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Bulletin: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1filSqd7-n9CBv3Pzdb0AvTpZ_19T47zxs75j63uzGYg/edit?usp=sharing

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Sunday, July 11, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, July 11, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/SPR5_7jNO6g?t=1712 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpNMDwDXOwBK5wniiiOrIGgi 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/43s2iDfsrfg6rQKYfBD82b?si=b2fb22ee025e43fa 

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Church Cleaning this Week: Sinclair & Liz Oag

• Grass Mowing (July 15-17): Stuart & Josina Zander

• In person worship has started back up, Sunday at 10:30 am. The plan will be for an outdoor service (weather permitting). If the weather is uncooperative, the service will move indoors with a maximum of 25 people. (Split into two groups again -- Group #1: A-G and Group #2: H-Z)  Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

• Congratulations to the Grandsons of Pauline Husenetter on their upcoming weddings (Ori & Brooklyn LeBlanc [June 11], Pierry & Amber LeBlanc [Aug 7]). Well wishes and cards can be sent to Mrs Cheryl LeBlanc: P. O. Box 2236 Swan River, MB, R0L 1Z0 or phone ahead to arrange for dropoff at (204) 734-4013. May God continue to bless these couples.

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CALL TO WORSHIP 

Worship Leader: O Lord, open our eyes,

Together: that we may see the beauty of goodness.

Worship Leader: O Lord, open our ears,

Together: that we may hear the truth

Worship Leader: O Lord, open our lips,

Together: that we may show forth your praise.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Open the Eyes of My Heart

Chorus

Open the eyes of my heart Lord

Open the eyes of my heart

I want to see You

I want to see You

Verse

To see You high and lifted up

Shining in the light of Your glory

Pour out Your power and love

As we sing holy holy holy

Bridge

Holy holy holy

Holy holy holy

Holy holy holy

I want to see You

Seek Ye First

Verse 1

Seek ye first the kingdom of God

And His righteousness

And all these things

Shall be added unto you

Allelu alleluia

Verse 2

Man shall not live by bread alone

But by ev'ry word

That proceeds

From the mouth of God

Allelu alleluia

Verse 3

Ask and it shall be given unto you

Seek and ye shall find

Knock and the door

Shall be opened unto you

Allelu alleluia

Your Will Be Done

Verse 1

Your will be done my God and Father

As in heaven so on earth

My heart is drawn to self-exalting

Help me seek Your kingdom first

As Jesus walked so shall I walk

Held by Your same unchanging love

Be still my soul O lift your voice and pray

Father not my will but Yours be done

Verse 2

How in that garden he persisted

I may never fully know

The fearful weight of true obedience

It was held by him alone

What wondrous faith to bear that cross

To bear my sin what wondrous love

My hope was sure when there my Saviour prayed

Father not my will but Yours be done

Verse 3

When I am lost when I am broken

In the night of fear and doubt

Still I will trust in my good Father

Yes to the one great King I bow

As Jesus rose so I shall rise

In ransomed glory at the throne

My heart restored with all Your saints I sing

Father not my will but Yours be done

Verse 4

As we go forth our God and Father

Lead us daily in the fight

That all the world might see Your glory

And Your Name be lifted high

And in this Name we overcome

For You shall see us safely home

Now as Your church we lift our voice and pray

Father not my will but Yours be done

Ending

And in this Name we overcome

For You shall see us safely home

Now as Your church we lift our voice and pray

Father not my will but Yours be done

Father not my will but Yours be done

Father not my will but Yours be done

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SCRIPTURE READING: MATTHEW 7:13-20

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COLLECTIVE PRAYER

• Pray for Jeff and Darlene Anderson and their work with MENA (Middle East/North Africa) with the Covenant’s Serve Globally team.

• Pray for Twyla Machan’s father who has been diagnosed with cancer.

• Pray that over the summer, we would engage with the Scripture in fresh ways.

• Pray for our frontline workers and government leaders.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Be Thou My Vision

Verse 1

Be Thou my vision

O Lord of my heart

Naught be all else to me

Save that Thou art

Thou my best thought

By day or by night

Waking or sleeping

Thy presence my light

Verse 2

Be Thou my wisdom

Be Thou my true Word

I ever with Thee

And Thou with me Lord

Thou my great Father

I Thy true son

Thou in me dwelling

And I with Thee one

Verse 3

Be Thou my shield

And my sword for the fight

Be Thou my dignity

Be Thou my might

Thou my soul's shelter

And Thou my high tow'r

Raise Thou me heav'nward

O pow'r of my pow'r

Verse 4

Riches I heed not

Nor man's empty praise

Thou mine inheritance

Now and always

Thou and Thou only

Be first in my heart

High King of heaven

My treasure Thou art

Verse 5

High King of heaven

When vict'ry is won

May I reach heaven's joys

O bright heaven's Sun

Heart of my own heart

Whatever befall

Still be my vision

O Ruler of all

Speak O Lord

Verse 1

Speak O Lord as we come to You

To receive the food of Your holy word

Take Your truth plant it deep in us

Shape and fashion us in Your likeness

That the light of Christ might be seen today

In our acts of love and our deeds of faith

Speak O Lord and fulfill in us

All Your purposes for Your glory

 

 

Verse 2

Teach us Lord full obedience

Holy reverence true humility

Test our thoughts and our attitudes

In the radiance of Your purity

Cause our faith to rise

Cause our eyes to see

Your majestic love and authority

Words of power that can never fail

Let their truth prevail over unbelief

Verse 3

Speak O Lord and renew our minds

Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us

Truths unchanged from the dawn of time

That will echo down through eternity

And by grace we'll stand on Your promises

And by faith we'll walk as You walk with us

Speak O Lord till Your church is built

And the earth is filled with Your glory

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CHILDREN’S TIME

Link: https://youtu.be/SPR5_7jNO6g?t=1470 

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SERMON: LOOKING FOR LIFE (PSALM 1)

Link:  https://youtu.be/SPR5_7jNO6g?t=1712 

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HYMN

Give Me Jesus

Verse 1

In the morning when I rise

In the morning when I rise

In the morning when I rise

Give me Jesus

Chorus

Give me Jesus

Give me Jesus

You can have all this world

Just give me Jesus

 

 

Verse 2

When I am alone

When I am alone

Oh when I am alone

Give me Jesus

Verse 3

When I come to die

When I come to die

Oh when I come to die

Give me Jesus

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, July 4, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, July 4, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/oLMKCxVDZHI?t=1719 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpNdphv-y1dlGO41LWXaLXEw 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/10eREPX4Il14oBgRwgQuu7?si=7b2d96fda3464f22 

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Church Cleaning this Week: Wilbert and Karen Schoenrath

• Church Lawn Mowing this Week: Garry Eagle

• In person worship will be held on Sunday, July 4th at 10:30 am. The plan will be for an outdoor service (weather permitting). If the weather is uncooperative, the service will move indoors with a maximum of 25 people. (Split into two groups again -- Group #1: A-G and Group #2: H-Z) Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

• Covenant Heights is going to have an online event for Jr. High students on Tuesday, July 6th and High School students on Thursday, July 8th . Let Pastor Andy know if you would like to participate on that evening or go to http://www.covenantheightsbiblecamp.com/ for more information.

• Congratulations to the Grandsons of Pauline Husenetter on their upcoming weddings (Ori & Brooklyn LeBlanc [June 11], Pierry & Amber LeBlanc [Aug 7]). Well wishes and cards can be sent to Mrs Cheryl LeBlanc: P. O. Box 2236 Swan River, MB, R0L 1Z0 or phone ahead to arrange for dropoff at (204) 734-4013. May God continue to bless these couples.

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CALL TO WORSHIP (PSALM 34:1-7a):

Worship Leader: Do not fret because of those who are evil or be

envious of those who do wrong.

Together: for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants

they will soon die away.

Worship Leader: Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land

and enjoy safe pasture.

Together: Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of

your heart.

Worship Leader: Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and

he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the

dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.

Together: Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Come, Now Is The Time to Worship

Verse

Come now is the time to worship

Come now is the time to give your heart

Come just as you are to worship

Come just as you are before your God

Come

Chorus

One day every tongue

Will confess You are God

One day every knee will bow

Still the greatest treasure remains

For those who gladly choose You now

Anchor of Hope

Verse 1

Marvelous wonderful infinite God

Author of all that is good

Faithful provider and giver of life

Source of all power and love

Chorus

Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise

Refuge of strength to the end

Righteous redeemer and mighty to save

He's the anchor of hope for the souls of men

Verse 2

Gracious compassionate merciful God

Radiant holy delight

Beautiful Father victorious Son

Source of unchangeable light

Bridge

You are light in the dark

You are healing for the broken heart

You are hope You are Lord

You are life You are love that endures

Verse 3

Powerful constant unwavering God

Shepherd who comes for the lost

Rock of salvation remarkable love

Savior who died on the cross

How Firm a Foundation

Verse 1

How firm a foundation You saints of the Lord

Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word

What more can He say

Than to you He has said

To you who for refuge

To Jesus have fled

Verse 2

Fear not I am with you

Oh be not dismayed

For I am your God

And will still give you aid

I'll strengthen you help you

And cause you to stand

Upheld by My righteous

Omnipotent hand

Verse 3

When through the deep waters

I call you to go

The rivers of sorrow

Shall not overflow

For I will be with you

Your troubles to bless

And sanctify to you

Your deepest distress

Verse 4

When through fiery trials

Your pathway shall lie

My grace all-sufficient

Shall be your supply

The flame shall not hurt you

I only design

Your dross to consume and

Your gold to refine

Verse 5

The soul that on Jesus

Has leaned for repose

I will not I will not

Desert to his foes

That soul though all hell

Should endeavor to shake

I'll never no never

No never forsake

I'll never no never

No never forsake

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SCRIPTURE READING: HEBREWS 11:8-16

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COLLECTIVE PRAYER

• Pray for Rosebud Church (Rosebud, AB) and Pastor Ray Wall.

• Thank God for our nation. Pray that we might become a more just and equitable society.

• Praise God that he is in control of the future. Pray that we might have a robust faith in God with the uncertainties of the future.

• Pray for our frontline workers and government leaders.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Grace Alone

Verse 1

I was an orphan lost at the fall

Running away when I'd hear you call

But Father you worked your will

I had no righteousness of my own

I had no right to draw near your throne

But Father you loved me still

Chorus 1

And in love before you laid the world's foundation

You predestined to adopt me as your own

You have raised me up so high above my station

I'm a child of God by grace and grace alone

Verse 2

You left your home to seek out the lost

You knew the great and terrible cost

But Jesus your face was set

I worked my fingers down to the bone

But nothing I did could ever atone

But Jesus you paid my debt

Chorus 2

By Your blood I have redemption and salvation

Lord you died that I might reap what you have sown

And you rose that I might be a new creation

I am born again by grace and grace alone

Bridge

I was in darkness all of my life

I never knew the day from the night

But Spirit you made me see

I swore I knew the way on my own

Head full of rocks a heart made of stone

But Spirit you moved in me

Chorus 3

And at your touch my sleeping spirit was awakened

On my darkened heart the light of Christ has shone

Called into a kingdom that cannot be shaken

Heaven's citizen by grace and grace alone

Ending

So I'll stand in faith by grace and grace alone

I will run the race by grace and grace alone

I will slay my sin by grace and grace alone

I will reach the end by grace and grace alone

Christ Our Hope In Life And Death

Verse 1

What is our hope in life and death?

Christ alone Christ alone

What is our only confidence?

That our souls to Him belong

Who holds our days within His hand?

What comes apart from His command?

And what will keep us to the end?

The love of Christ in which we stand

Chorus

O sing hallelujah

Our hope springs eternal

O sing hallelujah

Now and ever we confess

Christ our hope in life and death

Verse 2

What truth can calm the troubled soul?

God is good God is good

Where is His grace and goodness known?

In our great Redeemer's blood

Who holds our faith when fears arise?

Who stands above the stormy trial?

Who sends the waves that bring us nigh

Unto the shore the rock of Christ?

Verse 3

Unto the grave what will we sing?

Christ He lives Christ He lives

And what reward will heaven bring?

