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Welcome to St. Stephen's Anglican Parish Blog
for Sunday, 26 November 2017
 
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none
William Shakespeare
 
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WORSHIP THIS WEEK

THE REIGN OF JESUS
26 November 2017
          
            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    (BCP)      
                                                                                                                              
Readings: Ezekiel 34: 11-16;  Psalm 100;
Ephesians 1: 15-23;  Matthew 25: 31-46

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

WARDEN UPDATE
Please consider stepping up –
if not now then for the election in February.
Contact Fr. Ian or Ian Gillis for  info.

PASTORAL CARE COMMITTEE
Meeting on Mon, 27 Nov at 10:00 am
in the Tyler Grant Room.

MUSICAL FRIENDS
Mon, 27 Nov.   All Welcome!
Vintage Voices: 1:00 – 2:00 pm,    
Choir – 2:00-3:00 pm; 
Band – 3:00 – 4:00 pm;    
Tuneful Tots – 4:00-4:30 pm

PLUM PUDDINGS: 
2017 Plum Puddings available now! 
$10  small - 14oz pudding
  $20  large - 28 oz pudding
  Call Joan at 902-275-4585 or
Cindy at the Parish office 902-275-3804. 
Pick up at the Parish Office
Mon-Thurs 9:00-1:00 pm or
if delivery required,
provide a phone number and
civic address
or sign an order form (at back of church). 
 
To be able to make plum puddings again another year,
we will need new tins in which to bake them. 
Please save your tins -
14oz (beans, fruit, vegetables, etc.) and
28oz (tomatoes) are the sizes needed -
and drop them at the Parish Office. 
Thank you for your help.

DON’T MISS
ST. STEPHEN’S ANNUAL BAZAAR
10:30 -1:30 Sat, 25 Nov.
All donations should be delivered
to the Parish Centre by
Noon on Thursday, 23 Nov

Lunch starts 11:00 (Soup, desserts)
Adults $8 Children under 10 $5.00 
Also books, bake table, wreaths, candy,
Christmas Nearly New, Crafts, Cookies
and Plum Puddings.

PARISH ADVENT STUDY
 A study of the nativity narratives in the Gospels
will begin on Tues, 28 Nov at 6:30 pm
in Tuck Hall with Evening Prayer
(then Tuesday 5 Dec, Monday 11 Dec
and Tuesday 19 Dec). 

ST. STEPHEN’S MEMORY TREE SERVICE
Christmas is a wonderful time of year.  It’s also a time
when we remember family members who are no longer able
to be part of our gatherings.
A Memory Tree celebration service will take
place on Sunday, 17 Dec at 11:00 am
Parishioners are invited to donate to this project by
completing a form (available at the back of the Church)
and submitting it before 13 Dec 2017.
Memory cards will be made up for
attaching to the tree.

 ST. GEORGE’S LOBSTER DINNER & BOTTLE DRIVE
 10:00 – 6:30 on Sun, 10 December
– please drop bottles off at the Union Hall ONLY on Sun, 10 Dec.
All recyclable bottles  greatly appreciated.   
Dinner from 4:00 - 6:30 pm on
Sunday, 10 December.
  Lobster salad and dessert $18.00. 
Turkey salad plate $9.00
.  Child’s Turkey salad plate $4.00
.  Dine in or Take Out.  Delivery (10 miles)
Tickets must be pre-ordered by 9 Dec
.   For tickets call
Sheila Hirtle 902-275-5720  or
Vicky Young 902-275-4219. 

There will be a Bake Table and
Memory Tree Angel ornaments ($5.00 each)
can be bought in memory of a loved one
for the Memory Tree service at St. George’s
on Sunday, 17 Dec at 9:15 am

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WORSHIP NEXT WEEK

ADVENT STUDY AND EVENING PRAYER
28 November 2017
6:30 pm    St. Stephen’s Parish Centre

THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
(Food Bank Sunday)
3 December 2017
          
            8:00 am     St. Stephen’s, Chester      
                Holy Communion
        11:00 am    St. Stephen’s, Chester     
              Holy Eucharist 
         4:30 pm    All Saints’, Canaan        
           Holy Eucharist
                                                                                                                              
Readings: Isaiah 64: 1-9;  Psalm 80: 1-7, 16-18;
1 Corinthians 1: 3-9;  Mark 13: 24-37

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