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OUR MISSION
"We are to be a reflection of God's love to congregation, community, and the world, willing to risk, to struggle, 
and to celebrate as we live the gospel"
 

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Knox United Church

Service Times 

July 13, 2025 - Crawford United Church - 9:00 am
July 13, 2025 - Knox United Church - 10:30 am

Knox Services available on-line on the following Tuesday
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ORDER OF SERVICE - July 6, 2025
video link from July 6, 2025
PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
 
PRAYER OF THE DAY
THE LORD’S PRAYER
           
HYMN:   “I, The Lord of Sea and Sky”   VU #509
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
 
UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Silence is kept
 
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC
 
CHILDREN’S HYMN
CHILDREN’S TIME
 
SCRIPTURE            Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16
                      Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON      Do Not Grow Weary
 
HYMN:   “When I Needed a Neighbour”   VU #600
 
OFFERING
OFFERING DEDICATION – Give Thanks
OFFERING PRAYER
 
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
           
HYMN:   “Lord You Give The Great Commission”   VU #512
 
SENDING FORTH
COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING
GO NOW IN PEACE
CREDITS
POSTLUDE

ORDER OF SERVICE - June 29, 2025 
video link from June 29, 2025
 
PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
 
PRAYER OF THE DAY
THE LORD’S PRAYER
                       
HYMN:   “In Loving Partnership”   VU #603
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
 
UNISON PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
Silence is kept
 
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 
CHILDREN’S HYMN: “I’ve Got Peace Like a River”  VU 577
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC: “We Gather Here to Bid Farewell”  VU 558 – 2 verses choir followed by all 4 by congregation
 
SCRIPTURE 1 Corinthians 12:25-31
 
STORIES OF KNOX WITH BEV AND PETER HOPWOOD

ORDER OF SERVICE - June 22, 2025
video link fro June 22, 2025
PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
 
PRAYER OF THE DAY
THE LORD’S PRAYER
           
HYMN:   “God, Whose Almighty Word”   VU #313
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
 
UNISON PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
Silence is kept
 
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC “Oh Master, Let me Walk With Thee”  VU 560
 
CHILDREN’S HYMN “Praise Our Maker”  VU 316
CHILDREN’S TIME
 
SCRIPTURE            Galatians 3:23-29
SECOND READING: Luke 8:26-39
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON     Blanket Empathy
 
HYMN:   “Jesus Christ is Waiting”   VU #117
 
OFFERING
OFFERING DEDICATION – GIVE THANKS
OFFERING PRAYER
 
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
           
HYMN:   “Jesus Calls Us”   VU #562
 
SENDING FORTH
COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING
GO NOW IN PEACE
 
CREDITS
POSTLUDE

ORDER OF SERVICE - June 15, 2025
 

video link from June 15, 2025
PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
 
PRAYER OF THE DAY
 
HYMN:    “Praise Our Maker”    VU #316
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
 
UNISON PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
Silence is kept
 
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC
 
CHILDREN’S HYMN
CHILDREN’S TIME 
 
SCRIPTURE READING:  Romans 5:1-5
SECOND READING: John 16:12-15
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON:   Hopefully
 
OFFERING
OFFERING DEDICATION – Give Thanks
OFFERING PRAYER
 
HYMN:   “Come and Find the Quiet Centre”   VU #374
 
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
THE PRAYER OF GREAT THANKSGIVING
THE LORD’S PRAYER
THE BREAKING OF BREAD AND SHARING OF WINE
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
           
HYMN:    “Precious Lord, Take My Hand”   VU #670
 
SENDING FORTH
COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING
GO NOW IN PEACE
CREDITS:
POSTLUDE

ORDER OF SERVICE - June 1, 2025
video link from June 1, 2025
PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
 
PRAYER OF THE DAY
 
THE LORDS’ PRAYER
 
HYMN:   “Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life”   VU #681
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
 
UNISON PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
Silence is kept
 
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC: “Love Devine” VU 333
 
CHILDREN’S HYMN – “Come Children, Join to Sing” VU 345
CHILDREN’S TIME
 
SCRIPTURE
First Reading: Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21
Second reading:  John 17:20-26
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON      Included and Excluded
 
HYMN:   “There's a Wideness in God's Mercy”   VU #271
 
OFFERING
OFFERING DEDICATION – Give Thanks
OFFERING PRAYER
 
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
 
HYMN:   “Sent Forth By God's Blessing”   VU #481
 
SENDING FORTH
COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING
GO NOW IN PEACE
 
CREDITS
POSTLUDE

ORDER OF SERVICE - May 25, 2025
video link from May 25, 2025
PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
 
PRAYER OF THE DAY
THE LORD’S PRAYER
 
HYMN:   “This Is the Day That God Has Made”   VU #175
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
 
UNISON PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
Silence is observed
 
ASSURANCE OF GRACE
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC – instrumental selection by Azreal Hackshaw
 
CHILDREN’S HYMN – “Morning Has Broken”  VU 409
 
CHILDREN’S TIME
 
PSALM 67
SCRIPTURE                        John 5:1-9
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON:     Do You Want To Be Made Whole?
 
