Pentecost XVIII – Audio Recording of the Service of Morning Prayer for October 13, 2019
Audio recording of the Service of Morning Prayer for Pentecost XVIII, Lay reader Kirk Hearder, ODT (Order of the Diocese of Toronto), presiding, Zacharia Dekker organist and Music Director. Homily, Lay reader Audi Geadah Ogley: “What Are We Thankful For?”. Hymns: Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies; God, Whose Almighty Word; All People That on…
Read More“What Are We Thankful For?” – Video Recording of the Homily for Pentecost XVIII, October 13, 2019
“What Are We Thankful For?” is the title of Lay reader Audi Geadah Ogley’s homily on this Pentecost XVIII Sunday of our National Thanksgiving Weekend, preaching in place of the vacationing Archdeacon Elizabeth Hardy. October 13, 2019
Read MoreSt. Michael and All Angels – Audio Recording of the Choral Eucharist Service for September 29, 2019
Audio recording of the Choral Eucharist Service for St. Michael and All Angels, Archdeacon Elizabeth Hardy presiding, Zacharia Dekker organist and Music Director. Homily: “Jesus, Our Mediator”. Hymns: Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun; O Praise Ye the Lord; Christ, the Fair Glory of the Holy Angels; Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence; Lord, the…
Read More“Jesus, Our Mediator” – Video Recording of the Homily for St. Michael and All Angels, September 29, 2019
“Jesus, Our Mediator” is the title of Archdeacon Elizabeth Hardy’s homily for this St. Michael and All Angels Choral Eucharist Service. She begins with a discussion of the various and unusual food traditions which are connected to this September 29 service, also called Michaelmas, and Feast of the Archangels. September 29, 2019
Read MorePentecost XV – Audio Recording of the Choral Eucharist Service for September 22, 2019
Audio recording of the Choral Eucharist Service for the Fifteenth Sunday in Pentecost, Archdeacon Elizabeth Hardy presiding, Zacharia Dekker organist and Music Director. Randall Shea provided an update on the educational successes in Santa Maria Tzejá, Guatemala, accompanied by daughter Aida. Hymns: Teach Me, My God and King; Let Streams of Living Justice; Let There…
Read More“Update from Santa Maria Tzejá” – Video Recording of Randall Shea’s Address for Pentecost XV, September 22, 2019
Randall Shea, accompanied by daughter Aida, brings an update on this Fifteenth Sunday of Pentecost on the educational achievements in the village of Santa Maria Tzejá, Guatemala, a project long supported by St. John’s through the congregation’s annual ‘Muffin Sunday’ event. In the process Randall provides some understanding of the history of the reasons for…
Read MorePentecost XIV – Audio Recording of the Choral Eucharist Service for September 15, 2019
Audio recording of the Choral Eucharist service for the Fourteenth Sunday in Pentecost, Archdeacon Elizabeth Hardy presiding, Zacharia Dekker organist and Music Director. Homily: “Why Does God Bother?” Hymns: Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life; O Day of Peace; The King of Love My Shepherd Is; Just As I Am; Praise the Lord, Ye…
Read More“Just As I Am” – Communion Hymn for Pentecost XIV, September 15, 2019
Audio recording of the hymn sung during Communion for the Fourteenth Sunday in Pentecost, Zacharia Dekker organist and Music Director (Common Praise #615). The stained glass window portrayed is in the St. Paul’s Room of the church. September 15, 2019
Read More“Why Does God Bother?” – Video Recording of the Homily for Pentecost XIV, September 15, 2019
“Why Does God Bother?”, the title of Archdeacon Elizabeth Hardy’s homily for this Fourteenth Sunday in Pentecost, is based in the Gospel of Luke’s [15:1-10] account of Jesus’ describing to the grumbling Pharisees and scribes the parable of searching for the one lost sheep among the hundred. September 15, 2019
Read More“The Church of Christ in Every Age” – Audio Recording of the Offertory Hymn for Pentecost XII, September 1, 2019
The gorgeous flowers which beautify our altar are on this Pentecost XII Sunday enjoyed against the backdrop of today’s Offertory Hymn. Many thanks to Chris Cox and those others who contribute from the bounty of their gardens. Organist and Music Director Zacharia Dekker. We are truly blessed! September 1, 2019
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