Service for April 21, 2024

 

The flowers in the Sanctuary today are to the Glory of God and in loving memory of very dear grandparents Stewart and Molly Tack and a dear father Cliff Varey given by Heather and Gordon Jamieson

* Our food cupboard.  Butch  519-615-9106. 

*Earth Mass.  Apr. 22, 2024 7:30 Antler River Band.  St. James.

*Penny Social May 3 6:30 for 7:30. Set up at 1:00 p.m. Baking donations needed &Items. Drinks and chips. 

*Masonic Visit.  Sunday May 5.  Lunch.

*Welcome Sunday.  May 19. Lunch.

*Jazz Vespers.  St. James.  May 26.  Afternoon. 

*Craft Club.  Third Saturday at 10 a.m.  All welcome.  

*Dinner.  June 8.  5:30.  10$  Tickets. Meat or Veggie pies. Buns. Fresh Salad. Ice Cream and Strawberry topping.  Silent Auction-baking, business doantions sought.  Invite friends and family.

*Jeremy Smith.  Sun. July 28.  Afternoon. 

*Meat and Veggie Pies.  5$ for a great meal.

*Mint smoothies Sandra $3

*Cancelled stamps. Gloria Thompson.

*Rinsed empty drink containers Dan Davies

*Apportionment. 2024  $19,571.00

*Sept. 22. Bishop Todd visits.  Change!

 

*Slate Sisters by Adam C- H.  Kydra R. Acting. April 18 – 29. For tickets call 519-615-2210.

 

*There are three ways to support our church.  Volunteering at events.  Generosity.  Prayer.  Our church is a team

*If you wish, our regular weekly donations or special donations may be sent to our Envelope Secretary:

Barb Smallman

4860 Whiteoak Road

London, Ontario

N6E 3Y8

 

519-680-0649

 

Bible Readings for April 21

• Acts 4:5-12   

• Psalm 23 

• 1 John 3:16-24  

• John 10:11-18

 

Audio Service for April 21

 

Opening:

Creator of the universe,

you made the world in beauty,

and restore all things in glory

through the victory of Jesus Christ.

We pray that, wherever your image is still disfigured

by poverty, sickness, selfishness, war and greed,

the new creation in Jesus Christ may appear in justice, love, and peace,

to the glory of your name. Amen.

 

Reading John 10:11-18

10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

10:12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away–and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

10:13 The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep.

10:14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,

10:15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.

10:16 I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

10:17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.

10:18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”

 

Sermon 

The Good Shepherd 1870
John 10:1-21

Now here is the question for this morning. 

What is an oxymoron? 

An oxymoron is a combination of contradictory terms, seemingly canceling each other out. 

For example: bittersweet, jumbo-shrimp, 

Let me give you another. Good shepherd. 

Certainly to the modern ear there is nothing contradictory about that, until we learn that in the ancient world shepherding was really not considered the romantic, humble occupation that we think of it today. 

Shepherds were looked down upon.

They were thought dirty, thieves. 

So despised were shepherds that under Jewish law, a shepherd could not be a witness in a trial. 

They were said to be notorious liars.

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Then, Jesus throws us for a loop and uses the term good shepherd.  Like the term the good theif.

So what is a Good Shepherd.

First, The Good Shepherd knows his sheep. Someone tells of being in the Holy Land many years ago. They saw several different flocks of sheep all huddled together at a watering hole. They all looked alike to him. It was simply a mass of white wool. He wondered how the shepherds would ever separate them out. At the appropriate time, however, each shepherd gave his own unique call, and in orderly fashion the sheep divided. Perhaps that is what the Good Shepherd meant when he said: I know my sheep and my sheep know me.

 

Second, by Good Shepherd, It is that we have a shepherd that is a genuine shepherd. He says, “I will never forget when I got my wife’s engagement ring. But after I had bought the ring, I said to the jeweler–now, be honest with me. The deal is made. I can’t back out of it. Can you really tell the difference between a real one carrot ring and some phony thing that I can buy off the shopper’s channel on TV?

