L'ouverture de la célébration

L'ouverture de la célébration n'a pas été enregistrée en raison de problèmes techniques. La vidéo débute donc au moment où Jo-ann Kakekayash de Dodem Kanonhsa parle à l'assemblée au nom des Mississaugas des New Credit Nations sur le territoire desquelles cette célébration se déroule. Le déroulement de la célébration et certains des textes lus se retrouvent après la vidéo.

 

Bon visionnement, bonne lecture!

 85th Service:

Resources you may use to participate even more fully:

Voices Untied (VU)
More Voices (MF)
Nos Voix Unies (NVU)

5pm Welcome and Introductions (Michael Blair and Darla Sloan):

1. Michael and Darla Introduce themselves as presiders.
2. Call on Jo-ann Kakekayash from Dodem Kanonhsa to acknowledge our presence on the traditional lands of the Mississaugas of the New Credit Nations
3. Call on John Joseph Mastandrea to bring welcome and greetings from Metropolitan United Church
4. Call on Bishop Julio Murray of the Episcopal Church of Panama and President of the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) to bring greetings
5. Bruce Harding – Rehearse music

Procession of the Cosmos/Procession du Cosmos: (Drum Beat)

Heart pulse on drum/un battement de coeur (tambour)

Michael:
This Universe, O Holiest One, is the garb of Your Spirit.
You Flared Forth, in all directions
Birthing and Blessing space and time,
With Fireworks beyond compare.
You clothed yourself in spiral galaxies
And set neutron stars in your crown of diamonds.

Darla:
Ô Très Saint, cet univers est le vêtement de ton Esprit.
Tu y jaillis dans toutes les directions,
enfantant de ta bénédiction l’espace et le temps,
par mille feux incomparables.
Tu t’habilles des galaxies spirales
et d’étoiles à neutrons, forges ta couronne de diamants.

Michael :
You are the Longing within the atoms for community,
The Urge within each molecule to declare its uniqueness,
The Knowing within each cell of its dignity.

Darla :
Tu es l’aspiration qui meut la communion des atomes;
au noyau de chaque molécule, la pulsion identitaire,
la certitude de la dignité, à l’intime de chaque cellule.

Michael :
Your Spirit enfleshed the earth our Mother,
Giving birth from her oceans
carrying nutrients Her veins the rivers.
Feeding us from her soil

Darla :
La fécondité de ton Esprit fait éclore la chair de notre mère Terre,
engendre ses océans, en distillant les éléments nutritifs dans les
veines aquatiques de ses rivières,
et c’est de son sol que nous tirons notre nourriture.

Michael:
In the elements of fire, earth, water, air your love story unfolds.
Plants and animals, diverse peoples and cultures,
A church to proclaim your love, and for 85 years,
The United Church of Canada, joins your great parade.

Darla:
Le récit de ton amour, les éléments du feu, de la terre, de l’eau, et
de l’air le redisent. De même,
les plantes, les animaux, la diversité des peuples et des cultures.
Ainsi une Église pour proclamer ton amour et, depuis 85 ans,
l’Église Unie du Canada emboîte le pas dans cette immense procession.

Darla : Voilà pourquoi, ensemble, nous redisons les paroles de notre foi commune

Michael : And so we say together a statement of our communal faith

Call to Worship:

Darla: As the whole United Church at prayer our call to worship is from the four directions.

From the direction of the East representing the season of the spring.
ALL: Morning winds embrace us with fresh air – we breathe the life we know as love. We are here to celebrate 85 years of being welcoming.

Webconference connection with St. John’s Nfld

Michael: From the direction of the South representing the season of the summer,
ALL: Teaming growth engulfs our world – our unending spirit – with balance and harmony. We are here to celebrate 85 years of being brave.

Webvideo from Hamilton, Bermuda

Darla: From the direction of the West representing the season of the fall.
ALL: We lift our fresh faces to gentle Pacific rain – now cleansed and renewed, ready to receive. We are here to celebrate 85 years of being in motion.

Webvideo from Hartley Bay, BC

Michael: From the direction of the North representing the season of winter....
All: Bright clear sunlight shines on frozen snow - with a promise to fill the rivers. We are here to celebrate 85 years of being thankful.

Webvideo from Yellowknife

Darla: Come from all directions and from all seasons...
ALL: We are here to celebrate 85 years of being united.

