St Stephen's Parish in Chester, NS: 2019

Tuesday 24 December 2019

Worship This Week

Saturday, 24 December, 2019

Christmas Eve

2:00 pm All Saints’, Canaan Holy Eucharist

4:00 pm St. Stephen’s, Chester Creche Service

7:00 pm St. George’s, East River Holy Eucharist

9:00 pm St. Stephen’s, Chester Holy Communion

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Parish Office: will be closed from 24 Dec 2019 to 2 January, 2020.

Happy Christmas!

Worship next Week

Sunday 29 December First Sunday after Christmas

8:00 am St. Stephen’s, Chester Holy Eucharist

11:00 am St. Stephens, Chester Lessons & Carols

Thursday 19 December 2019

Correction

Dec 22 Fourth Sunday of Advent

8:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

11:00 am St. George’s Church, East River

Readings: Isaiah 44:1-8; Psalm 87; 1 Peter 2:4-10; John 17:6-19

Dec 22 Fourth Sunday of Advent

8:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

9:15 am St. George’s Church, East River

11:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

Readings: Isaiah 44:1-8; Psalm 87; 1 Peter 2:4-10; John 17:6-19

ANNOUNCEMENTS

We Make House Calls + …those with loved ones in hospital or unable to come to church, please call Fr. Ian at 902.275.8627

Food Bank: All contributions are very gratefully received.

Volunteers needed to visit Syrian family (2 parents and three older children). The Alouch family is lonely and needs visitors. If you can spare a couple of hours a week, please call Dawn 902.275.5005. Expect to be fed yummy Syrian treats!

Plum Puddings – still a few left! get’em while they’re hot. A nice traditional Christmas gift too!

Parish Office: will be closed from 24 Dec 2019 to 2 Jan, 2020.

Reminder! Worship will return to Tuck Hall in St. Stephen’s Community Ctr. starting in January!

Worship Next Week

Saturday, 24 December, 2019

Christmas Eve

2:00 pm All Saints’, Canaan Holy Eucharist

4:00 pm St. Stephen’s, Chester Creche Service

7:00 pm St. George’s, East River Holy Eucharist

9:00 pm St. Stephen’s, Chester Holy Communion

Sunday 29 December First Sunday after Christmas

8:00 am St. Stephen’s, Chester Holy Eucharist

11:00 am St. Stephens, Chester Lessons & Carols

Thursday 12 December 2019

Worship this Week

Dec 15 Third Sunday of Advent

8:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

9:15 am St. George’s Church, East River

11:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

4:30 pm All Saints’ Church, Canaan

Readings: Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146: 4-9; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11

ANNOUNCEMENTS

We Make House Calls + …those with loved ones in hospital or unable to come to church, please call Fr. Ian at 902.275.8627

Food Bank: All contributions are very gratefully received.

Sing Choirs! Christmas concert. Wed Dec 18^th 7:30pm Chester United Baptist Church (pay what you can)

Parish Council Meeting Tues. Dec 17^th 7pm

Plum Puddings – still some left! get’em while they’re hot. A nice traditional Christmas gift too!

WORSHIP NEXT WEEK

Dec 22 Fourth Sunday of Advent

8:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

11:00 am St. George’s Church, East River

Readings: Isaiah 44:1-8; Psalm 87; 1 Peter 2:4-10; John 17:6-19

Wednesday 4 December 2019

Worship this Week

Dec 8 Second Sunday of Advent

8:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

9:15 am St. George’s Church, East River

11:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

Readings: Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-7; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12

ANNOUNCEMENTS

A Special Thank You goes out to Diana Hilchie and Jim Corkum, for all the tireless and unsung work they do in the gardens and cemetery!

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We Make House Calls + …those with loved ones in hospital or unable to come to church, please call Fr. Ian at 902.275.8627

Food Bank: All contributions are very gratefully received.

Plum Puddings

300 delicious Plum Puddings were made at St. Stephen’s Church in late November. A number were sold at last weekend's Church Bazaar but 170 remain in the refrigerator - more than can be purchased by our own parishioners. There is a list with phone numbers of more than 250 people who have purchased Plum Puddings from St. Stephen's in previous years. We are looking for volunteers willing to call these individuals to ask if they might want to purchase Plum Puddings again this year. We are also looking for people able to deliver these puddings once sold. If you are able to help, please contact Gretchen at

902-275-4058.

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WORSHIP NEXT WEEK

Dec 15 Third Sunday of Advent

8:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

9:15 am St. George’s Church, East River

11:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

4:30 pm All Saints’ Church, Canaan

Readings: Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146: 4-9; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11

Thursday 28 November 2019

Worship This Week

Dec 1 First Sunday of Advent

8:00 am St. Stephen’s Chester

11:00 am St. Stephen’s Chester

Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols

4:30 pm All Saints , Canaan

Readings: Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122;

Romans13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44

ANNOUNCEMENTS

We Make House Calls + …those with loved ones in hospital or unable to come to church, please call Fr. Ian at 902.275.8627

Food Bank: All contributions are very gratefully received.

Volunteers needed to visit Syrian family (2 parents and three older children).

The Alouch family is lonely and needs visitors.

If you can spare a couple of hours a week, please call Dawn 902.275.5005.

Expect to be fed yummy Syriantreats!

St. George's Lobster Supper & Bottle Drive
Sunday Dec. 8th 4:00pm to 6:30pm
at the East River Union Hall
Appx: 1lb market size lobster, Salads and Dessert $20.00
Turkey Salad Plate: $10.00 ~ Child's Salad Plate $4.00
Dine In- take out - Deliveries(within 10 miles) Supper tickets to be pre ordered by Dec. 7^th

for Tickets call Sheila at 275-5720, Vicky at 275-4219

or at the Hair Salon at #6 Pig Loop Road in Chester 275-5966 Bottle drive 10:00am to 6:30 please drop them at the hall
(all recyclable bottles would be greatly appreciated)
Also Bake table and Country store and selling memory tree angel ornaments ($5.00)

for the memory tree service at St. George's Church Dec.15th

PLUM PUDDINGS: 2019 Plum Puddings available now!