He said: come around here and look at this, I want to show you something. He put the light on two rings–the one I had just bought and a phony diamond. Then he gave me his jeweler’s eyeglass. He said look at this cheap imitation and look at what you just bought and when I did I was amazed. My ring sparkled. The counterfeit was dull and had no luster.

Jesus said: now here are two shepherds. Outwardly there seems to be no difference. The skin of both has been bronzed by the sun and weathered by the wind. They both carry a fleece to keep them warm at night. Both carry a shepherd’s crook. But one is a genuine shepherd and the other is a counterfeit. One is a shepherd in his heart; the other is a shepherd for hire.

On an ordinary day you could never tell them apart. But let trouble come. Let a pack of wolves appear and then the difference comes out. The counterfeit runs, because it is only money to him. He has no ownership. But the real shepherd stays. Jesus said in our text: I lay down my life for my sheep. That is the difference between the real shepherd and the counterfeit.

Here is the good news. No matter how much trouble comes your way; the good shepherd will never leave your side. He will not desert you in times of trial. That is news that will let you get through the night; that is news that will enable you to keep your sanity.

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My explanation:

Sheep think Shepherd can do it all, open gates etc. 

Because they can do a lot.  

But the shepherd knows somethings they can not stop. 

But they wont leave the sheep.  

In our troubles, we are given a picture, the shepherd carrying the lamb on shoulders.  God preaches in pithy sayings, or pictures that we can keep and carry with us.  When we are unwell, we feel ourselves being carried.  Like the footsteps poem.

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Jesus said: My sheep know me. The question is: are we attuned to God’s special whisper. I suppose all of us have seen the painting done in the 1930’s of a dog, looking with a cocked head, at an old RCA phonograph. The name of the painting is the Master’s voice. I know that in my life I have not always recognized my master’s voice. I have been too busy, too preoccupied, too self-centered. Sometimes, frankly, I am afraid to hear his voice; for I know that he will say what I may not want to hear. But I know that it is important for me to hear once again the words of the Good Shepherd: I know my sheep, and my sheep know me.

 

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Every place we look, the biblical writers find comfort in the fact that God is our shepherd, and we shall not lack anything. Every need is met and every danger taken care of. There were plenty of dangers for shepherds in ancient Palestine. In that world, the shepherd was absolutely responsible for the lives of the sheep. Fighting off bears and wolves, along with thieves, was part of the job description. If an animal were eaten by a wolf or bear, the shepherd had to bring in part of the sheep’s body to prove that the animal had eaten it.

 

The shepherd’s staff mentioned in Psalm 23 is a weapon for such battles. The rod used there is the shepherd’s crook, used to rescue lost lambs and guide the others over rocky hills. 

 

 

The shepherd can’t lead the sheep anywhere, really, can’t cajole them, yell at them, or expect them to follow. There is no planning ahead with sheep. The shepherd only gets anything done by being with the sheep — in the middle of the flock. In this, we understand something about our God. God insists on being in the middle of us, mixed into our lives, right in the midst of our choices, our confusion, our tendency to wander off where we shouldn’t be and our constant need to be called back.

 

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Jesus says that “the sheep will recognize my voice.” But we are  always looking for his word and guidance in my life… . It is hard to distinguish what he is telling us from everything else we hear. 

 

There are plenty of dangers for us, too.

 

Our preoccupations with work, our screens, shopping, lead us away from Jesus. We’re constantly getting off the path and needing to be called back.

 

Conclusion:

Ultimately it is the picture Jesus gave us.  Jesus preaches in short stories, pithy statements, or best pictures.  When we have need, he carries us.  You will this.

