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Class Celebration |
Grade Five St. Richard School December 2002 |
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Procession |
"All
Rise" - spoken by Sergeant at Arms Sergeant at Arms/ Prime Minister with flag of Canada Madame Speaker with the Bible/ Minister of Education with a cross followed by Master of Celebration |
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Duties |
AV
minister plays the procession music and runs the computer for words to songs Clinton runs the music system |
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Opening Reading
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Welcome to our celebration of the Mighty Deeds of God.
We have learned this month that of all the mighty deeds of God, the greatest is the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through His death Christ paid the penalty for all the sins ever committed or to be committed in the future. Christ allowed Himself to be sacrificed as a lamb for our sins. He is the Lamb who takes away the sins of the world. By the miracle of His resurrection from the dead Christ has shown us that we can all live forever some day, that God will take away all tears shed in history and give us eternal life and happiness forever. This is the greatest and mightiest act of God for because of of His crucifixion and resurrection, we will be His children in His loving care forever. |
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Prayer - by Levi |
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Song Amazing Grace |
Amazing
Grace, How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me. I was lost but now I'm found Was blind but now I see 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed When we've been there ten thousand years Bright shining as the sun We've no less days to sing God's praise Then when we first begun. Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me. I was lost but now I'm found Was blind but now I see |
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Scripture Reading Katharine Psalm 23 |
The LORD
is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. |
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Bible Skit
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The blessing of Abraham
And said, By Myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; AND IN THY SEED SHALL ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED; because thou hast obeyed My voice. Abraham obeyed God and left Babylon to travel to Canaan to make a new home, Abraham trusted God to give him a son, Isaac, through a miracle and Abraham obeyed God and was willing to sacrifice his only begotten son and heir as a "lamb to take away the sins of the world", foreshadowing the sacrifice of Christ the Messiah and Son of God. And to thy seed, which is Christ… And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise." Galatians 3:7-9, 14, 16, 29 |
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Homily - Master of Celebration |
The
Bread - Christ When the children of Jacob wandered in the desert for 40 years on their way back to the promised land after being slaves for hundreds of years in Egypt God gave them a miracle of bread every day - sweet honeydew manna. The night before the children of Jacob left Egypt and slavery, God commanded the Israelites to eat unleavened bread and to drink wine to remember that God saved them from slavery by a great miracle - sending angels to kill the firstborn children of the Egyptians. Christ came to the Jews and to us proclaiming that He is the Bread of Life. "I am the bread of life." Later Jesus added, "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life." We take Him by faith, we trust in His death on the Cross for our redemption. We look to His resurrection and ascension as the first fruits of our own resurrection soul and body. |
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Eating the Bread |
Bread is broken and passed to the class by Sarah and Samantha |
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Offerings |
We have adopted a
senior citizen, Mr. Harvey Grahn, who resides in Stoney Plain Nursing
Home.
The class has agreed to write cards and notes to Mr. Grahn on a regular basis as he receives no visitors, lost his only son in tragic circumstances, lost his wife to a sudden heart attack and has been abandoned by the remainder of his family since. We will now accept the students' cards and Mr. Tannas will deliver them as well as a class picture to Mr. Grahn this weekend before Xmas. |
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Song |
Hail
Holy Queen Hail holy queen enthroned above, O Maria Hail mother of mercy and of love, O Maria Triumph all ye cherubim Sing with us ye seraphim Heaven and earth resound the hymn Salve, salve, salve regina Our life, our sweetness here below, Oh, oh, oh, oh Maria Our hope in sorrow and in love, Oh, oh, oh, oh Maria Triumph all ye cherubim Sing with us ye seraphim Heaven and earth resound the hymn Salve, salve, salve regina Al le lu ia Mater, o mater, intermerata Sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Virgo, respice, mater, adspice, Sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Al le lu ia Our life, our sweetness here below, Oh, oh, oh, oh Maria Our hope in sorrow and in love, Oh, oh, oh, oh Maria Triumph all ye cherubim Sing with us ye seraphim Heaven and earth resound the hymn Salve, salve, salve regina Salve, salve, salve regina |
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Closing Prayer |
Brett Arbeau |
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Benediction |
Stephanie |
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Closing Music and Procession |
Lord's Prayer |