Welcome to St. John's Anglican Church Tillsonburg!
Hello and welcome!
We invite you to join us in person in worship, fellowship, and service. In our expression of Christianity, all are welcome. As believers, we make faith matter in our lives. Prayerfully, our parish family is walking together to see where God is leading us and inviting us to journey with Him. We look forward to meeting you.
Fr. Tom will guide us and help us prepare our thoughts for the journey through Holy Week to Easter. These meditations start the week beginning with Palm Sunday. Check this page daily for the next step in your guide. You are also invited to church. There is a place for you at every service each day during this Holy Week. Today's service is at 7:30 p.m.Today is Holy Saturday, Easter Eve - "The Great Vigil of Easter"We hear the story of our faith tonight and recommit ourselves to Christ:The Question:How do we live out our lives, as a follower of Jesus?
Matthew 27:57-66 New Revised Standard Version Updated EditionThe Burial of Jesus57 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who also was himself a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. 59 So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth 60 and laid it in his new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away. 61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.The Guard at the Tomb62 The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 63 and said, “Sir, we remember what that impostor said while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64 Therefore command the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise, his disciples may go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception would be worse than the first.” 65 Pilate said to them, “You have a guard[a] of soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can.”[b] 66 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone. |
Upcoming Services and Events at St. John's
Mark your calendar and plan to join us.
Apr
4
HOLY SATURDAY - Easter Vigil, Lighting of New Fire
7:30PM
Apr
5
EASTER SUNDAY - The Feast of the Resurrection
10:30AM
Apr
11
Monthly Fellowship Breakfast 8:30 a.m.
8:30AM | Hall
Apr
16
Pot Luck Supper and Guest Speaker: Go and Tell
5:00PM | Fireside Room
May
14
AWAY Group - Fashion Show
7:00PM
May
30
ACW Purse / Plant / Bake Sale
9:00AM | Hall
Prayer for Easter Eve
Grant, Lord,
that we who are baptized into the death
of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
may continually put to death our evil desires
and be buried with him;
and that through the grave and gate of death
we may pass to our joyful resurrection;
through his merits,
who died and was buried and rose again for us,
your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Easter Eve
From the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer, for your daily devotions this week.
What is it in your life that needs to be resurrected this Easter? Perhaps it’s a relationship, maybe it’s your personal finances, perhaps it’s your health, or maybe it’s your career or spirituality.
A Prayer for Easter
Jesus, Unleash the power of the Resurrection in my life today. Resurrect the area of my life that needs it today. Help me to stop resisting your grace, stay out of your way, and let you work in me and through me in whatever ways you want.
Jesus, you have conquered death and hatred with love. Teach me to do the same in some small way in my own life. Give me the courage to love when I feel rejected, ignored, unappreciated, forgotten, and taken for granted. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you. I pray I never let a day pass without these words crossing my lips.
Jesus, on this Easter we pray for all those who have lost faith in you, and for anyone who has never encountered you in a way that allowed them to embrace you. May the power of your Resurrection reignite faith in my life, in the lives of all those I love, and in the lives of the entire Church.
Amen.
Installation of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury
Watch the historic installation of Dame Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, marking the symbolic start of her ministry in the Church of England and across the Anglican Communion.
A Glimpse of Who We Are
Palm Sunday