 

 

Hymn: The Lord is My Shepherd 

The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want
He makes me lie in pastures green
He leads me by the still, still waters
His goodness restores my soul

And I will trust in You alone
And I will trust in You alone
For Your endless mercy follows me
Your goodness will lead me home

He guides my ways in righteousness
And He anoints my head with oil
And my cup, it overflows with joy
I feast on His pure delights

And I will trust in You alone
And I will trust in You alone
For Your endless mercy follows me
Your goodness will lead me home

And though I walk the darkest path
I will not fear the evil one
For You are with me, and Your rod and staff
Are the comfort I need to know

And I will trust in You alone
And I will trust in You alone
For Your endless mercy follows me
Your goodness will lead me home (I will trust)

And I will trust in You alone
And I will trust in You alone
For Your endless mercy follows me
Your goodness will lead me home (for Your endless mercy)

For Your endless mercy follows me
Your goodness will lead me home (for Your endless mercy)
For Your endless mercy follows me
Your goodness will lead me home

 

The Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God,

the Father almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.

He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit

and born of the Virgin Mary.

He suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended to the dead.

On the third day he rose again.

He ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again

to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic Church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting. Amen.

 

Prayers:

Sisters and brothers in Christ,

God invites us to bring our doubts and fears,

our joys and concerns, our petitions and praise,

and offer them for the earth and all its creatures.

 

Prayers: Linda (Deb Mc.); Christine A.; Bob H.; Dori;  Garfield; Eunice S.; Connie C.;  (Church)Suzanne (Ron and Jan);  Gloria A. (Carol);  Belinda,;  Ross B., Francis & Bill W.; Jeff G. (Dori); Kenny;  Jim T.; Norma A,;Dave F.; Peter T.;  Dan B.;. (Garfield & Diane);  Gord T.; Amy W. ; Yvonne; Maryanne; Gus; Jay P.;; Rick W.;.; Sharon;  Anne F.; Marcel D.; Jeff B.; (Sandra); Mike J.; Scott H.; Lisa (Keeling), Wendy; Eric P,; Sarah-Jane P.; Linda H.; Sharon D.; Philip D; Jacquie and Cam .; Janice  & Darrin R;  Roland;  .(Suzie D.)

 

Receive these prayers, O God,

and transform us through them,

that we may have eyes to see and hearts to understand

not only what you do on our behalf,

but what you call us to do

so that your realm will come to fruition in glory. Amen.

 

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name;

thy kingdom come;

thy will be done;

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation;

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

the power and the glory,

for ever and ever. Amen.

 

Glory to God,

whose power, working in us,

can do infinitely more

than we can ask or imagine.

Glory to God from generation to generation,

in the Church and in Christ Jesus,

for ever and ever. Amen.

 

Prayer based on Scripture:

Shepherd of all,

by laying down your life for your flock

you reveal your love for all.

Lead us from the place of death

to the place of abundant life,

that guided by your care for us,

we may rightly offer our lives

in love for you and our neighbors. Amen.

 

Blessing from the Book of Common Prayer:

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen.

 

Our Parting Blessing Song:

May God’s blessing surround you each day

As you trust Him and walk in His way

May His presence within guard and keep you from sin,

Go in peace, go in joy, go in love.

Service for April 14, 2024

The flowers in the sanctuary today are to the honour and Glory of God and in loving memory of the Black and Whittington families given by Doris Black.

 

*Garage Bake 1420.00  Thank You!

*Craft Club.  Third Saturday at 10 a.m.  All welcome.  Apr. 20

*Our food cupboard.  Butch  519-615-9106. 

*Earth Mass.  Apr. 22, 2024 7:30 Antler River Band.  St. James.

 

*Penny Social May 3 6:30 for 7:30. Set up at 1:00 p.m. Baking donations needed &Items. Drinks and chips available.

*Masonic Visit.  Sunday May 5.  Lunch.

 

*Welcome Sunday.  May 19. Lunch.

*Jazz Vespers.  St. James.  May 26.  Afternoon. Stephen

 

*Dinner.  June 8.  5:30.  10$  Tickets. Meat or Veggie pies. Buns. Fresh Salad. Ice Cream and Strawberry topping.  Silent Auction-baking, business doantions sought.  Invite friends and family.

 

*Jeremy Smith.  Sun. July 28.  Afternoon. 

*Meat and Veggie Pies.  5$ for a great meal.

 

*Mint smoothies Sandra $3

 

*Cancelled stamps. Gloria Thompson.

