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Trinity 3 June 28, 2009
In the Octave of the Feast of St. John the Baptist
8:00 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST
Introit Psalm 25:16-22 p. 359
Collect for Purity: p. 67
Collect & Epistle p. 221
Gradual Psalm: 7:9-12 p. 336
Gospel p. 222
9:15 A.M. MORNING PRAYER
First Lesson: Joshua 3 (Pew Bible page 195)
Psalm 26
Second Lesson: Mark 3:20-end (Pew Bible page 37)
10:00 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST & HOLY BAPTISM
Introit Psalm (sung)
Hymn: 378 (Bread of Heaven -219)
O Canada
Children’s Talk
Collect for Purity: p. 67
Collect & Epistle p. 221
Gradual Psalm: 7:9-12 p. 336
Gospel p. 222
The Homily
Hymn before the Baptism: 713 (Jesus Loves Me)
Holy Baptism p. 522
Offertory Hymn: 806 (Vienna - 56)
The Intercession p. 75
Confession, Absolution p. 77
Thanksgiving p. 78
Consecration p. 82
Hymns during Communion: 226 (Rockingham)
232 (St. Agnes)
Lord’s Prayer p. 85
Gloria p. 86
God Save the Queen
Recessional Hymn: 196 (Darwall – 375)
Join us for coffee and tea in the hall
5:00 P.M. EVENING PRAYER
First Lesson: 1 Samuel 17:1-11, 32-51 (Pew Bible page 260)
Psalms 19, 20
Second Lesson: Acts 2:22-42 (Pew Bible page 119)
Layreaders
8:00 A.M. – Norm Dupuis 9:15A.M – Shirley Kelly
10:00 A.M. – Nicholas Saulnier
The Sanctuary Candle burns this week to
the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of
Kimberly Allan Peter Stockall
“Let us remember before God the faithful departed.”
Kenneth O’Toole Mary Ensworth Jean Carson
Bernard Nelson
This Week in the Parish
The Daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer will be prayed in the Chapel at 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday – Friday respectively. In addition:
Sunday Wok with Faith 4:30 P.M.
Monday Morning Prayer and Holy Communion 8:30 A.M.
(For the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul)
Thursday Holy Eucharist 10:00 A.M.
Reading Group: ‘The Imitation of Christ 7:30 P.M.
Best wishes to Vic & Audrey Lotherington, who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 27th..
Please remember Lundin Judith Moynagh-Belliveau, and her parents and Godparents, as she comes to receive God’s regenerating grace by the Holy Spirit in Baptism this morning at 10 A.M.
Summer Sunday School begins today. The theme for the next 10 weeks is the Ten Commandments. Many thanks to our teachers for providing this opportunity.
The St. Michael’s Youth Conference is scheduled to take place at Camp Wildwood, Mckee’s Mills from August 24-29. Interested youth (ages 13-19) are asked to please speak with the Rector.
St. James Anglican Church, 101 Fairview Drive, Moncton, is sponsoring a Vacation Bible Day Camp during the week of July 13 to 17 from 10 am to 3 pm. The camp will be led by a team from Crosswalk Ministries of Montreal and is open to all children ages 4 to 12. The cost is $5.00 per day per child or a family rate of $10.00 per day max. Each day is filled with special activities, songs, games, crafts, fun and devotions. To register or to obtain more information contact Tracy Pratt at 854-9858, 872-0720 or 389-2370.
See you at the bayou – Crocodile DockThe VBS adventure is at:
St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, 105 Elmwood Drive, Moncton When: July 13-17 The excitement begins at: 9AM – 12 Noon
Contact: Ann Pinnell 855-5114
Wok with Faith, for Middle School and High School ages girls, will be held this afternoon from 4:30-7:00 P.M. in the Church Hall. Girls, please come and bring a friend!
‘Rain,’ the last published writing of the Rev. John Pearce, is available on the table in the Church. Entry. It seems especially appropriate given our current weather pattern!
Summer Reading Challenge:
To all Youth and Adults –
As a teenager, I remember being challenged by my Sunday School teacher to read the Bible. It was a simple challenge to read at our own pace, but to read daily; and, there was one requirement – record the verses read.
In an attempt to encourage us, and as a way of marking significant milestones along the way, our teacher had some official-looking stickers that were applied to a certificate.
It seems very elementary, but this was very helpful to me in attempting to estalish the daily habit of prayer and Bible reading. If you are interested in giving this a try, please pick up a ‘Summer Reading Challenge’ form in the Church Entry. Where you start is up to you. If you are looking for a suggestion, you might consider one of the books we are currently reading at Morning and Evening Prayer:
The Book of Proverbs (Old Testament)
The Gospel of St. Mark (New Testament)
The First Epistle of St. John (New Testament)
Seals will be awarded for the following number of verses read: 250, 500, 750 and 1000.
If you are interested in this challenge, or if you need a Bible, please let me know. Completed forms may be turned into the Rector; new ones will be available in the entry.
THE RECTOR’S CORNER
This past Wednesday (June 24th) was the day the Church marks as the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. In New Brunswick, June 24th has a special significance: it was on this day in 1604 that Samuel de Champlain and the Sieur de Monts crept cautiously into the Saint John harbour, which, as Champlain later wrote, lay “at the mouth of the largest and deepest river we had yet seen which we named the River Saint John, because it was on this saint’s day that we arrived there.”
According to the Rev. William O. Raymond, in his book, ‘The River Saint John’ (1943), a historian named Lescarbot accompanied the French colonists and helped to document their travels and activities. From him and from Champlain’s own diary, came these interesting details of Chkoudun, the Chief of the River (as written by Archdeacon Raymond): “Champlain did not ascend the river far, but Ralleau, the secretary of the Sieur de Monts, went there to see Chkoudun, the chief of the river, who reported that it was beautiful, large and extensive with many meadows and fine trees such as oaks, beeches, walnut trees and also wild grape vines…
Lescarbot and de Monts visited the cabin of Chkoudun, with whom they bartered for furs. ‘Ouigoudy,’ the residence of Chkoudun, was a great enclosure upon a rising ground, surrounded with high and small trees, tied one against the other; and within the enclosure were several cabins, great and small, one of which was as large as a market hall, wherein many households resided. In the large cabin, which served as a council chamber, they saw some 80 or 100 ‘savages’… They were having a feast, which they called ‘Tabagie’.
Lescarbot described Chief Chkoudun as a man of great influence who loved the French and admired their civilization. He even attended their religious Services on Sundays and listened attentively to the admonitions of their spiritual guides, although he did not understand a word.
‘Moreover’ adds Lescarbot, ‘he wore the sign of the Cross upon his bosom, which he also had his servants wear; and he had in imitation of us a great cross erected in the public place called Oigoudi at the port of the River Saint John.’”
For some, these details of Chief Chkoudun are just interesting bits of New Brunswick history, totally disconnected from the ministry of Saint John the Baptist. For others, however, there is a wonderful connection, and an important relevance for us today. John the Baptist was sent by God to prepare people for the coming of Christ. He was an austere figure who wore clothing made of camel’s hair and ate locusts and wild honey. He lived and preached in the wilderness of Judea, and urged people to “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (St. Matthew 3:2)
Of course, Champlain and de Monts, being devout Roman Catholics, would have known these things about John the Baptist when they entered the harbour of Saint John on the anniversary of his birth in 1604. Perhaps John’s message of repentance and preparation for the kingdom of heaven was on their minds when they met with Chief Chkoudun a day or two later. Who knows the impression of the Holy Spirit on someone’s heart? However, we do know that the Lord had reminded these men of the importance of setting up their new colony under Christian principles, for He had brought them to the mouth of this remarkable river on the birth-day of this great Saint.
Inasmuch as we should recognize God’s good providence in these things, so should we pay close attention to the actions of Chief Chkoudun. Here was a man of great influence and power who, even though he did not understand the language, listened attentively to the Sermon and the prayers. Indeed, not only did he listen, but he responded. How? By erecting a cross on what is now called Sandy Point, near the entrance to the harbour. And what else? By painting the sign of the Cross on his chest, and ordering his servants to do the same. Isn’t it wonderful how the living Christ makes Himself known, and moves us to respond to His love with acts of repentance and faith?
Like Chkoudun, there are many today who do not understand, but are interested. Like that great chief of old, they, too, wear the sign of the Cross – in tattoos, on T-shirts, as jewelry. May the Lord Who raised up John the Baptist, and directed Champlain and de Monts to this province, and called Chief Chkoudun to the Cross - may He help us to be faithful as we seek to introduce those around us to Jesus, His Son.
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