Order of Worship

(on a phone, best viewed horizontally) 

 

February 2, 2025            10:45am

 

Anabaptism at 500 - Looking Back, Living Forward

 

GATHERING AS COMMUNITY

Pre-service Music

Welcome

Prelude                              Now Thank We All Our God                                   Putnam

Opening Prayer

Call to Worship

All:           God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.

Leader:   We look to the past: To the Biblical narrative, to the early church, the Catholic Church, the Reformation, the Anabaptist beliefs.

People: God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. 

 

Leader:   We look to the present: To current church leaders, to the needs in our community, to the celebration of God’s love and the spreading of the church in the world, celebrating the church today.

People: If we love one another, God abides in us, and God’s love is perfected in us.

 

Leader:   We look to the future: To be ready to fulfill the needs of those around us, to continue to spread the love of Christ around the world, to work for peace, to support each other in these endeavours.

All:           No one can lay any other foundation besides the one that is already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Hymn                                  O Christ, Impart Your Teaching True                     VT 583

LED BY GOD’S WORD

Scripture                            Matthew 28:16-20, 5:10-12

Story Sharing

Children’s Time

Hymn                                  Thy Word is a Lamp                                                     VT 398

Scripture                            Ephesians 2:19-22

Sermon                             

Hymn                                  The Church of Christ, in Every Age                          VT 395

SENT OUT TO LOVE THE WORLD

Time of Sharing

Offering Prayer

Musical Offering       Genügsamkeit ist ein Schatz in diesem Leben       Bach

Joys and Concerns

      After each time of sharing we respond “Lord, hear our prayers.”

Announcements

Confessing Faith

Hymn                                  Lead Me Forth                                                               VT 837

Benediction

Postlude

 

Worship Leader: Elizabeth Wall                                        Preacher: Debbie Bledsoe

Children’s Time: Karen Roth                                                         Pianist: Ev Buhr

Musical Offering: Louisa Adria                                                    Story: Selma Berg

Readers: Tim Burkholder, Ev Buhr, Colin Neufeldt, Lynette Toews-Neufeldt

Joys and Concerns: Debbie Bledsoe Ushers: Robert Proudfoot, Colin Neufeldt