St. Paul's Anglican Church, Calgary
7 Sunmills Green S.E. T2X 3P6 Calgary, AB, Canada

Our dear sister Kathy Marcine has gone to be with the Lord. She departed this earthly life this morning, at home, surrounded by her loving family. Kathy was a most wonderful example of living every moment of every day overflowing with gratitude. She knew whose she was, and was filled with joyful anticipation of seeing Jesus face to face. We shall miss her greatly, but share her joy that she is with her Lord, free from pain, lost in wonder, love, and praise. Rest eternal grant to Kathy, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon her. Amen. Our prayers are especially with Kathy's family at this time.

EVERYONE'S INVITED to our post-Service Virtual Coffee Time this Sunday, Jan. 24, at 11:30 a.m.! Here's the Zoom link you'll need to do participate: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88948030856. It promises to be great time of fellowship together! We'd love to share it together with you!

EVERYONE'S INVITED to share this Service utilizing resources from the World Council of Churches to celebrate the Confession of St. Peter and Week of Prayer for Christian Unity! If you'd like to have the Service's texts in front of you, please click here for the Grey Booklet: https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/Eucharist.pdf; here for the Red Song Book: https://churchos-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com//St.%20Pauls%202; and here for this year's Ecumenical Service material: ht...tps://www.oikoumene.org//Docume/ENG%202021%20Booklet.pdf. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You Are the Vine," words and music by Danny Daniels & Randy Rigby. 1985 Mercy Publishing. CCLI License #241129 Bind Us Together," words and music by Bob Gillman. 1977 Thankyou Music. (Adm. by Maranatha Music) CCLI License #241129

Second Sunday after Epiphany

EVERYONE'S INVITED to share our online Service of Spiritual Communion tomorrow, Jan. 17, which will be live streamed on this Facebook page at 9:30 Sunday morning! Please make sure family and friends know that they don't have to have a Facebook account to watch. They just need to go to https://www.facebook.com/stpaulscalgary, and click on the video. In this Second Sunday after Epiphany, our focus will be on the call to intimate relationship with God and sharing with others, ...as we see it in our First Reading (the invitation to the boy Samuel to come and hear God speaking to him in our Old Testament Reading, his response, Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening, then his speaking forth truth to power with integrity) and Gospel (Philip’s sharing the Good News about Jesus with Nathaniel, and inviting him come and see Jesus - and see through Jesus - himself). Our worship throughout the Service is an expression of this yes to receiving and sharing the light of the Lord. We’re blessed to have Deacon Bob with us to preach the Homily; our Virtual Choir leading us in 4 Hymns, including the Offertory; also on video, Dinah is giving the First Reading, and on audio, Doreen is leading us in a special Litany picking up on themes in the First Reading, and a Prayer in Response to COVID-19 adapted from the Catholic Health Association of the US. We're continuing our yes to the Lord by the intimacy of receiving him into our hearts by faith with thanksgiving as we share Spiritual Communion together. Then, our Liturgy ends, and the service begins, as we go forth to share the Good New, spreading the light of love wherever there is darkness through what we say and do. After the Service, we’re all invited to continue to share with one another via a Virtual Coffee Time at11:30 a.m.! It promises to be a precious time of fellowship with the Lord and one other! Please spread the word! The Order of Service will be available on our website at https://www.stpaulscalgary.ca/podcasts/media, just after midnight on Sunday morning. The post on this Facebook page about our Jan. 17 Coffee Time contains the information you’ll needed to participate. in it. This information will also be included in the Order of Service and the Sunday morning email Bulletin. The News Bulletin for Jan. 17 can also be accessed Sunday from 8:30 a.m. onward by going to the News section of our website.

EVERYONE'S INVITED to our post-Service Virtual Coffee Time this Sunday, Jan. 17, at 11:30 a.m.! Here's the Zoom link you'll need to do participate: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88948030856. It promises to be great time of fellowship together! We'd love to share it together with you!

