Welcome to St. John's Anglican Church Bowmanville
Welcome to St. John's
We are always happy to see new faces at St. John's!
Our main Sunday service is at 10:30 and includes music and communion. It is about an hour. It includes a program for children and youth from the beginning of September until the end of June. The 10:30 service is live-streamed and posted on YouTube. The video camera is normally filming the front of the church rather than the people in the pews. The service is held in the sanctuary during most of the year, and is in the parish hall during the summer.
We also have a smaller service at 8:00 a.m. without music, which uses the older language of the Book of Common Prayer, which is held from the beginning of September until the end of May. It is about 45 minutes.
All are welcome at St. John's: we really do mean all, no matter who you are, or what you do, or don't believe.
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Find Us
11 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario
Worship Virtually
Our 10:30 a.m. service is shared on YouTube so that those who are unable to join us in person can still worship with our parish community. From September through June, the service is live-streamed. During July and August, the service is recorded and made available on YouTube shortly after it concludes. You can watch on YouTube or right here on our website.
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What's Happening at St. John's
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Every Week
Our Weekly Rhythm
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The Reverend Lucia Lloyd
Lucia discovered a love for God and the church when she was raised as a Presbyterian in Pittsburgh, and she felt a call to ordained ministry from her teenage years. She has also had a lifelong love of literature, and studied English at Davidson College (with a junior year abroad at Oxford) before going to Princeton Theological Seminary. She continued to pursue both interests, as her graduate education included an M.A.R. in Religion and Literature from Yale Divinity School, an M.A. in English from Middlebury College, and an M.Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary.
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Daily Prayer & Scripture
Every day, Anglicans around the world pray and reflect on Scripture using a shared pattern known as the Daily Office. This centuries-old rhythm helps Christians grow in faith by returning to prayer and reading through the Bible together over time.
Across the Anglican Communion, the Daily Office connects local churches in a worldwide rhythm of prayer, even where appointed passages vary from place to place. Whether you are exploring Christianity for the first time or have been reading the Bible for years, you are warmly invited to spend a few moments with today's readings.
Some passages offer comfort and encouragement, while others are challenging and invite us to ask deeper questions about God, ourselves, and the world around us. We approach them with patience, prayer, and trust that Scripture can continue teaching us as we seek to follow Jesus.
The readings below are those appointed for today in the Anglican Church of Canada's Daily Office Lectionary.
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