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J. Douglas Vjr�ay, Iiinist r
ClarionyD_ker, organist
0.3rd Anniversary of the Opening for Service
of St. John's brougham Unites? Church
THEME: All Things Held Together in God
We come toy?ether before GoJ (please rise)
A IIIOPri: NT OF SILENT FRriY_�R
CALL TO WORSHIP
HYMN OF PRAISE: ;=21 "0 worship the ring"
PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND WORDS OF ASSURANCE';
CHILDR:'N'S TIME
We hear God' s Word
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
FIRST LESSON: hesians 4: 1-5
RESPONSIVE R� ADING FROM PSALM 84-
LEADER: How lovely is your dwelling place,
0 Lord of Hosts!
CONGREGATION: My soul longs and yearns for
the courts of the Lord; ray heart and flesh
sing for joy to the living God. even the
sparrow finds a home and the swallow a nest
for herself where she may lay her young,
at your altars, 0 Lord of hosts, my King
and my God.
LEADER: How lovely is your dwelling place,
0 lorr. of Hosts!
I Ii3IST:?R:
are t3lose i-ho clh.,!e,
11 in your b Lzs �� ,
ever sin -in- your 1�r
the mu n anc wol:1en ::tt en�theiZe . by you
to i7olloii.the hijghv,,ays to :;ion.
CONGR - G �TION: is they go through the valley
of weeping they find it a place of s;�rin�„
covered with ble: sings by the early rains.
.,hey go from stren th to stren:;th; thoy
appear before Goe+ in doll:
L_.1-isD l.: Hove lovely is your dwelling ..)Zace,
0 Lord of Hosts!
CONGR=,GATION: A day in your courts is
better than a thousand elsewhere. I would
rathcr be I door?ree)er in the house of my
God than dwell in the tents of i°'Tickedness.
For the Lord God is a sun and shiel('; he
bestows favour and honour. No good thing
does the Lord withhold fr. on those ,,aho v allz
uprightly.
LEiiDER: 0 Lord of hosts, blessed is the
person who trusts in you!
Sung Gloria
SECOND L S;ON: John 17: 1-8, 20-26
t� 110114ENT OF SIL NT R 7FL'3CTION
SERMON: "Bringing the Bits and Pieces of
our Lives Together"
Our Resnonse to_God'-s Word
HYMN TO THE' HOUSE' OF GOD: t'=199 "Vde Love
the Place, 0 God"
D=I-PDIGATION OF PUC,PIT BIBL-; BY DUNCLIt4F2
F1U?IILY AND R �TIR.�I'.1;ANT OF YR_sSENT BIBL-
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SOLO: itobert I:1iller
PR ESEI3T.tiTION OF OUR
DOrI.OLOGY
PRAYER OF DEDIC..,TIOi;
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PRi1Y ,RS OF THANKSGIVING AND T?i:-- LORD' S
SUPPER (unison):
almighty God, by whose inspiration our
fathers and morthers built this church;
we thank you for bringing us to this hour
of worship and this %,1ay of celebration.
v-e honour you for giving your son, who
founded the church in his death and -'resur-
rection, anc has sent it forth through the
ages as a witness to your love. :Te bless
you :_"or. ► esto ling your Holy Spirit, 1,�Tho
has hallowed this sanctuary and mace it
not only a place of beauty but a source of
strength. Je thank you for calling men
anc: ivomen to serve you, anc' for calling
us in our time. Praise be to you, 0 God,
for your work in our micst; throu-11-1 Jesus
Christ our Lora. �':zien.
HTMN' OF PrLLGRII::.iGE: ;` 437 "Lead us, 0 Father,
in the paths of peace".
COMMISSIONING AND BENEDICTION
INN0UNC 1, 11 NTS
"Welcome to St. John's United Church 93rd
lknniversary Service Special music is bei
provided this r.- orning by Robert
Mill;ir.
the Service.
,oecial itinniversary John'
In your Oro' -or of service toC.ay, you
find an s.nniversL:ry Offering env=lo-!,,e .
��aecial gifts, (aver and. above your• weekly
offerings) received through these envelopes
will be used toward. the Mims iis.ted below.
Cost Estimato
New Hymn books $120. T
Advent -Christmas Brochure listing 300.
special services and activities
to be mailed to all the homes in
the Claremont -Brougham area.
Mission and•Service gift to be 300.
ear -marked for church work with
refugees who have been displaced
through confiscation and expropriation
of their land.
You may designate which of these projects
you wish to support or leave your gift
undesignateJ. Place your gift in the
Anniversary envelope on the offering plate
either this Sunday or on Nov. 4
THE GOAL FOR THIS ST. JOHN'S SPTCIAL ANNIVFR-
OA Y OFF---r,'RING IS 000. PL:CAS':� GIVE GSN.ICROUSLY
Adult Study Group, each Thursday 10:00-11:30
am at the Claremont Church for seven weekly
sessions. Discussions will be both Bible -
centred and issued oriented. For more
information contact Doug Varey.
