Our Officiant and Homilist for our Litany of Morning Prayer this Ninth Sunday in the Pentecost Season is Lay Reader and Order of the Diocese of Toronto recipient Kirk Hearder. John Charles is our Guest Organist and Keyboardist this week, and our Lay Assistant and Intercessor is Jim Hodder. The lessons are read by Greg Finlayson (The 2nd Book of Samuel 7:1-14a) and Todd Hillhouse (The Letter to the Ephesians 2:11-22), and the Gospel is from Mark (6:30-34, 53-56). The Psalm is 89:20-37. Our hymns this week: Rise Up, O Saints of God (#586 in Common Praise); Just As the Deer (#540); The Lord’s My Shepherd (#519); and, Lift High the Cross (#602). All are invited to the hall for refreshments and conversation following John’s Postlude. St. John’s, East Orangeville is located in Caledon, Ontario Canada, and is a parish within the Anglican Diocese of Toronto. It is a ground-level fully accessible church and hall. Please visit our website at stjohnsorangeville.ca, where you will find links to our extensive recording archives (the ‘Recent Recordings’ heading on our homepage, and earlier recordings in ‘All Recordings’ under the Menu), as well as the opportunity to make a donation to support this Outreach Ministry. We thank you for your interest and for joining us.