Saturday, April 14, 2012

Week of April 15 to 21, 2012


BULLETIN ST. PAUL # 365
Week of April 15 to 21, 2012

SUNDAY, APRIL 15th 2012
Second Sunday of Easter

Presider & Homilist: Father Maurice
Organist: Michael Li. Cantor: Devin Yuke
Lay Reader: Brian Beech
Sunday School Coordinator: Colleen Milburn
Sidepeople for April:
Gordon & Mildren Leighton and Harlan Lunn
Chancel Guild:
Betty Morgan and Mary Novak
Rite: BAS

SUNDAY LEAFLET: Please, take home the Sunday Leaflet. It can help you to review the readings, collect, prayers and parish news, or you can share this leaflet with other parishioners or friends who were not able to attend the Sunday Service. Thank you for your cooperation.

CENTENNIAL BOOK: Our Centennial Book is available. Price $ 35 per book (subsidize price) and signed by the author, Harlan Lunn. Please, plan to buy your copy and one extra copy for birthdays, anniversaries or keep it until Christmas as a gift.


WEDNESDAY SERVICE: Join us for our Study & Holy Eucharist on Wednesday, April 18th @ 10 am, followed by coffee time. Liturgical Colour: White. We pray for the Dicoese of New Westminster, Canada. Readings: Acts 5: 17-26; Psalm 34: 1-8 & St. John 3: 16-21.

COMING ACTIVITIES:
APR 15 Sunday Service & Sunday School @ 10:30 am
APR 17 Meeting with Archdeacon Peter Fenty @ 2 pm
APR 17 Ethnic Ministry Committee @ 5;15 pm
APR 17 Sanctuary North Committee @ 7 pm
APR 18 Wednesday Study & HE @ 10 am
APR 19 Mass in Italian @ 10. St. Mary Magdalene
APR 19 Chancel Guild & Turner and Porter @ 10 am
APR 22 Sunday Service & Sunday School @ 10:30 am
APR 23 Meeting at the National Church House @ 2 pm
APR 24 Wednesday Study & HE @ 10 am
APR 25 Mass in Italian @ 10. St. Mary Magdalene
APR 25 Clericus Meeting @ St. Matthias @ 1 pm
APR Discussion Group from 7:30 to 8:30 pm
APR 29 Sunday Service & Sunday School @ 10:30 am
APR 30 Postulancy Committee @ 10 am.


OUR PARISH PRAYERS:
For those who are travelling:
For those who are sick: Lynda Short, Anne Blok, Kim Sloane, Carol McCarthy, Monique Sikora, George Fennel, Heather Harris, Gary Beech, Baulah and Arthur Reid, Stephanie Martin, Norma McLeod, Lynne Argyle, Maureen Curtin, Bernice Graham, Mimi Rossias, Regina Jarowskjy, Martinique Francois and Beulah Alay.
Those who are in need: For the Canadian Forces abroad.
We pray for those who have died: For all those beloved from our congregation, family members, relatives and friends of St. Paul's. Ulrich Sikore, Hillary Alfeisky, Daniel Zamudio & Bruce Kirkpatrick.
Our thanksgiving prayer for: The new life life Noah Benjamin McPherson.

ANGLICAN COMMUNION CYCLE PRAYERS:
APR 15 Diocese of New Hampshire, USA
APR 16 Diocese of New Jersey, USA
APR 17 Diocese of New York, USA
APR 18 Diocese of Newwark, USA
APR 19 Diocese of New Castle, England
APR 20 Diocese of New Westminster, Canada.

SOCIAL JUSTICE & ADVOCACY PRAYERS:

April 15, Easter 2 – Pray for the Church of the Nativity, Malvern, its afterschool, summer camp and youth programs, Seniors’ Community Lunch, and support for the local Aboriginal community, Malvern Coalition and TAIBU Community Health Centre; and for North House Shelter, Beaverton, and its work to end rural homelessness by providing a supportive, integrated continuum of housing services and supports.
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April 22, Easter 3 – Pray for the Philip Aziz Centre, Toronto, a hospice providing practical, emotional, and spiritual support for adults and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses; and for the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, the national Church’s agency for sustainable development, relief, and global justice, and JustGeneration, its youth advocacy and awareness initiative.
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April 29, Easter 4 – Pray for the Raphael Centre in our companion diocese of Grahamstown, South Africa, itsHIV counselling and testing programs, crafts training for HIV positive women, nursery school, and other pastoral care programs; and for the Church of the Redeemer, Toronto, its weekday meal program for the homeless and marginally housed, its new community ministry for people with HIV/AIDS in collaboration with the Diocese of Toronto, and its fair trade coffee, chocolate and olive oil program.
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FLOWERS AT THE ALTAR:
Please, after you donate flowers to the altar provide your invoice to Shirley Buckley or accumulate for the end of the year for tax purposes. Thanks
APR 15 Easter Lillies by dontation. See below.
APR 22 Put your name here
APR 29 Fr. Maurice x his sister Rosemarie.
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EASTER LILLIES 2012: The flowers decorating the church this Eastertide are given to the glory of God:

In loving memory of family members gone on before
from Brian & Marleen Beech
 
In loving memory of dear husband John from Monica Edwards.

In loving memory of husband Ted and my family members
from Kay Karbownik
 
In loving memory of husband Jack from Marg Lyons.
 
In loving memory of her parents and brother from Betty Morgan.
 
In loving memory of son Scott from Cliff & Barb Noble.

In loving memory of Thomas Peter Sr, Lillian Peters, Thomas Peters Jr., & Margaret Peters Walpole from Alan Peters.
 
In loving memory of Sydney & Connie MacLean
from their daughters Bev Weir & Jean Spencer.
 
In loving memory of Harry & Vera Skingle
from their granddaughters Beverly Weir & Jean Spencer.
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THURSDAY DISCUSSION GROUP: Join us and let us learn and grow together in this journey of faith and spirit. Very inter-active dynamic. We are looking for you!!!!!!
THURSDAY, APRIL 26
THURSDAY, MAY 10
THURSDAY, MAY 24
THURSDAY, JUN 07.


FROM THE ANGLICAN CALENDAR OF SAINTS:
APR 21 Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1109
APR 23 George, Patron of England, Martyr, 4th c. (see above)
APR 24 Martyrs of the XXth century
APR 25 Saint Mark the Evangelist
APR 29 Catherine of Siena, reformer, 1380.

LAY READER'S CALENDAR:
APR 15 Brian Beech
APR 22 Radika Fraser
APR 29 Mark Richardson

COFFEE TIME:
APR 15 Father Maurice & Brian Beech
APR 22 Put your name here
APR 29 Father Maurice

BIRTHDAYS:
APR 15 Gordon Leighton
APR 20 Anne Farrugia
APR 24 Shirley Buckley

ANNIVERARIES:
APR 11 Claudio Soto, Memorial Anniversary

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: Still making your pending decision? There is still time! Please, let us know about your support. You will receive a phone call or letter soon. Thank you for your time and good will to give to your parish.

PROPERTY REPORT: The Property Committee resported that we inherit church furniture, lines and altar clothes, books, dishwasher, a wall pamphlet stand, episcopal throne and many other church stuffs from the recently closed St. Mark & calvary Church.

FOOD BANK: Thank you very much to everyone who is supporting our Food Bank tha we share with those in need. We are asking to focus more into food and supplies for children (diapers). Please, do not bring peanut butter. Thanks.

WEEKLY SMILE: Priceless quotes from Mark Twain" Caoulinflowers is nothing but cabbage with a colled education."

WHO IS WHO?: Each month we will have a person to discover! A few clues and let us guess the person's name: Nice couple with nice children. Always smiling, their twin were baptized in our parish. So, who are the people of April? Let us know during the coffee hour.

NEW MISSION STATEMENT: We are looking for volunteers who want to work in our Mission Statement taking as a base ur current one. Please, if you are interested contact Fr. Maurice or our wardens david Borsa or Brian Beech. Thank you very much.

YEAR AROUND CALENDAR:
MAY 06 Mother's Day
MAY 27 Pentecost Sunday
JUN 10 Garden Society Party
JUN 17 Father's Day
JUN 24 Strawberry Social
JUL 01 Canada Day
JUL 19 Summer Parish BBQ
SEP 08 Evans Street Party
SEP 30 Back to Church Sunday
OCT07 The Blessing of the Animals
OCT 07 Thanksgiving Sunday
NOV 11 Remembrance Sunday
DEC 02 St. Paul's Anniversary # 103
DEC 24 Christmas Eve Service.
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EPILOGUE: Come and join us. Our Sunday Service & Sunday School @ 10:30 am. and our Wednesday Study & Eucharistic Celebration @ 10 am.

See you around. Chanel your gifts and talents with us!

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YOUR PARISH
Email: iglesiastesteban@hotmail.com

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