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May 31st Service

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Morning Prayer Services
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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 in hearing the beautiful music by Sharon and Joanne

​Lucia's Lawn Hours

Dear St. John's,
For the rest of the summer we'll be shifting Lucia's lawn hours to a new time: 4:00 to 6:00.  This week's lawn hours will be on Thursday June 4th.  I'll be in my lawn chair beside the church, 2 metres from the sidewalk.  You're invited to come by to say hi, to pray, or to have some in-real-life conversation. I look forward to seeing you!

​Grace and peace,
Lucia

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  

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