Worship this Week

Mar 15    The Third Sunday in Lent

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

                                                                                       9:15 am     St. George’s Church, East River

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

                                                                                      4:30 pm      All Saints’ Church, Canaan

       

                                                                                Readings: Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42

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!

Organ and Opera: Concert in Memory of Allen Wayte                               The RCCO Halifax and the Canadian International Organ Competition present a tribute concert on Friday, March 27, 7pm at First Baptist Church Halifax featuring tenor Thomas Leslie and renowned organist Alcee Chriss. Leslie, originally from Halifax, studied with Allen Wayte, and Chriss is widely recognized as one of the leading young organists of today. The concert includes classical, operatic and jazz works by Bach, Art Tatum, Duruflé and Bizet and is one you will not want to miss. Tickets are $20 ($5 for students) and are available through SIMPLYK.

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!

St. Stephen’s Lenten Lunches 2020

HOME MADE SOUP FOLLOWED BY A SPEAKER’S PRESENTATION

WEDNESDAYS AT 11:45 - 1:00 pm

ST. STEPHEN’S TUCK HALL 54 REGENT STREET CHESTER

COST: $8.00

SPEAKERS:

MARCH 11, 2020

KAREN MACKENZIE STEPNER – TEAM CANADA HEALING HANDS

MARCH 18, 2020

 TRUDY JOHNSON   - HOSPICE PROGRAMME FOR THE SOUTH SHORE

MARCH 25, 2020

A Member of the CHESTER Volunteer FIRE DEPARTMENT

APRIL 1, 2020             

PETER CULLEN      ROSS FARM MUSEUM

WORSHIP NEXT WEEK

Lenten Wednesday Service

Wed, 25 March 2020

11:00 am      St. Stephen’s, Chester      Holy Communion

Mar 22    The Fourth Sunday in Lent

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

                                                                                       9:15 am   St. George’s Church, East River

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

    Readings: 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41