Sunday August 24, 2025 
(Rev. Gayle MacDonald, music selected by Dr. Heather Olaveson)

Full Order of Service [text]                                       
  • Gathering Song ~ Worship the Lord (verse 1)                                                [Golden Ears United Church, https://youtu.be/-4CndaDI1qk?si=uia1VOqm0JbdmtR9]
  • Opening Hymn ~ Come In, Come In and Sit Down                                      [Brockville United Churches, https://youtu.be/l_CIhjksbYA?si=WZLnNvtHbAUP7kmv]
  • Sung Response ~ Worship the Lord (verse 2)                                                [Golden Ears United Church, https://youtu.be/-4CndaDI1qk?si=uia1VOqm0JbdmtR9]
  • Hymn ~ Take Time to Be Holy                                                                  [Southwest Baptist Church, https://youtu.be/x3LwJfpU01s?si=Ml1Cfm2g-AK8-_jE]                   
  • Prayers of the People ~ Come to My Heart                                              [Windsor Park United Church, https://youtu.be/_iyACLZ50g4?si=VPFIfZ8vF8-u8Inu]
  • Offertory ~ Your Work, O God, Needs Many Hands                                  [Cheryl Jackson and Crystal Schau, https://youtu.be/HVyDJeJ6i7Y?si=ogVbZM0VQBAixSvX]
  • Sung Sending Forth ~ Worship the Lord (verse 5)                                      [Golden Ears United Church, https://youtu.be/-4CndaDI1qk?si=uia1VOqm0JbdmtR9]
  • Online Postlude ~ Take Time to Be Holy                                                         [Joe Hooper, https://youtu.be/96HBIk7K2xA?si=Kc__OJd6PkBFlPz8] 

The photograph of a Monarch caterpillar used for this week's service was taken this week in our butterfly garden. This sturdy fellow will be one of the Monarch butterflies flying to Mexico for the winter in September. It is estimated that only one in one hundred butterflies will successfully reach their wintering grounds. Wish him luck!