Welcome
to St. Stephen's Anglican Parish Blog
for
Sunday, 26 November 2017
Love
all, trust a few, do wrong to none
William Shakespeare
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WORSHIP THIS WEEK
THE REIGN OF
JESUS
26 November
2017
8:00 am St. Stephen’s,
Chester
Holy Communion
9:15
am St. George’s, East River
Morning
Prayer
11:00 am St. Stephen’s, Chester
Holy
Eucharist (BCP)
Readings: Ezekiel 34: 11-16; Psalm 100;
Ephesians 1: 15-23; Matthew 25:
31-46
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
WARDEN
UPDATE
Please
consider stepping up –
if
not now then for the election in February.
Contact Fr. Ian or Ian Gillis for info.
PASTORAL CARE COMMITTEE
Meeting on Mon, 27 Nov at 10:00 am
in the Tyler Grant Room.
MUSICAL FRIENDS
Mon, 27 Nov. All Welcome!
Vintage
Voices: 1:00 – 2:00 pm,
Choir – 2:00-3:00 pm;
Band – 3:00
– 4:00 pm;
Tuneful Tots – 4:00-4:30 pm
PLUM
PUDDINGS:
2017 Plum Puddings available
now!
$10 small - 14oz pudding
$20
large - 28 oz pudding
Call Joan at 902-275-4585 or
Cindy
at the Parish office 902-275-3804.
Pick
up at the Parish Office
Mon-Thurs
9:00-1:00 pm or
if
delivery required,
provide
a phone number and
civic
address
or
sign an order form (at back of church).
To
be able to make plum puddings again another year,
we
will need new tins in which to bake them.
Please
save your tins -
14oz
(beans, fruit, vegetables, etc.) and
28oz
(tomatoes) are the sizes needed -
and
drop them at the Parish Office.
Thank
you for your help.
DON’T MISS
ST. STEPHEN’S ANNUAL BAZAAR
10:30 -1:30 Sat, 25 Nov.
All donations should be delivered
to the Parish Centre by
Noon on Thursday, 23 Nov
Lunch starts 11:00 (Soup,
desserts)
Adults
$8 Children under 10 $5.00
Also books, bake table, wreaths,
candy,
Christmas
Nearly New, Crafts, Cookies
and
Plum Puddings.
PARISH
ADVENT STUDY
A
study of the nativity narratives in the Gospels
will
begin on Tues, 28 Nov at 6:30 pm
in
Tuck Hall with
Evening Prayer
(then
Tuesday 5 Dec, Monday 11 Dec
and
Tuesday 19 Dec).
ST.
STEPHEN’S MEMORY TREE SERVICE
Christmas is a wonderful time of year. It’s also a time
when we remember family members who are no longer able
to be part of our gatherings.
A Memory Tree celebration service will take
place on Sunday, 17 Dec at 11:00 am
Parishioners are invited to donate to this project by
completing a form (available at the back of the Church)
and submitting it before 13 Dec 2017.
Memory cards will be made up for
attaching to the tree.
ST.
GEORGE’S LOBSTER DINNER & BOTTLE DRIVE
10:00 – 6:30 on Sun, 10 December
– please drop bottles off at the Union Hall
ONLY on Sun, 10 Dec.
All recyclable bottles greatly appreciated.
Dinner from 4:00 -
6:30 pm on
Sunday, 10 December.
Lobster salad and dessert $18.00.
Turkey
salad plate $9.00
.
Child’s Turkey salad plate $4.00
.
Dine in or Take Out. Delivery (10
miles)
. Tickets must be pre-ordered by 9
Dec
.
For tickets call
Sheila Hirtle 902-275-5720 or
Vicky Young 902-275-4219.
There will be a Bake Table and
Memory Tree Angel ornaments
($5.00 each)
can be bought in memory of a
loved one
for the Memory Tree service at
St. George’s
on Sunday, 17 Dec at 9:15
am
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WORSHIP NEXT WEEK
ADVENT STUDY AND EVENING
PRAYER
28 November 2017
6:30 pm St. Stephen’s Parish Centre
THE FIRST SUNDAY
OF ADVENT
(Food Bank
Sunday)
3 December
2017
8:00 am St. Stephen’s,
Chester
Holy Communion
11:00 am
St. Stephen’s, Chester
Holy Eucharist
4:30 pm All Saints’,
Canaan
Holy
Eucharist
Readings: Isaiah 64: 1-9; Psalm 80: 1-7,
16-18;
1 Corinthians 1: 3-9; Mark 13:
24-37
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