February 8th bulletin, 2026
Announcements
Christ Candle
Land Acknowledgement
Unity Candle
Hymn of Invocation Bathe Me in Your Light MV 82 verse 1
Call to Worship
Holy God, we have left our homes and warm beds to be in your presence.
We gather in your name to worship and praise you.
May this first day of the week . . .
be only one of many days in which we sing your praises and worship you.
Opening Prayer
God of compassion and justice,
the worship you choose for us is to loose the bonds of injustice,
to let the oppressed go free,
to share bread with the hungry,
to shelter the homeless poor.
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn
and your healing shall spring up quickly.
So, in praise and wonder, we come to worship you
not just with our words
but with our hearts and our lives.
Glory and honour be to you, O God,
Creator of a new heaven and a new earth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hymn VU 361 Small Things Count
Responsive Prayer:
It’s much easier, Jesus, to point fingers and speak with horror about the darkness in our world,
than to live ablaze with light, revealing the truth of systems and situations, bringing the colours of those around us into vibrant life, warming the hearts of all we meet with compassion and love,
But, we do not choose what is easy, We ask you to flood us with your light, and make us light-bringers in our world.
It’s much easier, Jesus, to separate ourselves from those who believe and act differently from us,
to judge and exclude them and preach about the bland lifelessness of our world, than to live with salty spiciness, preserving what is good and true and beautiful, revealing the varied and exciting flavours of different cultures and peoples, healing and cleansing what is wounded and stained,
But, we do not choose what is easy, We ask you to fill us with your saltiness, and make us spice-bringers in our world.
We celebrate your grace and truth, your compassion and self-giving, your justice and righteousness, and we offer ourselves to be those who follow your ways, who become light and salt, bringing life, justice and praise wherever we may find ourselves.
In Jesus’ Name Amen.
Hymn VU 289 It Only Takes a Spark
Scripture Isaiah 58:1-12; Matthew 5:13-20
Sermon “Top Chef”
Pastoral Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Minute for Mission
Offering
Offertory Hymn Glory, Glory, Glory to God TLUS 9
Offertory Prayer
Closing Hymn MV 209 Go Make a Difference
Benediction
Sung Blessing So Long Ago TLUS 113 Chorus Only
Announcements
Christ Candle
Land Acknowledgement
Unity Candle
Hymn of Invocation Bathe Me in Your Light MV 82 verse 1
Call to Worship
Holy God, we have left our homes and warm beds to be in your presence.
We gather in your name to worship and praise you.
May this first day of the week . . .
be only one of many days in which we sing your praises and worship you.
Opening Prayer
God of compassion and justice,
the worship you choose for us is to loose the bonds of injustice,
to let the oppressed go free,
to share bread with the hungry,
to shelter the homeless poor.
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn
and your healing shall spring up quickly.
So, in praise and wonder, we come to worship you
not just with our words
but with our hearts and our lives.
Glory and honour be to you, O God,
Creator of a new heaven and a new earth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hymn VU 361 Small Things Count
Responsive Prayer:
It’s much easier, Jesus, to point fingers and speak with horror about the darkness in our world,
than to live ablaze with light, revealing the truth of systems and situations, bringing the colours of those around us into vibrant life, warming the hearts of all we meet with compassion and love,
But, we do not choose what is easy, We ask you to flood us with your light, and make us light-bringers in our world.
It’s much easier, Jesus, to separate ourselves from those who believe and act differently from us,
to judge and exclude them and preach about the bland lifelessness of our world, than to live with salty spiciness, preserving what is good and true and beautiful, revealing the varied and exciting flavours of different cultures and peoples, healing and cleansing what is wounded and stained,
But, we do not choose what is easy, We ask you to fill us with your saltiness, and make us spice-bringers in our world.
We celebrate your grace and truth, your compassion and self-giving, your justice and righteousness, and we offer ourselves to be those who follow your ways, who become light and salt, bringing life, justice and praise wherever we may find ourselves.
In Jesus’ Name Amen.
Hymn VU 289 It Only Takes a Spark
Scripture Isaiah 58:1-12; Matthew 5:13-20
Sermon “Top Chef”
Pastoral Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Minute for Mission
Offering
Offertory Hymn Glory, Glory, Glory to God TLUS 9
Offertory Prayer
Closing Hymn MV 209 Go Make a Difference
Benediction
Sung Blessing So Long Ago TLUS 113 Chorus Only
