BOOK, BAKE AND GARAGE SALEThe following are some reminders for the sale. Book donations should be at the church by 10:00 a.m. on Friday morning. If you bring them in during the week, they can be put on the stage in the banquet hall. Those setting up garage sale tables can do so between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Friday. We would like to have baking in by 2:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon so we can get it packaged and priced. We will take baking between 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the evening for those of you who are working and can’t get there in the afternoon. Please label your baking as to its kind. e.g Oatmeal raisin cookies, Banana muffins. (Be sure to label if nuts are included in your baking item.)Thank you for your support of the sale.

MANNA DAY - A Child in Our HandsRev. Linda Ashfield is a minister at Knox Presbyterian, Waterloo. She will be the feature speaker for a Manna Day happening at Crieff Hills Retreat and Conference Centre (near Guelph) from 10:30 to 3 PM on Thursday, May 15. The theme of the day is “A Child in Our Hands”. How do we pass on our Christian faith from generation to generation? Whether a parent, grandparent, relative, friend or congregational member, God has placed a child in our hands. The cost is $20 which includes lunch. It is important to register in advance. Brochures are available in the narthex. If you are interested, please speak with Mark Gedcke.

TRIBUTE TO BRIAN“Music came from his soul…..”

“An evening celebrating a dear friend and the music he made.”

When: Saturday, May 10, 2014Time: 7:00 p.m.Where: St. Marys Presbyterian Church

147 Widder Street, EastFreewill Offering goes towards a Music Scholarship in Brian’s name.

Minister: Rev. Mark Gedcke 519-575-8817or by email at mgedcke@knoxstratford.com

Director of Music: Suzanne StrahanOffice Administrator: Kathy Baker

Treasurer: Shannon Archer Office: 519-271-0373 knoxs@wightman.ca

OFFICE HOURS 9am- 1pm Tuesday through Friday

KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHApril 27, 2014 11:00 am

Guest Minister: Rev. Karen HorstMusic Director – Suzanne Strahan

PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP - Prayer, Meditation and Visiting

PRELUDE: Your Name – P. Baloche, G. Packlam, arr. D. GalbraithWhen I Think of You – Michael W. Smith, arr. J. Haschek10000 Reasons – M. Redman, J. Myrin, arr. D. Galbraith,

B. Henderson

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO WORSHIP: Leader: Here is the place to sing our praises to you.People: Now is the time to rejoice and give thanks.Leader: Wherever and whenever we seek your abiding presence,People: we find the sacredness of your cherishing love.

OPENING HYMN: #799 God is Here! As we your people meet

PRAYER OF ADORATION AND CONFESSION

ANTHEM: Hallowed Is This Dwelling – John McCreary

PASSING OF THE PEACE:Leader: The Peace of Christ be with youCongregation: And also with you.

CHILDREN’S HYMN: Build Your Kingdom (insert)

CHILDREN’S TIME

SCRIPTURE READING:Exodus 16:1-8John 20:11-18

SERMON: The Times They Are A Changing

HYMN: A New Hallelujah (insert)

OFFERING

OFFERTORY: Our God – C. Tomlin, J. Reeves, J. Myrin, M. Redman, arr. R. Mauldin

OFFERTORY PRAISE: #661 We give thee but thine own (v. 1&2)

PRAYER OF DEDICATION (together)Spirit of the living God, we give thanks for the many blessings we are able to give and receive. Inspire us to celebrate the mission and ministry we support in our own community and around the world by being a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. To you, be all the praise and the glory. Amen

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYEROur Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen

CLOSING HYMN: #247 Christ the Lord is Risen Today

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE: Highland Cathedral – Roever & Karb, arr. J. Wetherald

Church Opening Today: Tim PauliChurch Opening Next Week: Tim PauliUshers this week: Richard Bast, Mike & Cathy Bachner, John

WaldieUshers next week: Richard Bast, Mike & Cathy Bachner, John

WaldieGreeters this week: Gerry & Dale James Greeters next week: Jack Gibson & Marlene CoulthardCoffee this week: Shirley Weitzel

CONGREGATIONAL RETREATPlease mark on your calendars our Congregational Retreat happening on Saturday/Sunday, June 21/22 at Camp Kintail. We share this retreat time with St. Marys Presbyterian Church. Our worship service

will be at Camp Kintail, starting at 10:45 am. More details, including the Retreat Form, are coming soon. BUILD YOUR KINGDOM HERE

Rend Collective Experiment 

Come set Your rule and reign in our hearts again.Increase in us, we pray. Unveil why we’re made.Come set our hearts ablaze with hope like wildfire in our very souls.Holy Spirit, come invade us now.We are Your church. We need Your pow’r in us. We seek Your kingdom first. We hunger and we thirst.Refuse to waste our lives for You’re our joy and prize.To see the captive hearts released, the hurt, the sick, the poor at peace.We lay down our lives for heaven’s cause.We are Your church. We pray revive this earth. CHORUSBuild Your kingdom here. Let the darkness fear.Show Your mighty hand, heal our streets and land.Set Your church on fire. Win this nation back.Change the atmosphere. Build Your kingdom here, we pray! Unleash Your kingdom’s pow’r reaching the near and far.No force of hell can stop Your beauty changing hearts.You made us for much more than this, awake the kingdom seed in us.Fill us with the strength and love of Christ.We are Your church. We are the hope on earth. CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS

A NEW HALLELUJAH

Debbie Smith, Michael W. Smith, Paul Baloche, arr. by Dan Galbraith 

Can you hear? There’s a new songBreaking out from the children of freedom.Ev’ry race and ev’ry nation,Sing it out, sing the new hallelujah! Let us sing love to the nations,Bringing hope of the grace that has freed us.Make it known and make Him famous,Sing it out, sing the new hallelujah! CHORUSArise! Let the church arise.Let love reach to the other side.Alive, come alive!Let the song arise. Africa sings a new song,Reaching out with a new hallelujah!Ev’ry son and ev’ry daughter,Ev’ryone sing a new hallelujah! CHORUS Let the song arise! (Oh) Yeah, (yeah)Let the song arise! (Oh) CHORUS Ev’ryone, sing a new hallelujah!Ev’ryone, sing a new hallelujah!

PRESBYTERIANS SHARING…is our opportunity to join with over 900 Presbyterian congregations to share in ministry in Canada and with partners in different places in the world. As part of your offering, let us support Presbyterians Sharing and reach our goal for 2014 of $8,500. Here are a couple of stories of how we are making a difference:

Helping Syrian Refugees Resettle in CanadaThe crisis in Syria has resulted in one of the largest refugee movements in modern times – over two million Syrians have sought refuge outside their borders. The Canadian government announced in 2013 it would resettle 1,300 Syrian refugees from Jordan and Lebanon with the assistance of official sponsorship agreement holders. The Presbyterian Church in Canada – with the assistance of Presbyterian congregations – is able to help sponsor ten people to resettle in Canada. Meanwhile, Action Rèfugiés Montréal (with support from PWS&D, Canadian Ministries and the Anglican Diocese of Montreal) is helping the Syrian community in Quebec to sponsor those in greatest need.

PWS&D responds to refugees

Changing lives through Youth in MissionIn 2013, a Youth in Mission team of nine young people travelled to Malawi where they spent three weeks visiting PCC and PWS&D partners and projects in Mulanje and Blantyre. Participant Katie Hubley from New Glasgow, NS, shares, “This trip was easily the most life-changing event I have ever experienced and I thank God every day for the opportunity to serve Him. I am so thankful for what I’ve learned from our brothers and sisters in Malawi – their warm welcome, their love of worship, their contentment and their willingness to praise God and experience true joy in less than perfect circumstances.” Presbyterians Sharing supports the Youth in Mission program, enabling young people to learn first-hand about The Presbyterian Church in Canada’s mission and ministry around the world.

Presbyterians Sharing changes lives

PWSDevelopmentsThe Journey HomeBetween July and December 2013, nine women were successfully reunited with their families.

It’s a truly joyful day for Madam Poanyuug. She is finally being reunited with her family after spending 19 years living in the Gambaga Outcast Home in northern Ghana. One of the oldest women living in the camp, she fled to Gambaga after being accused of bewitching her own son.

“My son got a swollen eye and mentioned that he saw me in his dream, using a knife to pull out his eye. When he accused me of being the one responsible, the community supported him and I was banished.”

After staying 13 years at Gambaga, Wudama Dagang is also eager to go home.

Describing how she came to live at Gambaga, Wudama says, “My nephew said he saw me shoot him with a gun in a dream. The following morning I was called before the elders of my village and told to go to Gambaga to prove my innocence. I believe the boy was influenced by his mother, who never liked me.”

The Gambaga Outcast Home is a place of refuge for women who have been branded witches by their family and community. The camp is meant to be a temporary stop on their journey towards greater acceptance, and eventually home.

In partnership with Presbyterian World Service & Development, the Gambaga Go Home project is working to prevent future allegations of witchcraft and reintegrate accused women, like Poanyuug and Wudama, back into their communities.

In order to foster acceptance and pave the way for their return, the project sensitizes communities about human rights, mental illness, disabilities and other health issues that are often mistakenly attributed to witchcraft.

Kintail on the Road 2014We are looking forward to Kintail on the Road which will be happening at our church Monday to Friday, July 7-11. If you know of children who would be interested in being part of this program, please contact the church office by email or phone. We also need volunteers. You are also welcome to learn more by speaking with Mark Gedcke, Chantale Pitts or Mary Dougall.

SESSION REPORTThe April Session meeting was delayed, because of Easter, until last Monday evening. Roll Clerk, Diane Parker, led the discussion regarding the updating of the Knox Church roll and the Elder Routes. There will be some changes to the routes but if you now have an Elder or you have a new Elder you will be contacted by your Elder with this information. If you do not hear within the next two weeks please contact me.The report from the Board of Managers indicated a deficit so far this year of $15,000. This is a serious shortfall. Please consider how you can help. A fundraising committee is being formed and if you are willing to assist—if even just to suggest possible projects—please talk with Shirley Weitzel or with me.The Knox yearly retreat with the St. Mary’s congregation in June was discussed. Sunday service June 22 will be at Camp Kintail at 10:45 a.m. followed by a potluck lunch. Information re carpooling for those able to attend just the Sunday service will be available closer to the date.The Communications Team is investigating the purchase of equipment to record our Sunday service. The CD’s produced would be available for those unable to attend the service. This is being done in response to many requests from shut-ins.A team from Presbytery will be visiting Knox soon. They will be reviewing life at Knox over the past two years. They will be interviewing Rev. Gedcke, Session and the Board of Managers. There will be a special time when they will hear from members of the congregation. Times will be announced. Margaret LuptonClerk of Session

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014

9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

We Need:

Volunteers for Friday setup and Saturday sale

Donations of baking and books

The support of the whole congregation to make this sale a success

You can purchase a table to sell your treasures($10 for one table or $15 for two tables)

Proceeds from the sale will go to church missions