Webvideo from Northern Lights Presbytery

Michael: Let us worship.
ALL: Let us worship God!

Hymn: While silence and vastness enfolded the Breath,
And nothing and all floated pure and serene;
Then Wisdom - Word fluttered and beat as The One,
And Breath whispered out “Life and Love” upon all.

New atoms formed elements, planets and suns.
Blue waters fell; reeds opened vines and the trees.
The brown beetles, robins and caribou came.
Life flourished abundant on our ember star.

In fullness of God’s time, the human heart beat,
And built up great cities with knowledge and care;
But pride, greed and war, fear and hate grew there too;
So David was found and then Jesus revealed.

The suns and stars cool as the cosmos grows old.
As time ends and sacred beginnings return,
The silence and vastness may once more prevail,
But Wisdom-Word’s yearning will be Love fulfilled.

Opening Prayer (multiple languages)

Hannal Lee (English & Korean): Let us pray,
O Great Spirit, we gather to celebrate and rejoice in your Great Works
of Love made known through All Creation. We give you thanks for this
day and for the great story that we honour in this gathering. Awaken
within us a sense of your presence here in this place, and across this
great land.

French – St. Adele Video
God of the cosmos, we praise you for the beauty of the heavens, for the
shelter of Father Sky. We give you thanks for the air, the clouds, the
winds. Rekindle in us the child-like awe of the vastness of your
creation.

Spanish – video
Christ of the Earth, we praise you as the first-fruit of all creation,
and we join you in celebration of Mother Earth. Re-birth within us a
deep love for our home, and a renewed appreciation for all its
blessings.

German - video
Christ who shows us the way, we give you thanks for guiding us along
your path of love and compassion, justice and peace. Empower us to be
voices that challenge our society and speak out for those in need.

Japanese – Video
Spirit of cultures, we Praise you for the winds of Pentecost that
allowed those of all languages and cultures to hear your Good News.
Inspire within us a profound respect for and celebration of the great
diversity of your Church.

Darla:
Spirit of the past, present and future of the United Church of Canada,
we praise you for the inspiration to live into the hope that all may
be one? Re-create us in your image, and send us forth to be a living
sign of your presence in the world. Give us the Courage to look to the
future with joyful anticipation and in celebration of your abundance!
We ask all of this in the Holy Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier.
ALL: AMEN!

Confessional Liturgy

Darla: With broken lives in a world in need of healing. Let us make our confession
[MV – Guarani Kyrie]

Darla:
I invite Mi’Kmaq Elder and Healer Kelly Runningwolf to offer a smudge, as an assurance of blessing and healing.

Kelly: (Will Smudge Darla and Michael and the Rt. Rev. Mardi Tindal)
Heyneyanah is sung as Kelly symbolically smudges the congregation.

WORD:

SONG: Comme un souffle fragile [NVU]

OT Isaiah 55 - READER
Ps. 19 READER (with sung response)

Gospel: Luke 8:4-15 (Video of Gander Group)

Sermon: Rt. Rev. Mardi Tindal (will engage Twitter Reflections)

Passing the Peace
Darla: La paix du Christ soit avec vous.
Michael: The peace of Christ be with you.

Offering (Bread and Wine, Music and Dance)
- The Offering will go to Mission and Service Fund & Toronto Urban Native Ministries
- Every Kid Choir video
- Bell’s Corners Dance

Doxology

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.

Mohawk:
Ron wa sen naiens ne Niio
Ron wa sen naiens ne non kwe,
Ron wa sen naiens neh he ken
Ron wa sen naiens ro ni ha.

Invitation to the Table:

Great Thanksgiving (Based on Song of Faith/Notre Foi Chante)

Puisse Dieu être avec nous/May God be with us
Dieu est ici, parmi nous/God is here among us.
Ouvrons nos cœurs à Dieu/Let us open our hearts to God.
We open them to God and to one another/ À Dieu et les uns aux autres, nous les ouvrons.
Let us give thanks to God/ Rendons grâce à Dieu.
It is right to give our thanks and praise/ Il est bon d’offrir notre action de grâce et nos louanges.

Michael:
God of Holy Mystery,
beyond complete knowledge,
above perfect description, yet
in love,
the one eternal God who seeks relationship,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer
God, Christ, and Spirit
Mother, Friend, and Comforter
Source of Life, Living Word, and Bond of Love,
the One on whom our hearts rely,
the fully shared life at the heart of the universe.

