Author: standrewspcancaster

Music for the 6th Sunday of Easter, May 25, 2025

This past Sunday we celebrated with a variety of special music as we celebrated the music ministry of Melodie Zylla, our long-time Director of Worship Arts. Melodie will be moving on to serve in a new role in June, so this will be the last special music posting before the summer. We also hope to have our new Livestreaming system up and running in the next week or two. Check this channel for further details

. “Goodness of God”
Words & Music: Ben Fielding | Brian Johnson | Ed Cash | Jason Ingram | Jenn Johnson |
© 2018 Capitol CMG Paragon; SHOUT! Music Publishing Australia; Fellow Ships Music; So Essential Tunes; Bethel Music Publishing
Used by Permission

“How Great Is The Greatness of God”
Words & Music: Bryan Christopher Fowler | Matt Boswell | Matt Papa
© Getty Music Hymns and Songs; Getty Music Publishing; Living Hymns; Love Your Enemies Publishing; Messenger Hymns
Used by Permission

“Overflow With Hope”
Based on Romans 15:13
Words & Music by Pepper Choplin
© 2024 Lorenz Publishing Company
Used by Permission

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Message for Healing & Reconciliation Sunday – May 25, 2025

We continue out post-Easter trip through the book of Acts, called ‘Raising Up,’ where we look at some of the ways the Resurrection of Jesus raises people up. This week we move into Acts 11:19-30 and reflect on how Jesus’ resurrection raises up the possibility of reconciliation between both individuals and groups of people.

This message refers to the work that the Presbyterian Church in Canada has done towards Healing and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples since the 1980s. To learn more about this work and the official documents that have come out of this process go to: https://presbyterian.ca/justice/socia…

Preacher: Rev. John Read

Message for the 5th Sunday of Easter – May 18, 2025

We continue out post-Easter trip through the book of Acts, called ‘Raising Up,’ where we look at some of the ways the Resurrection of Jesus raises people up. This week we move into Acts 11:1-18 and reflect on how Jesus’ resurrection affects how we relate to our neighbours.

Preacher: Rev. John Read

Message for the 4th Sunday of Easter & Mother’s Day – May 11, 2025

This message starts a short post-Easter trip through the book of Acts, called ‘Raising Up.’ Over the next few weeks we’ll be looking at some of the ways the Resurrection of Jesus raises people up.
This week we start in Acts 9:32-43 where we see how Jesus works through the Apostle Peter to raise up a woman named Tabitha (or Dorcas) and what this says about how God raises up women today.

Preacher: Rev. John Read

St. Andrew’s Music Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025

OPENING WORSHIP

“Jesus Christ is Risen Today”
Words: Anonymous (Latin) | Tate and Brady’s New Version (translation) | vs. 4 Charles Wesley | Music: Lyra Davidica 1708, 1749
Words & Music: Public Domain

“Great Things”
Words & Music: Jonas Myrin | Phil Wickham
© Capitol CMG Paragon (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) | Son of the Lion (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) | Phil Wickham Music (Fair Trade Music Publishing [c/o Essential Music Publishing LLC]) | Simply Global Songs (Fair Trade Music Publishing [c/o Essential Music Publishing LLC]) | Sing My Songs (Fair Trade Music Publishing [c/o Essential Music Publishing LLC])

CHOIR

“O Blessed Dawn Of Easter’s Day”
Words & Music: William B. Bradbury| Tony Wood ©2015 Wordspring Music,LLC (SESAC)/Tony Wood Songs (SESAC) (Adm. By Wordspring Music, LLC)
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St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Ancaster

Message for Easter Sunday – April 20, 2025

This week we reflected on how the resurrection of Jesus gives us hope in the face of death and grief and gives us the courage to live each day as a gift from a generous God. Today’s message was based on Luke 24:1-12 & 1 Corinthians 15:12-26.

Our online service will be on pause for the next 2 weeks while Rev. John Read is off on study leave. But we’ll be back for Mother’s Day on May 11.

If you would like to follow along with the service program, which includes the full narrative of Luke 22-23 with congregational responses, you can find it here: Good Friday Order of Service 2025

St. Andrew’s Choir
Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025

Revelation 19
Words & Music: Jeffrey LaValley
Choral Setting: Jack Schrader
© Candied Jam Music; Savgos Music, Inc.; Peermusic III, Ltd. © 1985 and this Arrangement © 2004
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Message for Palm Sunday – April 13, 2025

This week we reflected on Jesus’s arrival in Jerusalem for his final week in Luke 19:28-44 and focused on a detail found only in Luke’s version of the story – Jesus weeping over the coming destruction of the city. We took some time to consider how we respond to things in the world that we have no control over, and how we can find the strength to make a difference when and where we can do something.

Music for the 5th Sunday in Lent, April 6, 2025

Salvator Mundi (“Saviour Of The World, Save Us”)
Tune: Jacques Berthier
© 1980 Les Presses de Taize; GIA Publications Inc.
Used by permission.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Ancaster