Everlasting life with Him

There we will rise to meet the Lord

Then sin and death will be destroyed

And we will feast in endless joy

When Christ is ours forevermore

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CHILDREN’S TIME

Link: https://youtu.be/oLMKCxVDZHI?t=1478 

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SERMON: HOPE FOR THE FUTURE (GENESIS 24)

Link:  https://youtu.be/oLMKCxVDZHI?t=1719 

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HYMN

Because He Lives

Verse 1

God sent His Son they called Him Jesus

He came to love heal and forgive

He bled and died to buy my pardon

An empty grave is there to prove

My Savior lives

Chorus

Because He lives I can face tomorrow

Because He lives all fear is gone

Because I know He holds the future

And life is worth the living

Just because He lives

Verse 2

How sweet to hold a newborn baby

And feel the pride and joy he gives

But greater still the calm assurance

This child can face uncertain days

Because He lives

Verse 3

And then one day I'll cross that river

I'll fight life's final war with pain

And then as death gives way to vict'ry

I'll see the lights of glory

And I'll know He lives

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, June 27, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/NQJt8FmIVTs?t=1671 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpOU-VZDnDUIj7GhQUiw1C1o 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5VINj1wDFxNptK2jlleXj5?si=18c89d5ae22b48ba 

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Church Cleaning this Week: Wilbert and Karen Schoenrath

• Grass Mowing (July 1-3): Tim Friesen and Todd Friesen

• In person worship will be held on Sunday, July 4th at 10:30 am. The plan will be for an outdoor service (weather permitting). If the weather is uncooperative, the service will move indoors with a maximum of 25 people. (Split into two groups again -- Group #1: A-G and Group #2: H-Z)  Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

• Covenant Heights is going to have an online event for Jr. High students on Tuesday, July 6th. Let Pastor Andy know if you would like to participate on that evening.

• Congratulations to the Grandsons of Pauline Husenetter on their upcoming weddings (Ori & Brooklyn LeBlanc [June 11], Pierry & Amber LeBlanc [Aug 7]). Well wishes and cards can be sent to Mrs Cheryl LeBlanc: P. O. Box 2236 Swan River, MB, R0L 1Z0 or phone ahead to arrange for dropoff at (204) 734-4013. May God continue to bless these couples.

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CALL TO WORSHIP (LAMENTATIONS 3:22-23, 25-26):

Leader: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;

Together: They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Leader: The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

Together: It is good that we should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Rejoice

Verse 1

Come and stand before your maker

Full of wonder full of fear

Come behold his power and glory

Yet with confidence draw near

For the one who holds the heavens

And commands the stars above

Is the God who bends to bless us

With an unrelenting love

Chorus 1

Rejoice

Come and lift your hands and raise your voice

He is worthy of all praise

Rejoice

Sing the mercies of your king

And with trembling rejoice

Verse 2

We are children of the promise

The beloved of the Lord

Won with everlasting kindness

Bought with sacrificial blood

Bringing reconciliation

To a world that longs to know

The affections of a father

Who will never let them go

Verse 3

All our sickness all our sorrows

Jesus carried up the hill

He has walked this path before us

He is walking with us still

Turning tragedy to triumph

Turning agony to praise

There is blessing in the battle

So take heart and stand amazed

Chorus 2

Rejoice

When you cry to him he hears your voice

He will wipe away your tears

Rejoice

In the midst of suffering

He will help you sing

Wings of an Eagle

Chorus

On the wings of an eagle we will rise

On the wings of an eagle we will rise

For our hope is found in the power of God

On the wings of an eagle we will rise

On the wings of an eagle we will rise

Verse 1

As we hope in the Lord we will gain our strength

We will run for miles we will stand up straight

We will not grow weary we will not grow faint

On the wings of an eagle we will rise

Verse 2

For the Lord who is God calls His people home

Not to be afraid as we journey the road

Hand in hand we'll be walking with the Lord our God

On the wings of an eagle we will rise

Christ the Sure and Steady Anchor

Verse 1

Christ the sure and steady anchor

In the fury of the storm

When the winds of doubt blow through me

And my sails have all been torn

Chorus 1

In the suffering in the sorrow

When my sinking hopes are few

I will hold fast to the anchor

It shall never be removed

Verse 2

Christ the sure and steady anchor

While the tempest rages on

When temptation claims the battle

And it seems the night has won

Chorus 2

Deeper still then goes the anchor

Though I justly stand accused

I will hold fast to the anchor

It shall never be removed

Verse 3

Christ the sure and steady anchor

Through the floods of unbelief

Hopeless somehow O my soul now

Lift your eyes to Calvary

Chorus 3

This my ballast of assurance

See His love forever proved

All my hope is in the anchor

It shall never be removed

Verse 4

Christ the sure and steady anchor

As we face the wave of death

When these trials give way to glory

As we draw our final breath

Chorus 4

We will cross that great horizon

Clouds behind and life secured

And the calm will be the better

For the storms that we endured

Chorus 5

Christ the shore of our salvation

Ever faithful ever true

We will hold fast to the anchor

It shall never be removed

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SCRIPTURE READING: HABAKKUK 3:17-19

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COLLECTIVE PRAYER

• Praise God for the ECC Annual General Meeting held online.  We praise God for his faithfulness to our denomination.

• Praise God for the opportunity to meet back together next week.

• Pray that we would set our minds on things above where Christ is (Col 3:1-4)

• Pray for our frontline workers and government leaders.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Glorify Thy Name

Verse 1

Father we love You

We worship and adore You

Glorify Thy name in all the earth

Glorify Thy name

Glorify Thy name

Glorify Thy name in all the earth

Verse 2

Jesus we love You

We worship and adore You

Glorify Thy name in all the earth

Glorify Thy name

Glorify Thy name

Glorify Thy name in all the earth

Verse 3

Spirit we love You

We worship and adore You

Glorify Thy name in all the earth

Glorify Thy name

Glorify Thy name

Glorify Thy name in all the earth

Christ is Mine Forevermore

Verse 1

Mine are days that God has numbered

I was made to walk with Him

Yet I look for worldly treasure

And forsake the King of kings

Chorus 1

But mine is hope in my Redeemer

Though I fall His love is sure

For Christ has paid for every failing

I am His forevermore

Verse 2

Mine are tears in times of sorrow

Darkness not yet understood

Through the valley I must travel

Where I see no earthly good

Chorus 2

But mine is peace that flows from heaven

And the strength in times of need

I know my pain will not be wasted

Christ completes His work in me

Verse 3

Mine are days here as a stranger

Pilgrim on a narrow way

One with Christ I will encounter

Harm and hatred for His name

Chorus 3

But mine is armour for this battle

Strong enough to last the war

And He has said He will deliver

Safely to the golden shore

Chorus 4

And mine are keys to Zion city

Where beside the King I walk

For there my heart has found its treasure

Christ is mine forevermore

Bridge

Come rejoice now O my soul

For His love is my reward

Fear is gone and hope is sure

Christ is mine forevermore

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CHILDREN’S TIME

Link: https://youtu.be/NQJt8FmIVTs?t=1450 

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SERMON: MARC VANDERSLUYS 

“THEREFORE WE DO NOT LOSE HEART” (2 CORINTHIANS 4)

Link:  https://youtu.be/NQJt8FmIVTs?t=1671 

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HYMN

When We All Get to Heaven

Verse 1

Sing the wondrous love of Jesus

Sing His mercy and His grace

In the mansions bright and blessed

He'll prepare for us a place

Verse 2

While we walk the pilgrim's pathway

Clouds will overspread the sky

But when trav'ling days are over

Not a shadow not a sigh

Chorus

When we all get to heaven

What a day of rejoicing that will be

When we all see Jesus

We'll sing and shout the victory

Verse 3

Let us then be true and faithful

Trusting serving every day

Just one glimpse of Him in glory

Will the toils of life repay

Verse 4

Onward to the prize before us

Soon His beauty we’ll behold

Soon the pearly gates will open

We will tread the streets of gold

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, June 20, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/ORJv77AwWGk 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpMVQg-GPq1el2eZndvXSFDs 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZWfvqWkLIdsHxTcfJgNZu?si=b1a51d6d062f466c 

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Grass Mowing (June 24-26): Danny Bielik and Ferlin Popoff

• This week, Pastor Andy will be involved with ECC AGM at varying times between Tuesday and Saturday. As a result, there may be some delays in his responses to emails and phone calls.

• Pastor Andy’s ordination service is on Saturday, June 27th at 7 pm. It will be streamed live at this link: http://gather.covchurch.org/ or you can catch it on YouTube: YouTube.com/CovChurch 

• The Fields of Jubilee project is ending donations by June 27th. Please send your donation into the church if you would like to contribute to this project.

• Last Jr. High Bible Study on Tuesday, June 22nd at 6 pm

• Covenant Heights is going to have an online event for Jr. High students on Tuesday, July 6th. Let Pastor Andy know if you would like to participate on that evening.

• Congratulations to the Grandsons of Pauline Husenetter on their upcoming weddings (Ori & Brooklyn LeBlanc [June 11], Pierry & Amber LeBlanc [Aug 7]). Well wishes and cards can be sent to Mrs Cheryl LeBlanc: P. O. Box 2236 Swan River, MB, R0L 1Z0 or phone ahead to arrange for dropoff at (204) 734-4013. May God continue to bless these couples.

• If you would like to contribute to the service in any way, please speak with Pastor Andy to set it up.

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INVOCATION:

Holy God, full of grace and just in all your ways, we desire to experience you presence today with the urgency of your call to faith and the wonder of your large and magnificent promises. There are times where we are unable to celebrate the gospel with the joy it deserves, caught in the abundance of life’s tasks. Spare us when so much distracts us. Refresh us with your good news again. May we experience it in singing, praying, and listening to Your Word. Renew us again we pray, in the name of Jesus, our Saviour, Amen.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Blessed Be Your Name

Verse 1

Blessed be Your name

In the land that is plentiful

Where Your streams of abundance flow

Blessed be Your name

Verse 2

Blessed be Your name

When I'm found in the desert place

Though I walk through the wilderness

Blessed be Your name

Pre-Chorus

Ev’ry blessing You pour out I’ll

Turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in Lord

Still I will say

Chorus

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your glorious name

Verse 3

Blessed be Your name

When the sun's shining down on me

When the world's all as it should be

Blessed be Your name

Verse 4

Blessed be Your name

On the road marked with suffering

Though there's pain in the offering

Blessed be Your name

 

 

Bridge

You give and take away

You give and take away

My heart will choose to say

Lord blessed be Your name

You are My All in All

Verse 1

You are my strength

When I am weak

You are the treasure

That I seek

You are my all in all

Seeking You as a precious jew'l

Lord to give up I'd be a fool

You are my all in all

Chorus

Jesus Lamb of God

Worthy is Your name

Jesus Lamb of God

Worthy is Your name

Verse 2

Taking my sin

My cross my shame

Rising again I bless Your name

You are my all in all

When I fall down You pick me up

When I am dry You fill my cup

You are my all in all

By Faith

Verse 1

By faith we see the hand of God

In the light of creation's grand design

In the lives of those who prove His faithfulness

Who walk by faith and not by sight

Verse 2

By faith our fathers roamed the earth

With the pow'r of His promise in their hearts

Of a holy city built by God's own hand

A place where peace and justice reign

Chorus

We will stand as children of the promise

We will fix our eyes on Him our soul's reward

Till the race is finished and the work is done

We'll walk by faith and not by sight

Verse 3

By faith the prophets saw a day

When the longed-for Messiah would appear

With the pow'r to break the chains of sin and death

And rise triumphant from the grave

Verse 4

By faith the church was called to go

In the pow'r of the Spirit to the lost

To deliver captives and to preach good news

In ev'ry corner of the earth

Verse 5

By faith the mountain shall be moved

And the pow'r of the gospel shall prevail

For we know in Christ all things are possible

For all who call upon His name

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SCRIPTURE READING: JAMES 2:18-26

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COLLECTIVE PRAYER

• Pray for Kootenay Covenant Bible Camp as they prepare for campers this summer.

• Praise God for our fathers (both biologically and spiritually) and how they have shaped us.

• Pray for local businesses and workers affected by the pandemic.

