Welcome to Worship

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Welcome to Worship
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Call to Worship

• All O God, you are our God,
  we seek you, our souls thirst for you, the
  living water!
• One Our flesh faints for you,
  our world cries out for you,
  as in a dry and weary land
  where there is no water.

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• All O God, you are our God,
  we seek you, our souls thirst for you, the
  living water!
• One So we have looked upon you
  in the sanctuary, beholding your power and
  glory.

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• All O God, you are our God,
  we seek you, our souls thirst for you, the
  living water!
• One Because your steadfast love is better
  than life, and because you satisfy our thirst
  with water from the deepest well, we will
  praise you this day with our words and our
  actions.

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• All O God, you are our God,
  we seek you, our souls thirst for you, the
  living water!
• One We will bless you as long as we live we
  will lift our hands and call upon your name.
  We will worship you!

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As the Deer

• As the deer pants for the water,
  so my soul longs after you
  you alone are my hearts desire
  and I long to worship you.
• You alone are my strength, my shield,
  to you alone may my spirit yield
  you alone are my hearts desire,
  and I long to worship you.
• Written by Martin Nystrom. c Maranatha! Music

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• I want you more than gold or silver,
  only you can satisfy
  you alone are the real joy-giver
  and the apple of my eye.
• You alone are my strength, my shield,
  to you alone may my spirit yield
  you alone are my hearts desire,
  and I long to worship you.

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• Youre my friend and you are my brother, even
  though you are a king
  I love you more than any other,
  so much more than anything!
• You alone are my strength, my shield,
  to you alone may my spirit yield
  you alone are my hearts
  desire, and I long to
  worship you.

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Ephesians 44-7, 11-13

• There is one body and one Spirit, just as you
  were called to the one hope of your calling, one
  Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father
  of all, who is above all and through all and in
  all. But each of us was given grace according to
  the measure of Christs gift.

Photo by Tania Simpson, Peachland
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• The gifts he gave were that some would be
  apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some
  pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the
  work of ministry, for building up the body of
  Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the
  faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to
  maturity, to the measure of the full stature of
  Christ.

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• Recognizing our
• Licensed Lay Worship Leaders

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• One Members of the KO Presbytery, you have
  heard the promises of this group. Let us affirm
  our intention to recognize them as Licensed Lay
  Worship Leaders among us. Will those who are
  able rise and witness to the commitment we now
  make?

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• All We celebrate with joy that we will be
  partners with you in the service of Jesus
  Christ. We promise to love you, honour your
  leadership, and assist you, that together we may
  be a faithful church of Jesus Christ.

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Exodus 171-13a

• From the wilderness of Sin the whole
  congregation of the Israelites journeyed by
  staged, as the Lord commanded. They camped at
  Rephidim, but there was no water for the people
  to drink. The people quarrelled with Moses, and
  said, Give us water to drink.

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• Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with
  me? Why do you test the Lord? But the people
  thirsted there for water and the people
  complained against Moses and said, Why did you
  bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our
  children and our livestock with thirst?

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• So Moses cried out to the Lord, What shall I
  do with this people? They are almost ready to
  stone me. The Lord said to Moses, Go on ahead
  of the people, and take some of the elders of
  Israel with you take in your hand the staff
  which with you struck the Nile, and go. I will be
  standing there in front of you on the rock at
  Horeb.

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• Strike the rock, and water will come out of
  it, so that the people may drink. Moses did so,
  in the sight of the elders of Israel. He called
  the place Massah and Meribah, because the
  Israelites quarrelled and tested the Lord,
  saying, Is the Lord among us or not?

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• Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at
  Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, Choose some men
  for us and go out fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I
  will stand on the top of the hill with the staff
  of God in my hand. So Joshua did as Moses told
  him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron,
  and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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• Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel
  prevailed and whenever he lowered his hand,
  Amalek prevailed. But Moses hands grew weary so
  they took a stone and put it under him, and he
  sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one
  on one side, and the other on the other side so
  his hands were steady until the sun set. And
  Joshua defeated Amelek and his people.

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Hymn of the Waters/ Crashing Waters at Creation

• Holy waters Red Sea parted,
  Moses sweetened Marahs spring, and
  the rock gushed forth at Horeb miracles
  that waters sing.
• Parting water stood and trembled
  as the captives passed on through,
  washing off the chains of bondage channel
  to a life made new.
• Hymn of the Waters was written by Paul Chappel,
  Dundas, Ont. used with permission, Gathering,
  Summer/Autumn 2009
• Crashing Waters at Creation was written by Sylvia
  Dunstan, 1987. c GIA Publications.

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A reflection
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A time of covenanting
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• Doug Do you, the members of Kamloops- Okanagan
  Presbytery, promise to work diligently and in
  cooperation with Ivy that together you might
  effectively guide and support the
  congregations within Kamloops- Okanagan
  Presbytery?
• Presbyters We do, God being our guide

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I Have Called You by Your Name

• I have called you by your name, you are mine
  I have gifted you and ask you now to shine.
  I will not abandon you
  all my promises
  are true.
  You are gifted, called, and chosen
  you are mine.
• Written by Daniel Charles Damon, 1995. c Hope
  Publishing Co.

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• I will help you learn my name as you go
  read it written in my people,
  help them grow.
  Pour the water in my name,
  speak the word your soul can claim,
  offer Jesus body given long ago.

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• I know you will need my touch as you go
  feel it pulsing in creations ebb and flow.
  Like the woman reaching out,
  choosing faith in spite of doubt,
  hold the him of Jesus robe,
  then let it go.

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• I have given you a name, it is mine
  I have given you my Spirit as a sign.
  With my wonder in your soul,
  make my wounded children whole go
  and tell my precious people
  they are mine.

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• A blessing