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Epiphany 4, 2022 – Bulletin

THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
January 30, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER!

TODAY AT ST. MARY’S

Public worship in the Diocese of Qu’Appelle is suspended as of Monday, January 10, 2022, until further notice. But we can join in worship via this live video stream link Sunday morning at 10:30 (CST). This same player will play the recorded service afterward.

Live stream Sunday morning at 10:30 AM CST. Recorded service afterward.

(The same video link appears on the Order of Service page along with the text.)

PARISH LIFE NOTES

GODLY PLAY: Story for Jan. 30 is ‘Jesus is Baptized’ Mark 1: 9-11.  Via Zoom.

Please pray for Marian and Art.

There will be a Candlemas Service with blessing of candles on Wednesday, February 2nd at 7 pm. Organized by St. Cuthbert Archdeaconry, it is being live-streamed and all are invited to join online. The service will begin streaming 10-15 minutes before 7:00 pm and can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ImmanuelAnglicanRegina or on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/ImmanuelAnglicanParishRegina. Don’t forget to have any candles you want blessed by your side! 

Vestry Meeting by zoom Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Updates for the congregation

  1. Rev. Paula and the Wardens provided an update to vestry of events over the past month or so.
  2. The YouTube live streaming of services will continue as long as we are not having in person services.
  3. The congregational AGM will be held by zoom on Sunday, February 13, 2022.  A zoom link will be provided soon.  Please put this date on your calendar.  It is important that we have enough people attending to reach a quorum. Please send in any reports to the church office so Yvonne can get us organized for the meeting. 
    • The final year end financial statements will be ready for the AGM.
    • We want the congregation to be aware ahead of time that the projected budget for 2022 will have a deficit of about $8,000.
  4. We are asking the congregation to be thinking about stewardship, fundraising and budget considerations so that together we can do effective planning going forward.  We will be looking for volunteers for a fundraising committee.
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Epiphany 4, 2022 – Morning Prayer

THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY

January 30, 2022 10.30 o’clock

THE ORDER OF SERVICE FOR MORNING PRAYER

Grace and Peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  

Good morning, friends. Today is the fourth after the Epiphany and our order of service for Morning Prayer can be followed on the website or downloaded and printed from the weekly email. Let us take a moment to calm our hearts as we prepare to worship God.

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Epiphany 4, 2022 – Sermon

Jeremiah 1:4-10
Psalm 71: 1-6
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Luke 4:21-30		January 30, 2022
St. Mary’s Regina
Epiphany 4
Year C 

            Faith, hope and love abide, these three, but the greatest of these is Love.  Faith, hope and love…these three remain…outlast all other things, but the greatest of these is Love. These words are beautiful words, familiar words. They hold a truth that most of us appreciate and value. The truth is that love is very powerful.  

L-O-V-E is one of the most over used words in our English language.  We use the word Love to describe the things in our life for which we feel passion and there is quite a range of things that we love.  We love certain foods, sports, activities, books and of course, people.  I love chocolate and I love my family but the two feelings are hardly comparable.  And yet we use the same four letter word to describe them both. 

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Epiphany 3, 2022 – Bulletin

THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY

January 23, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER!

TODAY AT ST. MARY’S

Public worship in the Diocese of Qu’Appelle is suspended as of Monday, January 10, 2022, until Monday, February 7th 2022. But we can join in worship via this live video stream link Sunday morning at 10:30 (CST). This will play the recorded service afterward.

Live stream Sunday morning at 10:30 AM CST. Recorded service afterward.

(The same video link appears on the Order of Service page along with the text.)

PARISH LIFE NOTES.

GODLY PLAY: Story for Jan. 23 is ‘The Boy Jesus in the Temple’ Luke 2: 41-52. Via Zoom.

THANK YOU our mitten tree got over 151 items. Thanks to everyone who donated. The scarfs, mittens, gloves and toques were delivered to Souls Harbour. Thank you to Norma and Sharon for taking care of this beautiful ministry.

ANNUAL MEETING will be held on Feb. 13, 2022 following the service. We will meet on ZOOM and detail will be sent closer to the date.  Please send in any reports to the church office so Yvonne can get us organized for the meeting. 

