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Monday, 15 February 2021 12:22

Sermon Archive Announcement

We are in the process of moving our media to a new service. Please note that some services may not be available during this time. More recent services will be accessible and over the next month we will gradually rebuild our archive!

Thank you for your patience.

Please note that sermon, readings and service links open an audio player for ease of listening. Sermon texts, hymn lyrics and the News This Week are posted in pdf format pdf. Unless otherwise noted, sermons are preached by St. Anne's incumbent rector, Reverend Canon Valerie Kenyon.

February 2021

February 14, 2021 - Morning Prayer Service    Sermon Text

February 7, 2021 - Morning Prayer Service    Sermon Text - Right Reverend Nigel Shaw

January 2021

January 31, 2021 - Vestry Sunday - Reading and Rector's charge    Rector's charge text

January 24, 2021 - Morning Prayer Service   - Right Reverend Todd Townshend

January 17, 2021 - Morning Prayer Service    Sermon Text - Reverend Canon Deacon Ken Brooks

January 10, 2021 - Morning Prayer Service    Sermon Text

January 3, 2021 - Epiphany reflections and El Sistema    Sermon Text

January 1, 2021 - New Year's Prayer Service and reflections

December 2020

December 25, 2020 - Christmas Readings and reflection

December 24, 2020 - Christmas Eve Service   Sermon Text

December 20, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text - Reverend Canon Deacon Ken Brooks

December 13, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text

December 6, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text - Right Reverend Nigel Shaw

November 2020

November 29, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text

November 22, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text

November 15, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text

November 8, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text - Right Reverend Nigel Shaw

November 1, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text

October 2020

October 25, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text - Right Reverend Nigel Shaw

October 18, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text

October 11, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text - Reverend Canon Deacon Ken Brooks

October 4, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text

September 2020

September 27, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text

September 20, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text

September 13, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text

August 2020

August 30, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text

August 23, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text

August 16, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service   Sermon Text - Right Reverend Nigel Shaw

August 9, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service    Sermon Text - Right Reverend Nigel Shaw

July 2020

July 26, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service     Sermon Text - Reverend Canon Deacon Ken Brooks

July 19, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service     Sermon Text

July 12, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service     Sermon Text

July 5, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service     Sermon Text

June 2020

June 21, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service

June 14, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service     Sermon Text

June 7, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service     Sermon Text

May 2020

May 31, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service     Sermon Text

May 24, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service     Sermon Text

May 17, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service     Sermon Text

May 10, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service     Sermon Text

May 3, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service     Sermon Text

 April 2020

 April 26, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service     Sermon Text

April 19, 2020 - Morning Prayer Service     Sermon Text   Hymn Lyrics 

April 12, 2020 - Easter Service   Sermon   Text    Prayer Service    Hymn Lyrics

April 10, 2020 - Good Friday  Sermon   Text    Prayer Service    Hymn Lyrics   

April 9, 2020 - Maundy Thursday  Sermon   Text    Prayer Service    Hymn Lyrics   

April 5, 2020 - Palm Sunday Sermon   Text   Prayer Service     Hymn Lyrics    News this Week
Sunday Takeway: Almighty and everliving God, in tender love for all our human race you sent your son our Saviour Jesus Christ to take our flesh and suffer death upon a cruel cross. May we follow the example of his great humility, and share in the glory of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God, Now and for ever.

March 2020

March 29, 2020 - Fifth Sunday in Lent Sermon    Text    Readings    Morning Prayer Service    Hymn Lyrics    News this Week
Sunday Takeaway: Almighty God, your Son came into the world to free us all from sin and death. Breathe upon us with the power of your Spirit, that we may be raised to new life in Christ, and serve you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen

March 22, 2020 - Sermon    Text    Readings
Sunday Takeaway: Almighty God, through the waters of baptism your Son has made us children of light. May we ever walk in his light and show forth your glory in the world; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

March 15, 2020 - Sermon    Text    Readings
Sunday Takeaway: Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ gives the water of eternal life, may we always thirst for you, the spring of life and source of goodness; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

March 8, 2020 - Sermon    Text
Sunday Takeaway: Almighty God, whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross, give us faith to perceive his glory, that being strengthened by his grace we may be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirt, one God, now and for ever.

