4th Sunday After Pentecost & Father's Day | June 16, 2024

Our worship service at Ebenezer as well on Zoom was led by Jacquelin Lovell and Beverley Fujimoto with Margaret Tribe for spiritual & music leadership, Diane McLean for Sunday school, Susan Ryman for the slides, and James Tribe and Doug Mark for our audiovisual and broadcast support.

Special thanks the UCW for their mini bake sale today.

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP

♫ Prelude “Here I Am, Lord” by Daniel L. Schutte

Lighting of the Candles (Jacquelin)

Acknowledging the Traditional Territory (Beverley)

Words of Welcome (Jacquelin)

Announcements (Jacquelin)

Chime (Margaret)

♫ *Hymn VU 93 “When Heaven’s Bright with Mystery” (Jacquelin)

Call to Worship (Jacquelin)

Prayer of Approach and Confession (Jacquelin)

Words of Assurance (Beverley)

Sharing Peace (Beverley)

♫ Hymn VU 563 “Jesus, You Have Come to the Lakeshore” (Jacquelin)

(Children are invited to go with Diane McLean and “Helper” to Room 1&2 for a Sunday School program.)

WE LISTEN AND SHARE GOD’S WORD

Scripture Reading
Matthew 4:18 – 22 (NRSVUE) Jesus Calls the First Disciples
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...

Sermon “Here’s To Us! Here’s To Love!” (read by Beverley)

Spiritual Practice (Beverley)

WE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD

♫ Hymn VU 681 “Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life” (Jacquelin)

Invitation to the Offering (Jacquelin)

A Stewardship Second (Jacquelin)

♫ Offertory Hymn VU 538 “For the Gift of Creation”

Prayer of Dedication (Beverley)

Prayers of the People (responsively) (with Jacquelin Lovell)

♫ The Lord’s Prayer (sung) VU 960

WE GO INTO GOD’S WORLD

♫ Hymn VU 567 “Will You Come and Follow Me” (Beverley)

Commissioning and Blessing (responsively) (Beverley)

♫ Song “Go Now in Peace” by Don Besig and Nancy Price

♫ Postlude “My Life Flows On/Amazing Grace” R. S. Lowry/V. Harmony

End notes: Respectfully adapted from Called to Be the Church: The Journey: Loving Our Neighbours Near and Far; and Gathering Worship

Ebenezer United Church
Markham, Ontario Canada
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