PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

To Lord in Your mercy please respond with "Hear our prayers."

Almighty and everlasting God,we are taught by your Holy Word to offer praises and supplications and to give thanks for all people.   We humbly pray that You would mercifully receive our prayers.  Inspire continually, we pray,  the universal church with the spirit of truth, unity and concord and grant that all that confess your Holy name my agree in the truth of Your Hy Word and live in unity and God's love.

Lord in Your mercy.   "Hear our prayers"

Special prayers are requested for the following.

For the families of the 1500  killed in the earthquake in Afghanastan, as well as the 2000  injured.

A de-escalation of the war in the Ukraine,. May the conflict not spread.   May God in the midst of the wickedness draw many tot he Prince of Peace.

God's guidance of St. Timothy's.

God's healing and peace for Derk (Hazel's brother-in-law)   Corinne Burns, Bill Fane,  Lynda (Paddy's friend)  Irene (Bible Study friend) Seana  (Bhakti's faunt) Tonii F (Erica' Francis' mother) and Amy Pankratz.

The US Supreme Court as it prepares to release  its decision on abortion.

Lord in Your mercy.   "Hear our prayers"

Lord in Your mercy.   "Hear our prayers"

We pray for the  following churches in the Anglican Network of Churches: St. Thomas Mission, Vancouer and Immanual Church, Vancouver.

On the North Shore we pray for: Westside Church and West Vancouver Baptist Church.

God give strength and direction to the  Wyclife Bible Translation Mission of Shayron Thompson.

And tp tis congregation bless Corinne Burns and Rev Paul and Lois Carter.

Lord in Your mercy.   "Hear our prayers"

We remember before you Lord, all your servants departed from this life in faith and we bless your holy name for all who in life and death gave glorified You  praying that you praying that You will give  us grace, , that rejoicing in that fellowship we may follow their good examples and with them  be partakers of your heavenly kingdom.

Dear God, giver of life,  we pray that you will turn all Canada into a culture that values and embraces  all human life,  including the lives of the m ost vulnerable. the preborn, the elderly, the informed, and the handicapped.

We pray for all persecuted Christians. Give them strength and courage. And God, open the hearts of their persecutors that they may hear your truth and your way.

Reader-(Heavenly Lord, in your mercy,  

{eople-Hear our prayers.

Heavenly Father, grant these our prayers for jesus Christ's sake our only  Mediator and Advocate sho lives and reigns  with You, world without end.  Amen

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AN 80TH BIRTHDAY EPISTL  FOR ROB FLINT-2020

                                  Rob, Sue, Alan, Suzanne
                                Portland Restaurant, 2017

Dear Rob.

Happy Birthday to you on this 3rd day of April, the 20th year of the century of the 2000s.

I am sitting here  at my computer in North Vancouver, Canada,wrapped in a blanket, on this chilly day in March.  I should be at Bible Study, but it was canceled because of the
coronavirus crisis.  What a year you have picked for your 80th birthday.  But the good part is I get to sit here and think about all the good times we have had with you over the years, wonderful memories.

Of course, I remember your and Sue's wedding.  It was a 3 day affair with party after party.  Alan took videos with our new fancy and big video recorder.  Each one was 3 minutes.  Today he could record the whole event with his phone.  Progress.  One of the best memories, besides the beautiful bride with her hair on top of her head and her old fashion wedding dress, was was spending time with Sue's parents and seeing all the members of your family.

Since then there have been many stays at your guest house as we visited our kids in SF and on our way to LA to visit Alan's old high school friends.  We even stayed with you when you were rebuilding your Woodside house, slept on the floor of the temporary house.  You and Sue have always been so gracious.

Years ago when you came to visit us here at our house  on Shavington St. in North Vancouver you helped Alan put up a post in our backyard.  Yes, it is still standing.  And each night when I take a hot tub I hang on to it as I go down the steps.  Thanks.  

But the high point of the trip was when Alan took  you to the Port Moody Legion for a traditional Canadain "meat draw".  "Pork sausages, hamburger, steak! Get your tickets here!"

