Welcome to St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish Blog for Sunday, 6
September 2015. We wish everyone a very
happy Labour Day weekend and look forward to seeing everyone for our Parish
Family Worship with Reverend Tory Byrne, our Interim Priest-in-Charge, on
Sunday.
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WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY
6 September, 2015
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 a.m. St. Stephen’s, Chester - Holy
Communion
11:00 a.m. St. Stephen’s, Chester -
Parish Family Worship
Readings: Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9,
22-23; Psalm 125, James 2:1-10 (11-13), 14-17;
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 24-37
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
WELCOME - We are very happy to welcome
REVEREND TORY BYRNE to our parish. Reverend Tory is our
Interim Priest-in-Charge and we are delighted to have her with us.
SCANS FALL COURSES - An information and
registration session will take place on Thursday, 10 Sept at 4:00p.m. in Tuck
Hall. The two courses being offered for the Fall session in Chester are
Economists Debate Capitalism Through History (Daphna Levit - 7 weeks) and
Development of the Atlantic Provinces (Alan Wilson - 10 weeks). Membership is
$135 plus HST ($155.25) per year which entitles you to attend any number of
courses in any SCANS Chapter, subject to class size, at no additional cost,
during the Winter, Spring and Fall terms. More information can be found on the
internet at www.theSCANS.ca
BLOOD DONOR CLINIC - to be held by Canadian
Blood Services at the Chester Royal Canadian Legion on Monday, Sept 14 from 1:00
- 3:00 pm and 5:00 - 8:00 pm. New donors are always welcome!
BENEFIT FOR MUSICAL FRIENDS - 7:00 pm in St.
Stephen’s Church. Please come to support this wonderful, free, after school
music program. We are expecting some very special guest artists. SAVE THE DATE
AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS.
MUSICAL FRIENDS - an amazing music program
coordinated by Dawn Harwood-Jones and supported by St. Stephen’s Church takes
place in Tuck Hall every Monday that Chester District School is open (not on
holiday Mondays or storm days) will be starting up again on 21 Sept. Plans are
also being formulated to offer a Choir group for younger students too (5 years
old and up). For the moment, Musical Friends offer the following classes:
VINTAGE VOICES- 1:00 -2:00
pm -This is a new addition to the program. A weekly singalong for
Seniors and anyone who loves music from the 30's to the 60's. (Arrangements are
being made so that seniors with dementia can enjoy this as well)
YOUTH CHOIR - 2:00 - 3:00 pm - members are
picked up from school and brought to the Parish Centre for the weekly
session.
BAND CAMP - 3:00 - 4:00 pm - Middle School
and some advanced Elementary School youths are taught all sorts of light rock
music instruments. Some instruments are available.
TUNEFUL TOTS - 4:00 - 5:00 pm - Music
stimulates growth in the brain connectors in babies and toddlers. Parents,
grandparents and guardians are encouraged to bring their little ones for 40
minutes of live music. Guest musicians (highly talented professionals) take
requests and alternate between nursery rhymes and jazzy music so that the
toddlers can dance or simply run in circles. This was very popular when the
snow was higher than the children last winter.
Please share this information with your friends - this is such
a wonderful resource for everyone.
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THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
BIBLE TALK - Wed, 9 Sept, 10:30 am, in Tyler
Grant Room
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WORSHIP NEXT SUNDAY
13 September, 2015
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 am St. Stephen’s, Chester - Holy
Communion
9:00 am St. George’s, East Chester - Holy
Eucharist
11:00 am St. Stephen’s, Chester - Holy
Eucharist
7:00 pm All Saints’, Canaan -
Evening Prayers
Readings: Proverbs 1: 20-33; Psalm 19;
James 3:1-12;
Mark 8: 27-38
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STEWARDSHIP THOUGHTS
One of the things Jesus seems to be able to do, with a
variety of people, is to take care of them. A faithful steward is one who also
takes care — of others, of self, of the environment, of . . . (you name it).
(Michael Pollesel)
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PARISH TRANSITION PRAYER
O Faithful God, as your people, we cherish our memories
and our history as a sacred gift. We ask you to guide us in our time of
transition. Bless and direct the parochial committee as it carries out the work
of finding a new rector, that through your Holy Spirit they may make wise
decisions on behalf of the parish. Lead all parishioners in Your wisdom, that we
might be receptive to change and growth. Give us Your grace to redirect our
hearts that we may be willing to offer ourselves in joyful service. Do not allow
fear, ignorance or pride to limit the work of your Spirit, nor allow tradition
to prevent the creativity within us from bearing fruit. Open our hearts to the
call of the Gospel. Give us courage and renewed hope, that we may meet the
challenge of being the church of our time. We ask this in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
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