St. Ambrose Harvest Thanksgiving Church Service 2021

and [Music] is [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] good morning brothers and sisters in christ welcome to the saint ambrose anglican church in the parish of saint thomas shigonas we are truly delighted that you have chosen to join us on this or harvest morning we know that some of you have been with us throughout our patronal festival and we say thank you if you wish to relive both the talent show or receive the strong message shared at our praise and worship healing service simply log on to the anakin outlook facebook or youtube page where you can access these activities at your own convenience harvest time is when we as christians give god thanks for continuing to provide for us which also gives us the ability to share our bounty with others which is really the joy we receive as we get ready to receive god's word i ask you to meditate on this or harvest theme thanks be to god we strive to be rooted and grounded in love taken from ephesians 3 verse 17. we will be led by our parish priests father eric thompson and our guest preacher reverend deacon david ferdinand pollard we trust that our service will be a blessing to you on behalf of our parish priests father eric thompson the clergy and parishioners of saint ambrose i say welcome and i bid you to enjoy our harvest service and to continue to spread god's word i wish you a christ filled me and we now join the live stream from ambrose anglican at the right hand of the majesty on high having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than this now god did not subject the coming world about which we are speaking to angels but someone has testified somewhere what are human beings that you are mindful of them or mortals that you care for them you have made them for a little while lower than the angels you have crowned them with glory and honor subjecting all things under their feet now in subjecting all things to them god left nothing outside their control as it is we do not yet see everything in subjection to them but we do see jesus who for a little while has made lower than the angels now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death so that by the grace of god he might taste death for everyone it is fitting that god for whom and through whom all things exist and bringing many children glory should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings for the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one father for this reason jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters saying i will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters in the midst of all congregation i will praise you the word of the lord [Music] uh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] yes [Music] yes [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] i [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Music] the lord be with you [Music] a reading from the holy gospel according to mark some pharisees came and to test jesus they asked is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife he answered them what did moses command you they said moses allow a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her but jesus said to them because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you but from the beginning of creation god made them male and female for this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh so they are no longer two but one flesh excuse me therefore what god has joined together let no one separate then in the house the disciples ask him again about this matter he said to them whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her and if she divorces her husband and marries another he commits adultery people were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them and the disciples spoke sternly to them but when jesus saw this he was indignant and said to them let the little children come to me do not stop them for it is to such as these that the kingdom of god belongs truly i tell you whoever does not receive the kingdom of god as a little child will never enter it and he took the children up in his arms laid his hands on them and blessed them the gospel of christ i share my thoughts with you in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen please be seated i would like to take this opportunity to thank father thompson for inviting me to be a part of this harvest festival and i bring greetings to you from the cathedral church of the holy trinity from the river from the dean clergy and parishioners of holy trinity our theme today is we strive to be rooted and grounded in love and how how do we as christian strive when we are already in love well on our christian journey our christian journey begins in baptism begins in baptism our christian life is not just accepting jesus it is also committing ourselves to a lifetime of learning and willingness to read and study god's word as we train and to listen to the holy spirit for direction it is a contingent process of surrounding surrendering our lives to the will of god it is not a process that we do when we feel like doing it if we have to be surrender and we have to be rooted in god we have to do that at every possible time not convenient to ourselves but every time that we have to be rooted in to that love of god and how can we live a life rooted and grounded in god when we live in a world that is mean corrupted unkind bitter angry and demanding of us our catechism from number 88 to 107 when we look at page 400 and five our catechism helps us and subject development and growth page 405 in our book of common prayer prayer and worship and it gives us here what form of worship are available to a christian it goes on two forms of worships are available to the christian person personal christian personal worship or private prayer and corporate worship or common prayer and what is prayer prayer is responding to god by thought by feeling and by deeds with our own words see my dear friend we don't have to go and find words to praise god you know what comes off from our heart that is praise is to god what is christian prayer christian prayer is relating to god the father through jesus christ and the power of the holy spirit