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This Sunday January 30 our online worship is on YouTube. We will continue our journey with Jesus in the opening chapters of the Gospel of John.

Family Worship & Learning: “Jesus Loves Everyone”

You can find all of the Big God Project learning resources HERE

Home Worship – Live at 10:30am

Order of Service

Call to Worship – Psalm 71:1-6

Opening Prayer

Song: “How Great is Our God / How Great Thou Art”

Gospel – John 4:3-30, 39-42

Message – “Living Water”

Hymn: “There is a Redeemer #358

Closing Prayers

Blessing

News & Announcements

• • Going Deeper (Study Resources): Now that we’ve looked at the overall story of the Gospel of John, you can go deeper into the first chapter of the book. The Bible Project has a short video on John 1, as well as full study notes and other resources on this fascinating poem that introduces the Gospel. You can find this here: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/john-1/
  • Session Meeting: The leadership team of St. Andrew’s will be meeting this Tuesday February 1 at 7:00pm. Following this meeting we will have an update on in-person worship. If there is anything you would like to bring the attention of Session, including any pastoral needs, please call or email Rev. John Read (revjohnread@gmail.com) or Rev. Anne Yee-Hibbs (ayhibbs@gmail.com).
  • For all other St. Andrew’s news and information sign up for our weekly newsletter from the Office of St. Andrew’s standrewsancaster@gmail.com.

This Sunday January 23 our online worship is on YouTube. We will continue our journey with Jesus in the opening chapters of the Gospel of John.

Family Worship & Learning: “Jesus Invites Us To Be Born Again”

Unfortunately, we had some technical issues and weren’t able to record a full family worship video this week. Above you’ll find a shorter video with the Big God Story lesson and a few questions to talk about together. You can find the rest of the Big God Project learning resources HERE.

Home Worship – Live at 10:30am

Order of Service

Call to Worship – Psalm 121

Opening Prayer

Song: “This is Amazing Grace”

New Testament – Romans 8:1-4, 14-17

Gospel – John 3:1-21

Message – “The Challenge of Life”

Hymn: “Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God”

Closing Prayers

Blessing

News:

• • Going Deeper (Study Resources): Each of the Gospels gives us a different perspective on Jesus, but the Gospel of John paints the most distinctive picture of the four books. The Bible Project provides a great introduction to John in two videos. We won’t get to the second part of John until we approach Easter, but you can watch (and study) ahead here: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/john-13-21/
  • For all other St. Andrew’s news and information check you can sign up for the weekly newsletter from the Office of St. Andrew’s. Just send an email to standrewsancaster@gmail.com.

This Sunday January 16 our online worship is on YouTube. We will continue our journey with Jesus in the opening chapters of the Gospel of John.

Family Worship & Learning: “Jesus Invites Us To Come And See”

You can find all of the Big God Project learning resources HERE

Home Worship – Live at 10:30am

Order of Service

Call to Worship – Psalm 139:1-6

Opening Prayer

Song: “Great Things”

New Testament Reading – Hebrews 3:1-6

Gospel Reading – John 1:35-51

Message – “Seeing Jesus”

Hymn: “Come Christians Join to Sing” #377

We Celebrate Communion

Blessing

News & Announcements

• • Sunday Worship: Just a reminder that in-person worship services are suspended to the end of January. Session will review the public health situation at our February 1 meeting and update the congregation on any changes that week.
  • Going Deeper (Study Resources): Each of the Gospels gives us a different perspective on Jesus, but the Gospel of John paints the most distinctive picture of the four books. The Bible Project provides a great introduction to John in two videos. You can find the first part here: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/john-1-12/
  • Latest Vaccination Information: Third doses of COVID-19 vaccine (aka booster shots) are available to everyone 18 years of age and over. The required waiting time is 3 months (84) from your second dose. To confirm that you are eligible go to: https://covid-19.ontario.ca/book-vaccine/. To book your vaccination or booster shot go to the City of Hamilton vaccination website: https://www.hamilton.ca/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccination. Getting your third dose of vaccine is the best way to protect yourself, your family and friends against the Omicron variant.
  • For all other St. Andrew’s news and information sign up for our weekly newsletter from the Office of St. Andrew’s standrewsancaster@gmail.com.

Sunday January 9 is our first home worship service of the year. We will be starting a new journey with Jesus in the Gospel of John.

Family Worship & Learning: “Jesus Created Everything”

You can find all of the Big God Project learning resources HERE

Home Worship Video

Order of Service

Call to Worship – Psalm 147:12,15-20

Opening Prayer

Hymn: “Love Divine All Loves Excelling #371

New Testament Reading – Hebrews 1:1-4

Gospel Reading – John 1:1-18

Message – “The Word of Life”

Song: “What a Beautiful Name”

We Celebrate Communion

Blessing

News & Announcements

• • Sunday Worship Update: In light of daily case counts remaining above 10,000 (even with fewer people now eligible to take a PCR test), and the concerning rise in hospitalizations for COVID, Session (our leadership team) has decided to extend the suspension of in-person worship services to the end of January. We will review the public health situation at our February 1st meeting and update the congregation on any changes that week. Our prayers continue to be with all of you and your families in this challenging time.
  • Family Worship Video: With worship being online only for next several weeks, Rev. Read will once again be offering a Family Worship video on his YouTube channel. This will premier at 8:30am on Sundays, and will include an interactive game, introduce the Big God theme and memory verse, and present the Big God story lesson for the week. A link to the Family Worship video will be included in Rev. Read’s Saturday email.
  • Latest Vaccination Information: Third doses of COVID-19 vaccine (aka booster shots) are available to everyone 18 years of age and over. The required waiting time for a third dose is 3 months (84 days) from your second dose. To confirm that you are eligible go to: https://covid-19.ontario.ca/book-vaccine/. To book your vaccination or booster shot is to use the City of Hamilton vaccination website: https://www.hamilton.ca/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccination. Getting your third dose of vaccine is the best way to protect yourself, your family and friends against the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.

This Sunday January 9, we will be worshiping by Zoom video conference at 10:30am. Our service will include the celebration of communion and conclude with a virtual ‘Coffee Hour’ where you can connect with our St. Andrew’s church family.

If you aren’t on St. Andrew’s email list and would like to join our Zoom service please send an email to revjohnread@gmail.com by 9:00am Sunday morning and you will be sent the login information. If you aren’t able to join us live, there will be a recorded and edited version of the service posted to YouTube and available here on the website around 1:00pm on Sunday afternoon.

The service is also accessible by local telephone call. For information on how to do so please call the church office 905-648-6024.