Notices for Week of 10 September 2023
Notices: Proper 23, 10 September 2023
Good day dear friends,
In the Gospel for this week we hear Jesus teach about the need to seek to reconcile broken relationships. As the gathered community of faith in our School of Love, hearing the Word of God is meant to change and soften our hearts, and soften our eyes toward one another. We are created to love God and to be in right relationship with God.We are created to love one another and to be in right relationship with one another. Being “church” also means a deep commitment to the relentless work of reconciliation.
Love
Father Gerald+
Children’s Church will resume on Sunday, September 10. Please pass the word around.
Sunday Lunch ministry will resume on Sunday, September 10.
On the weekend of September 23 and 24, we will be celebrating the 17th anniversary of the Dedication of the Oratory.Bishop Sam will join us in the liturgy on Sunday the 24th to help us remember and celebrate.Archdeacon Charlene Taylor will join us on Saturday evening, the 23rd, to join in our discerning on how the Spirit is calling us forward as a community of faith in our Diocesan Family.
There will be a free cold plate supper on the 23rd, at 6pm, preceding Archdeacon Charlene’s presentation. Please call or text Marilyn Snow at 683-3743 to confirm your supper reservation.
As part of this weekend, the Mission and Outreach Committee and the Property and Finance Committee will meet on the afternoon of the 23rd from 1 to 4pm.
Our annual Jigs and Reels is being planned for September 30. $25 dollars for eat in or take out. We are also looking for donations to help offset the cost. For tickets or donations please contact Titania at 222-5224 or Roy at 222-4493.
Preaching from the Presider’s Chair: Some have been asking why Father Gerald has been offering the homily from the presider’s chair and sitting down? The flexibility in the design of our oratory allows for various modes of delivery for preaching and teaching. Teaching from the presiders chair is one of those options.
If anyone would like to participate in preparing and sharing meals for the Sunday Lunch Ministry, please contact Bob Bishop at 683-0879.
Wednesday, September 20, we will resume:
Resurrection Yoga at 9:30
Scones and Tea from 10am to 1pm
Group Meditation at 11
Poetry at noon
The Way of Love at 1pm
AA at the Resurrection on Thursday nights at 8pm in the St.George Conference Room, and Sundays on Zoom at 8pm. Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88010097895Meeting ID: 880 1009 7895
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.
“Revive” 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 fall.
The Sunday Liturgy is live streamed 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.
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
Please remember to bring items for the Helping Hand Basket.
Suggested items for the Helping HandPeanut Butter, Jams, Tin Pasta or dry Pasta, Pasta sauce, Tin tomatoes, Can stew, BeansMeatballs & gravy, Sugar, Tin milk, Cheese spread, Can vegetables, Juice, Flakes of Ham, Chicken, or Turkey, Soup’s.Thank you for your continued support.God BlessDeacon Janet.
Our parish pantry is in need of some donations for our hospitality ministry: Flour, soft margarine, margarine in 3lb box, jam, baking powder, baking soda, vinegar 4L.Coffee, regular tetley tea, green tea, decaf tea.
Anyone wanting a home visit, to discuss the life of prayer & spiritual living, or any other pastoral need, please take the initiative and contact Father Gerald.
Deacon Gladys is pastorally responsible for those who are sick and shut in. Please let her know (gladysharvey13@gmail.com 683-2266) if you know of anyone sick or shut in.
Deacon Janet Pardy is pastorally responsible for anyone in the Carbonear Hospital. Please let her know if a parishioner needs a hospital visit (jpardy45@gmail.com, 786-0931).
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.