A Season for Pe&ce an,,! Remembrance: A
series of events to remind us of the need
to constantly seek for peace and to prepare
us for Remembrance Day, November 11.
Thursday evening: films and discussions,
��00'C)m at Claremont United
Nov. 1 "The Last Slide S ow" A presentation
prepared by the United Presbyteriai
Chu--ch, U.;:;.A. on trs Jangers of
modern weaponry and technologhy.
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Nc,v.8 "If You Love This Plan,,- G' " The
controversial and hard-hitting;
National Film Duard presentation
on tha menace of nuclear war.
Times for Personal Reflection and Public .
Remembrance VIGIL FOR P-ACE AND IN
R -2J.1BRA1NCE", 7:00 pm Saturday, Nov. 10 to
2: 00 pin November 11, Claremont United
Church, 19 hours of meditation and reflection
by individuals in half-hour watches. Sign
up list for watches will be posted on the
front door of the Church next Sunday.
ANNUiiL RE =11BRANCE DAY SE ;VICL AND CHURCH
PARADE, November 11, 2:00 pm Claremont
United Church.
Acting on Our Concerns Trip to Ottawa
by Community Youth to meet with our M.P.
and share our desire for peace. Depart
Sunday November 11, 3:00 p.m. return Monday
November 12, 6:00 p.m.
Please support this special emphasis with
your involvement, your prayers and your
gifts. We will need money to defray the
cost of the trip to Ottawa and food donations
for the Vigil.
Baptism Service, November 4, All Saints Sun.
Families from Brougham or Claremont who
wish to have children baptized are asked
to contact Mr. Varey on or before Monday
October 29/84.
Claremont Church School Potluck, Friday;
Nov. 2, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. A timeof fellow-
ship, good food and family activities. If
you i,,rould like to join us please contact
D-ou. - Varey, Helen Anderson or Bettyanne
Mered-1.th.
NEDE,D. A volunteer
week running off th
other it,:iis on the
contact Doug if you
a short instruction
someone who mi3ht.
be found by Friday,
e
to spend an hour a
Order of Service and
iimoo machine. Please
Will do this (aftei-
Course) or if you know
This volunteer nust
November 2.
noloyment Counselling Proposal A
subcoiilriiittee rel)resenting Brougham and
Claremont Churches has been meeting to
discuss an appropriate way to assist those
seeking work to find suitable employment.
Our proposal will be presented to an open
meeting on P4onday. November 8.00 "pm
at Claremont United Church. For more
information contact Ralph Bradley, Lee
Kenkins, Andy Rodgers or Doug Varey.
Greenwood Turkey Su per to-c4ay October ?_8,
:15, 5:30 and :45 pm. Adults $7.00;
children �33.00. Call Ken McTaggart
683-5828 or Ken Brooks 649-5911.
Grace -Westminster Celebrates
"A Century of Faith"
The church on the front cover is Grace -Westminster United;.
Church,'Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Grace -Westminster has both a long and a short history. Its short
history stems from the successful amalgamation of Grace United
Church and Westminster United Church in 1968. Its long history
comes from the establishment. of a Methodist. -Temperance Colony_
in the holding of a service of worship a:century ago.
On August 20, 1882, Commissioner, The Rev. John Lake of the
Temperance Colonization Society conducted a worship service on
the high south bank of the south Saskatchewan River that had been
selected by a group of "God-fearing Methodists" in Ontario as the
site for their new Temperance Colony. They would establish a new
community of. faith in .the western. prairie. where. the curse of
alcohol and 'other social evils would be controlled. The Rev. John
Lake and a scouting group of men were sent ahead in 1882 to ex-
plore the land and -report. The group travelled the new Canadian
Pacific Railroad to the Manitoba -Saskatchewan boundary (which
was the end of the railroad at that time). They travelled 300 miles
by buckboard to the site of the new colony. They explored the
whole area and selected the location of their new town site. A ser-
vice of thanksgiving and dedication was held, the sermon text was
Hebrews 11: 12-13. That afternoon a guide came to John Lake's
tent with a tree branch loaded with local berries. The men tasted the
berries and enthusiastically asked what they were called. The guide
gave an Indian name that sounded like "Saskatoon," whereupon
John Lake and the men named the new town site "Saskatoon."
In 1883 the main group of colonists left Ontario and travelled the
CPR to the end of the rail (which at that time was Moose Jaw).
They obtained oxen, horses and wagons and trekked 150 miles
north to their new settlement. The land was cleared, homes were
erected, regular services were held, a school was organized and the
settlement grew.
In 1884 a parcel of land, on which this present church now stands,
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was set aside for a Methodist Church. Their first church building
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was erected in 1892; others followed. The present church building
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was erected in 1927.
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In 1912 Westminster Presbyterian Church came into being, near
Grace Methodist Church. In 1913 the new chuch building was of-
ficially opened. The two churches served effectively as neighbour-
ing congregations until their amalgamation in 1967.
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With a new century inspiring the congregation to new challenges in
S. the years ahead, the congregation of Grace -Westminster Church is
looking forward to another "Century of Faith."
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