Order of Service for Sun Oct 23, 2022 Peacemaking 1
Worship Leader: Melanie Penner
Speaker: Aklilu Zere
Music: Geoff + Audrey Wichert
Technical Team: Bob Loewen/ Ben Thiessen
Ushers: Rachel Schmidt/ Kathryn Gray
Coffee Hour this week in the basement: Carol + David Ringer
Prelude
Gathering Hymns
VT #6: Let’s Walk Together
VT #44: We Long to Know Her
Welcome, Land acknowledgment
Announcements
Kingdom Reflection – Aurora House – Jana Schmidt
Call to worship
Scripture Reading – Isaiah 43:19–21; 44:1–4- Ryan Miller
Giving with Gratitude
Children’s time
VT #712: Beauty for Brokenness
Scripture Reading– Matthew 10:16-20- Ryan Miller
Sermon
Communion – Peter
-incorporates Congregational Prayer
VT # 209 We Dream of a Turning
Benediction
Scriptures this week
Isaiah 43:19-21
19 Look! I’m doing a new thing;
now it sprouts up; don’t you recognize it?
I’m making a way in the desert,
paths in the wilderness.
20 The beasts of the field,
the jackals and ostriches, will honor me,
because I have put water in the desert
and streams in the wilderness
to give water to my people,
my chosen ones,
21 this people whom I formed for myself,
who will recount my praise.
Isaiah 44:1–4
44 But now hear this, Jacob my servant,
and Israel, whom I have chosen.
2 The Lord your maker,
who formed you in the womb and will help you, says:
Don’t fear, my servant Jacob,
Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
3 I will pour out water upon thirsty ground
and streams upon dry land.
I will pour out my spirit upon your descendants
and my blessing upon your offspring.
4 They will spring up from among the reeds
like willows by flowing streams.
Matthew 10:16-20
16 “Look, I’m sending you as sheep among wolves. Therefore, be wise as snakes and innocent as doves. 17 Watch out for people—because they will hand you over to councils and they will beat you in their synagogues. 18 They will haul you in front of governors and even kings because of me so that you may give your testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 19 Whenever they hand you over, don’t worry about how to speak or what you will say, because what you can say will be given to you at that moment. 20 You aren’t doing the talking, but the Spirit of my Father is doing the talking through you.
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