious God, help us to seek a new relationship with the first peoples here, one based in honour and respect. Amen.

 

Call to Worship                                                                        2 Corinthains 13:14

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,

and the fellowship of the Holy Sprit, be with you all.

And also with you.

 

Acknowledgement of All Saints Day

For all the saints, who have gone before us, who have spoken to our hearts, and touched us with your light, we praise you, God.

 

Lighting of Candle                                                            Adapted from Iona Resources

As we gather for worship,

may God’s Wisdom guide us,

for her counsel is deeper and more spacious than the sea.

May the light of Christ illuminate our way,

the light that can never be extinguished.

May the refreshing wind of God’s Spirit blow though our lives.

We light this candle as we draw near to God and to one another.

 

(candle lighting)

 

Opening Hymn: O Come and Let Us Sing (x2)                            MV #9

 

Prayer of Forgiveness                                                     Iona Abbey Worship Book

Loving God,

For the wrong we have done and the good we have not done, forgive us.

For our anxieties and fear that cause us to feel separated from the peace of Christ, forgive us.                                                    2

Prayer for Illumination and Grace                                              ACC-UCC

We are assured that even those things that are hidden from memory, or are too deep for our words, are not beyond God’s forgiving love. We ask that you amend what we are, and direct what we shall be; that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways. Amen

 

Affirmation of Faith

The Lord our God is One.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first and great commandment. The second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself. There is no greater commandment than these.

 

Peace of Christ

Jesus said: “Peace I leave with you;” my peace I give you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled or afraid.”

The Peace of Christ be with you.

And also with you.

Let us share the peace of Christ with one another.

 

Prayer Before the Reading of Scripture                                      Psalm 119

O God,

Your Word is a lamp to our feet, and light to our path.

Give us grace to receive your truth in faith and love. Amen

 

Scripture: Revelation 7:9-17 (NRSVUE)              Reader: Nancy Hetherington Peirce

After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb!” And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, singing,

     “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom

and thanksgiving and honor

and power and might

be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?” I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.                                                                 3

For this reason they are before the throne of God

    and worship him day and night within his temple,

    and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.

They will hunger no more and thirst no more;

    the sun will not strike them,

    nor any scorching heat,

for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,

    and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,

and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

 

This is the Word of God

Thanks be to God.

 

Gospel Reading                                                Reader: Nancy Hetherington Peirce

As is your custom, please stand or sit for the reading of the gospel.

 

God be with you.

And also with you

The Good News of Jesus the Christ according to Matthew.

Glory to you, Christ Jesus.

 

Matthew 5:1-12 (NRSVUE)

The Beatitudes

When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he began to speak and taught them, saying:

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,

 for they will be filled.

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,  

 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all   

 kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for

 your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the    

 who were before you.

 

This is the Gospel of Christ.

Thanks be to God

 

Word: A Reflection                                                                                 4

Hymn of Response: Come My Way, My Truth                              VU #628

 

Life & Work of the Church

 

Prayers of the People                                                               Lynette Jackson

Loving God,

Hear our Prayers.

 

The Lord’s Prayer (sung)                                                            VU #959

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come, your will be done,

on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins as

we forgive those who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial

and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours

now and forever. Amen.

 

Offering (offering now to be collected)

 

Offering Prayer

In the name and in the spirit of Jesus, we bring our gifts to you, O God. Help us to give with them a ready mind, a willing spirit, and a joyful heart.

Amen.

 

Closing Hymn: Go Forth For God                                             VU #418

 

Blessing & Sending

God be in our head, and in our understanding.

God be in our eyes, and in our looking.

God be in our mouth, and in our speaking.

God be in our heart, and in our loving.

God be at your end, and at your departing.

 

Glory to God whose power working in us can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from generation to generation, in the church and in Christ Jesus, forever and ever! Amen

 

Postlude

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