Thanks, too, for being part of our children's weddings, Richard Halloween wedding in the Height, and Laura's wedding in Spokane.  And  of course, there was your witty limerick at Laura's wedding.

There was even the year Alan stopped for an overnight on his motorcycle trip South.  He arrived at 9:30 pm, passed bedtime for you two, but you still welcomed the weary traveler.


Our most recent memory is of our meeting you in Portland at Alexi's house.  We went out to a rustic restaurant to celebrate Alan and my 50th wedding anniversary.  You and I sat on the restaurant porch and chatted while Alan and Sue organized where we were going to sit for dinner.

I think back over the years as Alexis and Katie were being born and seeing them as little kids.  And now you have 4 more little ones, the grandchildren, to celebrate with. 

So Alan and I wish you a very Happy 80th Birthday.  We will be thinking of you on April 3rd, celebrating with your loving wife and family.

2020

TO ROB

HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY

FILLED WITH SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES

LOVINGLY,

ALAN  AND SUZANNE

MADE 

BY

SELF

ISOLATION

PRESS

2020

"PORTLAND OREGON, 2017"

2021

Dear Rita,

"...May the Lord make his 

face shine on you  and 

be gracious to you;

 May the Lord turn his face 

toward you
    and give you peace."

(Numbers)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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St. John's Church

Hyde Park

London, England

St. John's Church

London, England

"The  Cmmissioners for Building New Churches... asked  Charles  Fowler to draw up ... plans which he did expeditiously by 1829.  His plan for St John’s -- a 13th Century style Gothic church -- It took three years to build and on the 26th January 1832 the Lord Bishop of London, the Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Charles James Blomfield, consecrated St John’s Chapel, also known as the Connaught Chapel.uary 1832  It was designed to seat 1500, with 700 free seats and the rest rented – the pews in all churches used to be rented for annual charges.  The total pew rentals in St John’s, which were paid to the wardens to cover expenses, were valued at £681 a year.

                                      St. John's Church, London England

"The church as we know it today is not the one we would have seen in 1832 or even at the turn of the 20th Century. The interior was darker; it was lit with candles, then gas lamps, and finally electric lighting in the late 1800s. There was a triforium, or balcony over each of the side aisles as well as over the entrance. Between the wooden pews, there was a row of paired chairs going down the nave leading up to the chancel. St John’s had a capacity of 2,200 people with 1,500 subscription seats and 700 free seats in the triforium. The pulpit, with its spiral staircase, was in front of the left row of pews attached to the rood screen, now at the entrance of the church. The baptismal font was located at the northwest corner.  The high altar, from St Michael’s Star Street was originally in the north transept in front of the organ, which was The Lady Chapel until the reordering in 2011. 

"After the Second World War the parish and the church fell on hard times when the area became less desirable and people moved to the suburbs. The church was even occasionally closed between 1962 and 1965...

"In 2011 the old Victorian heating system was replaced and the pine pews (which came from America) were sold or auctioned off to raise funds for the beautiful new floor. The rood screen was relocated to the area behind the seating to create a narthex. Additional changes include the installation of toilets on the south side of the porch, while a much-needed kitchen was re-fitted on the north side. 

"St John’s has long had a strong association with music in London.  It employs eight choral scholars and an organ scholar per year, drawn from the best London conservatories." (Link.)

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Photos: Taken by Lina in 2020 while she was living and working in London, England.

Linc: https://www.stjohns-hydepark.com/moreaboutus/2016/7/21/history-of-st-johns-hyde-park

  

 

                        Catholic Church of St. Monica, Hoxton Square ,       

                                              London England

 Catholic Church of St. Monica

Hoxton Square, London England

Church Plaque

"Step inside our church on Hoxton Square, an oasis of calm tucked away in cutting edge cool Shoreditch. 

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"Statues of St Augustine and St Monica stand to the left and right of the high altar, waiting to greet all visitors.

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"A grade II listed 19th century church built between 1864 - 1866, our building is an example of Edward Welby Pugin's work.

