March 23, 2025
Responsive Reading (adapted from Psalm 63)
Guide: O God, you are our God; We seek you; our soul thirsts for you; our flesh faints for you; as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
~ O Bondye, ou se Bondye nou; Nou chache ou; nanm nou swaf ou; kò nou endispoze pou ou; tankou nan yon tè sèk ak bouke kote la pa gen dlo.
Many: So we have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding
your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, our lips will praise you. So we will bless you as long as we live; we will lift up our hands and call on your name.
~ Se konsa, nou te gade ou nan Tanp lan, gade pouvwa ou ak tout bèl pouvwa ou. Paske lanmou ou fèm pi bon pase lavi, bouch nou ap fè lwanj ou. Se konsa, nou pral beni ou toutotan jan nou viv; n'ap leve men nou, n'ap rele.
Guide: Our soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and our mouths praise you with joyful lips.
~ Nanm nou satisfè tankou yon gwo fèt, ak bouch nou fè lwanj ou ak bouch lajwa.
All: For you have been our help, in the shadow of your wings we sing for joy. Our souls cling to you; your right hand upholds us.
~ Paske ou se èd nou, ak nan lonbraj zèl ou yo nou chante pou kè kontan. Nanm nou kole sou ou; men dwat ou kenbe nou.
Child Dedication of Alexander Guerrier
Congregational Commitment:
We rejoice with you and give thanks for the gift of your child, Alexander. With God as our guide, we will share in Alexander’s nurture and well-being. We will support, by our example and words, your efforts to provide a loving and caring home where trust in God grows and Christ may be known. Our prayers are with you and for you. May our shared life and witness help you grow together in faithfulness and joy.
Hymns
God Is Here among Us VT #62 / HWB #16
When Hands Reach Out VT #513
Go, My Friends, in Grace STS #57
Scripture: Isaiah 55:1-9 (Creole), Luke 15:11-32 (Creole)
March 16, 2025
Worship Words:
Lay one brick at a time, Take one step at a time; we can be responsible only for the one action of the present moment. But we know that God will take them and multiply them, as Jesus multiplied the loaves and fishes.
Responsive Reading: Psalm 27:1-6
Reader: The Lord is my light and my salvation.
All: Should I fear anyone?
Reader: The Lord is a fortress protecting my life.
All: Should I be frightened of anything?
Reader: When evildoers come at me trying to eat me up--
All: it’s they, my foes and my enemies, who stumble and fall!
Reader: If an army camps against me,
All: my heart won’t be afraid.
Reader: If war comes up against me,
All: I will continue to trust in this:
Reader: I have asked one thing from the Lord -- it’s all I seek:
All: to live in the Lord’s house all the days of my life.
Reader: Seeing the Lord’s beauty and constantly adoring his temple.
All: Because he will shelter me in his own dwelling during troubling times; He will hide me in a secret place in his own tent; he will set me up high, safe on a rock. I will sing and praise the Lord!
Hymns:
God Whose Giving VT #745 / HWB #383
My Hope is Built on Nothing Less VT #621 / HWB #343
My Love Colors Outside the Lines VT #582 (Video)
You Shall Go Out With Joy VT #847 / HWB #427
Scripture: Philippians 3:17-4:1 (Creole)
March 9, 2025
Responsive Reading (adapted from Psalm 91)
Guide: You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God in whom we trust.”
~ Ou menm k'ap viv nan abri Bondye ki anwo nan syèl la, ki rete nan a lonbraj Toupisan an, pral di Seyè a, "Refij mwen ak mwen fò; Bondye mwen an, nan ki nou mete konfyans nou."
Many: Because you have made the Lord your refuge, the Most High your dwelling place, the Lord will command angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up.
~ Paske ou fè Seyè a refij ou a, li ki pi Granmèt kote ou rete a, Seyè a pral bay zanj yo lòd Konsènan ou pou pwoteje ou nan tout fason ou. Sou yo men yo pral pote ou leve.
