CITY VIEW UNITED CHURCH! 6 EPWORTH AVENUE, Nepean, ON K2G 2L5 Phone: 613-224-1021 Fax: 613-224-4752 Ministers: Reverend Trisha Elliott Reverend Dr. Christine Johnson – Pastoral Care Jiri Hlavacek – Organist and Choir Director Mary Lynne Harvey – Administrator Office e-mail: cvuc@bellnet.ca Website: http://www.cityviewunited.org ! ! (LARGE PRINT BULLETINS available from Ushers and FM Hearing Assistance from the Sound Operator) ! * Congregation, please stand if you are able, when the Bible is opened and at * Fourth Sunday of Advent !PRELUDE: December 21st, 2014 Fugue on the plainsong “Ave Maris Stella” by Jean F. Dandrieu (1684 – 1740) Please observe quiet after the choir has entered the Sanctuary in order to listen to the organ prelude. !* CALL TO WORSHIP: based on Psalm 89 !* OPENING HYMN: O Ancient Love !PRAYER OF APPROACH: (in unison) VU # 17 Gracious and merciful God, your love for us knows no bounds. Open our eyes as we come before you now, that we may see ourselves as You see us. Give us wisdom that we may recognize the need to reach out to you in prayer. Give us the grace we need to connect with Your Spirit and to live out the call you place on our hearts. Amen. !THEME TIME !LIGHTING THE ADVENT LOVE CANDLE !* HYMN: Hope Is a Star (verses 1, 2, 3 VU # 7 & 4) !SCRIPTURE READINGS: Isaiah 64:1-9 (page 880) - Tear open the heavens and come down; Mark 13:24-37 (page 1204) - You will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds !ANTHEM: O Come, Lord Jesus, Come D. Angerman !SERMON: by“Practising – Practising Prayer” !* HYMN: In the BleakLove Midwinter !THE LIFE AND WORK OF OUR CHURCH VU # 55 Minute for Sunday School Christmas Project – Chris Tibelius Minute for Hamper Appreciation – Bob Pegrum !THE OFFERING OF OURSELVES AND OUR GIFTS !OFFERTORY: Trio, by Jean. F. Dandrieu !* OFFERTORY HYMN: Verse 3 ! VU # 40 The love that we have always known, Our constant joy and endless light, Now to the loveless world be shown, Now break upon its deathly night. Into one song compress the love that rules our universe above: Sing love, sing love, sing God is love, Sing love, sing God is love! !* OFFERTORY PRAYER: (in unison) All: These gifts are gifts of love and compassion. They are gifts born out of prayer and connection with You O God. May they inspire love in those whose lives our ministries touch. Amen. !! THE PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER !* HYMN: All Poor Ones and Humble !2 VU # 68 * THE COMMISSIONING AND BENEDICTION !* CHORAL BENEDICTION: Three-Fold Amen !POSTLUDE: Improvisation ! †††††††††††† ! Head Ushers: Ken and Pam Mitchell; Ushers: Assisting: ! Dwayne Johnston; Iola Lucas; Lyle & Lynda Nesbitt; Art Oulton; Sound Operator: Craig Suitor We Welcome All Visitors and ask that you sign our Guest Book. Please include your complete address and take a card with you as a memento of your visit with us. Please join us for coffee and conversation in the Friendship Room. ! !On Sunday December 28 , City View United Church welcomes th Duncan Mark Code, son of Nicole and Jeff Code, into the family of God through the Sacrament of Baptism. Nicole is the daughter of Dennis and Inez Causley. Rev. Dr. Christine Johnson officiating. ! Today is the last Sunday of the Sunday School’s Christmas Tag fundraiser. The tags are $5 each and can be used as a gift tag, or slipped into a stocking or card. Each one indicates that a donation is being made to provide art materials to children who are spending Christmas in hospital in Iqaluit, Nunavut. We sent Crayola kits last year as well and feedback from the head nurse at the hospital indicated that our small gift created an immense amount of joy among the children. ! Our Christmas Schedule at City View United Church !3 ~ Nepean Concert Band – Sun. December 21 at 2:00 pm ~ Choir Candlelight Service – Sun. December 21-7:00 pm ~ Christmas Eve Services – Wednesday December 24: Children/Family Service – “The Angel Choir” – 4:30 pm Communion Service – 7:30 pm ! ! Christmas Eve Service - 4:30 p.m. All of the players, who will be part of “The Angel Choir” pageant, please meet in the Terrace Room immediately following the service today. We will be going over the play and figuring out our costumes. There is still room for other adults and children to be part of the fun - please see Christine Johnson after the service – all are welcome! !! ! How do we think theologically about hot button issues? How does our faith inform our take on some of the most challenging issues of today? On January 21, Bible Study resumes. We are going to take a hiatus from the lectionary-based study, and for four to six weeks, we are going to think about what aspects of our theology help us navigate today’s hot topics. !