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Epiphany 3, 2022 – Sermon

Well, I won’t pretend this is ideal.  Doing church this way, through a computer screen, has borne home to me how disconnected I feel from all of you.  How are you?  Are you doing okay?  Have you got anyone asking you those questions face to face these days?  All of the distance the pandemic has created between us has also made me think about how profoundly true it is that one person cannot be all things to all people.  You know, when Claude is here, I tend to be content to let him try and fill that role.  Claude was the conduit for me to all important information about what was going on in people’s lives.  That’s how I found out who was sick; whose relative had died; who had a new grand-baby.  The rest I could fill in when I saw you on Sunday mornings.  But now, Claude’s not here, and neither are you, except through a computer screen.

But the pandemic is only one factor in my sense of disconnection from all of you.  After all, I could pick up the phone, couldn’t I?  Don’t think I haven’t thought of it numerous times over the last two years.  The reasons I mostly haven’t done that are personal failings I cannot, unfortunately, blame on a virus.  Inertia is one.  It is, after all, much easier not to do something!  Another other is energy.  On the introvert/extrovert spectrum, I’m in the 90th percentile on the introvert side.  Literally, conversations exhaust me.  Which gets twisted up with how much I love you and want to know about your life.  Result: inertia.  The third reason is depression, which either causes or is caused by the other two; I’m not sure which.  But man: it is January.  It’s dark, it’s cold.  I am so over this pandemic.  And so depression has set in.  And that just coats inertia and exhaustion with a nice brain fog.

So the result is that while I think about you all the time, and I’m worried about how you’re coping with the dumpster fire that is our lives these days, I am wholly inadequate to do anything about it.  But thankfully for me and for all of you, that is not how being brothers and sisters in Christ works.

In Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, he gives what is, in my opinion, the most useful metaphor about what Jesus’ Church is.  It is a body, full of distinct parts.  Eugene Peterson said about Paul’s letter to the Corinthians: “When people become Christians, they don’t at the same moment become nice.  This always [seems to] come as something of a surprise.  Conversion to Christ and his ways doesn’t automatically furnish a person with impeccable manners and suitable morals.

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Epiphany 2, 2022 – Bulletin

THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
January 16, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER!

TODAY AT ST. MARY’S

Public worship in the Diocese of Qu’Appelle is suspended as of Monday, January 10, 2022, until Monday, February 7th 2022. Follow these links to read Mike’s letter from the Diocese, and Paula’s parish letter.

Join us Sunday morning at 10:30 on-line with the live video stream on our weekly order of service page. If you don’t make it for 10:30 AM CST then just play the video when you can to worship with us.

PARISH LIFE NOTES

Condolences. Please pray for Norma and Bill, Eleanor, Randy, Anya, and Zack in the loss of Dona, their sister and Aunt.

Please pray for Bruce for comfort and healing.

Please pray for Beth to feel better soon.

Thanksgiving for the safe arrival of Timothy Evander (called Van) on Dec. 31, 2021. Son of Alex and Kelli.

Thank you to Gwyn for her work particularly over Christmas. Her knowledge and dedication to the Altar Guild is amazing. Bless you Gwyn. 

PASTORAL EMERGENCY CONTACT. Revd. Paula Foster 

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Epiphany 2, 2022 – Morning Prayer with sermon

THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY

We’re trying video live streaming and recording this week instead of audio. You’ll find a video player below instead of the audio player. Use this to join us live at 10:30 CST. After the service, you should be able to replay the video any time you want.

THE ORDER OF SERVICE FOR MORNING PRAYER

Sentence of Scripture

The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. (Habakkuk 2.14)

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Epiphany 2, 2022 – Sermon

On this Second Sunday of Epiphany, we continue our reading about the manifestation or revelation of Jesus Christ to the people, cultures and the nations of the world. 

One may ask why Jesus Christ should be revealed to us? It is because Christ is the Son of God who has revealed God’s love for us by offering to be the sacrificial lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. According to the Gospel of John, “No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart (bosom), who has made him known” (1:18). 

Epiphany is also about the compelling personal transformation as become aware and accept the new identity that uplifts us beyond our normal life to the new lifecycle of love, hope and faith.

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Baptism of the Lord, 2022 – Bulletin

THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
January 9, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER!

TODAY AT ST. MARY’S

10.00 A.M.  MORNING PRAYER.

10.30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION 

GODLY PLAY in the Worship Centre for children 3-6. Today’s story is ‘The Visit of the Wisemen’ Matthew 2 1-12. 

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

PARISH LIFE NOTES

PASTORAL EMERGENCY CONTACT. Revd. Paula Foster 

WEEKDAY WORSHIP THIS WEEK

Tuesday to Friday:  Morning Prayer at 8.30 a.m. and Evening Prayer at 5.30 p.m.