St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church, Regina, Saskatchewan
(Modified 2021-08-22: Added audio recording.)
THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
AUGUST 22, 2021
10.30 A.M. Holy Communion
THE HYMN: # 300 Christ is made the Sure Foundation
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FEAST OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN
AUGUST 15, 2021 – 10.30 A.M. Holy Communion
THE HYMN: 320 Ye Watchers and ye Holy Ones
Continue reading “St. Mary, 2021 – Holy Communion”(Modified 2021-08-08: Added audio recording of full service.)
THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
AUGUST 8 , 2021
10.30 A.M. Holy Communion
THE HYMN: # 7 New Every Morning is the Love
Continue reading “Trinity 10, 2021 – Holy Communion”THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
AUGUST 1, 2021
10.30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
RECTOR’S VACATION. Claude is vacation until Aug. 28. For any pastoral emergencies this week, please contact Archdeacon Catherine Harper.
GUEST MUSICIAN today is Wendy Hardman.
ST. MARY’S YARD SALE on July 24 raised over $2,300 towards the repayment of the roof repair on the parish hall. Many thanks to Clara, Janice, and Norma and their big team of volunteers!
(Modified 2021-08-01: Added audio recording of full service.)
THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
AUGUST 1, 2021
10.30 A.M. Holy Communion
THE HYMN: # 444 Your Hand O God Has Guided
Continue reading “Trinity 9, 2021 – Holy Communion”THE FEAST OF ST. JAMES, APOSTLE AND MARTYR 44 A.D.
JULY 25, 2021
10.30 A.M. MORNING PRAYER AND HOLY BAPTISM.
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
HOLY BAPTISM. Today we give thanks and praise to God for gift, the blessing, and the promise He gives us in our Baptism as we celebrate the Holy Baptism of Gunnar.
GUEST MUSICIAN. We rejoice and give thanks for Wendy Harman who is our guest musician at the piano today.
ST. MARY’S OUTDOOR YARD SALE. Big thanks to Clara, Norma, Janice, Sharon and the team of volunteers for the wonderful yard sale at St. Mary’s yesterday! See photos below!
RECTOR’S VACATION. Claude is taking his annual vacation during the month of August. Revd Nathaniel Deng Mayen will presiding and preaching in his absence with support from Beth, Henry and John. Pastoral emergencies should be directed towards Archdeacon Catherine Harper at 306- 570-8837, from Aug 1-14, and Archdeacon Cheryl Toth at 306-591-5924 from Aug 14 – 28.
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING. Following on from the theme of ‘change and renewal’ which the Vestry discerned at it’s last meeting, the Rector and Wardens set September 12 as the date for a congregational meeting to take place after the morning service to update and reflect together on matters of parish life. Please mark your calendars!
BISHOP ROB’S FAREWELL BIKE TOUR. Please join us next Saturday at 11.15 a.m. as Bishop Rob visits St. Mary’s for farewell visit, blessing, and prayers.
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JULY 25, 2021
10.30 a.m.
MORNING PRAYER with HOLY BAPTISM
I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy:
and in thy fear I will worship toward thy holy temple.
Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;
Make thy way straight before me,
that with a clear mind I may glorify thee forever,
One Divine Power worshipped in three persons:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
THE HYMN: #1 HOLY, HOLY, HOLY
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So today is very happy and joyful day for us at St. Mary’s. We have come to celebrate Gunnar’s baptism. It was just about two years ago that we celebrated Steve and Karen’s wedding at the church, where I recall praying that they would receive the gift and heritage of children and that they would see their children Christianly and virtuously brought up to thy praise and honour. So I would say prayers are being answered!
Now we have, gosh, 4 generations of Maupins, and 3 generations of Perssons in church today, with great- grandmother Irene, grand-parents Karen and Kelley, and Art and Marion, and great aunts, and aunts and uncles and cousins. This is really wonderful because the way in which the Word of God is handed on through the generations, always seeking to become flesh in us, as it did in Jesus Christ.
In the calendar that governs the worship of the church, today is a red-letter day, hence the colour of church and robes. Red Letter days are days set aside to honor and celebrate the Saints of the Church, and today, July 25this the Feast of St. James the Apostle and Martyr. Ordinarily, on Sunday we come to church to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and his victory over Satan, sin, and death in the service of Holy Communion. And so when a Saint’s Day falls on a Sunday, it gets moved to the Monday. First things first.
Continue reading “St. James, 2021 – Sermon”THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
JULY 18, 2021
10.30 A.M.
HOLY COMMUNION Henry preaching
GOSPEL IN THE GARDEN for children
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
GUEST MUSICIAN. We rejoice and gave thanks for Allison Luff who is our guest musician at the piano today.
ST. MARY’S OUTDOOR YARD SALE will take place on July 24th. We will start accepting items starting July 18th from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Household items, clothing, treasures, jewelry, toys, tools, books (no Encyclopedias or Reader’s Digest). Volunteers of all ages welcome! Please call Clara.
MESSAGE FROM THE VESTRY. On Tuesday, July 13 the St. Mary’s Vestry had its first in-person meeting since the beginning of the pandemic last year. All vestry members were present: Canon Claude Schroeder, Beth (Warden), Mary (Warden), Katherine, Alanna, Tom, Bob, Ben, Revd. Nathaniel Deng Mayen, and Andrew. At our meeting the Vestry discerned that we are in a time of renewal and change.
The involvement and participation of the congregation will be important in all of the above ministries. A congregational meeting will be planned in September.
Church Finances as of June 30:
During this time of transition back to ‘normal’ after the restrictions of COVID, we are reminded that people have differing levels of comfort regarding attending services, wearing of masks etc. We need to remember those who do not feel comfortable attending at this time and be accepting of each other regarding our journeys back to ‘normal’ interactions
Bishop Rob Hardwick has begun his farewell bike tour through the Diocese, and will making a final visit to St. Mary’s for prayer and blessing at 11:15 AM on Saturday July 31.
SHORT TERM MISSION TRIP! On Thursday, July 15 Clara led a group of St. Mary’s youth through the neighborhood to deliver flyers for our upcoming yard sale. Pictured left to right are: Zachary, Anya, Eli, Clara, Eva, Georgia, Myka, Liam, Emma, and Luci.
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road. “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what isoffered to you. The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.” 18 He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” (Luke 10. 1,3-4, 8, 17-20)
NEXT SUNDAY: 10.30 a.m. Celebration of Holy Baptism of Gunnar.
How can we have the Holy Spirit?
The answer is, for each of us to love his wife: you who are married your wife, and I who am a monk, my monastic life.
I must love my solitude, and not get depressed, not get tired, I must stand vigil, and not think that God sent me here in order to save the whole world, not to think that it is my duty to joke with this or that person, but to look after my job: I must have my eye on Christ.
When you leave your house and get married, you leave behind your father, mother, brothers, relatives, and, instead of your parents, your brothers and relatives, you find a new family. And having left, don’t look behind you, as the Psalm of…the Virgin Mary says, “Do not think of anything from your former family*” For now you have a whole new world before you, which you must rejoice in, to partake of, to taste, to give life to. Therefore, all of us must give life to our family, to our love, to the divinity that we have wedded, as St. Hesychios says. “Then our flesh we will be filled with divinity and we become Christ.”
-Abbot Aimilianos of Simonopetra
*Hear, O daughter, consider, and incline your ear; forget your people and your father’s house; and the king will desire your beauty. (Psalm 45:10-11)
(Modified 2021-07-18: Added audio recording of full service)
THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
JULY 18, 2021
10.30 A.M. Holy Communion
THE HYMN: 459 Christ is Our Cornerstone
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