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Southwest Norfolk Pastoral Charge of The United Church of Canada Pastor Rev. Ted Smith 519-861-9273 VAM: Rev. Sheena Marini 519-428-6770 Office Administrator: Leslie Pettinger 519-688-4050 swnpc@yahoo.ca www.superherofaith.com
_________________________________________________________________ Sunday Nov 16, 2025 Restorative Justice Sunday
WE GATHER AS GOD’S BELOVED
GREETINGS AND WELCOME
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CENTERING MOMENT AND COLLECT
INTROIT: Lord prepare me, to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true. With thanksgiving, I’ll be a living sanctuary for you. (MV# 18, Used with permission)
CALL TO WORSHIP: (Responsive)
God says, “Look! I’m creating new heavens and a new earth!” Thanks be to God!
All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain are things of the past, to be forgotten. Thanks be to God!
I will take delight in my people, says our God. Thanks be to God!
Come, let us worship God!
All sing: The Church’s One Foundation VU# 331
A PRAYER FOR RENEWAL (Unison) Loving God, we come to you this day as your children: trusting, hopeful, wanting to love and be loved. We want to join with others in sharing your love and living in your way. Yet we so easily forget how precious we are to you and how we are connected to you. How easily we put ourselves down and put each other down. We forget how you call us to trust, to hope, and to love. But through everything, you love us, and when we are truly sorry you forgive us. We offer thanksgiving for these gracious gifts. Amen
THE PRAYER OF JESUS
WORDS OF ASSURANCE: Our Creator is a forgiving God, who seeks our good and wishes to journey with us. From the four directions the Creator fills us with the virtues of inner strength, generosity, respect, and wisdom. All: Thanks be to you, Source of Life. Amen.
MINUTE FOR MISSION
AN INVITATION TO LISTEN
1st Testament Reading Isaiah 65: 17 - 25
Ministry of Music
Gospel Reading: Luke 21: 5 - 19
All sing: In the Quiet Curve of Evening VU# 278
MESSAGE: “Holding Fast”
PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE
OFFERING
OFFERTORY: Grant Us God the Grace of Giving VU# 540
All sing: To Show by Touch and Word VU# 427
COMMISSIONING AND BENEDICTION
CHORAL CLOSING: May God’s sheltering wings, her gathering wings protect you. May God’s nurturing arms, his cradling arms sustain you… and hold you in his love and hold you in her love. (MV# 214 used with permission).
____________________________________________________________ The South West Norfolk Pastoral Charge is a faith community empowered and inspired by the Holy Spirit following the teachings of Jesus Christ shown by our actions and deeds.
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