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Friday, Nov. 25th , Dec 11th , Dec 16th 10:00 a.m.
at St. Marks Church. Exploring the Parables. All are welcome to attend!
Sunday, November 27 7:00 p.m.
Hanging the Greens¡¨ service at St. Marks Church.
Each person is asked to bring an ornament for the
Sharing Christmas Tree. Please mark your ornament
if you wish to have it back after Christmas.
Friday, December 2
St. Marks Christmas House Tour, 1:00-4:00 & 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Purchase a ticket from an ACW member. Refreshments at the church hall.
Sunday December 4th 7pm
Parish of New London will lead an Evening Song and Worship Service at the Lions Club Seniors Home on Walker Drive
Saturday, December 3 4:00-6:15 p.m. at St. Mark¡¦s Church.
Our Parish Messy Church Event celebrates St. Nicholas. All are welcome!
Bring your children, grandchildren, neighbors children. Share the fun of the story, music, crafts, games, worship and eating a meal together.
Help others grow in faith while having fun.
4-4:15 Story and song
4: 30 Activity (craft, cookie bake, outdoor fun)
5:30 Worship together
5:45 Sharing a meal
6:15 Clean up and farewell
Come and enjoy.
RSVP 836-3303. It helps with the planning if we know how many are coming.
Monday, December 5 7:30 p.m.
Ecumenical Festival of Carols at Kensington United Church.
Tuesday, December 13
St. Stephen's Ladies Luncheon will held at 12:00 noon at
Lotus Garden.
All ladies welcome!
Wed Dec 14th 10:30 am Parish of New London leads worship at Clinton View Lodge. Come along and say hello to our seniors. They seeing you and singing together.
Sun Dec 18th 6pm Parish Sunday School Christmas Concert.
Thurs Dec 22nd 9:45 Parish of New London leads worship at Summerset Manor and Wedgewood Lodge. All are welcome to come and share in the spirit of the season.
Christmas Eve Dec 24th 5pm St Stephens, 7pm St Thomas, 9pm St Marks
Christmas Day Dec 25th 10 am St Elizabeths
January 1st 10am Combined Parish Worship Service led by the Youth at St Marks
St. Marks Fundraiser FUNDSCRIP
Looking for a gift idea? Fundscrip gift cards are available.
Last date to order is December 12.
Christmas is rolling around quickly & once again it is nice to think of those less fortunate than ourselves. We can help with gifts for Hillsborough &/or White Gift & make a difference in someone¡¦s Christmas. Items needed are: unscented toiletries, notebooks
& pens, slippers, socks, underwear--all sizes (men¡¦s & women¡¦s), Christmas items, pyjamas, clothing, wallets, & please remember---all new items--nothing used. Also Tim Horton¡¦s gift cards ($5).
Items will be picked up at your church on Sunday, December 4.
Thanks to all for contributing to this great cause!
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A Fundraiser is planned in the New Year for the Mikinduri Children of Hope PEI. We are holding a Tea at St. Thomas' Anglican Church Hall on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 (storm date Sunday). There will be
a setting at 11:30 a.m., followed by a setting at 1:00 pm. Take-outs
will be available. Tickets can be purchased for $10;
Just a reminder:
Food Bank Sunday is the first Sunday of every month.
Please donate a non-perishable food item.
Tues. Oct. 11 1:30 pm St. Stephen’s ACW meets at the home of Jessie Cole. All ladies are welcome.
Wed. Oct. 12 1:30 pm St. Mark’s ACW meets at the Hall.
All ladies are welcome.
Wed. Oct. 12 7 pm Youth Group (Grades 7-12)
at St. Mark’s, games night. Please pass the word along.
Fri. Oct. 14 Coffee and Conversation Come along to
St. Mark’s. Perhaps we’ll decide on a Bible Study,
a discussion topic. Let’s take an hour together
to focus on our church, our lives, our faith.
Fri. Oct. 14- 15 Annual Women’s Gathering,
sponsored by the ACW, at Kindred Spirits in Cavendish.
