Sunday, February 16, 2025 The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany

 Hope that your Valentine’s was a good day! Now we continue to celebrate God’s love revealed to us each and every day! 

Hymn.       Unto the Hills         842VU

Scripture Lessons:        Jeremiah 17: 5-10

                                      Psalm 1 p.724VU

                                      Luke 6:17-26

Message

Prayer:  Rock and Refuge, Stronghold of Souls, Unshakeable One,

 infuse your strength into the places where I feel the greatest weakness. 

Permeate the parts of my life that continually challenge my patience. 

Increase an ability to accept those who seem to be most unacceptable. 

Lessen any tendency in my spirit that gives way to a loss of hope. 

Reinforce an awareness of the daily manifestations of your presence. 

Boost my spirit when I think I can not manage what is mine to be and do. 

Provider of Purpose, Firm Foundation, Enduring Love, 

Support my determination to give the best of my self to others. 

Fortify the forgiveness you have placed and nurtured in my heart. 

Sustain a solid belief that I can get through what appears to be insurmountable. 

Bolster my efforts to be a person who reaches out to those who suffer. 

Foster greater trust in you when worries and anxieties attempt to prevail. 

Impart the courage I need to change what appears to be unchangeable. 

In you I find sufficient strength, abounding love, and secure security. Amen. 

(A prayer for Strength from Joyce Rupp’s Prayer Seeds) 

Hymn.       Blest be the Tie that Binds.      602VU

This Sunday’s services are planned for 9:30 in Howick and 11:00 in Ormstown. (Considering the weather forecast for Sunday, please keep in touch. We will see what God has in mind for us!)

Good news! The annual reports have been printed and are available for review. 

An official Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 19th at 1pm in the hall in Ormstown. 

St Paul’s Stewards will meet on Wednesday, February 19th at 7:30pm in the hall in Ormstown. 

Howick United Church’s annual meeting will be held on Sunday, March 2nd at 11:00, in combination with the worship service. 

St Paul’s United Church’s annual meeting will be held on Sunday, March 9th at 11:00 in combination with the worship service. 

If there are those who would be interested in receiving a printed copy of the United Church’s Lenten Study, Something Sacred, please let Barbara know soon so she can order them from UCRD. If you wish to have the study in ebook form, please check out ucrd.ca. 

The United Church has issued an urgent appeal for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Donations may be made to the Global Emergency Response Fund, supporting the Eglise du Christ au Congo support the 400,000 people displaced by this crisis.