This past week our Provincial Government announced they will be introducing a Vaccine Passport program in New Brunswick, requiring everyone over age 12 to show documentation proving full vaccination in order to make use of many services. 

You can learn more at the Government of New Brunswick Website:

After spending the Summer months holding our worship services in the Parish Hall, starting today (Sunday September 12) we will be returning to St. Luke's Church.

For those unable to join us in person, here are our At-Home worship resources this week:

Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, & Sermon can be found here:
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Our All-Ages song for the Fall can be found here:

And our other Songs can be found here:

​Our All-Ages Song for this week can be found here:

​And our Songs for this week can be found here:

​Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, & Sermon this week can be found here:

​Our All-Ages Song for this week can be found here:

​And our Songs for this week can be found here:

Our All-Ages Song for this season can be found here:

And our Songs for this week can be found here:

Reading the Holy Scriptures together is a powerful and life-giving practice of the Church. Over the last month, we have been sharing videos from the Bible Project to help us read the Holy Scriptures with a deeper understanding. 

These videos are only the first four in a 19 part series called: "How To Read The Bible". Whether you have been reading the Bible for decades or are just getting started, all these videos are well worth watching, and together they provide a solid foundation for helping us understand both what the Bible is, and how we can read it more faithfully. This whole video series can be found by following the link below: 

Our All-Ages Song for this season can be found here:

​And our Songs for this week can be found here:

Beginning Sunday July 18, our Priest-in-Charge here at St. Luke's Gondola Point, Rev. Rob Montgomery, has been on holiday, and he will be returning to us next Sunday (Sunday August 15).

While he is away, we will continue to offer Morning Prayer services each week (both In-Person in the St. Luke's GP Hall, and here on our Parish website), led by our great Lay Reader team.

Also during this time, instead of our usual sermons we have been making use of some Reflection Questions each week to help us hear and respond to God's word to us in a different way.

Reading the Holy Scriptures together is a powerful and life-giving practice of the Church. Over the last few weeks, we have been sharing videos from the Bible Project to help us read the Holy Scriptures with a deeper understanding. 

Three weeks ago, the video was part 1 of their "How To Read The Bible" series, called: "What is the Bible?"
Two weeks ago, the video was part 2, called: "The Story of the Bible."
Last week's video was part 3, called: "Literary Styles."
And this week's video is part 4, called: "Ancient Jewish Meditation Literature"

All are well worth watching, and together they provide a solid foundation for helping us understand both what the Bible is, and how we can read it more faithfully. These videos can all be found below: 

​Our All-Ages Song for this season can be found here:

As of July 31, New Brunswick ended it's Provincial COVID-19 restrictions.
​To find out what this means for us at St. Luke's GP, please go to our website's homepage for a recent update.

Starting Sunday July 18, our Priest-in-Charge here at St. Luke's Gondola Point, Rev. Rob Montgomery, is on holiday, and he will be returning to us on Sunday August 15.

While he is away, we will continue to offer Morning Prayer services each week (both In-Person in the St. Luke's GP Hall, and here on our Parish website), led by our great Lay Reader team.

Also during this time, instead of our usual sermons we will be offered some Reflection Questions each week to help us hear and respond to God's word to us in a different way.

Reading the Holy Scriptures together is a powerful and life-giving practice of the Church. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing videos from the Bible Project to help us read the Holy Scriptures with a deeper understanding. 

Two weeks ago, the video was part 1 of their "How To Read The Bible" series, called: "What is the Bible?"
Last week's video was part 2, called: "The Story of the Bible."
This week's video is part 3, called: "Literary Styles."

All are well worth watching, and can be found below: 

Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, & Reflection Questions this week can be found here:

​Our All-Ages Song for this season can be found here:

​And our Songs for this week can be found here:

Starting last week (Sunday July 18), our Priest-in-Charge here at St. Luke's Gondola Point, Rev. Rob Montgomery, is on holiday, and he will be returning to us on Sunday August 15.

While he is away, we will continue to offer Morning Prayer services each week (both In-Person in the St. Luke's GP Hall, and here on our Parish website), led by our great Lay Reader team.

Also during this time, instead of our usual sermons we will be offered some Reflection Questions each week to help us hear and respond to God's word to us in a different way.

Reading the Holy Scriptures together is a powerful and life-giving practice of the Church. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing videos from the Bible Project to help us read the Holy Scriptures with a deeper understanding. 

Last week's video was part 1 of their "How To Read The Bible" series, called: "What is the Bible?"
This week's video is part 2, called: "The Story of the Bible."

Both can be found below: 

​​Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, & Reflection Questions this week can be found here:

​Our All-Ages Song for this season can be found here:

​​And our Songs for this week can be found here:

​Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, & Reflection Questions this week can be found here:

​​Our All-Ages Song for this season can be found here:

​And our Songs for this week can be found here:

Starting next Sunday (July 18), our Priest-in-Charge here at St. Luke's Gondola Point, Rev. Rob Montgomery, will be on holiday, returning to us on Sunday August 15.

While he is away, we will continue to offer Morning Prayer services each week (both In-Person in the St. Luke's GP Hall, and here on our Parish website), led by our great Lay Reader team.

Also during this time, instead of our usual sermons we will be offered some Reflection Questions each week to help us here and respond to God's word to us in a different way.

Reading the Holy Scriptures together is a powerful and life-giving practice of the Church. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing videos from the Bible Project to help us read the Holy Scriptures with a deeper understanding. 

Here is this week's video, discussing the Public Reading of Scripture in the life of God's people: 

​Our service of Morning Prayer, Bulletin, & Sermon this week can be found here:

​Our All-Ages Song for this season can be found here:

​And our Songs for this week can be found here:

​Our All-Ages Song for this season can be found here:

​And our Songs for this week can be found here:

​And our Songs for this week can be found here:

The Anglican Church in Canada has called for the commemoration of the National Indigenous Day of Prayer this Sunday June 20 (it is officially celebrated on June 21 each year). 

We have been asked by our Archbishop, David Edwards, to mark this day in our acts of worship with reverence and respect, mindful of our past, as well as of the mercy of God. In addition, we are called to pray for our indigenous sisters and brothers, and for God's work of healing and reconciliation to be at work in us all. 

"Doctrine of Discovery: Stolen lands, Strong Hearts is a film about a devastating decision, made over 500 years ago, which continues to profoundly impact Indigenous and Settler people worldwide. Pope Alexander VI ruled that the lands being discovered by European explorers at the time was “empty” land and its millions of Indigenous inhabitants were “non-human”.
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission released 94 Calls to Action in 2015, with many of them referring to the Doctrine of Discovery and calling for its repudiation.
This film is one of the responses of the Anglican Church’s Primate’s Commission on Discovery, Reconciliation and Justice.  The purpose of this film is to respond to the calls to action by helping to provide education and insight into the racist foundations of many of our property and other laws still in existence to this day."

(From: https://www.anglican.ca/primate/tfc/drj/doctrineofdiscovery/)

Today is also 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, & Sermon this week can be found here:

​Our All-Ages Song for this season can be found here:

​Our All Ages Song can be found here:

​And our Songs for this week can be found here: