Weekly Notices

Notices for Week of 30 July 2023

Notices: Proper 17, 30 July 2023

Good day dear friends,

We continue this week with Jesus’ “The Kingdom of Heaven is like…” sayings.  The Kingdom of Heaven is that larger life that we all deeply and intuitively long for. This larger Life, or kingdom life, revealed to us by Jesus, is the life of unitive Love, the Love that connects us, the Love that we are. The Christian life is a “yes” to a lifelong journey of uncovering and discovering this Love within us, within every other person, and within all of creation. 

Love

Father Gerald+

The Sunday Liturgy is live steamed in real time on our Parish YouTube Channel at 11am on Sunday mornings (and can be watched anytime after that on YouTube).  It can also be picked up on our parish Facebook anytime after 12 noon on Sundays. 

For those joining us on-line, we invite you to use this prayer for Spiritual Communion: 

Lord Jesus, I believe that you are truly present in the Holy Sacrament. However, since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, I beseech you to come spiritually into my heart. I unite myself with you, and embrace you with all the affections of my soul. Let me never be separated from you. Let me live and die in your love. Amen. 

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. 

AA at the Resurrection on Thursday nights at 8pm in the St.George Conference Room, and Sundays on Zoom at 8pm. 

Bereavement Support meets at the Resurrection on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 12:30. For more info contact Deacon Gladys Harvey at 683-2266.

Scent Free Environment: Many people now suffer from allergies. Please, when gathering in our House for the Church, refrain from wearing colognes and perfumes.

Please consider the Primate World Relief and Development Fund for donations to relief efforts around the world. https://giving.anglican.ca/worldofgifts

Father Richard Rohr is a contemporary leader in the deepening faith and spiritual practice movement throughout the Christian church. If you would like a little more help and encouragement in deepening your own faith and spiritual practice, in addition to what is available in our parish, go to www.cac.org, and at the top of that page, subscribe to Father Richard’s daily e-mails. I highly recommend it. 

When making an eTransfer to the parish at finance@anglicanresurrection.com, please put in the memo note what the donation is for. 

If you are sick with any flu like symptoms, please stay home. 

“Come and see” (John 1:39). Remember to pray about and encourage your family and friends to share in our community of faith.

The duty to keep Sunday holy, especially by sharing in the Eucharist and by relaxing in a spirit of Christian joy and fraternity, is easily understood. Sunday is a day which is at the very heart of the Christian life. Do not be afraid to give your time to Christ! Time given to Christ is never time lost, but is rather time gained, so that our relationships and indeed our whole life may become more profoundly human.

When making your wills, please remember the Parish of the Resurrection. 

Your Will can be a testament to your faith. Consider leaving a gift to your church. 

Why change a good Will? To include your church.

Bequests to churches provide tax credits to your estate.

The Christian Practice of Daily Prayer

As a Christian, in addition to the priority of the Sunday Liturgy, daily prayer, in some form, really should be part of our spiritual practice. Prayer, which takes many forms, is simply our approach to God. A daily prayer practice is about making room for the Divine in our awareness. A daily prayer practice is about consciously connecting with Christ. A daily prayer practice is about the practice of being in Love. 

A good time for daily prayer is at the beginning of the day, but you can find the time that works best for you. Some components to consider including in our daily prayer:

  • Bible or spiritual reading;
  • A time of noticing what the Spirit may be teaching or inviting from the reading;
  • A time of silence in God’s loving Presence; 
  • Intercessions for those in need and the world. 

There are also resources that we can use to assist our prayer, like the Book of Alternative Services and other types of prayer books, and other prayer resources like Day by Day. A resource that I like to begin my day with is Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations that you can sign up for at cac.org. 

Of course, prayer is not just limited to when we sit with our prayer books and bibles. Prayer is everything that consciously connects us to God. Intentionally being in nature can be a form of prayer. Intentionally being with people you love is a form of prayer. Intentionally serving others is a form of prayer. And the list goes on and on. If our intention is to connect in Love, then it is a form of prayer. 

If you have any questions about your daily prayer life, or would like to be supported in any way, please contact myself or any of the various leaders in the parish.