Third Sunday in Lent - March 8, 2026

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

• Rev. Dr. Teresa Burnett-Cole will lead the service.
• Babara Coyle will welcome us.
• Pam Fitch will acknowledge that the land on which we gather and work is the traditional and ancestral territory of the Algonquin People, unceded and unsurrendered.
• Donna Fay Mailhot will read the scripture from Mark 6:32-44.
• Our Minister of Music, Paul Grose, and the choir will lead us in music and song; the Gift of Music will be "O Love" by Elaine Hagenberg with text adaptation by George Matheson.
• "O Love" is by Elaine Hagenberg (b. 1979), a contemporary Iowa-based choral composer. The lyrics were inspired by the hymn "O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go" by Scottish minister George Matheson in 1882 in response to hardships he suffered after being blinded at the age of nineteen. The original hymn was set to the tune "ST. MARGARET."

Today's music before and after service:

 ♪ "A Way to Calvary Leadeth" is an arrangement by Dale Wood (1934-2003) of Swedish composer Carl Liander's 1880s hymn tune "VIA DOLOROSA." Wood, a Californian, called his compositions "Wood works for organ."

 ♪ "The Church's One Foundation" is an arrangement by Lani Smith (1934-2015) of prolific English hymn writer Samuel Wesley's 1860s hymn tune "AURELIA." Lani Smith was an American organist credited with over 1,000 organ and choral pieces.

Here is the bulletin for the service which allows you to follow along with the words of texts, hymns, songs, and prayers. You can stream the service live at 10:30 am on YouTube.

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