Worship: Week of April 1

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Please join us for the special worship services during this final Easter week of the semester.  Midday prayers occur at 1:15 in the chapel on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Our service of Word and Table will be celebrating the season of Easter at 1:30 on Wednesday.  Graduates will be blessed in this joyful service.  All are warmly welcomed.

Tuesday, April 2
We will be singing four original hymns composed by students for last semester’s Songs of the Church.
Wednesday, April 3
Our Easter Communion celebration and a Blessing of the Graduates.
The service will also feature the TST choir and two more original hymns by faculty and students.
Thursday, April 4
Our final Midday Service will be planned and led by Bill Kervin.

Worship week of March 25

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Week of March 25

Worship at Emmanuel College

All are invited to come and worship in the chapel on the third floor of Emmanuel College.  Brief services of Midday Prayers are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week at 1:30 pm. They are student led and can take various forms. On Wednesdays worship is from 1:30-2:45pm.  We will be marking our journey through Holy Week with a foot washing liturgy.

Tuesday March 26, 2013

Isaiah 49:1-7 The servant brings salvation to earth’s ends

Psalm 71:1-14 From my mother’s womb you have been my strength

1 Corinthians 1:18-31 The cross of Christ reveals God’s power and wisdom

John 12:20-36 Jesus speaks of his death


Wednesday March 27, 2013 A Service of Footwashing for Holy Week

Preacher: Very Rev., the Hon. Lois M. Wilson

Presider: Rev. Dr. William Kervin

Gospel: John 13:4-9, 12-15

Thursday March 28, 2013

A service of silent prayer, leading to Gethesmane.

 

Worship: Week of March 18

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Week of March 18

Worship at Emmanuel College

All are invited to come and worship in the chapel on the third floor of Emmanuel College.  Brief services of Midday Prayers are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week at 1:30 pm. They are student led and can take various forms. On Wednesdays worship is from 1:30-2:45pm.  We will be marking Palm Sunday, the entry into Holy Week.  Special note: We will be gathering in the Formal Lounge at 1:30 to begin worship there. 

Tuesday March 19, 2013

Leviticus 23:1-8 Sabbath and Passover

Luke 22:1-13 Jesus prepares for Passover with his disciples

 

Wednesday March 13, 2013 Procession with Palms

Preacher: Rev. Henley Bernard - Anne Duncan Gray Visiting Scholar

Presider: Rev. Dr. Paul Scott Wilson - Professor of Homiletics

Zecharaiah 9:9-10
Psalm 118:1–2, 19–29 (VU p. 837)
Luke 19:28–40 

Thursday March 21, 2013

Isaiah 42:1-9 The servant brings forth justice

Psalm 36:5-11 Refuge under the shadow of your wings

Hebrews 9:11-15 The blood of Christ redeems for eternal life

John 12:1-11 Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus

Worship: Week of March 11

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Week of March 11

Worship at Emmanuel College

All are invited to come and worship in the chapel on the third floor of Emmanuel College.  Brief services of Midday Prayers are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week at 1:30 pm. They are student led and can take various forms. On Wednesdays worship is from 1:30-2:45pm and frequently takes the form of a full service of Word and Table, with a sermon and the sacrament of Holy Communion. For more specific weekly details, see the information below. 

Tuesday March 12, 2013

Isaiah 43:1-7 God will gather through water and fire

Philippians 2:19-24 Apostolic visits are promised

Wednesday March 13, 2013 

Preacher: Dorcas Gordon, Principal of Knox
Presider: John Lee, minister at Dentonia Park United Church

Isaiah 43:16-21 The Lord gives water in the wilderness

Psalm 126 Sowing with tears, reaping with joy

Philippians 3:4b-14 To know Christ and his resurrection

John 12:1-8 Mary anoints Jesus for his burial

Thursday March 14, 2013

Judges 9:7-15 Anointing the bramble

1 John 2:18-28 Knowing the Son

Worship: Week of March 4

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Week of March 4

Worship at Emmanuel College

All are invited to come and worship in the chapel on the third floor of Emmanuel College.  Midday prayers are student led and occur on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week at 1:30 pm.  This week we are having a lunch followed by an afternoon focussed on the intersections between religion and public policy.  Come for lunch at 12:15 and stay for our winter colloquium.  For more information, see below.

Tuesday March 5, 2013 

Joshua 4:14-24 God’s people come through the waters dry-shod

2 Corinthians 5:6-15 Walking by faith and not by sight

Wednesday March 6, 2013 – “Religion and Public Policy

Panel Discussion with:
Dr.  Tom  Axworthy, OC.

President and CEO of the Walter &
Duncan Gordon Foundation; former Principal Secretary to PM Pierre Trudeau;
political strategist; Visiting Professor at Queens and Harvard Universities;
Member United Church.

 Joe Mihevc
City of Toronto Councillor, Ward 21, St Paul’s West. PhD in theology and social ethics.

 Dr. Carolyn Tuohy
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
and Sr. Fellow of School of Public Policy and Governance, (U of T) 

 Moderator: The Very Rev., the Hon. Lois M. Wilson, Distinguished Minister in Residence, Emmanuel College.

 

Thursday March 7, 2013

2 Kings 4:1-7 The widow saved

Luke 9:10-17 Jesus feeds five thousand