Metropolitan United Church
London Ontario, Canada
Sunday June 1, 2025
Organ Prelude: Symphonie Romane: Choral - Charles Marie Widor
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#651 – Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah – Cwm Rhonda
Opening Prayer
A New Creed: Let us declare our faith together:
We are not alone, we live in God’s 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 God’s 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!
VU#365 - Jesus Loves Me vv. 1, 2
The Sacrament of Holy Baptism
Harvey Smalls Metcalfe
Son of Steven Metcalfe & Maddie Agocs
b. 5th September 2024
Carter John Arnold Smith
Son of Kyle Smith and Kortny Wiebe
b. 1st November 2024
VU# - Jesus Loves Me vv. 2, 3
Call for the Offering
The Offering plate is not passed at Metropolitan but we encourage you to remember all that the Lord is and has done for you and support the work of the Lord.
You can do so via electronic-means which you can access by calling our church office or by dropping offerings in the plates that are at the doors of the church. If you would like church envelopes, also we encourage you to call the church office during the week. The number is on the church website.
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.
The Scriptures - Acts 16:25-34
Message: Households of Faith
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: Rejoice in the Lamb – Benjamin Britten – 16 mins
Commissioning & Benediction
Choral Amen
Organ Postlude: L’ Ascension: III. Transports de joie – Olivier Messiaen
