We all should know by now that the Premier has ordered the whole province to go to lockdown status effective at 12:01AM December 26th, 2020 for a period of 28 days.
Resending as a reminder of this Bible Study that will happen for the next 7 days at 10:30 via ZOOM.
Click on the link below.
I hope to see some of you there.
Blessings,
Rev. Ralph Weigold
Pastor of Grace Eganville, St. John's Bonnechere and St. John's Augsburg
241 Bonnechere St. E; PO Box 394,
Eganville, ON
K0J 1T0
613-628-2867
Here are the times and places of worship for Sunday, Jan 24th, 2021
1) Drive-in worship at St. John Bonnechere starting at 9:00. Tune to channel 103.9FM. Service of Word.
2) Drive-in worship at Grace Eganville starting at 10:30. Tune to channel 103.7FM. Service of Word.
3) Recorded service of prayer and message on You Tube will be announced after worship on Sunday.
Next Sunday January 31 services are:
Drive-in worship at both Grace Eganville and St. John Augsburg. Service of Word
Rev. Ralph Weigold
Pastor of Grace Eganville, St. John's Bonnechere and St. John's Augsburg
241 Bonnechere St. E; PO Box 394,
Eganville, ON
K0J 1T0
613-628-2867
The week starting on January 18th, 2017 begins the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Since we cannot come together during this time, I will instead host a online virtual Bible Study around this theme. The Bible study will be held each day starting on January 18 to January 25, starting at 10:30 (except for Sunday January 24, will start at 2:00) via ZOOM. I have also attached the Bible Study we will follow for that week.
Here is the link to join this meeting:
Ralph Weigold is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Bible Study WPCU
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88637674114?pwd=VVhUVU9sbTlMbmxndEtkUWgyWHE5Zz09
Meeting ID: 886 3767 4114
Passcode: 690588
Hope to see you there,
Rev. Ralph Weigold
Pastor of Grace Eganville, St. John's Bonnechere and St. John's Augsburg
241 Bonnechere St. E; PO Box 394,
Eganville, ON
K0J 1T0
613-628-2867
Prayers and Reflections for Jan 24, 2021
3 Epiphany
Sunday, January 24, 2021
Introduction to the day
As we continue through the time after Epiphany, stories of the call to discipleship show us the implications of our baptismal calling to show Christ to the world. Jesus begins proclaiming the good news and calling people to repentance right after John the Baptist is arrested for preaching in a similar way. Knowing that John was later executed, we see at the very outset the cost of discipleship. Still, the two sets of brothers leave everything they have known and worked for all their lives to follow Jesus and fish for people.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Let us pray.
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 Savior and Lord.
Amen.
FIRST READING: Jonah 3:1-5, 10
The book of Jonah is a comedy starring a reluctant prophet who is given a one-sentence message: Nineveh will be destroyed in forty days. Much to Jonah’s dismay, the people of Nineveh repent. The point of the story is to get the reader to wrestle with the question “On whom should God have mercy?”
PSALM: Psalm 62:5-12
God alone is my rock and my salvation. (Ps. 62:6)
SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 7:29-31
Paul does not disapprove of marriage or other human social institutions. He does, however, want Christians to live in the present in fervent anticipation of God’s future, which even now has dawned through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
GOSPEL: Mark 1:14-20
Before Jesus calls his first disciples, he proclaims a message that becomes known as “the gospel” or good news from God. God is ready to rule our lives. Those who realize this will respond with repentance and faith.
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
Guided by Christ made known to the nations, let us offer our prayers for the church, the world, and all people in need.
For the church throughout the world, for pastors and teachers, for deacons and deaconesses, and for musicians and servers, that all proclaim the good news of God’s reconciling love, let us pray.
Have mercy, O God.
For skies and seas, for birds and fish, for favorable weather and clean water, and for the well-being of creation, that God raise up advocates and scientists to guide our care for all the earth, let us pray.
Have mercy, O God.
For those who provide leadership in our cities and around the world, for nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations, for planning commissions and homeless advocates, that God inspire all people in the just use of wealth, let us pray.
Have mercy, O God.
For those who are sick, distressed, or grieving; for the outcast and all who await relief especially Natasha Gagnon-Burchat, Marion Wisotzke, Eileen Warlich, Karen Weigold, Bruce McFarlane, Sherwood Lett, Ernie Plotz, Keith Weckwerth, Ken Roesner, Ellie Sommerville, Myles Newman, Leah Pringle, Delroy Hein, Cyril Waito, Shirley Glickman, Marilyn Schneider, Donna Hoffman, Gail Hein, Emily Rhode, Stephanie Yourth, Christopher Yourth, Matthew Bowers, Beatrice Verch, Jeila Martinat, Otto Mittag, Doreen Miller, Eunice Littau, Linda Tremblay, Peter & Tina Howell, Jerome Stufko, and Lorraine Selle., that in the midst of suffering, God’s peace and mercy surround them, let us pray.
Have mercy, O God.
For our congregation and community, for families big and small, and for the organizations that meet here during the week, that God’s steadfast love serve as a model for all relationships, let us pray.
Have mercy, O God.
In thanksgiving for our ancestors in the faith whose lives serve as an example of gospel living, that they point us to salvation through Christ, let us pray.
Have mercy, O God.
Merciful God, hear the prayers of your people, spoken or silent, for the sake of the one who dwells among us, your Son, Jesus Christ our Savior.
Amen.
BLESSING
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord’s face shine on you with grace and mercy.
The Lord look upon you with favor and ☩ give you peace.
Amen.
