Sunday Worship Service Order of Service

Christ Church Gabriola's Sunday Hybrid Worship Service starts at 10:00 am.

Please contact either of the following if you would like to join the Zoom Service.

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christchurchgabriola@gmail.com

 

Hybrid Worship 

June 30, 2024 

Pentecost V1  

Rev. Deborah van der Goes 

Music Director: Dorothy Dittrich 

Stories of our Faith

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

 Anglican Morning Prayer

From “Pray without Ceasing” adapted for Christ Church, Gabriola 

Words in bold italics, please say together

Prelude: Come, Ever Blessed Spirit, Come                          Mason,1844                                                          

Gathering & Call to Worship

O Lord, open our lips,

And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

In your resurrection, O Christ,

let heaven and earth rejoice. Alleluia. 

Glory to the holy and undivided Trinity, one God:

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. 

Alleluia.

Hymn: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing                           CP #354

The Collect           A Prayer Book for Australia (1995)                                                             

O Christ for whom we search, our help when help has failed:

give us courage to expose our need and ask to be made whole, 

so that, being touched by you, we may be raised to new life 

in the power of your name. Amen. 

Lighting of the Candle

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

We are here. God is here. 

This place is sacred ground. 

Acknowledgement of the Land

Prayer for Reconciliation          

Let me hear of your loving-kindness in the morning, for I put my trust in you; show me the road that I must walk, for I lift up my soul to you. 

Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbour. (silence)

God of all mercy,

We confess that we have sinned against you,

opposing your will in our lives.

We have denied your goodness in each other,

in ourselves, and in the world you have created.

We repent of the evil that enslaves us,

the evil we have done,

            and the evil done on our behalf.

Forgive, restore, and strengthen us

through our Saviour Jesus Christ,

so that we may abide in your love

and serve only your will. Amen. 

May the God of love and power 

forgive you and free you from our sins,

heal and strengthen you by the Holy Spirit

and raise you to new life in Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Song of Praise: Songs of Praise the Angel Sang                    CP #370

Prayer before the Reading of Scripture

Holy Mystery, 

in the deep silence of our prayer you call to us.
Help us to listen and to hear. Help us to respond.

Reading: Solomon 1:13-15, 2:23-24        Reader: Nancy Hetherington Pearce
God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living.  For he created all things so that they might exist; the generative forces of the world are wholesome, and there is no destructive poison in them, and the dominion of Hades is not on earth.  For righteousness is immortal.  For God created us for incorruption, and made us in the image of his own eternity, but through the devil's envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his company experience it. 

Reader: Holy wisdom, holy word.

            Thanks to God for the Word today.

Hymn: King of Glory, King of Peace                                        CP #345

Gospel Reading                                              Reader: Deborah Van der Goes                        

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 Mark. 

Glory to you, Christ Jesus.

Mark 5:25-33

How are you touched by God?

Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years.  She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse.  She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, for she said, "If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well." Immediately her hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.  Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"  And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, 'Who touched me?'" He looked all around to see who had done it.  But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.

This is the Gospel of Christ.

We give thanks for Good News today!

Sermon: The Pickle Jar

Hymn: I want Jesus to Walk with Me                                       CP #512

Life & Work of the Church 

Offering

Offertory Response: Take, O Take Me As I Am                        MV #85 

Prayers of the People                                                         Paddy Waymark

In Your Light,

            Hear our Prayers

The Lord’s Prayer

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;

and forgive us our sins

as we forgive those who sin against us.                                     

Save us in the time of trial

and deliver us from evil;

for the kingdom, the power and the glory

are yours, now and for ever. Amen.

Hymn: God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending                        CP #601

Blessing and Dismissal

The peace of Christ be with you always. 

And also with you. 

Let us bless the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

May the risen Christ grant us the joys of eternal life. Amen.

Postlude: Worship the Lord In Beauty of Holiness  J.H. Rheinhardt, 1754