“Some like it hot!” is a course that Rev. Trish is teaching at the Ottawa School of Theology And Spirituality this winter – and will be held at City View free of charge. If you would like the course to be held in the evening, please call the office and let us know. If there is enough interest, Rev. Trish will hold four sessions on weeknights. !! !! !! ! !4 Nepean Concert Band The Nepean Concert Band invites you to “Welcome Yule!” a Christmas concert and Bake Sale. !Please join us on this afternoon (Dec. 21) at 2pm at City View United Church to help ring in the festive season with tunes and treats. Music selections include “Miracle on 34th Street”, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, “Symphonic Highlights from ‘Frozen’”, “Happy” and “Secret Agent Santa”! !Have a red nose? Please check with us before the concert…… because we may have a part in the percussion section just for you! !Tickets: $10; free for children under 12; Concert series pass: $25 (for 3 concerts). For more information, please contact Graham Lindsey at gl@grahamlindsey.com or phone 613-867-2571. www.nepeanconcertband.com !! Please pick-up in the Upper Narthex: ~ your 2015 Envelopes & ~ for those who had their photos taken with IPC ~ see Isabel Bender for your personal Pictorial Directory! !! Campus Ministry at Algonquin College needs a scanner and or fax machine. If you have one that you could possibly donate or know of anyone who does, could you please contact Ruth Anne Carney by phone at 613-225-9003 or email at ruthanne.carney@rogers.com !! !! !5 FOOD REQUEST: PASTA AND SAUCES Our Local Outreach for December: Caldwell Family Centre !IF YOU WISH TO HAVE THE PRAYER TEAM pray for you or for someone that you are concerned about, please fill in a request form and place it on the offering plate. The forms are on the backs of the pews. !SHARE THE CARE: If you know of someone who is in hospital, a nursing home or house-bound and would like a visit from the Minister, or a member of the Pastoral Care Team, please call the Church office at 613-224-1021. !DRIVERS ARE NEEDED! We are looking for volunteers to drive fellow church members to worship each Sunday morning. We want to enable as many people as we can to come to worship with us on Sunday mornings. If you can help to provide transportation please contact Doris Latour at 613-225-2534 or Mary Lynne in the church office 613-224-1021. !GROCERY GIFT CERTIFICATES for both Loblaws/Independent and Metro/Food Basics are available in various denominations. Profits from sales of these Gifts Certificates help support the Carlington Community Chaplaincy. See Margaret Knight after church at coffee hour or call 613-226-2960. !USED STAMPS are collected at City View and donated to the Guide Dogs for the Blind, in Manotick. office. Used stamps can be left in the !New Facebook page for City View United Church!! If you’re on Facebook, type in our church name in the SEARCH function, and LIKE our page. We hope to post photos, upcoming information and lots more. For more details, ask Christine or Trisha. !! The Knitting Group has put their knitting needles down for a Christmas Break and will resume Monday, January 12th. ! ! ! !6 ! ! ! ! ! The church is decorated with memorial poinsettias for the Christmas season placed in love by the following: ! ! In loving memory of Don Parks from the family ! In loving memory of Velma and Alfred Dobson and Irene, Linden and Ken Latour from the Latour family ! In loving memory of our parents, Evelyn and Ernest Eagles and Ralph and Carrie Oulton, placed by Elizabeth and Arthur Oulton ! Remembering Arthur’s sister Elaine Girling and Elizabeth’s brother Stuart Eagles, placed by Elizabeth and Arthur Oulton ! In memory of Fred and Gloria Price and Ralph, Florence and Don placed by Chris and Cheryl Fleming !In memory ofFleming, our niece Jannette McInnis, our brother Mac McInnis, In loving memory of Keith Baldwin placed by Janette and family and our parents Donald and Eunice McInnis and Jim and Olive Causley placed by Inez and Dennis Causley ! ! In loving memory of Doug, Bob and Don Russell placed by Loreen Russell !! In loving memory of Robin Lewis from Joanne and family !7 In loving memory of my Mother Lorna Cummings placed by Heather Cummings ! Placed in loving memory of John Draycott and Win and Jack Lawrence from Maureen and family !! In memory of our parents placed by Carolyn and Morley Cashman ! In loving memory of our parents Ruby and Basil Johnston and Marjorie and Dennis Wells from Norma and Dave Wells ! In loving memory of Lyall Sparling placed by Eva and family ! In loving memory of our parents from Phyllis and Colin Potts ! In loving memory of my son David Lewis, and my sisters Joyce and Catherine, placed by Ruth Lewis ! In loving memory of Everett King placed by Mary Anne and family ! In memory of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Pearson and Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Knight, placed by Dr. and Mrs. C.J. Knight ! In loving memory of Stan and Betty Mitchell and Jim and June Jones, placed by Pam and Ken Mitchell ! Dedicated to the memory of Wesley and Emma Caldwell, placed by Mary Warren ! In memory of Leonard and Herta Tibelius, beloved parents of Karl Tibelius ! In memory of Dwight Reveler and Norma Reveler, placed by Peggy Reveler ! In memory of our fathers, Romusset Siméon and André Chérizard, placed by Rosianne and Réal Chérizard ! In loving memory of Dr. Andrew Hrnchiar, from Anne, Chris, Janet, Emily and Michael !8 ! ! In loving memory of our parents, Howard and Lillian Hogaboam In loving memory of Irwin Hamm placed by Jane and family and George and Hazel Rowsome, placed by Glenn and Betty Hogaboam ! In loving memory of Richard Hickman placed by wife Margaret and family !9