Sunday Morning Service August 20, 2017

Today’s Speaker: MaryLouDriedger

Announcements and Sharing of Celebrations

Songs“When Hands Reach Out Beyond Divides” MV 169

“It’s a Song of Praise to the Maker” MV 30

Call to Worship “Prayer for Good Humour”by St. Thomas More

Grant me, O Lord, good digestion,

and also something to digest.

Grant me a healthy body

and the necessary good humour to maintain it.

Grant me a simple soul that knows to treasure all that is good and that doesn’t frighten easily at the sight of evil

Give me a soul that knows not boredom, grumblings, sighs and laments,nor excess of stress, because of that obstructing thing called “I.”
Grant me, O Lord, a sense of good humour.
Allow me the grace to be able to take a joke to discover in life a bit of joy,and to be able to share it with others. AMEN

ScriptureReading Collection:

“Start children off on the way they should go,

and even when they are old they will not turn from it”

-Proverbs 22:6

“And a little child will lead them.”

-Isaiah 11:6

“Do not stray my child from the words of knowledge.”

–Proverbs 19:27

“Unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”

-Matthew 18:3

“People learn from each other just as iron sharpens iron.”

–Proverbs 27:17

“Tell good people what you know. They will benefit from it.”

-Proverbs 9:9

“I myself feel confident about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.”

– Romans 15:14

“Wise men and women are always learning, always listening for fresh insights.”

-Proverbs 18:15

“The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life.”

-Proverbs 13:14

“Let the wise also hear and gain in learning, and the discerning acquire skill.”

-Proverbs 1:5

“For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.”

-Proverbs 2:10

“The advantage of knowledge is that it gives life to the one who possesses it.”

- Ecclesiastes 7:12

Song“Oh a Song Must Rise” MV 142

ReflectionsLoving to Learn or Thomas Times Two

Song“This Is the Day”MV 122

Mission Minute

Offering Song“What Can I Do?”MV 191

Prayer

Song“Sent Out in Jesus’ Name”MV 212

Benediction“Grant Me O Lord” by Thomas Aquinas

Grant me, O Lord my God,

a mind to know you,

a heart to seek you,

wisdom to find you,

conduct pleasing to you,

faithful perseverance in waiting for you,

and a hope of finally embracing you.

Amen.

NEWS AND NOTES

Charleswood United Church Presents Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”-Showtimes are September 14 & 15 at 7:30 PM and September 16 at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM. Ticket prices are as follows: adults $12 in advance or $15 at the door and children (12 and under) $8. For more information call 204-832-3667.