1. MINUTE FOR MISSON
Many people in the world give thanks for the support of The United Church of Canada,
while others are grateful for their new life unaware of United Church help. That’s be-
cause through Mission and Service, we work behind the scenes with agencies across
Canada. Order of Worship for
Michael got another chance at life when he was 55. It happened at the Claremont House OROMOCTO UNITED
program run by Wesley Urban Ministries in Hamilton, Ontario, which receives funding
from Mission and Service. CHURCH
Michael comes from a large, close family and has a good education, as well as success in
several career paths. He is also an alcoholic. Michael was a patient of many centres and
programs over the years with no long-term success. He consistently relapsed, lost his job,
money, and home, and stayed at Wesley Centre for extended periods.
We welcome everyone to this time together in worship. We gather in this church in
In 2010, a social worker recommended the Claremont House program. This special care the belief that we are all equally God’s guests whether we’ve been here all our lives
unit supports people with chronic alcoholism who have had little success with traditional or this is our first time. We welcome everyone in this spirit of Christ as it is our belief
addiction programs. Three weeks after arriving at Claremont House, Michael contacted that this is how we are to live. Everyone, without exception, belongs equally at
his son and slowly reconnected with other family members as he learned to moderate his God’s table.
alcohol intake. Today, Michael abstains from alcohol and works to understand his issues
and to communicate more openly. If you are visiting with us please sign our guest book opposite the usher’s table. If
you are new with us and wish a follow up contact please fill out a ‘Guest/New
Thanks to Claremont House and Michael’s determination, he is rebuilding his life. He Member Card which can be found with the guest book. As well you may pick up an
knows that it is a long journey, but he feels he is now on the right track and very lucky to orientation package on the table in the entrance. We invite visitors from other
have been given another chance. churches to pick up one of our Peace Candles to take home with you. An
explanation of this symbol accompanies each candle and these can be found on the
Your generous gift to Mission and Service will allow us to con-
usher’s table.
tinue funding life-giving programs like this one.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Rev Bob McDowell
Office 357-3423; Cell 470-1155; Home 488-2154 *While we stand for most hymns and at others times in our worship, please feel free
Email: mcdowell@nb.sympatico.ca not to if for any reasons you can not or would rather not. VU stands for Voices
United and MV for More Voices. You are also invited to pick up a Bible version of
your choice at usher’s desk. Should you have any concerns please speak to an usher.
Minister Rev Robert McDowell
Accompanist/ Choir Director Joyce Andrews
VU: Voices United – our hard cover red hymn book
Office Administration Jennifer Chiasson
MV: More Voices – our soft covered hymn book
Oromocto United Church
144 Winnebago
Oromocto
oromoctopinegroveunitedchurch.ca
October 7, 2012
10:30 am

2. Announcements
SERVICE
Welcome and About Today:
Parking: We are pleased to have the new parking spaces built in front of the church
*Introit: VU 516, Come, You Thankful people, Come and thank the stewards for this work. During the week these are intended for use
by anyone coming to the church. However, on Sundays and special events such as
Lighting the Resurrection Candle: suppers, concerts etc, we would like these spaces used by those who may have
difficulty getting into the church from the across street parking.
Leader: Let us give thanks to God, the King of the Universe for all the gifts we ac-
knowledge and celebrate this weekend.
All: We give thanks to God for the beauty and wonders of creation, in earth and
space, molecule and gene. Our Fall Bible Study will look at the Life of Jesus in film. We will be looking at how
Jesus is portrayed in such interpretive movies as Jesus of Nazareth, The King of
Leader: We give thanks to God for all that is gracious in the lives of wonderful and Kings, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Jesus Christ Super Star, The Life of Brian, Jesus
spirit filled people who reveal the image of Christ in their own faithful lives. Revealed etc. The format will involve the use of film but we will not be watching
the whole of each movie. Participants in this program will look at selected Bible
All: We give thanks to God for our daily food and drink, our homes and families, sections and the corresponding film clip followed by discussion. As I previous years
and our friends and leaders.
each week will be its own unit so missing a week will not leave a participant at a
Leader: We give thanks to God for our minds to think and hearts to love, and loss or unable to participate. We will be purchasing these movies in DVD form so
hands to serve and our feet to follow. members will be able to borrow these and view at home. See rev bob for more
details.
All: We give thanks to God for health and strength to work, and leisure to rest
and play.
Leader: We give thanks for the brave and courageous, who are patient in suffering Remembrance Day this year falls on Nov 11. Session decided there will not be any
and faithful in adversity. morning worship on this day so all can go to the cenotaph as usual. Session also
decided to use this opportunity to have an evening service at Pine Grove at 7pm.
All: We give thanks for all valiant seekers after truth, liberty, and justice.
Leader: We give thanks for the communion of saints, in all times and places and for
those who came before us to clear fields, build communities and set before us the
rich heritage that has come down to us..
All: We give thanks for the great mercies and promises given to us in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
Leader: We give thanks to God on this weekend set aside for Thanksgiving and we
dedicate our candle to the many forms gratitude takes in us this day.
Our Prayer for a New Beginning
*Our Hymn to Begin-- VU 477, I Come With Joy
Leader: This day is set aside for a ritual Holy Feast.

