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Sunday Smile
Welcome to Worship
With
Little Current and Sheguiandah
Pastoral Charge
Special Day Commentary
May 13 – Ascension Day -
The feast of the Ascension is observed the 40th day after Easter,
. Seventh Sunday of Easter
always falling on Thursday.
The story of Jesus ascending to heaven is mentioned briefly in May 16, 2021
Luke 24:50–51 and more completely in Acts 1:6–11. Some scholars
believe that the earliest commemorations of the Ascension were tied
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to the celebration of Easter or Pentecost. In many Protestant Remembering Ascension Day
churches today, the Ascension is not a major celebration, though
some churches do hold special Ascension Day services. In parts of May 13th
Europe, Ascension Day is a legal holiday and businesses are closed.
Little Current United Church Pastoral Charge 6.
www. littlecurrent-sheguiandah-unitedchurch .org Help us to listen deeply, see far and wide,
Box 254, Little Current ON P0P 1K0 368-2941 and live faithfully. (+2)
Minister: Rev. Whitney Bruno
Camera: Scott Mosher This we pray in the name of Jesus, who while he walked in a
Music Ministry: Judith Mosher, (Ruth McDonald & Choir) physical body here on Earth, taught us to pray…………
** an invitation to stand in body or spirit in the service Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy
~ BOLD PRINT- Congregational Participation kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our
Sixth Sunday of Easter (Print) trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
On-line May 16th, 2021, 10:00 am And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for
WELCOME: a special welcome to guests worshiping with ever and ever. Amen.
us today. May our time together be a mutual blessing.
Going Forth Into The World
**Closing Hymn: (MV 161)
“I Have Called You By Your Name”
** Benediction:
Our joy is made complete in community!
We are a community!
We are a bit rough for the wear from the last year,
But we can't be kept down.
Jesus lives in us! And we live in him!
So go out with joy! Go out with peace! God out with God's love!
Amen.
Gathering
Choral Benediction (MV 214)
Announcements - The Life & Work of the Church May God’s sheltering wings,
her* gathering wings protect you.
We Approach God May God’s nurturing arms,
her* cradling arms sustain you,
Lighting of the Easter Christ Candle
and hold you in her* love,
On this seventh Sunday of Easter, we are here
and hold you in her* love.
letting our Spirit catch up to our bodies, and
still celebrating that God raised Jesus from death to life. *alternative: “his”
Jesus promised us that he would bring new life.
(Light the Christ candle.)
Go In The Peace of Christ
Thanks be to God.! Sourced Resources: used with permission.
(+1) Seasons of the Spirit, Spirit Fusion L/E 2020
(+2) Rev. Karla – revised prayer from RevGalBlogPals 20215. 2.
Offertory: (VU 540) Acknowledgement of Traditional Territory
Grant us, God, the grace of giving, with a spirit large and free, For thousands of years First Nations people have walked in this
that ourselves and all our living we may offer faithfully. land; their relationship with the land is at the centre of their lives
Offering Prayer: and spirituality. We are gathered on the traditional territory of
God, you are one. One God who is experienced in many Treaty 94, and locally of the Whitefish River, Aundeck Omni
different ways. God, we are one. One family made of many Kaning, and Sheguiandah First Nations (Ojibway, Odawa and
different people. We offer our gifts today as one - many Pottawatomi) and acknowledge their stewardship of this land
different gifts of time, abilities, and finances. We pray you throughout the ages. Let us live with respect for creation.
bless all the different givers and receivers with your one,
Call to Worship:
perfect, love. Amen!
One: Those who want good news, come and turn up your
Prayers of the People & Lord’s Prayer
computer speakers.
Holy One,
Many: I want good news!
We gaze towards misty heavens
One: You who want comfort, come and join in prayer.
knowing you were just with us, and now you are gone.
Many: I want comfort.
