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We’re pleased that you joined us!PRELUDE Chenaniah & Elgin Pipers INTROIT: “Join Our Family” (Rockburn Choir) CALL TO WORSHIP: (adapted from Psalm 95) One: O come, let us sing to the Lord; ALL: Let us make a joyful noise to the rock or our salvation! One: Let us come into God’s presence. ALL: Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving. Welcome to this special Rockburn Presbyterian Church musical service which has been lovingly organized by Nancy Campbell and the Chenaniah Band. During the past winter our beautiful Church suffered severe smoke damage due to poor chimney draft/furnace problems. We have since had it professionally cleaned by the Paul Davis Systems Southwest, overseen by Jason Blair and have purchased a new propane furnace. Many people from the Rockburn congregation and community have also lent a hand into the clean-up. (our collection today will be directly applied to these expenses) The Rockburn Church would like to say thank you to everyone involved in the cleaning of the Church. Huge thanks to the talented musicians with us today who have volunteered to share their beautiful gifts with us. Sincere thanks for donations received. Thank you ALL for attending this service. We are so fortunate to be able to freely gather together in a beautiful old building but must always remember… as this song says… The church is not a building, The church is not a steeple. The church is not a resting place, The church is a people. I am the church, you are the church WE ARE THE CHURCH! — together All who follow Jesus, all around the world, WE ARE THE CHURCH! — together THANK YOU & GOD BLESS Let’s Sing: # 28 “I Saw the Light” (Mary’s Songbook) Stewart Burrows & Daibhid Fraser Norm Rennie: “Shoutin On the Hills” Wendy Kell & Carol Bye: “It is Well with My Soul” Chenaniah: “Happiness is the Lord” Roman & Sarah Fraser: «Après Un Rêve»” by Gabriel Favré «La 13ème» by Roman Fraser Rockburn Choir : “Song of Fellowship” Let’s Sing : # 17 “ I’ll Fly Away” (Mary’s Songbook) Yvonne Langlois & David Whyte: “World” Rockburn Caroler’s: “Wings of a Dove” “Glory, Glory, Glory” Gordon Furey: “Gimme Just a Little More Time” Let’s Sing: # 19 “You Are My Sunshine” (Mary’s Songbook) Kevin Harvey & David Whyte: “Jesus On The Main Line MEDITATION: “A Tool Box” A tool Box by Nancy Campbell "Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one shroud carry his own load." Galatians 6:4 Everyone here knows a carpenter. Most of us own a tool box, but maybe our tool box isn't as well equipped as a carpenter's. In his tool box are some hammers, saws, chisels, bars, pliers planes-many specific tools for his trade. But he can only use these tools one at a time. So why does he have so many? When does he use his hammer? When does he use his saw, his chisel? A carpenter needs to spend a lot of money to equip his tool box, because without the right tools, a carpenter can't get his work done. Lots of people beside carpenters, use tools or instruments: the dentist,, the baker, the butcher,the plumber, the bookmaker, the farmer, and so on. People need tools to get on in the world's work. Each of us has a tool box, a very special tool box. And it's up to us to put the tools in ourselves. We're allowed to go to the wholesale store and select any tool we want. These heads of ours are our tool boxes. I've known some people who have taken these five tool chests and made trashcans out of them, full of bad thoughts full of carelessness, ful of spoiled jobs they should have done well, full of rubbish that can never drive a single nail for them, full of cheap stuff that isn't worth saving. All the sorts of things that go in trash cans. But I've also known other people who looked for the strongest and sharpest tools they could find. They found good hammers-brains trained to think, enabling them to work their way into life. They made sharp saws of their brains so they were able to cut just what they needed in life. They secured powerful lenses of thought which allowed them to discover hidden things in the world. They sharpened some idea chisels in order to cut the rough edges from hard places in life. What have you been doing with that head of yours? Are you making a trash can of it, or are you making a tool box. God's word says :"As a man think, so is he"We all need a well-filled tool chest if we intend to get very far in this world. Think of the words of Paul in Philippians 4:8 :" Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praise worthy-think about such things." Elizabeth Churchill: “The Lighthouse” “Whispering Hope” Let’s Sing: # 46 “Count Your Blessings” (Mary’s Songbook) Elgin Pipers: “Amazing Grace” BENEDICTION & CHORAL AMEN
POSTLUDE: Chenaniah & Elgin Pipers Opening Prayer From deep within us we know of a loving presence. All around us we see glory, beauty, life and light. We have no words for what we experience so we cry out, "God!". In this moment of worship may that loving presence grow deeper, may our awareness of the divine presence around us grow more intense. May we, gathered in this place, learn to pay more attention to God, who loves us at all times and in all places. God, of love and life, in this moment of prayer be more and more in us that we might live more and more in you. Amen. Prayer for the Offering Gracious God, You call us to let go of the things we cling to and step out in faith, trusting in Your love and provision. Give us courage to step out boldly, to plant our small seeds generously, and without fear. Use our gifts to accomplish more than we could possibly imagine, so that, through us, Your kingdom might come and Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen Pastoral Prayer (inspired by John 11: 1-45) O Lord, we hear you calling, but we are bound in the grave-cloths of earthly expectations. We believe in you, but we listen to the world’s call and think we cannot follow. We must study for the right degree, apply for the right job, buy the right house and furnish it just so; we must, we must, we must. All that seems true until the day something terrible happens. All that seems true until we lose someone we love. All that seems true until we love someone we can’t be with. All that seems true until the body we relied on to carry us from one place to another, fulfilling the expectations, falls ill or stops working the way we think it always will. Hear our prayers, O Lord, for we are in pain. We are ill. We are dying. Unbind us from expectations. Give us strength to live through disappointments. Grant us courage to overcome obstacles. Fill us with your presence and make us living carriers of your love to others who need it. Hear our prayers, O Lord, for those we have named. (We speak those names.) Hear our prayers, O Lord, for those we have not named, the stories we cannot tell and the woes we do not even know. (We pray in silence.) Hear our prayers, O Lord, for the wider world, for the people who hunger, for the people who have live with war and violence on a daily basis, in ways unthinkable to us in this quiet town. Hear our prayers, O Lord, for ourselves. (We pray again in silence.) Unbind us. Call us out of the caves in which we dwell. Help us to roll away the stones for each other. Bring us to new life, we pray in the name of Jesus, the Ever Living. Amen. Benediction God will be with us wherever we go. At work or play, at home or on vacation, we know God will be with us wherever we go. Whether we’re happy or sad, on our own, or with our friends, we know God will be with us wherever we go. So let’s go with joy, because God goes with us! SPECIAL MUSIC: “I am the Resurrection” |
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