what prayer did christ teach us our lord gave us the example of prayer known as the lord's prayer and of course we have the recital of the lord's prayer here in 93. what are the principle acts of prayers the principal acts of prayers adoration praise thanksgiving penitence oblation intercession petition meditation and contemplation my dear friends we are guided we are guided we are not left alone to find our way in this world what is adoration and we it is explained adoration is the lifting up of the heart and mind to god asking god but to give asking nothing but to gaze steadily upon god's presence why do we praise god we praise god not to obtain anything but because god's being what he is in himself and god's action what he does draws praise from him for what do we offer thanksgiving thanksgiving is offered to god for all the blessings of this life for redemption and for whatever draws us closer to god i study as your thanksgiving has been demonstrated to god by what you have offered god that what you have worked and labored hard for what is penitence in penitence we confess our sins and make restitution where possible asking forgiveness with the intention to amend our lives what is prayer of obligation oblation oblation is an offering to god of ourselves our lives and our work in union with christ what are intercessions and petitions intercessions brings before god the needs of others in petition we present our needs that god's will may be done what is meditation meditation is a form of prayer in which under the guidance of the holy spirit we focus our minds on a portion of scripture or some truth or experience ponder it in our hearts and resolve to give expression in our lives to what we have learned what is contemplation contemplation is a form of prayer in which we keep our hearts and minds still and attentive to god allowing god to work in us as he wills through the indwelling spirit what is corporate worship as in private worship the individual relates to god the father through jesus christ in the power of the holy spirit so in corporate worship the christian community united by the spirit acknowledges the holiness of god hears his word offers prayers and celebrates the sacrament as one body what is fasting fasting is a voluntary act of denying oneself pleasure or legitimate need for a certain for a certain length of time why do christian fast fasting me is a mean of self-denial some something the will to strengthen the will to respond to god's message to his people and reinforcing repentance intercession and identification with the needy why is fasting often associated with prayer our lord's example and other spiritual sources teaches us that this form of self-discipline is an aid to prayer what is abstinence abstinence is a voluntary act of lessening the quantity of food one eats or of denying oneself other pleasure and finally what when do we fast the following days are observed for special acts of discipline and self-denial ashwanzee and other holy and other weak days of lent and of holy week except the feast of the annunciation my dear friends this is what it means to be grounded in feet this is what it means when we are walking and we are journeying jeremiah also tells us how to be rooted and grounded in christ jeremiah chapter 17 verses 7 and 8 it says blessed are those who trust in the lord who put their trust in god they shall be like a tree planted by water sending out its roots by the stream it shall not fear when he comes and its leaves shall stay green in the year of drought it is not anxious and it does not cease to be a fruit here jeremiah shows us that when we stay connected to god who is our living water the stream we will be well we will not be anxious there will be bountiful and excellent food even in the season of drought you know sometimes we go through a period and we believe that god has abandoned us we have seen that today in job's reading where job's job was challenged because of job's loyalty to god his love for god his unwavering commitment to god the time of drought is now the heat is here and we are all called upon to share our brothers our sisters our neighbors those less fortunate than ourselves and our leaders we cannot be a tree that it only shades ourselves and we have fruit for ourselves because we are rooted in the living water of christ if we if we bear food for ourselves my dear friends and we shared ourselves we become a selfish christian when we look at the cross we see what perfect love love looks like what perfect love is all about when we trust in god we will not wither when trial comes and the trials do come up the christian life is not worn without trials and temptations a deep-rooted life in the lord of love will strengthen and preserve us through trials and we will flourish no matter what life throws us us in life we can always tell those who are planted by planted in god by their fruits and galatians 5 chapter galatians chapter 5 verses 22 and 23 says beloved we would always recognize those who are planted by the river because their fruits are the fruits of the holy spirit which is joy peace patience goodness faithfulness gentleness and self-control just as those who are committed just as those who are committed connected sorry to the river bears like christ-like fruits it is by virtue of our baptism water that we are called to be imitators of god as beloved children and walk in love as christ loved us and gave himself up for us a fragrant offering and sacrifice to god ephesians 5 12. how are we imitating christ in this world today how can we imitate christ in our little corner of his vineyard as we look around we see god's people who are on rocky grounds those who are homeless those in need of food shelter and clothing those in need of prayers deliverance healing counseling they are lonely tired and afraid how can we help them how can we direct them how can we bring them to the rock that is higher than high for their roots to be grounded in that love that we as christians demonstrated do we only bring that love on sundays or can we only express that love on a sunday because my dear friends when we are asked to go out into the world in peace and be of good courage and who will find out what is good and love and serve the lord