ANNOUNCEMENTS

ALL PEOPLES UNITED CHURCH

400 ANTWERP ST., SUDBURY, ONT., 705-675-8670
Choir Practice Thursday Jan 9th
New Members always welcome Everyone is welcome
Sunday Jan 5th, 2020
Welcome Rev. John Fraser
The Value Vault Happy New Year 2020 !
Donations for Sudbury Secondary students
Are always welcome Clothes, shoes,
PROCESSIONAL
Towels, sheets, tooth paste, etc…
Help us with this outreach if you can. Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee;
Our prayer list is circulated each Sunday for you to sign. Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty
We especially pray for: God in three persons blessed Trinity!
John and Lorraine Sahadat
Irene Balance WORDS OF WELCOME
Nancy & Richard McDonald Creating God, as we gather quieten our minds, still our
Kathy Kusan
hearts for your living ways are all we seek. In our worship
we pray you will strengthen our lives, inspire our spirits in
your living waters flowing endless grace. Come let us
Facebook : @allpeoplesunited Worship.
Web: allpeoplesunitedchurch.weebly.com
Call to Worship: (Eph. 1:2–3, 11, 14)
Please join us in the ladies parlour for Grace to you and peace in this new year.
coffee, Tea, goodies and fellowship. We will bless God who has blessed us in Christ
with every spiritual blessing.
In Christ we have obtained an inheritance.
Upcoming Speakers: We have been redeemed as God’s own people.
Jan 12th Jan 19th Jan 26th Praise be to God!

OPENING HYMN VU : 541 “Praise God from whom all

blessings flow”
Hoi Cheu Gail Cronin Gerry Lougheed
Opening Prayer: (unison)(Eph. 1:4–12)
Giving God, you have adopted us as your children,
sisters and brothers of your beloved, Jesus Christ.
Empower us to be holy and blameless witnesses to your
glorious reign of peace and love now come into this world.
AMEN
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
MINUTES FOR MISSION
Scripture Readings
Prayer for Illumination: (John 1:14, 17)
Illuminating God, by the power of your Holy Spirit reveal
to us through the reading of these words your Word
become flesh, living among us full of grace and truth.
AMEN.
Readings:
Ephesians 1:3-14
Psalm 147 (VU Pg. 869 Part 2)
John 1:1-18
Readings Response:
All: This is the word of the Lord, Thanks be to God.
MESSAGE: “Has God Moved into your Neighborhood”
HYMN VU 291“All Things Bright and Beautiful”
Invitation to Offering: (John 1:16)
From God’s generous mercy we have all received grace
upon grace. Therefore let us give in gratitude for our lives
and our inheritance as part of the family of Christ. AMEN.
OFFERING (Unison)
Praise and thanksgiving bring hallelujah
Thanks for the food we eat,
And for the friends we meet;
For each new day we greet
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Prayer of Thanksgiving: (unison) (Jer. 31:7–12)
Gathering God, you have brought us together from many
backgrounds and conditions to be this church together.
Therefore we praise you with songs, shouts, and these
offerings and gifts. Multiply them for your service, that
they might become your presence in the world. AMEN.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE / LORD’S PRAYER
CLOSING HYMN VU 36 Angels From he Realms of Glory
BENEDICTION (Sung by all)

GLORIA PATRI May God’s sheltering wings,

Glory be to the Father and to the Son,
Her gathering wings protect you
And to the Holy Spirit… May God’s nurturing arms,
His cradling arms sustain you.
CHOIR ANTHEM: Three wise ones And hold you in her love, and hold you in his love