Fourth Sunday in Lent Harvest Thanksgiving

Описание: The Rev'd Suzanne Ellis
Priest-In-Charge

Our Vision
We will be a home of spirituality and community engagement for ALL souls

Our Mission

We will strive to attain our vision by pursuing the Five Marks of Mission propagated by Avery Dulles as, representing the Mission of Christ.
• To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom
• To teaching, baptizing and nurture New Believers
• To respond to human need by loving service
• To seek to transform unjust structures of society
• To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth.

Core Values
We believe that, to achieve the Church’s mission and pursue its vision there must be full commitment to the following core values and principles.
• Spirituality – confessing Jesus Christ as Lord and seeking to be brought into love and harmony with God; displaying a disposition of peace, patience, kindness, forgiveness, and consideration for others.
• Stewardship – giving of one’s time, talent, and treasure in the service of God and humanity
• Integrity- conducting self and interacting with others in a manner which reflects honesty, truth, and fairness, speaking and acting in accordance with what is factual and proven; honouring the absent.
• Accountability - taking ownership for our actions and decisions; accepting responsibility to report and justify outcomes to others.
• Results-oriented – striving to accomplish the highest standards of performance in whatever is undertaken; contributing to ensure the success of the programme, committee, group and ultimately the church.
• Love – acknowledging the dignity and value of others; seeking the best interest and wellbeing of other people; showing goodwill, compassion, and sensitivity to the needs of others.
• Service to humanity – giving support, sustenance, and hope to the less fortunate, differently able, shut –ins, elderly, young children in such ways as to make them feel appreciated, comfortable and meaningful, rendering service to the nation and its people with a spirit of peace, harmony, generosity and kindness

Lectionary A
Collect – Fourth Sunday in Lent
Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. .Amen.

Collect – Harvest Thanksgiving
Almighty and gracious Father, we give you thanks for the
fruits of the earth in their season and for the labors of those
who harvest them. Make us, we pray, faithful stewards of
your great bounty, for the provision of our necessities and
the relief of all who are in need, to the glory of your Name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Collect – Ash Wednesday
Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.