We continue our live broadcast this morning and 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, 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.
Announcements
Words of Welcome & Territorial Acknowledgement
Prelude– Veni Emmanuel arr. R. Schram
The lighting of the Advent Wreath
Call to Worship
A Time for Reflection
Room
I asked God— what about my fingernail-biting habit or the way I leave all the cabinets open in the kitchen? What about the way I can be dramatic, drumming up a fight, only to hand out apologies like souvenirs? What about the way I second-guess myself, let shame drive, or stay quiet when I have something to say? What about the way I chase accomplishments like a dog with a bone? that I’m terrible at prayer and cannot help but yawn during church?
What about What about What about? My baggage might be too big for the van. But then God called me by my first and middle name, which always means business, and said: Who told you that you were too much? Sugar, there is so much room for you here. So that’s when I grabbed a seat and we hit the road and I knew right then that the rumors were true. There is room. There is room.
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We continue our live broadcast this morning and 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, 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.
Announcements
Words of Welcome & Territorial Acknowledgement
Prelude– All hail the power of Jesus’ name arr. P. Sanders Cota Bells of St. Andrew’s
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We continue our live broadcast this morning and 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, 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.
Announcements
Words of Welcome & Territorial Acknowledgement
Prelude– Nimrod (Enigma Variations) E. Elgar
Call to Worship
Hymn – #638 “Take time to be holy
A Time for Remembering
One: On this day of Remembrance, O God, we give thanks: All: For peacekeepers and pacifists; for those who served on the front lines, and those who protest and march; for those who volunteered and those who waited anxiously at home; for those who hoped that things would get better, and those who could not stand by and wait. One: We give thanks for those who believed that the world could be a better place. All: We remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, trusting that others could and would carry the torch. One: We give thanks for those who were once enemies who have become friends and allies.
A Story for Remembrance Sunday
“In Flanders Fields”
In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow
between the crosses, row on row,
that mark our place; and in the sky
the larks, still bravely singing, fly
scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
loved, and were loved, and now we lie
in Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
to you from failing hands we throw
the torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
we shall not sleep, though poppies grow
in Flanders Fields.
The Last Post
Two Minutes of Silence
Reveille
The Piper’s Lament
Prayer:
One: Let us pray. Loving God, we remember today those who have given their lives for peace. All: O God, giver of peace, hear our prayers. One: We honour those who seek peace by non-violent means rather than through more destruction. All: O God, giver of peace, hear our prayers. One: We remember the scars, physical and emotional, left upon those who have directly experienced the violence of human and against human. All: O God, giver of peace, hear our prayers. One: We remember people everywhere who struggle for freedom and dignity. All: O God, giver of peace, hear our prayers. One: Remind us again, O God, of your call to love God and love neighbour. All: Let us love our neighbours in our actions as well as our words. AMEN.
Royal Anthem
God save our gracious King Long live our noble King, God save The King: Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us: God save The King.
*O Canada
O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all of us command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The true north, strong and free. From far and wide O Canada, We stand on guard for thee. God keep our land glorious and free, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
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Presbyterians Sharing is how we support our denomination as a whole. Your gifts the variety of missions and ministries that The Presbyterian Church in Canada supports throughout Canada. It also ensures that we are well resources by our National Office staff.
If you are able, the MOCC would encourage you to consider donating to Presbyterians Sharing. You can do so by clicking here. (Make sure that you indicate that you are from St. Andrew’s Guelph on the online form in order for it to count towards our commitment)
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We continue our live broadcast this morning and 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, 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.
Announcements
Words of Welcome & Territorial Acknowledgement
Prelude– Chorale Prelude on “Lights Divine”
Call to Worship
Hymn – #615 “Let saints on earth in concert sing”
Opening Prayer & Assurance of Forgiveness
Psalm 23 (responsive)
Sermon: Ordinary Saints – Rick McRonald
Hymn – #352 “And can it be”
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.
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.
Presbyterians Sharing is how we support our denomination as a whole. Your gifts the variety of missions and ministries that The Presbyterian Church in Canada supports throughout Canada. It also ensures that we are well resources by our National Office staff.
If you are able, the MOCC would encourage you to consider donating to Presbyterians Sharing. You can do so by clicking here. (Make sure that you indicate that you are from St. Andrew’s Guelph on the online form in order for it to count towards our commitment)
Or you can make a donation directly to Presbyterians Sharing through St. Andrew’s Guelph. Please mark your donation: Presbyterians Sharing.
We continue our live broadcast this morning and 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, 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.
Announcements
Words of Welcome & Territorial Acknowledgement
Prelude– Voluntary (Adagio) J. Stanley
Call to Worship
Hymn – #431 “Jesus, where’er they people meet” Warrington
Opening Prayer & Assurance of Forgiveness
Hymn – #319 “Wherever I may wonder” New England Folk Melody
Sermon: For the Love of Creation – A Christian Perspective with Willard Metzger and The Rev. John Borthwick
Willard Metzger, BTh, BA, MTS, DMin, has been Executive Director of Citizens for Public Justice(CPJ)since 2019. He has decades of senior leadership experience in Mennonite Church Canada, Canadian Council of Churches, and World Vision Canada. He also served as a congregational clergyfor 18 years.As an author and public speaker Willard has addressed crowds across Canada and globally. His passion for justice and the faith community’s responsibility in seeking justice is evident.
Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ)is a national, progressive charitable organization of members who are inspired by faith to act for social and environmental justice in Canadian public policy. While CPJ has its roots in the Christian tradition, we partner regularly with other faith groups and non-faith-based groups, building solidarity across broader advocacy movements. CPJ’s work focuses on three key policy areas: poverty eradication in Canada, climate justice, and refugee and migrant rights.
Hymn – #717 “We cannot own the sunlit sky” Endless song
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
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.
Presbyterians Sharing is how we support our denomination as a whole. Your gifts the variety of missions and ministries that The Presbyterian Church in Canada supports throughout Canada. It also ensures that we are well resources by our National Office staff.
If you are able, the MOCC would encourage you to consider donating to Presbyterians Sharing. You can do so by clicking here. (Make sure that you indicate that you are from St. Andrew’s Guelph on the online form in order for it to count towards our commitment)
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We continue our live broadcast this morning and 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, 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.
Announcements
Words of Welcome & Territorial Acknowledgement
Prelude– Choral Prelude on “Liebster Jesu” (Blessed Jesus) J.S. Bach
Call to Worship
Hymn – #313 “O worship the King” Hanover
Opening Prayer & Assurance of Forgiveness
Hymn – #436 “God, we praise you for the morning”
Psalm 104 (translation provided by Michael Grand)
Sermon: “For the Love of Creation” – Jewish perspective with Michael Grand
About Michael Grand Michael Grand, PhD, C.Psych holds the rank of professor emeritus in the Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology graduate program at the University of Guelph. He is the past president of the College of Psychologists of Ontario. He has been the president of Beth Isaiah Synagogue and participated in multifaith activities at the University and throughout the City of Guelph for four decades. One of his many hobbies is comparative Biblical translation. Currently, he is working his way through the challenges of the Books of the Prophets in ancient Hebrew.
Hymn – #339 Who made the earth and heaven
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
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.
Presbyterians Sharing is how we support our denomination as a whole. Your gifts the variety of missions and ministries that The Presbyterian Church in Canada supports throughout Canada. It also ensures that we are well resources by our National Office staff.
If you are able, the MOCC would encourage you to consider donating to Presbyterians Sharing. You can do so by clicking here. (Make sure that you indicate that you are from St. Andrew’s Guelph on the online form in order for it to count towards our commitment)
Or you can make a donation directly to Presbyterians Sharing through St. Andrew’s Guelph. Please mark your donation: Presbyterians Sharing.
We continue our live broadcast this morning and 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, 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.
Announcements
Words of Welcome & Territorial Acknowledgement
Prelude– Choral Prelude on “Blesses Jesu, we are here” J.S. Bach
Call to Worship
Hymn – #30 “God is our re
Opening Prayer & Assurance of Forgiveness
Lighting Candles of Remembrance and Hope
Music for Remembrance
Psalm 46 (Responsively)
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; 3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult.
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. 5 God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns.
6 The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord; see what desolations he has brought on the earth. 9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
10 ‘Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.’ 11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. This is the Word of the LORD.
Thanks be to God. AMEN.
Sermon: “For the Love of Creation” – Muslim Perspective with imam Mubeen Butt and Rev. John Borthwick.
About Imam Mubeen Butt Imam Mubeen Butt was born and raised just down the street from MSOG in Cambridge, ON and hails from a family of Hafiz ul Quran. He became Hafiz at a young age. While Imam Mubeen started down an entirely different career path, he found his calling and passion in Islamic and Quranic Studies, returning to school to complete a degree in Islamic Sciences.
Imam Mubeen joined the MSOG and Meezan School in 2015. Imam Mubeen’s forte is connecting with and engaging the youth especially while challenging them to a game of basketball or running summer camp or telling hunting and fishing stories in the classroom.
Another strength that Imam Mubeen has brought to the MSOG and Guelph community is his ability to build bridges and make interfaith connections throughout the city, regularly engaging with and speaking to congregations around the city, attending multi faith events and hosting school groups at the MSOG.
Imam Mubeen Butt also serves as a Chaplain with the Guelph Police Services and the Guelph General Hospital.
Hymn – #749 “Be still my soul”
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
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.
Presbyterians Sharing is how we support our denomination as a whole. Your gifts the variety of missions and ministries that The Presbyterian Church in Canada supports throughout Canada. It also ensures that we are well resources by our National Office staff.
If you are able, the MOCC would encourage you to consider donating to Presbyterians Sharing. You can do so by clicking here. (Make sure that you indicate that you are from St. Andrew’s Guelph on the online form in order for it to count towards our commitment)
Or you can make a donation directly to Presbyterians Sharing through St. Andrew’s Guelph. Please mark your donation: Presbyterians Sharing.
We continue our live broadcast this morning and 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, 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.
