Welcome to St. Stephen’s Anglican Blog for
Sunday, 15 May, 2016
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WORSHIP THIS WEEK
Sunday, 15 May 2016
The Day of Pentecost
8:00 am St.
Stephen’s, Chester
Holy Communion
9:15
am St. George’s, East River Holy Eucharist
11:00
am St. Stephen’s, Chester
Holy Eucharist
7:00 pm All
Saints’, Canaan Holy Eucharist
Readings: Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104: 24-34, 35b; Romans
8:14-17,
John 14:8-17,
25-27
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
MUSICAL FRIENDS BENEFIT CONCERT:
7:30 pm on
Monday, 23 May in St. Stephen’s Church.
Come and enjoy a
fabulous evening of musical magic!
The proceeds are for an amazing program. Bring a friend and share the love.
CHESTER MUNICIPAL RELAY FOR LIFE:
will take place on Friday, 17 June from 7:00 pm to 1:00
am
at Chester Area Middle School. Register now to put in a team, be a
volunteer, or
buy a luminary ($5) to honour the memory of a loved one.
All cancer survivors who would like to attend should
also register.
All proceeds go
to the Canadian Cancer Society.
Contact Sheila
Hirtle 902-275-5720 to register or for more
information.
TRINITY SERVICE: On 22 May, we will be celebrating the Creating
Trinity
that gives and sustains life. In the Sunday service on 22 May,
we will bless the gifts of our monetary offerings, bread
and wine
AND seeds and soil.
Parishioners are
invited to bring in some soil (in a container),
seeds, or some seedlings to be
blessed
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THIS WEEK IN THE
PARISH
MUSICAL FRIENDS
- (Vintage Voices, Band, Tuneful Tots)
on
Mon, 16
May, from 1:00 - 4:30 pm
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING: at 7:00 pm,
Mon, 16 May at East River
BIBLE TALK - on Wed, 18 May, from 10:30 - 12:00 pm
in the Tyler Grant Room.
All
Welcome!
CHOIR PRACTICE – on Thurs, 19
May, 7:30 pm in Tuck Hall.
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WORSHIP NEXT WEEK
Sunday, 22 May 2016
Trinity Sunday
8:00 am St.
Stephen’s, Chester
Holy Communion
9:15
am St. George’s, East River Holy Eucharist
11:00
am St. Stephen’s, Chester
Holy Eucharist
Readings: Proverbs 8: 1-4; Psalm 8, Romans 5:
1-5;
John 16:
12-15
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What
is Rogation Sunday?
The
word rogation comes from the Latin word which means ‘to ask’. We ask for a lot of things from God – what
are we asking for on this particular day?
The website of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has a very
good description of what Rogations days mean for us today. In part it says:
‘Stewardship of Creation is an ongoing ministry
in the church. The creation which God
declared good is entrusted to the care of humankind. Exercising that care is one dimension of
daily Christian discipleship. Rogation
days are a way for the church to honour God for the gift of creation and to pray
for the land, the gift of labour, and the needs of all people ..’
These days underscore the dependence of all
people, urban and rural, on the fruitfulness o the earth and human labour.
Many
years ago our ancestors in faith were able to obtain much of their living from
the sea. As they cleared land, they
established gardens and farms to help feed themselves. Today we continue to grow from the same land
that they cleared – we grow gardens and farm for food – but more we are blessed
to be able to grow simply for the beauty of God’s Creation.
On
22 May, at our 11:00 am Sunday service we will celebrate the beauty of all
creation. We will ‘ask for’ God’s
blessing on our labour as we exercise our stewardship on the land and sea. We will ‘ask for’ God’s blessing on the soil
in our gardens and farms, the seeds, and the plants we will grow there to
nourish our bodies and spirits.
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