*Rinsed empty drink containers Dan Davies

 

*Apportionment. 2024  $19,571.00

*Sept. 22. Bishop Todd visits.  Change!

 

*Slate Sisters by Adam C- H.  Kydra R. Acting. April 18 – 29. For tickets call 519-615-2210.

 

*There are three ways to support our church.  Volunteering at events.  Generosity.  Prayer.  Our church is a team*If you wish, our regular weekly donations or special donations may be sent to our Envelope Secretary:

Barb Smallman

4860 Whiteoak Road

London, Ontario

N6E 3Y8

 

519-680-0649

 

Bible Readings for April 14

• Acts 3:12-19   

• Psalm 4   

• 1 John 3:1-7 

• Luke 24:36b-48

Audio Service for April 14

 

Opening:

Mighty God,

in whom we know the power of redemption,

you stand among us in the shadows of our time.

As we move through every sorrow and trial of this life,

uphold us with knowledge of the final morning

when, in the glorious presence of your risen Son,

we will share in his resurrection,

redeemed and restored to the fullness of life

and forever freed to be your people. Amen.

 

Reading Luke 24:36b-48

24:36b While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

24:37 They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost.

24:38 He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

24:39 Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”

24:40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

24:41 While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”

24:42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish,

24:43 and he took it and ate in their presence.

24:44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you–that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.”

24:45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,

24:46 and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day,

24:47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

24:48 You are witnesses of these things.

 

Sermon 

The Risen Christ, On Repeat Luke 24:36b-48

Repetition is the key to success.

 

Whether it’s learning a new soccer move, 

         or a tennis swing, 

                memorizing a poem, 

                         or learning a new language, 

                                     we have to do it over and over again. 

 

We have to get the golf swing 

       or the yoga move into our muscle memory.

 

We have to learn just the right touch

                                      for sanding wood 

                                             or kneading bread dough. 

 

 

We have to remember how to edit a video

 or play a song. 

It works with music, 

manners and art.

 

Repetition is part of growing faith, too.

 

In the Bible, 

         one sighting of the resurrected Jesus isn’t enough.

 

One conversation between him 

                  and the disciples won’t suffice.

 

He kept showing up and showing up 

                          so the disciples could  show up where needed—

 

                                    He keeps showing up

                                        so we can really understand this new reality. 

 

It takes a while for this amazing important fact of 

        Jesus walking with us

                                to sink in.

 

Luke’s gospel story finds us 

                 on Sunday evening, 

                   the day of resurrection, 

                     with Jesus busy continuing to make appearances 

                              to the people he loves. 

 

All four gospels have appearances 

               outside the now- empty tomb, 

                          then Jesus moved out into the wider world.

 

 Matthew and Mark 

remember these appearances 

            happening in the Galilee, 

                            where the story began, 

 

But Luke’s Gospel leaves

            the disciples in Jerusalem. 

 

He left them fearful, hiding, and locked in, 

                             but still where it all happened.

—

If you think about it

         Our faith is all about the visible, the real, 

          Our faith is from  what we can see and hold onto. 

 

These tangible experiences at the base of our faith

                       come from Jesus himself,

                                    the giver of bread and cup,

                                       the hands-on healer, 

                                                            the foot washer. 

 

Jesus went to a lot of trouble  to show up in person, 

                       after his resurrection. 

 

He wanted his friends to know, 

               without a doubt that he was real

                                   alive in a kind of  physical body.

 

The stories go out of their way to tell us

                                       that this was not a ghost 

                                                       or a hallucination. 

 

The risen Christ is central to the stories —

            to Thomas believing when he touched Jesus, 

         to the others who needed to feel and see him, 

                               even Jesus eating to show us how real he was.

 

That particular body of Christ is gone, 

                 but there is a body of Christ 

                                           still in the world. 

 

We — the church, 

           A community of faith, 

                        the people gathered now in Jesus’ name — 

                                are the enduring body of Christ. 

 

These stories have something to tell us,

               the church, the living body of Christ,

                              about our life of faith.

