Starting Monday July 17, Rev. Rob has been on vacation, and will be returning to St. Luke's on Monday August 14. While he's away, our excellent team of Lay Readers will be leading our In-Person services of Morning Prayer, and Rev. Rob has prepared Reflection Questions each week to help us engage with our Sunday the Scripture Readings. The reading of Holy Scripture together as a community has been a central part of Christian worship throughout the Church’s long history. It has deep roots within the spiritual practices of Israel, and sustains God’s people today. We read Scripture together not simply to learn new information about God’s dealings with humanity in the past, but to listen in faith to what the Living God is saying to us His people today. It is in fact a profound act of worship, a turning of our full attention to our Lord. We listen to His Word to draw closer to Him, and to one another in love. After every Scripture Reading in our At-Home Morning Prayer service, you're invited to take a few moments in silence to reflect upon the passage, and how God’s Spirit might be addressing us through it, as individuals and as a community. In those moments, pay attention to any words, ideas, or images from the reading that stand out to you. In the silence afterwards, ask God to help you hear His word for you today. After the Gospel Reading, take 1-2 minutes to reflect, and then read over this week's Reflection Questions. Take whatever time you need to prayerfully sit with these questions, taking notes if you find it helpful, or perhaps even returning to the questions throughout the week. In addition to our Reflection Questions, we'll also have a link to a short Bible Project video from their "How To Read Biblical Narrative" series, helping us to read the story of the Bible with even more understanding. This week, the video is called "Setting", and the link can be found right here: May God bless you as you seek to hear His voice, and draw near to Him in faith, hope, and love. Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, & Reflection Questions this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here:
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Starting last Monday (July 17), Rev. Rob has been on vacation, returning to St. Luke's on Monday August 14. While he's away, our excellent team of Lay Readers will be leading our In-Person services of Morning Prayer, and Rev. Rob has prepared Reflection Questions each week to help us engage with our Sunday the Scripture Readings. The reading of Holy Scripture together as a community has been a central part of Christian worship throughout the Church’s long history. It has deep roots within the spiritual practices of Israel, and sustains God’s people today. We read Scripture together not simply to learn new information about God’s dealings with humanity in the past, but to listen in faith to what the Living God is saying to us His people today. It is in fact a profound act of worship, a turning of our full attention to our Lord. We listen to His Word to draw closer to Him, and to one another in love. After every Scripture Reading in our At-Home Morning Prayer service, you're invited to take a few moments in silence to reflect upon the passage, and how God’s Spirit might be addressing us through it, as individuals and as a community. In those moments, pay attention to any words, ideas, or images from the reading that stand out to you. In the silence afterwards, ask God to help you hear His word for you today. After the Gospel Reading, take 1-2 minutes to reflect, and then read over this week's Reflection Questions. Take whatever time you need to prayerfully sit with these questions, taking notes if you find it helpful, or perhaps even returning to the questions throughout the week. In addition to our Reflection Questions, we'll also have a link to a short Bible Project video from their "How To Read Biblical Narrative" series, helping us to read the story of the Bible with even more understanding. This week, the video is called "Character", and the link can be found right here: May God bless you as you seek to hear His voice, and draw near to Him in faith, hope, and love Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, & Reflection Questions this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here: This week we are holding our Second Annual Churchyard Cemetery Service of Morning Prayer, gathering outdoors to worship the Living God while surrounded by the saints who have gone on before us. As such, our Morning Prayer service order might seem a little different today. This service has become a new tradition, and an ongoing opportunity for those in our wider community who have loved ones buried at St. Luke's to gather in prayer, bring flowers to lay at graves, and remember their lives with gratitude. Whether or not you are able to join us in person, please take some time today to remember the lives and legacies of our Christian sisters and brothers who have died and are now at peace in the presence of Jesus our Risen Lord. Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, & Sermon this week can be found here:
