Current Sunday Bulletin - City View United Church

CITY VIEW UNITED CHURCH!
6 EPWORTH AVENUE, Nepean, ON K2G 2L5
Phone: 613-224-1021
Fax: 613-224-4752
Ministers: Reverend Trisha Elliott
Reverend Dr. Christine Johnson – Pastoral Care
Jiri Hlavacek – Organist and Choir Director
Mary Lynne Harvey – Administrator
Office e-mail: cvuc@bellnet.ca
Website: http://www.cityviewunited.org
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(LARGE PRINT BULLETINS available from Ushers and
FM Hearing Assistance from the Sound Operator)
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!PRELUDE:
March 22nd, 2015
Fifth Sunday of Lent Preludium in C minor, by J. Zach (1699 – 1773)
WORDS OF WELCOME AND CELEBRATION OF BIRTHDAYS
!WE LIGHT THE CHRIST CANDLE
!* CALL TO WORSHIP: (responsive)
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Lent continues to unfold before us,
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like a rocky path, like a climbing staircase, like a
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mountain journey, like a covenant that has been
broken and re-formed
Bless our perseverance, bless our intention, bless our
mercy, bless our love
Bless our brokenness, bless our fragility, bless our
struggle, bless our effort
Bless our Lenten journey, O God
As we gather to bless you.
* OPENING HYMN: Blest Are They
VU # 896
!PRAYER OF APPROACH
!THEME TIME
!* HYMN: Hush! Hush!
!SCRIPTURE READINGS:
MV # 167
Jeremiah 31:31-34 (Page 929) – “I will write my law on
their hearts…..”
John 12:20-33 (Page 1285) – “Unless a grain of wheat
falls into the earth…..”
!ANTHEM: Lamb of God, by William A. Cross
!SERMON: Strength In Weakness
!* HYMN: Healer of Our Every Ill
VU # 619
!THE LIFE AND WORK OF OUR CHURCH
!THE OFFERING OF OURSELVES AND OUR GIFTS
!OFFERTORY: Choral Prelude, by G. Boehm
!* OFFERTORY HYMN:
VU # 578, v.3 (sung)
As a green bud in the springtime is a sign of life renewed,
so may we be signs of oneness mid earth’s peoples, manyhued.
As a rainbow lights the heavens when a storm is past and
gone,
may our lives reflect the radiance of God’s new and glorious
dawn
* OFFERING PRAYER: (in unison)
All: God, we have learned that when we give away, we are
enriched; and when we let go, we receive. Bless what we
give and let go of this day, as you also bless us. Amen.
!PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
!* HYMN: God, as We Rise to Leave
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VU # 417
* THE COMMISSIONING AND BENEDICTION
!* CHORAL BENEDICTION: Three-Fold Amen
!POSTLUDE: Improvisation
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!Head Ushers: Bill Boone;
Ushers: Gail Drysdale;
Assisting:
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Ruth Lewis; Heather Cummings;
Joan MacDonald; Jean Baenziger;
Ken Mitchell; Sound Operator: Jim Watchorn;
We Welcome All Visitors and ask that you sign our Guest
Book. Please include your complete address and take a card with
you as a memento of your visit with us. Come and join us for
coffee and conversation in the Friendship Room.
!Free-Trade Coffee is being served by the Mission & Outreach
Committee for the month of March – thank-you!
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We are looking for volunteers who would be willing to sign up to
serve coffee, tea and juice. Please see the Sign-up Sheet on the
Kitchen Door of the Friendship Room or speak with Michele
Suitor or Anne Mulholland. Many hands make light work!
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Every year, Centre 507
provides support for between
40,000 to 55,000 visits.
Unfortunately the centre is
losing 50% of its funding.
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Three of their programs are on the "chopping block". One such
program consists of an outreach team. As we support Centre 507
please email mayor Jim Watson to reconsider the decision.
Mayor Watson's email is Jim.Watson@ottawa.ca.
Mission & Outreach Committee
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Spring is Coming!
Order your Maple Syrup from the Men’s Club
after church today in the Friendship Room.
See Dave McGale or Ken Mitchell or phone Ken
at 613-225-1435. Farm Gate Price $21/litre!
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“Come, Dine with Jesus” is a Maundy
Thursday service designed around a
potluck meal.
It was created by the
Contemplative Liturgy Group of Eastern
Ontario, based mainly in Peterborough.
Please join in the Friendship Room on
Thursday, April 2 at 5:30 pm for a gathering time, with the meal
starting at 6 pm. If you need to come a bit later, you’re welcome
to join in at any time. Please bring food (a main course and/or
dessert) to share. Buns and beverages will be provided. During
our time together, we will remember and re-enact the Last Supper
that Jesus shared with his disciples. We are aiming to finish no later
than 7:30 p.m. If you have any questions, contact Rev. Dr. Christine
Johnson
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613-889-5046
or
email
at
revdrchristinejohnson@bellnet.ca.
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An Evening in Paris
Phoebe Fashion Show
Cloths by Judy Joannou !4
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Wednesday, April 29th
Tickets will be available during Coffee Hour on Sunday April 19th and 26th. WANTED – USHERS! Please sign up on the chart in the upper
narthex if you are able to help with ushering on one or more
Sundays. Each Sunday we need a Head Usher and 5 others to help
with bulletins, collection and running the elevator.
Getting sign up’s simplifies the amount of work required to call people
about ushering. Thank-you!
