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FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

  • Hymn: All Things Bright and Beautiful (Common Praise #415 – words below)
  • Land Acknowledgement, Greeting, and Collect of the Day
  • First Reading: Ezekiel 17:22-24
  • Psalm 92:1-4, 11-14 / Lord, it is good to give thanks to you
  • Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:6-17
  • Hymn: God Who Gives to Life its Goodness (Common Praise #428 – words below)
  • Gospel: Mark 4:26-34 (First Nations Version
  • Sermon: Gary van der Meer
  • Prayers of the People: Pat Fisher
  • Hymn: The Trees of the Field (Common Praise #662 – words below)
  • The Lord’s Prayer (sung)
  • Doxology & Blessing
  • Hymn: For the Beauty of the Earth (Common Praise #429 – words below)

ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful,
the Lord God made them all.

Each radiant flower that opens,
each vibrant bird that sings,
God made their glowing colours,
God made their lively wings.

The cold wind in the winter
The pleasant summer sun
The ripe fruit in the garden
God made them every one.

The rocky mountain splendour
The loon’s wild haunting call
The great lakes and the prairies
The forest in the fall.

God gave us eyes to see them
And lips that we might tell
How great is the Creator
Who has made all things well.

 

GOD WHO GIVES TO LIFE ITS GOODNESS

God who gives to life its goodness
God, creator of all joy
Giver of all human freedom
God who blesses tool and toy:
Teach us how to laugh and praise you
Deep within your praises sing
Till the whole creation dances
For the goodness of its King.

God who fills the earth with beauty
God who binds each friend to friend
Giver of all human talent
God who wills that chaos end
Grant us now creative spirits
Minds responsive to your mind
Hearts and wills your rule extending
All our acts by love refined.

 

THE TREES OF THE FIELD

You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace
The mountains and the hills will break forth before you.
There’ll be shouts of joy and all the trees of the field will clap will clap their hands.
All the trees of the field will clap their hands, the trees of the field will clap their hands.
The trees of the field will clap their hands as you go out with joy.

 

FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH

For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies.
Christ our God, to thee we raise
this, our sacrifice of praise.

For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale and tree and flower,
sun and moon and stars of light,
Christ our God, to thee we raise
this, our sacrifice of praise.

For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight
Christ our God, to thee we raise
this, our sacrifice of praise.

For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth, and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild,
Christ our God, to thee we raise
this, our sacrifice of praise.

For each perfect gift of thine
To our race so freely given
Graces human and divine
Flowers of earth and buds of heaven
Christ our God, to thee we raise
this, our sacrifice of praise.