Welcome To
St. John's Anglican Church in Ancaster
Sunday Worship
8:00 am ~ Holy Eucharist. Said-service from the Book of Common Prayer.
10:00 am ~ Holy Eucharist. Liturgy from the Book of Alternative Services and the Anglican world. Choir, Sunday School, and Nursery (available from September through June.)
Coffee Hours after both services.​Thursday Worship
10:00 am ~ Holy Eucharist. Said-service from the Book of Common Prayer. ​
Our Church Office Hours
Monday to Friday 9 am to 4 pm
Closed for Lunch 1 pm to 1:30 pm​
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Help us TACKLE hunger, restock the shelves at St. Matt’s, and beat our last year’s giving totals of 1670 lbs of soup cans and $486.00 cash donated.
Starting immediately and running up to February 8, please donate your cans of soup.
Tables are provided in the foyer and at the front of the church for your soup cans! If you would prefer others to shop for you, please contact Bob Patterson, rpatterson52@hotmail.com/905-648-6976 he will accept your monetary donations, and he can purchase by the case.
Also on February 8, after the 10 am worship, our SJAG/Outreach Group are hosting a Soup Lunch. Freewill offering is requested to help cover the costs.
Plan to join us on Shrove Tuesday, February 17 for a Pancake Supper!
Supper from 5 pm to 7 pm
Cost: Adult- $15.00
Child (age 10 & under)- $10
Family (parents & school age children)- $45
payable on the day.
Contact the office at 905-648-2353 / admin@ancasteranglican.org to register.
Walk-ins are welcome!
Please join us on Wednesday, February 18, at 7 pm for the Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes marking the beginning of Lent. Please bring your blessed palms from Palm Sunday last year into the church (baskets are available at both entrances) by Shrove Tuesday, February 17, when they will be burned at 6:30 pm in preparation for our liturgy on Ash Wednesday.
St. John's 2026
Lent Book and Bible Study
For at least a century, at special three-hour services on Good Friday, it has been the custom in many churches to reflect on the Seven Last Words of Jesus from the Cross. In this tradition, the Reverend Fleming Rutledge presents here seven eloquent meditations on these final sayings of Jesus.
Rutledge links the sayings from the cross with contemporary events and concerns,
but also incorporates recent biblical scholarship and modern questions about the death of Christ, particularly in light of Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ. Rutledge shows how each word or saying from the Cross affords an opportunity for readers to gain a deeper understanding of the horrific death suffered by Jesus.
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Intending for this book to lead readers into a genuine devotional experience, Rutledge has made every effort to evoke and preserve the contemplative atmosphere of the three-hour Good Friday memorial. The book includes frequent references to hymns associated with this special day, and each meditation ends with an appropriate hymn text for personal prayer and reflection.
Join us at St. John’s for our Lent Book and Bible Study on Jesus’s final words from the cross, guided by the reflections of a renowned Episcopal/Anglican priest and New Testament scholar, the Reverend Fleming Rutledge.
Co-facilitated by Dr. Jonathan Juilfs (Redeemer University & St. John’s Church) and the Reverend Canon Joseph Asselin (Rector of St. John’s), we will meet for four sessions, with each evening ending with Compline (night prayers) in the church.
When: Wednesdays; February 25, March 4, March 11, (skipping March 18) and March 25.
Time: 7 pm in the Gathering Space at St. John’s ending with Compline at 8:15 pm.
Cost: $30 (payable at the first session) for the books, which will be available soon.
Please note that the books, when available, are only for participants (unless we have some left over once we begin).
R.S.V.P. ~ rector@ancasteranglican.org, 905-648-2353.