ST. COLUMBA
ANGLICAN UNITED CHURCH
4th Sunday after Epiphany
Service of the Word
February 2, 2025
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
Priest, The Rev. Sheila Cook
(250)-230-7433 scook@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
~ Asterisk* stand as you are able
Welcome and Announcements
Land Acknowledgement
THE GATHERING OF THE COMMUNITY
Call To Worship (based on Psalm 71)
In you, God of all, I take my shelter.
In your goodness, make me free.
You are my rock and my fortress.
Hear my plea, and I will be healed.
You alone are my hope,
In you I have trusted since my youth.
Opening Prayer
*Hymn: VU 509 I, the Lord of Sea and Sky
I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin
my hand will save.
I, who made the stars of night,
I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear my light to them?
Whom shall I send?
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.
I, the Lord of snow and rain,
I have borne my people’s pain,
I have wept for love of them;
they turn away.
I will break their hearts of stone,
give them hearts for love alone.
I will speak my words to them.
Whom shall I send?
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.
I, the Lord of wind and flame,
I will tend the poor and lame,
I will set a feast for them;
my hand will save.
Finest bread I will provide
till their hearts be satisfied.
I will give my life to them.
Whom shall I send?
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.
Words and Music: Daniel L Schutte.
Prayer for Transformation
Theme Time
*Hymn: MV 145 Draw the Circle Wide
Draw the circle wide.
Draw it wider still.
Let this be our song,
no one stands alone,
standing side by side,
draw the circle wide.
God the still point of the circle,
‘round whom all creation turns;
nothing lost, but held forever,
in God’s gracious arms.
Draw the circle wide.
Draw it wider still.
Let this be our song,
no one stands alone,
standing side by side,
draw the circle wide.
Let our hearts touch far horizons,
so encompass great and small;
let our loving know no borders,
faithful to God’s call.
Draw the circle wide.
Draw it wider still.
Let this be our song,
no one stands alone,
standing side by side,
draw the circle wide.
Let the dreams we dream be larger,
than we’ve ever dreamed before;
let the dream of Christ be in us,
open every door.
Draw the circle wide.
Draw it wider still.
Let this be our song,
no one stands alone,
standing side by side,
draw the circle wide.
Words and music Gordon Light.
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD
Hutlilala’s! Listen deeply as Scripture is proclaimed.
Focus Scripture: Luke 4:21-30
This is the trustworthy witness of God’s faithful people through the ages.
The divine word to us today. Amen
Sermon
The Peace
. . . The peace of Christ be always with you.
And also with you.
(We share a sign of peace with one another)
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
Invitation to the Offering
Hymn: VU 372 Though I May Speak
Though I may speak with bravest fire,
and have the gift to all inspire,
and have not love, my words are vain,
as sounding brass, and hopeless gain.
Though I may give all I possess,
and striving so my love profess,
but not be given by love within,
the profit soon turns strangely thin.
Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control,
our spirits long to be made whole.
Let inward love guide every deed;
by this we worship, and are freed.
Words and arrangement Hal H. Hopson
Offerings Response: VU 37 Gloria
Gloria, gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, gloria, alleluia, alleluia.
Glory to God, glory to God, glory in the highest!
Glory to God, glory to God, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Music Jacques Berthier, arrangement Darryl Nixon
Prayer of Dedication
Prayers of the People
Mission Stories/Alongside Hope
The Lord’s Prayer (SFGP 12)
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.
Hymn: VU 589 Lord, Speak to Me
Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
in living echoes of your tone;
as you have sought, so let me seek
your straying children lost and lone.
O lead me, so that I may lead
the wandering and the wavering feet;
O feed me, so that I may feed
your hungering ones with manna sweet.
O teach me, Lord, that I may teach
the precious truths which you impart;
and wing my words, that they may reach
the hidden depths of many a heart.
O fill me with your fullness, Lord,
until my very heart o'erflows
in kindling thought and glowing word,
your love to tell, your praise to show.
Sending Forth
The God who makes us calls us to speak.
May we go forward without fear.
The God who renews us calls us to serve.
May we seek justice and peace.
The God who sustains us calls us to love.
May we know God’s presence in those we meet. Amen.
Blessing
*Three-fold Amen
Announcements
- Coffee following the service!
- Canned and dried food are always appreciated
- Mission Focus: Our Place, Victoria
- Today Congregational meeting to vote on the recommendation of the Search Committee
- AGM Pick Up Your Copy of the Annual Reports today
Meeting February 9 after church and lunch
Positions to be filled
1. Church Council Member
2. Ministry and Personnel Committee Member
This service of worship was initially prepared by Together We Worship.
Thanks to Rev. Greg Powell, James Bay United, Victoria, BC for the Sermon and Rev. Murray Speer, Calgary AB for the Liturgy.
Music copyright:
Words for hymns reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 or CCLI License # 11033010. All rights reserved.
Voices United 509 I, the Lord of Sea and Sky Words and Music: Daniel L Schutte, 1981. Words, Music, Harmony: © 1981 Daniel L Schutte and New Dawn Music administered by Oregon Catholic Press. All rights reserved. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#80670). All rights reserved.
More Voices 145 Draw the Circle Wide Words and music: Gordon Light, 1994 Words and music copyright © 1994 Common Cup Company. All rights reserved. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#117657). All rights reserved.
Voices United 372 Though I May Speak Words: Hal H. Hopson, 1972; Music: traditional English melody; adapted Hal H. Hopson, 1972. Words and arrangement copyright © 1972 Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#02769). All rights reserved.
Voices United 37 Gloria Words: traditional liturgical setting; Music: Jacques Berthier, arrangement: Darryl Nixon 1987. Music copyright © 1978, 1980, 1981 Les Presses de Taizé (France). Used by permission of G.I.A. Publications Inc., All rights reserved. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#07615). All rights reserved.
Songs For a Gospel People 12 The Lord’s Prayer Setting: Darryl Nixon, 1987. © SFAGP, 1987. Words: International Committee on English in the Liturgy, 1986. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission on file (Wood Lake Books and ICEL).
Voices United 589 Lord, Speak to Me Words: Frances Ridley Havergal, 1872; Music: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1872. Words and music copyright: Public domain.
