Sunday, October 6, 2024 The Fifth Sunday of Creation

This week begins the Jewish high holidays, beginning with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which comes to an end today, and followed by the Yom Kippur and the Day of Atonement, some of the most solemn days of the Jewish calendar. Shanah Tovah! 

Hymn        Great God We Sing that Mighty Hand #529VU

Scripture Lessons:       Job 1:1, 2:1-13

                                     Psalm 26

                                     Hebrews 1:1-4

Message

Prayer:  Loving God, be with our family and friends today, hold them in your love. 

THROUGH OUR LIVES AND BY OUR PRAYERS YOUR KINGDOM COME. 

Be with the poor today, show them you care. 

THROUGH OUR LIVES AND BY OUR PRAYERS, YOUR KINGDOM COME. 

Be with the suffering of our world, give them peace. 

THROUGH OUR LIVES AND BY OUR PRAYERS, YOUR KINGDOM COME. 

Be with the depressed, hold out your hand to them. 

THROUGH OUR LIVES AND BY OUR PRAYERS, YOUR KINGDOM COME. 

Be with the lonely, let them know you are with them. 

THROUGH OUR LIVES, AND BY OUR PRAYERS, YOUR KINGDOM COME. 

Be with the homeless, shelter them in your arms. 

THROUGH OUR LIVES, AND BY OUR PRAYERS, YOUR KINGDOM COME. 

Be with us and stay with us, we need you, God. We need you! Amen. (from the Iona Community’s Praying for the Dawn, edited by Ruth Burgess and Kathy Galloway.) 

Hymn       In Suffering Love #614 

This Sunday’s services will be 9:30 in Ormstown and 11:00 in Howick. It will be Communion Sunday in both congregations. 

St Paul’s Session will meet Wednesday, October 9th at 7:30pm in the hall. 

Next Sunday, October 13th, will be Thanksgiving Sunday. In Ormstown we will be collecting food, both non-perishable food items and seasonal food items for the local food bank, La Bouffe Additionelle. Services will be 9:30 in Howick and 11:00 in Ormstown. 

In Ormstown there will be a craft activity day for families on October 20th, in the church, in combination with the 11:00 Sunday service. 

In Howick we will be holding a pumpkins and pizza day on Sunday, October 27th for families. Come and join in the fun, preparing individual mini-pizzas and decorating pumpkins for Halloween, beginning with the 11:00 service in Howick.