Order of Worship

(on a phone, best viewed horizontally) 

October 11, 2026            10:45am

 

God’s Shalom for Our Common Home

Singing with Creation

Gathering

Prelude

Welcome

Centering Music                   Song without Words Op. 19 no. 4        Mendelssohn

Call to Worship

Prayer of Welcome

Hymn                                        Now Thank We All Our God                                   VT 114

Hearing God’s Word

Scripture Reading                Isaiah 55:12-13                                                                       

                                                    Matthew 5:13-16                                                                  

Hymn                                        Praise, I Will Praise You Lord                                 VT 131

Children’s Time

Choir                                         Glory to God                                                                   Bach

Sermon                                    Singing with Creation

Prayer of Confession and Assurance

Leader:   God of transformation-

All:           We still wait for your healing.

                  We still feel overwhelmed by the brokenness in our lives and in our world.

Leader:   We confess that we do not always live as salt of the earth or shine with your light.

All:           Sometimes we forget your hopes and dreams for us.

                  Sometimes we forget to celebrate the gift and embrace the responsibility of being alive in this time and place.

Leader:   Hear the good news!

                  You will go out with joy and be led back in peace.

                  God is already at work, restoring soil and soul.

All:           We turn to God and we are embraced with loving-kindness and compassion. Let us join in creation’s song!

Hymn                                        How Great Thou Art                                                 VT 436

Responding

Time of Sharing

Offering Prayer

Musical Offering               The Earth Adorned                                                     Åhlén

Joys and Concerns

After each time of sharing we respond “Lord, hear our prayer.”

Announcements

Hymn                                        You Shall Go Out with Joy                                      VT 847

Benediction

Leader:   Creation is bursting with life and sound that have inspired our songs this morning.

                  As we go from here, may we extend the celebration, knowing that our worship, like God’s shalom, is not bound by space or time.

                  May God’s mercy take root in our lives, so that we might be transformed together with all of creation as a witness to God’s steadfast love.

All:           May we boldly proclaim the news of God’s inbreaking shalom upon this earth, our common home. Amen.

Postlude

 

Worship Leader: Mathew Wiens                                       Preacher: Rachel Siemens

Children’s Time: Jaedyn Evans                                               Pianist: Donna Noton

Joys and Concerns: Debbie Bledsoe                            Choir: Bruce Baergen, Ev Buhr

Ushers: Jan Wilhelm/Gord Taves, Greg Wiebe           Greeters: Robert and Valerie Proudfoot