Summer Bulletin

Shining Waters Regional Council Prayer Cycle:

Today we pray for: St. Matthew's United Church, Richmond Hill; Schomberg United Church,                           Chapel in the Park United Church, Toronto

Minute For Mission:

Threads of Identity:  In Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Mamohkamatowin Spiritual Community Inc. is helping Indigenous people reconnect with culture and community through a ribbon  skirt-making program.

Prayers & Devotionals:

A Prayer for Justice and Belonging:  Give us courage to confront injustice, even when it is uncomfortable or inconvenient.
For Peaceful Coexistence and Prosperity on Korean Peninsula: We remember the Korean people, united as one nation for five thousand years, who have been forcibly separated from each other by external forces in the wake of colonial occupation and the devastation of the Second World War.

The hymns and music today… 

Teach Me, God, to Wonder (w Walter Farquharson, m Ron Klusmeier, Words copyright 1972 Walter Farquharson, Music copyright 1974 Ron Klusmeier) - Reprinted and podcast with permission under One License #A-718074 and CCLI Licenses #20425240 and #20425257.  All Rights Reserved.

Praise, My Soul, the God of Heaven (w Henry Francis Lyte, adapt. Ecumenical Women's Center, m John Goss) -  Reprinted and podcast with permission under One License #A-718074.  All Rights Reserved.

Lead On, O Cloud of Presence (w Ruth Duck alt., m Henry Thomas Smart, Words copyright 1992 G.I.A. Publications Inc.) - Reprinted and podcast with permission under One License #A-718074.  All Rights Reserved.

Dance with the Spirit (w & m Jim Strathdee. Copyright 1995 by Jim & Jean Strathdee (Desert Flower Music)) - Reprinted and podcast with permission under One License #A-718074 and CCLI Licenses #20425240 and #20425257.  All Rights Reserved.

We Are An Offering  (Dwight Liles, Copyright 1984 Curb Word Music (Admin. by WC Music Corp.)) - Reprinted and podcast with permission under CCLI Licenses #20425240 and #20425257.  All Rights Reserved.

I Waited on the Lord (w & m The Iona Community. Copyright 1987 WGRG, The Iona Community, G.I.A Publications) - Reprinted and podcast with permission under One License #A-718074 and CCLI Licenses #20425240 and #20425257.  All Rights Reserved.

May the Love of the Lord (m Maria Ling Poh Choo, w Swee Hong Lim, Copyright 2000 General Board of Global Ministries, GBGMusik) - Reprinted and podcast with permission under One License #A-718074.  All Rights Reserved.

Be Thou My Vision (arr. Glenda Austin, Copyright 2011 The Willis Music Co.) 

Be Not Afraid (Bob Dufford arr. Jack Schrader, Arrangement copyright 1997 Robert J. Dufford, SJ, and New Dawn Music (Hope Publishing Company)) - Podcast with permission under One License #A-718074.  All Rights Reserved.

Great is Thy Faithfulness (W.M. Runyan) - Public Domain

Scherzo (Alan Ridout, Copyright 1975 Oxford University Press) - Podcast with permission under One License #A-718074.  All Rights Reserved.

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