Sanctuary

"The outside of the church is distinctive of a typical Pugin design.  The description on historicengland.org.uk is apt - "... a rare surviving composition of church, school and priory by an important architect who here produced a cheap building that nevertheless has considerable distinction"

"To put the quote into context, the Pugin Society estimated that the cost of a typical unendowed urban church ranged between £3000 - £10000, depending the size and date of building. In contrast, the Cobh Cathedral, begun in 1867, cost £235000 by the time it was completed in 1915. (L"ink 1.)

Front Window of Church

"Saint Monica (c. 332 – 387 AD) was an earlyAfrican Christian saint and the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo. She is remembered and honored in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, albeit on different feast days, for her outstanding Christian virtues, particularly the suffering caused by her husband's adultery, and her prayerful life dedicated to the reformation of her son, who wrote extensively of her pious acts and life with her in his Confessions. Popular Christian legends recall Saint Monica weeping every night for her son Augustine " (Link 2.)

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Photos: Taken by iPhone in December 2020 by Lina  whitle living and working in London, England. 

Link 1:  https://www.stmonicaschurchhoxton.org/about-us

Llink 2:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Monica

                                             

                                                                        Prayer

God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)

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                       Parish Church of St. Dunstan and All Saints

INDEX

2020

London

-Parish Church of St. Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, London,                                       Borough  of Tower Hamlets, Province of Canterbury,                                       February 2, 2020.

- St. Georges, Hanover Square, City of Westminster,                                                        London, England, December 6, 2020.

-St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, Knightsbridge,London,                                             November 29, 2020.

-St. Bride's Chirch, Fleet Street, City of London, England,                                              November 22, 2020.

-St. John's Church, L    London, England, September 9, 2020.

Westminster Cathedral, London, England,  March 8, 2020.

-San Fedele of Como  Catholic Church, Milan, Italy, February, 16, 2020.

-Esglesia de Santa Susanna, Catonia, Province of Barcelona, Spain,                            March 29, 2020.

-London- "Westminster Cathedral", 3/8/20.

Stepney[Lon0.don Borough of Tower Hamlets Province of Canterbury-"Parish Church of  St.   Dustan and All Saints", 2/2/20.

                                    

Spain 

 Girona Catonia- " Esglesia de Sant Pere  Church 
                                     Figures", 1/19/20.
Catonia, Province of Barcelona-" Esglesia de Santa 
                                      Susanna", 3/29/20.

Italy

   Milan-" San Fedele of Como  Catholic Church",

                                                       2/6/20.

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St. Georges, Hanover Square

ST. GEORGES, HANOVER SQUARE

CITY OF WESTMINSTER

LONDON ENGLAND

Front Altar

"St George's, Hanover Square, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, central London, built in the early eighteenth century as part of a project to build fifty new churches around London (the Queen Anne Churches). The church was designed by John James; its site was donated by General William Steuart, who laid the first stone in 1721. The building is one small block south of Hanover Square, near Oxford Circus. Because of its location, it has frequently been the venue for society weddings.

Front Altar

"A civil parish of St George Hanover Square and an ecclesiastical parish were created in 1724 from part of the ancient parish of St Martin in the Fields

Side Aisle

"The land for the church was donated by General Sir William Steuart.^[2] The church was constructed in 1721–25, funded by the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches, and designed by John James,^[3] who had been one of the two surveyors to the commission since 1716.^[4] Its portico, supported by six Corinthian columns, projects across the pavement. There is a tower just behind the portico, rising from the roof above the west end of the nave.^[3]

The interior is divided into nave and aisles by piers, square up to the height of the galleries, then rising to the ceiling in the form of Corinthian columns. The nave has a barrel vault, and the aisles transverse barrel vaults.

Side Altar

" From its early days, the church was a fashionable place for wedding." (Link)

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Photos: Taken in November 2020 by Richard Wilson while living and working in London, England.

Link-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_George%27s,_Hanover_Square,

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God, be with persecuted Christians throughout the world. Amen (SW.)