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Sunday, 18th October 2020 Final Sunday of the Season of Creation a day of prayer for creation St. Andrew by-the-Lake Toronto Islands www.standrewbythelake.com 1 Priest- David Howells 416-890-4578 Church Office – 416-203-0873 Warden - Bella Beazer 416-203-4142 Warden – Jane Davidson-Neville 416-203- 8564 Deputy Warden & Synod Rep – Julia Weldon Tait Deputy Warden - Nancy Kendrew Outreach Chair – Graham Mudge 416-203-3556 Treasurer/Bookings – Joyce Rogers 416-203-0987 Musicians-- Roger Sharp, Julia Weldon Tait, & Jane Davidson-Neville Sung music selected by Jane Davidson-Neville Instrumental music selected by Roger Sharp THE GATHERING OF THE CHURCH May the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hidden. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. The Collect You know each of us by name, O God, and in your sight we have found favor, yet our minds cannot comprehend the vision of your glory or the vastness of your love. Grant that we may know your voice, heard in the beauty of Creation and rooted in your love may we worship you with all your creatures And work to protect our common home Through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Opening Hymn #349: ‘All People that on Earth Do Dwell’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiX3kVxm5Ks All people that on earth do dwell , sing to the Lord with cheerful voice, him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell; come ye before him and rejoice. Know that the Lord is God indeed; without our aid he did us make; we are his folk, he doth feed us, and for his sheep he doth us take. O, enter then his gates with praise, approach with joy his courts unto; praise, laud and bless his name always, for it is seemly so to do. For why, the Lord our God is good; his mercy is forever sure; his truth at all times firmly stood, and shall from age to age endure. A Reading from Exodus 33:12-23 Moses said to the LORD, "See, you have said to me, 'Bring up this people'; but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.' Now if I have found favor in your sight, show me your ways, so that I may know you and find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people." He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." And he said to him, "If your presence will not go, do not carry us up from here. For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people, unless you go with us? In this way, we shall be distinct, I and your people, from every people on the face of the earth." The LORD said to Moses, "I will do the very thing that you have asked; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name." Moses said, "Show me your glory, I pray." And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the name, 'The LORD'; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. But," he said, "you cannot see my face; for no one shall see me and live." And the LORD continued, "See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock; and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by; then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back; but my face shall not be seen." The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God Psalm 96: ‘Proclaim to All the Nations’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpEEoHctTLM Refrain: Proclaim to all the nations the marvellous deeds of the Lord! Proclaim to all nations the marvellous deeds of the Lord! v.1: Sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord all you lands! Sing to the Lord with all your heart, and bless God’s name. v.2: Announce salvation day by day, God’s glory throughout the earth! Among all the people in ev’ry land, God’s wondrous deeds! v.3: Give to the Lord, you nations, praise to the Lord of all! Sing glory and praise to the name above all names. v.4: Worship the Lord, and tremble, proclaim the one who reigns! Say to the nations: ‘The Lord is King’; who rules with justice! A Reading from 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you, because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak about it. For the people of those regions report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath that is coming. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL The Lord be with you. And also with you. The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Matthew 22:15-22 Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?" But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin used for the tax." And they brought him a denarius. Then he said to them, "Whose head is this, and whose title?" They answered, "The emperor's." Then he said to them, "Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor's, and to God the things that are God's." When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away. The Gospel of Christ Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ. Reflections on the readings; YouTube video https://youtu.be/ESKcq8lnwwI (sorry, no text this week) Reflection Hymn #401: ‘My Life Flows on in Endless Song’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLPP3XmYxXg My life goes on in endless song above earth´s lamentations, I hear the real, though far-off hymn that hails a new creation. No storm can shake my inmost calm, while to that rock I´m clinging. Since love prevails in heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing? While though the tempest loudly roars, I hear the truth, it liveth. And though the darkness 'round me close, Songs in the night it giveth. No storm can shake my inmost calm, while to that rock I´m clinging. Since love prevails in heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing? I lift my eyes, the cloud grows thin. I see the moon above it. And day by day this pathway smoothes since first I learned to love it. No storm can shake my inmost calm, while to that rock I´m clinging. Since love prevails in heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing? A lovely virtual choir and orchestra from New York City THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE A prayer leader reads the prayers Let us pray for ourselves and each other, and for those that we do not know, but who you know. We remember those we know who are sick in body mind or spirit, especially Rose, Frieda, Penny, Allegra, Cindy, Enid, Anne and Craig and family, Hugh… We pray for those who are close to death or who have passed through death, remembering Al, Joey, Mick, Paulette, Fred, Ron, Michael, Bob… Following the prayers of our own community we pray with the Season Of Creation.. All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures. You embrace with your tenderness all that exists. Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty. Fill us with peace, that we may live All of our longings and our fears, our hopes and our desires we bring to you. Hear our prayers, gracious God. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayers of Reconciliation Dear friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy; welcoming sinners and inviting us to this table. Let us confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness. Giver of life in the midst of a plundered earth we groan with creation All: have mercy on us Giver of Life in the midst of poisoned water we groan with creation All: have mercy on us Giver of life in the midst of polluted air we groan with creation All: have mercy on us Giver of Life, in the midst of mountains of waste we groan with creation All: have mercy on us. Amen Silence is kept. David; Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us, that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your name. Amen. Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Peace Please stand as you are able. The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you. Offering Hymn #263: ‘Praise to God, Immortal Praise’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtmothbywBA Praise to God, immortal praise, alleleiu; for the love that crowns our days, alleleiu; bounteous source of every joy, alleleiu; let thy praise our tongues employ, alleleiu. For the blessings of the fields, alleleiu, for the stores that gardens yield, alleleiu, flocks that whiten all the plain, alleleiu; yellow sheaves of ripened grain, alleleiu. All that spring with bounteous hand, alleleiu; scatters o’er the smiling land, all that liberal autumn pours from her rich o’er-flowing stores, alleleiu. These to thee, O God we owe, alleleiu, source from whence all blessings flow, alleleiu; and for these our souls shall raise, alleleiu, grateful vows and solemn praise, alleleiu. Amen THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER FOR THE SEASON OF CREATION The Lord be with you And also with you Lift up your hearts. We lift them to God Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God of all of Creation It is right to give God thanks and praise You spoke the Word and all that is in heaven and on the earth, all things, came to be. Your Spirit hovered over the primal elements, and you brought forth life in forms innumerable, including this our fragile earth, and we amongst its inhabitants. As our past is in you, so our hope for the future rests with you. As we have turned from your way, so we turn again to the warmth of your love. Through you all things are brought to new life. And now we give you thanks for the glories of your creation given into our care, and for the opportunities we have to share that richness with all your people. And so with the wonders of creation and the songs of praise of all your creatures both in heaven and on earth, we praise you now and forever saying: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of passion and light, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. In the night that Jesus was betrayed, he took bread, work of human hands, gift of our earth, and gave thanks to God. He broke the bread to speak to us of the breaking of his body upon the cross. He gave it to his friends and said: Take and eat, for this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. He took the wine, work of human hands, gift of our earth, and gave thanks to God the Creator. He poured out the wine to speak to us of the pouring out of his blood. saying: This is my blood of the new covenant, shed for you and for all creation for the forgiveness of sins. Every time you drink of the vine, do this in remembrance of me. So we proclaim the mystery of faith: Christ has died Christ is risen Christ will come again. Therefore God, we who seek your reconciliation; we who need reconciliation one with another; we who hope for reconciliation with all creation, draw close to this mystery. In being broken, poured out and buried, life sprang forth again. In the breaking, there is an opening up; in the pouring out, there are the roots of sharing; in death and burial, there is the seed of the new life to come. As we look in our world, in our lives, and in our hearts, for his second coming, keep us close to this vision that we have seen. Through the giving in the bread, reconcile us to our world. Send upon us, and upon all your creation, the life-giving Spirit who first moved upon the waters of the deep. Stir in us the creative and redeem the destructive. Unite us with you through the body and blood of your Son, your Word made flesh. By whom, and with whom and in whom, in the unity of your Creative Spirit, with all that has been, is, and will be in your universe, we stand before you and worship you, God of all, in songs of everlasting praise, Blessing and honour and glory and power be yours for ever and ever. Amen. The Lord’s Prayer As our Saviour taught us, let us pray, Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil, For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, Now and for ever. Amen. Closing Hymn #357: ‘ Let All the World in Every Corner Sing’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7qh9ZMhj-o Let all the world in every corner sing, my God and King! The heavens are not too high, his praise may thither fly; the earth is not too low, his praises there may grow. Let all the world in every corner sing, my God and King! Let all the world in every corner sing, my God and King! The church with psalms must shout, no door can keep them out; but above all, but above all, the heart must bear the longest part. Let all the world in every corner sing, my God and King! Unlike the Book of Common Praise, this melody written by Ralph Vaughan Williams, recorded in King’s College, Cambridge The Blessing Go out into the world rejoicing, and encounter the Creator who waits to meet you there; Rejoice in its richness and diversity, and live as those who praise God for its bounty; and the blessing of the Creator God, the Eternal Father, the Risen Son and the Promised Holy Spirit bless you that you might be a blessing to others today and always. Amen We will depart in peace, in the name of the Lord. Amen! Alleluia! ******** NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS WEEK Please continue to contribute to St. Andrew’s! The church has ongoing monthly expenses and no collection plate while we are all unable to gather. Due to Covid-19, please do not use cheques. Here are several ways you can support your church: PAR - Pre-Authorized Remittance. This is the best way we have found to help. It is secure and well recommended. For information contact Joyce Rogers at standrewbookings@gmail.com You can continue to use these methods of support too.. E-Transfer - Use email: standrewbookings@gmail.com Canada Helps – See the link in the announcement section or go to the website. https://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d65834 |
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