Guide: Those who love the Lord, the Lord will deliver; the Lord will protect those who know the Lord’s name. When they call the Lord will answer them. The Lord will be with them in trouble.
~ Moun ki renmen Seyè a, Seyè a pral delivre; Senyè a pral pwoteje moun ki konnen non Senyè a. Lè yo rele a Seyè a pral reponn yo.
Seyè a pral avèk yo nan tray.
All: The Lord will rescue them and honor them. With long life the Lord will satisfy them and show them salvation.
~ Seyè a pral delivre yo, li pral fè lwanj yo. Avèk lavi ki long Senyè a pral satisfè yo e li pral fè yo delivrans.
Hymns:
We Praise You, O God, Our Redeemer VT #34
How Can We Be Silent VT #790
Bless the Arms That Comfort VT #527
Kyrie eleison HWB #144
Scriptures: Luke 4:1-13 (Creole), Luke 10:25-42 (Creole)
March 2, 2025
Responsive Reading (adapted from Psalm 99)
Guide: The Lord is our honored ruler; let the peoples tremble! The Lord sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! The Lord is exalted over all the peoples.
~ Seyè a se chèf nou ki onore; Se pou pèp yo tranble! Seyè a chita sou fotèy cheriben yo; kite tè a tranble! Seyè a se leve sou tout pèp yo.
Many: Let them praise your great and awesome name. Holy is the Lord! Mighty Ruler, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in your people. Extol the Lord our God.
~ Kite yo fè lwanj non ou gwo ak enpresyonan. Sen an Seyè! Gwo chèf, moun ki renmen jistis, ou etabli ekite; ou fè jistis ak jistis nan ou moun. Fè lwanj Seyè a, Bondye nou an.
Guide: Moses, Aaron, and Samuel called on the Lord’s name. They cried to the Lord and the Lord answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.
~ Moyiz, Arawon ak Samyèl te rele Seyè a. Yo kriye Seyè a te reponn yo. Ou te yon moun ki padone Bondye pou yo, men se yon revanj pou mechanste yo.
All: Extol the Lord our God, and worship at the Lord’s holy mountain, for the Lord our God is Holy.
~ Fè lwanj Seyè a, Bondye nou an, epi adore nan kote ki apa pou Seyè a mòn, paske Seyè a, Bondye nou an, se yon Bondye apa.
Hymns:
Spirit of the Living God VT #738
Be Thou My Vision (vs. 1,2,4,5) VT #549
My Hope is Built VT #621
Shepherd Me, O God VT #744
Scriptures: Exodus 34:29-35 (Creole), Luke 9:28-36 (Creole), 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 (Creole)
February 23, 2025
Today’s Introduction:
Our reflection for today is about a great phenomenon that has existed for more than a billion years. A phenomenon that came into existence, and through this phenomenon, a movement was produced, giving birth to another phenomenon that we all experience today. This is what we call darkness.
Darkness plays a crucial role in creation; every plant that must sprout must first go deep into the dark soil, where its main root grows deep. It is from there that it begins to germinate until it emerges and reaches the sunlight.
Darkness holds several meanings. But we understand that if the earth was once covered in darkness and the Creator commanded light to come forth, this helps us realize that in the difficult moments we go through, there is always a light to guide us. These are the right moments for us to make better decisions. In the darkness—which represents the difficult moments we are living through—we must have the ability to find the guiding light. And we must feel this light every day, a light that comes from God, helping us make the right decisions for our lives.
Hymns:
All Hail the Power of Jesus Name
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Crown Him Crown Him
I am working for God on my journey
Sweet by and by
Amazing Grace
Scriptures: Psalm 1:1-6 (Creole), Matthew 25:14-30 (Creole)
February 16, 2025
Responsive Reading (adapted from Psalm 138)
Guide: We give you thanks, O Lord, with our whole heart; before things considered gods we sing your praise.
~ Nou di ou mèsi, Seyè, ak tout kè nou; anvan bagay yo konsidere kòm bondye nou chante lwanj ou.
Many: On the day we called, you answered us; you increased our strength of soul. For though the Lord is high, the Lord regards the lowly, but the haughty are perceived from far away.
~ Jou nou te rele a, ou reponn nou; ou ogmante nou fòs nanm. Paske, malgre Seyè a wo, Seyè a respekte Moun ki pi piti yo, men moun ki lògèy yo wè yo byen lwen.
Guide: Though we walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve us against the anger of our enemies; you stretch out your hand, and your right hand delivers us.
~ Menmsi nou mache nan mitan pwoblèm, ou pwoteje nou kont kòlè lènmi nou yo; ou lonje men ou, ak men ou men dwat la
delivre nou
All: The Lord will fulfill the Lord’s purpose for us; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
~ Senyè a pral akonpli objektif Senyè a pou nou; fèm ou Lanmou, Seyè, la pou tout tan.
Hymns:
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name VT #126
You Are Holy, You Are Whole VT #61
Jesus Call Us VT #30
Scriptures: Isaiah 6:1-8 (Creole), Luke 5:1-11 (Creole), 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (Creole)
February 9, 2025
Church was cancelled because of weather.
February 2, 2025
Responsive Reading (adapted from Psalm 71)
Guide: In you, O Lord, we take our refuge and make our home; never let us be put to shame.
~ Nan ou, O Granmèt, nou pran refij nou epi fè kay nou; pa janm kite nou wont.
Many: In your righteousness deliver us and rescue us; be listening to us and restore us. Be to us a rock of refuge, a stronghold to save us. For you are our rock and our stronghold.
~Nan jistis ou, delivre nou, delivre nou; ap koute nou epi restore nou. Se pou nou yon wòch refij, yon fò pou nou sove nou. Paske ou se wòch nou ak fò nou.
Guide: Rescue us , O our God, from the hand of those who do harm, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel. For you, O Lord, are our hope, our trust, O Lord from our youth.
~ Delivre nou, Bondye nou, anba men moun k'ap fè sa mal, nan men moun ki enjis ak mechan. Pou ou, Seyè, se espwa nou, se konfyans nou, Seyè, depi nou jèn.
All: From our birth we have leaned upon you, our protector since our mother’s womb. Our praise is continually of you.
~Depi nou fèt nou te apiye sou ou, pwotèktè nou an depi nan vant manman nou. Lwanj nou se toujou pou ou.
Hymns:
How Firm a Foundation VT #592 / HWB #567
This Little Light of Mine VT #762
Come and Seek the Ways of Wisdom VT #196
Healer of Our Every Ill VT #644
Scriptures: Jeremiah 1:4-10 (Creole), Luke 4:21-30 (Creole), 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (Creole)
January 26, 2025
Welcome to a Haitian worship service.
Opening Words: Guy Amos Marcelin
Everything in life has it’s season. Chaque chose dans la vie a son temps
I know this moment feels so hard. Je sais que c’est très dur se moment
But remember, my friend, where you come from, Sache bien mon ami d’ou tu viens, où tu vas, et qui va te
where you’re going, conduire labas.
and who sill guide you there. Si tu n’as pas d’amis en qui tu pouvais croire,
If you feel like you have no one to trust, Jesus ie Tendre ami, il est là.
Jesus, the tender friend, is always there. C’est le temps de fixer ton regards devant, ie temps de penser à la vie
This is the time to lift your eyes forward, Ferm les yeux ouvre ton esprit bie grand pour regarder le
the time to reflect on the meaning of life. chemin à franchir, et laisse le main de Dieu te conduire.
Close your eyes, open your heart fully,
see the road ahead, and let God’s hand lead you.
Hymns:
O blessed day, day of victory
I thirst for your presence
I know he lives
It is a Holy War
Scripture: Psalm 91:1-12 (Creole), Ezekiel 37:4-5 (Creole), Luke 8:22-25 (Creole)
January 19, 2024
Worship Words: (adapted lyrics of Frederick W. Faber VT #156)
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy like the wideness of the sea. There’s a kindness in God’s justice, which is more than liberty. There is welcome for those struggling, and the grace for those in tune. There is mercy with the Savior, there is healing in his blood. But we make God’s love too narrow by false limits of our own, and we magnify its strictness with a zeal God will not own. For the love of God is broader than the measures of the mind, and the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind. If our love were but more in God, we should rest within God’s love, and our lives would be illumined by the presence of our Lord.
Responsive Reading: (from Psalm 36)
Guide: Your steadfast Love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains;
Many: Your judgments are like the great deep; you save humans and animals alike, O Lord. How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
Guide: They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
All: For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. O continue your steadfast love to those who know you and your salvation to the upright of heart!
Hymns:
Great is Thy Faithfulness VT #419 / HWB #327
We Are One in the Spirit VT #387
Wade in the Water HWB #446 / VT #454
Video: Lift Every Voice and Sing VT #611
Scriptures: Isaiah 62:1-5 (Creole), John 2:1-11 (Creole), 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 (Creole)
January 12, 2025
Responsive Reading: (adapted from Psalm 29)
Guide: Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory of the Lord’s name; worship the Lord in holy splendor.
Many: The voice of Creator God is over the waters; the God of glory thunders. The voice of Creator God is powerful; the voice of Creator God is full of majesty.
Guide: The Lord makes Lebanon skip like a calf and Sirion like a wild ox. The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
All: Creator God sits enthroned over the flood; Creator God sits enthroned as the One forever. May Creator God give strength to the covenant people and bless them with peace!
Hymns:
All People That on Earth Do Dwell VT #5
Come, Gracious Spirit VT #371 / HWB #303
Wade in the Water VT #454 / HWB #446
Video: We Three Kings – Gramophone Ghana
Scriptures: Isaiah 49:8-13 (Creole), Luke 3:15-17, 21- 22 (Creole)
January 5, 2025
Responsive Reading: (adapted from Psalm 72)
Guide: Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son. May he judge your people with righteousness and your poor with justice.
Many: May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness. May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy and crush the oppressor.
Guide: May he be like the rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth. In his days may righteousness flourish and peace abound, until the moon is no more.
All: For he delivers the needy when they call, the poor and those who have no helper. He has pity on the weak and the needy and saves the lives of the needy. From oppression and violence he redeems their life, and precious is their blood in is sight.
Advent Candle Lighting with Young Ones
Reader 1: We will always be facing opportunities to learn.
Reader 2: We learn through successes and achievements; we learn through mistakes and failures.
(Lighting the Christ candle – all connected)
All: With Christ as our center, we join hands with others walking together on the journey.
Hymns:
Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies HWB #216
What Child is This? VT #267 / HWB #215
Love Came Down at Christmas VT #255 / HWB #208
Video: We Three Kings – Gramophone Ghana
Scriptures: Isaiah 60:1-5a (Creole), Luke 2:41-52 (Creole)
December 29, 2024
Responsive Reading: (adapted from Psalm 148)
Guide: Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise the Lord in the heights! Praise the Lord all the angels, all the Lord’s host. Praise the Lord, sun and moon; praise the Lord all you shining stars!
Many: Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea creatures and all the deeps, fire and hail, snow and frost. Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars!
Guide: Wild animals and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds! Young men and women alike, old and young together!
All: Let us all praise the name of the Lord together, for the name of the Lord alone is to be exalted; the Lord’s glory is above earth and heaven.
Advent Candle Lighting with Young Ones:
Reader 1: Have you heard the news? Jesus, the promised one has come!
Reader 2: I have heard the Good News! God is with us; Jesus is here!
(Lighting of the Christ candle with young ones)
All are connected to the candle lighter
All: Let us shout it aloud for everyone to hear! Come join us on this journey, as we live out the Good News of Christ!
Hymns:
Oh Come All Ye Faithful VT #241 / HWB #213
Congregational Singing (Various hymns sung)
Joy to the World VT #240 / HWB #318
Scriptures: Luke 2:1-20 (Creole)