March 1, 2020 - Sermon  Text
Sunday Takeaway:  Almighty God, whose Son fasted forty days in the wilderness, and was tempted as we are but did not sin, give us grace to discipline ourselves in submission to your spirit, that as you know your weakness, so we may know your power to save; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, Now and for ever.

February 2020

February 23, 2020 - Sermon   Text
Sunday Takeaway: Almighty God, on the holy mount you revealed to chosen witnesses your well-beloved Son, wonderfully transfigured: mercifully deliver us from the darkness of this world, and change us into his likeness from glory to glory.

January 2020

January 26, 2020 - Sermon    Text  - Reverend Canon Deacon Ken Brooks
Sunday Takeaway:  Almighty God, by grace alone you call us and accept us in your service. Strengthen us by your Spirit, and make us worthy of your call; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever.

January 19, 2020 Sermon     - Bishop Nigel
Sunday Takeaway: Almighty God, your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ is the light of the world. May your people, illumined by your word and sacraments, shine with the radiance of his glory, that he may be known and worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

January 12, 2020 Sermon     - Bishop Nigel
Sunday Takeaway: Eternal Father, who at the baptism of Jesus revealed him to be your Son, anointing him with the Holy Spirit, keep your children, born of water and the Spirit, faithful to your calling; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

January 5, 2020 - Sermon     Text
Sunday Takeaway: Eternal God, who by a star led wise men to the worship of your Son, guide by your light the nations of the earth, that the whole world may know your glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

December 2019

December 29, 2019 - Sermon     Text
Sunday Take Away:  Almighty God, you have shed upon us the new light of your incarnate Word. May this light, enkindled in our hearts, shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

December 22, 2019 - Sermon     Text
Sunday Take Away:  May God fill us with grace so that like Mary and Joseph we may embrace God's will for us in our everyday lives. As we encounter the unexpected (and sometimes unwelcomed) that bursts into our lives, may we meet what comes with faith and hope, confident in God's faithfulness in leading us.

December 15, 20019 - Sermon     Text
Sunday Take Away: In the midst of everything that is swirling around us during this busy season, let us find some moments to reflect on what it really means for us to come home to God, as we anticipate Christ coming to find a home with us.

December 8, 2019 - Sermon    Text
Sunday Take Away:  Now into this second week of Advent, John the Baptist reminds us that part of preparing for the coming of the Christ child involves the regular practice of examing our lives and our hearts before God, correcting our course as we go, ever open to God working in and through our lives. How's that going?

December 1, 2019 - Sermon    Text
Sunday Take Away:  As we enter this New Year, let’s spend some time this week reflecting back and with expectation imagining forward. As we anticipate God’s giving of God’s very self in the coming of Christ, what is our response as Jesus’ disciples?

November 2019

November 24, 2019 - Sermon   Text
Sunday Take Away: Heading into this week, we take advantage of the time and the special seasons that call out to us to reflect and to make us wise and faithful stewards of all we have received, and reaching out beyond ourselves, we offer ourselves to God’s service, with all that we are and all that we have, for on this day we remember our King, the one whom we follow this day, and always.

November 17, 2019 - Sermon   Text
Sunday Takeaway: Our passages in Isaiah today are all about hope, a hope based on God’s faithfulness to us during all of life’s ups and downs; a hope that encourages us to stay open to imagining something new as we go… the wolf and the lamb feeding together, the lion eating straw with the ox. As we begin to fully grasp all that this can mean to us, we are promised a new day of joy and rejoicing, as we dare to lean more fully each day into all that God is and can do in our lives.

