Leaside United Church - Mother's Day - May 8, 2022

2. We acknowledge that we are on
the Traditional Territory of many
Indigenous Peoples, including the
Mississaugas of the Credit.
We are all Treaty People,
called to the work of Truth,
Justice, and Peace.

3. The Mission of Leaside United
Church is to grow a caring and
vibrant spiritual community that
embodies God’s unconditional
love following the teachings of
Jesus and takes responsibility for
being co-creators of a world that
works for all.

4. As an affirming ministry, we celebrate
the diversity of God’s creation. We
celebrate the richness of our community
when we have diversity in age, gender
identity, economic circumstances,
racial/cultural backgrounds, sexual
orientation, ability and family
configurations. We seek to create a safe
place with an open invitation to bring
every aspect of one’s whole self into
one’s participation within this ministry.

5. Today we celebrate
the mothering gifts
that all people have to share:
nurturing and encouraging,
nourishing and healing,
enabling and teaching,
sustaining and letting go.
Let us lift our voices together in worship,
remembering the mothering Christ
who bore us to eternal life.

6. The rock is rolled back. The tomb is empty.
Where have they taken him?
Why do you look for the living among the dead?
He has been raised!
Surely God is in this place! Come and see!
Help me notice. Help us notice together.

7. Mother-Father God, Brother Jesus, Sister Spirit:
We gather this morning
in the brilliance of a new day.
We gather to sing, to pray, to hear.
We gather to visit, to plan, to be inspired.
Come, sit with us, join us.
We are family. Amen.

8. VU 703
In the Bulb
There Is a Flower
OneLicense No. A-607260.

9. In the bulb there is a flower;
in the seed, an apple tree;
in cocoons, a hidden promise:
butterflies will soon be free!
In the cold and snow of winter
there's a spring that waits to be,
unrevealed until its season,
something God alone can see.

10. There's a song in every silence,
seeking word and melody;
there's a dawn in every darkness,
bringing hope to you and me.
From the past will come the future;
what it holds, a mystery,
unrevealed until its season,
something God alone can see.

11. In our end is our beginning;
in our time, infinity;
in our doubt there is believing;
in our life, eternity.
In our death, a resurrection;
at the last, a victory,
unrevealed until its season,
something God alone can see.

12. Junior Choir Anthem
Listen to the Music
by Timothy Corlis

13. Anthem
In Time of Silver Rain
arr. Sarah Quartel

14. Revitalizing God,
transform our gifts with your immense love,
so that they may make a difference
to anyone in need in our world.
Transform our hearts,
so that we worship joyfully and give generously.
Transform our lives,
that we may affirm your grace
in everyone we encounter.
Amen.

15. VU 291 All Things Bright and Beautiful
OneLicense No. A-607260.

16. All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful:
in love, God made them all.

17. Each little flower that opens,
each little bird that sings,
God made their glowing colours,
God made their tiny wings.

18. All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful:
in love, God made them all.

19. The purpleheaded mountains,
the river running by,
the sunset and the morning
that brightens up the sky;

20. All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful:
in love, God made them all.

21. The cold wind in the winter,
the pleasant summer sun,
the ripe fruits in the garden:
God made them every one.

22. All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful:
in love, God made them all.

23. The rocky mountain splendour,
the lone wolf's haunting call,
the great lakes and the prairies,
the forest in the fall;

24. All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful:
in love, God made them all.

25. God gave us eyes to see them,
and lips that we might tell
how great is God our maker,
who has made all things well.

26. All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful:
in love, God made them all.

27. Hurry! Go and tell:
He’s been raised from the dead.
He’s going on ahead of you.
We are witnesses to these things.
Wherever we go, God will already be there.
Help me notice. Help us notice together.

29. Peace be with
you.

30. The Beginning and The End
May 15 10:30am
In-person, Zoom, and YouTube