‘Jesus Christ is risen today. Hallelujah!’
The Day of Resurrection.
The day on which Christian faith is founded, and from which life flows.
 
We begin this day with joyous music, the testimony of Holy Scripture and prayers of thanksgiving. 
And together we will celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, the presence of the Living Lord with us. If you are joining from home, you are invited to prepare some bread and a cup. If you are joining in the sanctuary, bring your own bread and cup or receive a pre-packaged unit upon entry. 
 

In accordance with the most recent public health guidelines, up to 70 individuals will be able to be seated in the sanctuary. If you are able and wishing to attend in person, please review the mandatory protocols detailed in the previous post and in the link found under ‘Special Events’ to the right, ‘Re-Opening the Sanctuary’. Entrance to the sanctuary will be available only by the door off Clergy Street by the cannon.

This service will be live-streamed and available Sunday morning at https://youtu.be/rRdFqJTGXNI. Organ preludes will begin around 10:20 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. Other services can be found on the St. Andrew’s Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzEy41z3sqfRm8X_lLfKGUA  

In preparation, you are invited to have a look at the Order of Service below …
‘This is the day that the Lord has made – let us rejoice and be glad in it!’

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You are invited to enter into this holy weekend with three services offered online only
by the Kingston Worship Initiative on Youtube at https://tinyurl.com/nc7nhr6e

Holy Thursday, from 7 p.m. hosted by St. Mark’s Lutheran and Chalmers United 
Good Friday, from 10 a.m., hosted by St. Andrew’s Presbyterian and Faith United 
Saturday Vigil, from 7:30 p.m., hosted by St. James Anglican, St. Paul’s Sydenham and Sydenham Street United

 

 



You are invited to join on a journey through this Holy Week. 
Opportunities in person and on line are printed tri-fold newsletter available for printing, or the service information alone copied below.
A warm welcome in the name of Jesus Christ – our Lord of the cross and empty tomb!

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Holy Week Worship @ St Andrew’s In Sanctuary and Online

Palm Sunday – Sunday March 28, 10:30 a.m. 
Before Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, the people shout ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord’ (Mark 10:46- 11:1-11).

Easter Morning – Sunday April 4, 10:30 a.m.
With joy we return to the beginnings of Christian faith and life – the resurrection of Jesus from the dead! ‘Now let the vault of heaven resound in praise of love that doth abound’. ‘Thine be the glory, risen conquering son, endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won’.  

*Note that on the Sunday after Easter the service will be held online only (see Easter Lessons and Carols)

Worship Online with Kingston Worship Initiative

Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian and United congregations are joining together to present a full slate of worship experiences during this time when in-person worship is constrained. The services will be posted at https://tinyurl.com/nc7nhr6e

Holy Thursday – Thursday April 1, from 7pm
A service offered by St. Mark’s Lutheran and Chalmers United

Good Friday – Friday April 2, from 10 am
An hour of readings, reflections and hymns with contributions by representatives of eight local congregations, co-ordinated by St. Andrew’s with Faith United.

Easter Vigil –  Saturday April 3, from 7:30pm – A service offered by St. James Anglican and Sydenham Street United.

and …

Sunday after Easter – Sunday April 11, from 6am
A joyous hour of Easter hymns and readings, with combined voices from different choirs, co-ordinated by Michael Capon.

 

Jyoti Sahi (Indian, 1944–), “Entry into Jerusalem,” 2012. Oil and acrylic on canvas.

The Indian artist Jyoti Sahi started this painting after being in Jerusalem for the first time, for a meeting on art and peace for the Abrahamic faiths. He shared after completing this canvas that it is all about Jesus entering the human heart. I love how busy the scene is … just as full as are our hearts, and as I imagine the first ‘Palm Sunday’.

The crowds shout ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord’. But who exactly is this ‘one’? Did Jesus anticipate their confusion and this question in the scene just prior, his healing of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10: 46-Mark 11:11)? Join us for an hour with music of praise, prayers of the heart, and exploration of Holy Scripture.

If you are able and wishing to attend in person, please review the mandatory protocols detailed in the previous post and in the link found under ‘Special Events’ to the right, ‘Re-Opening the Sanctuary’.

This service will be live-streamed and available Sunday morning at https://youtu.be/nCcHiW0Op3g. Organ preludes will begin around 10:20 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. Other services can be found on the St. Andrew’s Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzEy41z3sqfRm8X_lLfKGUA  

You are invited to have a look at the printed Order of Service below, and the announcements …

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On this fifth Sunday of Lent, we hear how two of his disciples ask Jesus for favoured positions beside him in glory, to which Jesus replies with a question for them, ‘Are you able to drink the cup that I drink?’. It is a question that Jesus asks of us now. The sermon will include gleanings from the writing of Henri Nouwen on the spiritual life.

