Order of Service – Sunday April 24, 2022 @ 10:30AM
It’s St. Andrew’s Guelph’s 194th Anniversary as a congregation.
Rev. John will be on Intermission starting April 25 and will return on August 3. Please contact the Church Office or one of the elders if you have questions or a pastoral concern during this time.
We pray for Rev. John and his family as he enters this intentional time of rest and renewal. And we look forward as a congregation to welcoming many guests on Sunday mornings and continuing to worship and be in community during this season too.
We continue our live broadcast this morning and we are excited to welcome in-person worshipers into the Sanctuary (with socially distanced seating). Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this morning’s service both online and in-person.
Join us on our St. Andrew’s Guelph YouTube Channel and select the live service, and remember to invite your friends and families. You can also join us via Zoom by following the link in your Friday or Sunday morning email. If you’d like to begin receiving our weekly emails you can sign up here.
Rev. John will be speaking about the “Modeh Ani” in his sermon today. Here are a couple of links to remember it and possibly begin practicing it.
Learn more at MyJewishLearning.com
Prelude – “Morning” (D. Burroughs) (The Bells of St. Andrew’s)
Call to Worship (PWS&D Liturgies)
Hymn – #482 “Christ is made the sure foundation” (Wesminster Abbey)
Prayer of Confession & Assurance of Forgiveness
Choir Acclamation: “Praise God from whom all blessings flow”
Time for Wonder and Curiosity
Scripture – John 20: 19 – 31 (CEB)
Sermon: “Get Out Of Here!”
Hymn – #477 “Your hand, O God, has guided” (Thornbury)
Offering
You can still mail cheques to: St. Andrew’s Guelph, 161 Norfolk Street, Guelph, ON N1H 4J8
Or you can donate to St. Andrew’s through CanadaHelps
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You are also invited to sign up for Pre-Authorized Remittance (PAR). Instead of using offering envelopes or giving online, you can set up a regular donation through your financial institution. To learn more, click here.
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This Earth Day, the climate crisis is flashing Code Red. It’s ALL hands
on deck. To spark discussion and action among church members, KAIROS
Guelph has created a youtube video, InFUELenza (25 minutes) rom the David Suzuki Foundation [1] and Ontario’s past Environment Commissioner [2]. You can urge action toward a just transition by signing this letter [3] to the federal government.
Offertory – “Come thou fount of every blessing” (arr. P. Sanders Cota) (The Bells of St. Andrew’s)
Prayers of the People
Hymn – #479 “The church’s one foundation” (Aurelia)
Benediction
Postlude: “Aurelia” (arr. D. Hustad)