EPIPHANY
- Greeting, Land Acknowledgment & Collect of the Day
- First Reading: Isaiah 60:1-6 (reading in Mandarin)
- Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 – O Dieu donne au roi de juger comme toi
- Second Reading: Ephesians 3:1-12 (reading in French)
- Hymn 101: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed
- Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12
- Sermon: Gary van der Meer
- Prayers of the People: Amen, amen, it shall be so. Amen, alleluia!
- The Lord’s Prayer (sung)
- Doxology & Blessing
- Hymn 160: As With Gladness, Men of Old
- Dismissal (children)
ABOUT READINGS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
St John's has a diverse congregation. Languages in worship demonstrate our desire to be welcoming, supportive and interested in people from different cultures, especially the cultures of people who are part of our community. We have a weekly reading in French and a monthly reading from the First Nations Translation. In past months, we have had readings in Swahili, Arabic, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Luganda, and Spanish. On Epiphany Sunday, as we retell about the wise men who came from “the east” this is echoed with a language from the east - a reading in Mandarin. Our Sunday bulletin (program) includes the reading in English side-by-side with the language reading.
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