As we mentioned last week we have carefully mapped out appropriately distanced seating, and while we are allowed to have 50 people for in-person worship (the latest provincial announcement does not apply to churches) St. Luke's can safely seat 35-40, depending on how those are registered are "bubbled".
At the time of writing this newsletter, we have 23 registered, so you can still register by filling out this form. Please feel free to be in touch with Rev. Victoria if you have questions.
Today's Music
Prelude: Prelude on ‘Strengthen for Service’ (Johann Gottfried Walther) Hymn: Strengthen for Service Postlude: Carillon de Longpont (Louis Vierne)
Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748) was more than just a contemporary of J. S. Bach: they were cousins and Bach was godfather to Johann Walther’s son! Walter’s Chorale Prelude on ‘Ach Gott under Herr’ (the name of the hymn tune for Strengthen for Service) features the melody in canon between the tenor and bass voices.
The melody of the hymn tune Ach Gott und Herr first appeared in Neu-Leipziger Gesangbuch in 1682. Bach made two harmonizations of it. The text is a metrical paraphrase of a prayer that occurs in the Liturgy of Malabar used by Christians in South India. The hymnist John Mason Neale translated it in 1859, and it was revised by Percy Dearmer for the 1906 English Hymnal.
October 8th marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Louis Vierne—organist of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris from 1900 until his death at the organ during a recital at Notre Dame in 1937.
Published in 1914, 24 pièces de style libre were composed for organ or harmonium. No. 21 in the collection, Carillon is based on a theme sounded by the carillon in Longpont Castle in Aisne, France. Vierne was regularly invited to Longpont in August. On hearing the four church bells on the August 15, 1913, he was inspired to write the Carillon de Longpont. It was later dedicated to his brother René, killed on May 29, 1918, not far from Longpont.
Worship
Sunday, October 4th, 2020 The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Here is a list of virtual services in the Diocese of Ottawa
Travel virtually to share prayer and worship experiences across Canada and around the world! During the time of physical isolation, take the opportunity to visit other places and share in daily and weekly prayers and reflections here.
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A Liturgy of the Word with Lectio divina
Wednesdays at 11 a.m. on Zoom
Please note that we will continue to meet on Zoom on Wednesdays in September, even as we move into the AMBER phase and return to in person worship with restrictions and safety measures and procedures in place. Please check this space each week for updates and additional information.
Please email Rev. Victoria for the order of service, Zoom link, or if you have any questions.
People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargain in which God says, ‘If you keep a lot of rules, I’ll reward you, and if you don’t, I’ll do other things.’ I do not think that this is the best way of looking at it. I would much rather say that every time you make a choice, you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before. And taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life long you are slowly turning this central thing either into a heavenly creature or into a hellish creature.
(CS Lewis)
Pray
Our Parish
Our clergy, staff, and members of St. Luke's; participants and staff of St. Luke's Table in this unusual and challenging time
Those on Our Hearts
Brad, Inez, Ken, Jennifer D., Sarah; all who suffer discrimination based on race; all who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; all those on our hearts
Our Diocese
Shane, our Bishop; The Area Parish of Prescott-North Glengarry, The Reverend Claude Delorme; the Diocesan Archives, its volunteers and Diocesan Archivist Dr. Glenn Lockwood.
The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC)
Linda, our Primate; Anne, our Metropolitan; Bishop Logan McMenamie, the clergy and people of the Diocese of British Columbia.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (ELCIC)
The dean, council, and congregations of the the Greater Vancouver Conference of the British Columbia Synod.
Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.
(Stephen Hawking)
Connect
Would you like to connect with another member of the community but aren’t sure how to reach them? Contact Helen Cathcart at familylibrarian@yahoo.ca, or leave a message on the church answering machine and we’ll make the connection.
We can get through this together!
Give
The generosity of all of you who have made the extra effort required at this time to continue your financial support is appreciated so very much. It is making all the difference. Thank you!
You can donate online through Canada Helps here. If you have problems or questions please contact Susan Reid at susanreid@bell.net.
Someone once asked me, ‘Don’t you think the commandments should be rewritten?’ The answer was, ‘No, they should be reread.
(Richard L. Evans)
Our Community
St. Luke's Table is working hard to continue to meet needs, continuing to make deliveries all over the neighbourhood from Monday to Friday. It has also increased hours of operation - with restrictions and safety measures in place - to 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Please continue to keep staff and participants in your prayers.
Click on the image for news from SWCHC. Respite Centre's Closure Worries Advocate For Homeless
McNabb Recreation Centre has been operating as a drop-in respite site since April, providing showers, washrooms and other service to the city's downtown homeless population. The drop-in site closed on Friday. Click here for an article about the impact of this.
Our Diocese
Click here to read all COVID related news from our Diocese. Updates are posted on Wednesdays.
New Weekly Podcast
Saturdays, Online
Bishop Shane is exploring and conversing his way across the Diocese! Tune in each Saturday to see where he is and what is happening around our vast and exciting Diocese.
Our National Church
Click here for the latest news from our National Church
St. Luke's Anglican Church
760 Somerset Street West
Ottawa, ON
K1R 6P9
613-235-3416
www.stlukesottawa.ca
Pastoral Emergencies613-698-6083 Incumbent: The Reverend Victoria Scott 613-698-6083 or victoria@stlukesottawa.ca
Honorary Assistant: The Reverend Canon Christine Piper
Organist & Choir Director: Robert Jones 613-220-3420 or music@stlukesottawa.ca
Rector’s Warden: John Price 613-724-3846 or john.price@sympatico.ca
People’s Warden: Anne Wright 613-791-5494 or awright1093@gmail.com
Deputy Wardens: Sarah Whitehead 613-240-9736 or sarahthefantastic@hotmail.com
and Helen Cathcart 613-228-1411 or familylibrarian@yahoo.ca
Treasurer: Susan Reid 613-832-2755 or susanreid@bell.net
Offering envelopes/PAR: Lynn Jones 613-448-1647 or kearn@personainternet.com
Church Office: officestlukesottawa@gmail.com
ST. LUKE’S TABLE
Executive Director: Rachel Robinson 613-238-4193 or stlukestable@gmail.com
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