The Reign of Christ - Part 2

The Reign of Christ - Part 1

EVERYONE'S INVITED to share our online Service of Spiritual Communion tomorrow, Nov. 22, which will be live streamed on this Facebook page at 9:30 Sunday morning! Please make sure family and friends know that they don't have to have a Facebook account to watch. They just need to go to https://www.facebook.com/stpaulscalgary, and click on the video. This Sunday, we’re celebrating the Feast of the Reign of Christ, the last Sunday and climax of the Season of Pentecost! Every ye...ar on this day, we remember how our Lord Jesus is exalted and reigns on high at the Father’s Right Hand; and we also remember how his reign is a reign of love, and that he calls us to play a part in spreading his loving rule. Our Service throughout, in our Music, Readings from Holy Scripture, Guest Message, and Prayers, reflects these themes. Through the gift of technology, our Choir is leading us in our Opening and Closing Hymns; Dan is offering our First Reading; Doreen is leading us in the Prayers of the People; and a special guest, Dave Conrad from The Mustard Seed, is speaking to us about their Ministry all while staying safe at home. It’s also a Triple C Service the Christ-centred, Creative Celebration we have on the fourth Sundays of the month, in which we do things a little differently. We’re using The Message and J. B. Phillips Versions on the Bible for our Readings, and have parts of our Liturgy from the Methodist Church in Mexico, the United Church of Christ in the US, and a nondenominational church in the UK, in addition to our own BAS. We also have a Children’s Time in which we’ll be singing about being Children of the Light. The Service ends with our receiving in our hearts with thanksgiving our King of love, so that we may have his life in ourselves, as we share Spiritual Communion together; and then going forth into the world in his Name. After the Service, we’re all invited to continue to connect with each other via a Virtual Coffee Time at 11:30 a.m.! It promises to be a wonderful time of fellowship with our Sovereign Lord and one other! Please spread the word! The Order of Service will be available on our website at https://www.stpaulscalgary.ca/podcasts/media, just after midnight on Sunday morning. Resources for Sunday School at home are posted each week on our website. Please type in Sunday School in the search box, and click on Sunday School. We’ve also beeb posting on our website weekly Stewardship Reflections since Oct. 4, and the last of these is being posted this Sunday. You can these Reflections out by clicking on Ministries and the Stewardship Ministries. This morning’s posting on this Facebook page about our Nov. 22 Coffee Time contains the information you’ll needed to participate. in it. This information will also be included in the Order of Service and the Sunday morning email Bulletin. The News Bulletin for Nov. 22 can also be accessed Sunday from 8:30 a.m. onward by going to the News section of our website.

You're invited to share this quiet, peaceful Service of Compline, to remember that God is with us through the silent hours of the night and always. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you'd like to have the words for the Service in front of you, please click here for the Grey Booklet: https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/Eucharist.pdf.

We've moved our Sunday post-Service Virtual Coffee Time to 11:30 am to give those who were at our Service in-person a chance to visit together in the parking lot, and then head home to join the rest of our Parish family for continued fellowship online! EVERYONE'S INVITED to participate! Here's the Zoom link you'll need to do this: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82757059422. It promises to be an extra special time with the Lord and one another!

At St. Paul's, we're not letting being unable to get together physically stop us from continuing to share & build upon all aspects of our life together - worship, discipleship, fellowship, & outreach! The latest example of this is our Secret Friends' Christmas Party - this year happening virtually via Zoom! The poster below gives details. (It will enlarge when clicked on.) Thank you, Julie, for your creativity & commitment to keep this Ministry & Parish tradition going, at a time when we need it more than ever!

This Sunday is the Reign of Christ, the Last Sunday after Pentecost! Every year at St. Paul's, we especially focus on the majesty of our King of love, and our calling to spread his loving reign through loving service in the world. To help us with this focus' second part, we always have a Guest Speaker from an outreach ministry share with us. This year, we're blessed to have Dave Conrad from The Mustard Seed! Look for more details about the Service to be posted later today!

24th Sunday after Pentecost - Part 2

EVERYONE'S INVITED to our post-Service Virtual Coffee Time this Sunday, Nov. 22, at 11:30 a.m.! Here's the Zoom link you'll need to do participate: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88948030856. It promises to be a wonderful time of fellowship together! We'd love to share it together with you!

24th Sunday after Pentecost - Part 1

EVERYONE IS INVITED to explore the core of Christianity with one of the world’s leading Biblical scholars in our "Simply Christian" Zoom Study! For 10 Weds. from 7:30-9 pm, we watch a video presentation by N. T. Wright, and spend time in discussion, aided by questions in a Participant’s Guide. This Study is ideal for seekers and new and seasoned Christians. Please contact Fergus to participate.

Our sign now tells everyone that we're "open for business" for Sunday in-person worship! Thank you, Murray and Paul, for beating the snow and updating our sign today!