• Pray for our government leaders and frontline workers.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Build my Life

Verse 1

Worthy of ev'ry song we could ever sing

Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring

Worthy of ev'ry breath we could ever breathe

We live for You

Verse 2

Jesus the name above ev'ry other name

Jesus the only one who could ever save

Worthy of ev'ry breath we could ever breathe

We live for You

We live for You

Chorus

Holy there is no one like You

There is none beside You

Open up my eyes in wonder and show me who You are

And fill me with Your heart

And lead me in Your love to those around me

Bridge

I will build my life upon Your love

It is a firm foundation

I will put my trust in You alone

And I will not be shaken

Trust and Obey

Verse 1

When we walk with the Lord

In the light of His Word

What a glory He sheds on our way

While we do His good will

He abides with us still

And with all who will trust and obey

Chorus

Trust and obey

For there's no other way

To be happy in Jesus

But to trust and obey

Verse 2

Not a shadow can rise

Not a cloud in the skies

But His smile quickly drives it away

Not a doubt nor a fear

Not a sigh nor a tear

Can abide while we trust and obey

Verse 3

Not a burden we bear

Not a sorrow we share

But our toil He doth richly repay

Not a grief nor a loss

Not a frown nor a cross

But is blessed if we trust and obey

Verse 4

But we never can prove

The delights of His love

Until all on the altar we lay

For the favor He shows

And the joy He bestows

Are for those who will trust and obey

Verse 5

Then in fellowship sweet

We will sit at His feet

Or we'll walk by His side in the way

What He says we will do

Where He sends we will go

Never fear only trust and obey

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CHILDREN’S TIME

Link: https://youtu.be/xHW5auSEjgE?t=1641 

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SERMON: THE LORD WILL PROVIDE

Link:  https://youtu.be/ORJv77AwWGk 

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HYMN

Cornerstone

Verse 1

My hope is built on nothing less

Than Jesus' blood and righteousness

I dare not trust the sweetest frame

But wholly trust in Jesus' Name

(REPEAT)

Chorus

Christ alone cornerstone

Weak made strong in the Saviour's love

Through the storm He is Lord

Lord of all

Verse 2

When darkness seems to hide His face

I rest on His unchanging grace

In every high and stormy gale

My anchor holds within the veil

My anchor holds within the veil

Verse 3

When He shall come with trumpet sound

Oh may I then in Him be found

Dressed in His righteousness alone

Faultless stand before the throne

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, June 13, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, June 13, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/KoND9wepE8w 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpNgXxvXbgYEuaSbCfVGxVIf 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/469ZgPXBgo0r1RZtjhMTsr?si=4417017815d34646 

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Grass Mowing (June 17-19): Bert Stewart and Sinclair Oag

• Church Connection Time: Tuesday, June 15 @ 7:30 on Zoom.

• The Fields of Jubilee project is ending donations by June 27th. Please send your donation into the church if you would like to contribute to this project.

• Covenant Heights is going to have an online event for Jr. High students on Tuesday, July 6th. Let Pastor Andy know if you would like to participate on that evening.

• Congratulations to the Grandsons of Pauline Husenetter on their upcoming weddings (Ori & Brooklyn LeBlanc [June 11], Pierry & Amber LeBlanc [Aug 7]). Well wishes and cards can be sent to Mrs Cheryl LeBlanc: P. O. Box 2236 Swan River, MB, R0L 1Z0 or phone ahead to arrange for dropoff at (204) 734-4013. May God continue to bless these couples.

• If you would like to contribute to the service in any way, please speak with Pastor Andy to set it up.

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CALL TO WORSHIP 

Worship Leader:  I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever;

Together: with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.

Worship Leader: I will declare that your love stands firm forever,

Together: that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Come People of the Risen King

Verse 1

Come people of the Risen King

Who delight to bring Him praise

Come all and tune your hearts to sing

To the Morning Star of grace

From the shifting shadows of the earth

We will lift our eyes to Him

Where steady arms of mercy reach

To gather children in

Chorus

Rejoice rejoice let ev'ry tongue rejoice

One heart one voice

O Church of Christ rejoice

Verse 2

Come those whose joy is morning sun

And those weeping through the night

Come those who tell of battles won

And those struggling in the fight

For His perfect love will never change

And His mercies never cease

But follow us through all our days

With the certain hope of peace

Verse 3

Come young and old from ev'ry land

Men and women of the faith

Come those with full or empty hands

Find the riches of His grace

Over all the world His people sing

Shore to shore we hear them call

The truth that cries through ev'ry age

Our God is all in all

10000 Reasons

Chorus

Bless the Lord O my soul O my soul

Worship His holy name

Sing like never before O my soul

I'll worship Your holy name

Verse 1

The sun comes up it's a new day dawning

It's time to sing Your song again

Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me

Let me be singing when the evening comes

Verse 2

You're rich in love and You're slow to anger

Your name is great and Your heart is kind

For all Your goodness I will keep on singing

Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find

Verse 3

And on that day when my strength is failing

The end draws near and my time has come

Still my soul will sing Your praise unending

Ten thousand years and then forevermore

Tag

Worship Your holy name

Lord I'll worship Your holy name

Ending

Sing like never before O my soul

I'll worship Your holy name

Worship Your holy name

Worship Your holy name

This Is My Father’s World

Verse 1

This is my Father's world

And to my list'ning ears

All nature sings and around me rings

The music of the spheres

This is my Father's world

I rest me in the thought

Of rocks and trees of skies and seas

His hand the wonders wrought

Verse 2

This is my Father's world

The birds their carols raise

The morning light the lily white

Declare their maker's praise

This is my Father's world

He shines in all that's fair

In the rustling grass I hear him pass

He speaks to me ev'rywhere

Bridge

My Father's world His world

My Father's world His world

My Father's world His world

My Father's world His world

Verse 3

This is my Father's world

O let me ne'er forget

That though the wrong seems oft so strong

God is the ruler yet

This is my Father's world

The battle is not done

Jesus who died shall be satisfied

And earth and heav'n be one

Ending

My Father's world

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SCRIPTURE READING: EPHESIANS 1:3-14

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PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Almighty and merciful God, we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done. O Lord, have mercy upon us. Spare those who confess their faults. Restore those who are penitent, according to your promises declared to the world in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O merciful God, for his sake, that we may live a holy, just, and humble life to the glory of your holy name. Amen.

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COLLECTIVE PRAYER

• Pray for Covenant Bay Bible Camp (Pidgeon Lake, AB) as they prepare for a full camp year including overnight camps. Pray that they would be able to prepare in time for the camp year and that many children would come to Christ and grow in their faith.

• Pray for those effected by the murder of a Muslim family in London, ON. Pray that our country would grow to love those who immigrate to Canada (Lev. 19:33-34).

• Praise God for the rain received this week. Pray that the crops would continue to grow.

• For our frontline workers and government leaders.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

I Cannot Tell

Verse 1

I cannot tell why He whom angels worship

Should set His love upon the sons of men

Or why as Shepherd He should seek the wanderers

To bring them back they know not how or when

But this I know that He was born of Mary

When Bethlehem's manger was His only home

And that He lived at Nazareth and laboured

And so the Saviour Saviour of the world is come

Verse 2

I cannot tell how silently He suffered

As with His peace He graced this place of tears

Or how His heart upon the cross was broken

The crown of pain to three and thirty years

But this I know He heals the broken-hearted

And stays our sin and calms our lurking fear

And lifts the burden from the heavy-laden

For yet the Saviour Saviour of the world is here

Verse 3

I cannot tell how He will win the nations

How He will claim His earthly heritage

How satisfy the needs and aspirations

Of east and west of sinner and of sage

But this I know all flesh shall see His glory

And He shall reap the harvest He has sown

And some glad day His sun shall shine in splendour

When He the Saviour Saviour of the world is known

Verse 4

I cannot tell how all the lands shall worship

When at His bidding every storm is stilled

Or who can say how great the jubilation

When all the hearts of men with love are filled

But this I know the skies will thrill with rapture

And myriad myriad human voices sing

And earth to heaven and heaven to earth will answer

At last the Saviour Saviour of the world is King

Be the Centre

Verse 1

Jesus be the Centre

Be my Source be my Light

Jesus

Verse 2

Jesus be the centre

Be my hope be my song

Jesus

Chorus

Be the fire in my heart

Be the wind in these sails

Be the reason that I live

Jesus Jesus

Verse 3

Jesus be my vision

Be my path be my guide

Jesus

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CHILDREN’S TIME

Link: 

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SERMON: GOD HAS BROUGHT ME LAUGHTER 

(GENESIS 21:1-7)

Link:  https://youtu.be/KoND9wepE8w 

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HYMN

Standing on the Promises

Verse 1

Standing on the promises of Christ my King

Through eternal ages let His praises ring

Glory in the highest I will shout and sing

Standing on the promises of God

Chorus

Standing standing

Standing on the promises of God my Savior

Standing standing

I'm standing on the promises of God

Verse 2

Standing on the promises that cannot fail

When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail

By the living Word of God I shall prevail

Standing on the promises of God

Verse 3

Standing on the promises I now can see

Perfect present cleansing in the blood for me

Standing in the liberty where Christ makes free

Standing on the promises of God

Verse 4

Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord

Bound to Him eternally by love's strong cord

Overcoming daily with the Spirit's Sword

Standing on the promises of God

Verse 5

Standing on the promises I cannot fall

List'ning ev’ry moment to the Spirit's call

Resting in my Savior as my All in All

Standing on the promises of God

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, June 6, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, June 6, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/Q-HabcoRmy8 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpNDA7EAfc8raUHBva1Jcn-i 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5E1wvOQt7CSsM9Nuw9tmIW?si=9eab1dbdab364039 

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Lawn Mowing this week is Fred Fuchs & Roy Fullerton

• Next Church Connection Time: Tuesday, June 15 at 7:30 pm

• Due to the current restrictions, Pastor Andy will be in the office from Monday to Friday until churches are able to reopen.

• Covenant Heights is going to have an online event for Jr. High students on Tuesday, July 6th. Let Pastor Andy know if you would like to participate on that evening. 

• The Canadian Foodgrains Bank Fields of Jubilee Grow Project Committee has organized the seeding of 80 acres of wheat east of Minitonas on Louisiana Pacific property and the seeding of 80 acres of wheat near Benito.  If you would like to be involved in this local initiative by sponsoring a portion of the inputs for one or more acres of land at $50.00 per acre please feel free to mail in a cheque. Cheques are to be made payable to Valley Evangelical Covenant Church designated for the “Fields of Jubilee Grow Project”.  The fund will close by June 27th. This is an opportunity to assist in feeding the hungry of the world. 

• Congratulations to the Grandsons of Pauline Husenetter on their upcoming weddings (Ori & Brooklyn LeBlanc [June 11], Pierry & Amber LeBlanc [Aug 7]). Well wishes and cards can be sent to Mrs Cheryl LeBlanc: P. O. Box 2236 Swan River, MB, R0L 1Z0 or phone ahead to arrange for dropoff at (204) 734-4013. May God continue to bless these couples.

CALL TO WORSHIP 

Worship Leader: Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights above.

Together: Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts. Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars.

Worship Leader: Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies.

Together: Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were created, and he established them for ever and ever—he issued a decree that will never pass away.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Land

Chorus

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever

I will sing I will sing

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord

Verse

With my mouth will I make known

Thy faithfulness Thy faithfulness

With my mouth will I make known

Thy faithfulness to all generations

All Creatures of Our God and King

Verse 1

All creatures of our God and King

Lift up your voice and with us sing

Oh praise Him

Alleluia

Thou burning sun with golden beam

Thou silver moon with softer gleam

Oh praise Him Oh praise Him

Alleluia alleluia alleluia

Verse 2

Let all things their Creator bless

And worship Him in humbleness

Oh praise Him

Alleluia

Praise praise the Father praise the Son

And praise the Spirit Three-in-One

Oh praise Him Oh praise Him

Alleluia alleluia alleluia

Verse 3

All the redeemed washed by His blood

Come and rejoice in His great love

Oh praise Him

Alleluia

Christ has defeated every sin

Cast all your burdens now on Him

Oh praise Him Oh praise Him

Alleluia alleluia alleluia

Verse 4

He shall return in pow'r to reign

Heaven and earth will join to say

Oh praise Him

Alleluia

Then who shall fall on bended knee

All creatures of our God and King

Oh praise Him Oh praise Him

Alleluia alleluia alleluia

Create in Me a Clean Heart 

Chorus

Create in me a clean heart O God

And renew a right spirit within me

Verse

Cast me not away from Thy presence O Lord

Take not Thy Holy Spirit from me

Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation (O Lord)

And renew a right spirit within me

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SCRIPTURE READING: MATTHEW 5:43-48

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COLLECTIVE PRAYER

Please pray for:

• Covenant Heights Bible Camp and its summer program.

• Our nation as we collectively mourn the discovery of a mass grave for 215 children in Kamloops, BC.

• Pray that God would open our eyes to his manifold graces in the lives of our friends and neighbours.

