St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church, Regina, Saskatchewan
(Modified 2023-01-22: Added audio recordings and sermon text)
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THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
January 22, 2023
Organ Prelude: Faith – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
THE HYMN: # 306 O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Continue reading “Epiphany 3, 2023 – Holy Communion”THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
January 15, 2023
GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER!
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
Flowers on the Altar today are given to the Glory of God and thanksgiving for the birth of Margot Gudrun, daughter of Nicholas and Taleah, and grand-daughter of Claude and Hilary.
Refugee Family Update.
The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has comfirmed the arrival of the refugee family in Regina on January 18, 2023 at 13:47 (1:47 pm). We thank God for the protection throughout this journey and pray for the safe journey from Uganda to Regina of the refugee family: Mapiou Deng Arok, Ahou Bol Thon, Arok Mapiou, Ayak Mapiou, and Arok Deng. Please let Nathaniel know if you are planning on going to the Regina International Airport to welcome the refugee family. We will meet at their new apartment at 12:00 for a short prayer, finalize transportation arrangements, and write up some welcoming signs before we head to the airport to welcome the refugee family.
2023 Pledge forms have been mailed out. To assist the Vestry in budgeting for the next year, you are asked to please fill out the form and return it to the church office or by placing it in the collection plate. Alternatively, you may submit your pledge immediately on our website.
2023 Envelopes. Boxes of weekly and monthly donation envelopes are now available for pick up on the table on the landing. If you don’t see your name on a box and would like to become a receive church envelopes, please tell Blair and he will make the appropriate arrangements. Giving via direct debit is also available. (See instructions here.)
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
(Modified 2023-01-15: Added audio recordings)
THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
January 15, 2023
Organ Prelude: Simple Gifts – Russell Schulz-Widmar (b. 1944)
THE HYMN: # 585 Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service
Continue reading “Epiphany 2, 2023 – Holy Communion”THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD – January 8, 2023
CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM!
10:00 A.M. MORNING PRAYER (Prayer book pp. 6-15.) (Psalm 87,93, Isaiah 49:1-13, Luke 3:15-22)
10:30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION (Prayer Book pp. 67- 85)
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
St. Mary’s Epiphany Service and Party was held on Friday night, with Holy Communion, Pot Luck, and Arrival of the Wise-Men!
Refugee Family Update.
The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has comfirmed the arrival of the refugee family in Regina on January 18, 2023 at 13:47 (1:47 pm). Please note the change in time and date from the previous date and time communicated to the congregation. The IRCC has revised the flight schedule and sent this new update today Friday January 6, 2023 so I am writing to confirm the new information.
We thank God for the protection throughout this journey and pray for the safe journey from Uganda to Regina of the refugee family: Mapiou Deng Arok, Ahou Bol Thon, Arok Mapiou, Ayak Mapiou, and Arok Deng.
Please let Nathaniel know if you are planning on going to the Regina International Airport to welcome the refugee family. We will meet at their new apartment at 12:00 for a short prayer, finalize transportation arrangements, and write up some welcoming signs before we head to the airport to welcome the refugee family. The family are five so we need at least two cars to transport them home. My car will take the three children and one adult, but we need one other space from a different car for one adult.
Note from Clara.
Dear St Mary’s Church, Thank you for your continuous prayers for our journey as well as the online services reminding us of home. Myka, Eli, Lucy and I are currently spending Christmas and New Year’s in Costa Rica with friends while Emma has decided to return to Guatemala for a few months. we have been keeping healthy and plan on heading to Colombia in February. Thank you again for all your blessings and we look forward to attending church in person when we return this summer. Love, Clara and family.
2023 Pledge forms have been mailed out. In order to assist the Vestry in budgeting for the next year, you are asked to please fill out the form and return it to the church office or by placing it in the collection plate. Alternatively, you may submit your pledge immediately on our website.
2023 Envelopes. Boxes of weekly and monthly donation envelopes are now available for pick up on the table on the landing. If you don’t see your name on a box and would like to become a receive church envelopes, please tell Blair and he will make the appropriate arrangements. Giving via direct debit is also available. (See instructions here.)
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
(Modified 2023-01-08: Added audio recordings)
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
January 8, 2023
TODAY AT ST. MARY’S
10:00 A.M. MORNING PRAYER (Prayer book pp. 6-15.) (Psalm 87,93, Isaiah 49:1-13, Luke 3:15-22)
10:30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION (Prayer Book pp. 67- 85)
ORGAN PRELUDE: Bethlehem Lullaby – Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
HYMNS
Continue reading “Baptism of the Lord, 2023 – Holy Communion”THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS AND THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST – January 1, 2023
CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM!
10:00 A.M. MORNING PRAYER
10:30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION AND CAROLS OF CHRISTMAS
GODLY PLAY in the Children’s Worship Centre for children 3 – 6 years.
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
2023 Pledge forms have been mailed out. In order to assist the Vestry in budgeting for the next year, you are asked to please fill out the form and return it to the church office or by placing it in the collection plate. Alternatively, you may submit your pledge immediately on our website.
2023 Envelopes. Boxes of weekly and monthly donation envelopes are now available for pick up on the table on the landing. If you don’t see your name on a box and would like to become a receive church envelopes, please tell Blair, and he will make the appropriate arrangements. Giving via direct debit is also available. (See instructions here.)
Friday, January 6, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
Holy Communion followed by pot-luck supper and all age party in the Parish Hall.
Kindly R.S.V.P. to the parish office to let us know you are coming.
(Modified 2023-01-08 (whoops I forgot to do this last week!) Added audio recordings.)
THE OCTAVE DAY OF CHRISTMAS AND THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST
January 1, 2023
10:00 A.M. MORNING PRAYER (Prayer book pp. 6-15.) (Psalm 85,113, Genesis 17:1-13, Romans 2:17-end)
10:30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION AND CAROLS OF CHRISTMAS (Prayer Book pp. 67- 85)
GODLY PLAY in the Children’s Worship Centre for children 3 – 6 years.
ORGAN PRELUDE: Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep (Czechoslovakian Carol) – Arranged by Andrew Gant (b. 1964)
Opening: # 136 While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Continue reading “Octave of Christmas and the Circumcision of Christ, 2023 – Holy Communion”(Modified 2022-12-28: Added audio recordings, with apologies for sound quality and premature ending of the full-service recording.)
December 25, 2022 – 10:30 AM
CHRISTMAS EVE December 24, 2022
CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM!
December 24th Christmas
December 25th Christmas Day
January 1, 2013 Octave Day of Christmas and Circumcision of Christ
January 6, 2023, Feast of the Epiphany
The Rector’s Christmas Message is available > here <.
The Christmas Gift to the Rector made be made using the special Christmas offering envelopes or cheques made out to Rev. Claude Schroeder may be placed in the offering plate at our Christmas services.
2023 Envelopes Boxes of weekly and monthly donation envelopes are now available for pick up from the table on the landing. If you don’t see your name on a box and would like to become a regular donor, please tell Blair and he will make the appropriate arrangements.
St. Mary’s Hand-dipped Beeswax Wax Candles make an excellent Christmas gift or stocking-stuffer. Available after worship today at a cost of $6.00 pair.
(Modified 2022-12-28: Added audio recording of this sermon)
I think that we all owe a huge debt of gratitude to Charles Schulz, the author of the Peanuts comic strip, because if you ever you were looking for evidence in our time for the existence of a good and gracious God, I think you need look no further than “Charlie Brown Christmas.”
Continue reading “Christmas Eve, 2022 – Sermon”