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Pentecost 2020 worship videos

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Published on 
June 1, 2020

As we find ourselves approaching a third month of physical distancing and restrictions in this COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian Anglicans (and our full-communion Canadian Lutheran family) enthusiastically reminded one another this Pentecost Sunday weekend, that our love for the Holy Spirit is as strong as ever.

The following includes a YouTube playlist (where video links could be located) of national, provincial and diocesan Pentecost celebrations, as well as a few additional select services.

The above playlist can be navigated by clicking the “1/12” icon on the top right corner of the video. The playlist includes recordings such as:

  • One Family in Mission, the national Pentecost video collaboration, including more than 200 people combined in the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
  • Thy Kingdom Come, Pentecost Sunday Service, including faith leaders such as Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and His Holiness Pope Francis
  • One in the Spirit, a collaborative service of the dioceses in the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario
  • Many Faiths, One Voice: Interfaith Prayers for the Forest City—an interfaith prayer service hosted by podcast The Vicar’s Crossing
  • Additional diocesan services and messages, where available

Additional videos of note, which could not be added to the playlist above, are below.

I am not alone (Psalm 23) – Little Trinity Choir (Diocese of Toronto)

Do not carry a heavy heart – performed by the Echo Choir
(based in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Diocese of Toronto)

Pride Pentecost Celebration (Diocese of Huron)

Cathedral Church of All Saints (Diocese of Nova Scotia & PEI)

The Feast of Pentecost (Diocese of Moosonee)

https://www.facebook.com/EpiphanySudbury/videos/238046214151829/

Sermon by the Rt. Rev. David Greenwood (Diocese of Athabasca)

Thoughts on Pentecost (Diocese of Calgary)

Reflection on the Gospel for Pentecost
(with Archbishop Greg Kerr-Wilson, Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert’s Land)

 

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Acknowledging the land and God’s creation

This acknowledgement is crafted in light of the Principles of Reconciliation by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, as we seek to live faithfully in Christ and in right relationship with all. 

We give thanks to the Creator for this land, its waters, forests and all living beings, and for the abiding presence of Christ among us. From coast to coast to coast, these have been cared for and nurtured by First Nations, Inuit and Métis through countless generations. 

We honour the enduring relationship Indigenous Peoples have cultivated with these lands and waters, and the treaties and agreements that reflect these sacred bonds. We acknowledge the harms caused by colonial expansion, through frameworks like the Doctrine of Discovery and structures like the residential school system. We recognize our past failures as a Church, including disruption of connections to the land and suppression of Indigenous spiritualities. 

Guided by the gospel of Jesus Christ, we confess our need for healing. We commit ourselves to seeking truth, pursuing reconciliation and nurturing harmony with all creation. We place our trust in Christ, through whom all things are reconciled to God. 

May God strengthen us to live faithfully as stewards of the Earth. Let us walk in love, justice and reconciliation, joining in God’s work to restore all creation.