November 22, 2020
Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/45UvyH6YcEuPKPgeLTQqX5?si=-7b2gnw5QrmoRqO2SO2eYw
YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpNPWhAMzu3dGtk1p0eQifGb
Announcements
An online communion service will be held on December 6th. To prepare, please get the proper elements for this service (bread and wine/grape juice).
If you would like to contribute to the service (i.e. Scripture Reading, Children’s Time, etc.), please let me know. We’d love to have more people.
Our first zoom Prayer and Hangout Time will be Tuesday, November 24th.
The Swan Valley Christmas Cheer Board is giving Christmas Hampers again this year. Please phone 204-734-9368 if you are interested in giving. (Please phone between 9am-4pm Monday-Friday)
Thank you for your feedback. Please continue to let me know areas that we can continue to improve
Due to church services being closed on Sunday and a limited ability to visit, Pastor Andy will be working Monday-Friday during code Red. Let him know if there is anything that you need.
Call to Worship: Psalm 16:5-11
Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
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
King of Kings
Verse 1
In the darkness we were waiting
Without hope without light
Till from Heaven You came running
There was mercy in Your eyes
To fulfil the law and prophets
To a virgin came the Word
From a throne of endless glory
To a cradle in the dirt
Chorus
Praise the Father
Praise the Son
Praise the Spirit three in one
God of Glory
Majesty
Praise forever to the King of Kings
Verse 2
To reveal the kingdom coming
And to reconcile the lost
To redeem the whole creation
You did not despise the cross
For even in Your suffering
You saw to the other side
Knowing this was our salvation
Jesus for our sake You died
Verse 3
And the morning that You rose
All of heaven held its breath
Till that stone was moved for good
For the Lamb had conquered death
And the dead rose from their tombs
And the angels stood in awe
For the souls of all who'd come
To the Father are restored
Verse 4
And the Church of Christ was born
Then the Spirit lit the flame
Now this Gospel truth of old
Shall not kneel shall not faint
By His blood and in His Name
In His freedom I am free
For the love of Jesus Christ
Who has resurrected me
Better is One Day
Verse 1
How lovely is Your dwelling place
O Lord Almighty
For my soul longs and even faints for You
For here my heart is satisfied
Within Your presence
I sing beneath the shadow of Your wings
Chorus
Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere
Than thousands elsewhere
Verse 2
One thing I ask and I would seek
To see Your beauty
To find You in the place
Your glory dwells
(REPEAT)
Bridge
My heart and flesh cry out
For You the living God
Your Spirit's water to my soul
I've tasted and I've seen
Come once again to me
I will draw near to You
I will draw near to You to You
Children’s Time
See Worship Service. Starts at 17:05
Passing of the Peace
Take some time to text or call someone from the church this week.
Scripture Reading: Ezekiel 37:24-28
24 “‘My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees. 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever, and David my servant will be their prince forever. 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever. 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever.’”
Prayer Time
Please pray for Dr. Mano and his partnership with the ECCC in Haiti. Pray for just leaders in Haiti that will work against corruption in the nation. Pray for the citizens who experience extreme poverty and a lack of access to quality health care during the pandemic.
Continue to pray for our province during the pandemic. Pray for Premier Pallister and Prime Minister Trudeau.
Pray for local businesses that are unable to be open during the pandemic.
Pray for our church family (Pray for five families specifically, by name)
God the Spirit
Verse 1
Holy fount of inspiration
By Whose gift the great of old
Spoke the word of revelation
Marvelous and manifold
Chorus
God the Spirit we adore Thee
In the triune Godhead One
One in love and pow'r and glory
With the Father and the Son
Verse 2
Author of the new creation
Giver of the second birth
May Thy ceaseless renovation
Cleanse our souls from stains of earth
Verse 3
When we wander Lord direct us
Keep us in the Master's way
Let Thy strong swift sword protect us
Warring in the evil day
Bridge
Shall the church now faint or fear
When the Comforter is near
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
Sermon: The Promise of Presence (John 14:15-21)
Link: https://youtu.be/k2D7FD1YHgI
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 everything to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh what needless pain we bear
All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer
Verse 2
Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
Jesus, Saviour, 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
Benediction
God be your comfort, your strength; God be your hope and support; God be your light and your way; and the blessing of God, Creator, Redeemer, and Giver of life, remain with you now and forever. Amen.