Hybrid Worship

9 November 2025

 Hybrid Worship

9 November 2025

22^nd After Pentecost

Presider: The Rev. Deborah van der Goes

Musician: Lisa Griffith

We these lands upon which we worship are the traditional, ancestral,

and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.

Whoever you are and wherever you are on life’s journey,

you are welcome here!

Words For Worship

Words in bold italics, please say together

Prelude:                                                       

Welcome & Gathering        adapted from Diocese of BC Liturgy of Islands & Inlets

In this time, whether here or home,

We gather on the ancestral lands of the

Snuneymuxw First Nation and Coast Salish Peoples

From many places and many peoples

we come to this house in prayer

In this time and in this moment

We are not alone

For we meet in the presence of the living God.

In this time, right here and right now,

 and in this space

In the name of the Holy and Blessed One,

Creator, Redeemer and Holy Spirit, Amen.

Almighty God,

            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                                                                              BAS Anglican 

Eternal God,

who caused all holy scriptures to be written for our learning,

grant us to so hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast

the blessed hope of everlasting life,

which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ,

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,

for ever and ever.  Amen.

Hymn: My Life Flows on in Endless Song                               CP #401

(the reader comes forward during the singing)

First Reading                                                               Reader: Angela Nutter                                                     

By the gift of your Spirit, calm and quiet our souls that we may hear your Word today and be lifted up to walk with you.                                         2

Introduction

About 500 years before the birth of Jesus, and after the return from Exile, the prophet Haggai is urging the people of Jerusalem to be strong and re-build the temple.

 ‘Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing? But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work. For I am with you,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.’  “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

The Message of God 

            Thanks be to God                                               

Hymn: Sing a New Song”                                                          CP #312

Gospel Reading                                              Reader: Deborah van der Goes                                

As is your custom, please stand or sit for the reading of the gospel.

God be with you. 

And also with you

The Good News of Jesus the Christ according to Luke

            Glory to you, Christ Jesus.

Luke 20:27-38

Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.  “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless. The second and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children.  Finally, the woman died too. Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”

Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in   marriage.  But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age

to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.  But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”

The Gospel of Christ 

            Thanks be to God

Sermon: “These Distracted Times”

Silence

Affirmation of Faith                                  adapted from Anglican Church of Canada

(the prayer leader comes forward during the Affirmation of Faith)

Let us affirm our Faith.  

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 great commandment.

The second is like it:

Love your neighbour as yourself.

There is no greater commandment than these.

Prayers of the People                                                              Tim Leadem                          

We pray to our God,                                                      

            Hear Our Prayers.

Life & Work of the Church

The Peace                                                     

(please stand as you are able)

The peace of Christ be with you!     

And also with you!

(You are invited to turn to those directly around you and share Christ’s peace. Those on Zoom, please unmute and share with one another)

The Celebration of the Eucharist

Servers: Betty Schultze and Anne Harrison

The Offerings

Let us now gather our offerings            

(While offerings are gathered, and the altar is prepared, quiet music is played)

Offertory Response           

(When all is ready at the altar, the monetary offerings are brought to the front and the congregation sings)                                                   

Doxology                                                                                                                                         CP #669

Praise God the Source of life and birth,

Praise God the Word, who came to earth.

Praise God the Spirit, holy flame.

All Glory, honour to God’s name.

Prayer over the Gifts                                                   BAS Anglican Church

Gracious God,

Your word to us is food indeed.

Receive all we offer yu this day,

And let your loving-kindness be our comfort.

Amen                              

The Great Thanksgiving                                        Lutheran Book of Worship

God be with you.

            And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

            We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

            It is right to give our thanks and praise.

It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,

that we should at all times and all places,

give thanks and praise to you,                                                            

Almighty and Merciful God, through our Saviour Jesus Christ.

With all the choirs of angels, with the church on earth and hosts in heaven, we praise your holy name and join in their unending hymn.

Sanctus and Benedictus                                                           CP #719

Holy, holy, holy Lord,

God of power and might,

Heav’n and earth are full of your glory,

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is…. the One who comes

In the name of the Lord,

Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest.                        5

In the night in which he was betrayed,

our Lord Jesus Christ took bread,

and gave thanks; and broke it,

and gave it to his disciples, saying:

Take and eat, this is my body given for you. 

Do this to remember me.

And again, after supper, he took the cup,

gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying:

This cup is the new covenant in my blood,

shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. 

Do this to remember me.

Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:                                            CP #720

            Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again! (x2)

With this bread and cup

We remember your Word

Dwelling among us, full of grace and truth.

We remember our new birth

In his death and resurrection.

We look with hope for his coming.

            Come Lord Jesus.

Holy God, We long for your Spirit,

Come among us. Bless this meal.

May your Word take flesh in us.

Awaken your people.

Fill us with your light.
Bring the gift of peace on earth.

            Come Holy Spirit.                                                                       

All praise and glory are yours,

Holy one of Israel,

Word of God incarnate,

Power of the Most High,

One God, now and forever.

Amen

The Breaking of the Bread                                            BAS adapted DvdG

I am the bread which has come down from heaven,” says the Lord.

Give us this bread for ever

“I am the vine, you are the branches”

May we dwell in God, as God dwells within.

And now as Jesus has taught us, let us sing.                              VU #959

(Those assisting with communion move forward during singing of the Lord’s prayer) 

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,    

            Your Kin-dom 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 for ever.

The Invitation to Share Communion   

The gifts of God for the people of God.

Thanks be to God

The Communion (gluten free bread is available)

Prayer after Communion                                               BAS adapted DvdG

Loving God,

In the eucharist you fill us with new hope.

May the power of your love,

Which we have known in word and sacrament,

Continue your saving work among us,

And bring us to the joy you promise,

We ask this in the name of Jesus, the Christ,

whom we love and follow. Amen.

Glory to God,

whose power, working in us,

can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.

Glory to God from generation to generation,

in the Church and in Christ Jesus,

for ever and ever. Amen.

Blessing                                         Society of Archbishop Justus – Anglican Church

For you on Zoom, and whomever you may meet this day,

May Christ shield you in all your ways.

May the Spirit bring you healing and peace.

May God the Holy Trinity drive all darkness from you

and the blessing of Creator, Word, Spirit

be among you and remain within always.

Amen.                                                                                               7

Hymn: Jesus Christ is Risen Today”                                       CP #203

Dismissal

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord

Thanks be to God.

 

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