Metropolitan United Church
London Ontario, Canada
Order of Service
Sunday, March 23, 2025
11AM Service
Organ Prelude: Through Adam’s fall, all have fallen –
Bach & Homilius
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#667 – Jesus, Priceless Treasure – Jesu Meine Freude
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!
Circle Time
Children’s Prayer
Anthem: Anthem: Steal away – Michael Tippett (Box 2)
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Responsive Psalm – Psalm 19:1-10
Leader reads the lighter print; you respond with the words in darker print.
Call for the Offering
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#135 – Beneath The Cross of Jesus – St. Christopher
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: Never weatherbeaten sail – Charless Wood
The Scriptures – Psalm 119:97-112
97 Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all day long.98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is always with me.99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your decrees are my meditation.100 I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.101 I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.102 I do not turn away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!104 Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.106 I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe your righteous ordinances.107 I am severely afflicted; give me life, O Lord, according to your word.108 Accept my offerings of praise, O Lord, and teach me your ordinances.109 I hold my life in my hand continually, but I do not forget your law.110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from your precepts.111 Your decrees are my heritage for ever; they are the joy of my heart.112 I incline my heart to perform your statutes for ever, to the end.
Message: Elements of the Christian Life: Word
VU#120 – O Jesus, I Have Promised
Commissioning & Benediction
Choral Amen
Organ Postlude: Whosoever lets only the dear God reign – Johann Sebastian Bach