we are now sent out in the world to do the work that god has commissioned us to do we have now going around the world to share the world what we have received the living god that we have received and we are shining in the darkest light rather than sometimes five of us trying to pass through one space five cars trying to pass through one space in that parking lot have you ever seen that after church good questions don't receive the sacraments and we are fighting that is not what god called us to do that is not rooted and godly the love and we have to be careful john 3 16 for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son god gave his only son not just for you and for me but for all the world all the wood centuries of avalor says and i quote here christ has nobody but our body christ have no hands but our hands no feet on the earth but ours ours are eyes through which god looks compassionately on this world hours at the feet with which he walks to do good ours are the hands through which he blesses the world ours at the feet ours are the eyes we are his body christ has nobody but our body and when father thompson or any priest lifts up the host and the body of christ we are my dear friends a part of that body singly we can do not as much collectively as the body of christ we can move mountains we are asleep and giant that freighter wake up my dear friends we are going to assault fight with a pen knife and we cannot do that anymore we are called to serve god and love god and show the world what we are and who we are we cannot be hiding under the bed and under the bushel we walk brave we walk free and we don't burn we had any wrong as though we lost 25 cents and trying to find it we look up and we look them in the eye so they can see the light of god reflecting through our eyes my dear friend that is what it calls to be rooted and grounded in love for christ how deep is the root of our faith and love are we the envy of the world are we bringing glory to god by what we see and here are we using our hands to bless are we bringing glory to god and the way we live and the way we treat others are we allowing god to lead us to where he wants us to be of service bearing fruit for his kingdom my dear friends we are called to task and that's us we are called upon to do god is with us we are not doing it on our own we have to make the difference we have to show the world that christ is not dead he is alive is it possible we can sing that christ's not dead he is alive christ our dead he is he is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] my dear friends i once again i thank you for inviting me and to be a part of this uh harvest celebration do have a blessed week everyone today you can only do this when you are rooted and grounded in love you love god and you love the people let's have another big handful good touch yes so [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] the creed as in him five six one the creed him five six one [Music] we believe [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] up [Music] lord and friend shall rise with heaven [Music] this morning we continue to pray for bishop claude retired bishops clive roll and calvin and all the people of god in this parish this diocese and the wider anglican communion we pray your god will continue to be faithful ministers of your word and sacrament lord in your mercy we pray for trinidad and tobago we pray for paula mayor president keita prime minister all members of parliament those serving in the tobago house of assembly and in the regional and borough corporations of orlando we also pray for the business community we pray they'll continue to be faithful in all that they do and they lead this nation with justice truth and peace lord in your mercy we pray for the nations of the world we pray for peace we pray for good governance we pray for good health in this time of the pandemic we pray also that everyone around the world will come to that place but they'll understand that god is with us and his will must be done we all must remember when the government announced they are finding a vaccine for the people we should seek and find it and take all vaccination trust god because you are rooted and grounded in love god is a god of love he will not bring you anything to harm you so this morning i lift up every nation in the world that is striving to vacate the covered 19 virus from their space and so this morning i commend to every person present here and everyone listen to us take the vaccination so you can prevent the covert virus and help your brothers and sisters to live healthy lives around you lord in your mercy we lift up before you this morning ourselves and we pray that god will continue to be with us and to give us his holy presence lord in your mercy we now have our intercessions to be shared by a youth member form c on page 108. hmm with all our hearts and all our mind let us pray to the lord saying lord have mercy for the peace from above for the lovingkindness of god and for the salvation of our souls let us pray to the lord for the peace and welfare of the world for the witness and work of the church and for the unity of all peoples let us pray to the lord for our bishops and all ministers of god's word and sacraments that they may be filled with truth and love and be found without fault at the lord's coming let us pray to the lord for the leaders of the nations and for those in authority among us that they may serve justice and promote the freedom and dignity of all peoples let us pray to the lord for the victims of hunger fear injustice and oppression and for all who labor in the course of human liberation and fulfillment let us pray to the lord for the sick the suffering the sour the sorrowful and the dying and for all who remember and care for them let us pray to the lord for deliverance from the ravages of hurricane earthquake drought or flood and for a just and proper use of god's creation let us pray to the lord for ourselves and all who confess the name of christ that we may show forth the excellencies of him who call us out of darkness into his marvelous light let us pray to the lord of your people in the multitude of your mercy look with compassion on us and all who turn to you for help for you are gracious o lord of love unto we we give glory father son and holy spirit [Music] if we say we have no sin we receive ourselves and the truth is not in us if we confess our sins god is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness let us in a moment of silence bring before god all the things we know we ought to bring before him now let us therefore confess our sins almighty god or heavenly father we have sinned you and one another repent of all our sins for your son our lord jesus christ sake forgive us all of the spouse grant that we may serve you in newness of life to the glory of your name almighty god of mercy upon you pardon and deliver you from all your sins confirm and strengthen our goodness and keep your life eternal through jesus christ our lord amen the greeting of peace if you're offering your gift at the altar and i remember that your brother has something against you my brothers and sisters in christ let's share the sign of god's peace with each other okay [Music] [Music] all right [Music] [Applause] all right [Music] [Music] [Laughter] foreign [Music] [Music] you are almighty god you are an awesome god we give you glory lord [Music] [Applause] [Music] glory lord [Music] is [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] yes [Music] me [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] holy spirit [Music] oh [Music] with my lord [Music] [Music] holy spirit [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] the procession with gifts the gift of bread and food the eyes of all wait upon you oh lord and you give them their meat in due your season please respond we present unto you this bread and food praying you to offer it to almighty god our heavenly father as a token of our gratitude to him for all those mercies whereby we live for our food and clothing and all family life and we pray for homes and schools of this diocese and this parish that god's will may be done in them the gift of water the river of god is full of water you prepare their corn for soul you provide for the earth we present unto you this water which is the sacrament of holy baptism is sanctified to the mystical washing away of sin as an act of thanksgiving to almighty god for the most precious gift bidding you pray that we may learn to use this gift a right also we bid you pray for all who work and serve for us on the seas the merchant service post god and fishermen that they may prosper in their work the gift of vegetables he brings forth grass for the cattle and all animals [Music] we present unto god these token gifts of the ground with gratitude to him for the year's harvest we bid you pray for all who labor on the land and for all the workers of the world the gift of fruits and flowers even solomon in his glory we present unto you this fruit and these flowers as an act of thanksgiving to our heavenly father for all the useful and beautiful things of this world and we bid you pray that we may learn from them the truth of god's eternal love for all his children the gift of money render unto caesar the things that are caesars we present unto you this money praying you to offer to god as a token of our sense of responsibility for the upkeep of his church and the extension of his kingdom for the honest work and right use of leisure common honesty in our dealings with one another we bid you pray that we all develop a true sense of stewardship in the use of all our possessions the gift of industry let men produce for the needs of all mankind we present unto you this product as a symbol of man's work and as an offering of our work and bid you pray that we may use god's gift in a wise and useful way the gift of sacramental bread and wine if any man eat of this bread we representing the communicants of this parish offer unto you this bread and wine for youth in the parish communion in token of all gratitude to god for his greatest gift to men the holy communion body and blood of christ father we offer these gifts which you have given us this bread this wine this money with them we offer ourselves our lives and our work to become through your holy spirit a reasonable holy and lively sacrifice as this bread and wine become the body and blood of christ so may we and all your people become channels of your love through the same christ our lord amen [Music] um [Music] oh [Music] me [Music] is [Music] god [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] so you will be at page 11 in your booklet the lord be with you lift up your hearts let us give thanks to the lord our god it is right and a good and joyful thing always and everywhere to give you thanks for our almighty everlasting god through jesus christ o lord the word made active in creation who dwelling among us himself rejoice in the beauty of the earth giving thanks to you for the fruits of the harvest and the fishes of the sea and through his own work halloween all human service therefore we praise you joining our vices and angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven who forever singes him to proclaim the glory of your name [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] foreign oh [Music] foreign [Music] sovereign lord and father to you be glory in praise forever in your boundless wisdom you brought creation into being in your great love you fashioned us in your image in your tender compassion you sent your son jesus christ our savior to share our human nature in the power of the holy spirit he overcame the power of sin and death and brought your people to new birth as first fruit of your new creation on the night that he was betrayed he took bread and when he had given thanks to you he broke it and gave it to his disciples and said take this and eat it this is my body which is given for you do this for the remembrance of me and after supper he took the cup of wine and when he had given thanks he gave it to them and said drink this all of you this is my blood of the new covenant which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins whenever you drink it do this for the remembrance of me therefore father according to the command of your daily beloved son and we offer you father our sacrifice of times and praise send your holy spirit on these gifts of bread and wine that