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Readings for Next Sunday - July 26th, 2015 (9th Sunday After Pentecost - Proper 17)
2 Samuel 11: 1 - 15; Psalm 14; Ephesians 3: 14 - 21; John 6: 1 - 21
St. Stephen’s Rule of Life † STUDY the Scripture every day. In light of what I have read, what is God calling me to be or to do today?
† PRAY at least three times a day [Please add to your prayers]
† GIVE regularly to support the Church’s ministry [envelopes, gifts, talents and time]
† LIVE for God, our Church and others [be just, loving, peaceful and caring]
This Week’s Readings for Daily Devotion
Mon. – Ps. 41 & 52; Acts 13: 44 - 52; Mk. 4: 1 - 20
Tue. – Ps. 45; Acts 14: 1 - 18; Mk. 4: 21 - 34
Wed. – Ps. 119:49-72; Acts 14: 19 - 28; Mk. 4: 35 - 41
Thu. – Ps. 50; Acts 15: 1 - 11; Mk. 5: 1 - 20
Fri. – Ps. 40 & 54; Acts 15: 12 - 21; Mk. 5: 21 - 43
Sat. – Ps. 55; Acts 15: 22 - 35; Mk. 6: 1 - 13
Thought for the
Week
8th Sunday After Pentecost
Proper 16Proper 16
July 19th, 2015 July 19th, 2015
9:009:00AMAM -- SSAIDAID EEUCHARISTUCHARIST
10:3010:30AMAM -- BBAPTISMAPTISM SSERVICEERVICE
MISSION
To worship God, creating a caring,
Christian community, through growth and
celebration, using our gifts and talents to reach out in love to
others.
OUR MOTTO
Bearing witness by faith and works
OUR PRIORITIES
Christian Education, Youth & Outreach
WELCOME
Welcome to all parishioners, visitors & friends.
We invite visitors to sign our
visitors book.
If you do not have a Church home we invite you to make the Church of St. Stephen
your spiritual haven.
BE THOUGHTFUL AND REVERENT
Before Service: Talk with God During Service: Let God talk to you After Service: Talk with each other
The The Church Church oof St. Stephen f St. Stephen (Downsview)(Downsview) Established in 1953
2259 Jane Street, TORONTO, ONTARIO, M3M 1A6
Telephone: Office - (416) 241-4639 Rectory - (647) 344-4187 Cell. #: - (647) 382-4596 Fax: Office - (416) 248-5415
Church Email: [email protected]
Fr. Kenute: [email protected]
The Wardens: [email protected]
Website: www.saintstephensdownsview.com
The following is an extract from ‘In The Breaking Of The Bread’ by J. Lee Magness.
And Eat With You
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.”
(Revelations 3: 20)
Jesus spoke those words, those red-letter words. He is the “I”, standing at the door, and more than standing—knocking on the door, and more than knocking—calling through the broad boards of the door. He is the one standing there sad-eyed and thorny-crowned, knocking with raw knuckles cupping a pierced palm, calling as if from the broad beams of the cross, except for the fact that he is standing, standing at the door, knocking.
But on whose door does he knock? To whom does he speak? Not to the lost, but to the found. Not to the loyal, but to the lukewarm, the well-clothed-but-naked, eagle-eyed-but-blind, prosperous-but-pitiful, neither-hot! hot! hot!-nor-chilly-cold, spit-you-out Christians od Laodicea.
And what does he want with them, the lukewarm-like-us Laodicean Christians? What does he want with us? Not just to hear his knock-knock-knocking, not just to open the barred boards of the door, not even just to come in and stand there in awkward, don’t-I-remember-you-from-somewhere? silence. He comes to eat with us, to eat with us and us with him.
There words from the book of Revelation are not about the need for conversation; they are about the need for Communion.
They are not about finding Christ for the first time; they are about being found by Christ again and again.
They are not so much about salvation-time as about supper-time, supper-time-with-Jesus time, Lord’s-Supper time.
Listen! In the stillness of this moment, listen! He is standing at the door, right now, knocking; and if we can hear his voice and tear open the door as we tear that of morsel from the loaf, he will come in to us and eat this meal with us, and us with him.
God, help us to make this meal the open-door police of our lives, through Christ. Amen.
Think on these Things
From Fr. Kenute’s Desk Let’s Communicate, Connect and Collaborate
Open Air Eucharist & BBQ: Next Sunday, July 26 at 10:00 a.m. We will begin our Summer Services this year with our open Air Eucharist & BBQ. The preacher for this service will be Bro. Bruce Smith. Please invite family and friends and neighbours to share in this time of worship, fellowship and evangelism. Please bring along board games you would like others to share in. It promises to be inspirational, evangelical and recreational. Fun in the Sun!
Summer Vacation: Fr. Kenute will be away on leave during the month of August. Canon Al Budzin will be on call for any pastoral emergency. He can be reached at 647-274-3297 (cell) & 416-247-5181 (office)
The Schedule for the Sundays during August are as follows:
Aug. 2, 9 & 16 - Fr. Gabriel Opoku-Ware
Aug. 23 & 30 - Fr. Theadore Hunte
*Fr. Theodore is known to us, he has helped a few times whenever I had to be away. He is presently a student enrolled at Wycliffe College and also serves at St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux as Associate Priest.
*Fr. Gabriel is the priest-in-charge of the Ghanaian Congregation at St. David’s
Lawrence Ave.
SUMMER BBQ on the Church Grounds: August 29 beginning at 5:00pm. Adults $20. Seniors & Children $12. Tickets are available from Monica, Fr. Kenute and Norman.
New Public Address System: is currently being installed. If you recall this was one the grant that we received from the Diocese the end of last year under “Communicating in a Wireless World.”
Summer Blessings. We wish for all a very restful and enjoyable summer. Those who will be travelling we wish for you safe journey. Take our blessings and best wishes.
SERMON NOTES
Sun. July 19th - after the 10:30am service - Fr. Kenute would like to meet with the following persons for 5 minutes: Emeka Ichoku, Rachel Omologe, Hyacinth Nwuso, Ezekiel Ekeh, Patricia McIntosh& Constance Kendall.
Sat. July 25th - 9am-12noon - Youth Car Wash. Please give them your support
Sat. July 25th @ 10:00am - Advisory Board Meeting (Balsom Room)
Sun. July 26th - 9th Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 17) @ 10:00am - Open Air Eucharist (one service). Information about this service is on the next page under open Air Eucharist and BBQ.
This Week At St. Stephen’s
9:00 a.m. Service 10:30 a.m. Service
Warden on Duty: Chris Gleeson Norman DaCosta
Ushers: Omeyeni Oni Winsom, Pauline & Fitzgerald
Chalice: Kojo Mensah Foster Odlum & Allan Austin
Readers: Steve Clarke Hyacinth Nwosu & Ericka Martin
Gospeller: Steve Clarke Rachel Omologe
Intercessor: Patricia McIntosh
Altar Guild: Cicely Romain and Blessing Omere
Counters: Nadeen Murray, Angela Whyte & Georgia Brissett
Today’s Ministers
St. Stephen’s Activity Corner
Last
Week’s
Answers
Across 4. UNCHANGING 5. INHERITANCE 7. FREEDOM 8. GUARANTEE
Down 1. KINDNESS 2. CHOSE 3. FAMILY 6. ADOPT
GATHERING OF THE COMMUNITY
Opening Sentence:
Prayer of Approach:
All: Eternal God, bless us as we assemble in this temple of praise. In your presence let us be like children arriving home, like miners discovering new veins of gold and like musicians enraptured with a composition. May our joy exceed our knowledge, and our love stretch our worship to the utmost limit. Through Christ Jesus our light and salvation. Amen!
Processional Hymn: 139BB - Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Call To Worship:
Leader: Come into the presence of the Most High God with songs of praise and shouts of thanksgiving. All: We have come to worship freely, sincerely, expectantly, open heartedly, gladly and lovingly.
