St. John's Anglican Church, Jordan,ON
2878 St. John's Drive L0R 1S0 Lincoln, ON, Canada

This simple Celtic Advent template makes a lovely ‘wreath’ project to prepare in readiness to keep Advent at home. The light increases as one more candle gets ...lit, for a while, each Sunday of Advent joined by the middle candle on Christmas Day. With gratitude for this PDF from Inclusive Gathering Birmingham: https://www.dropbox.com//Simple%20Celtic%20Advent%20Wreath See more

PROPHETIC INDIGENOUS VOICES ON THE PLANETARY CRISIS- The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is under threat. It is known by the Gwich’in people as the Sacred ...place where life begins they treat it as holy, not even stepping on it- for it is the calving area of the porcupine Caribou herd. As one activist said we have always depended on the caribou, now the caribou are depending on us. The Gwich’in people are mostly Anglican/Episcopalian. Indigenous communities around the world are the frontline communities facing climate change and biodiversity loss for they live high risk environments. They include nomadic herders living on desert margins, fishers in small and low-lying islands, hunters across the Arctic, and dwellers of the forests. Archbishop Mark Macdonald says whatever hits society at large, be it climate change, epidemics, or other disasters, usually hits the First Peoples hardest . In many of these communities there is a strong Anglican presence. Hurricane Eta crashed into Central America, followed by Hurricane Iota, and Archbishop Julio describes the impact on the indigenous communities in the region Those impacted communities are left with no homes, no land to produce, no way to sustain their families. We need to listen to indigenous groups when they call us to respect Mother Earth and to care for her, because Mother Earth provides for us. However, not only are indigenous communities at the forefront of environmental disasters, they hold the key to protecting the Earth. For they are protectors of the land - recent research demonstrates that although the world's 370 million indigenous peoples make up less than five percent of the total human population, they manage or hold tenure over 25 percent of the world's land surface and support about 80 percent of global biodiversity. Forty percent of environmental protectors who have been murdered are from indigenous communities. Not only do they protect some of the most pristine areas on the planet, they offer a worldview which counteracts the raging consumerism that has plunged the planet into this tragedy. At the launch of the Anglican Eco-Bishops movement, the The world is our host statement ( shttps://acen.anglicancommunion.org/media/148818/The-World-is-our-Host-FINAL-TEXT.pdf) said the following: We believe that the voices of Indigenous peoples, whose relationship with creation remains integral to their spirituality and relationship with God, is of central importance to ongoing ministry on climate justice. In the words of Bishop Nick Drayson from Northern Argentina We must listen to their voice, like the canary in the mine, as their awareness of the delicate balance in ecosystems is instinctive, and affects not just whole tribal communities, but also the climate which surrounds the global village. We would like to invite you to join this Global conversation with the Indigenous Anglican Communities. We will hear stories of lament, of loss of homelands, rising seas, deforestation, racism, hunger and poverty . But we will also hear stories of resilience, of community, and world view that can heal this planet. Five months ago eleven Archbishops and sixty Bishops from across the Communion signed the environmental racism statement (http://www.greenanglicans.org/environmental-racism-when-bl/) . Many of the signatories were indigenous bishops as their communities are at the forefront of environmental degradation by mining companies and land grabbers. They experience racism and even genocidal attitudes. And so a conversation began between the Anglican Communion Environmental Network and the Anglican Indigenous Network about how best to share their stories with the Communion globally. As the discussion continued, we realised that although the story that should be told starts with a lament, it leads to a vision of hope, of prophetic indigenous voices guiding us and leading us into a new relationship with Creation. In the dark space of the triple pandemics of COVID-19, Climate change and biodiversity loss, may these webinars offer light in the darkness and hope in despair - a fitting message for Advent. Each Monday during Advent we invite you to join a discussion in a time zone that suits you each week a video will be shown from a different region starting with a sacred moment of prayer and worship, sharing stories of lament, but moving to a prophetic offering indigenous worldviews that offers hope in our consumerist, materialist world. Local hosts will lead breakaway groups for in depth discussion and reflection on what we have learned. On the 30th of November the series will start with the voice of Aotearoa (New Zealand and Polynesia). Students from the three Tikangas of St. John’s Theological College weave songs and prayers. Archbishop Winston Halapua Emeritus will share stories of lament due to the impact of rising oceans. Theologians voices woven by Dr Emily Colgan explore the theme of guardianship. Fe’íloakitau Kaho Tevi from Fiji brings stories of hope On the 7th of December we will move to Africa and hear of the particular impact of climate change and drought on women, protectors of the water. We will learn how Africa has sacrificed food production on the altars of oil, and given up traditional drought resistant crops for corporate seeds. Through music and story telling we will hear voices of hope from across the continent including Bishop Ellinah Wamukoya of Swaziland and Dr Kapya Kaoma of Zambia. On the 14th of December we will hear from the Diocese of Amazonas, of deforestation and attacks on forest protectors, and of the indigenous world view that can offering healing to a broken world. Bishop Marinez Bassotto is joined by voices from the Manaus area. On the 21st we will hear voices from the Arctic who tell of the catastrophic losses that are occurring. We will also learn from the world view that offers hope to our consumerist society . Voices will include Archbishop Mark Macdonald, the Very Rev. Jonas Allooloo, Inuit, living in Iqaluit, Nunavut (Canada) and Risten Turi Aleksandersen, Sami, head of the Sami Church Council, Norway. Tn koutou, tn koutou, tn ttou katoa. We welcome you once, we welcome you twice, we welcome you three times. Canon Rachel Mas Secretary, Anglican Communion Environmental Network The seminars have been organised by the Anglican Indigenous Network, the Anglican Communion Environmental Network, in partnership with the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA), Anglican Alliance, IEAB (Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil) and the Episcopal Church(TEC) . Please find a link below for the best time and language choice that suits you 15:00 New Zealand time (GMT +13) in English Registration link: https://zoom.us//regi/tJ0ode2rqz8rH9dEbrMs6OuPtGPTk2NphV10 16:00 East Africa Time (GMT +3) in English and Portuguese Register at: https://zoom.us//tJUlceitqDsoEtwblH29zsreAt5-%20%20X9Kgz7Xs 20:00 BRT (GMT-3) in Spanish, Portuguese and English Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kwJ1rTUtQX-RHBqrIXnH2w 16:00 ET / 13:00 PT (GMT -5) in English Registration link: https:/zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkc-mprjgoG9TF9XiDjRiuNaqmb0TlK0zD For more information go to https://ain.anglicancommunion.org//ain-and-acen-highlight- image Sierra Club

St. Johns Church is featured in the 2021 Canadian Church calendar! The photo by Brenda Lane was chosen for the month of June. Calendars are $5. Please contact the church office if you wish to order one.

Social Knitting Group meets today in the Hearth room, 10 am to noon. Bring your knitting or sewing, wear a mask, bring your own coffee. We will social distance.

Missing our Pig and Corn roast this year

Prayers for all parishes entering their first in-person worship in six months. You have worked hard to make our sacred spaces as safe as possible. In the midst of social distancing, masks, no singing, and other changes - may all know the presence of Christ in your midst!

Joyce Richardson has sent in her entry into the Still Life challenge. A beautiful painting Joyce!

We hope you'll join us for our diocesan worship service this Sunday at a new time - 2 PM! Bishop Susan will be joined by two special guests, Sarah Bird and Jeff Potter as we lift up our prayers and praises to God. You can download the order of service here: https://tinyurl.com/y3shwtob

We invite you to participate in an inspiring summer service of morning prayer for the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, is our special guest preacher! Together, let us lift up our prayers and praises to God!

"Worries grow following 'dramatic' drop in monarch butterfly population" - https://www.cbc.ca//conservationists-monarch-butterflies-p If you want to save the ...monarch butterfly text Ted Cowan (EBC's Treasurer) at 416-660-5545 for your FREE milkweed seeds! ***UPDATE*** We have had an overwhelming response to our milkweed campaign which is incredibly exciting for EBC and more importantly, the monarchs! Thank you! Because of this, we have unfortunately run out of milkweed seeds at the moment. Please still send a text or private message us on Facebook if you would like milkweed seeds in time for spring planting and we will send them to you as soon as we get more. Thank you so much to all of our wonderful followers and the truly amazing people who want to save the monarchs!

Hope you'll spend a few moments in prayer with me as we lift up our prayers and praises to the Lord through this online diocesan service of the Word.

A recent photo of St. John's

Lynne Ferguson-Jarema sent in this entry into our Still Life challenge. Beautiful and colourful painting Lynne

Mid Day prayers for August 20, 2020

Were excited to share this new and modern look for our social media presence in the world! This new profile picture is one element of a larger refresh of our d...iocesan visual identity, a way of signalling the renewal contemplated by our Mission Action Plan, and its guiding statement: Called to Life Compelled to Love. You will see many recognizable Christian symbols, all of which speak to life and love. In the creative design process, mission, community, and inclusivity formed the foundation of the modernized visual. The cross, for instance, is unbounded and open. The colours of green and blue were decided upon in relation to our geography: the land, the sky and water, nature, Niagara Falls, rural and urban landscapes; all tying into our established diocesan colours.

Pictures from the St. John's Drive entrance

Mid day prayers for August 13, 2020

Hope you'll join me tomorrow for this Sunday's diocesan service for the tenth Sunday after Pentecost. Together, let us lift up our prayers and praises to God!

Our Vendor sale for October has been canceled, we will reschedule when it is safe to do. Thank you

Mid Day Prayers for August 6, 2020

This morning, I hope you'll participate in this summer-time worship service as we lift up our praises to the Lord!

Prayers for today, thanks to Ian, Lynne, Joyce and Lawry

Mid day Prayers for July 16th

Lynne Ferguson-Jarema has 2 pastels included in this show... I thought I would send a link to the web site, all of the artists have included some wonderful pieces... I hope you have time to check them out

Mid day Prayers for July 9th, Ian Chadwick, Diane and Dick Netherway, and Lawrence Eady

A summer service of morning prayer for the fifth Sunday after Pentecost; let us lift up our prayers and praises to God!

https://youtu.be/zDO2T2sjnyY

Canterbury Hills Camp is delighted to announce that we are taking our summer camp fun, activities, and adventures, and bringing them to you - virtually! Startin...g July 6th campers can experience Canterbury Hills Camp from the comfort and safety of their own homes. Each week instructional videos, prayers and campfires will be uploaded to our YouTube channel, and Facebook pages. Additionally, we will have camp boxes available for purchase to coincide with the weekly videos. Each camp box will feature a different historic Canterbury Hills cabin. The contents will include instructions, craft supplies, experiments, challenges, and bonus materials. There will also be a chance to win prizes of Canterbury Hills Camp swag! At this particular time of COVID-19 restrictions, Canterbury Hills opens the door to connect campers together through faith and fun. Our slogan of Making Forever Memories is even more important this year than ever before As our mission statement says Canterbury Hills creates inspiring and engaging experiences that develop leadership skills, confidence, and resilience in a safe and inclusive environment. Immersed in nature, we experience God in and around us and build community values. We hope that you will join us during this unprecedented time for another unforgettable summer! Purchase your camp box for: 1 week for $40 4 weeks for $100 Or all 7 weeks for only $150!