Darla:
Nous trouvant en un monde de beauté, de mystère,
de particules subatomiques et de tourbillons cosmiques
de complexes processus de croissance et d’évolution
d’êtres vivants, dans la diversité et l’interdépendance,

de cultures et de peuples, héritiers de trésors de langues, d’art et d’esprit,
nous chantons notre action de grâce.

Nous sommes reconnaissants pour cette marche de 85 ans de l’Église Unie du Canada qui, dès ses débuts, était vouée à l’échec aux dires de certains.
Et pourtant, toujours et encore, nous chantons notre quête,
dans la mouvance du récit de Jésus
afin d’incarner la présence du Christ dans notre monde.

Michael:
And we rejoice in those you have called by name, before and among us, your great cloud of witnesses, a great parade winding through the ages, :
Jesus, Mary, Peter, Dorcus, Prisca, Lydia, Steven, Jerome, Origen, Pelagius, Benedict, Julian, Hildegard, Teresa, John Knox, The Wesley’s, William Wilberforce, Martin Luther Jr., Tommy Douglas, Oscar Romero, Nellie McClung, George Pidgeon, Lois Wilson, Sung Chul Lee, Stan McKay, and there's Nora Sanders, Mardi Tindal, Bishop Julio Murray and here we are all of us,

And so we join our names and voices with theirs and the creatures of all creation in heaven and on earth as we sing:

Sanctus: MV Kingsfold
Child (Gem Ayupan): Why do we eat bread at this table?

Darla:
Nous nous souvenons et nous nous réjouissons de bien des choses,
mais nous nous rassemblons à CETTE table en mémoire de Jésus,
de la nuit avant sa mort, alors qu’il mangeait avec ses amis
et qu’il prit une miche de pain, la bénit, la rompit et la leur donna en disant :
« Prenez, mangez, ceci est mon corps offert pour vous.

Child: Why do we drink from the cup at this table?

Michael:
We also remember how that same night, Jesus took a cup,
and after giving thanks,
passed it to his friends, saying:
“Drink. This cup, poured out for you,
is the promise of God.
Whenever you drink it, remember me.”

Child: What do we remember at this table?

Darla:
Nous nous souvenons de la mort de Jésus et nous célébrons sa résurrection;
nous attendons avec espérance son retour qui apportera paix et justice sur la terre;
et nous proclamons le mystère de notre foi :

Acclamation: MV Kingsfold

Michael:
Send, O God, your Holy Spirit upon us and what we do here,
that we and these gifts, touched by your Spirit,
may be signs of life and love to one another,
and to the world.

Darla:
À ton amour, ô Dieu, nous présentons nos prières ainsi que celles qui nous sont parvenues de partout au pays, prières pour la communauté et pour le monde entier :

- pour le golfe du Mexique, pour toutes les populations et les créatures qui y vivent;
- pour la paix dans le monde;
- pour la guérison des personnes dans leur esprit comme dans leur corps;
- ô Dieu, guéris les malades,
Michael: - We pray for those whose voices cannot be heard
- For the United Church of Canada, its people, ministries and communities served
- For those people and situations we lift up to you now, in silence or in words

(silence)

God of Holy Mystery,
Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory is yours, God most holy,
now and forever.

ALL: Amen.

FRACTION DU PAIN, TRANSVASEMENT DU VIN / FRACTION AND ELEVATION

PARTAGE DU PAIN ET DU VIN/SHARING THE BREAD AND WINE

PRIÈRE APRÈS LA COMMUNION / PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Darla :
Pour le pain mangé,
pour le vin goûté,
pour la vie reçue,
Dieu nous te rendons grâce.
Permets que ce que nous avons fait ici
et ce que nous avons reçu laissent son
empreinte de façon permanente en nos cœurs.
Accorde-nous de croître dans l’amour et la compréhension en chrétiens,
et qu’ainsi nos vies abondent en actes de fidélité. Au nom du Christ. Amen.

Hymn : Go to the World #420 - VU

Bénédiction :
Mardi : (in English et en français)
May the road rise up to meet you.
Puisse le vent te pousser toujours vers l’avant.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
Puise la pluie tomber doucement sur tes champs et, d’ici à notre prochaine rencontre,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.