ST. COLUMBA
ANGLICAN-UNITED CHURCH
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
August 4, 2024 United Church Gathering
Worship leader: Robert Fyles

Mission Statement
As followers of Jesus Christ, our church is a community called to love, honour, worship, and serve God. We invite others to share our Christian journey as we grow in faith and engage in ministry in our town and mission in our world.

9190 Granville Street
PO Box 1260, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
Office Phone: 250-949-6247
E-mail: admin@stcolumbaporthardy.ca
Minister: Rev. Christine Muise
E-mail: cmuise@bc.anglican.ca
Wardens: Robert Fyles and Heather Jones
Treasurer: Judy Fyles
Music Ministry: Roldan Yuipco Video
Ammie Yuipco
Community Partner: Cathie Wilson
www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca

~ Leader: regular font
~ All: bold font
~ Sung words: bold italics
~ Asterix* stand as you are able

Welcome and Announcements
Land Acknowledgement & Holy Land Acknowledgement

THE COMMUNITY GATHERS BEFORE GOD

Call to Worship
Come and worship.
We come rejoicing in God’s wonderful creation. We come rejoicing in the gift of family and friends.
Come and worship.
We come rejoicing that we can give God thanks. We come rejoicing that we will be spiritually nourished.

*Hymn: VU 274 Your Hand, O God, Has Guided v.1,2,5

Your hand, O God, has guided
your flock from age to age;
the wondrous tale is written,
full clear, on every page.
Our forebears owned your goodness,
and we their deeds record;
and both of this bear witness:
one church, one faith, one Lord.

Your heralds brought glad tidings
to greatest as to least;
they bade them rise, and hasten
to share the heavenly feast.
And this was all their teaching,
in every deed and word,
to all alike proclaiming:
one church, one faith, one Lord.

Your mercy will not fail us,
nor leave your work undone;
with your right hand to help us,
the victory shall be won;
and then, by earth and heaven,
your name shall be adored,
and this shall be our anthem:
one church, one faith, one Lord.

Prayer of the Day

THE STORY OF FAITH IS PROCLAIMED
Hutłilala's! Listen deeply as Scripture is proclaimed.

Psalm 51: VU 776
Refrain 2: In the abundance of your compassion, wash my sins away.
Have mercy on me, O God, in your great kindness.
in the fullness of your mercy blot out my offences.
Wash away all my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is always before me.
R 2: In the abundance of your compassion, wash my sins away.

Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence, and blameless in your judgement.
Guilty I have been from my birth, a sinner from the time of my conception.
But you desire truth in our inward being, therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean,
wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.
Let me hear the sounds of joy and gladness,
let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.
Turn away your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
R 2: In the abundance of your compassion, wash my sins away.

Put a new heart in me, O God,
and give me again a constant spirit.
Do not cast me away from your presence,
do not take your holy spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and strengthen me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.
O God, open my lips,
and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.
R 2: In the abundance of your compassion, wash my sins away.

Epistle Ephesians 4:1-16

*Hymn: VU 506 Take My Life and Let It Be

Take my life, and let it be
consecrated, all for thee;
take my moments and my days;
let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Take my hands, and let them move
at the impulse of thy love;
take my feet, and let them be
swift and purposeful for thee.

Take my lips, and let them be
filled with messages from thee;
take my intellect, and use
every power as thou shalt choose.

Take my will, and make it thine;
it shall be no longer mine;
take my heart, it is thine own;
it shall be thy royal throne.

Take my love; and I will pour
at thy feet its treasure store;
take myself, and I will be
ever, only, all for thee.

*Gospel: John 6:24-35
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.

Sermon Reflection

Prayers of the People 
Minute for Mission/ PWRDF
Sung prayer response:
O God hear our prayers, O God hear our prayers, when we cry, answer us.
O God hear our prayers, O God hear our prayers, come and listen to us.

The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Peace
The peace of Christ be always with you.
And also with you.

*Hymn: MV 176 Three Things I Promise

Three things I promise, Holy God,
in age and youth, in life and death:
to bless your Name, and cling to Christ,
and listen for the Spirit’s breath.

Your love unfolded time and space,
and life, and all that life became,
and so, with thankful heart and voice,
through good and ill, I bless your Name.

I follow, serve, and cling to Christ
amid our culture’s tides and trends,
for here your Name is most revealed:
Majestic Love, and Best of Friends.

Enlivened as the Spirit moves
to cleanse, awaken, and renew,
I pray that justice, peace, and truth,
may seed and grow in all I do.