• Our frontline workers and government leaders.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

How Great is our God

Verse 1

The splendor of the King

Clothed in majesty

Let all the earth rejoice

All the earth rejoice

He wraps Himself in light

And darkness tries to hide

And trembles at His voice

And trembles at His voice

Chorus

How great is our God

Sing with me

How great is our God

And all will see how great

How great is our God

Verse 2

And age to age He stands

And time is in His hands

Beginning and the End

Beginning and the End

The Godhead three in one

Father Spirit Son

The Lion and the Lamb

The Lion and the Lamb

Bridge

Name above all names

Worthy of all praise

My heart will sing

How great is our God

Your Grace Is Enough

Verse 1

Great is Your faithfulness O God

You wrestle with the sinner's restless heart

You lead us by still waters into mercy

And nothing can keep us apart

Pre-Chorus

(So) remember Your people

Remember Your children

Remember Your promise O God

Chorus 1

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough for me

Verse 2

Great is Your love and justice God of Jacob

You use the weak to lead the strong

You lead us in the song of Your salvation

And all Your people sing along

Chorus 2

Yeah Your grace is enough

Heaven reaches out to us

Your grace is enough for me

God I sing Your grace is enough

I'm covered in Your love

Your grace is enough for me for me

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CHILDREN’S TIME

Link: https://youtu.be/pft8hup_Op4?t=1459 

+  +  +

SERMON: THE FLAWED PROPHET (GENESIS 20)

Link:  https://youtu.be/Q-HabcoRmy8 

+  +  +

HYMN

He Will Hold Me Fast

Verse 1

When I fear my faith will fail

Christ will hold me fast

When the tempter would prevail

He will hold me fast

I could never keep my hold

Through life's fearful path

For my love is often cold

He must hold me fast

Chorus

He will hold me fast

He will hold me fast

For my Savior loves me so

He will hold me fast

Verse 2

Those He saves are His delight

Christ will hold me fast

Precious in His holy sight

He will hold me fast

He'll not let my soul be lost

His Promises shall last

Bought by Him at such a cost

He will hold me fast

Verse 3

For my life He bled and died

Christ will hold me fast

Justice has been satisfied

He will hold me fast

Raised with Him to endless life

He will hold me fast

Till our faith is turned to sight

When He comes at last

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, May 30, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, May 30, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/JMcIEii86WU 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpNzTi5RWBLV6GameWM7HLes 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7nFAPpQAWijOvkjUPFOsjR?si=23a14a671b704356 

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Next Church Connection Time: Tuesday, June 1 at 7:30 pm

• Due to the current restrictions, Pastor Andy will be in the office from Monday to Friday until churches are able to reopen.

• The Canadian Foodgrains Bank Fields of Jubilee Grow Project Committee has organized the seeding of 80 acres of wheat east of Minitonas on Louisiana Pacific property and the seeding of 80 acres of wheat near Benito.  If you would like to be involved in this local initiative by sponsoring a portion of the inputs for one or more acres of land at $50.00 per acre please feel free to mail in a cheque. Cheques are to be made payable to Valley Evangelical Covenant Church designated for the “Fields of Jubilee Grow Project”.  The fund will close by June 27th. This is an opportunity to assist in feeding the hungry of the world. 

CALL TO WORSHIP (PSALM 9:7-11)

Worship Leader: The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.

Together: He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.

Worship Leader: The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Together: Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Worship Leader: Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;

Together: proclaim among the nations what he has done.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Everlasting God

Verse

Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord

We will wait upon the Lord

We will wait upon the Lord

Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord

We will wait upon the Lord

We will wait upon the Lord

Pre-Chorus

Our God You reign forever

Our Hope our strong Deliv'rer

Chorus

You are the everlasting God

The everlasting God

You do not faint

You won't grow weary

You're the defender of the weak

You comfort those in need

You lift us up on wings like eagles

Behold Our God

Verse 1

Who has held the oceans in His hands

Who has numbered every grain of sand

Kings and nations tremble at His voice

All creation rises to rejoice

Chorus

Behold our God seated on His throne

Come let us adore Him

Behold our King nothing can compare

Come let us adore Him

Verse 2

Who has given counsel to the Lord

Who can question any of His words

Who can teach the One who knows all things

Who can fathom all His wondrous deeds

Verse 3

Who has felt the nails upon His hands

Bearing all the guilt of sinful man

God eternal humbled to the grave

Jesus Savior risen now to reign

Bridge

You will reign forever

(Let Your glory fill the earth)

(REPEAT)

You will reign forever

(Let Your glory fill)

Lord Most High 

Verse

From the ends of the earth (ECHO)

From the depths of the sea (ECHO)

From the heights of the heavens (ECHO)

Your name be praised

From the hearts of the weak (ECHO)

From the shouts of the strong (ECHO)

From the lips of all people (ECHO)

This song we raise Lord

Chorus

Throughout the endless ages

You will be crowned with praises

Lord Most High

Exalted in every nation

Sovereign of all creation

Lord Most High be magnified

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SCRIPTURE READING: LUKE 17:26-37

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COLLECTIVE PRAYER

• Pray for Hope Community Covenant Church (Strathmore, AB) and Pastor Heidi Wiebe and her team.

• Praise God for the recent rains that we have received. 

• Pray for local businesses that continue to be affected by the shutdown.

• Pray for our frontline workers and government leaders.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery

Verse 1

Come behold the wondrous myst'ry

In the dawning of the King

He the theme of heaven's praises

Robed in frail humanity

In our longing in our darkness

Now the light of life has come

Look to Christ who condescended

Took on flesh to ransom us

Verse 2

Come behold the wondrous myst'ry

He the perfect Son of Man

In His living in His suff'ring

Never trace nor stain of sin

See the true and better Adam

Come to save the hell-bound man

Christ the great and sure fulfillment

Of the law in Him we stand

Verse 3

Come behold the wondrous myst'ry

Christ the Lord upon the tree

In the stead of ruined sinners

Hangs the Lamb in victory

See the price of our redemption

See the Father's plan unfold

Bringing many sons to glory

Grace unmeasured love untold

Verse 4

Come behold the wondrous myst'ry

Slain by death the God of life

But no grave could e'er restrain Him

Praise the Lord He is alive

What a foretaste of deliv'rance

How unwavering our hope

Christ in power resurrected

As we will be when He comes

Come Ye Sinners

Verse 1

Come ye sinners the poor and needy

Weak and wounded sick and sore

And Jesus ready stands to save you

Full of pity love and power

Chorus

I will arise and go to Jesus

He will embrace me in His arms

And in the arms of my dear Savior

Oh there are ten thousand charms

Verse 2

Come, ye thirsty, come, and welcome,

God’s free bounty glorify;

True belief and true repentance,

Every grace that brings you nigh.

Verse 3

Come, ye weary, heavy-laden,

Lost and ruined by the fall;

If you tarry till you’re better,

You will never come at all.

Verse 4

View Him prostrate in the garden;

On the ground your Maker lies;

On the bloody tree behold Him;

Sinner, will this not suffice?

Verse 5

Let not conscience make you linger,

Not of fitness fondly dream;

All the fitness He requireth

Is to feel your need of Him.

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CHILDREN’S TIME

+  +  +

SERMON: THE RELUCTANT ESCAPE (GENESIS 19:1-29)

Link: https://youtu.be/JMcIEii86WU 

+  +  +

HYMN

Amazing Grace

Verse 1

Amazing grace how sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost but now I'm found

Was blind but now I see

Verse 2

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear

And grace my fears relieved

How precious did that grace appear

The hour I first believed

Chorus

My chains are gone I've been set free

My God my Savior has ransomed me

And like a flood His mercy rains

Unending love amazing grace

Verse 3

The Lord has promised good to me

His word my hope secures

He will my shield and portion be

As long as life endures

Verse 4

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow

The sun forbear to shine

But God who called me here below

Will be forever mine

Will be forever mine

You are forever mine

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, May 23, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, May 23, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/PFY37yWSweg 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpN90mxnEzM12nUrorgY02Tr 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ThfwLLci2d2yO6dTspq7h?si=5e1a3bbe00684e66 

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Next Church Connection Time: Tuesday, June 1 at 7:30 pm

• Due to the current restrictions, Pastor Andy will be in the office from Monday to Friday until churches are able to reopen.

• The Canadian Foodgrains Bank Fields of Jubilee Grow Project Committee has organized the seeding of 80 acres of wheat east of Minitonas on Louisiana Pacific property and the seeding of 80 acres of wheat near Benito.  If you would like to be involved in this local initiative by sponsoring a portion of the inputs for one or more acres of land at $50.00 per acre please feel free to mail in a cheque. Cheques are to be made payable to Valley Evangelical Covenant Church designated for the “Fields of Jubilee Grow Project”.  The fund will close by June 27th. This is an opportunity to assist in feeding the hungry of the world. 

• Financial Update from VECC quarterly meeting (Jan 1-Mar 31st):

  • Income: $19,779.06

  • Expenses: $35,259.03

  • If you would like to give to the ministry of the church, we are receiving cheques by mail (The mailing address is at the end of the document.) Thank you for your continuing and generous support.

CALL TO WORSHIP (PSALM 138:1-7)

Worship Leader: I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; before the “gods” I will sing your praise.

Together: I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.

Worship Leader: When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me.

Together: May all the kings of the earth praise you, Lord, when they hear what you have decreed. May they sing of the ways of the Lord, for the glory of the Lord is great.

Worship Leader: Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar.

Together: Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

This is Amazing Grace

Verse 1

Who breaks the power of sin and darkness

Whose love is mighty and so much stronger

The King of Glory the King above all kings

Verse 2

Who shakes the whole earth with holy thunder

And leaves us breathless in awe and wonder

The King of Glory the King above all kings

Chorus

(Yeah) (Oh) This is amazing grace

This is unfailing love

That You would take my place

That You would bear my cross

You laid down Your life

That I would be set free

Oh Jesus I sing for all that You've done for me

Verse 3

Who brings our chaos back into order

Who makes the orphan a son and daughter

The King of Glory the King of Glory

Verse 4

Who rules the nations with truth and justice

Shines like the sun in all of its brilliance

The King of Glory the King above all kings

Bridge

Worthy is the Lamb who was slain

Worthy is the King who conquered the grave

Worthy is the Lamb who was slain

Worthy is the King who conquered the grave

Worthy is the Lamb who was slain

Worthy is the King who conquered the grave

Worthy is the Lamb who was slain

Worthy worthy worthy

Holy Holy Holy Lord God Almighty 

Verse 1

Holy holy holy

Lord God Almighty

Early in the morning

Our song shall rise to Thee

Holy holy holy

Merciful and mighty

God in three persons

Blessed Trinity

Verse 2

Holy holy holy

All the saints adore Thee

Casting down their golden crowns

Around the glassy sea

Cherubim and seraphim

Falling down before Thee

Which wert and art

And evermore shalt be

Verse 3

Holy holy holy

Though the darkness hide Thee

Though the eye of sinful man

Thy glory may not see

Only Thou art holy

There is none beside Thee

Perfect in power

In love and purity

Verse 4

Holy holy holy

Lord God Almighty

All Thy works shall praise Thy name

In earth and sky and sea

Holy holy holy

Merciful and mighty

God in three persons

Blessed Trinity

There is a Redeemer

Verse 1

There is a Redeemer Jesus God's own Son

Precious Lamb of God Messiah Holy One

Chorus

Thank You O my Father

For giving us Your Son

And leaving Your Spirit

Till the work on earth is done

Verse 2

Jesus my Redeemer name above all names

Precious Lamb of God Messiah

O for sinners slain

Verse 3

When I stand in glory I will see His face

There I'll serve my King forever

In that holy place

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SCRIPTURE READING: HEBREWS 7:23-28

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COLLECTIVE PRAYER

• Pray for Lakeridge Community Church (Chestermere, AB) and their pastoral staff

• Praise God for the rain that we’ve received and pray for more rain as crops grow.

• Pray for Covenant Heights Bible Camp as they have had to close for the summer. Pray for the campers who will miss out this year. Also pray for the ministry alternatives that are being developed.

• Pray for our government leaders and frontline workers.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Verse 1

What a friend we have in Jesus

All our sins and griefs to bear

What a privilege to carry

Ev'rything to God in pray'r

Oh what peace we often forfeit

Oh what needless pain we bear

All because we do not carry

Ev'rything to God in pray'r

Verse 2

Have we trials and temptations?

Is there trouble anywhere?

Jesus, Savior, is our refuge

Take it to the Lord in prayer

Are we weak and heavy laden

Cumbered with a load of care?

