Order of Worship
(on a phone, best viewed horizontally)
February 8, 2026 10:45am
Because God First Loved Us:
Rooted in God’s Grace
Gathered by God
Pre-service Music
Welcome
Prelude 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) arr. Keveren
Opening Prayer
Call to Worship VT 868
Leader: As a shepherd seeks a lost sheep,
People: so God seeks and saves the lost.
Leader: Like a woman who searches for a lost coin until it is found,
People: so God rejoices over one soul restored to wholeness.
Leader: As a father receives a returning wayward son,
People: so God welcomes us and lets the past be the past.
Leader: Therefore let us praise God in thanksgiving that we are received.
People: Let us receive and welcome and rejoice over one another
in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Hymn Mountain of God VT 11
Who first loved us
Choir
Scripture Luke 15:11-32
Children’s Time
Hymn Together VT 389
Sermon The Scandal of Grace
So we can love
Hymn There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy VT 156
Time of Sharing
Commissioning of Leaders VT 965
Community: Empowering God,
with your people throughout the ages,
we call members of the church
to develop gifts and skills for your service.
Thank you for raising up these leaders among us.
Fill them with the love of Christ and the church.
Empower them with your Holy Spirit.
Bless them with joy in the work of ministry.
Commissioned: We pray for wisdom, patience, and hope in this calling.
May we use the authority entrusted to us
with confidence and humility.
May we grow into the mind and spirit of Christ
through our service.
All: For the gifts that the Spirit nurtures within us
and the ministries to which we are each called,
thanks be to God! Amen.
Offering Prayer
Leader: There is no scarcity. There is no shortage.
No lack of love, of compassion, of joy in the world.
There is enough. There is more than enough.
Only fear and greed make us think otherwise.
No one need starve.
People: There is enough land and enough food.
Leader: No one need die of thirst.
People: There is enough water.
Leader: No one need live without mercy.
People: There is no end to grace.
Leader: And we are all instruments of grace.
People: The more we give it, the more we share it,
the more we use it, the more God makes.
Leader: There is no scarcity of love.
Musical Offering Good Good Father arr. Keveren
Joys and Concerns
After each time of sharing we respond “Lord, hear our prayer.”
Announcements
Hymn Go, My Friends, in Grace VT 810
Benediction
Postlude
Worship Leader: Elizabeth Wall Preacher: Rachel Siemens
Children’s Time: Cheryl and Lowell Thiessen Pianist: Heather Wiebe
Readers: Gord Taves, Michael Taves, Jesse Neufeldt
Joys and Concerns: Rachel Siemens
Ushers: Jan Wilhelm/Gord Taves, Lauren Reid Greeter: Ruth Goudreau