Welcome to St. John's 

Welcome to St. John's.  We invite you to join us in prayer and worship even while our buildings are closed to contribute to the health and well-being of our neighbours. You can join us on Zoom, click on the YouTube service or click on Services & Sermons to read the service and Lucia's sermons.
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In times of joy and in times of adversity, we turn to God, and we welcome you to pray and worship with us from wherever you are.
Grace and peace,

Join Us for Worship

Join us for our Pre-recorded Service
​for July 5th at 8 AM with
​Canon Susan Sheen

​Join us for our Pre-recorded Service
​for June 28th

​Join us for our Pre-recorded Service
​for June 21st

Good morning! Please see our Pre-recorded Service for June 21st. We make these services available by 8 AM for all people to join.

Blessings to you all.

​June 14th Recorded Service

We have pre-recorded services for those who cannot join us on Sundays. We have music that is composed by our music group that we are sure you will appreciate!

Join us on Zoom! Click Lucia's email here

If you are not able to join us on Zoom, Please join us on the YouTube (link above). We will be leaving a recording after the service has ended.

Morning Prayer Services

We upload our services for those who want to take time to reflect or to go back an reflect. Please click "Service & Sermons" in the menu above

We invite you to contribute to our ministries through Canada Helps 

Bible Study, Mondays at 4 PM On Zoom

Dear St. John's,

We will be offering a new Bible Study this summer on Zoom, every Monday at 4:00.  When I put together the responses from parishioners to my "What would you like to do?" email, an online Bible study was the option that had the most interest from the congregation, so that's the one we'll pursue.
Several people expressed an interest in studying the book of Romans, which is also a book we are reading from in our Sunday services this summer. 

Therefore, we'll jump right in to Romans by exploring the passage that comes up the next Sunday. Feel free to forward this email to friends and relatives you'd like to invite.

Here is the schedule of what we're reading when.

• Jun 22, 2020 04:00 PM Romans 6:3-11
  
• Jun 29, 2020 04:00 PM Romans 7:21-8:6
  
• Jul 6, 2020 04:00 PM Romans 8:9-17
  
• Jul 13, 2020 04:00 PM Romans 8:18-25
  
• Jul 20, 2020 04:00 PM Romans 8:26-34
  
• Jul 27, 2020 04:00 PM Romans 8:35-39
  
• Aug 3, 2020 04:00 PM Romans 9:1-5
  
• Aug 10, 2020 04:00 PM Romans 11:13-32
  
• Aug 17, 2020 04:00 PM Romans 11:33-36
  
• Aug 24, 2020 04:00 PM Romans 12:1-8
  
• Aug 31, 2020 04:00 PM Romans 12:9-21
  
• Sept 7, 2020 0400 PM Romans 14:5-12

If you are interested, please reach out to be added to Zoom.

​Lucia's Lawn Hours

Dear St. John's,
This week Lucia's Lawn Hours will be Saturday June 20th from 4:00 to 6;00.  I'll be in my lawn chair next to the church, 2 metres from the sidewalk.  You are invited to come by to say hi, pray, or have some in-real-life conversation. 
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I'm looking forward to seeing you!
Grace and peace,
Lucia

Join us in hearing the beautiful music by Sharon and Joanne

​Facebook Service Recording
from June 14th at 10:30 AM

Covid-19 Update

March 14, 2020
Dear St. John's,

​If you would like to worship with an online service of Morning Prayer, you can go to the diocesan website.

Bishop Andrew Asbil will be offering an online service of Morning Prayer from St James Cathedral on Sunday, March 15 to which people can tune in.   

I also have compiled some written worship materials, which are located on the website here. 

You are welcome to use them to pray with us at 8:00 or 10:30 from wherever you are, or to pray by yourself or with your family at a time that is best for you.  You will find attachments of Morning Prayer, the intercessions, the scripture readings in the Sunday lectionary for this Sunday, and the Collect for this Sunday. 

I had planned to be on vacation this Sunday, and the sermon Rev. Carol had planned isn't in written form, so I'm including a sermon I preached three years ago on today's scriptures.

Morning Prayer is designed as worship without the sacrament of Holy Communion, and this is a good opportunity to use it. 

Still, there may be parishioners who prefer the familiar worship they are used to on Sundays, and the associations it carries, so it includes booklets from the BCP and BAS Eucharist for anyone who would like to pray using that service and simply omit the sacrament. 

​We are continuing to adapt to these new circumstances, and we will stay in touch as we get organized in new ways, continuing to give thanks for God's love, and to love God, and to love our neighbours.

​Grace and peace,
Lucia

March 13, 2020
Dear St. John's,
As an act of caring for our neighbours, especially those most vulnerable to illness, we at St. John's will be following the decision we have received this evening from the bishops of our Diocese and our Ecclesiastical Province to suspend public worship.  Therefore St. John's will not be holding church services this Sunday or in the following weeks.  We will be in touch soon by email with resources for worship at home, both in written form and online, and with other ways of maintaining community.  Please continue to pray for all those who suffer as a result of COVID-19, and for God to grant all of us patience, strength, compassion, and faith as we deal with it, as well as recognition of the blessings in our lives even during difficult times.
Grace and peace,
Lucia

The announcement from the bishop can be found on the Diocese Website  

Question, comment or prayer request?
​Reach out to us online or give us a call at (905) 623-2460