The Church of St. John the Divine Pride Eucharist 7:00 pm June 29, 2021

As people of God, we celebrate Christ in the heart of Victoria through joyful worship,

building inclusive community, and putting faith into action.

We are an open and affirming church.

St. John’s acknowledges these ancestral territories of the Lekwungen people.

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Welcome to the Parish Church of St. John the Divine, Victoria. We are a community of faith

in the Anglican Tradition, seeking to live lives of faith, hope and love as part of this community

of Downtown Victoria. We are on a journey of learning to be a welcoming, inviting, inclusive

and serving community which is open to all.

Our worship reflects our rootedness in the Anglican tradition, whilst drawing on liturgies that

reflect the long history and heritage of our Christian faith. Please join in as you feel able, and

enjoy the words, music and opportunity for prayer and to be a part of our community.

Worship in a time of COVID-19 : In these times when we must be careful in any gathering we

have, appropriate protocols are in place. For the time being due to the instructions from the

Provincial Health Officer we will be meeting virtually on Zoom and the services are also Live-

streamed. Please check our website on how to attend: stjohnthedivine.bc.ca/ or contact

admin@stjohnthedivine.bc.ca

We will continue to livestream the weekly service of Evensong.

We continue to share daily prayer online with a link on our website daily.

Contacting Us: We are all learning ways to build community "at a distance." We are checking

phone messages and answering emails. The main email for contact is:

admin@stjohnthedivine.bc.ca. If you wish to receive prayer for yourself or for another, there

will be members of our Healing Prayer group who will offer their prayers. Please contact: the

church office at the above email address.

You are very welcome here. We don’t always get it right; please let us know when we do, and

when we don’t. Please stay and be a part of our family, for however long you would like.

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Pride Eucharist

The congregation is invited to join in the hymns, responses and prayers marked in bold print.

Presider: The Venerable Alastair McCollum

Deacon: Stephanie Wood

Reader: Virginia Miller

Gospel: Stephanie Wood

Intercessor: Michael King

Verger: Chuck Neilson

The Gathering of the Community

Welcome and Acknowledgement of the Lands

Processional Hymn (CP 575) THAXTED

1. Let streams of living justice

flow down upon the earth;

give freedom’s light to captives,

let all the poor have worth.

The hungry’s hands are pleading,

the workers claim their rights,

the mourners long for laughter,

the blinded seek for sight.

Make liberty a beacon,

strike down the iron power;

abolish ancient vengeance:

proclaim your people’s hour.

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2. For healing of the nations,

for peace that will not end,

for love that makes us lovers,

God grant us grace to mend.

Weave our varied gifts together;

knit our lives as they are spun;

on your loom of time enroll us

till our thread of life is run.

O great Weaver of our fabric,

bind church and world in one;

dye our texture with your radiance,

light our colours with your sun.

3. Your city’s built to music;

we are the stones you seek;

your harmony is language:

we are the words you speak.

Our faith we find in service,

our hope in other’s dreams,

our love in hand of neighbour:

our homeland brightly gleams.

Inscribe our hearts with justice;

your way—the path untried;

your truth—the heart of stranger;

your life—the Crucified.

Text: William Whitla (1934- ) ©.

All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net # A-719605.

Music: Gustav Theodore Holst (1874-1934), The Planets.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and the love of God,

and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit

be with you all.

All: And also with you.

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Almighty God

All: to you all hearts are open, all desires known,

and from you no secrets are hidden.

Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,

that we may perfectly love you,

and worthily magnify your holy name;

through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

The Collect of the Day

O Christ for whom we search,

our help when help has failed:

give us courage to expose our need

and ask to be made whole,

so that, being touched by you,

we may be raised to new life

in the power of your name.

All: Amen. A Prayer Book of Australia (1995) alt.

The Proclamation of the Word

The First Reading Hebrews 10:35-11:1

Do not, therefore, abandon that confidence of yours; it brings a great reward. For

you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive

what was promised. For yet

‘in a very little while,

the one who is coming will come and will not delay;

but my righteous one will live by faith.

My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back.’

But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost, but among those who

have faith and so are saved.

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Hear what the Spirit is saying to the people of God.

All: Thanks be to God.

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Psalm 126

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, then were we like those who dream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy.

Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”

The Lord has done great things for us, and we are glad indeed.

Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the watercourses of the Negev.

Those who sowed with tears will reap with songs of joy.

Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed, will come again with joy,

shouldering their sheaves.

The Gospel John 20:24-29

Before the Gospel

I do not call you servants but friends, because I have made known to you

everything that I have heard from my Father.

The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.

All: Glory to you, O Christ.

But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them

when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But

he said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my

finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.’

A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them.

Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said,

‘Peace be with you.’ Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here and see my

hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but

believe.’ Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Jesus said to him,

‘Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not

seen and yet have come to believe.’

After the Gospel

The Gospel of Christ.

All: Praise to you, O Christ.

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Affirmation of Faith

Let us declare the faith of Christ as we say,

All: Hear, O Israel;

the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Love the Lord your God

with all your heart,

with all your soul,

with all your mind,

and with all your strength.

This is the first and the great commandment.

The second is like it:

Love your neighbour as yourself.

There is no commandment greater than these.

Prayers of the People

The Peace

The peace of the Lord be always with you.

All: And also with you.

All may offer a sign of peace.

The Celebration of the Eucharist

Offertory Hymn Thorson

1. When bodies join and souls combine;

this fragile dance, a sacred art;

Creator’s gift is Spirit’s sign

of love and mystery and heart.

Delight emerge, forgiveness flows,

enacted order of the earth.

In sweet embrace each other knows

a holy pleasure, blessed worth.

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2. But bodies bound and souls enchained

by bias, creed or circumstance.