Our ladies are a hardy bunch! Notwithstanding the cooler temperatures, they're still planning to meet together 11:30 this Sat. for our monthly Ladies' Luncheon around the fire pit at Gloria's lovely home! Dress up warm, bring your own chair, and bring something warm to drink or eat! Physical distancing will be followed, as it has in all Luncheons since June. For directions, please contact Gloria at 403-993-7214 or [email protected]. All ladies age 13 and up are invited!

EVERYONE'S INVITED to share our online Service of Spiritual Communion on Sunday, Nov. 15, which will be live streamed on this Facebook page at 9:30 Sunday morning! Please make sure family and friends know that they don't have to have a Facebook account to watch. They just need to go to https://www.facebook.com/stpaulscalgary, and click on the video. (Facebook allows you to watch the most recent posting on a Facebook page without having a Facebook account.) This Sunday, we’r...e spending time with our Lord’s Parable of the Talents and its invitation to enter the joy of our Master by using the gifts we’ve been given to advance God’s purposes of love in the world in our own lives, and the lives of others. We’re blessed to have Deacon Bob with us, to share the Gospel and preach the Homily; Paul to give the First Reading; and Murray to lead us in the Prayers of the People. In these, there are a Responsive Litany from the BAS, and Prayer in Response to COVID-19 from the World Council of Churches’ Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME). We’re also blessed to have recordings of our Choir to help lead us in singing our Hymns; and of Steve Bell's new song "Because We Hunkered Down," so appropriate for our present circumstances, as our Offertory. And, we’re blessed to end the Service by receiving in our hearts with thanksgiving the One who loves us enough to lay down his life for us, so that we may have his life in ourselves, as we share Spiritual Communion together. Lastly, we're blessed to have the opportunity of continuing to connect with one another after the Service via a Virtual Coffee Time at 11:30 a.m. together! It promises to be a wonderful time of fellowship with the Lord and each other! Please spread the word! The Order of Service will be available on our website at https://www.stpaulscalgary.ca/podcasts/media, just after midnight on Sunday morning. Resources for Sunday School at home are posted each week on our website. Please type in Sunday School in the search box, and click on Sunday School. We’re also posting on our website weekly Stewardship Reflections from Oct. 4 to Nov. 22. You can check them out by clicking on Ministries and the Stewardship Ministries. The Friday posting on this Facebook page about our Nov. 15 Coffee Time contains the information you’ll needed to participate. in it. This information will also be included in the Order of Service and the Sunday morning email Bulletin. The News Bulletin for Nov. 15 can also be accessed Sunday from 8:30 a.m. onward by going to the News section of our website.

As the post below indicates, we had technical difficulties that ended our live stream Service to this Facebook page after 41 min. Fortunately, we were recording the Service with a back-up camera. The Service, recorded on that camera in its entirety, can be watched by clicking on this link to our website https://www.stpaulscalgary.ca/podcasts/media. The place where the live stream broke off is at 37:42. Thank you, Paul, for your perseverance and extra work today!

October 11 Thanksgiving Service of Holy Eucharist

EVERYONE'S INVITED to share our Thanksgiving Service of Holy Eucharist online this Sunday, Oct. 11, which will be live streamed on this Facebook page at 9:30 Sunday morning! Please spread the word to family and friends that they don't have to be on Facebook to watch. They just need to go to this URL link (https://www.facebook.com/stpaulscalgary), and click on the video. (Facebook allows you to watch the most recent posting on a Facebook page without having a Facebook account....) What a special Thanksgiving Service we’re sharing! It’s our first Service with an in-person congregation since March 8! It begins with a special surprise greeting and prayer on our screens. (Hint: think of the colour purple!) There are hymns of Thanksgiving galore, with our own Choir (recorded) and a Choir from the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York! Paul’s playing live on the keyboard, and we’re having a heavy organ rendering during our Offertory. There’s a Children’s Talk, with lots of fun images on the screens. Stacy’s reading the First Lesson. Dinah’s leading the Prayers of the People, which will include a Prayer in Response to COVID-19 from the World Council of Churches. And we’re sharing Communion spiritual (which we’ve been sharing since Easter) AND physical! What a most wonderful outpouring of love, of thanksgiving and praise, to our most AWESOME God it will be; what a most wonderful uniting of hearts and minds and souls! How wonderful it will be to share it together! After the Service, we have the opportunity of continuing to share fellowship with one another via a Virtual Coffee Time at 11:30 a.m. together! Please note the later time. This is to give those who worshipped in-person the opportunity to visit together after the Service and still make it home in time to join in. It promises to be a tremendous time of fellowship with the Lord and each other the perfect way to end this most special day we’ve shared together! Please spread the word! The Order of Service will be available on our website at https://www.stpaulscalgary.ca/podcasts/media, early Sunday morning. Resources for Sunday School at home are posted each week on our website. Please type in Sunday School in the search box, and click on Sunday School. The Oct. 9 posting on this Facebook page about our Oct. 11 Coffee Time contains the information you’ll needed to participate. in it. This information will also be included in the Order of Service and the Sunday morning email Bulletin. The News Bulletin for Oct. 11 can also be accessed early Sunday onward by going to the News section of our website.