3. SERVICE
Dates to note
All: As we gather this morning we remember our sisters and brothers
From around this planet home
Oct 15: Monday, Bible Study 7-8:30 pm From the north and from ‘Down Under’,
Oct 18: Session, 7pm From all time zones of our spinning globe,
Oct 21: Fall meeting of the Congregations after church, Finger Food Pot-luck
Oct 28: Anniversary Sunday – desert reception after church Leader: As the sunrise and the sunset inches across land and sea Christians of great
diversity celebrate our One Family, The Family of God.
Oct 29: Monday, Bible Study 7-8:30 pm
Nov 3: Fall Turkey Supper All: All are invited. All are welcome. A place at the table is set for each.
Nov 4: Baptism of Savannah
Nov 11: Remembrance NO MORNING WORSHIP. Evening Service at Pine Grove, Leader: A table is prepared for all. We light this candle and dedicate it to our family of
7pm faith, loved by God and commissioned to be a Light to the World.
Nov 12: Monday, Bible Study 7-8:30 pm
Our Invitation to Communion:
Nov 25: Communion
Nov 26; Monday, Bible Study 7-8:30 pm Our Words About What We Do Now:
Nov 30, Friday, Hanging of the Greens, 5:30 pm, Service 6:30
Dec 1: Lintuhtine Choirs Christmas Concert Leader: Loving and gracious God
Who calls galaxies and time into being
Dec 2, Advent 1, Lectionary Year C begins- the year of Luke’s Gospel
Dec 9: Lintuhtine Choirs Christmas Concert All: We give thanks and blessings to you
Dec 10: Monday, Last fall Bible Study 7-8:30 pm Sovereign of the Universe.
Dec 24: 6:30 Christmas Eve Family Service, Oromocto The wonders of the skies and the diversity of this planet amaze us
From prairies to pampas, deserts to mountain meadows
9:00 Christmas Eve Communion, Pine Grove
Ocean coasts to quiet ponds we give you thanks.
Leader: For a humanity of multiplicity and complexity of culture and nature
Yet called into oneness of being through Christ
With many languages yet one voice we declare again.
All: Holy Holy Holy, Lord God of Hosts,
Heaven and earth are full of thy glory
Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High
Leader: Loving and Gracious God you surround this world with love
And for that we give you our thanks and blessing.
Your love has reassured and reconciled us to you and one another and your invitation
is for us to learn and practice the same.
All: May we use this symbolic meal to become a light to others
Illuminating a path to the communion of humanity,
That we might live with the blessing of peace and security of justice now and for-
ever.

4. SERVICE
SERVICE
Leader: God, may this bread connect us more closely with you
And with our neighbours near and far Our Hymn to Leave With: VU 520, We Plough the Fields and Scatter
All: Bless this bread we pray. Our Commission
Leader: May this fruit of the vine remind us of the inter-connectedness of all peo- Leader: Be gentle when you touch bread.
ple – of all life- around this world
All: Let it not lie uncared for, unwanted.
All: Bless this cup we pray. May this simple meal bring us into union with you,
and all on this world, reminding us that we are to be the one Body of Christ in all Leader: So often we take bread for granted.
that we do.
All: There is much beauty in bread, the beauty of sun and soil, the beauty of pa-
Taking, Breaking, Sharing, Eating tient toil.
During the distribution of the bread we will sing MV 194, Long Ago and Far Away
During the distribution of the bread we will sing MV 195, Leader: Wind and rain have caressed it. Christ often blessed it. Be gentle when we
touch bread.
Our Prayer of Thanks,
Our Choral Benediction [tune Morning has Broken]
Our Hymn: VU 224, Sing a Happy Hallelujah
[and the children leave to reconvene downstairs] Christ be behind us, Christ be before us
Christ be within us, king of our hearts
Our Reading from the Scriptures: Mark 10:17-31, Encounter with a Rich Young Christ be above us, Christ be below us
Man Christ be beside us, never to part
Our Hymn: VU 227, For the Fruit of all Creation
A Message for Today
Anthem:
*Our Words of Faith, page 918 VU [standing]
Lighting Our Candle of Concern:
Minute for Mission
Our Offering Collected & Our Offering Presented: Offering: VU 603 vs 1
In loving partnership we come
Seeking O God, your will to do.
Our prayers and actions now receive,
We freely offer them to you.
Our Prayers of Thanks and Concern and the Lord’s Prayer