Welcome to St. John the Baptist Anglican Church

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 

Regular Services are as listed below 

10:00 AM 

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We gather in worship on Sundays at 10AM, with coffee time shared after the service.

Our worship service is Holy Communion also known as The Lord's Supper, Eucharist or The Mass.

The fourth Sunday of every month is celebrated with a soup and sandwich lunch held after the 10AM service.

We offer a Livestream for the 10 AM Sunday service if you cannot physically make it to church. Our worship includes Bible readings, prayers, sermon and songs.

You do not have to be baptized, or familiar with church procedures, to be welcome among us.
If we can help you by praying for you, whether you come to church or not, please contact our priest the Rev. Deborah Rivet.

We are an Anglican parish in the Diocese of British Columbia - The Diocese of Islands and Inlets - and a member of the Anglican Church of Canada.

First Reading: 2 Kings 2.1 6-14

Psalm 139 1-11

Second Reading: Colossians 1.1-14

Gospel Reading: Luke 10. 25-37

Intercessions

We are thankful for:

• the long centuries of Christian history in Ethiopia and Eritrea
• the current witness and work of Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical churches amid difficult circumstances
• those who have provided humanitarian aid, especially during times of drought and hunger
• those who have worked for peaceful relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia.

We pray for:

• victims of human rights abuses
• greater understanding and respect among the many ethnic groups
• lasting peace and reconciliation between Ethiopia and Eritrea
• the emergence of more democratic governance that respects human rights and furthers justice for all ethnic groups and minorities.

Prayers

Prayer of St Dionysius (818)

O God Eternal, good beyond all that is good, fair beyond all that is fair, in
whom is calmness and peace: reconcile the differences which divide us
from one another and bring us back into the unity of love which may bear
some likeness to your divine nature. Grant that we may be spiritually one,
both within ourselves and with one another, through the grace, mercy and
tenderness of your son, Jesus Christ.

(A Chain of Prayer across the Ages, comp. Selina Fitzherbert Fox, John Murray, London, UK, 6th ed., 1941.)

Prayer from Eritrea

Thank you, dear Jesus,
for being a good shepherd to all believers.
When we are lost from your flock,
you never sleep until you bring us back,
and there is rejoicing in heaven and on earth.
Our daily shepherd, our defender, our protector,
thank you for keeping us from all evil,
from fearful, harmful things
and for preserving us from all unbelief.
In your name we pray.

(© 2005 Ghirmaleoul Nemariam.)

Prayer from South Africa

God,
How wonderful it is, how pleasant,
to be healed of the corrosive disease of racism and separation;
and to live as your people together in harmony.
Your Spirit will then fill the hearts and the minds of all people.
Nobody will be judged any more on the basis of race or colour;
but all will be ruled with justice and integrity.
The war will end and the people together will rebuild the country.
There will be no reference to the colour of the skin,
for all will be regarded as the people of God,
the people created in your image.
And this will be the beginning of what you have promised –
the life that never ends.

God of Hope,

whose Spirit gives light and power to your people,
empower us to witness to your name in all nations,
to struggle for your own justice
against all principalities and powers
and to persevere with faith and humour
in the tasks that you have given to us.
Without you we are powerless.
Therefore we cry together:
Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus.

And grant that we may with one voice and one heart
glorify and sing praise to the majesty of your holy Name,
of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

(“An Invitation to Prayer” at the opening of the fifth assembly of the World Council of Churches, Nairobi, 1975.)