Sunday Hybrid Worship, Pentecost V July 13 2025

God was incarnated 

and made human 

that he might deify us, 

as partakers of divine nature.

Athanasius (c.293-373)

On the Incarnation of the Word of God

Pentecost V

Hybrid Worship

13 July 2025

Presider: Mona Smart

Music Director: Dorothy Dittrich

Cello: Alanah Dow

Violin: Patricia Armstrong

We acknowledge 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 in bold italics, please say together

Prelude: Andante                    from Trio Sonata No. 16 in G minor, Opus 2, No. 8

G.F. Handel (1685-1759)

Call to Worship

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit 

be with you all.

And also with you.

Opening Prayer

O God, 

may your unconditional love awaken us to the Wisdom and Beauty of your Word; may your strength help us to live your Word as witnessed in Jesus Christ; may your grace bring your Holy Spirit to move among us.

Hymn: Eternal Ruler of the Ceaseless Round                     VU# 571

Acknowledgement of the Land

We prayerfully acknowledge that we gather on the traditional, ancestral and 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

Lighting of Candle

Loving God, 

give us light that we may see where error clouds our vision, where lack of love and faith withers our hopes. 

Grant us light and wisdom that we may see more clearly 

and learn to follow you with joy. Amen.         

Merciful God,

Jesus taught us not to be anxious
about our lives or about tomorrow. 
We confess we have not fully lived this,
we have not trusted and loved you
with our whole heart and mind and strength. 
Help us to amend what we are, 
and direct what we shall be:
that we may delight in your will 
and learn the wisdom of your ways. Amen

Assurance of Grace

We take comfort in the assurance
that even those things that are hidden from our memory,
and buried too deep for our words, are not beyond God’s forgiving love.

God, you know us completely,
bestow on us your Wisdom, pardon and peace. 
Amen

Affirmation of Faith

This we believe. 

That it is central to the mission of Christ 

to participate, by word and action, 

in the struggles of the poor for justice, 

to share justly the earth’s land and resources, 

to rejoice in the diversity of human culture, 

to preserve human life in all its beauty and frailty, 

to accompany the uprooted and to welcome the stranger, 

and to witness to the love of God for all people of the earth.

Peace of Christ

Peace of Christ be with you.

            And also with you. 

Let us share the peace of Christ with one another.

Scripture Reading: Amos 7:7-17 (NRSV)                        Reader: Angela Nutter

This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “See, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will spare them no longer; the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.” Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the very center of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos has said, ‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel must go into exile away from his land.’” And Amaziah said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, earn your bread there, and prophesy there, but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.” Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I am no prophet nor a prophet’s son, but I am a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore trees, and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, 

‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ “Now therefore hear the word of the Lord. You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’ Therefore, thus says the Lord: Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be parceled out by line;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.”                                

This is the Word of God

We give thanks for this word today.                     

Gospel Reading                                                          Reader: Angela Nutter                                       

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 Luke. 

Glory to you, Christ Jesus.

Luke 10:25-27 (NRSV)

An expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.” But wanting to vindicate himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and took off, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan while traveling came upon him, and when he saw him he was moved with compassion. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, treating them with oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him, and when I come back I will repay you whatever more you spend.’ Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

This is the Gospel of Christ.

We give thanks for Good News today!

Word: A Reflection on the Readings

Hymn of Response: I Feel the Winds of God Today           VU #625

Life & Work Of The Church

The Prayers of the People                                                  Susan Brockley                                              

In your great mercy,

            Hear Our Prayer

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 for ever. Amen

Offering

Ever present God, 

with this offering, we present also ourselves: 

All that we have been, 

all that we are, 

all that we shall become,

and our resolve to walk in your way. 

Accept us and our offering, 

we pray for Jesus’ sake. Amen

Holy Communion

Adapted from a contemporary United Church-Anglican composition based on a fourth century tradition

Invitation

Here is the table of the Lord. 

We joyfully gather at the Lord’s table, open to all. 

Prayer of Thanksgiving

God be with you all. 

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts;

We lift them up to God.

Let us give thanks to God!

It is right to give God our thanks and praise!

It is indeed right that we should praise you, Gracious God, for you created all things.

You formed us in your own image: 

male and female you created us. 

You made a covenant with Israel, 

and through your servants Abraham and Sarah 

gave the promise to a blessing to all nations. 

Through Moses you led your people from bondage to freedom. Through the prophets you renewed your promise of salvation. Therefore, we give you thanks. 

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, (sung)                                          CP# 719

God of power and might,

Heaven and earth are full of your glory. 

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest. 

Holy God, source of life and goodness, 

all creation rightly gives you praise. 

In the fullness of time, you sent your child Jesus Christ.

He healed the sick and ate and drank with outcasts and sinners; He opened the eyes of the blind and proclaimed the Good News to the poor and to those in need. In all things, he fulfilled your will. 

(Lay assistants to come forward) 

Loving God, 

as we break bread and share the cup, 

we give thanks for the bread and the wine, 

fruits of your earth and of our labour. 

We commit ourselves to your service 

and that our lives may proclaim the mystery of faith.

On the night he was betrayed our Lord Jesus Christ took bread;

And after giving thanks to you, broke it, and gave it to his disciples.

And said, “Take, eat: this is my body which is given to you.

Do this in remembrance of me.

After supper he took the cup of wine;

And after giving thanks, gave it to them, and said, 

“Drink this, all of you: this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sin.

Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me.” 

Sharing the Bread and Wine

We offer you, O God, this bread and this wine. 

Send your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these gifts,

That all who eat and drink at this table may be one body, one holy people.

(Bread and wine to be served)

Prayer after Communion

Gracious God,

May our participation in the sacramental gifts transform us that we may live lives of thanksgiving and be faithful to your will. 

Hymn: All Things Bright and Beautiful                                    CP #415

Sending & Blessing                                            Adapted from Romans 15:13                                    

May the God of hope fill us with all joy 

and guide and comfort us in the disruptions 

and turnings of our life, 

so that we may abound

in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.         

Postlude: Largo                           from Trio Sonata No. 16 in G minor, Opus 2, No. 8

G.F. Handel (1685-1759)