Hymn See Amid the Winter’s Snow #76VU
Scripture Lessons: Isaiah 61:10-62:3
Psalm 148 p.871VU
Luke 2:22-40
Hymn From Heaven Above to Earth I Come #72VU
Meditation
Prayer: God, above time, above space, yet with us an in us in Christ, we who are creatures of time and space come to you today with thankfulness.
We give you thanks for the year that is passing. We thank you for the many ways in which you have touched us, in moments of great happiness or in deep distress. You have been present in Christ, the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.
We thank you for the people who matter to us and through whom you have been present to us in their love.
We thank you for your church, the community of faith in whose company we have journeyed, whose friendship we value, whose challenge we welcome, and whose wide boundaries are not defined by time, by space, or by death.
As we move on now into a new year, give us grace to leave behind our regrets and our failures and any sense of guilt, to let go of the past with gratitude, and to leave in your hands the future in faith— to live in each moment in joyful discipleship, in the company of him who is always Emmanuel, God with us. Amen. ( a prayer by John Harvey, printed in the Iona Community’s Hay and Stardust)
Hymn All Beautiful the March of Days #530VU
This Sunday there will be a combined service held in Ormstown at the hall at 11am. We will begin at 10:30 with coffee and conversation. All welcome.
Next Sunday we will be back to our regular schedule, with a 9:30 service in Ormstown and an 11:00 service in Howick.
We continue to hold the families dealing with loss in this season, including the families of Donald McCormick and Karen Jones Buchanan, following their deaths before Christmas.
A memorial service will be held for Donald McCormick Saturday, January 13th in St Paul’s United Church at 2pm, with visitation from 12-2:00 in the church.
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