April 26th 2020 3rd Sunday of Easter

A Sunday Gathering Baie Verte. Port Elgin, Tidnish Bridge Pastoral Charge

& Sackville Pastoral Charge

Welcome & Announcements

CrisisSupportLineForthoseneedingsupportfollowinglastweekend’stragedyinPortapique,

MorneauShepell,hasopenedupafree,24/7crisissupportlineat

1-844-751-2133Thecrisissupportlineoffersprofessionalemotionalsupporttoanyonein

crisis.Peoplecallingthecrisislinewillreceivecrisiscounsellingsupportand/orreferraltocommunityresources.

AAMeetings

SackvilleDistrictFoodBankOpen&ReadytoHelp

Wednesdayfrom9:30-11:30AM

Youcanalsocall(506)536-4164onTuesdayafternoonorWednesdaymorning

toarrangedelivery

Lighting the Christ CandleJennie&Megan

♬ I See the Love of God ♬

Gathering Words

WeAreOne

♬ A Gathering Song ♬

Weareoneaswecome,aswecome,joyfultobehere,inthepraiseonourlipsthere'sasensethatGodisnear.Weareoneaswesing,asweseek,wearefound;andwecomeneedfulofGod'sgraceaswemeet,togetherinthisplace.

VoicesUnited#402

Weareoneasweshare,aswesharebrokennessandfear,inthetouchofahandthere'sasensethatGodishere.Weareoneaswecare,asweheal,wearehealed;andwesharewarmthinGod'sembraceaswepraytogetherinthisplace.

Weareoneaswefeast,aswefeast,peacebecomesthesign;inthebreadandthewinethere'sasenseoflovedivine.Weareoneaswecome,aswefeed,wearefed;andwefeelGod'srefreshinggraceaswemeetattableinthisplace.

Weareoneaswehear,aswehear,heartandhandunite;inthewordwereceivethere'sasensethatGodislight.weareoneasweleave,aswelove,weareloved;andweseekjusticeinGod'swaysaswemovetogetherfromthisplace.

Gathering Prayer

Holy Mystery, we gather this morning conscious of our vulnerability, perhaps as never before. Our world seems to have been turned upside down by so many things beyond our control. We have faced a week of loss, loss of lives, friends and family, loss of the sense of safety, loss of freedom of movement

as we practise social distancing as a way of protecting each other, as a way of loving each other. At this is a time of confusion and sadness in our lives, we ask you to bless our tears, and the tears of our neighbours. May our tears cleanse us and bring healing and a sense of hope in the days, weeks and months ahead.

In the words of A New Creed, “God is with us, we are not alone. Thanks be to God.” Amen.

Lookprayerfullyatyourscreenandimaginethosewhoyousatbesideinyourchurchbuildingslookingattheirscreens.Imaginetheirfacesandvoices.Recallwarmhandshakes,laughter,tearsandcarefilledembraces.

Now,takeamomentandconnectwitheachother.Saygoodmorning.Welcomeeachothertothistimeofcommunity.Hellofrom…

Drawing the Circle Wide…

WecometohearandshareGod’swordTolearnandgrowthroughwhatwe’veheard.InjoyandlovewecometoserveAspeopleofourGod.

WecometohearandshareGod’swordTolearnandgrowthroughwhatwe’veheard.InjoyandlovewecometoserveAspeopleofourGod.

Opening to Wisdom

Modern WisdomGaryMacDonald

TheRealWorkWendellBerry

Itmaybethatwhenwenolongerknowwhattodowehavecometoourrealwork,andthatwhenwenolongerknowwhichwaytogowehavecometoourrealjourney.

Themindthatisnotbaffledisnotemployed.

Theimpededstreamistheonethatsings.