 

The risen Christ is persistent.

 

Jesus kept showing up 

          to show his friends this new truth. 

 

One appearance wouldn’t do it. 

 

This is the second story set on Easter night in Luke, 

                        and the other gospels have other stories. 

 

Until the job is done and the good news revealed, 

                    the living body of Christ keeps showing up.

                                     Still does.

 

The risen Christ meets needs.

     The people who need 

                       to see Jesus to make it all real 

                                       get that. 

 

A young minister shared, 

           Once when I served as a hospice chaplain, 

                       a young man was extremely distraught 

                                about the upcoming passing of his mother. 

 

Wanting to find something to hold onto, 

          he asked me if he would see his mother again. 

He wondered if

         she would come to him in a dream 

                            or if he would feel her presence. 

 

I was stumped for a minute.

 

I couldn’t guarantee anything to him,

             Yet I didn’t want to leave him with nothing. 

 

Running over past experiences in my mind, 

                        it struck me that there was a pattern.

 

In my experience, I said, 

          each of us gets what we need. 

 

Whatever assurances people need 

                  will come to them, somehow. 

 

If you need that, I told him, 

                           you’ll receive it. 

 

The same happened when Jesus showed up

            People got what they needed. 

 

The people who needed 

        a reminder about the scriptures, 

                    got that.

 

The people who need 

               a second chance got that. 

 

The people who needed 

               to touch him get that. 

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Or

 How many times, 

         in the gospel of John, 

                  did the risen Jesus tell Peter 

                               to feed his sheep? 

 

Three,

         as if to redeem each denial. 

Peter needed healing, 

         To know he was forgiven for denying his friend

                    and he got that.

 

The risen Christ points outside itself.

 

Jesus came with work 

                                    for his friends to do

 

He sent them out with a task. 

 

They were not meant 

             to sit around reminiscing, 

                                          but to go out 

                                               and share what they experienced. 

 

This is still true of  us today 

                               we have tasks  to do for God.

 

Even if sometimes

            we don’t know what they are,

Even if sometimes 

        we don’t even know 

              when we have accomplished them.

 

The risen Christ resists locked doors.

 

Like those disciples, 

            we, too, can lock ourselves away. 

 

We close up part of our lives, 

                       forget to take chances,

                                   see people with suspicion, 

 

                                              We think nothing better is possible. 

 

If we can just seal things up tightly enough,

               We don’t take risks.

 

As a congregation, 

              we can lock our spiritual doors too, 

 

If our vision is too small…

           If we draw our circle of concern too small 

                    If our prayers too limited… 

                                             If our dreams are too tiny. 

 

We forget that Jesus is the one who opens doors.

 

Just like some people can’t resist a challenge, 

                          Jesus can’t resist a closed-up place, 

                                           someone walled off, 

                                                          or a locked door. 

 

That’s the place where he loves to come in 

              and ask us 

                   what he asked those first disciples: 

                             “Why are you so afraid?”

 

In that way, the risen Christ 

                               is an remedy to fear. 

 

 

When we feel afraid,     

            anxious, worried, 

                         out of strength, 

                                   the risen Christ is medicine for that.

 

 “Be not afraid,” 

            Jesus says over and over in his life,

                               and the risen Christ says it again here.

 

 “Peace be with you,” 

          is not just a greeting,

                           it’s a remedy for fear.

 

Ultimately our Lord has it all in hand,

 

Everything is restored,

                       Life goes on…

                                This  is soul school

 

 “Peace be with you,” 

             we say,

        we can catch 

                  encouragement, hope

                            strength from each other

 

                                      for this work 

                                               of being the followers of Christ

                                                                   in the world. 

 

The risen Christ gives us strength

            For being the workers for Christ in this world.

 

What we can’t do alone, 

              we can do together — 

                               as a body of faith.

 

As long as 

            we all show up willing to help…

 

When we decide we don’t need to show up 

                 The strength of everyone 

                                  is diminished, lessened.

 

 

We have been touched by the risen Christ, 

                   now it’s our turn 

                              to be that living body in the world.