We're moving our post-Service Coffee Time to 11:30 a.m. this Thanksgiving Sunday, to give those who were at our Service in-person a chance to visit together in the parking lot, and then head home to join the rest of our Parish family for continued fellowship online! EVERYONE IS INVITED to participate! Here's the Zoom link you'll need to do this: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86903161901.... It promises to be an extra special time with the Lord and one another!

The wonderful day when we can resume in-person worship is nearly upon us! Paul has set up for us a new way to book a reservation for our in-person worship Services. Embedded below is a 3 minute video tutorial on how to do this. Please watch it before reading the rest of this post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...Continue reading

Our livestream test was a success, and so we're ready to go for our Thanksgiving Service next Sunday! Look for the Service to be posted live at 9:30 a.m. on October 11 on this Facebook page. Please spread the word to family and friends that they don't have to be on Facebook to watch. They just need to go to this URL link (https://www.facebook.com/stpaulscalgary), and click on the video. (Facebook allows you to watch the most recent posting on a Facebook page without having a Facebook account.)

EVERYONE'S INVITED to share our Video Service of the Word this Sunday, Oct. 4, which will be posted on our website early Sunday morning! To participate by watching it, please go to https://www.stpaulscalgary.ca, and click on "Sermons." We’re exploring the wondrous foolishness of outpouring love - God’s love for us, and God’s love through us - as shown in the lives of the Apostle Paul, St. Francis of Assisi, and Terry Fox. Norman is officiating. For our music, we’re having 1... piece on the keyboard with the Choir, and 2 pieces on guitar (including a 12 string guitar version of the hymn that has lyrics based on St. Francis’ Canticle of the Sun). As is our practice with Services of Morning Prayer, we’re spending extra time offering our petitions and thanksgivings together. We’re sharing a Litany from the Service of the Word in the National Church’s 2010 Grey Booklet, a Prayer in Response to COVID-19 from Washington D.C. via the World Council of Churches, and, especially for St. Paul’s, a Prayer for Safe Reopening for In-Person Worship. After the Service, we have the opportunity of continuing to connect with one another via a Virtual Coffee Time at 11 a.m. together! It promises to be a most precious time of fellowship with the Lord and each other! Please spread the word! The Order of Service will be available in the same location as the video, early Sunday morning. Fergus will be emailing everyone Saturday evening the information needed to participate in the post-Service Coffee Time. This will also be included in the Order of Service and the Sunday morning email Bulletin. The News Bulletin for Oct. 4 can also be accessed early Sunday onward by going to the News section of our website.

At 11 a.m. this Sunday, Oct. 4, EVERYONE IS INVITED to participate via Zoom in St. Paul’s Virtual Coffee Time! The link you'll need to participate was included in the pdf Orders of Service for Sep. 6-27, and will be included again in the pdf Oct. 4 Order of Service that will be posted with the Video Service in the Sermon section of our website early Sunday morning. It promises to be a precious time of fellowship with the Lord and one another! Please spread the word!

Everyone's invited to share Morning Prayer today from the majestic ruins of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire! We'll be looking at God's call to us to embody Good News of gentleness, peace, and healing in a world filled with hurting people. If you'd like to have the Service's texts in front of you, please click here for the Grey Booklet: https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/Eucharist.pdf; and here for the Red Song Book: https://churchos-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com//St.%20Pauls...%202. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Worship The Lord," words by Fred Kaan, music by Ron Klusmeier. 1972 Worship Arts. All rights reserved. Reprinted under ONE LICENSE A - 713985. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Zoom background for today's Service is a picture of the majestic ruins of Fountains Abbey, one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England, located approximately 5 kilometres south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire. Founded in 1132, the Abbey operated for 407 years, becoming one of the great monasteries in England until falling prey in 1539 to the English Reformation’s dissolution of the monasteries. For more information, please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountains_Abbey.