Sunday, 16 April, 2023 – 10:30 A.M. Service online & in-person. “Childlike, But Not Childish.”

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“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. If any of you put a stumbling-block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea.”     ~Matthew 18:3-6

 
Ever wonder what Jesus meant when he said this? All our lives we try to be good adults, and then we’re told that we have to be like children to enter the kingdom of heaven! I have worked with children my entire life, and after being with them, and learning from them, learning with them, I think I am finally beginning to understand that Jesus was talking about the uncomplicated and joyful way in which children embrace life, and that perhaps we can apply this to our own faith.
 
Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. This is the link for this morning’s service is https://youtube.com/live/yeburFAvKq0?feature=share
Previous services can be found on the St. Andrew’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/StAndrewsPresbyterianChurchKingston 
 
Have a look at the Order of Service, scripture readings, hymn lyrics and announcements below – this electronic form includes hyperlinks for easy connection, but you can print the pages if you wish for reference as the hour unfolds, or even through the week. We invite you to join in worship, study and service as you are able.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

 

Sunday, 16 April, 2023 – 10:30 A.M. Service online & in-person. “The Law of the Rubber Band.”

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“Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.”     ~Romans 5:1-5
 
This morning we welcome the Rev. Mark Kotchapaw to lead our worship. Mark asks: “Ever been stretched, faced difficulties, perhaps even persecution?” This week we will look at how Paul reminds us that not only did Jesus see a harvest come from His suffering, but we can too! When we get stretched, we can grow!
 
Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. This is the link for this morning’s service is https://youtube.com/live/b7r3kB5B9Ss?feature=share
Previous services can be found on the St. Andrew’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/StAndrewsPresbyterianChurchKingston 
 
Have a look at the Order of Service, scripture readings, hymn lyrics and announcements below – this electronic form includes hyperlinks for easy connection, but you can print the pages if you wish for reference as the hour unfolds, or even through the week. We invite you to join in worship, study and service as you are able.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

 

Sunday, 9 April, 2023 – 10:30 A.M. Service online & in-person. “I’m so happy to see you!” God.

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Disciples Peter and John Rushing to the Sepulcher the Morning of the Resurrection

by Eugene Burnand, 1898 

“He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.” ~Matthew 28:6
 
Joyful Easter blessings to you!
 
Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. This is the link for this morning’s service is  https://youtube.com/live/tBQfy_CMw_c?feature=share
Previous services can be found on the St. Andrew’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/StAndrewsPresbyterianChurchKingston 
 
Have a look at the Order of Service, scripture readings, hymn lyrics and announcements below – this electronic form includes hyperlinks for easy connection, but you can print the pages if you wish for reference as the hour unfolds, or even through the week. We invite you to join in worship, study and service as you are able.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

 

Sunday, 26 March, 2023 – 10:30 A.M. Service online & in-person. “Trading Confusion for Clarity.”

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Out of the depths
have I called you, O Lord;
Lord, hear my voice;
let your ears consider well
the voice of my supplication.
       –Psalm 130
 
Julielee Stitt is leading our worship service again this week. Julielee is a ministry student at Presbyterian College, Montreal and an elder/member of this congregation. We are so grateful for the many times she has made the westward trek to gift us with her presence and message during this time of transition. This fifth Sunday of Lent, she will be giving a sermon entitled “Trading Confusion for Clarity”.
 
Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. This is the link for this morning’s service is https://youtube.com/live/NYBJ–fG1Pk?feature=share
Previous services can be found on the St. Andrew’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/StAndrewsPresbyterianChurchKingston 
 
Have a look at the Order of Service, scripture readings, hymn lyrics and announcements below – this electronic form includes hyperlinks for easy connection, but you can print the pages if you wish for reference as the hour unfolds, or even through the week. We invite you to join in worship, study and service as you are able.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

 

Sunday, 19 March, 2023 – 10:30 A.M. Service online & in-person. “I am the Light of the World.”

