Sunday – April 18, 1999 Camp Sunday
General Council in 1993 adopted the following Statement of Purpose for Camping.:
“We believe that the Ministry of Camping is, with God’s help, an experience of Christian community and learning for all people shared in an outdoor setting as part of the fabric of evangelism, education, leadership training and outreach of The United Church of Canada.”
If you would like to stay seated for any or all of the “standing” parts of the service, please feel free to do so.
Prelude
A time of silent preparation—Lighting the Christ Candle
Call to Worship
One: We are your children
All: We have heard you in the winds, seen you in the sunrise; we have felt your kindness in the seasons.
One: Great Spirit, we know you! We hear you speak
All: Great Spirit, we know this very moment you are near to us as the air surrounds us and fills our lungs with life.
One: Be with us, Great Spirit. Show us the way you would have us go!
Loving God, Creator of all that is, we come together to praise and thank-you. We ask your blessings upon this morning’s worship. Keep us alert to your loving guidance as we seek to carry out your will in our world. Amen
Hymn #624 “Give To Us Laughter”
Prayer of Confession (Responsive) Pg. 928B of Voices United
#958 “Halle, Halle, Halle” Sung twice.
Junior Choir: “ The Wa Wa Song”
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Conversation Time
What does it mean to be a United Church Camp?
We are not alone. We live in God’s world…
Jazz Choir: “When the Saints Go Marchin’ In” Traditional
arranged by Kirby Shaw
“Lonesome Road” Traditional
arranged by Kirby Shaw
We believe in God…
Who has created and is creating…
Who comes in Jesus, the Word made flesh to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit. John 1:1-5…
We trust in God…
We are called to be the Church…
Hymn #509 “I, the Lord of Sea and Sky”
to celebrate God’s presence…
to live with respect in Creation…
to love and serve others…
Hymn #820 “Make a Joyful Noise”
to seek justice and resist evil…
to proclaim Jesus crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. In life in death in life beyond death, God is with us, we are not alone. John 14:1-4…
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
praise God, all creatures high and low;
give thanks to God in love made known:
Creator, Word and Spirit, One.
Hymn #639 “One More Step Along the World I Go”
Benediction (Responsive)
One: Go in Grace
One: Go with the love of God surround us.
Choral: AMEN
“ Go Now In Peace”
Postlude
Thought For Today
When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another -- and ourselves
by Jack Kornfield