Category: News and Notices

Order of Service – Sunday May 1, 2022 @ 10:30AM

We continue our live broadcast this morning and we 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.

Prelude – “O Worship the King” (arr. H. DeCou)

Territorial Acknowledgement

Call to Worship (Responsive) – Psalm 145:10-18 (CEB)

¹⁰ All that you have made gives thanks to you, Lord;
    all your faithful ones bless you!
¹¹ They speak of the glory of your kingdom;
    they talk all about your power,
¹²     to inform all human beings about God’s power
    and the majestic glory of God’s kingdom.
¹³ Your kingdom is a kingship that lasts forever;
    your rule endures for all generations.
The Lord is trustworthy in all that he says,
    faithful in all that he does.^[a]
14 The Lord supports all who fall down,
    straightens up all who are bent low.
¹⁵ All eyes look to you, hoping,
    and you give them their food right on time,
¹⁶     opening your hand
    and satisfying the desire of every living thing.
¹⁷ The Lord is righteous in all his ways,
    faithful in all his deeds.
¹⁸ The Lord is close to everyone who calls out to him,
    to all who call out to him sincerely.

Hymn – #429 “Your Strong Word Once Cleaved the Darkness”

Opening Prayer & Assurance of Forgiveness

Scripture – Luke 10:25-37

Message: Mission Awareness Sunday – Gail Hoekstra, Executive Director of the Stepping Stone

Gail graduated from University of Guelph in 1993. She started a student placement at the current CMHA (Canadian Mental Health Association which was previously the Community Mental Health Clinic and then Trellis) in 1992.

Gail worked in mental health from 1992 until 2012 in all front-line positions mainly focusing on Outreach, Crisis and Court Support Roles. During that time frame she completed her Masters of Social Work in 2001. Once completing her MSW Gail worked in supervisory and then management roles within the now CMHA. In 2012 she was invited to work alongside  Sister Christine as the Executive Director with her as the Founder of the then Drop In Centre. Sister Christine left the Drop in Centre in 2016.

Gail met Sister Chrisitne in 1993 and worked at the Drop In Centre as a Mental Health Outreach Worker until 1997 when she changed positions. This started a longstanding relationship with Sister Christine that stretched over the years until today.

Gail have always been passionate about work involving mental health, addiction and  homelessness and supporting individuals in our community that are struggling with complex issues and need supports that reach out in order to create a circle of care that moves people towards stability in their health and housing and eventually towards creating a life with meaning, purpose  and happiness.

Hymn – #758 “Christ’s is the World”

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

Click Here to Donate to St. Andrew’s via Canada Helps here.

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 are making a difference TOGETHER.

If you’d like to make a donation to Presbyterian World Service and Development (PWS&D) you can do so by clicking here.

Offertory – “He Leadeth Me” (Arr. H. DeCou)

Prayers of the People

Hymn – #769 “Lord of Light, Whose Name and Splendour”

Blessing

Postlude – “Send Forth O God Thy Light and Truth” (Arr. H. DeCou)

Order of Service – Sunday April 17, 2022 @ 10:30AM

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.

Sacrament of Holy Communion
We celebrate Christ’s Resurrection with Communion! 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!

Introit – “In death’s strong grasp the Saviour lay” (Chorale)

Prelude –  Chorale Prelude on “In death’s strong grasp” (arr. J.S. Bach)

Call to Worship (PWS&D Liturgies)

Hymn – #243 “Jesus Christ is risen today” (Easter Hymn)

Prayer of Confession & Assurance of Forgiveness

Anthem – “This is the Day” (F.E.W. Gingrich)

Time for Wonder and Curiosity

Hymn – #253 “Come ye faithful, raise the strain” (Ave Virgo Virginum)

Scripture – Luke 24: 1 – 12 (CEB)

Sermon: “Nonsense”

Hymn – #256 “Now the green blades rises” (French Carol)

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

Click Here to Donate to St. Andrew’s via Canada Helps here.

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 are making a difference TOGETHER.

If you’d like to make a donation to Presbyterian World Service and Development (PWS&D) you can do so by clicking here.

Prayers of the People

Sacrament of Holy Communion

Post – Communion Anthem “Christ the Lord is risen again” (J. Rutter)

Communion Prayer

Hymn – #255 “Now let the vault of heaven resound” (Lasst Uns Erfreuen)

Benediction

Choral Dismissal: “Go out with joy” (Johnson/Gingrich)

Postlude: “Alleluias” (N. Rasthorne)

Order of Service – Sunday April 10, 2022 @ 10:30AM

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.

Prelude –  Fanfare on “St. Theodulph”  (arr. J. Jones)

Introit – “Hosanna”  (Tuttle/Ellacombe)

Hymn – #214 “All glory, laud and honour”  (St. Theodulph)

Opening Prayer & Assurance of Forgiveness

Time for Wonder and Curiosity

Scripture – Luke 19: 28 – 40 (CEB)

Sermon: “What would the stones say?”

Hymn – #219 “A stable lamp is lighted” (Tolleston)

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

Click Here to Donate to St. Andrew’s via Canada Helps here.

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 are making a difference TOGETHER.

If you’d like to make a donation to Presbyterian World Service and Development (PWS&D) you can do so by clicking here.

Anthem – “God so loved the world” (J. Stainer)

Prayers of the People

Hymn – #217 “Ride on, ride on in majesty” (Winchester New)

Blessing

*Please note there will be no postlude this week. Worship will end with silence.