We watch the skies for just a glimpse of your dazzling grace, One: Everyone who is weary and burdened; everyone with
and you send us angels, Covid fog-addled brains. Everyone who yearns for mask-free
to bring our hearts and minds and soul days and big family reunions and singing in church, physically,
back into our lives, our bodies, this very present moment, together - come!
where your presence is more difficult to see Many: That's me! That's us!
in the midst of war, of random killing sprees, One: Hear this good news - nothing can keep Jesus down. Not
still-missing Indigenious women and girls, death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, not powers, nor
bloody revolutions, present things, nor future things, nor heights, nor depths, nor
and random thoughtless cruelty. any creature, can keep Jesus down.
Your angels come to us through the ordinary moments, All: He rises from the grave to life! He rises in the sky to
reminding us to pray in spite of and because of… heaven! He rises in our hearts a song of love and joy! We
come to feel the love of God that is more powerful than any
(Please name aloud or in your heart the events and people that
the Spirit inspires you to pray gratitude or intercession for) and all things!
Opening Prayer:
Your angels remind us that You indeed will empower us Lord of life,
to be your light and life and hope in this world, We do not know the face of the future,
to the ends of the earth, any more than your disciples did.
wherever courage and grace is needed. Like them, we have many questions:
We are your people, God, how to live
and as much as we love sky-gazing, how to bear witness.
we know that you call us to give witness Like them, we thirst for the spring waters of the Spirit
in the middle of terror, anxiety, illness, death, and apathy. to inspire us in our living
to give us a heart language in our testimony.3. 4.
You have been raised in glory Listening
that we might rise with dignity
You live in power that we might live in peace Hymn of Illumination (MV 41 Refrain)
You are present everywhere O beautiful Gaia, O Gaia, calling us home.
that we might be fully present in our own lives O beautiful Gaia, calling us on.
This we believe Holy Scripture: -
This we step out on. Acts 1: 1-11 The ascension of Jesus
Amen. John 17: 6-19 “May my joy be made complete in them.”
**Opening Hymn: Jesus Hands Were Kind Hands” (VU 570)
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Prayer New Beginnings: Thanks be to God.
God of all, whom we have learned to see in the person of Jesus the
Christ, open our eyes to your presence around us. Open our hearts, Reflection: “ What’er you lookin’ at? ”
that we might see your incarnation continuing in the living and
growing of your Creation. ** Hymn: “Be Thou My Vision” (VU 642 vs 3)
For we confess that we see you more easily in those who look Be thou my battle shield, sword for the fight
like us, think like us, act like us. We confess that we can be thou my dignity, thou my delight,
struggle to see you in those who are different – in the diversity thou my soul’s shelter, thou my high tower;
raise thou me heavenward, O power of my power.
of Creation; we confess that we do not always see that you are
more significant than we are, more diverse than we are, more
inclusive than we are. We confess that in refusing to see you
Responding to the Word
in all our neighbours, we have refused to love you as you have Offering Invitation:
loved us. Forgive us, we pray. Following Jesus means following love into magical moments
Help us to see beyond ourselves. Help us to keep your where everything is sparkly and supernatural - like the smile a
commandments. Help us to feel confident enough in your love for baby is gifted with - like the pink and orange sunset - like the
us that we can acknowledge your love for others without fear. feeling of bare feet in hot, rich, garden soul. It also means
Amen. following love into places where it is hard to find love - in long
WORDS OF ASSURANCE ques with longer red tape - in the streets where opioids meet
God of grace, you invite us to love one another as you have loved poverty -- in the hospitals where exhausted doctors and nurses
us. And so we remember your abiding love. We remember that you and staff face an endless enemy called covid. In all places, we
did not wait until we were ready but sent Jesus the Christ to guide are called to see the love and call it out. Be the love and amplify
us in your way. For your grace is poured out upon us before we it. One way we do this is by having a place where we fuel up for
even ask, calling us always back to you. the work ahead. That is our church and worship services. Then
By your mercy, we are beloved. By your grace, we are forgiven. we go out and love! This is our missions and services that we do
Thanks be to God! Alleluia! Amen. (+1) locally, regionally, and internationally. Everywhere, being the
love, and amplifying the love present already.
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other care.
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