ST. PAUL CHURCH (RUNNYMEDE)

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BULLETIN ST. PAUL # 278
Week of August 15 to 21, 2010

Dear sisters and brothers in Christ,

This Sunday, please join us to celebrate
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost &
The Festivity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Join us a as community to worship and proclaim an
inclusive and transforming Gospel.
See you on Sunday @ 10:30 am.
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AUGUST 15th @ 10:30 AM
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
and the Festivity of the
Blessed Virgin Mary.
Presider: Father Maurice
Homilist: Father Maurice
Lay Reader: Elizabeth Quinlan
Sidepeople for August:
Marg Lyons, Kay Karbownik & Harlan Lunn
Hymns: 362, 117, 132 & 188 v.v. 1,2,5,7
Rite: BCP

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

WEDNESDAY SERVICES: Join us for our Wednesday Study & Holy Eucharist this Wednesday, August 18th @ 10 am. We pray for the Diocese of Fredericton, Canada. Liturgical Colour: Green. Readings: Ezekiel 34: 1-11; Psalm 23 & St. John 21: 1- 9, 13. We continues the series of studies on Via Lucis (Way of Light), Station # 10.
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PRAYERS: Please, keep in your prayers:
For those who are sick: Henry Morgan, Bishop Michael Bedford-Jones, Maureen Curtin, Tim Shields, Eleanor Boehm, Arthur Reid, Ileen Dudek, Frank Jennings, Arthur Reid, Glen Garbutt, Margaret Sills, Jack & Eleanor Lynch, Stephen Edwards, Shirley Buckley, Regina Jawrosky, Ron Nicholson & Jeff Willis.
For those who are sick. Additional Requests this month: Betty Morgan and family.
Those who are in need: For the Canadian Forces abroad & people victims of natural disasters in China & Brazil, terrorism or fanaticism.
We pray for those who have died: For all those beloved from our congregation, family members, relatives & friends of St.Paul's: Sapper Brian Collier & Scott Brian.
Our thanksgiving prayer for: For the new life of Nicholas Milburn-Tai and Maggie Lyons-Barton.

Please, let us keep our prayer list updated by checking the book at the entrance of the nave. Thanks.

Visit our web page
www.stpaulsrunnymede.ca
or our blog
http://saintpaul-runnymede.blogspot.com

COMING ACTIVITIES:
AUG 15 Sunday Service @ 10:30 am
AUG 17 Meeting at the Diocese @ 10 am
AUG 18 Wednesday Study & Holy Eucharist @ 10 am
AUG 22 Sunday Service @ 10:30 am
AUG 25 Wednesday Study & Holy Eucharist @ 10 am
AUG 29 Sunday Service @ 10:30 am.
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BIRTHDAYS OF AUGUST: We congratulate all our sisters and brothers on their coming birthdays during July. They are:
AUG 16 Kyle Willis
AUG 19 David McPherson
AUG 29 Sam Kingston
AUG 30 Mitchell Lyons.
God bless all of them in this new year of life.

COMING BAPTISMS:
SEP 19 Marg Lyons-Barton.
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FROM THE ANGLICAN CYCLE OF PRAYER:

This week we pray for:
AUG 15 For the Church of South India
AUG 16 Diocese of Fond du Lac, USA.
AUG 17 Diocese of Forth Worth, USA
AUG 18 Diocese of Fredericton, Canada
AUG 19 Diocese of Freetown, West Africa
AUG 20 Diocese of Gahini, Rwanda
AUG 21 Diocese of Gambia, Gambia.

FROM THE ANGLICAN CALENDAR:
AUG 15 St. Mary the Virgin
AUG 16 Holy Women of the Old Testament
AUG 20 Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1153
AUG 24 Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
AUG 27 Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
AUG 28 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430
AUG 29 The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
AUG 30 Robert McDonald, Priest in the West Arctic, 1913
AUG 31 Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651.
For more information about the calendar of the Church Year, check the BAS (pages 14 to 33).

LAY READER'S CALENDAR:
AUG 15 Elizabeth Quinlan
AUG 22 Harlan Lunn
AUG 29 Brian Beech.
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GARDENING @ ST. PAUL'S: David Borsa is coordinating the gardening team at our parish. Are you interested? Contact David for more information and schedule. Thank you for your interest and good will to improve our parish garden. Remember: "one rule is no mistake in gardening."
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COFFEE HOUR: Help with coffee hour. Please, sign up on the list at the newsboard. Thank you for your time and generousity in sharing a great time as a community parish. Light refreshments only.
AUG 15 Put your name here
AUG 22 Father Maurice
AUG 29 Put your name here.

WEEKLY SMILE: "My reputation grows with every failure" Bernard Shaw.
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WHO IS WHO?: Each month we will have a new person to discover! A few clues and let us guess the person's identity: Loves to ring the bell at church and has fancy and Salvador Dali's moustache. So, who is our person of August? Let us know during the coffee hour.

VISIT OUR BLOG MORE OFTEN: We invite you to visit more often our blog, and click here: http://saintpaul-runnymede.blogspot.com It is very easy to use and to read. It is an option to our web page and it is updated very often. Add this blog into your FAVOURITES in your computer. Let us know how we can improve this new channel of contact and communication. Thanks.
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YEAR AROUND CALENDAR 2010-2011:
2010
SEP 19 Corn Roast at Maggie's Baptism
NOV 07 Remembrance Sunday
DEC 19 Christmas Pageant
DEC 24 Christmas Eve Service
2011
FEB 13 Annual Vestry Meeting
FEB 20 Baden Powell Sunday
FEB 27 Bishop Poole Visit
MAR 09 Ash Wednesday
APR 17-24 Holy Week
MAY 03 Mother's Day
JUN 12 Pentecost Service
JUN 19 Father's Day
DEC 24 Christmas Eve Service
DEC 25 Christmas Pageant.

CENTENNIAL BOOK: Harlan Lunn is leading the project to publish our Centennial Book, that we hope will be ready before Christmas. Colleen Milburn is assisting The Centennial Book Committee, and we welcome and thank her for her good will.

EPILOGUE: Come and join us. Our Eucharist Sunday Service & Sunday School @ 10:30 am.

God bless you

YOUR PARISH
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