20th Sunday after Pentecost
Hybrid Worship
26 October 2025
Presider: The Rev. Deborah van der Goes
Musician: Lisa Griffith
We these lands upon which we worship are the traditional, ancestral,
and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.
Whoever you are and wherever you are on life’s journey,
you are welcome here!
Words For Worship
Words in bold italics, please say together
Prelude: Where’er You Walk Handel
Welcome & Gathering (adapted from Diocese of BC Liturgy of Islands & Inlets)
In this time, whether here or home,
We gather on the ancestral lands of the
Snuneymuxw First Nation and Coast Salish Peoples
From many places and many peoples
we come to this house in prayer
In this time and in this moment
We are not alone
For we meet in the presence of the living God.
In this time, right here and right now,
and in this space
In the name of the Holy and Blessed One,
Creator, Redeemer and Holy Spirit, Amen.
Almighty God,
to you all hearts are open, all desires known,
and from you no secrets are hidden.
Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,
that we may perfectly love you,
and worthily magnify your holy name;
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Collect (BAS Anglican)
Almighty God, whose people are knit together in one holy Church, the mystical body of your Son, grant us grace to follow your blessed saints in lives of faith and commitment, and to know the inexpressible joys you have prepared for those who love you; through you son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
First Reading Reader: Paddy Waymark
By the gift of your Spirit, calm and quiet our souls that we may hear your Word today and be lifted up to walk with you.
The Message of God
Thanks be to God
Hymn: Praise to God, Immortal CP #263
Gospel Reading Reader: Deborah van der Goes
As is your custom, please stand or sit for the reading of the gospel.
God be with you.
And also with you
The Good News of Jesus the Christ according to Luke
Glory to you, Christ Jesus.
Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, `God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.' But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, `God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted."
The Gospel of Christ
Thanks be to God
Sermon: Our wild and precious life…
Silence
Affirmation of Faith (adapted from Anglican Church of Canada)
(the prayer leader comes forward during the Affirmation of Faith)
Let us affirm our Faith.
The Lord our God, the Lord is one,
Love the Lord your God with all your heart,
With all your soul,
With all your mind,
And with all your strength.
This Is the first and great commandment.
The second is like it:
Love your neighbour as yourself.
There is no greater commandment than these.
Prayers of the People Betty Schultze
Loving God,
Hear Our Prayers
Life & Work of the Church
The Peace (please stand as you are able)
The peace of Christ be with you!
And also with you!
(You are invited to turn to those directly around you and share Christ’s peace. Those on Zoom, please unmute and share with one another)
The Celebration of the Eucharist
Servers: Susan Brockley and Corinne Carlson
The Offerings
Let us now gather our offerings (While offerings are gathered, and the
altar is prepared, quiet music is played)
Offertory Response (When all is ready at the altar, the monetary offerings are brought to the front and the congregation sings)
Doxology CP #669
Praise God the Source of life and birth,
Praise God the Word, who came to earth.
Praise God the Spirit, holy flame.
All Glory, honour to God’s name. 4
Prayer over the Gifts (BAS adapted DvdG)
God of all love,
We give you thanks for the triumph of Christ in the lives of all his saints.
Receive all we offer you this day, and help us, like them, to run our course with faith, that we may come to your eternal kingdom.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, whom we love and follow.
Amen
The Great Thanksgiving (Lutheran Book of Worship)
God be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,
that we should at all times and all places,
give thanks and praise to you,
Almighty and Merciful God, through our Saviour Jesus Christ.
With all the choirs of angels, with the church on earth and hosts in heaven, we praise your holy name and join in their unending hymn.
Sanctus and Benedictus CP #719
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
Heav’n and earth are full of your glory,
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is…. the One who comes
In the name of the Lord,
Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest.
In the night in which he was betrayed,
our Lord Jesus Christ took bread,
and gave thanks; and broke it,
and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take and eat, this is my body given for you.
Do this to remember me.
And again, after supper, he took the cup,
gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying:
This cup is the new covenant in my blood,
shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.
Do this to remember me.
Let us proclaim the mystery of faith: CP #720
Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again! (x2)
With this bread and cup
We remember your Word
Dwelling among us, full of grace and truth.
We remember our new birth
In his death and resurrection.
We look with hope for his coming.
Come Lord Jesus.
Holy God, We long for your Spirit,
Come among us. Bless this meal.
May your Word take flesh in us.
Awaken your people.
Fill us with your light.
Bring the gift of peace on earth.
Come Holy Spirit.
All praise and glory are yours,
Holy one of Israel,
Word of God incarnate,
Power of the Most High,
One God, now and forever.
Amen
The Breaking of the Bread (BAS adapted DvdG)
I am the bread which has come down from heaven,” says the Lord.
Give us this bread for ever
“I am the vine, you are the branches”
May we dwell in God, as God dwells within.
And now as Jesus has taught us, let us sing. VU #959
(Those assisting with communion move forward during singing of the Lord’s prayer)
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
Your Kin-dom come, Your will be done
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those
who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
And deliver us from evil
for the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours,
now and for ever. 6
The Invitation to Share Communion
The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God
The Communion (gluten free bread is available)
Prayer after Communion (BAS adapted DvdG)
Creator of all,
Strengthen the unity of your Church,
So that we who have been fed with holy things
May fulfill your will in the world.
We ask this in the name of Jesus
Whom we love and follow. Amen.
Glory to God,
whose power, working in us,
can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.
Glory to God from generation to generation,
in the Church and in Christ Jesus,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Blessing (Society of Archbishop Justus – Anglican Church)
For you on Zoom, and you whomever
you may meet this day and in the coming days,
May Christ shield you in all your ways.
May the Spirit bring you healing and peace.
May God the Holy Trinity drive all darkness from you
and the blessing of Creator, Word, Spirit
be among you and remain within always.
Amen.
Dismissal
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord
Thanks be to God.
Postlude: Nocturne Mendelssohn
Our work remains the same
Micah 6:8
..and it’s more important than ever
Anonymous
Excerpt from “The Summer Day”
by Mary Oliver
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?