Sunday, December 19: Advent 4

December 19, 2021

Worship with us live-streamed at Glebe-St. James on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2021!

A warm welcome to all joining us for this service, whether in person or on line for the fourth Sunday of Advent. Our texts this week have us thinking about Mary's Song of Joy, which is sometimes called "The Magnificat" or "The Canticle of Mary." A beloved text, it has been set to music many, many times; there was an entire edition of CBCs "Choral Concert" of Magnificats broadcast earlier this advent.


Our Minister, the Rev. Teresa Burnett-Cole will lead the service. The scriptures will be Luke 1:39-55. James Caswell, Minister of Music, will be joined by choir members, Eric Dormer, Elizabeth Elton, Pamela Fitch, Céline Godbout, Crystal Maitland, Robert Palmai and Karen Walker to lead us in music and song.


Our service bulletin with hymns, texts and announcements is linked here. 


Join in on the virtual offering plate for M&S, Outreach & GSJ operational needs! If you are attending in person, offering plates are available in the Narthex (front hall) of the Sanctuary. If donating online, you can indicate on the 'paypal' page where you want your gift to be dedicated to. 


CLICK HERE for the livestream on YouTube at around 10:20 am (announcements) for the 10:30 am Sunday service; after the service you will be able to view a recording on YouTube by clicking the same link or by viewing in the video player below. Please consider 'subscribing' to the GSJ YouTube channel and use the 'notification' (the 'bell' symbol on the GSJ YouTube channel) to be notified when we go live. If, for any reason, the webcast is interrupted you should still be able to connect by looking for the red 'live' thumb-nail image


After the service, meet and greet for coffee hour by zoom! Links are in the bulletin.


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