Words of Welcome & Territorial Acknowledgement
Prelude– Joy in Partita on “Adore te Derote” arr. V. Togani
Call to Worship
Hymn – #803 Come, Ye Thankful People, Come St. George’s Windsor
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Presbyterians Sharing is how we support our denomination as a whole. Your gifts the variety of missions and ministries that The Presbyterian Church in Canada supports throughout Canada. It also ensures that we are well resources by our National Office staff.
If you are able, the MOCC would encourage you to consider donating to Presbyterians Sharing. You can do so by clicking here. (Make sure that you indicate that you are from St. Andrew’s Guelph on the online form in order for it to count towards our commitment)
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Run for the Cure Sunday Community Service of Healing – We’re glad that you are here to worship in this place. This is a joint service with Knox Presbyterian Church, Guelph, offered to everyone affected by breast cancer: survivors, families, and friends.
Order of Service
We continue our live broadcast this morning and 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.
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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.
Presbyterians Sharing is how we support our denomination as a whole. Your gifts the variety of missions and ministries that The Presbyterian Church in Canada supports throughout Canada. It also ensures that we are well resources by our National Office staff.
If you are able, the MOCC would encourage you to consider donating to Presbyterians Sharing. You can do so by clicking here. (Make sure that you indicate that you are from St. Andrew’s Guelph on the online form in order for it to count towards our commitment)
Or you can make a donation directly to Presbyterians Sharing through St. Andrew’s Guelph. Please mark your donation: Presbyterians Sharing.
We continue our live broadcast this morning and 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, 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.
It is Communion Sunday! If you are joining us in-person, you will receive a pre-filled communion cup upon entry. If you are on ZOOM or YouTube, we would encourage you to plan to have bread and beverage-like substances available when it comes time for the Sacrament so that you can share in the joyous feast that our LORD provides. Jesus makes the ordinary things – holy!
Announcements
Prelude– Prelude on “St. ThomasFanfare on an original theme
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Offertory – Hymn Prelude on “Holy Manna” arr. D. Husted
Special Occasion: Dedication of Westminister St. Paul’s Memorial Church Hall
Preamble
In October 2021, after 63 years of Gospel witness on Victoria Road in Guelph, the congregation of Westminster St. Paul’s sold their church building and migrated to both St. Andrew’s and Knox Guelph. The proceeds of the sale of the building allocated to St. Andrew’s were gifted on to the “Home for Good” Campaign this past year to support the building of permanent supportive housing in our community. This generosity would not have been possible without the gift from Westminster St. Paul’s, and it is St. Andrew’s hope that the legacy of WSP might continue as we share the story of our support to the campaign and how it was made possible.
As a way of ensuring the story of WSP might continue long into the future, St. Andrew’s agreed to house their archives. As a result of the tireless efforts of several dedicated individuals every single week for months and months, those archival materials are continuing to be catalogued in our Rev. Dr. Peter J. Darch Memorial Archives. Our gratitude is extended to: Bill McKinnie, Margaret Burnett, Bob Coons, Gladys Robson, and Michelle and George Forsyth. We hope that you will take a look at the selection of materials on display in the Hall today as well as head upstairs to tour the Archives themselves.
Today’s Dedication event was organized by a similar group of people: Margaret Burnett, Bob Coons, Michelle and George Forsyth, Gladys Robson, Carol Ann Johnston, and Trudy Smit.
We hope that you will join us afterwards in the freshly dedicated Hall for a short program and some refreshments. Thanks to them as well and many others behind the scenes who made today possible.
Unveiling of the Plaque by Members of WSP
We, at St. Andrew’s, also agreed to rename our Church Hall to honour the legacy of WSP. So today, we are delighted to dedicate what was formerly only known as the Church Hall as the Westminster St. Paul’s Memorial Church Hall from this day forward.
Litany of Prayer and Dedication
O give thanks to the LORD for the LORD is good!
God’s mercies endure forever!
We give you praise and glory for faithful service of the many people who called Westminster St. Paul’s home over the lifetime.
Your people have served You as they have served others, LORD.
Recognizing WSP’s legacy of hospitality and fellowship over meals, it is most appropriate that we dedicate our Church Hall in their honour. May it be a space where all are welcome.
Thank you, God, for welcoming us and inviting us to your table.
We dedicate the Church Hall today praying that it be filled with activity, conversation, laughter, storytelling, good food and comfort.
Thank you, God, may your Spirit enliven our fellowship.
We dedicate the Church Hall trusting that it will be a hub for fellowship – a place where community and church come together, a place where people get to know one another and grow in their love of neighbour, self, and you, O God.
Let us pray.
Blessed are you, Celebratory God.
Your gifts are many, and in wisdom you have made all things to give you glory. Be with us now and bless us as we dedicate the Westminster St. Paul’s Memorial Church Hall to your praise and honour. Give us joy in all your works, and grant that this Hall may always be a place where your will is done and your name is glorified; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. AMEN.
Prayers of the People
Hymn – #534 “All who hunger, gather gladly” Holy Manna
The Sacrament of Holy Communion
Communion Anthem – Alleluia (W. Boyce)
Hymn – #647 “Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us Mannheim
Blessing
Postlude – Hyfrydol (Bagpipe and Organ) arr. F. Gingrich
