Feed your spirit
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Feed your spirit
Easter 2021
Peace, friends.
Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed!
One of the things that so many in the St. Peter’s Community are missing is gathering in the heart of Kitchener…to pray together, to laugh together, to celebrate together, to sing together, and to serve together. The pandemic and lockdowns have been challenging.
That said, we can still lean into this world with hope and love.
This morning St. Peter’s is delivering hundreds of individually bakery wrapped hot cross buns from Cobs Bread to Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region, remembering those they serve, and to Grand River Hospital as a thank you for the tireless work that their teams do for the community.
People matter. Caring for neighbour matters. This has not changed.
Since we were not able to gather at 49 Queen Street North this Easter, I thought it fitting to take the service to the church roof, looking over the city, the community, the country, and towards all of the places we each find ourselves, and offer praise, prayers, readings, and blessing…it was super windy at the beginning! The video also includes a reflection and uplifting music from truly talented artists. Timings and details are listed below.
As you feed your spirit use the elements that are helpful for you.
St. Peter’s expresses its gratitude to Sheila Dietrich, Joshua Ehlebracht, the Inter Mennonite Children’s Choir, Mary Jay, Larry Larson, Brandon Leis, Daniel Lichti, Avery McDonald, Peter Nikiforuk, the St. Peter’s Choir, Mark and the team at Cobs Bread, and Andrew Heubner.
As always, should you feel (mentally) stressed and find yourself in need of supportive conversation, please feel free to reach out to Pastor Mark via email pastormark@stpeterskw.ca or at (519) 591-1551.
Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed!
Friends, take care of yourselves and each other.
Onward,
Pastor Mark
00:00 Gratitude
00:13 A Throwback Easter Shoutout
00:37 Music 1 Sound the Trumpet (Henry Purcell)
– Mary Jay, trumpet, Larry Larson, trumpet, Peter Nikiforuk, organ
02:35 Opening
Prayer text: Julie Perrin
05:05 Music 2 The Risen Christ (Evangelical Lutheran Worship #390)
– St. Peter’s Choir & Congregation
07:25 Reading Isaiah 25:6-9
08:14 Music 3 Fugue in A minor (Bohuslav Cernohorsky) – Peter Nikiforuk, organ
10:48 Reading Acts10:34-43 -Avery McDonald, lector
12:13 Music 4 My Faith Looks Up to Thee (Evangelical Lutheran Worship #759) – Brandon Leis, tenor, Peter Nikiforuk, piano
14:46 Gospel Mark 16:1-8
16:02 Music 5 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (arr. Mark Hayes)
– Daniel Lichti, bass-baritone, Peter Nikiforuk, piano
20:27 Reflection
References: Leonard Sweet (Preach the Story); Jake Owensby (Looking for God in Messy Places); Nadia Bolz Weber (patheos.org); Rev. Dr. Matthew Anderson; Michelangelo quote (brainyquote.com)
31:40 Music 6 Laudate Dominum -Praise the Lord, You People (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
– Sheila Dietrich, soprano, Peter Nikiforuk, piano
35:20 Prayers
Crafted by Katherine Kussmaul (adapted)
38:04 Music 7 Blessing – Inter Mennonite Children’s Choir
-Carolyn Neumann Vanderburgh, artistic director
40:06 Blessing
40:28 Music 8 Finale from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne) -Joshua Ehlebracht, organ
NEED TECH SUPPORT?
There’s a new program called enTECH@home that provides phone- and email-based tech support to anyone who may need a bit of technology help. This service is entirely free, and run by University of Waterloo student volunteers.
“We are happy to provide support to anyone who contacts us – this service is available to you no matter where you live or how old you are. We are happy to provide support to community members living in retirement homes and long-term care homes.”
Services are currently only offered in English. We are looking into providing support in other languages.
Common issues include:
- Problems with video calling
- Setting up an email account
- How to use YouTube
- Joining online religious services
- Other technology issues
A volunteer will make two attempts to contact you, after which we would ask you to reconnect with us and provide your updated availability. (http://www.entech.club, accessed Feb18,21)
Details are in enTECH’s graphic below.

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