The Gospels Read – Matthew

by

Each of the weeks of March, you are invited to read one of the gospels of the New Testament in preparation for the following Sunday service.

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

GracieMorbitzer

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

 

The Days of March

by

The Four Gospel Writers (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) – St. Mark’s Anglican Church, St. John’s Newfoundland

The journey to Easter begins!

Here is the monthly newsletter from the Minister. It is formatted as a tri-fold brochure that can be printed double-sided, short edge binding. In the digital copy, you can use the hyperlinks for easy connection to any of the activities. You are warmly invited to join in worship, study and service as you are able!

Download (PDF, 492KB)

Sunday Feb. 27, 10:30 a.m. Online and In-Person Beginning Again 4) Augustine and the City of God

by


Augustine and his mother, Monica – St. Augustine’s Church, Washington D.C, USA

As a Christian community looking forward to the lifting of pandemic restrictions and ‘beginning again’, we are considering four scenes of the very first beginnings of the Church.
 
This week we will be introduced to Augustine of Hippo, North Africa (354 – 430 A.D.). He became a Christian out of the witness of his mother Monica, and a leader of the Christians of his era. In particular we will consider how as a Christian he responded to the trauma of the fall of Rome, and what we gain from his witness today.
 
The sanctuary doors are open for in-person worship (with physical distancing, wearing of masks and forgoing congregational singing), and live-streaming continues. We invite you to join us in prayer and praise. Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. The livestream can be found at https://youtu.be/409hIcVRVuM . 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 – the electronic form includes hyperlinks for easy connection, and you can print them out if you wish for reference as the hour unfolds, or even through the week. Please join in worship, study and service as you are able.

Immediately after the service, we will continue with our annual general meeting. All members and adherents are invited to join by Zoom – your comments and questions will be relayed to those in the sanctuary, and your votes counted along with those voting in person … https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81854705429?pwd=cG5QY2FjWXl6KzJVSGxQMytVUVlJQT09

Download (PDF, 1002KB)

Download (PDF, 764KB)

 

 

 

Sunday Feb. 20, 10:30 a.m. Online and In-Person Beginning Again 3) The Desert Fathers and Mothers of Egypt

by


From the book ‘Desert Wisdom’ by Yushi Nomura

As we look forward to the lifting of pandemic restrictions and ‘beginning again’ as a Christian community, we are considering four scenes of the very first beginnings of the Church.
 
This week we will be introduced to the wisdom gained by certain women and men of the fourth century. They were not willing (as were so many others) to leave the formulation and articulation of the faith to ‘the Church’. They desired a personal experience of God and God’s Word, and so removed themselves to live in hermit communities in the deserts of Egypt. They came to be known as the Desert Fathers and Mothers, and I believe there is much for us to glean from their experience us as we reconsider our calling as Christians.
 
This Sunday the sanctuary doors will again be open for in-person worship (with physical distancing, wearing of masks and forgoing congregational singing), but live-streaming will continue. We invite you to join us in prayer and praise. Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. The livestream can be found at https://youtu.be/TCL9bDJjpbo 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 – you can print them out if you wish and refer to them as the hour unfolds, or even through the week. Please join in worship, study and service as you are able.

Immediately after the service, enjoy a time of online after-service conversation and fellowship with others Sunday morning at 11:45 a.m. Here’s the link! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81854705429?pwd=cG5QY2FjWXl6KzJVSGxQMytVUVlJQT09

Download (PDF, 951KB)

Download (PDF, 591KB)

 

 

Sunday Feb. 13, 10:30 a.m. Beginning Again 2) Perpetua: Witness in the Face of Persecution. Online Only

by


Icon by Elisabeth Lamour, France (used with permission) © www.icones-lamour.com

As we look forward to the lifting of pandemic restrictions and ‘beginning again’, we are considering four scenes of the very first beginnings of the Church.
 
This morning, the story of Perpetua, a young woman of Carthage in the great city of Carthage North Africa at the beginning of the third century. She is a Christian, not by birth but by conversion. She lives during a time when Christians are not understood and are indeed persecuted. Perpetua was a ‘witness’, a ‘martyr’, even to death, shown here with her loyal servant and fellow Christian martyr, Felicity. ‘The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church’.
 
One of the hymns of our service this morning is also from the third century, praise from the pen of Clement of Alexandria (170-220 A.D.) – ‘Jesus, our mighty Lord, our strength in sadness, the Father’s conquering Word, true source of gladness’.
 
As we recall Perpetua and so many like her, surely we ask … What is our Christian witness in this time and place? What sort of witnesses to Christ are we?
 
We invite you to join us in prayer and praise by live-stream at https://youtu.be/qKlSZsve8Tg. Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. 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 and hymn lyrics and announcements below – you can print them out if you wish and refer to them as the hour unfolds, or even through the week. We invite you to join us in worship, study and service as you are able.

Immediately after the service, enjoy a time of fellowship with others this morning at 11:45 – a greeting from the minister, followed by casual conversation … just like in St. Andrew’s Hall … but now online and open to folks who happen to be out of town (or even country) also! Here’s the link! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81854705429?pwd=cG5QY2FjWXl6KzJVSGxQMytVUVlJQT09

 

Download (PDF, 525KB)

Download (PDF, 666KB)

 

 

Sunday February 6, 10:30 a.m. Beginning Again 1) Lydia Online Only

by

Lydia of Thyatira by Sarah Beth Baca
www.sarahbethart.com (used with permission)

As we look forward to beginning again ‘after the pandemic’, I thought I might share four scenes of the first beginning of the Church. This morning, the story of the first Christian on the shores of Europe, Lydia of Philippi (Acts 16). 
 
The music of our worship will include a metrical psalm of old ‘Oh come and sing unto the Lord’, a song that many of us were first introduced to at youth group or camp ’Seek ye first the kingdom of God’, and a prayer set to music ‘May the mind of Christ our Saviour live in me from day to day’.
 
We will conclude the hour by celebrating the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, so you are invited to prepare some bread and a cup as the service begins.

We invite you to join us in prayer and praise by live-stream at https://youtu.be/YU0DVdMwj3w. Organ preludes will begin around 10:25 a.m. and the service will commence at 10:30 a.m. 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 and hymn lyrics and announcements below – you can print them out if you wish and refer to them as the hour unfolds, or even through the week. We invite you to join us in worship, study and service as you are able.

Immediately after the service, enjoy a time of fellowship with others this morning at 11:45 – a chat with the minister, followed by casual conversation … just like in St. Andrew’s Hall … but now online and open to folks who happen to be out of town (or even country) also! Here’s the link! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81854705429?pwd=cG5QY2FjWXl6KzJVSGxQMytVUVlJQT09

You might also be interested in this article by the Rev. Peter Bush with reference to a Canadian Presbyterian dimension during the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s ascent to the throne this weekend – https://mailchi.mp/wightman/presbyterian-history-70th-anniversary-of-queen-elizabeth-ii-becoming-queen?e=2d5f7d50ad

Download (PDF, 1.02MB)

Download (PDF, 122KB)