Met Sanctuary,  Main Level,  North-East Corner

    Metropolitan United Church

    London Ontario, Canada

     

    Sunday July 13, 2025

    Musical Prelude: Pianist: Paula Thomas

    Welcome & Announcements

    Lighting the Christ Candle

    Call to Worship - The Grace

    The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ

    the love of God

    and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit

    be with you.

    All:  And also with you.

    Processional Hymn VU#410 This Day God Gives Me

    Opening Prayer

    A New Creed:  Let us declare our faith together:

    We are not alone,    we live in Gods world.

    We believe in God:    who has created and is creating,    who has come in Jesus,       the Word made flesh,       to reconcile and make new,    who works in us and others       by the Spirit.

    We trust in God. 

    We are called to be the Church:    to celebrate Gods presence,    to live with respect in creation,    to love and serve others,    to seek justice and resist evil,    to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen,       our judge and our hope.

    In life, in death, in life beyond death,    God is with us.We are not alone.

       Thanks be to God.

    Sanctus Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty

    Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee

    Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty

    God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

    Anthem: We'll Understand it Better By and By - Charles Tindley

    Prayer of Confession

    Assurance of Pardon

    Responsive PsalmPsalm 23; VU#749

    Leader reads the lighter print; congregation responds with the words in darker print.

    Call for the Offering

    The Offering plate is not passed at Metropolitan.  Plates are at the doors and we encourage you to contribute to the work of the Lord electronically or via the plates at the doors.  Let us consider our offering as we pray together -

    Offertory Prayer

    O Lord, giver of life and source of freedom

    We know that all we have received is from your hand.

    You call us to be stewards of your abundance,

    the caretakers of all you have entrusted to us

    Help us to always use your gifts wisely

    and teach us to share them generously.

    May our faithful stewardships bear witness

    to the love of Jesus Christ in our lives.  Amen.

    Doxology (VU#541)

    Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

    Praise him, all creatures here below;

    Praise him above, ye heavenly host;

    Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  Amen.

    VU#374 Come and Find the Quiet Centre

    Pastoral & Lord’s Prayer

    Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.  Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

    Anthem: There Is a Time - Linnea Good

    The Scriptures Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

    For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

    a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;a time to kill, and a time to heal;a time to break down, and a time to build up;a time to weep, and a time to laugh;a time to mourn, and a time to dance;a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;a time to seek, and a time to lose;a time to keep, and a time to throw away;a time to tear, and a time to sew;a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;a time to love, and a time to hate;a time for war, and a time for peace.

    Message:  Summer Songs Series

    Part 1: Summer Holiday

    Rev. Dr. David McMaster

    VU#626 I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

    Commissioning & Benediction

    Met Sanctuary,  Main Level,  Centre-East Lancets