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Parish Contacts
Interim Pastor Cathie Crawford Browning905-562-7238
Home (pastoral emergencies)905-892-4897
Honorary Assistant Canon Ian Chadwick 905-988-7873
Rector’s Warden Cathy Jones905-562-0534
Dep. Rector’s Warden George Willows905-684-7669
People’s Warden Doug Whitaker905-562-5789
OrganistLawrence Eady905-468-4272
SecretaryDiane Netherway905-931-9550
The Right Reverend Bishop Michael Bird: 905-527-1316
Parish Address: 2878 St. John’s Drive, Jordan, Ontario, L0R 1S0.
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Community Care and Village of Hope
Our Bin is in the Church entrance for alternate delivery ofdonations of the following items to both of these local agencies: Stuffing, Instant Potatoes, Rice, Pasta, Tomato sauce, Peanut Butter, Beans, Lentils, Chickpeas, Cookies, Crackers, Shampoo, Kleenex, Detergent, Deodorant, Sugar, Flour, Chili, Beef Stew, Fruits Cups, Baby Formula, Baby Diapers, Jam, Condiments, Canned Meat & Vegetables, Muffin & Cake Mixes, Rice, Juice.
Request for Transportation
One of the challenges that St. John’s faces as a rural church is transportation for people who are unable to drive – and for this reason, we currently have parishioners who can no longer attend services at our church. If you do drive and would be willing to provide a ride to others on Sundays, please speak to Cathie for more information.
Parish Calendar
TODAYat the 9 & 10:30 am services, we have Morning Prayer (i.e. the Eucharist is not celebrated). Joyce Richardson will officiate and we welcome Chery Keddy-Scott, the director of the Village of Hope, as our guest preacher.
Holy Grill: Thank you to those parishioners who have already completed their shifts at RibFest in St. Catharines or are on duty today or tomorrow. Your participation is gratefully acknowledged for this major fundraiser of the parish.
Holy Grill :
Post-Clean-up: Wednesday, August 9 at 5 pm.
Pig and Corn Roast Dinner: Saturday, September 16. Mark your calendar for this Event Committee Fundraiser! Great food and lots of fun! Musical entertainment by Mike Lynch and his band. Adults $20; Children over 5 $10; under 5 free. Tickets are available from Nancy Pierce Altobello(289-567-0716).
Holy Grill ARTFest: At Twenty Valley School in Vineland. Please save the dates for Oct. 7, 8, 9 from 10am-5pm.
Thanksgiving Sunday: October 9
Harvest Home Thanksgiving: Sunday, October 15
Next Sunday, Aug. 13: (green)
Altar:Joyce, Nancy, Cathy Flowers: Wendy
Reader: Lynne J. Chalice: Reg T.Server: Cathy J.
Sidespersons: Joyce Short and Shirley Course
Coffee Hour: Cathie
St. John's Anglican Church, Jordan
Diocese of Niagara
Feast of the Transfiguration
August 6, 2017
Traditional Service: 9 am
Morning Prayer 10:30 am
Welcome one and all, brothers and sisters in Christ!
All those who seek Christ are welcome
to receive Holy Communion.
If standing and kneeling are difficult,
please feel free to remain seated.
About 5 minutes before the service, the bell will ring.
The sound of the bell calls for peace and silent prayer.
MORNING PRAYER
Hymn 425: “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee”
This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.
Opening Responsory
Lord, open our lips,
And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
49...... Venite ...... 49
Collect of the Day
Almighty God, on the holy mount you revealed to chosen witnesses your well-beloved Son, wonderfully transfigured: mercifully deliver us from the darkness of this world, and change us into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.Amen.
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 58:6-12
Is not this the kind of fastingI have chosen:
to loosen the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressedfree
and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—
when you see the naked, to clothethem,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
and your healingwill quickly appear;
then your righteousnesswill go before you,
and the glory of theLordwill be your rear guard.
Then you will call,and theLordwill answer;
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
with the pointing fingerand malicious talk,
and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your lightwill rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.
TheLordwill guideyou always;
he will satisfy your needsin a sun-scorched land
and will strengthenyour frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a springwhose waters never fail.
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
and will raise up the age-old foundations;
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,
Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
The Word of the Lord …Thanks be to God.
Psalm 99 Page 837
Hymn 500, verses 1-3: “Sister, Let Me Be Your Servant”
Matthew 25:31-46
The Lord be with you … And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. Matthew.
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
When the Son of Man comesin his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separatethe people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdomprepared for you since the creation of the world.For I was hungryand you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,I needed clothes and you clothed me,I was sick and you looked after me,I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me,you who are cursed, into the eternal fireprepared for the devil and his angels.For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.
Matthew 13:1-9,18-23
The Parable of the Sower
Gospel of Christ … Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Hymn 500, verses 4-6: “Sister, Let Me Be Your Servant”
Homily: Cheryl Keddy-Scott of the Village of Hope
234 ...... The Creed ...... 189
126 ...... The Prayers of the People: Litany 18...... 126
Please stand before the passing of the Peace
The peace of the Lord be always with you … And also with you.
Offertory Hymn 504: “Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love”
54...... The Lord’s Prayer...... 54
Closing Prayer
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.
Dismissal
Let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Hymn 505: “Be Thou My Vision”
After the 10:30 service,
everyone is invited to the Parish Hall for Coffee Hour.