Welcome to St. Stephen’s Anglican
Parish Blog
for Sunday, 28 October
2018
The Twenty-Third Sunday after
Pentecost
The only thing worse than being
blind
is
having sight, but no vision
Helen Keller
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WORSHIP
THIS WEEK
Sunday,
28 October 2018
TWENTY-THIRD
SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST
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
Readings:
Job
42:1-6: Psalm 34:1-8;
Hebrews
7: 23-28; Mark 10: 46-52
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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ACOUSTIC TILES
have now
been installed in Tuck Hall
to
improve the sound quality in the space.
We are fundraising to help
pay for this investment
in our
facility. Tiles cost $250
each.
They can
be purchased in
support of the project
or in
memory of a loved one
(Think
about getting a group of friends or family
together
to purchase one for someone special.)
Payments
can be made or sent to the Parish Office.
Tax
receipts available for these donations.
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MUSICAL FRIENDS
Mon, 22 Oct 2018.
Vintage
Voices 1:00 pm;
Musical Friends Choir 2:00 pm;
Musical Friends Band 3:00 pm;
Tuneful Tots 4:00 pm.
All Welcome!
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FOOD
BANK
All contributions are always
gratefully
received.
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ITALIAN
NIGHT FUNDRAISER
AND
MUSICAL
FRIENDS BENEFIT CONCERT
Both
events last weekend were
HUGE successes!
Thanks to everyone who
participated.
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VITAL
CHURCH CONFERENCE
to
be held from 8-10 Nov 2018
at
the Truro Holiday Inn.
Register before 1 Nov,
2018
at
nspeidiocese.ca
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PLUM PUDDINGS 2018
Please
save some time on 16 – 18 Nov
for
Plum Pudding Assembly.
We need help for:
Thursday
pm
pre-measure
ingredients and set up for production.
Friday
prepare tins, mix batter cook puddings in private homes,
transport
puddings and clean up.
Saturday
remove
puddings from tins, wrap puddings,
curl
ribbons, store and clean up.
There is a job for
everyone, young and old,
men
and women.
Your
help is crucial to the success of this project.
or 902-275-4058 if
you can help.
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ST.
STEPHEN’S ANNUAL BAZAAR
While
doing your Fall cleaning,
please
set aside books and gently used Christmas items.
There
will be a Bake Table (always a favourite) and
we
would love to include hand crafted items
on
the crafts table too.
The
Annual Bazaar hosted by St. Stephen’s
Hospitality
Committee will take place
on
Saturday, 24 November.
More info coming soon!
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WORSHIP
NEXT WEEK
Sunday,
4 November 2018
ALL
SAINTS’ DAY
8:00
am St. Stephen’s, Chester
Holy Communion
11:00 am St. Stephen’s, Chester
Holy
Eucharist
7:00 pm
All Saints’, Canaan
Holy Eucharist
Readings:
Revelation
21: 1-6a: Psalm 24: 1-6;
Colossians
1: 9-14; John 11: 32-44
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