If you are able and wishing to attend in person, please review the mandatory protocols detailed in the previous post and in the link found under ‘Special Events’ to the right, ‘Re-Opening the Sanctuary’.

This service will be live-streamed and available at a link to be found at https://youtu.be/or1xJ7CBwm0 – organ preludes will begin around 10:20 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. Other services can be found on the St. Andrew’s Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzEy41z3sqfRm8X_lLfKGUA  

You are invited to have a look at the printed Order of Service below, and the announcements.

Of particular note this week are :

  • Tuesday evening, 7 p.m., the final session of the St. Andrew’s online winter study, exploring gospel themes as embodied by characters in Les Misérables – this week, “hope” as illustrated by ‘the garden’.  (email [email protected] to receive the Zoom link) https://www.standrewskingston.org/winter-study-series-les-miserables/
  • Wednesday evening, 7 p.m., also the final session of a Lenten online series offered by Dr. William Morrow, ‘Where’s the Gospel in Genesis? Hard Stories in the Bible’s First Book’. This week will be a general discussion. This is an inter-church initiative and free, but registration is required to receive the Zoom link … https://stjameskingston.ca/lenten-series/

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A painting by Heinrich Hoffman, 1889

Please note that Daylight Saving Time begins this week, and the clocks spring ahead Saturday night!

I am drawn to the posture of that young man. He has assured Jesus that he has fulfilled the commandments and is seeking assurance that he will enter the ‘Age to Come’. Jesus has replied ‘You lack one thing …’ (Mark 10:21) and then Jesus pointed to what he was lacking. The young man is portrayed in a moment of deliberation between hearing and decision. This scene is the only time that we are told Jesus ‘loved’ an individual in the Gospel according to Mark. It is also the only scene in which an individual is called by Jesus and does not follow. The last we are told,  ‘he went away grieving’ (Mark 10:22). What does Jesus say to us? And how will we respond?

The service will include a moment of remembrance to mark one year since the official declaration of a pandemic by the World Health Organization.

If you are able and wishing to attend in person, please review the mandatory protocols detailed in the previous post and in the link found under ‘Special Events’ to the right, ‘Re-Opening the Sanctuary’.

This service will be live-streamed and available at  https://youtu.be/Y1xSyFmTrNQ – organ preludes will begin around 10:20 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. Other services can be found on the St. Andrew’s Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzEy41z3sqfRm8X_lLfKGUA  

You are invited to have a look at the printed Order of Service below, and the announcements.

Of particular note this week are :

  • Tuesday evening, 7 p.m., the fifth of the St. Andrew’s online winter study sessions, exploring gospel themes as embodied by characters (this week, revolution with ‘les amis’) in Les Misérables (email [email protected] to receive the Zoom link) https://www.standrewskingston.org/winter-study-series-les-miserables/
  • Wednesday evening, 7 p.m., the penultimate of a Lenten online series offered by Dr. William Morrow, ‘Where’s the Gospel in Genesis? Hard Stories in the Bible’s First Book’. This week’s topic: Does God Reward Tricksters? This is an inter-church initiative and free, but registration is required to receive the Zoom link … https://stjameskingston.ca/lenten-series/
  • Thursday morning, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., we will continue reading through the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7),  pondering how these words of Jesus might shape our lives more fully in the promises of God and the Christian way in this world

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As is our custom on the first Sunday of the month, we will be gathered by the Holy Spirit to celebrate Holy Communion. ‘Taste and see that the Lord is good’ (Psalm 34). If you are joining at home, you are invited to prepare bread and cup before this service. If you are joining in the sanctuary, bring your own bread and cup, or receive a packaged unit as you enter.

This Sunday we arrive in Mark’s gospel at the words of Jesus ‘Whoever is not against us is for us’ (Mark 9:40). What might these words mean for us today? 

If you are able and wishing to attend in person, please review the mandatory protocols detailed in the previous post and in the link found under ‘Special Events’ to the right, ‘Re-Opening the Sanctuary’.

This service will be live-streamed and available at  https://youtu.be/Y1xSyFmTrNQ – organ preludes will begin around 10:20 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. Other services can be found on the St. Andrew’s Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzEy41z3sqfRm8X_lLfKGUA  

You are invited to have a look at the printed Order of Service below, and the announcements.

Of particular note this week are :

– Tuesday evening, 7 p.m., the fourth of the St. Andrew’s online winter study sessions, exploring gospel themes as embodied by characters (this week, ‘les amis’) in Les Misérables (email [email protected] to receive the Zoom link) https://www.standrewskingston.org/winter-study-series-les-miserables/

– Wednesday evening, 7 p.m., the third of a Lenten online series offered by Dr. William Morrow, ‘Where’s the Gospel in Genesis? Hard Stories in the Bible’s First Book’. This week we look at The Sacrifice of Isaac. This is an inter-church initiative and free, but registration is required to receive the Zoom link … https://stjameskingston.ca/lenten-series/

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