A Christian Family of Faith in Fellowship
The Bass River Pastoral Charge
The Presbyterian Church in Canada
St. Mark’s, Bass River; St. James, Beersville; St. Andrew’s, Clairville & Zion, West Branch
Organists: Heather Morton, Marly Sutherland, Rodney Girvan, Dolly MacDonald, Shanece Wilson
Minister: Rev. Alexander [Sandy] D. Sutherland; B.A., B.Th. M.Div
Manse #: 506-785-4383 Cell #: 506-521-0705 Email: Twitter: thebrpc
www.pccweb.ca/brpc
August 3rd 2014 – Pentecost
ORDER OF SERVICE
Welcome & Call to Worship A&D 11 I love you Lord
Prayer of Approach, Confession & The Lord’s Prayer (debts/debtors NBoP831; BoP605)
Opening Praise: NBoP 461 Be Thou my Vision
BoP 458
Responsive Reading - Psalm 17 selections [Pew Bible]
Children’s story –
Children’s Hymn: NBoP 698 Saviour teach me day by day
BoP 479
Scripture Readings: OT – Genesis 32:22-31
Epistle – Romans 9:1-5
Hymn of Illumination: NBoP 330 O God our help in ages past
BoP 87
Scripture Readings: Gospel – Matthew 14:13-21
Sermon: Holy (Wholly) God
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Announcements
God’s Tithes and our gifts
Doxology (NBoP 830; BoP 603) & Offertory Prayer
Commissioning Hymn: NBoP 299 Holy, Holy, Holy
BoP 277
Benediction
Dismissal: A&D 23 Holy Spirit, On us fall
Next Week’s Services:
9:30am – St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Clairville)
11:15am – St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church (Bass River)
Next week’s readings: Genesis 37:1-28; Psalm 85: Rom. 10:5-15; Matt. 14:22-33
If you are visiting, or are new to the community we would like to getting to know you, and celebrating your gifts and growing together in our faith in Christ. God bless you.
Announcements:
Memorial Services Looking at dates for Memorial services; all are confirmed, Aug. 17 for St. Mark’s & Aug 24th for St. James’, August 31st for St. Andrew’s
A musical Summer evening – Thank you everyone who came and who was a part of this import community fellowship and worship event, especially those involved with the planning and conducting of the evening.
Church & yard Clean up – Thank you everyone who came out to help with this year’s church cleanups. Work-crews for special projects TBA
Steeple at St. Mark’s in Bass River It was agreed at a meeting following service last week that a simple roof will replace the current steeple until the problem of roof leaks is solved. Some fund raising may be required for this
Programs & Activities: Please pray for our ongoing work & learning
VBS – Thank you everyone who supported last week’s Vacation Bible School. Over twenty children participated this year. Special thanks to our cookie makers.
Birthday Party - The family of Merrillyn Murphy would like to extend an invitation to her 65th birthday party to be held Saturday August 9th beginning at 7pm at the Rexton Lions Hall. There will be live music, prizes and great food. Everyone Welcome!
Hymn Sing – We are invited! Tonight at St. George’s Anglican in Moncton, 7pm. A fellowship time will follow, Hope you can make it.
Bible Study The Bible study has finished up for the summer, but the materials are available from the church website. www.pccweb.ca/brpc.
Bible School –Bible School has paused till September. Thanks Tanya & Tracy
Community Food Bank – Think about what you will be planting in your garden. Can you plant extra carrots? Potatoes? Let’s all help with what we have.
Givings Your offerings & gifts support the work of this congregation, the teaching of our children, the expenses of ministry, local and foreign mission, the work of Presbyterian Sharing and upkeep of this building. Tax receipts are available.
Prayers of the Pastoral Charge - Do you have a prayer, or know someone we should be praying for? Pray, as we support each other in faith, hope & love. Our Prayers are for: Savannah, Carmen, Joe, Janet, Percy, Marilyn, Ruby, Susie, John Allison & family,
Mission Moments Giving families in Malawi what they need to survive
Grace Halawa shows off the vegetables and fruit trees she planted near her home in northern Malawi. Grace is part of a PWS & D supported program that is working to build sustainable livelihoods for 50,000 men, women and children. Like many in Malawi, Grace and her husband look after five orphans from their community. Prior to joining the program, Grace and her family were able to eat only one meal a day. Grace received cassava, soy, maize and sweet potato seeds, as well as grafted orange, mango, papaya and guava tree cuttings. She is thrilled to share how the plants, seeds and support have impacted their family: “This has made a very big difference for our future. Now we have different seeds and diversified our diet, meaning that we have more food security.”