Jesus knows our every weakness

Take it to the Lord in prayer

Verse 3

Blessed Savior, You have promised

All our burdens You will bear

May we ever, Lord, be bringing

All to you in earnest prayer

Soon, in glory bright unclouded

Face to face will be our prayer

Joyful praise and endless worship

Will be our sweet portion there

Before the Throne of God Above

Verse 1

Before the throne of God above

I have a strong and perfect plea

A great High Priest whose name is Love

Who ever lives and pleads for me

My name is graven on His hands

My name is written on His heart

I know that while in heav'n He stands

No tongue can bid me thence depart

No tongue can bid me thence depart

Verse 2

When Satan tempts me to despair

And tells me of the guilt within

Upward I look and see Him there

Who made an end to all my sin

Because the sinless Saviour died

My sinful soul is counted free

For God the Just is satisfied

To look on Him and pardon me

To look on Him and pardon me

Verse 3

Behold Him there the risen Lamb

My perfect spotless righteousness

The great unchangeable I Am

The King of glory and of grace

One with Himself I cannot die

My soul is purchased with His blood

My life is hid with Christ on high

With Christ my Saviour and my God

With Christ my Saviour and my God

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CHILDREN’S TIME

+  +  +

SERMON: “THE JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH” 

(GENESIS 18:16-33)

Link: 

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HYMN

His Mercy is More

Verse 1

What love could remember no wrongs we have done

Omniscient all knowing He counts not their sum

Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore

Our sins they are many His mercy is more

Chorus

Praise the Lord His mercy is more

Stronger than darkness new every morn

Our sins they are many His mercy is more

 

 

Verse 2

What patience would wait as we constantly roam

What Father so tender is calling us home

He welcomes the weakest the vilest the poor

Our sins they are many His mercy is more

Verse 3

What riches of kindness He lavished on us

His blood was the payment His life was the cost

We stood 'neath a debt we could never afford

Our sins they are many His mercy is more

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, May 16, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/nz6Bha761nw 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpMHixsNVhJUpGZ1Xjm7ABkt 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/76GmxcwdHj2CxXwvL6MxRu?si=2e99efda9e3f4e1b 

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Church Connection Time: Tuesday at 7:30 pm

• Jr. Youth Bible Study: Tuesday at 6 pm

• Due to the current restrictions, Pastor Andy will be in the office from Monday to Friday until churches are able to reopen. 

• The Canadian Foodgrains Bank Fields of Jubilee Grow Project Committee has organized the seeding of 80 acres of wheat east of Minitonas on Louisiana Pacific property and the seeding of 80 acres of wheat near Benito.  If you would like to be involved in this local initiative by sponsoring a portion of the inputs for one or more acres of land at $50.00 per acre please feel free to mail in a cheque. Cheques are to be made payable to Valley Evangelical Covenant Church designated for the “Fields of Jubilee Grow Project”.  The fund will close by June 27th. This is an opportunity to assist in feeding the hungry of the world.

• Financial Update from VECC quarterly meeting (Jan 1-Mar 31st):

  • Income: $19,779.06

  • Expenses: $35,259.03

  • If you would like to give to the ministry of the church, we are receiving cheques by mail (The mailing address is at the end of the document.) Thank you for your continuing and generous support.

CALL TO WORSHIP (PSALM 22:22-24, 27-28)

Worship Leader: I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.

Together: You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

Worship Leader: For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help

.

Together: All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, for dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Forever

Verse 1

Give thanks to the Lord

Our God and King

His love endures forever

For He is good He is above all things

His love endures forever

Sing praise sing praise

Verse 2

With a mighty hand

And an outstretched arm

His love endures forever

For the life that's been reborn

His love endures forever

Sing praise sing praise

Pre-Chorus

Sing praise sing praise

Chorus

Forever God is faithful

Forever God is strong

Forever God is with us

Forever forever

Verse 3

From the rising to the setting sun

His love endures forever

And by the grace of God

We will carry on

His love endures forever

Sing praise sing praise

He Has Made Me Glad

Verse

I will enter His gates

With thanksgiving in my heart

I will enter His courts with praise

I will say this is the day

That the Lord has made

I will rejoice

For He has made me glad

Chorus

He has made me glad

He has made me glad

I will rejoice for

He has made me glad

He has made me glad

He has made me glad

I will rejoice for

He has made me glad

Joyful Joyful, We Adore Thee

Verse 1

Joyful joyful we adore Thee

God of glory Lord of love

Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee

Opening to the sun above

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness

Drive the dark of doubt away

Giver of immortal gladness

Fill us with the light of day

Verse 2

All Thy works with joy surround Thee

Earth and heav’n reflect Thy rays

Stars and angels sing around Thee

Center of unbroken praise

Field and forest vale and mountain

Flowery meadow flashing sea

Chanting bird and flowing fountain

Call us to rejoice in Thee

Verse 3

Thou art giving and forgiving

Ever blessing ever blest

Wellspring of the joy of living

Ocean depth of happy rest

Thou our Father Christ our Brother

All who live in love are Thine

Teach us how to love each other

Lift us to the joy divine

Verse 4

Mortals join the mighty chorus

Which the morning stars began

Father love is reigning o'er us

Brother love binds man to man

Ever singing march we onward

Victors in the midst of strife

Joyful music lifts us sunward

In the triumph song of life

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SCRIPTURE READING: COLOSSIANS 2:8-15

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COLLECTIVE PRAYER

• Pray for Tearfund Canada as they seek to see people freed from poverty, living transformed lives, and reaching their God-given potential.

• Continue to pray for seeding and for God to bring growth.

• Pray that we would be attentive to God’s work in our lives (Philippians 1:3-6).

• Pray for our government leaders and frontline workers.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

10000 Reasons

Chorus

Bless the Lord O my soul O my soul

Worship His holy name

Sing like never before O my soul

I'll worship Your holy name

Verse 1

The sun comes up it's a new day dawning

It's time to sing Your song again

Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me

Let me be singing when the evening comes

Verse 2

You're rich in love and You're slow to anger

Your name is great and Your heart is kind

For all Your goodness I will keep on singing

Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find

Verse 3

And on that day when my strength is failing

The end draws near and my time has come

Still my soul will sing Your praise unending

Ten thousand years and then forevermore

Tag

Worship Your holy name

Lord I'll worship Your holy name

Ending

Sing like never before O my soul

I'll worship Your holy name

Worship Your holy name

Worship Your holy name

God Is For Us

• Verse 1

• We won't fear the battle

• We won't fear the night

• We will walk the Valley with You by our side

• You will go before us

• You will lead the way

• We have found a refuge only You can save

• Chorus

• Sing with joy now our God is for us

• The Father's love is a strong and mighty fortress

• Raise your voice now no love is greater

• Who can stand against us if our God is for us

• Verse 2

• Even when I stumble

• Even when I fall

• Even when I turn back still Your love is sure

• You will not abandon

• You will not forsake

• You will cheer me onward with never ending grace

• Bridge

• Neither height nor depth can separate us

• Hell and death will not defeat us

• He who gave His Son to free us

• Holds me in His love

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CHILDREN’S TIME

+  +  +

SERMON: DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP (GENESIS 17)

Link: https://youtu.be/nz6Bha761nw 

+  +  +

HYMN

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Verse 1

Come Thou fount of ev'ry blessing

Tune my heart to sing Thy grace

Streams of mercy never ceasing

Call for songs of loudest praise

Teach me some melodious sonnet

Sung by flaming tongues above

Praise the mount I'm fixed upon it

Mount of Thy redeeming love

Verse 2

Here I raise mine Ebenezer

Hither by Thy help I'm come

And I hope by Thy good pleasure

Safely to arrive at home

Jesus sought me when a stranger

Wand'ring from the fold of God

He to rescue me from danger

Interposed His precious blood

Verse 3

O to grace how great a debtor

Daily I'm constrained to be

Let Thy grace Lord like a fetter

Bind my wand'ring heart to Thee

Prone to wander Lord I feel it

Prone to leave the God I love

Here's my heart Lord take and seal it

Seal it for Thy courts above

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, May 9, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, May 9, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/Ct-c3-pxX-M 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpMOPoat0inWGQzYBfE8V_Kk 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/44gIT8hh0Gw3CWdhe71NIC?si=09614169ee4c45c3 

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Karl and Jillian Johnson are celebrating the birth of Violet Everlee Johnson. Hanne Johnson and Bradon Pihowich are joining in marriage this June. If anyone would like to give a card and money gift for Violet and/or a card and money gift for Hanne and Brandon, drop them off at the church or at MaryAnn Friesen's house. Please have them in by today.

• Church has been moved online. All in-person services are cancelled per the new government orders on Friday.

• The Canadian Foodgrains Bank Fields of Jubilee Grow Project Committee has organized the seeding of 80 acres of wheat east of Minitonas on Louisiana Pacific property and the seeding of 80 acres of wheat near Benito.  If you would like to be involved in this local initiative by sponsoring a portion of the inputs for one or more acres of land at $50.00 per acre please feel free to mail in a cheque. Cheques are to be made payable to Valley Evangelical Covenant Church designated for the “Fields of Jubilee Grow Project”.  The fund will close by June 27th. This is an opportunity to assist in feeding the hungry of the world.

• Financial Update from VECC quarterly meeting (Jan 1-Mar 31st):

  • Income: $19,779.06

  • Expenses: $35,259.03

  • If you would like to give, to the ministry of the church, we are receiving cheques by mail (The mailing address is at the end of the document.) Thank you for your continuing and generous support.

+  +  +

INVOCATION

God of grace, you have given us minds to know you, hearts to love you, and voices to sing your praise. Fill us with your Spirit, that we may celebrate your glory and worship you in spirit and in truth, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Hope of the Nations

Verse

Jesus hope of the nations

Jesus comfort for all who mourn

You are the source of heaven's hope on earth

Jesus light in the darkness

Jesus truth in each circumstance

You are the source of heaven's light on earth

Pre-Chorus

In history You lived and died

You broke the chains You rose to life

Chorus

You are the hope living in us

You are the Rock in whom we trust

You are the light shining for all the world to see

You rose from the dead conquering fear

Our Prince of Peace drawing us near

Jesus our hope living for all who will receive

(Lord we believe)

Tag

Lord we believe

Lord we believe

Lord we believe

Ending

Lord we believe

(Jesus hope of the nations)

Lord we believe

(Jesus hope of the nations)

Lord we believe

(Jesus hope of the nations)

Lord we believe

(Jesus)

Lord we believe

Step by Step

Chorus

O God You are my God

And I will ever praise You

O God You are my God

And I will ever praise You

I will seek You in the morning

And I will learn to walk in Your ways

And step by step You'll lead me

And I will follow You all of my days

By Faith

Verse 1

By faith we see the hand of God

In the light of creation's grand design

In the lives of those who prove His faithfulness

Who walk by faith and not by sight

Verse 2

By faith our fathers roamed the earth

With the pow'r of His promise in their hearts

Of a holy city built by God's own hand

A place where peace and justice reign

Chorus

We will stand as children of the promise

We will fix our eyes on Him our soul's reward

Till the race is finished and the work is done

We'll walk by faith and not by sight

Verse 3

By faith the prophets saw a day

When the longed-for Messiah would appear

With the pow'r to break the chains of sin and death

And rise triumphant from the grave

Verse 4

By faith the church was called to go

In the pow'r of the Spirit to the lost

To deliver captives and to preach good news

In ev'ry corner of the earth

Verse 5

By faith the mountain shall be moved

And the pow'r of the gospel shall prevail

For we know in Christ all things are possible

For all who call upon His name

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SCRIPTURE READING: MARK 10:23-31

+  +  +

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

+  +  +

COLLECTIVE PRAYER

• Pray for Calgary Sudanese Church

• Pray that we would be filled with hope in an age of skepticism and cynicism.

• Continued prayer for seeding and rain to nourish the crops.