$10 small – 1 lb pudding $20 large – 2 lb pudding. Call Gretchen at 902.275.7646 or Parish office 9-1pm Mon –Thurs.

902.275.3804

Worship Next Week

Dec 8 Second Sunday of Advent

8:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

9:15 am St. George’s Church, East River

11:00 am St. Stephen's Church

Readings: Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-7; Romans 15:4-13;

Matthew 3:11- 12

Thursday 21 November 2019

Worship this Week

24 Nov The Reign of Christ

8:00 am St. Stephen's Chester

9:15 am St. George's East River

11:00 am St. Stephen's Chester

Readings: Jeremiah 23:1-6; Canticle 19; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-44

ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEEDED FOR PLUM PUDDINGS!

We are looking for 2 sets of scales that could be used to weigh each Plum Pudding before it is cooked to ensure each pudding

is exactly the same size as the other. If anyone has a set of scales that is steady and easy to read could we borrow them?

Please contact Gretchen at 902-275-7646 or g.mccurdy50@gmail.com

PLUM PUDDINGS

Plum puddings will be ready by Saturday afternoon.

If you are interested in helping make and/or wrap them, Thursday afternoon, Friday morning and Saturday morning,

please call Gretchen 902-275-7646. Your assistance in selling the puddings would be appreciated -

$10 for the small 1 lb

$20 for the large 2 lb puddings.

St. George's Lobster Supper & Bottle Drive
Sunday Dec. 8th 4:00pm to 6:30pm
at the East River Union Hall
Aprox: 1lb market size lobster, Salads and Dessert $20.00
Turkey Salad Plate: $10.00 ~ Child's Salad Plate $4.00
Dine In- take out - Deliveries ( with in 10 miles)
Supper tickets to be pre ordered by Dec. 7th
for Tickets call Sheila at 275-5720, Vicky at 275-4219 or
at the Hair Salon at #6 Pig Loop Road in Chester 275-5966
Bottle drive 10:00 am to 6:30 please drop them at the hall
(all recyclable bottles would be greatly appreciated)
Also Bake table and Country store
and selling memory tree angel ornaments ($5.00)
for the memory tree service at St. George's Church Dec.15th

We Make House Calls + …those with loved ones in hospital or unable to come to church, please call Fr. Ian at 902.275.8627

Food Bank: All contributions are very gratefully received.

Annual Shoebox Campaign for the Mission to Seafarers 2019 We are asked to fill a shoebox with articles listed below.

These boxes are distributed to foreign sailors who come to our Province’s Halifax Port during December. Many of these men

and women come from warm countries into our cold climate ill prepared and too lightly clothed. The gifts are always so

welcomed and appreciated. 1800 to 2000 boxes are gathered from all over the Diocese. We have participated in this

project for many years and hope to continue. As an alternative, you may join a friend to fill a box or gather some of the

items in a bag which can be added to boxes at the Mission. Suggested items will be listed on boxes.

Volunteers needed to visit Syrian family (2 parents and three older children). The Alouch family is lonely and needs visitors. If you can spare a couple of hours a week, please call Dawn 902.275.5005. Expect to be fed yummy Syrian treats!

St. Stephen’s Hospitality Christmas Bazaar - Sat Nov 30, 2019, 54 Regent St Chester 10:30 -1:30 Lunch at 11:00 -

Variety of soups /rolls, pies, tea coffee $9.00 or $5.00 -10 yrs old - New gently used items; books, crafts, bake table, wreaths.

Worship Next Week

Dec 1 First Sunday of Advent

8:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

11:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

7:00 pm All Saints’ Church, Canaan

Readings: Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44

Wednesday 13 November 2019

Worship this Week

Nov 17 Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost

8:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

9:15 am St. George’s Church, East River

11:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

7:00 pm All Saints’ Church, Canaan

Readings: Isaiah 65:17-25; Psalm 98; Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19

Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19

ANNOUNCEMENTS

We Make House Calls + …those with loved ones in hospital or unable to come to church, please call Fr. Ian at 902.275.8627

Food Bank: All contributions are very gratefully received.

Annual Shoebox Campaign for the Mission to Seafarers 2019 We are asked to fill a shoebox with articles listed below. These boxes are distributed to foreign sailors who come to our Province’s Halifax Port during December. Many of these men and women come from warm countries into our cold climate ill prepared and too lightly clothed. The gifts are always so welcomed and appreciated. 1800 to 2000 boxes are gathered from all over the Diocese. We have participated in this project for many years and hope to continue. As an alternative, you may join a friend to fill a box or gather some of the items in a bag which can be added to boxes at the Mission. Suggested items will be listed on boxes.

St. Stephen’s Hospitality Christmas Bazaar

Sat Nov 30, 2019, 54 Regent St Chester - 10:30 -1:30 Lunch at 11:00 - Variety of soups /rolls, pies, tea coffee $9.00 or $5.00 -10 yrs old - New gently used items; books, crafts, bake table, wreaths.

Musical Friends Benefit Concert - music performed by the Chester Brass Band and the Studio Singers - Sat Nov 23, 2019 @ 7pm - St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Chester- Free Will Offering

Worship next Week

Nov 24 The Reign of Christ

8:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

9:15 am St. George’s Church, East River

11:00 am St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

Readings: Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 46; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43