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We welcome everyone to this time together in worship. We gather in this church in

the belief that we are all equally God’s guests whether we’ve been here all our lives

or this is our first time. We welcome everyone in this spirit of Christ as it is our belief

that this is how we are to live. Everyone, without exception, belongs equally at

God’s table. We hope everyone will remain for ‘loonie lunch’ at our fellowship

tables following worship in the church hall.

If you are visiting with us please sign our guest book opposite the usher’s table. If

you are new with us and wish a follow up contact please fill out a ‘Guest/New

Member Card which can be found with the guest book. As well you may pick up an

orientation package on the table in the entrance. We invite visitors from other

churches to pick up one of our Peace Candles to take home with you. An

explanation of this symbol accompanies each candle and these can be found on the

usher’s table.

Should you require a rest room it is at the end of the hall and it is equipped with a

baby change station. If you have young children who become restless there is a

nursery behind the back pew where they can play while you hear the service over

the speakers. You are welcome to bring a coffee into worship with you. The coffee

pot is in the entrance.

*While we stand for most hymns and at others times in our worship, please feel free

not to if for any reasons you can not or would rather not. VU stands for Voices

United and MV for More Voices. You are also invited to pick up a Bible version of

your choice at usher’s desk. Should you have any concerns please speak to an usher.

VU: Voices United – our hard cover red hymn book

MV: More Voices – our soft covered hymn book

Rev Bob McDowell

Office 357-3423; Cell 470-1155; Home 488-2154

Email: mcdowell@nb.sympatico.ca

O r d e r o f W o r s h i p f o r

O R O M O C T O & P I N E G R O V E

U N I T E D C H U R C H

S E R V I C E

Announcements:

Welcome and About Today:

*Introit: MV 115

Behold [behold] behold [behold] I make all things new

Beginning with you and starting from today.

Behold [behold] behold [behold] I make all things new,

My promise is true, for I am Christ the way

Lighting the Resurrection Candle:

Leader: As we enter Lent our hope is that our words may be clear, free of double

meaning, arrows to bless and heal.

All: As we enter Lent may the blessing of these 40 days restore our spirits and

inspire a new hope, and dry the tears.

Leader: As we enter Lent may we find a new moderation and establish a new bal-

ance with the things and forces that encumber our lives.

All: As we enter Lent may we pause to think about what it means to truly love

one another as Christ loves us and feel the flow of the sacred energy around us.

Leader: As we enter Lent may we find a new attitude towards giving even as Christ

gave until there was nothing left.

All: As we enter lent may we experience new ways to move beyond ourselves

into the broader experience of living on our planet home.

Leader: As we enter Lent may our hearts unite with heavenly love

All: May we commit ourselves to pause and think deeply about His life poured

out

Leader: How we can be conformed to the image of Christ so that through his death

many may rise to resurrection life through Him

All: May we taste again Heaven by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Leader: We thank you God for coming among us

*Our Hymn to Begin: VU 409, Morning has Broken

and the food offering collected and presented by the children

Minister Rev Robert McDowell

Accompanist/ Choir Director Joyce Andrews

Office Administration Jennifer Chiasson

Oromocto United Church

144 Winnebago

Oromocto

oromoctopinegroveunitedchurch.ca

“For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in every-thing she had…” —Mark 12:44

Pierce Memorial United Church is one of the spiritual homes of the Gitxsan First Na-tion in Kispiox, BC. The small but dedicated congregation has seen many changes over its hundred-year history. It carries out its mission through the help of Mission Support grants.

With encouragement, respect for tradition, and inclusion of the Gitxsan language dur-ing worship, the congregation has flourished. Every week a member of the congrega-tion puts on the M&S stole and reads a Minute for Mission; the Minutes reassure mem-bers that they are not alone in their struggle to provide a warm, spiritually welcoming place.

After hearing of other children sharing their coins with M&S, the approximately 15 Sunday school children decided to collect pennies for M&S in a rainbow-coloured jar. Beginning in September 2009, the children offered their “rainbow” pennies. By the end of December, the jar was so full it would not hold one more penny. On January 3, 2010, the children were pleased to learn that they had collected $26.19 for Mission and Service.

It is a blessing to be able to give back even a small amount to help others. The rainbow

pennies proudly joined the gifts collected by the adults and were sent on to M&S. As

the new year begins, the children of Pierce Memorial are again collecting rainbow pen-

nies. Rainbow pennies and proud, smiling children—God’s blessing in action.

Together, we carry out the work of our United Church. Make a

difference! Join the partnership! Support the work of the Mission

and Service Fund today.

MINUTE FOR MISSON

S E R V I C E

Our Choral Blessing:

My Peace I give unto you

It’s a Peace that the world cannot give

It’s a Peace that the world cannot understand

Peace to know, Peace to live

My Peace I give unto you.

Dates to Note:

Feb 26, Annual Meeting Sunday, finger food pot luck

Feb 27, 2nd meeting on Statement of faith Remit, 7pm

Feb 29, Wed, 6pm, Membership and Pastoral Care Team Meeting

Mar 2, World Day of Prayer Service, 7pm, St Mary’s Chapel on the Base

March 15, Thurs, 7pm, Session

Mar 18, Restorative Justice Sunday, Guest Christina Farnsworth

Apr 1, Palm Sunday

Apr 6, Good Friday, Joint Service, 10 am, Pine Grove

Restorative Justice Sunday, Mar 18. We will be hosting a special Sunday on this theme

that is offering hope for new approaches to restoring people to proper relationships in

society when thing go awry. Christina Farnsworth will be our guest speaker and work-

shop leader as we engage this topic with the intent of creating awareness and apprecia-

tion for how the restorative justice approach can represent a more faithful response to

crime and punishment. The workshop will begin at about 12 noon. Please invite

neighbors and friends to both or just the workshop. Of course they are welcome to join

us for lunch.

Reverse Offering papers are in the offering plates. These are items the food bank espe-

cially needs. If you wish you can select one and bring that item next week.

Please sign up to help lead in worship by lighting the candle, reading scripture or some

of the other roles. Signup sheets are in the Narthex [entrance].

Snow Day Cancellation Plan. From time to time it is predictable the weather will dictate

there is wisdom in cancelling our church services machine. If Oromocto is cancelled we

will decide by 8 a.m. We will also try to put it on the website, send out an email and ask

the radio stations to broadcast our cancellation. You can also check the office number

357-3423 and a message should be there if service is cancelled. Should the power be off

due to a winter storm you can safely assume cancellation

S E R V I C E

Our Prayer for This Day and a New Beginning

Time With the Children: Taking Out the Garbage

*Our Hymn: MV 48, I Can Feel You Near God

Our Prayer or Thanks and Our Lord’s Prayer

Lighting Our Candle of Concern

Our Responsive Psalm: #25, page VU 752

Our Reading from the Christian Scriptures: Genesis 2: Selected Verses

Our Hymn: VU 108, Through These Lenten Days and Nights

A Message for Today

Anthem:

*Our Words of Faith, page 918 VU [standing]

Our Offering Collected

Our Offering Presented Offering: [tune 542]

These Lenten gifts we bring, our living faith express.

We offer them most lovingly, and thus our hearts are blessed.

O loving God, receive these gifts we gladly give

That show our faith and hope and trust;

Your way we seek to live.

Our Prayers of Thanks and Concern

Our Hymn to Leave With: MV 27, Creator God You Gave Us Life

Our Benediction: