Welcome to St. Stephen’s Anglican
Parish Blog
for Sunday, 30 April
2017
Faith is the bird that sings
when dawn is still
dark.
Rabindranath
Tagore
Grab a coffee! There’s lots of
information
to share this week.
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WORSHIP THIS
WEEK
The Second Sunday of
Easter,
30 April
2017
8:00 am St. Stephen’s, Chester Holy Eucharist
11:00 am All Saints’, Canaan Parish Family
Service
Readings:
Acts 2: 14a, 36-41; Psalm 11: 1-3, 10-17, 1 Peter 1:
17-23;
Luke 24:
13-35
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THIS WEEK IN
THE PARISH
Bible Talk
Wed, 3 May
Tyler Grant
Room, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
MUSICAL
FRIENDS BENEFIT
Monday, 1 May at 7:00 pm.
Don’t miss a great show.
Your support for
this program is so important.
Bring your
friends!
GOSPEL
CONCERT
on Sunday, 7 May, 1:00 pm
at the Little Red School, Canaan.
Admission $6:00.
Bake table and canteen on site.
Proceeds to the
three local churches.
MUSICAL
FRIENDS
Year end kids’ party
will take place on Monday, 8 May.
SAVING THE ORGAN
A mini-conference on the role and
value of the organ
in the 21st Century will take
place at First Baptist Church,
1300 Oxford Street in Halifax on
Friday evening May 12
from 7:00 to 9:30 pm
and on Saturday from 9:00 am to
4:30 pm.
The keynote speaker is Dr Robert
Summerby-Murray,
President of St Mary's University
and an organist.
Other speakers include James
Bailey, Past President of the RCCO,
and an architect and organist;
Andrew Forrest, Artistic Director
of Letourneau;
and James Chubb, organ consultant
and organist.
With the decline in both the use
of the organ and church attendance,
it is timely to bring together
musicians, builders, technicians,
composers, teachers, clergy, and
anyone with an interest in
or financial responsibility for
the organ
to discuss the issues and to
begin to establish
a new framework for success in
the future.
For further details and to
register please go to
our website at www.savetheorgan.ca.
The registration fee is $35
and includes all workshops,
lunch on Saturday, and
handouts.
Let's get together on May
12-13, 2017!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT
SHOREHAM VILLAGE
for drumming, art therapy,
bowling and curling,
Red Hatters, bus drives,
bingo, socials, meal groups,
music on the wings and friendly visits.
For more
information call Linda Bell at 902-275-5631.
MOTHER’S DAY
(Food Bank Sunday)
on
Sunday, 14 May the Men’s Choir
will join us for Mother’s Day.
We look forward to
this every year.
To make the event
even more special,
please bring a donation of food
for
the Food Bank
(canned fruit and breakfast cereal would be greatly
appreciated).
Let’s try and fill
our basket again.
ST. STEPHEN’S
PARISH RELAY FOR LIFE TEAM
we would love
to enter a team is year’s Relay for Life event.
Anyone interested in participating with our
Team,
please call or
e-mail the Parish Office.
More information about this in next week’s
bulletin.
RELAY FOR LIFE
Chester Municipal Canadian Cancer Society’s
Annual Relay for Life will take place
on Friday, 16 June from 7:00 pm to 1:00 am
at Chester Area Middle School.
Register now to
enter a team
(Registration is $15.00 per team member).
Be a
volunteer,
or buy a luminary ($5.00)
in honour or in memory of a
loved one.
All cancer survivors who would like
to attend are invited to
register.
To register, or for more information,
please call
Sheila Hirtle (275-5720),
Lynn Hatt (275-3263)
or
relayforlife.ca
Come walk with us. Cancer changes everything.
So can you!
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WORSHIP NEXT
WEEK
The Second Sunday of
Easter,
7 May
2017
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: Acts 2: 423-47; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:
19-25;
John
10: 1-10
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