Sunday, September 14, 2025 The Second Sunday of Creation

 

Hymn      Come Let Us Sing of a Wonderful #574VU

Scripture Lessons:         I Timothy 1:12-17

                                       Psalm 14 p. 735 VU

                                       Luke 15:1-10

Message

Prayer:  My God, when your love spilled over into creation

You thought of me.

I am

From love, of love, for love. 

Let my heart, O God, always

Recognize, cherish, and enjoy

Your goodness in all of creation. 

Direct all that I am toward your praise. 

Teach me reverence for every person, all things. 

Energize me in your service.

Living God, may nothing distract me from your love….

Neither health nor sickness

Wealth nor poverty

Honor nor dishonor

Long life nor short life. 

May I never seek nor choose to be other

Than you wish or intend. Amen. ( a prayer from Taste and See, by Jacqueline Syrup Bergman and S. Marie Schwan)

Hymn        Amazing Grace #266 VU

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

We hold in our thoughts and prayers Bob Brooks, who lost his wife Wendy this summer and the family and friends of Gerry Cavanaugh, who died this past week. 

St Paul’s Stewards will meet this Wednesday, September 17th at 7:30pm in the hall. 

Howick UCW will hold their Supper meeting this week, on Wednesday, September 17th. 

I will be preparing a newsletter for the fall season. Please let me know of any events that should be included. Deadline will be September 21st. 

Howick United Church is planning a fundraising luncheon on Sunday, October 5th, and will be offering Benny’s BBQ chicken dinners at a cost of $20 for adults and $12 for children (nuggets). Meals must be pre-ordered by October 1st and tickets are available from Wilene Cullen, Barbara Bryce, and other Howick United Church members. 

Rennies United Church will be holding an anniversary celebration and Open House to show its renovations to their church building on Sunday, September 28th at 1:30. The celebration will begin with a brief service, a historical account, and end with refreshments. 

Nakonhaka Regional Council is holding meetings to explore the future of the church for both lay leaders and ministers. This will be offered in 2 locations: Beaconsfield United Church on Friday, October 17th from 9:30-4:00 and in Lennoxville United Church on Saturday, October 18th. Members of the United Church are invited to come and share their hopes, their visions, and their concerns for the church, to help to shape its future.