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“For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light— for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. …for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, ‘Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.’”       –Ephesians 5:8-14


 
The Rev. Dr. Stephen McAllister will once again be leading our worship this morning. Stephen is the founder and senior minister of Spirit Renewal Ministries – a non-denominational ministry serving faith communities in Canada and overseas. He has just recently returned from a mission trip to Kenya and we are pleased to welcome him back to Canada and to St. Andrew’s. 
 
He will be speaking about being light in the world, using the story of Jesus healing the blind man at the pool of Siloam to get us there.
 
Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. This is the link for this morning’s service is https://youtube.com/live/Cw00GEovgoU?feature=share
Previous services can be found on the St. Andrew’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/StAndrewsPresbyterianChurchKingston 
 
Have a look at the Order of Service, scripture readings, hymn lyrics and announcements below – this electronic form includes hyperlinks for easy connection, but you can print the pages if you wish for reference as the hour unfolds, or even through the week. We invite you to join in worship, study and service as you are able.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

 

Sunday, 12 March, 2023 – 10:30 A.M. Service online & in-person. “Well: What Did You Expect?”

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“At the Well” Mike Moyers
“The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?’ Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans. Jesus answered her,
‘If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, “Give me a drink”, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?’ Jesus said to her,
‘Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.’
The woman said to him, ‘Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.’…
Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.’
The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah is coming’ who is called Christ. ‘When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.’ Jesus said to her,
‘I am he, the one who is speaking to you.’
John 4: 5-42 (selected verses)

 
The Reverends Paul and Heather Kern have provided pulpit supply to our congregation twice a month in this time of transition, and we gratefully welcome them back again this week. Rev. Paul will be giving a sermon about Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. This is one of Paul’s favourite stories in the New Testament as it deals with how encountering Jesus shatters all our expectations. Our expectations are so often dictated by social norms, religious norms and personal norms. But God’s grace is so much bigger and better. We see in each encounter how Jesus is so much more interested in Restoration rather than in labelling or punishing. 
 
Join us as we delver deeper into this well known story.
 
Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. This is the link for this morning’s service is  https://youtube.com/live/glRBmNxbF-E?feature=share
Previous services can be found on the St. Andrew’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/StAndrewsPresbyterianChurchKingston 
 
Have a look at the Order of Service, scripture readings, hymn lyrics and announcements below – this electronic form includes hyperlinks for easy connection, but you can print the pages if you wish for reference as the hour unfolds, or even through the week. We invite you to join in worship, study and service as you are able.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

 

Sunday, 5 March, 2023 – 10:30 A.M. Service online & in-person. “Therefore. Part 2.”

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“Be a Light Unto the World” Lucie Nisson. 1998. from the Interfaith Centre for Spiritual Growth.
 
“Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse; but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing. For
         ‘Those who desire life
           and desire to see good days,
           let them keep their tongues from evil
           and their lips from speaking deceit;
           let them turn away from evil and do good;
           let them seek peace and pursue it.
           For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
           and his ears are open to their prayer.
           But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.’”
1 Peter 3:8-12
 
The Reverends Paul and Heather Kern have provided pulpit supply to our congregation twice a month in this time of transition, and we gratefully welcome them back again this week. Rev. Heather will be giving a sermon about spiritual growth, entitled “Therefore. Part 2”. Come and join us as we continue our Lenten journey to joyful Eastertide.
 
This is also the first Sunday in March, and as is the tradition at St. Andrew’s, we will be celebrating Holy Communion. We continue to provide individual, sealed Communion packets as you enter the sanctuary. Alternatively, we encourage you to bring your elements from home to use during the service. And if you are joining online, perhaps take a moment before the service to prepare a cup and some bread, so that you may commune with us.
 
Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. This is the link for this morning’s service is  https://youtube.com/live/5wVW6z3yplc?feature=share
Previous services can be found on the St. Andrew’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/StAndrewsPresbyterianChurchKingston 
 
Have a look at the Order of Service, scripture readings, hymn lyrics and announcements below – this electronic form includes hyperlinks for easy connection, but you can print the pages if you wish for reference as the hour unfolds, or even through the week. We invite you to join in worship, study and service as you are able.