February 22nd, first Sunday in Lent. Please join us!

Here's what you can expect at Glebe St-James this Sunday:

• Rev. Dr. Teresa Burnett-Cole will lead the service.
• We will celebrate communion in this service so if you are watching from home, prepare a cracker and some red beverage and celebrate with us!
• Pam Fitch will welcome us.
• David Brown will acknowledge that the land on which we gather and work is the traditional and ancestral territory of the Algonquin People, unceded and unsurrendered.
• Liz Elton will read the scripture from John 2:1-11.
• Our Minister of Music, Paul Grose, and the choir will lead us in music and song; the Gift of Music will be "Gather us In" with Liz Elton (flute) and Stephen Brooks (clarinet).
  

Today’s Instrumental Music

♪ "Juliet's Waltz" was composed in 2025 by Grant Horsley (b. 1959), a UK-based composer, ballet accompanist, teacher and classical/jazz/rock performer. The song is named after Juliet from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.  With Liz Elton (flute) and Stephen Brooks (clarinet).

♪ "My Song Is Love Unknown" is an arrangement by Dale Wood (1934-2003), California-based composer, teacher and editor, of the traditional Welsh hymn tune "Rhosymedre," written by Rev. J. D. Edwards in 1840.

♪ Today's communion-themed anthem is a 1982 hymn by Minneapolis-based Marty Haugen, an influential hymn writer who has worked in the Lutheran, Roman Catholic, and United Church of Christ denominations.

Here is the bulletin for the service to follow along with the words of texts, hymns, songs, and prayers. You can join the service live at 10:30 am on YouTube; after the service ends, it will be available to watch as a recording.

Join in on the online offering plate for Mission & Service, Outreach & other GSJ operational needs! If donating online or via e-transfer, you can indicate on where you want your gift to be dedicated (our operating fund, capital fund, music fund, or other charity). E-transfers can be sent to [email protected].

Check out our weekly announcement slides. Scroll through at your own pace, or let them auto-play - your choice!

You can also sign up for our e-Update to keep up on more of the life and work of the church by filling out the form in the footer below.

Let us know how we are doing! If you have any ideas, comments, or feedback about the online (or in person!) worship experience, please contact the worship committee at: [email protected].