• Pray for our frontline workers and government leaders.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Like a River Glorious

• Verse 1

• Like a river glorious

• Is God's perfect peace

• Over all victorious

• In its bright increase

• Perfect yet it floweth

• Fuller every day

• Perfect yet it groweth

• Deeper all the way

• Chorus

• Stayed upon Jehovah

• Hearts are fully blest

• Finding as He promised

• Perfect peace and rest

• Verse 2

• Hidden in the hollow

• Of His blessed hand

• Never foe can follow

• Never traitor stand

• Not a surge of worry

• Not a shade of care

• Not a blast of hurry

• Touch the Spirit there

• Verse 3

• Every joy or trial

• Falleth from above

• Traced upon our dial

• By the sun of love

• We may trust Him fully

• All for us to do

• They who trust Him wholly

• Find Him wholly true

He will Hold Me Fast

Verse 1

When I fear my faith will fail

Christ will hold me fast

When the tempter would prevail

He will hold me fast

I could never keep my hold

Through life's fearful path

For my love is often cold

He must hold me fast

Chorus

He will hold me fast

He will hold me fast

For my Savior loves me so

He will hold me fast

Verse 2

Those He saves are His delight

Christ will hold me fast

Precious in His holy sight

He will hold me fast

He'll not let my soul be lost

His Promises shall last

Bought by Him at such a cost

He will hold me fast

Verse 3

For my life He bled and died

Christ will hold me fast

Justice has been satisfied

He will hold me fast

Raised with Him to endless life

He will hold me fast

Till our faith is turned to sight

When He comes at last

+  +  +

CHILDREN’S TIME

+  +  +

SERMON: THE CYNICAL MOTHER (GENESIS 18:1-15)

Link: https://youtu.be/Ct-c3-pxX-M 

+  +  +

HYMN

Faithful One

Verse

Faithful One so unchanging

Ageless One You're my Rock of peace

Lord of all I depend on You

I call out to You again and again

I call out to You again and again

Chorus

You are my Rock in times of trouble

You lift me up when I fall down

All through the storm

Your love is the anchor

My hope is in You alone

Ending

My hope is in You

My hope is in You

Our hope is in You alone

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BENEDICTION

Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, May 2, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, May 2, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/LpsbAwPjkk4 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpM5GSi2JvLdeZ9IWhCo7-Tu 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/44wpWKBcwm03qiaXllG3DN?si=c6a10151c4744a4b 

Celebration for the Johnson's

Karl and Jillian Johnson are celebrating the birth of Violet Everlee Johnson. Hanne Johnson and Bradon Pihowich are joining in marriage this June. If anyone would like to give a card and money gift for Violet and/or a card and money gift for Hanne and Brandon, drop them off at the church or at MaryAnn Friesen's house. Please have them in by Mother's Day weekend.

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Covid 19 announcement:  Online church services will resume for those who have an internet connection at home. For those who are unable to attend church online, there will be a worship service by invitation only beginning on May 9th.

• The Canadian Foodgrains Bank Fields of Jubilee Grow Project Committee has organized the seeding of 80 acres of wheat east of Minitonas on Louisiana Pacific property and the seeding of 80 acres of wheat near Benito.  If you would like to be involved in this local initiative by sponsoring a portion of the inputs for one or more acres of land at $50.00 per acre please feel free to mail in a cheque. Cheques are to be made payable to Valley Evangelical Covenant Church designated for the “Fields of Jubilee Grow Project”.  The fund will close by June 27th. This is an opportunity to assist in feeding the hungry of the world.

• CBF School is currently looking for a Junior Kindergarten instructor. Please talk with Jocelyn Beehler for more information. 

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CALL TO WORSHIP (PSALM 71:1-4)

Worship Leader: In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.

Together: In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me.

Worship Leader: Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

Together: Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Rejoice

Verse 1

Come and stand before your Maker

Full of wonder full of fear

Come behold his power and glory

Yet with confidence draw near

For the one who holds the heavens

And commands the stars above

Is the God who bends to bless us

With an unrelenting love

Chorus 1

Rejoice

Come and lift your hands and raise your voice

He is worthy of all praise

Rejoice

Sing the mercies of your king

And with trembling rejoice

Verse 2

We are children of the promise

The beloved of the Lord

Won with everlasting kindness

Bought with sacrificial blood

Bringing reconciliation

To a world that longs to know

The affections of a Father

Who will never let them go

Verse 3

All our sickness all our sorrows

Jesus carried up the hill

He has walked this path before us

He is walking with us still

Turning tragedy to triumph

Turning agony to praise

There is blessing in the battle

So take heart and stand amazed

Chorus 2

Rejoice

When you cry to him he hears your voice

He will wipe away your tears

Rejoice

In the midst of suffering

He will help you sing

Great is Thy Faithfulness

Chorus

Great is Thy faithfulness

Great is Thy faithfulness

Morning by morning

New mercies I see

All I have needed

Thy hand hath provided

Great is Thy faithfulness

Lord unto me

Verse 1

Great is Thy faithfulness

O God my Father

There is no shadow

Of turning with Thee

Thou changest not

Thy compassions they fail not

As Thou hast been

Thou forever wilt be

 

Verse 2

Summer and winter

And springtime and harvest

Sun moon and stars

In their courses above

Join with all nature

In manifold witness

To Thy great faithfulness

Mercy and love

Verse 3

Pardon for sin

And a peace that endureth

Thy own dear presence

To cheer and to guide

Strength for today

And bright hope for tomorrow

Blessings all mine

With ten thousand beside

Anchor of Hope

Verse 1

Marvelous wonderful infinite God

Author of all that is good

Faithful provider and giver of life

Source of all power and love

Chorus 1

Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise

Refuge of strength to the end

Righteous redeemer and mighty to save

He's the anchor of hope for the souls of men

Verse 2

Gracious compassionate merciful God

Radiant holy delight

Beautiful Father victorious Son

Source of unchangeable light

Bridge

You are light in the dark

You are healing for the broken heart

You are hope You are Lord

You are life You are love that endures

 

Verse 3

Powerful constant unwavering God

Shepherd who comes for the lost

Rock of salvation remarkable love

Savior who died on the cross

Chorus 2

Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise

Refuge of strength to the end

Righteous redeemer and mighty to save

He's the anchor of hope for the souls oh

He's the anchor of hope for the souls oh

He's the anchor of hope for the souls of men

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SCRIPTURE READING: MATTHEW 9:35-38

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Prayer Time

• Thank God for the ECCC AGM. Thank God for the many churches that partner together in His kingdom mission.

• Pray that we would exhibit the fruit of the Spirit and a desire to bless others despite new restrictions.Pray for our local businesses during this season.

• Pray for upcoming seeding and rain to nourish the crops.

• Pray for our frontline workers and government leaders.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Compassion Hymn

• Verse 1

• There is an everlasting kindness

• You lavished on us

• When the radiance of heaven

• Came to rescue the lost

• You called the sheep without

• A shepherd to leave their distress

• For Your streams of forgiveness

• And the shade of Your rest

• Verse 2

• And with compassion for the hurting

• You reached out Your hand

• As the lame ran to meet You

• And the dead breathed again

• You saw behind the eyes of

• Sorrow and shared in our tears

• Heard the sigh of the weary

• Let the children draw near

• Chorus

• What boundless love what fathomless grace

• You have shown us O God of compassion

• Each day we live an off'ring of praise

• As we show to the world Your compassion

• Verse 3

• We stood beneath the cross of Calv'ry

• And gazed on Your face

• At the thorns of oppression

• And the wounds of disgrace

• For surely You have borne our suff'ring

• And carried our grief

• As You pardoned the scoffer

• And showed grace to the thief

• Verse 4

• How beautiful the feet

• That carry this gospel of peace

• To the fields of injustice

• And the valleys of need

• To be a voice of hope and healing

• To answer the cries

• Of the hungry and helpless

• With the mercy of Christ

Day By Day

Verse 1

Day by day and with each passing moment

Strength I find to meet my trials here

Trusting in my Father's wise bestowment

I've no cause for worry or for fear

He whose heart is kind beyond all measure

Gives unto each day what He deems best

Lovingly its part of pain and pleasure

Mingling toil with peace and rest

Verse 2

Ev'ry day the Lord Himself is near me

With a special mercy for each hour

All my cares He fain would bear and cheer me

He whose name is Counselor and Pow'r

The protection of His child and treasure

Is a charge that on Himself He laid

As your days your strength shall be in measure

This the pledge to me He made

Verse 3

Help me then in ev'ry tribulation

So to trust Your promises O Lord

That I lose not faith's sweet consolation

Offered me within Your holy Word

Help me Lord when toil and trouble meeting

E'er to take as from a Father's hand

One by one the days the moments fleeting

Till I reach the Promised Land

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CHILDREN’S TIME

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SERMON: THE GOD WHO SEES (GENESIS 16)

Link: https://youtu.be/LpsbAwPjkk4 

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HYMN

He’s Ever Over Me

Verse

I will lift my eyes

To the hills and their Creator

Who made all heaven and earth

For He watches me

Will not sleep no never slumber

He's ever over me

Chorus

As I come and I go

I am safe for I know

That His care is sufficient for me

Winter warmth and light

And a shady place in summer

He's ever over me

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, April 25, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, April 25, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/aES3VkauDKE 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpMDiSFWSXoIRvdaOwNiXMXY 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2VaWlUwVqNhG1GUGDV27ey?si=00ef89f76a1b4fe5 

Celebration for the Johnson's

Karl and Jillian Johnson are expecting their first child this April. Hanne Johnson and Bradon Pihowich are joining in marriage this June.

If anyone would like to give a card and gift for Baby Johnson and/or a card and money gift for Hanne and Brandon, drop them off at the church or at MaryAnn Friesen's house. Please have them in by Mother's Day weekend.

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• VECC continues to seek to abide by the recent guidelines announced by the government this week.

• The ECC is hosting an online youth night called Unite for Hope on Wednesday, April 28th. Check out https://covchurch.org/youth/ for more information.

• CBF School is currently looking for a Junior Kindergaten instructor. Please talk with Jocelyn Beehler for more information. 

• From CBF Board and Staff:

Dear Valley Evangelical Covenant Church,

As a school we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for your generous donation.  In a time when so many organizations are seeing a decline in their financial resources we recognize the significance of your generosity.

We have been so amazed at God's abundant provision throughout the years that we have been in operation.  And even during these strange and challenging times His provision continues.  Thank-you for being a part of this.  

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CALL TO WORSHIP (PSALM 27:7-8, 13-14)

Worship Leader: Hear my voice when I call, Lord; be merciful to me and answer me.

Together: My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek.

Worship Leader: I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Together: Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Your Grace is Enough

Verse 1

Great is Your faithfulness O God

You wrestle with the sinner's restless heart

You lead us by still waters into mercy

And nothing can keep us apart

Pre-Chorus

(So) remember Your people

Remember Your children

Remember Your promise O God

Chorus 1

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough

Your grace is enough for me

Verse 2

Great is Your love and justice God of Jacob

You use the weak to lead the strong

You lead us in the song of Your salvation

And all Your people sing along

Chorus 2

Yeah Your grace is enough

Heaven reaches out to us

Your grace is enough for me

God I sing Your grace is enough

I'm covered in Your love

Your grace is enough for me for me

10,000 Reasons

Chorus

Bless the Lord O my soul O my soul

Worship His holy name

Sing like never before O my soul

I'll worship Your holy name

Verse 1

The sun comes up it's a new day dawning

It's time to sing Your song again

Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me

Let me be singing when the evening comes

Verse 2

You're rich in love and You're slow to anger

Your name is great and Your heart is kind

For all Your goodness I will keep on singing

Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find

Verse 3

And on that day when my strength is failing

The end draws near and my time has come

Still my soul will sing Your praise unending

Ten thousand years and then forevermore

Tag

Worship Your holy name

Lord I'll worship Your holy name

Ending

Sing like never before O my soul

I'll worship Your holy name

Worship Your holy name

Worship Your holy name

Cornerstone

Verse 1

My hope is built on nothing less

Than Jesus' blood and righteousness

I dare not trust the sweetest frame

But wholly trust in Jesus' Name

(REPEAT)

 

Chorus

Christ alone cornerstone

Weak made strong in the Saviour's love

Through the storm He is Lord

Lord of all

Verse 2

When darkness seems to hide His face

I rest on His unchanging grace

In every high and stormy gale

My anchor holds within the veil

My anchor holds within the veil

Interlude

He is Lord Lord of all

Verse 3

When He shall come with trumpet sound

Oh may I then in Him be found

Dressed in His righteousness alone

Faultless stand before the throne

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SCRIPTURE READING: ROMANS 4:1-8

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Prayer Time

• Pray for Garden City Church, an ECCC church plant in Calgary, AB.

• Pray for our local businesses during this season.

• Praise God that he had declared us righteous through the finished work of Christ.

