1. Joint Worship Service
with
Oriole-York Mills United Church
and
Centennial-Japanese United Church
2609 Bayview Avenue
Willowdale, ON M2L 1B5
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Sunday, May 6th, 2012 11:00 a.m.
(* indicates please stand as you are able)
Praising God
Prelude “Cat's Fugue” Domenico Scarlatti
Welcome/Announcements Rev. V Noakes & K Shikaze
Musical Interlude
Call to Worship
One: Today we welcome God’s love into our lives.
All: We rejoice in God’s inclusive nature that welcomes everyone to be part of God’s community of faith.
One: May we celebrate God’s openness and respect towards all people as we worship this day.
*Processional Hymn (402) “We Are One”
Opening Prayer (unison)
Creator God, thank You for Your presence among us and all creation. Help us to see Your Spirit at work within and around
us. May Your Spirit teach us this day through laughter and tears, strangers and friends, angels and inner voices. Remind
us that all people are worthy of Your love and grace. Help us to share Your love with all people this day. Amen.
Scripture Reading 1 John 4: 7-12
(Everyone who loves is a child of God.)
*Hymn (579) “The Church Is Wherever God’s People”
A Time with the Children
Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer (unison)

2. Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name,
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day, our daily bread;
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory.
For ever and ever. Amen.
Hymn (579) “The Church Is Wherever God’s People”
(Young people leave for classes.)
Prayer for Grace (unison)
God of the empty tomb, the crowded room, the hushed darkness; so often You have made Yourself known to us, but we
have not seen You. We have failed to recognize You in the neighbour who shares our worry, in the stranger who knows
our pain and in the family member who has a different opinion from our own. Help us, O God, not to ignore the Christ
among us. Help us to listen to and to welcome You into our lives this day. Amen.
Assurance of Grace Sung (958) “Halle, Halle, Halle”
(repeat 3 times getting faster each time)
Listening For God’s Word
Epistle Reading Acts 8:26-39
(Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch.)
Page 3
Gospel Lesson John 15:1-8
(Jesus is the vine and we are the branches.)
Anthem “River in Judea” Jack Feldman
Sermon “A Welcoming Spirit”
*Hymn (154) MV “Deep In Our Hearts” vs. 1,2,3
Responding to God
Offering “Romanian Folk Dances” Bela Bartok

3. * Dedication (603) “In Loving Partnership We Come” vs.1
In loving partnership we come,
Seeking, O God, Your will to do.
Our prayers and actions now receive;
We freely offer them to You.
*Prayer
Prayers of the People
*Recessional Hymn (333) “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”
Commissioning and Benediction
*Choral Amen (298) “When You Walk from Here”
When you walk from here, when you walk from here,
Walk with justice, walk with mercy
and with God’s humble care. (repeat)
Postlude “Toccata in C Minor” Johann Pachelbel
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