WORSHIP THIS WEEK

Mar 1     The First Sunday in Lent

 8:00 am     St. Stephen’s Church, Chester

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

                                                                                          4:30 pm     All Saints’ Church, Canaan 

                                                                                           Readings: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7; Psalm 32;Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11

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.

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!

PWRDF Project: During the weeks of Lent we will be supporting PWRDF’s Emergency Funds. In 2020 Australia was devastated by fires destroying thousands of homes and burning tracts of land larger than Nova Scotia. A PWRDF box will be located at the back of the church where you can put loose change, small bills and/or your PWRDF envelope.

St. Stephen's Lenten Program - "Signs of Life: Why Church Matters" is an opportunity for participants to engage with elemental aspects of liturgy and scripture: light, water, food, shelter, community. Each session will help participants connect the Sign of Life to their own spirituality, Christian worship, and a spiritual practice. Each weekly session will focus on one of these key elements of our worship and liturgy, and will consist of prayer, watching a short video, reflection, and discussion, and will last about an hour. This program has been written by the Society of St. John the Evangelist (an Anglican monastic order), and is part of the Virginia Theological Seminary's Lifelong Learning Program. Programs will run Tuesdays at 11 a.m., starting on the 3rd of March, and run through the 31st of the month, at Tuck Hall. All are welcome. 

Lenten Wednesday Service

Wed, 4 March 2020

      10:00 am      St. Stephen’s, Chester      Holy Communion

WORSHIP NEXT WEEK

The Second Sunday in Lent

Sunday, 8 March, 2020

       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:  Genesis 12: 1-4a; Psalm 121;

Romans 4: 1-5, 13-17; John 3: 1-17