Collect for the Day: page 369
THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD
First Reading: 2 Samuel 7: 1 – 14a
For the Psalm: 193BB - God is so Good
Second Reading: Ephesians 2: 11 – 22
Gradual Hymn: 729CPWI - Christ Is Our Cornerstone
The Gospel: Mark 6: 30 – 34, 53 – 56
After the Gospel: Alleluia
Sermon:
THE LITURGY OF BAPTISM
Hymn: 465BB - Baptized In Water
The Presentation: page 153
Prayers of the People:
Leader: O God, merciful and just; O God, kind and compassionate; O God, forever faithful for your own name’s sake: we pray for the world Christ came to save; we pray for the kingdom you are bringing through Christ. Bless the church, the body of Christ, with the power of the Holy Spirit, so that our strength is renewed like the eagle’s. Then send us out to proclaim the good news that in Jesus Christ there is newness of life. Hear us, O God All: for your mercy is great.
Leader: We pray for those who have been called or elected as leaders, that they may be guided by your voice and by the voices of their people. Hear us, O God
All: for your mercy is great.
Leader: We pray for the pastors and teachers of the church, that they may faithfully tend and not scatter those entrusted to them. Hear us, O God
All: for your mercy is great.
Leader: We pray for all who are weary from hard labour, especially for those who are not fairly paid, for those who work in dangerous places, for those trapped in slavery. Break yokes of oppression and bonds of bitterness. Hear us, O God
All: for your mercy is great.
Leader: We pray for the victims of war and other forms of violence, that we may be good news for them both in word and in deed. Hear us, O God
All: for your mercy is great.
Leader: We pray for all who serve on behalf of others, especially for those who care for the sick, elderly, and dying; for those who fight fires, enforce just laws, serve in the military; for those who hold public office. Build up all people in peace and freedom. Hear us, O God
All: for your mercy is great.
Leader: We pray for ourselves, that we will be faithful, especially in times of temptation; that our diseases will be healed, so we have strength to serve others; that our love for one another and you grow ever deeper. Hear us, O God
All: for your mercy is great.
Leader: We pray for those who are to receive the sacrament of new birth. Deliver them, O Lord, from the way of sin and death. Hear us, O God
All: for your mercy is great.
Leader: Open their hearts to your grace and truth. Hear us, O God All: for your mercy is great.
Leader: Fill them with your holy and life-giving Spirit. Hear us, O God All: for your mercy is great.
Leader: Teach them to love others in the power of the Spirit. Hear us, O God All: for your mercy is great.
Leader: Send them into the world in witness to your love. Hear us, O God All: for your mercy is great.
Leader: Bring them to the fullness of your peace and glory. Hear us, O God All: for your mercy is great.
Thanksgiving Over The Water: page 157
The Baptismal Covenant: page 158
The Baptism: page 160 Peace:
THE LITURGY OF THE SACRAMENT
Offertory Hymn: 401BB - The Church’s One Foundation
Prayer over The Gifts: page 369
Eucharistic Prayer 2: page 196
The Sanctus (said)
The Lord’s Prayer (Malotte)
Communion Hymns: Organ - “Rock Of Ages”
488BB - Just As I Am
692BB - God Will Take Care Of You
705BB - It Is Well With My Soul
Ablutions: 702/655BB - Fill My Cup/Sanctuary
Prayer after Communion: page 369 The Blessing:
Leader: Unless God builds the house, All: those who build labor in vain.
Leader: Your God is faithful, and you will never travel alone.
All: When our path is level and smooth, we will enjoy it. When its is rough and steep, we will take courage to climb it. When we come to unmarked crossroads, we will choose wisely, and when we find ourselves at a cul-de-sac we will turn back gracefully. Priest: Christ fill you with joy in your working and playing; and the blessing of God Almighty, Father, Son and Holy Spirit be with you this day and forevermore. All: Amen! Amen! Amen!
Welcome & Announcements
Recessional Hymn: 688BB - Saviour Like A Shepherd