HYMN;   “Lord, You Give the Great Commission”   vU #512
                       
OFFERING
OFFERING DEDICATION – GIVE THANKS
OFFERING PRAYER
 
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
 
HYMN:   “God of Grace and God of Glory”   VU #686
 
SENDING FORTH
COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING
GO NOW IN PEACE
 
CREDITS
POSTLUDE

ORDER OF SERVICE - May 18, 2025
video link from May 18, 2025
PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
 
CALL TO WORSHIP

PRAYER OF THE DAY
THE LORD’S PRAYER
 
HYMN:   “Love Divine”   VU 333
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION

UNISON PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
Silence is kept

ASSURANCE OF PARDON


MINISTRY OF MUSIC “Though I May Speak” VU 372
CHILDREN’S HYMN “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” VU 664
CHILDREN’S TIME
SCRIPTURE: Revelation 21:1-6
SECOND READING: John 13:31-35
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON      Jesus Changes Everything
HYMN:   “Come, Let Us Sing”  VU 574
OFFERING
OFFERING DEDICATION – Give Thanks
OFFERING PRAYER
 
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
 
HYMN “Blest Be the Tie That Binds”  VU 602 
 
SENDING FORTH
COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING
GO NOW IN PEACE
 
CREDITS
POSTLUDE

ORDER OF SERVICE - May 11, 202
video link from May 11, 2025
PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
 
PRAYER OF THE DAY
THE LORD’S PRAYER
           
HYMN:   “The Lord's My Shepherd”   VU p.747
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
 
UNISON PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
Silence is kept
 
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC “On Eagle’s Wings” VU 808
 
CHILDREN’S HYMN “He Leadeth Me” VU 657
CHILDREN’S TIME
 
PSALM          Psalm 23
SCRIPTURE                        Revelation 7:9-17
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON      I Shall Not Want
 
HYMN:   “Joyful, Joyful We Adore You”  VU #232
 
OFFERING
OFFERING DEDICATION – Give Thanks
OFFERING PRAYER
 
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
           
HYMN:   “Blessed Assurance“   VU #337
 
SENDING FORTH
 
COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING
GO NOW IN PEACE
CREDITS
POSTLUDE

ORDER OF SERVICE - May 4, 2025
video link from May 4, 2025
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PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
 
PRAYER OF THE DAY
THE LORD’S PRAYER
           
HYMN:   “O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing”   VU #326
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
 
UNISON PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
Silence is kept
 
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC: “Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us With Your Love”  VU 593
 
CHILDREN’S HYMN: “Come Children, Join to Sing”  VU 345
CHILDREN’S TIME
 
SCRIPTURE:    John 21:1-19
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON      Which Resurrection?
 
HYMN:   “Jesus Calls Us”   VU #562
 
OFFERING
OFFERING DEDICATION – Give thanks
OFFERING PRAYER
 
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
           
HYMN:   “O Jesus, I Have Promised”   VU #120
 
SENDING FORTH
COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING
GO NOW IN PEACE
 
CREDITS
POSTLUDE

ORDER OF SERVICE - April 27, 2025
video link from April 27, 2025
PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
CALL TO WORSHIP
 
PRAYER OF THE DAY
THE LORD’S PRAYER
           
HYMN:   “Rejoice, the Lord is King”  VU #213
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
 
UNISON PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
Silence is kept
 
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC:  “To Bless the Earth”  VU 783
CHILDREN’S HYMN: “This is God;s Wondrous World”  VU 296
CHILDREN’S TIME
 
SCRIPTURE:  REVELATION 1:4-8
SECOND READING: John 20:19-31
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON      What Are We Afraid Of?
 
HYMN:   “Ask Me What Great Things I Know”  VU #338
 
OFFERING
OFFERING DEDICATION – Give Thanks
OFFERING PRAYER
 
DEDICATION OF QUILTS - PRAYER
PRESENTATION
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
 
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
           
HYMN:   “As Comes the Breath of Spring”   VU 373
 
SENDING FORTH
COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING
GO NOW IN PEACE
CREDITS

ORDER OF SERVICE – Easter, April 20 2025
video link from April 20, 2025
PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
CALL TO WORSHIP
PRAYER OF THE DAY
 
HYMN:   “The Day of Resurrection”   VU #164
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
UNISON PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
Silence is kept
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC – “They Took a Man” -  solo and original composition by Shannon Loder
 
CHILDREN’S HYMN -  “Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Give Thanks”  VU 179
CHILDREN’S TIME
 
SCRIPTURE            Acts 10:34-43
SECOND READING:  John 20:1-18
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON:   Women Who Do
 
OFFERING
OFFERING DEDICATION – Give Thanks
OFFERING PRAYER
 
HYMN:   “Now the Green Blade Rises”   VU 186
 
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
THE GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
THE LORD’S PRAYER
THE BREAKING OF BREAD AND SHARING OF WINE
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
           
HYMN:   “I Danced on the Morning”   VU #352
           
SENDING FORTH
COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING
GO NOW IN PEACE
 
CREDITS
POSTLUDE

ORDER OF SERVICE FOR PALM SUNDAY - April 13, 2025
video link from Apr. 13, 2025
PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
 
PRAYER OF THE DAY
THE LORD’S PRAYER
           
HYMN:   “The Day of Resurrection”   VU #164
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
 
UNISON PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
Silence is kept
 
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC  “Ride On, Ride On the Time is Right”  VU 127
 
CHILDREN’S HYMN “He Came Riding On a Donkey”  VU 124
CHILDREN’S TIME “Hosanna the king is Here” The Gospel Crew
 
SCRIPTURE:  Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
LUKE 19:28-40
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON:   Something Big is About to Happen
 
HYMN:   “Ride on! Ride on in Majesty”   VU #127
 
OFFERING
OFFERING DEDICATION – GIVE THANKS
OFFERING PRAYER
 
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
           
HYMN:   “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”   VU #149
                                                                                                           
SENDING FORTH
 
COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING
GO NOW IN PEACE
CREDITS
POSTLUDE

ORDER OF SERVICE - April 6, 2025
video link from April 6, 2025
PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
 
PRAYER OF THE DAY
THE LORD’S PRAYER
           
HYMN:   “Hail to God's Own Anointed”   VU #30
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
 
UNISON PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
Silence is kept
 
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC: “O Word of God”  VU 258
 
CHILDREN’S HYMN “Let us with a Gladsome Mind”  VU 234
CHILDREN’S TIME
 
SCRIPTURE:   Psalm 126
SECOND READING: John 12:1-8
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON      The Gift Of Tears
 
HYMN:   “Be Thou My Vision”   VU #642
 
OFFERING
OFFERING DEDICATION – Give Thanks
OFFERING PRAYER
 
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
 
HYMN:   “Lead On, O Cloud of Presence”   VU #421
 
SENDING FORTH
COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING
GO NOW IN PEACE
 
CREDITS
POSTLUDE

ORDER OF SERVICE - March 30, 2025
video link from March 30, 2025
PRELUDE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
 
CALL TO WORSHIP
 
PRAYER OF THE DAY
LORD’S PRAYER
           
HYMN:   “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”   VU #333
 
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
 
UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Silence is kept
 
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
 
MINISTRY OF MUSIC  “Our Parent, By Whose Name”  VU 555 – Bev Hopwood & Knox Choir
 
CHILDREN’S HYMN 
CHILDREN’S TIME
 
SCRIPTURE:  2 Corinthians 5:16-21
Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32
 
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SERMON:     Mending and Healing
 
HYMN:   “There's a Wideness in God's Mercy”   VU #271
OFFERING
OFFERING DEDICATION
OFFERING PRAYER
 
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
 
HYMN:   “Beneath the Cross of Jesus”   VU #135
 
SENDING FORTH
 
COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING
 
GO NOW IN PEACE
CREDITS
POSTLUDE

BEAUTIFUL CHURCH ON THE HILL

Some time ago, Annabelle Neuman, a member of the Knox congregation, wrote a lovely song about the history and meaning of this church.  Press the button to the right to hear that selections sung by the 2019 congregation.  To return to this site, press the "back" arrow.  This song is included on the "2019 Sampling" CD completed to commemorate the congregations 160th anniversary in 2019.
Hear "Beautiful Church on the Hill"

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