If I should live when vigour fades,
and family and friends are gone,
three acts of loving faith remain
when days are slow, and work is done.

Revive and guide me, Living God,
as day by day, until my death,
I bless your Name, and cling to Christ,
and listen for the Spirit’s breath.

Words: Brian Wren; Music: Daniel Charles Damon

*Response: VU 542 We Give You but Your Own

We give you but your own,
what e’er the gift may be;
all that we have is yours alone,
We give it gratefully.

Prayer over the Gifts
Our offerings will feed the hungry.
Refugees and others driven from their homes will be fed. The desolate and disturbed will be fed. Those who are sick or confined to home or institution will be fed. The grieving and the lost will be fed.
Bless our offerings. Amen.

Commissioning
Take with you the blessing of your calling, The grace Christ has given you, and the certainty that no one else. Can take your place among God’s people. You are a gift to the Body of Christ, Now be a gift to God’s world.
Thanks be to God. Amen! Gilakas’la!

*Hymn: MV 213 Take Up His Song

Take up his song of peace, and go into the world.
Take up his song of peace in every moment.
In every moment of the journey, we’re laying down our lives;
Lay them down, in peace, lay them down, and take up his song.

Take up his song of hope, and go into the world.
Take up his song of hope in every moment.
In every moment of the journey, we’re laying down our lives;
Lay them down, in hope, lay them down, and take up his song.

Take up his song of faith, and go into the world.
Take up his song of faith in every moment.
In every moment of the journey, we’re laying down our lives;
Lay them down, in faith, lay them down, and take up his song.

Take up his song of love, and go into the world.
Take up his song of love in every moment.
In every moment of the journey, we’re laying down our lives;
Lay them down, in love, lay them down, and take up his song.

Words and music: Laura A Herman; arr. Robin King.

*Three-fold Amen

Announcements

• Canned and dried food are always appreciated.
• Focus: National Truth and Reconciliation Day Tri-Nation Event in Port Hardy
• August 8 at 2 PM Profile Committee meeting
• August 11 at 11:00 AM Outdoor service and church picnic (on church grounds), bring extra mains, salads or desserts, hot dogs and beverages provided; this is Christine’s last Sunday with us
• August 13-16 Camp Spirit is at St. Columba for children 6-11 years
• If you wish to order a 2025 Canadian (Anglican) Church calendar $10, please phone or speak to Judy Fyles
• Please sign up on the sheet on table to read, count etc.

Liturgical resources:
Responsive Prayers for Every Week of the Church Year: Year B Copyright © 2020 David Sparks
Prayers for All Seasons: Based on the Revised Common Lectionary Copyright ©Woodlake Publishing

Music Copyright:
Words for hymns reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 or CCLI License #11033010

Voices United 274 Your Hand, O God, Has Guided Words: Edward H Plumtree, 1864; Music: Basil Harwood, 1898; descant William Renwick, 1991. Words copyright: Public domain. Music
by permission of Executors of the late Dr. Basil Harwood. Copyright, now public domain. Descant copyright © William Renwick. [Descant never sung or played.] All rights reserved.

Voices United 776 Psalm 51 Refrain 2 Music copyright © Benedictine Fathers, Mount Angel Abbey 1976. Email on file from representative from Mount Angel Abbey granting permission for livestream or podcast of music. All rights reserved.

Voices United 506 Take My Life and Let It Be Words: Frances Ridley Havergal, 1874; Music: unknown. descant John T. Wilkinson 1980. Words, Music: Public Domain. Descant: © 1980 enThusia Enterprises. Descant is never sung played or sung.

O Lord, Hear My Prayer Text: Taizé Community (France); Music: Jacques Berthier (1923-1994). Psalm 102: Tune: Jacques Berthier, © 1982, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent Text: Taizé Community, © 1982, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent. All rights reserved. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#00134). All rights reserved.

More Voices 176 Three Things I Promise Words: Brian Wren 1997; Music: Daniel Charles Damon 1999. Words copyright © 1997 and music copyright © 1999 Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 words (#52995) and music (#52996) or CCLI License # 11033010 (4560191). All rights reserved.

Voices United 542 We Give You but Your Own Words: William Walsham How, 1858; Music: Johann Balthasar König, 1738; adapted William Henry Havergal, 1847. Copyright, public domain.

More Voices 213 Take Up His Song Words and music: Laura A Herman, 2005; arr. Robin King, 2006. Words and music copyright © 2005 Laura A. Herman. Arrangement copyright © 2006 Robin King. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission on file from Laura Herman Stewart and Robin King. All rights reserved.