November 10, 2019 - Sermon   Text - Remembrance Day
Sunday Takeaway: During our worship service this morning we have remembered and spoken of the tragedy of war, as we go out this week, let us also remember to work and pray for peace wherever God has placed us. Let us choose at every opportunity, to live into the light of Christ and the love of God.

November 3, 2019 - Sermon   Text - All Saints Day
Sunday Takeaway: As we go out this week, can we revel in the fact that we know our need of God? Can we see this need as the starting place for those things that can open us to what God may be saying to us on our journey?

October 2019

October 20, 2019 - Sermon   Text - Reverend Canon Deacon Ken Brooks
Sunday Takeaway: As we live day to day, are we guided by what Jesus has to say? What if what we do or believe is not what Jesus actually taught? Let's try to live our lives living out the two commandments, loving God and loving our neighbour as ourselves.

October 13, 2019 - Sermon    Text
Sunday Takeaway: As we go out into this week to be people of faith in our everyday lives, can we remember Paul's encouragement to us to in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let our requests be known to God in the midst of all our choices? Can we ask for the grace, and for the space to choose well?

October 6, 2019 - Sermon     Text
Sunday Takeaway: Can we spend a week of first prayerfully noticing and then giving thanks for the daily blessings in our lives and as our personal challenges appear, we bring our ‘little’ faith and ask for God’s blessing on it?

September 2019

September 29, 2019 - Sermon     Text
Sunday Takeaway: If part of what angels are commissioned to do is to help us find the courage to allow something new into our lives, what does that mean for you in your life today?

September 22, 2019 - Sermon     Text

A series of sermons from May - June 2019 exploring the Five Marks of Mission.

Introduction to Missional Church  Sermon   Text

Marks of Mission 1 - Tell   Sermon   Text

Marks of Mission 2 - Teach  Sermon   Text

Marks of Mission 3 - Tend   Sermon   Text

Marks of Mission 4 - Transform   Sermon    Text

Marks of Mission 5 - Treasure  Sermon   Text

 

Saturday, 28 March 2020 14:58

Sermon Archive

Sunday services are recorded and posted to the Worship Services page.  January services will not be recorded as we search for another videographer. Updates will be posted as soon as new arrangements are made. 

Please contact us if you wish to access prior services.

Please note that sermon and service links open a video player for ease of listening. Sermon texts are posted in pdf format pdf. Unless otherwise noted, sermons are preached by St. Anne's incumbent rector, Reverend Canon Dr. Valerie Kenyon.

December 2022

December 24, 2022 - Christmas Eve

December 18, 2022 - Holy Eucharist

December 11, 2022 - Holy Eucharist

December 4, 2022 - Holy Eucharist

November 2022

November 27, 2022 - Holy Eucharist

November 20, 2022 - Holy Eucharist

November 13, 2022 - Holy Eucharist

October 2022

October 30, 2022 - Holy Eucharist

October 23, 2022 - Holy Eucharist

October 16, 2022 - Holy Eucharist

October 9, 2022 - Holy Eucharist

October 2, 2022 - Morning Prayer

September 2022

September 25, 2022 - Holy Eucharist

September 18, 2022 - Holy Eucharist

September 11, 2022 - Holy Eucharist

September 4, 2022 - Holy Eucharist - Preacher: Bishop Nigel Shaw

A series of sermons from May - June 2019 exploring the Five Marks of Mission.

Introduction to Missional Church  Sermon   Text

Marks of Mission 1 - Tell   Sermon   Text

Marks of Mission 2 - Teach  Sermon   Text

Marks of Mission 3 - Tend   Sermon   Text

Marks of Mission 4 - Transform   Sermon    Text

Marks of Mission 5 - Treasure  Sermon   Text

 

Wednesday, 04 September 2019 00:43

Worship Services

Please note that St. Anne's regular service time is 9:15 am.  There will be an 8:00 am Book of Common Prayer service on the first Sunday of each month.  An additional BCP service will take place on the second Wednesday of each month at 11am. 