 

We are the only body of Christ 

                         there is in this world, 

                                   our Hands and feet are his feet and hands.

 

God has work for us to do. 

 

Lets turn out. 

 

 

Hymn:  Amazing Grace

1. Amazing grace! How sweet the sound

   That saved a wretch like me!

   I once was lost, but now am found;

   Was blind, but now I see.

2. ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,

   And grace my fears relieved;

   How precious did that grace appear

   The hour I first believed.

3. Through many dangers, toils, and snares,

   I have already come;

   ’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,

   And grace will lead me home.

4. The Lord has promised good to me,

   His Word my hope secures;

   He will my Shield and Portion be,

   As long as life endures.

5. Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,

   And mortal life shall cease,

   I shall possess, within the veil,

   A life of joy and peace.

6. The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,

   The sun forbear to shine;

   But God, who called me here below,

   Will be forever mine.

7. When we’ve been there ten thousand years,

   Bright shining as the sun,

   We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise

   Than when we’d first begun.

 

The Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God,

the Father almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.

He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit

and born of the Virgin Mary.

He suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended to the dead.

On the third day he rose again.

He ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again

to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic Church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting. Amen.

 

Prayers:

O God, your Son remained with his disciples after his resurrection,
teaching them to love all people as neighbors.
As his disciples in this age,
we offer our prayers on behalf of the universe
in which we are privileged to live
and our neighbors with whom we share it.

Prayers: Linda (Deb Mc.); Christine A.; Bob H.; Dori;  Garfield; Eunice S.; Connie C.;  (Church)Suzanne (Ron and Jan);  Gloria A. (Carol);  Belinda,;  Ross B., Francis & Bill W.; Jeff G. (Dori); Kenny;  Jim T.; Norma A,;Dave F.; Peter T.;  Dan B.;. (Garfield & Diane);  Gord T.; Amy W. ; Yvonne; Maryanne; Gus; Jay P.;; Rick W.;.; Sharon;  Anne F.; Marcel D.; Jeff B.; (Sandra); Mike J.; Scott H.; Lisa (Keeling), Wendy; Eric P,; Sarah-Jane P.; Linda H.; Sharon D.; Philip D; Jacquie and Cam .; Janice  & Darrin R;  Roland;  .(Suzie D.)

 

Open our hearts to your power moving
around us and between us and within us,
until your glory is revealed in our love of both friend and enemy,
in communities transformed by justice and compassion,
and in the healing of all that is broken. Amen.

 

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name;

thy kingdom come;

thy will be done;

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation;

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

the power and the glory,

for ever and ever. Amen.

 

Glory to God,

whose power, working in us,

can do infinitely more

than we can ask or imagine.

Glory to God from generation to generation,

in the Church and in Christ Jesus,

for ever and ever. Amen.

 

Prayer based on Scripture:

Holy and righteous God,

you raised Christ from the dead

and glorified him at your right hand.

Let the words of scripture,

fulfilled in Jesus your Son,

burn within our hearts

and open our minds to recognize him

in the breaking of bread. Amen.

 

Blessing from the Book of Common Prayer:

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen.

 

Our Parting Blessing Song:

May God’s blessing surround you each day

As you trust Him and walk in His way

May His presence within guard and keep you from sin,

Go in peace, go in joy, go in love.

Go in peace, go in joy, go in love.

Food Cupboard Wish List

 

Here’s an updated wish list for our food cupboard

Brown Beans with or without pork,

Mushroom soup,

Vegetable soup and

Chicken noodle soup,

Canned vegetables except cream corn,

Uncle Bens Rice,

Sidekicks,

Minute Rice,

Pancake Mix (just add water kind),

Pancake Syrup,

Sugar,

Jam,

Cheese Whiz,

Canned fruit,

Any canned meat like Tuna, Flakes of Ham, Chicken or Turkey and luncheon meat.

Laundry soap,

Plus anything else you think of except tomato soup, toilet paper and instant coffee which we luckily have an abundance of.

Thank you  for your generous donations.