Sunday April 17, 10:30 a.m. Join Online and In-Person. Easter Sunday!

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“The Resurrection of Christ” Christel Holl. Germany. 2006.     Used with permission

 
Jesus Christ is risen today, hallelujah!
Our triumphant holy day, hallelujah!
Hymns of praise let us sing, hallelujah!
Unto Christ our heavenly King, hallelujah!
 
Easter Sunday! 
 
Whether at home or in the sanctuary, we will be joining our choir in singing joyous hymns praise. This is the day on which Christian faith begins. This is the day that sustains Christians all their days. This is the day that declares the promise to which all Christians look forward.
 
Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. The link to the livestream can be found at https://youtu.be/sXyQGrPO6uI  (Please note: due to technical difficulties, the recording concludes after the sermon.) 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, notes of the Director of Music, 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.
 

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A Service of Thanksgiving to God and of Witness to the Resurrection

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Over the past two years, members of our congregation and our families have gone ahead of us. Many of us were unable to gather to give God thanks, or to gather with limitations of location and numbers. 

St. Andrew’s held a service on Saturday April 9 to look back, bring our gratitude to God, and be strengthened by God’s promises. It was a very moving hour.

The Order of Service is found below, and the recording is found at https://youtu.be/qYUeGYYClPc

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Sunday April 10, 10:30 a.m. Join Online and In-Person. Palm Sunday

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“Hosanna in the Highest”. Hanna-Cheriyan Varghese. 2007

The movement of this scene is wonderful.  
 
Varghese was a Malaysian artist who often painted from her deep Christian faith. Like in this painting. Jesus is at the centre, but where is headed, to whom is he travelling? This is not just ‘the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem’ – I feel Varghese challenging me to consider ‘the entry of Jesus into my life’.
 
Palm Sunday. An hour for praise, pondering and prayer.
 
The sanctuary doors are open for in-person worship, and we will be joining our choir in singing hymns our worship. Live-streaming continues. Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. The link to the livestream can be found at https://youtu.be/FApwqWCVico  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, notes of the Director of Music, 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.
 

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Sunday April 3, 10:30 a.m. Join Online and In-Person. Freedom From Fear. (Hebrews 2:15)

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French Cross. Alex Colville. 1988

A rider passing by a monument erected on the spot from which the Acadians were deported in 1755. I find this painting by Alex Colville very moving.
 
After graduating with a Bachelor in Fine Arts from Mount Allison University, Colville enlisted in the infantry in 1942 and served in France and the Netherlands. Among his assignments, he was tasked with depicting the horrors of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Colville went on to become one of Canada’s great artists, a prominent member of the Maritime Realism school that countered the contemporary reign of abstract painting.
 
Colville paints this rider looking back over her shoulder, as if perhaps to suggest the way he yearns to come to terms with his own history, including the terror and tragedy of war. As do we all. 
 
What to make of the fact that it is a cross that was raised by the descendants of the Acadians, and painted by the artist? I invite you to explore this question with me in a sermon that focuses upon Hebrews 2.
 
The sanctuary doors are open for in-person worship, and we will be joining our choir in singing hymns of praise. Live-streaming continues. Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. The link to the livestream can be found at https://youtu.be/1o37E8hZgwg  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, notes of the Director of Music, 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. I invite you to join in worship, study and service as you are able.

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Sunday March 27, 10:30 a.m. Join Online and In-Person. The Gospel According to … 4) John

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Saint John with eagle. Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris. 1874

So why is an eagle portrayed looking down over John as he records his account of the gospel of Jesus Christ? 
 
This month we are exploring the various gospel accounts of the New Testament – each attempting to describe the Risen Lord with a different perspective upon the earthly witness of Jesus, and each traditionally symbolized by a traditional image. This week – the Gospel according to John, and the eagle. 
 
It only takes just under two hours to read through the Gospel according to John, or to listen to it read by Julielee at https://www.standrewskingston.org/the-gospels-read-john/ What a wonderful experience! In the journey, I feel a particular intimacy and strength of the presence of the Living Lord. And maybe you might glean an idea about why the eagle, also!
 
The sanctuary doors are open for in-person worship (with physical distancing and wearing of masks), and we will be joining our cantors in singing the hymns. Live-streaming continues. Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. The link to the livestream can be found at https://youtu.be/R09_3sUpPEo.   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, notes of the Director of Music, 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. I invite you to join in worship, study and service as you are able.

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The Gospels Read – John

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Each of the weeks of March, we have been reading one of the gospels of the New Testament in preparation for the following Sunday service. This final week our focus is upon the Gospel according to John.

Each gospel is also be available in audio here, read by one of the Elders of St. Andrew’s Kingston.

François André Vincent – Saint John the Evangelist, 1793

For Sunday March 27, The Gospel According to John read by Julielee Stitt
YouTube: https://youtu.be/dKjSNhzHJpM
Anchor.FM: https://anchor.fm/st-andrews-presbyterian-church-kingston/episodes/The-Gospel-according-to-John-e1g3mds

For Sunday March 20, The Gospel According to Luke read by Janet Payne
YouTube: https://youtu.be/u5tUAyaPYPk
Anchor.FM: https://anchor.fm/st-andrews-presbyterian-church-kingston/episodes/The-Gospel-according-to-Luke-e1flrlp

For Sunday March 13, The Gospel According to Matthew read by David Holland
Youtube:  https://youtu.be/qSUTuTSoLik
Podcast:  https://anchor.fm/st-andrews-presbyterian-church-kingston/episodes/The-Gospel-according-to-Matthew-e1fb7n6 

For Sunday March 6, The Gospel According to Mark read by Elaine Coderre
Youtube: https://youtu.be/91hTL9HlEzI
Podcast:  https://anchor.fm/st-andrews-presbyterian-church-kingston/episodes/The-Gospel-according-to-Mark-e1f0bde