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Meetings
Mon. Mar. 23 – Knitting Group – Sunshine Room – 1:00 pm
Wed. Mar. 25 – Trisha’s Bible Study – Chapel – 10:00 am
Thurs. Mar. 26 – Choir Practice – Sanctuary – Chapel 10:00 am
Sun. Mar. 29 – Palm Sunday – Sanctuary – 10:30 am
Thurs. Apr. 2 – Maundy Thursday – Friendship Room – 5:30 pm
Fri. Apr. 3 – Good Friday Service – Sanctuary – 10:00 am
Sun. Apr. 5 – Early Easter Morning Service/Breakfast – 8:30 am
Sun. Apr. 5 – Easter Communion Service – 10:30 am
Wed. Apr. 29 – PHOEBE Fashion Show – Friendship Rm. 6:30 pm
Sat. Nov. 21 – SNOWFLAKE Bazaar – City View United – 9 am
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FOOD REQUEST: CANNED FRUITS AND JUICES
Our Local Outreach for March: Caldwell Family Centre
!IF YOU WISH TO HAVE THE PRAYER TEAM pray for you or for
someone that you are concerned about, please fill in a request form
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and place it on the offering plate. The forms are on the backs of the
pews.
!SHARE THE CARE:
If you know of someone who is in hospital, a
nursing home or house-bound and would like a visit from the Minister,
or a member of the Pastoral Care Team, please call the Church office
at 613-224-1021.
!DRIVERS ARE NEEDED!
We are looking for volunteers to drive
fellow church members to worship each Sunday morning. We want
to enable as many people as we can to come to worship with us on
Sunday mornings. If you can help to provide transportation please
contact Doris Latour at 613-225-2534 or Mary Lynne in the church
office 613-224-1021.
!GROCERY GIFT CERTIFICATES for both Loblaws/Independent
and Metro/Food Basics are available in various denominations.
Profits from sales of these Gifts Certificates help support the
Carlington Community Chaplaincy. See Margaret Knight after
church at coffee hour or call 613-226-2960.
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Mark Your Calendar!
July 13 – 17, 2015
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Registration forms available on our
Welcome Table and our website.
Community Events
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Barrhaven United Church Concert Series Presents
Spring,
Canadian
Saturday April 11, 2015 7:00 pm. Tickets at the door:
Adults $22; Students $12; also available in advance from the Church
Office $20; $10. Call 613-825-1707.
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Ottawa Christian Writers’ Fellowship – For the writer in you! Join us
– one day conference. Cost: $35.00 (includes lunch and coffee
breaks. Saturday, April 18, 2015 8:30am – 3:00 pm at Grace
Presbyterian Church, 1220, Old Tenth Line Road, Orleans.
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Fiddling in the Key of … eh? ~ Multiple Canadian Fiddle Champion,
Scott Woods, returns with his band and dancers to Glen Cairn
United Church, 140 Abbeyhill Drive, Kanata, on Saturday April 18th,
7:00 pm. “…An incredible show celebrating great Canadian fiddling
styles and symbols of our culture that truly makes us Canadian”.
Advance tickets $25 adults; $10 children – available from the GCUC
office, 613-836-4756, or order toll free from 1-855-726-8896.
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Barrhaven United Church – Let us help you with your Spring
Cleaning! Drop-off out-of-use electronics for free recycling!
Don’t forget to wipe your drives and clear your SIM cards - & gentlyused women’s and children’s SUMMER clothing (for the Clothing
Cupboard of the Ottawa West-End Community Chaplaincy) on
Saturday April 25, 9:00 am to 3:30 pm and Sunday April 26, 1:00
to 3:30 pm
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You are invited to participate in an important
discussion about the future of the
United Church of Canada
In 2012, the General Council of the United Church initiated a
comprehensive review of the whole denomination. The final
report of the Comprehensive Review Task Group has been
released and is now before the United Church for study and
review. It offers a number of far-reaching proposals that would
radically change the United Church.
The Report and accompanying background documents can be
downloaded from: http://www.gc42.ca/comprehensive-reviewreport.
Ottawa Presbytery is hosting a series of meetings to allow
thoughtful and thorough study of the report and to develop an
appropriate response from the Presbytery, which will be sent on
to the General Council meeting in Corner Brook, Nfld. this
August.
These meetings are open to every interested member of the
United Church, but they will be of particular importance to
members of Ottawa Presbytery who have the responsibility of
deciding what response the Presbytery should make.
Please read the report and consider attending one or more of
these meetings. It is important that the General Council hear
the voices of the church.
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Meeting #1: Overall review of the Report
with Rev Cathy Hamilton,
Chair of the Comprehensive Review Task Group
Date and time: Sunday, March 22nd, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
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Location: City View United Church, Sanctuary.
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Meeting #2: Financial Implications of the Report
Date and time: Tuesday, March 24th, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Location: Rideau Park United Church, Beecroft Hall.
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Meeting #3: Changing the Structure of the United Church
from 4 Courts to 3 Councils
Date and time: Saturday, March 28th, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Rideau Park United Church, Beecroft Hall.
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Meeting #4: College of Ministers, Association of Ministers,
and Right Relations
Date and time: Tuesday, April 7th, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Location: City View United Church, Sanctuary.
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Meeting #5: Finalizing the Presbytery's
response to the Report
Date and time: Saturday, April 11th, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: City View United Church, Friendship Hall.
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