Notices for Week of 19 February 2023
Notices: Proper 7, 19 February 2023
Good day dear friends,
In our Gospel for today Jesus tells us to love our enemy’s. This is not something we can do on our own. It’s only God in us that can love God in every other person, including our enemies. We on our own don’t really know how to love God. It’s Christ in us that recognizes Christ. It’s the Holy Spirit, whose temple we are, that responds to the Holy Spirit. Like recognizes like. Only insofar as we have surrendered to Christ and allowed the Christ in us to come to fullness can we love Christ in every other.
Love
Father Gerald+
Holy Communion every Sunday at 11am.
Today we welcome the Guatemala mission team and pray God’s blessing upon them as they depart to assist others in great need.
Shrove Tuesday, February 21st
Pancake Supper
At The Emmaus Café,
Parish of the Resurrection
South River, NL.
Pancakes with syrup, molasses or butter…
Tea / coffee/ juice
COST:
Non-Perishable Food Item(s) or
Cash Donation to Helping Hand.
Serving 5:00 – 6:30 pm.
( Eat – in only )
Good day folks,
After 17+ years our current electronic piano is having some problems. The parish has purchased the instrument already as music is a vital aspect of our liturgy and one I’m sure you would not want to be without. Starting this Sunday we will be having a campaign to cover the cost of a new electronic piano.
The Campaign is called:
Buy a Key, Share in the Music.
Each key will cost $45.
You can buy more than one key or share the costs of a key with someone.
Payments can be made by cash , cheque or EMT to the parish. If you are using cash or cheque, please ensure you write “keyboard or piano “ on the outside of the envelope. If using EMT, please write “keyboard or piano “ in the comment section (finance@anglicanresurrection.com). This will ensure proper credit to you and to the campaign. And let Valerie know that you have made a donation.
Thank you all for your continued support of this parish
Make a joyful noise,
Valerie
Please let Valerie know if you want your donation to be anonymous.
The Holy Season of Lent begins with the Ash Wednesday Liturgy and the imposition of Ashes at 7pm on Wednesday, February 22.
The Annual Parish Dinner Theatre will take place at the Bay Roberts Lion’s Club on Saturday, February 25. Contact Dean Spicer for tickets at 680-3497.
Annual Reports for 2022 are now due. Send them to Father Gerald as soon as possible.
A note from the recorders: Please use your regular name on contribution envelopes (not nick names).
We are starting a new six week Revive course on “Engaging in Scripture” – How to read and meditate with the Bible, beginning on February 21st. Please keep this important discipling ministry in your prayer.
There will be a joint parish (Bay Roberts/Coley’s Point, Shearstown/Port de Grave, and the Resurrection) Lenten Quiet Day on the 2nd of March, from 10am to 2pm at St.Matthew’s. All are welcome.
If you are sick with any flu like symptoms, please stay home.
When making an eTransfer to the parish at finance@anglicanresurrection.com, please put in the memo note what the donation is for.
A number of our parish leadership are doing the “Revive” program this winter. It is a program that helps equip lay leaders to be spiritual leaders. The participants will learn about themselves and discern their life’s calling; explore their faith journey and enter into a relationship with God; enjoy a sense of community and deepened relationships with peers; gain confidence with prayer, scripture, and spiritual leadership; and discern gifts for their calling to serve God’s world. Please pray for those participating in this program this winter.
Set Sail: Charting the Course for Christ’s Church is the strategic planning process for the Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador. Six strategic goals have been developed for 2024 and 2025 which are being rolled out in 2023. As we work towards these goals together, we will be looking for ways to share the stories of how we are living out the goals. We also want to demonstrate the outcomes from our efforts towards the goals.
To help lay the foundation for measuring our progress, we would like to understand the current views of the people of the Diocese on personal faith and parish life. We will use these views as a baseline against which we will measure the impact of Set Sail. Participation is completely anonymous, and there is no direct link between the responses and people or parishes. No personal information is being collected.
We would love to hear from you and the people around you! The survey can be completed on your smartphone, tablet/iPad, or computer. Please take a few minutes to share your views at https://triware.typeform.com/SetSailBaseline.
The survey will be open until March 7, 2023.
Ministry Schedule:
Breakfast and Bible Study: Sundays at 9:00am.
The Holy Eucharist is celebrated on Sundays at 11am.
Children’s Church: Sunday’s at 11am.
Community Lunch: Sunday’s at noon.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Sundays at 8pm on Zoom.
Men’s Fellowship: Every 2nd Monday at 7:30pm.
Bereavement Support Group, 3rd Tuesday of each month at 12:30pm in the Emmaus Cafe.
Resurrection Yoga: Wednesday’s at 9:30am.
Alternative Spiritual Community (Group Meditation): Wednesdays at 11am.
Scones and Tea: Wednesday’s from 10:30 to 1pm.
The Way of Love: Wednesday’s at 1pm.
Knit Wits: Wednesday’s at 2pm.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Thursdays at 8pm.
Breakfast the 3rd Saturday of each month from 8am to 11am.
Please use eTransfers to finance@anglicanresurrection.com to continue to support our ministry. You can also contact our treasurer Calvin Adams to set up automatic deposit. Or simply mail your offerings to Box 142 South River, A0A 3W0.
When making your wills, please remember the Parish of the Resurrection.