Await the day to be reclaimed

and freed for caring consonance.

Good people all who live and love,

and ear the priv’lege of esteem,

Work for a world that will remove

the shame-locked doors, the time redeem.

3. Let bodies thrive with souls combined;

no separation, no divide

Of many gendered, many signed

and many hued creation wide.

Image Divine, we, named as good,

diversion of life and love,

Are hold and healed and understood,

and in the Spirit live and move.

4. We celebrate this blessed truest

with holiness, integrity;

To name and teach ways that are just,

and claim this sacred mystery.

For loving union, blessed care,

for mutuality and grace.

We offer this unceasing prayer

for every one in every place.

Text and Tune © 2011 Patrick Evans.

The Prayer over the Gifts God of all creation,

all you have made is good,

and your love endures forever.

You bring forth bread from the earth

and fruit from the vine.

Nourish us with these gifts,

so that we might for the world

be signs of your gracious presence in Jesus Christ,

our Saviour and Lord.

All: Amen. Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006) alt.

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The Great Thanksgiving Supplementary Eucharistic Prayer 2

God is here.

All: The Spirit is with us.

Lift up your hearts and minds.

All: We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to God the Creator.

All: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Eternal God, Source of all being,

we give you thanks and praise

for your faithful love.

You call us into friendship

with you and one another

to be your holy people,

a sign of your presence in the world.

When those we trust betray us,

unfailingly you remain with us.

When we injure others,

you confront us in your love

and call us to the paths of righteousness.

You stand with the weak,

and those, broken and alone,

whom you have always welcomed home,

making the first last, and the last first.

Therefore we raise our voices

with angels and archangels,

forever praising you and singing:

Sanctus

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Blessed are you, O Holy One:

when Hagar was driven into the wilderness

you followed her and gave her hope.

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When Joseph was sold into bondage,

you turned malice to your people’s good.

When you called Israel out of slavery,

you brought them through the wilderness

into the promised land.

When your people were taken into exile

you wept with them by the river of Babylon

and carried them home.

All: Restore us, O God, let your face shine!

At the right time you sent your Anointed One

to stand with the poor,

the outcast, and the oppressed.

Jesus touched lepers, and the sick, and healed them.

He accepted water from a woman of Samaria

and offered her the water of new life.

Christ knew the desolation of the cross

and opened the way for all humanity

into the redemption of your reconciling love.

On the night he was betrayed,

Jesus, at supper with his friends,

took bread, gave you thanks, broke the bread, gave it to them, and said,

“Take and eat:

this is my body which is given for you.

Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After supper he took the cup of wine,

and when he had given thanks,

he gave it to them, and said,

“Drink this, all of you:

this is my blood of the new covenant

which is shed for you and for many

for the forgiveness of sins.

Whenever you drink it,

do this for the remembrance of me.”

Loving and Holy One,

recalling Christ’s death and resurrection,

we offer you these gifts,

longing for the bread of tomorrow

and the wine of the age to come.

Therefore we proclaim our hope.

All: Dying you destroyed our death,

rising you restored our life.

Lord Jesus, come in glory.

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Pour out your Spirit on these gifts

that through them you may sustain us

in our hunger for your peace.

We hold before you

all whose lives are marked by suffering,

our sisters and brothers.

When we are broken and cast aside,

embrace us in your love.

All: Restore us, O God, let your face shine!

Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

all honour and glory are yours,

O Source of all life,

now and for ever.

All: Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer

As our Saviour taught us, let us pray:

All: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come, your will be done,

on earth, as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours,

now and forever. Amen.

The Breaking of the Bread

We break this bread

to share in the body of Christ.

All: We, being many, are one body,

for we all share in the one bread.

The Communion

The gifts of God for the people of God.

All: Thanks be to God.

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The Commissioning of the Community

Prayer after Communion

O God,

we give you thanks

that you have set before us this feast,

the body and blood of your Son.

By your Spirit strengthen us to serve all in need

and to give ourselves away as bread for the hungry,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All: Amen. Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006)

The Blessing

Dismissal

Let us go in peace to love and serve the Lord!

All: Thanks be to God.

Recessional Hymn (CP 506) SLANE

1. Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,

whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,

be there at our waking and give us, we pray,

your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.

2. Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,

whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe,

be there at our labours and give us, we pray,

your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon of the day.

3. Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,

your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace,

be there at our homing and give us, we pray,

your love in our hearts Lord, at the eve of the day.

4. Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,

whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm,

be there at our sleeping and give us, we pray,

your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.

Text: J. Struther (1901-1953) © OUP. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net # A-719605. Music: Irish trad.

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The Anglican Church of St. John the Divine

Stewards

People’s Warden: Joan Huzar

Associate Warden: Lorraine Gates

Envelope Secretary: Jim Harlick

Rector’s Warden: Michael King

Associate Warden: Karen Coverett

Treasurer: David Buckman

Parish Council Susan Bansgrove, Carol Denton, Marguerite Heppell,

Erin Kelly, Miles Motture, Wendy Suddaby

Synod Delegates

Karen Coverett, Joel Hefty, Bill Huzar, Joan Huzar

Staff Supporting the Ministry of St. John’s

Rector: The Ven. Alastair McCollum

Associate Priest: The Rev’d Canon Kevin Arndt

Associate Priest: The Rev’d Bill Tarter (on sabbatical)

Curate: Stephanie Wood

Director of Music: David Stratkauskas

Family Ministry Coordinator: Ruth MacIntosh

Parish Administrator: Carol-Ann Zenger

Vocational Intern: Dr. John Thatamanil Honorary Assistants

The Rev’d Derek Dunwoody / The Rev’d Canon Andrew Gates

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