they may become the body and blood of your son jesus our lord and redeemer as we partake of this of this food of new and unending life may your holy spirit establish us as a royal priesthood with the blessed virgin mary saint ambrose and all your sons and daughters who share in your eternal inheritance through jesus christ with him and in him and through him by the power of the holy spirit we worship you father almighty with all who stand before you in earth and heaven in songs of everlasting praise as our savior has taught us so we pray [Music] oh [Music] me oh so [Music] evil [Music] no [Music] the first fraction we break this bread to share in the body of christ though we are many we are one body because we all share in one word lamb of god [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] the gifts of god for the people of god be satisfied and he will sing lord songs of praise to him [Music] [Music] take oh of the bread and wine [Music] me [Music] so [Music] yes [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] so we stand and we give god thanks almighty father we thank you for feeding us with the body and the blood of your son jesus christ may we share his body live his written life we who drink his cup bring life to others we upon whom your spirit shines give life to the world help us to continue in faithful witness to your word so we and all your children amen the blessing of god almighty to the father the son and the holy spirit be among you and remain with you always amen it's cooler good morning brothers and sisters on behalf of the clergy parishioners of saint thomas parish saint ambrose church we would like to thank you we would like to thank all of you for your support in preparing for this year's harpist it has not been an easy one as we know we have faced several challenges and uncertainties due to our current situation but through god through your love and support we were able to pull this off so we would like to thank all of you parishioners the members of the ict team and everyone involved for your hard work and support and our theme has really been displayed and we have seen the love of our parish and the people thank you thank you thank you father thompson thank you to deacon collard for such a moving such a moving his words his are such a moving sermon such words of encouragement and reminding us of god's love for us we wish you a pleasant day and we thank you okay our notices we our sister merle from our choir passed away and i've been trying to reach out to the family i'm going there after the service to see them again today so i would let you know on the chat what is taking place okay our service will continue on wednesdays and fridays at 7 30 am on zoom and so i want to thank the harvest committee under the leadership of our distinguished curler robertson thomas or thomas robertson and the team for their hard work and distinguished services leading up to a harvest or healing service was a flagship event for this year's harvest and we thank god for his healing touch and indeed for the work of father shaquille charles and deacon mark samuels i want to thank you parishioners for your support thank you all for staying the course and for being faithful may god continue to richly bless you and may you continue to be rooted and grounded in love when we are rooted and grounded in love we celebrate christ the risen lord he's no longer a baby he sits at the right hand of god interceding for us so we celebrate love we celebrate unity we celebrate reconciliation we celebrate finality so thank you all do have a blessed day and the rest of the week yes bible month starts tomorrow at 6 p.m or 6 30. 6 p.m we have our first session tomorrow at 6 00 p.m on zoom please come out your large number during this time of kovat we have an awesome opportunity to teach the fate and we will not lose this opportunity we have seized it we'll continue to have a bible man program we're going to have a advent program or lenten program in between we have faith development training as we did last year we had faith we are going to do a number of things this year so please prepare yourselves and come on to learn the word of god and to be grounded in love and faith so tomorrow evening at 6 p.m on zoom i hope you have the links do you all have the links good okay uh closing him guys anymore of 2019 we take this opportunity to father thompson on behalf of the darkness class of 2019-2021 we take this opportunity to present this token of appreciation for your selfless commitment and your commitment overall to success we present you with this token so every time you pass and you look at it you will remember us [Applause] thank you i received this token of appreciation on behalf of all of you we have in this congregation five people who assisted me in presenting this program there was a module on the five practices of fruitful congregation jennifer um [Applause] hillary roger they all assisted me in presenting this program to these 19 people they graduated on the 8th of september and we now await the bishop to see what he will do with them he might cast them out into the seas or you may say he might lay his hands on them we don't know what will happen so we leave that up entirely up to the bishop okay so thank you thank you thank you i receive it on behalf of all of you okay fossil thank you carla for putting me on this spot as usual father thompson on behalf of the harvest committee we would like to present you with this nice industrial gift for all the hard work that you do the buffs the lord of mercies the amends but you mean well and you love us most important so i would like to present you with this lovely gift thank you very much again i received this on behalf of all of you without you i cannot do what i do so i thank god for you and i thank god for giving us the strength and the courage and the will to work together in unity we accomplish great things when we work together for good thank you all amen [Music] me every morning [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] come to jesus jesus [Music] he give him [Music] is [Music] for me [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] is [Music] us [Music] you

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