And our Songs for this week can be found here: This week held a mixture of both celebration and grief for us here at St. Luke's Gondola Point. This weekend we celebrate Canada Day, which invites us as Canadians to give thanks for the many blessings that we share as those who live in this country today, as well as to take time to reflect on our past errors in order to pursue a better way forward for all. And this week we also mourn the loss of our retired Archbishop, the Most Reverend Claude Miller, who died this past Tuesday. Many in our congregation new him well, and he served our Diocese faithfully for years. Our prayers continue for his wife Sharon, and their family. Below you may find links to his obituary and a word from our current Archbishop, David Edwards. Rest eternal grant to him, O LORD, and let light perpetual shine upon him. Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here: Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here: Today is Father's Day in Canada, and so many will mark this day by remembering and honouring their fathers who have loved, cared for, guided, and raised them up. For many of us, this is a day of deep gratitude, and it is right that we give thanks along with them for those who truly embodied the gift of fatherhood. For some of us today is less straightforward, and perhaps more of a struggle... perhaps due to difficulties or losses in one's parental relationships, or for those whom the experience of pursuing fatherhood has been one of sorrow and disappointment. Along with them, we do well to acknowledge that family life is often a challenging road, and to listen to and honour their sufferings, which are also known and shared by our loving God. Whether today is a day of celebration for you, or a day of difficulty, or some mixture of both: may you receive God's blessing today exactly as it is needed. May God surround you and those you love, as well as all those who have loved and supported you, with peace, hope, fellowship, kindness, and understanding. Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here: Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Today is Trinity Sunday, the day Christians reflect on the Living God's self-revelation as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and what this means for us and our world. Here is a great video from the folks at the Bible Project exploring how the Bible teaches us to speak of and come to know the Triune God. Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here: Today we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit of God to dwell with us in power, filling us with His Holy presence, and preparing us to live as His people in the world, faithfully following Jesus Christ, the Risen Lord. The story of Pentecost can be found in the Book of Acts, Chapter 2, and it is an integral part of the story of what the Living God has done, and is still doing today. To learn more about how Pentecost fits into this wider story, check out this grat video from the Bible Project exploring the first half of the Book of Acts: Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here: Alleluia! Jesus is risen!Today we celebrate the Ascension of Jesus Christ, the Risen Lord, to the throne of Heaven, reigning forever at the right hand of the Father. Here is a great video from the Bible Project that explores what it means for Jesus to be the Son of Man, ruling over God's good Creation even now. If you want to dig a bit deeper, here is a nine part Podcast Series by the Bible Project on the same theme: Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here: (Photo of the Ascension Window taken at St. Paul's on the Common, Rothesay New Brunswick) Alleluia! Jesus is risen!Today people all over our country are celebrating Mother's Day: remembering and honouring the mothers who have loved, cared for, guided, and raised them up. For many of us, this is a day of thankfulness and joy, and we do well to give thanks along with them for those who truly embodied the gift of motherhood. For some of us today is much more complicated, and indeed painful... perhaps due to difficulties or losses in our parental relationships. We remember too, and grieve with those who's experience of the pursuit of motherhood has been one of sorrow, pain, and disappointment. Along with them, we do well to acknowledge that family life is often a challenging road, as well as to listen to and honour their stories and their sufferings, which are also known and shared by our loving God, as well as many others. Whether today is a day of joy for you, or a day of pain, or some mixture of both: may you receive God's blessing today exactly as it is needed. May God surround you and those you love, as well as all those who have loved and nurtured you, with peace, hope, fellowship, kindness, and understanding. Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here: Alleluia! Jesus is risen!The coronation of King Charles III took place this weekend, and so we lift him up in prayer, inviting God's blessings and grace upon him and all the peoples under his reign. Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour: look with favour upon thy servant Charles our King, and bestow upon him such gifts of wisdom and love that we and all thy people may live in peace and prosperity and in loving service one to another, to thine eternal glory; who with the Father and the Holy Spirit reigns supreme over all things, one God, now and forever. Amen. Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here: Alleluia! Jesus is risen!Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here: Alleluia! Jesus is risen!Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here: Alleluia! Jesus is risen! Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, and Sermon this week can be found here: And our Songs for this week can be found here: |
Rev. RObRev. Rob serves as the Priest-in-Charge at St. Luke's Gondola Point, and as the School Chaplain at Rothesay Netherwood School Archives
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