May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord's face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the Lord give you peace forever.
As we return to in-person worship, we also celebrate Holy Communion - which is our touchstone, 'remembering' Jesus Christ as we are re-membered week to week.
Worshipping God and serving our community in a pandemic.
We are currently in Phase ll and await word from our Archbishop Melissa Skelton when we can move to "Phase lll" when we can celebrate Holy Communion. We will keep you up-to-date through this website and you can call the church office, M-Th, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at 604-594-8822.
Simple things, like greeting one another on Sunday morning at Church and being able to pray together. Like having flowers on the Altar. We are slowly coming back together in a safe and orderly manner with a limit of 50 people. It is so strange to listen to the hymns and songs being sung (pre-recorded) and still not be able to sing!
Thanks to the Bartyuk family for organizing and reading the Scripture this morning!
The full service recording is now ready.
Beth has designed a button-blanket (style) wall hanging for the church (see detail in photo) which is patterened after St. Cuthbert's Cross. You can learn more about St. Cuthbert's Cross by visiting the website of Durham Cathedral, the home of The Crypt of St. Cuthbert https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/heritage/collections/st-cuthbert-treasures.
Find also our recorded service of the first time we have worshipped in-person (in-the-flesh) for 13 weeks. We are planning to layer a Zoom element to our on-line service and there will be more information on this later.
Watch this space also for a slide show of our St. Cuthbert's history.
Something new this week. You have the option of viewing the entire service (about 50 minutes) or the readings and sermon (about 20 minutes).
Even though our doors are pesently closed, our hearts are open to the life-giving Holy Trinity. We look forward to the very real possibility of opening our doors to in-person worship. Learn more through clicking on the link.
Talk about diversity! The day of Pentecost was a riot of colour and sounds and praises. Read about it yourself in the Bible - Acts chapter 2. This is exactly what this offering of worship at St. Cuthbert's is. We are glad that you can join us.
Watch for Barney! For young and old - Barney is our "Continuity Officer" and will show up 4 times throughout the service, in four different places. Send Pastor Paul an email and let me know where and when you spy Barney, named Barnabas, "the son of encouragment" [email protected] Barney is rocking the lockdown 'up-do'.
We also offer a tribute to Mothers. Happy Mothers' Day!
Do you need shelter in these trying times? Ever forget what day it is or whether you should be at work or emptying the dishwasher at home? You have come to the right place! Jesus offers to shepherd us, protect us and lead us.
Pastor Paul's Blog - Unswerving hope in a time of pandemic
"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful." Hebrews 10:23
Here are a couple of reflections from Holy Week by Pastor Paul that were never posted due to technical difficulties.
"The Lord's Supper" (8 minutes) and "Jesus Washing the Disciples' Feet" (11 minutes). These were both intended for Maundy Thursday.
This Service of Holy Communion is about 12 minutes long. I encourage you to explore the Durham Cathedral website www.durhamcathedral.co.uk
Thanks to our music team; Laura, Barb, Tony and Sarah. Thanks to our technical team; Mike and Jinx. Thanks to our Easter Bread baker; Marj. Thanks to our Easter Flower Cross donations of flowers; Altar Guild members and Leslie Ward. Thanks to our Easter Flower Cross 'makers'; Sharon and Jan. Thanks to Len who 'called-in' the Prayers of the People. Thanks to the de-Heer - Amissah family (Ken, Ida, Adrian and Daniel) for "video-ing-in" the readings. And thanks to Susan for the illuminated heart which frames the Cross - a message of hope and love to our community! Thank-you Jesus.
Lori reflects on the life of Elijah at the mouth of the cave and how the image speaks to her life. The text is 1 Kings chapter 19 and it is a gripping story.
There will be another Constant Contact email tomorrow on the line up of videos: another meditation on the Last Supper (Maundy Thursday Evening) and Good Friday Stations of the Cross (9 a.m.) and the Ecumencial
Service (10:30)
The liturgy begins with, "Hosannah in the highest!" as Jesus entered Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. And it ends with the crowds yelling, "Crucify him!" Even his closest disciples deserted him. And we think we are living in challenging times!
This Sunday we had planned to host a service of Confirmation and Reception. There were 10 people preparing to be confirmed and one to be received into the Anglican Church (was baptized and confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church). So this is a post-poned celebration that will be rescheduled!
Scroll down this page/screen to the place where you see Archbishop Melissa's picture. Click on it. - you will be taken to another page on the website - Then scroll down and click on the video arrow button to begin. Enjoy!
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