Ancient WisdomGaryMacDonald

Luke24:13-35TheEmmausRoad

TheRoadToEmmausbyHeQi

♬ Ministry of Music ♬Jennie&Edward

A Time of ReflectiontheRev.LloydBruce“GoodNewsontheRoadtoEmmaus”

TheWildReed

WalkingtheEmmausRoad

♬ Hymn ♬

Twofriends,grieving,walkedtogetheronthatdryEmmausroad.Sharedtheirstorywithastranger,sharedtheirworriesandtheirwoes.Thenthestrangerhelpedthemprocessallthattheyhadseenandheard,HelpedthemputallintocontextoftheLordandofhisword.

JuneEdwards(Tune#333VoicesUnited)

Butwhentheytookgmetonogcethatthestranger,too,hadneed,Thentheyofferedfoodandshelter,kindlywordandkindlydeed.OnlythendidtheydiscoverintheactofsharingbreadNotthestrangertheyexpectedbuttherisenLordinstead.(2of4)

Aswetravelonlife'sjourney,filledwithwoeandwithworry,Helpuslistentoeachother,heareachtaleandeachstory.Helpusheartheunderstanding,kindlywordsandsavinggrace,Helpushearinsightandwisdomfromanunfamiliarface.(3of4)

Aswetravelonlife'sjourney,wrappedupinourownstories,Helpuscareforfellowtravellerswiththeirownwoesandworries.Helpusbetheonestonogce,helpusbetheonestocare.Whenwereachouttoastranger,wewillfindthatChrististhere.(4of4)

Invitation to Gratitude

Giftswecanoffer–andwedo.Hopewecanlift–andwedo.Lovewecanshare–andwedo.

Offertory Prayer

Webelievethateverythingshallbemadenewagain.Webelievethatyourrealmwillcome.Webelievethatyouarenotwaiting,butareherewithusnow.Letourofferings,ourgenerosity,andourcommitmentbeapartoftheremakingofyourworldinyourimage.Amen.

Prayers of the People

The Lord’s Prayer

OurFather,whoartinheaven,hallowedbeyourname,thykingdomcome,thywillbedone,onearthasinheaven.Giveusthisdayourdailybread,andforgiveusourtrespasses,asweforgivethosewhotrespassagainstus.

Andleadusnotintotemptation,butdeliverusfromevil.Forthineisthekingdom,thepowerandtheglory,foreverandever.Amen.

Communal Blessings

Asweneartheendofourtimetogether,youareinvitedtotakeafewmomentsandwriteinthecommentboxwordsofblessingorencouragement.

Bekindtoyourself.

Stay the blazes home.

We are not alone.

We are in this together.God is with us.

♬ Hymn ♬

InLovingPartnershipWeComeVoicesUnited#603

Inlovingpartnershipwecome,seeking,OGod,yourwilltodo.Ourprayersandactionsnowreceive;wefreelyofferthemtoyou.

WearethehandsandfeetofChrist,servingbygraceeachother'sneed.Wedaretoriskandsacrificewithtruthfulwordandfaithfuldeed.Lovingcommunityweseek;yourhopeandstrengthwithinusmove.Thepoorandrich,thestrongandweakarebroughttogetherinyourlove.

Inlovingpartnership,OGod,helpusyourfuturetoproclaim.Justiceandpeacebeourdesire,wehumblyprayinJesus'name.

Commissioning & Benediction

Maytheopeningofeachnewbudspeaktoyouofbeginningagain.Mayeachsongoftherobinthatyouhearliftyourheartinpraise.Mayeachgreeningbladeofgrassbringyouhopeandrenewal.MayChristwhorosefromthedeadriseinyourheart,thatlifeinallitsfulnessmaybeknowntoyouthisday,thisnight,andforevermore.Amen.

Changing the Light

Sung Benediction

Gonowinpeace,neverbeafraid,Godwillgowithyoueachhourofeveryday.Gonowinfaith,steadfaststrongandtrue,knowGodwillguideyouinallyoudo.Gonowinlove,andshowyoubelieve,reachouttootherssoalltheworldcansee.Godwillbethere,intheloveweshare;gonowinpeace,infaithandinlove.Amen.Amen.Amen.

Postlude

PatFox&PaulaSears