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ORDER OF SERVICE
The second Sunday of Pentecost – TRC Sunday {www.trc.ca}
Happy Father’s Day
June 19th 2011
Welcome & Announcements
SPRING CLEAN UPS – Please check with the managers of each to see when clean up days are taking place.
TUESDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY –Will be having its spring round-up fellowship on June 14th before taking a break for the summer.
TUESDAY BIBLE SCHOOL Has finished up for this year, but keep you ears open for news on our VBS!
WEDNESDAY EVENING BIBLE STUDY –Continues this week at the home of Jessie Kelly [1972 Route 495].
COMMUNION SUNDAYS –St. Andrew’s (June 19th); St. James’ (June 26th);
St. Mark’s (July 3rd)
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL – SonQuest Beach Blast! Running July 4th to 8th in Clairville. Pre-registration available to help make sure we have enough craft materials. See the summer events pamphlet or the church website for details.
BAPTISM – David Sutherland, son of Rev Sandy and Mrs. Marly Sutherland will be Sunday July 3rd at 2pm at the cottage of David and Shelley Cail [8 Wry’s Lane, off of the Thompson Road] All are welcome.

Call to Worship Father we love you (Glorify your name)

Prayer of Approach & Confession & The Lord’s Prayer (NBoP 831; BoP 605)

Opening Praise: BoP 412 Come let us sing

Responsive Reading  – Psalm 8 [BoP 619]

Children’s story –
Children’s Hymn: overhead 340 I have decided to follow Jesus

Scripture Readings:
OT – Genesis 1:1-31
1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth was£ formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.” 7So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
11Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
20And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 21So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
24And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth,£ and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27    So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
29Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Epistle – Ephesians 3:7-19
7I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power. 8Although I am less than the least of all God’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. 10His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. 13I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
14For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Hymn of Illumination: BoP 306 Thy hand, O God has guided

Scripture Readings:
Gospel – John 5:19-29
19Jesus gave them this answer: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these. 21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. 22Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
24“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. 25I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself. 27And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
28“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29and come out—those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.

Sermon:  The Voice of God
For some of you it was the calling out of your name like the rolling of a thunderous drum. It would be your full name; Not just the first and last name, but the first the last and the middle and those other middle names, that no one else knew, sounding across whatever space separated you from your father that told you that you were in trouble. The voice of a father . . .
Hopefully this was not too common an occurrence, but hopefully it happened enough for you to know that father was watching, and most of all, that father cared.
And I use that term father in a fairly open manner, because we need to be open enough to acknowledge those fathers who were not only our birth fathers, or perhaps even our parents, but to us we still call them fathers. We try to make them proud of us, we live to honour them, and we rely on their good advice. And when their voices stir, like the rumbling in a thunder crowd, we bow our heads and know that we’ve done wrong.
It is not a father’s job to growl and be the enforcer of the hard rules of a household either; though for some it might seem that’s all they do. But most fathers get labeled with that role of showing stern affection, and loving correction. That is the stereotype, and the model in our society, so that from sitcom to TV drama, to blockbuster movie, it boils down to the same thing, we expect our fathers – and whomever we come to call father in our hearts – to be that standard for our life and especially our life of faith.
James Dobson, a Christian author and psychologist and founder of the organization called Focus on the Family once wrote that “ The father’s most important responsibility is to communicate the real meaning of Christianity to his children.”
Children care about what their parents believe. Didn’t you care about what your parents believed? Weren’t you amazed at the strength of their faith? Didn’t you find it frustrating when you saw weaknesses in their faith? You cared, and your children care (even though children don’t often admit that sort of thing till much later in life).
An irresponsible parent says, “I am going to let them make up their own mind. And not make what I believe something that they have to believe.”
A responsible parent says, “I am going to give my children the best understanding of what I believe, and I am going to hope they come to an even better understanding of faith than I have.”
The working out of our faith doesn’t come from just stern correction, hard punishments, but from seeing the faith of others lived out with honesty and integrity. I am talking about a voice of grace that is  – at the same time – also a voice of judgment; which is the best possible tone of voice for fatherhood. I am speaking about a life that is an example, even if not everything in that life is exemplary.
The Apostle Paul was that kind of a father to many early churches. We have the specific example of Paul fathering several young new ministers of the faith. Timothy, Luke, Mark and others all benefited by the apostle Paul’s strength and struggles of faith, and in listening closely to what Paul believed, being corrected by him; and these followers who would become ministers began to hear the voice of God through what Paul was teaching them. The churches also heard Paul speak, they read and reread his words because in those words they received the fatherly advice, correction, grace and mercy that build a personal powerful faith and connection with God.
Though I am by no means advocating for parents to take on the roll of God, but simply to recognize that for the children in our lives the beginnings of their own personal faith are going to come from building upon the foundation we as parents provide. Jesus said that coming to know God the father is best accomplished through His own earthly example as God’s own Son; but we are also called to be children of God – brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus – and that means that the children who come after us look to know God through the example we offer as children of God; getting to know God through God’s own children.
We do our children a disservice when we make them figure it all out on their own. It is a cowardly thing to do to hide our own faith from the children in our lives; and we fool ourselves when we say it is to give them the opportunity to figure it out themselves. Truth is, when we hide our faith from our neighbours, our family, our children, we do it because we don’t want to give anyone the chance to question it, challenge it, or possibly to force us to change it.
And who better to test our faith in God than those who we love? I think of the rebellious teenager who will throw everything we say back in our face, and in that raging and roaring that comes with teenage angst we see our faith as it appears before everybody else; we should not fear that. I think of the little three year old questioning everything their whole environment, seeking for the truth to give life meaning. Would you really deny a child that truth?
God voice can be heard, not in rolling thunder or the great speeches from the learned, the popular, the powerful. The voice of God is heard in the small voice of a loving parent, holding their child so close as to only whisper, “I love you”

Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Loving God,
we give you thanks for the peace of this hour, and the blessing we have received in Jesus Christ. We thank you Lord that we are renewed in our spiritual bond to the whole of your Church through Christ’s body and blood. Give us the grace to carry his word into the world, as we are lifted up in all manner of being, because of Christ, through the Holy Spirit in your love:
Jesus, Lamb of God, have mercy on us
Jesus, bearer of our sins, have mercy on us
Jesus, redeemer of the world, grant us your peace.
Amen
God’s Tithes and our gifts
Doxology (NBoP 830; BoP 603)
Offertory Prayer

The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper[St. Andrew’s Only}

Commissioning Hymn: BoP 489 Lord of light whose name outshineth
Benediction

Dismissal: Holy Spirit, on us fall (see back of bulletin)
Holy Spirit, on us fall,
As we go fulfill our call,
Serving God by loving all,
Alleluia! Christ our Saviour.

Holy Spirit, with us stay,
Teach us what we ought to say,
Guard and keep us in the Way.
As we follow, Christ our Saviour.