Worship services are now being livestreamed on our Facebook page and also available afterward if you missed them.

At the March Parish Council meeting, we decided that as we try to move toward some normalcy masks are now optional and a personal choice. We have reintroduced the Cup at the Eucharist. As always, the decision to take the wine is entirely at your discretion.

FORTH @ 4pm: Every fourth Sunday at 4pm

A 30 minute informal time of worship. Through the vehicles of scripture and song, we will spend some moments with one another entering in the readings and their message to us.

Continue to pray for all those impacted by the virus and its ripple effect on work and home lives.

Please continue to keep in touch and pray for one another as we navigate these challenging and uncertain times together. Please do not hesitate to be in touch as needed.

Yours in Christ,
Canon Val and the Wardens of St Anne's


Please note that unless otherwise noted, sermons are preached by St. Anne's incumbent rector, Reverend Canon Valerie Kenyon.  Visit our Sermon Archive for previous recordings of sermons and services.

The Book of Alternative Services may be accessed in pdf format pdf for use during the services.Scripture readings for today may be found at: https://lectionary.anglican.ca/

Sunday Takeaway for May 21, 2023
This Sunday marks the last Sunday in our Easter Season, a Sunday where we focus on Christ’s Ascension. And while the joy and excitement of Pentecost will soon be upon the disciples, they were certain of only one thing ... when in doubt, prayer. And so, as these disciples waited, they were invited to participate in active and constant prayer in all of its forms, in all of the moments of their lives, believing that even in those time when they were not sure, God God’s self would help them to pray, to wait, to ask, to imagine, to hope... as in the words of Archbishop Francois Fenelon:
Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of you. You only know what I need. You know me better than I know myself. Oh Father, give to your child what I myself know not how to ask. Teach me to prayer. Prayer yourself in me,
Amen.

Sunday Takeaway for April 30, 2023
This Sunday, known as Good Shepherd Sunday, we will read a very well-known and well-loved Psalm, Psalm 23. In this psalm we are reminded of the qualities and care of our shepherd, whom we have come to trust, upon whom we have come to rely, whose voice has led and guided us when days were good and when days were more challenging. The psalmist recognizes, and the text invites us to recognize among other things, that our immediate circumstances are never the end of our story. Some days there are green pastures, some days there are valleys of the shadow of death. This psalm reminds us that no matter what is going on, in all of these moments there is a shepherd whose voice continues to be available to us, to lead and to guide us. This is our comfort; this is our confidence in all the days ahead

Sunday Takeaway for April 23, 2023
We have all been on the road to Emmaus at one time or another. We have all had times in our personal lives when we have felt loss keenly, felt disoriented, anxious and distressed. Yet it is in the very reading of the story of the disciples in this Sunday’s Gospel reading of these two disciples that we are reminded that even in those moments of despair, loss and chaos, Jesus again walks into our lives and walks with us in our lives. And if that were not enough, as he comes to walk with us, it is on that road, when we
are at our lowest that Jesus comes to listen to our story ... and then in time and in turn, he tells us his story. And somehow, in all of this, we are refreshed, reminded and reinvigorated with new resolve to discover where God is leading us in all of this and to set off in that direction. Take some moments this week to imagine yourself on that road with Jesus. What story are you sharing with him, and what story is he telling you?

Sunday Takeaway for April 9, 2023
In Sunday’s Gospel, John paints for us an incredible picture of this moment so central to our faith, where there is darkness and death, angels and light, sadness and fear, confusion and hurt, beauty and bewilderment. And in all of it, John is drawing for us a picture of what it is to be a disciple of Jesus; he is drawing for us a picture of what lays at the centre of our faith ... and that is the encounter...the disciple’s encounter with the risen Christ. This season, in fact all of our journey of faith is an invitation to the transformative encounter with our risen Saviour. How are we allowing that encounter to shape who we are and who we are becoming?

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