• Pray for our frontline workers and political leadership.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Everlasting God

• Verse

• Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord

• We will wait upon the Lord

• We will wait upon the Lord

• Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord

• We will wait upon the Lord

• We will wait upon the Lord

• Pre-Chorus

• Our God You reign forever

• Our Hope our strong Deliv'rer

•  

• Chorus

• You are the everlasting God

• The everlasting God

• You do not faint

• You won't grow weary

• You're the defender of the weak

• You comfort those in need

• You lift us up on wings like eagles

Lord I Need You

Verse 1

Lord I come I confess

Bowing here I find my rest

And without You I fall apart

You're the one that guides my heart

Chorus 1

Lord I need You oh I need You

Ev'ry hour I need You

My one defense my righteousness

Oh God how I need You

Verse 2

Where sin runs deep Your grace is more

Where grace is found is where You are

And where You are Lord I am free

Holiness is Christ in me

Where You are Lord I am free

Holiness is Christ in me

Bridge

So teach my song to rise to You

When temptation comes my way

And when I cannot stand I'll fall on You

Jesus You're my hope and stay

And when I cannot stand I'll fall on You

Jesus You're my hope and stay

Chorus 2

Lord I need You oh I need You

Ev'ry hour I need You

My one defense my righteousness

Oh God how I need You

My one defense my righteousness

Oh God how I need You

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CHILDREN’S TIME

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SERMON: THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF ABRAM (GENESIS 15)

Link:

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HYMN

He Who Watches Over You

Verse 1

He who watches over you will never

slumber nor sleep (repeat)

Chorus 1

Oh my child lay your burdens down

lay them at my feet

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, April 18, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, April 18, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

The music playlists will be a little shorter this week due to inadequate recordings of certain songs. God of Creation, All Powerful is to the tune of Be Thou My Vision if you would like to sing along to it. I was not able to find a recording of God in Heaven but have included another song for your enjoyment. God bless you as you worship him today.

-- Pastor Andy

Sermon: https://youtu.be/TQzKy1NJedA 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpN3I5tuOBzaxC9iuA90Yi4m 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ufmtkE5aD1ksNwVoK29La?si=06b5786759284b05 

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Our next quarterly meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20 at 7:30 pm

• ECCC Jr. High Study: Tuesday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m.

• The ECC is hosting an online youth night called Unite for Hope on Wednesday, April 28th. Check out https://covchurch.org/youth/ for more information.

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PRAYER OF INVOCATION

O God, you are our only true refuge, our steadfast shelter. We seek you and need you and yearn for you. Even when we run from you; even when we wander long and far from you heart and squander our blessings and talents; even then you continue to call us home. We want to come home to you, O God and to each other. Show us the way; be the path; return us to the calm and peace of resting in your love. Amen.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Come Now is the Time to Worship

Verse 1

Come now is the time to worship

Come now is the time to give your heart

Come just as you are to worship

Come just as you are before your God

Come

Verse 2

Willingly we choose to surrender our lives

Willingly our knees will bow.

With all our heart, soul, mind and strength 

we gladly choose you now

Chorus

One day every tongue

Will confess You are God

One day every knee will bow

Still the greatest treasure remains

For those who gladly choose You now

Ending

Come come just as you are come come

The Greatest Thing

Verse 1

The greatest thing

In all my life is knowing You

The greatest thing

In all my life is knowing You

I want to know You more

I want to know You more

The greatest thing

In all my life is knowing You

Verse 2

The greatest thing

In all my life is loving You

The greatest thing

In all my life is loving You

I want to love You more

I want to love You more

The greatest thing

In all my life is loving You

Verse 3

The greatest thing

In all my life is serving You

The greatest thing

In all my life is serving You

I want to serve You more

I want to serve You more

The greatest thing

In all my life is serving You

In His Time

Verse 1

In His time in His time

He makes all things beautiful

In His time

Lord please show me ev'ry day

As You're teaching me Your way

That You do just what You say

In Your time

Verse 2

In Your time in Your time

You make all things beautiful

In Your time

Lord my life to You I bring

May each song I have to sing

Be to You a lovely thing

In Your time

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SCRIPTURE READING: MATTHEW 6:25-34

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Prayer Time

• Pray for Commons Church (Calgary, AB) and Pastor Jeremy Duncan and his team.

• Pray that God would fill us with a knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that we may live lives worthy of the Lord. (Col 1:9-10)

• Pray for our friends and neighbours in the Swan Valley

• Pray for our frontline workers and government leaders.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

God of Creation All Powerful

• Verse 1

• God of creation

• All powerful all wise

• Lord of the universe

• Rich with surprise

• Maker Sustainer

• And Ruler of all

• We are Your children

• You hear when we call

• Verse 2

• God of the ages

• Through time's troubled years

• You are the one

• In whom history coheres

• Nations and empires

• Your purpose fulfill

• Moving in freedon

• Yet working Your will

• Verse 3

• God of redemption

• Who wrought our rebirth

• Called out Your Church

• From the ends of the earth

• Still You are Savior

• Put darkness to flight

• Overcome sin by

• Salvation's pure light

• Verse 4

• God of Your people

• Your Word still stands fast

• Do for us now

• As You've done in the past

• Yours is the Kingdom

• Your triumph we claim

• Challenging evil

• In Jesus' strong name

• Verse 5

• God of our now

• All trust is in You

• Covenant God

• Ever faithful and true

• Sovereign creator

• Redeemer and Lord

• Now and forever

• Your name be adored

God in Heaven

Verse 1

God in heaven take this heart of mine,

dry and dusty but with love divine

satisfy the thirst inside you’ll find

God in heaven take this, take this heart of mine.

God in heaven like a gentle rain on this desert won’t you fall again

God in heaven take this, take this heart of mine.

Verse 2

God in heaven, take this heart of mine, winter cold, 

but with your love divine thaw the frozenness inside you’ll find 

God in heaven take this, take this heart of mine

God in heaven like a warming wind melt the ice that has built up within

God in heaven take this, take this heart of mine

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CHILDREN’S TIME

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SERMON: THE FAITHLESS MAN AND THE FAITHFUL GOD (GENESIS 12:10-20)

Link: https://youtu.be/TQzKy1NJedA 

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HYMN

Breathe on me Breath of God

Verse 1

Breathe on me breath of God

Fill me with life anew

That I may love what Thou dost love

And do what Thou wouldst do

Verse 2

Breathe on me breath of God

Until my heart is pure

Until with Thee I will one will

To do and to endure

Verse 3

Breathe on me breath of God

Till I am wholly Thine

Till all this earthly part of me

Glows with Thy fire divine

Verse 4

Breathe on me breath of God

So shall I never die

But live with Thee the perfect life

Of Thine eternity

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, April 11, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, April 11, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/1pdCFVMZMhM 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpNlOh-MPoBI-vtc6RBO9TPf 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4smaMY3OFkSz36NFxRCBZ7?si=92989eaf6bf1486e 

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Adult Sunday School has restarted this week. This begins at 10 am.

• Our next quarterly meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20 at 7:30 pm

• The ECC is hosting an online youth night called Unite for Hope on Wednesday, April 28th. Check out https://covchurch.org/youth/ for more information.

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CALL TO WORSHIP (PSALM 105:1-9) 

Worship Leader: Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.

Together: Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.

Worship Leader: Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced, you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.

Together: He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations, the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

He Grew The Tree

Verse 1

He molded and built

A small lonely hill

That He knew

Would be called Calvary

Then he made the seed

That would grow to be

Thorns that would make

His Son bleed

Verse 2

Then He made a green stem

Gave it leaves and then

Gave it sunshine and rain

And sheltered it with moss

He grew the tree

He knew would be

Used to make the old rugged cross

Chorus

Nothing took His life

With love He gave it

He was crucified

On a tree that He created

With great love for man

God stayed with His plan

He grew the tree

So that we might go free

Verse 3

With tears in His eyes

God looked down through time

Saw Him spat upon

Rejected and mocked

Still He grew the tree

That He knew would be

Used to make the old rugged cross

Old Rugged Cross

Verse 1

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suff’ring and shame;
And I love that old cross where the Dearest and Best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

Refrain
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it someday for a crown.

Verse 2

Oh, that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.

Verse 3

In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.

Verse 4

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me someday to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I’ll share.

He Lives

Verse 1

I serve a risen Saviour, He's in the world today

I know that He is living, whatever men may say

I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer

And just the time I need Him He's always near

Chorus

He lives (He lives), He lives (He lives), Christ Jesus lives today

He walks with me and talks with me

Along life's narrow way

He lives (He lives), He lives (He lives), Salvation to impart

You ask me how I know He lives?

He lives within my heart

Verse 2

In all the world around me I see His loving care

And though my heart grows weary I never will despair

I know that He is leading, through all the stormy blast

The day of His appearing will come at last

Chorus

He lives (He lives), He lives (He lives), Christ Jesus lives today

He walks with me and talks with me

Along life's narrow way

He lives (He lives), He lives (He lives), Salvation to impart

You ask me how I know He lives?

He lives within my heart

Verse 3

Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian Lift up your voice and sing

Eternal hallelujahs to Jesus Christ, the King

The Hope of all who seek Him, the Help of all who find

None other is so loving, so good and kind

Chorus

He lives (He lives), He lives (He lives), Christ Jesus lives today

He walks with me and talks with me

Along life's narrow way

He lives (He lives), He lives (He lives), Salvation to impart

You ask me how I know He lives?

He lives within my heart

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SCRIPTURE READING: GALATIANS 3:7-14

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Prayer Time

• Pray for Evangelical Fellowship Church (Edmonton, AB) and Pastor Josh Muller and his team.

• Praise God for his Word and the promises that we can trust.

• Pray for our frontline workers and government leaders.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Near the Cross

• Verse 1

• Jesus, keep me near the cross,
  There a precious fountain—
  Free to all, a healing stream—
  Flows from Calv’ry’s mountain.

  • Refrain
    In the cross, in the cross,
    Be my glory ever;
    Till my raptured soul shall find
    Rest beyond the river.

  • Verse 2

• Near the cross, a trembling soul,
  Love and Mercy found me;
  There the bright and morning star
  Sheds its beams around me.

• Verse 3

• Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
  Bring its scenes before me;
  Help me walk from day to day,
  With its shadows o’er me.

• Verse 4

• Near the cross I’ll watch and wait
  Hoping, trusting ever,
  Till I reach the golden strand,
  Just beyond the river.

Glorify Thy Name

Verse 1

Father, we love You

We worship and adore You

Glorify Your name in all the earth

Glorify Your name

Glorify Your name

Glorify Your name in all the earth

Verse 2

Jesus, we love You

We worship and adore You

Glorify Your name in all the earth

Glorify Your name

Glorify Your name

Glorify Your name in all the earth

Verse3

Spirit, we love You

We worship and adore You

Glorify Your name in all the earth

Glorify Your name

Glorify Your name

Glorify Your name in all the earth

Because He Lives

Verse 1

God sent His Son

They called him Jesus

He came to love

Heal and forgive

He bled and died

To buy my pardon

An empty grave

Is there to prove

My Savior lives

Chorus

Because he lives

I can face tomorrow

Because he lives

All fear is gone

Because I know

He holds the future

And life is worth the living

Just because he lives

Verse 2

And then one day

I'll cross the river

And I'll fight life's final war with pain

And then as death gives way to victory

I'll see the lights of glory

And I'll know he reigns

Chorus

Because he lives

I can face tomorrow

Because he lives

All fear is gone

Because I know

He holds the future

And life is worth the living

Just because he lives

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CHILDREN’S TIME

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SERMON: THE PROMISE (GENESIS 12:1-9)

Link: https://youtu.be/1pdCFVMZMhM 

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HYMN

God Be With You  Till We Meet Again

God be with you till we meet again;

By His counsels guide, uphold you,

With His sheep securely fold you;

God be with you till we meet again.

Till we meet, till we meet

Till we meet at Jesus' feet;

Till we meet, till we meet,

God be with you till we meet again.

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Friday, April 2, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Friday, April 2, 2021 

Online Good Friday Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/N6IEBJs6qXA 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpOYI9knvxfvo7DgyAZp0I5f 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/147AYEJ40ZDkLvHA0HPY4Y?si=c0ca759d6cfe463a 

CALL TO WORSHIP (ISAIAH 53)

Worship Leader: Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Together: For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of the dry ground.

Worship Leader: He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

Together: He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity.

Worship Leader: Surely he has born our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.

Together: But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities, upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his wounds we are healed.

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READING #1 JOHN 18:1-14

1When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it.

2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons.

4 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, “Who is it you want?”

5 “Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied.

“I am he,” Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.) 6 When Jesus said, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

7 Again he asked them, “Who is it you want?”

“Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.

