Sunday, March 30, 2025 The Fourth Sunday of Lent

 

Hymn        Come Let Us Sing of a Wonderful Love #574VU

Scripture Lessons:        I Corinthians 5:16-21

                                      Psalm 32 p.759VU

                                      Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

Message

Prayer:  Blessed are you who don’t have all the right answers. 

You who say “I don’t know” because i’s the best response for now. 

You who lean in, unafraid to learn, change, be wrong along the way. 

Blessed are you, stretched and pressed and pulled

By the uncertainty, deciding to not to stay the same, 

We are not who we were. 

We have been pulled into the unknown without our permission. 

But the challenge is the same: reveal Truth with love amid chaos. 

Blessed are you who realize that community can help see truth more fully. 

Being fragile amid a world of hammers takes courage

To be wrong, to learn something new, to choose humility and kindness 

Over being right. 

May we be people who don’t have it all together

(And who are done posturing). 

Curious, hopeful, courageous. (Written by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie printed in The Lives We Actually Have:  100 Blessings for Imperfect Days.)

Hymn        Amazing Grace #266 VU

This Sunday’s service will be a combined service in Howick. The service will begin at 11:00, with coffee and more beginning at 10:30. 

Congratulations to Dustin and Liz who have welcomed a new daughter, Eloise, this past week. 

Next Sunday Howick United Church will be offering craft activities for families on Sunday, April 6th at the 11:00 service. 

In Ormstown, there will be craft activities offered at the Palm Sunday service, Sunday, April 13th at 11am. 

On Easter Sunday, there will be Easter Sunday services with Communion in both congregations, 9:30 in Howick and 11:00 in Ormstown. 

Nakonhaka Regional Council is inviting applications for bursaries for postsecondary education (IFE bursaries for college level and Hugh Duncan bursaries for university level) for confirmed members of the United Church of Canada. Applications are available on the RC website, nakonhaka.ca and the deadline for applying is June 2, 2025. 

There will be an online Cross Canada Check-in with the Rev. Michael Blair and members of the General Council Executive on Wednesday, April 2nd at 6pm. Registration is available through CHURCHx (churchx.ca).