8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, then let these men go.” 9 This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: “I have not lost one of those you gave me.”[a]

10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)

11 Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”

12 Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They bound him 13 and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. 14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jewish leaders that it would be good if one man died for the people.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery

Verse 1

Come behold the wondrous myst'ry

In the dawning of the King

He the theme of heaven's praises

Robed in frail humanity

In our longing in our darkness

Now the light of life has come

Look to Christ who condescended

Took on flesh to ransom us

Verse 2

Come behold the wondrous myst'ry

He the perfect Son of Man

In His living in His suff'ring

Never trace nor stain of sin

See the true and better Adam

Come to save the hell-bound man

Christ the great and sure fulfillment

Of the law in Him we stand

Verse 3

Come behold the wondrous myst'ry

Christ the Lord upon the tree

In the stead of ruined sinners

Hangs the Lamb in victory

See the price of our redemption

See the Father's plan unfold

Bringing many sons to glory

Grace unmeasured love untold

When I Survey The Wondrous Cross

Verse 1

When I survey the wondrous cross

On which the Prince of glory died

My richest gain I count but loss

And pour contempt on all my pride

Verse 2

Forbid it Lord that I should boast

Save in the death of Christ my God

All the vain things that charm me most

I sacrifice them to His blood

Verse 3

See from His head His hands His feet

Sorrow and love flow mingled down

Did ever such love and sorrow meet

Or thorns compose so rich a crown

Verse 4

Were the whole realm of nature mine

That were an offering far too small

Love so amazing so divine

Demands my soul my life my all

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READING #2 JOHN 18:15-27

Peter’s First Denial

15 Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard, 16 but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the servant girl on duty there and brought Peter in.

17 “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” she asked Peter.

He replied, “I am not.”

18 It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire they had made to keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

19 Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

20 “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied. “I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret. 21 Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I said.”

22 When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby slapped him in the face. “Is this the way you answer the high priest?” he demanded.

23 “If I said something wrong,” Jesus replied, “testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?” 24 Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

Peter’s Second and Third Denials

25 Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there warming himself. So they asked him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?”

He denied it, saying, “I am not.”

26 One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, challenged him, “Didn’t I see you with him in the garden?” 27 Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow.

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READING #3 JOHN 18:28-40

Jesus Before Pilate

28 Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. 29 So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?”

30 “If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”

31 Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”

“But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected. 32 This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.

33 Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

34 “Is that your own idea,” Jesus asked, “or did others talk to you about me?”

35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?”

36 Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”

37 “You are a king, then!” said Pilate.

Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”

38 “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him. 39 But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release ‘the king of the Jews’?”

40 They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Jerusalem

Verse 1

See Him in Jerusalem

Walking where the crowds are

Once these streets had sung to Him

Now they cry for murder

Such a frail and lonely Man

Holding up the heavy cross

See Him walking in Jerusalem

On the road to save us

Verse 2

See Him there upon the hill

Hear the scorn and laughter

Silent as a lamb He waits

Praying to the Father

See the King who made the sun

And the moon and shining stars

Let the soldiers hold and nail Him down

So that He could save them

Verse 3

See Him there upon the cross

Now no longer breathing

Dust that formed the watching crowds

Takes the blood of Jesus 

Feel the earth is shaking now

See the veil is split in two

And He stood before the wrath of God

Shielding sinners with His blood

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READING #4 JOHN 19:1-16

Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified

1Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3 and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.

4 Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.” 5 When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”

6 As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”

But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”

7 The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”

8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, 9 and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10 “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”

11 Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

12 From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.”

13 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). 14 It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon.

“Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.

15 But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”

“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.

“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.

16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

The Crucifixion of Jesus

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus.

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READING #5 JOHN 19:17-27

17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews. 20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. 21 The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”

22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

24 “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.”

This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said,

“They divided my clothes among them

    and cast lots for my garment.”[a]

So this is what the soldiers did.

25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[b] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

What Wondrous Love Is This?

Verse 1

What wondrous love is this

O my soul O my soul 

What wondrous love is this 

O my soul 

What wondrous love is this

This that caused the Lord of bliss 

To bear the dreadful curse 

For my soul for my soul

To bear the dreadful curse 

For my soul 

Verse 2

When I was sinking down,

Sinking down, sinking down;

When I was sinking down

Sinking down

When I was sinking down,

Beneath God's righteous frown,

Christ laid aside his crown

For my soul, for my soul!

Christ laid aside his crown

For my soul!

Verse 3

To God and to the Lamb,

I will sing, I will sing;

To God and to the Lamb,

I will sing--

To God and to the Lamb,

who is the great I AM,

while millions join the theme,

I will sing, I will sing!

while millions join the theme,

I will sing!

Verse 4

And when from death I'm free,

I'll sing on, I'll sing on,

And when from death I'm free,

I'll sing on.

And when from death I'm free,

I'll sing and joyful be,

and through eternity

I'll sing on, I'll sing on,

and through eternity

I'll sing on.

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READING #6 JOHN 19:28-37

The Death of Jesus

28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

31 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. 33 But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. 35 The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. 36 These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”[a] 37 and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”[b]

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Hallelujah! What a Saviour!

Verse 1

Man of Sorrows what a name

For the Son of God who came

Ruined sinners to reclaim

Hallelujah what a Savior

Verse 2

Bearing shame and scoffing rude

In my place condemned He stood

Sealed my pardon with His blood

Hallelujah what a Savior

Verse 3

Guilty vile and helpless we

Spotless Lamb of God was He

Full atonement can it be

Hallelujah what a Savior

Verse 4

Lifted up was He to die

It is finished was His cry

Now in heav'n exalted high

Hallelujah what a Savior

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READING #7 JOHN 19:38-42

The Burial of Jesus

38 Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39 He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.[a] 40 Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. 41 At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

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HOMILY

Link: https://youtu.be/N6IEBJs6qXA 

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COMMUNION

Behold the Lamb 

Verse 1

Behold the Lamb who bears our sins away,

Slain for us: and we remember:

The promise made that all who come in faith

Find forgiveness at the cross.

So we share in this Bread of life,

And we drink of His sacrifice,

As a sign of our bonds of peace

Around the table of the King.

Verse 2

The body of our Saviour, Jesus Christ,

Torn for you: eat and remember

The wounds that heal, the death that brings us life,

Paid the price to make us one.

So we share in this Bread of Life,

And we drink of His sacrifice

As a sign of our bonds of love

Around the table of the King.

Verse 3

The blood that cleanses every stain of sin,

Shed for you: drink and remember

He drained death’s cup that all may enter in

To receive the life of God.

So we share in this Bread of Life,

And we drink of His sacrifice,

As a sign of our bonds of grace

Around the table of the King.

Verse 4

And so with thankfulness and faith

We rise to respond: and to remember

Our call to follow in the steps of Christ

As His body here on earth.

As we share in His suffering,

We proclaim: Christ will come again!

And we’ll join in the feast of heaven

Around the table of the King.

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CONFESSION OF SIN

Father, we are sorry; hear our repentance for our wayward handling of life. We have squandered time, hoarded money, avoided challenges, and used others. We have born waiting impatiently, illness stubbornly, trials reluctantly, and responsibility half-heartedly. We have doubted your care, mistrusted your providence, distorted your power, and ignored your love. We have neglected our discipleship, injured our relationships, sabotaged our fellowship, and underrated your forgiveness. Forgive us now through Christ, we pray. Create in us a sensitivity to your Spirit and a renewed commitment to follow your ways. Amen.

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HYMN

His Mercy is More

Verse 1

What love could remember no wrongs we have done

Omniscient all knowing He counts not their sum

Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore

Our sins they are many His mercy is more

Verse 2

What patience would wait as we constantly roam

What Father so tender is calling us home

He welcomes the weakest the vilest the poor

Our sins they are many His mercy is more

Verse 3

What riches of kindness He lavished on us

His blood was the payment His life was the cost

We stood 'neath a debt we could never afford

Our sins they are many His mercy is more

Chorus

Praise the Lord His mercy is more

Stronger than darkness new every morn

Our sins they are many His mercy is more

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271

Sunday, March 28, 2021

Valley Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday, March 28, 2021 

Online Worship Service 

LINKS

Sermon: https://youtu.be/Bou6QGU8imA 

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpPV-C-RC8lvUIZs4Q89ntfX 

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7I1ZZbgVjJ5OBnPuO6wo69?si=9ad113e72827455b 

GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Final Lenten Reflection Group: Tuesday, March 30 at 7:30 pm

• Good Friday Service is on Friday, April 2nd at 11 am.

• Final Lenten Reflection Group: Tuesday, March 30 at 7:30 pm

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CALL TO WORSHIP (PSALM 118:19-27a)

Worship Leader: Open for me the gates of the righteous; I will enter and give thanks to the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord through which the righteous may enter.

Together: I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation. The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

Worship Leader: The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad. Lord, save us!  Lord, grant us success!

Together: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you. The Lord is God, and he has made his light shine on us.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

Hosanna (Praise is Rising)

Verse 1

Praise is rising

Eyes are turning to You

We turn to You

Hope is stirring

Hearts are yearning for You

We long for You

Pre-Chorus

'Cause when we see You

We find strength to face the day

In Your presence

All our fears are washed away

Washed away

Chorus

Hosanna hosanna

You are the God who saves us

Worthy of all our praises

Hosanna hosanna

Come have Your way among us

We welcome You here Lord Jesus

Verse 2

Hear the sound of

Hearts returning to You

We turn to You

In Your Kingdom

Broken lives are made new

You make us new

Above All

Verse 1

Above all powers above all kings

Above all nature and all created things

Above all wisdom and all the ways of man

You were here before the world began

Verse 2

Above all kingdoms above all thrones

Above all wonders the world has ever known

Above all wealth and treasures of the earth

There's no way to measure

What You're worth

Chorus

Crucified laid behind the stone

You lived to die rejected and alone

Like a rose trampled on the ground

You took the fall and thought of me

Above all

In Christ Alone

Verse 1

In Christ alone my hope is found

He is my light my strength my song

This Cornerstone this solid Ground

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love what depths of peace

When fears are stilled when strivings cease

My Comforter my All in All

Here in the love of Christ I stand

Verse 2

In Christ alone who took on flesh

Fullness of God in helpless babe

This gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones He came to save

Till on that cross as Jesus died

The wrath of God was satisfied

For every sin on Him was laid

Here in the death of Christ I live

Verse 3

There in the ground His body lay

Light of the world by darkness slain

Then bursting forth in glorious Day

Up from the grave He rose again

And as He stands in victory

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me

For I am His and He is mine

Bought with the precious blood of Christ

Verse 4

No guilt in life no fear in death

This is the power of Christ in me

From life's first cry to final breath

Jesus commands my destiny

No power of hell no scheme of man

Can ever pluck me from His hand

Till He returns or calls me home

Here in the power of Christ I'll stand

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SCRIPTURE READING: ZECHARIAH 9:9-13

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Prayer Time

• Pray for Malmo Covenant Church (Wetaskiwin, AB) and Pastor Randall Friesen

• Pray that God would renew our hearts during Holy Week as we reflect on Christ's life, death, and resurrection.

• Praise God for his faithfulness.

• Pray for our government leaders and frontline workers.

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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE

You are My King (Amazing Love)

Verse

I'm forgiven

Because You were forsaken

I'm accepted

You were condemned

I'm alive and well

Your Spirit is within me

Because You died

And rose again

Chorus

Amazing love

How can it be

That You my King

Would die for me

Amazing love

I know it's true

It's my joy to honor You

In all I do I honor You

Ending

You are my King

You are my King

Jesus You are my King

Jesus You are my King

How Deep The Father’s Love For Us

Verse 1

How deep the Father's love for us

How vast beyond all measure

That He should give His only Son

To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss

The Father turns His face away

As wounds which mar the Chosen One

Bring many sons to glory

Verse 2

Behold the Man upon a cross

My sin upon His shoulders

Ashamed I hear my mocking voice

Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that held Him there

Until it was accomplished

His dying breath has brought me life

I know that it is finished

Verse 3

I will not boast in anything

No gifts no pow’r no wisdom

But I will boast in Jesus Christ

His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward

I cannot give an answer

But this I know with all my heart

His wounds have paid my ransom

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CHILDREN’S TIME

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SERMON: A CLASH OF KINGDOMS (JOHN 12:12-16)

Link:

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HYMN

How Great Thou Art

Verse 1

O Lord my God

When I in awesome wonder

Consider all the worlds

Thy hands have made

I see the stars

I hear the rolling thunder

Thy pow'r thru'out

The universe displayed

Chorus

Then sings my soul

My Savior God to Thee

How great Thou art

How great Thou art

Then sings my soul

My Savior God to Thee

How great Thou art

How great Thou art

Verse 2

When through the woods

And forest glades I wander

And hear the birds

Sing sweetly in the trees

When I look down

From lofty mountain grandeur

And hear the brook

And feel the gentle breeze

Verse 3

And when I think

That God His Son not sparing

Sent Him to die

I scarce can take it in

That on the cross

My burden gladly bearing

He bled and died

To take away my sin

Verse 4

When Christ shall come

With shout of acclamation

And take me home

What joy shall fill my heart

Then I shall bow

In humble adoration

And there proclaim

My God how great Thou art

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BENEDICTION

Pastor: Andy Gilkinson

566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB  R0L 0P0

Office Admin: Kayla Balko              

Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca   Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271