Contact Rev’d Cathy for more information.
Sat. Oct. 15 10 am – 4 pm Primates World Relief and Development Gathering at St Paul’s in Charlottetown.
All are warmly invited to attend.
Come and hear about how your donated dollars are spent.
Listen as people describe the work they are involved in.
Call Chris Pharo for more information.
Sat. Oct. 15 7 pm An Evening of Gospel Music with Kendall Docherty in aid of Primate World Relief and Development Fund. St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown.
Come and enjoy. Tickets are $10.00.
Sun. Oct. 16 Zaida Bastos, who works on our behalf with the Primates World Relief and Development Agency, will speak
at St. Mark’s and St. Stephen’s about her international experiences. Many ACW members will remember Zaida from an Annual Meeting held in 2005 at St. Thomas, where she spoke on AIDS in Africa.
Thurs. Oct. 20 9:45 Summerset Manor 10:30 Wedgewood Manor. New London Parish is invited to lead worship.
Please join us.
Sat. Oct. 22 4 pm-6:30 pm Bring a pumpkin and come join us for Messy Church. Bring your children, grandchildren, neighbours, neighbours’ children. Enjoy songs and stories
of faith, activities, and a meal together.
Sat. Oct. 22 6 pm St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown. Newfoundland Scoff (Jiggs Dinner, pease puddin’ figgy duff)
Sun. Oct. 23
ACW Sunday. ACW members will be leading worship.
St Thomas hosts Pour for the Cure – a Breast cancer Awareness day with information and pink lemonade and pink cookies/cupcakes. Bring your spare change – make a donation and have a cup of tea. All are invited to wear pink on that day.
Sun. Oct. 23 7:30 pm Kensington United Church.
UCW Fall Thankoffering Service.
DIOCESAN YOUTH CONFERENCE: Are you in Grade 7-12? Do you want a chance to hang out with Anglican (and other) youth from Nova Scotia, PEI and New Brunswick? Do you want to experience meaningful Worship? Plan to attend DYC at Canoe Cove Christian Camp Friday November 11-13.
There will be good food, great conversations, and a chance to learn about Living Justice from the Primates World Relief and Development Confirmation Program. Contact Rev'd Cathy for more information 836 3303.
Our Christmas concert is booked for Sunday, December 18. It will be a combined effort of all three Sunday Schools.
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
We are fast approaching the celebration of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a time to notice, pay attention, take stock, and focus on each and every thing we are grateful for. Above all, it is a time set apart to express thanks to God. We have been blessed. Thanksgiving is a time to be a blessing to others.
This year I want to let you know how grateful I am for the Church, or as Primate Fred Hiltz says, “our beloved church.”
Our beloved church is not only the people – but a place where people gather. We gather week by week to continue to strengthen our faith, to keep on learning more about God, to expand our understanding of how to live the kind of life that is promised. It is a place where a people gather recognizing that even though we falter, stumble, make mistakes and fall short of the mark - even so - we gather to ask God’s forgiveness and God’s wisdom to teach us how to forgive as we have been forgiven. This place where forgiveness, healing, wholeness of life is not just something we sing – but something we aspire to. Something we pray for. We gather wanting our lives to be changed, shaped and transformed by God’s spirit. Church is the place which helps us gain strength for the journey. It is a place where we indulge in hope – hope that in the midst of present circumstances, God will work in us, and through us, and with us, to make a difference for good in the world God loves.
If the church has made a difference for good in your life, give thanks and share your good news story with others.
If you have been hurt by the church, we are sorry. This side of eternity, not one of us is perfect. Please give us another chance.
If you are looking for a place to connect with others, grow in your faith, put your talents to work and an opportunity to ask challenging questions about God and life, – the church has a place for you.
Every blessing to you and yours,
Reverend Cathy Pharo
Worship Services for October 9th
9 am St Elizabeth’s
11 am St Mark’s
9 am St Thomas
11 am St Stephen’s
Another day and another experience of a frenetic mind that wants to respond to the hearts desire of sharing the good news of God’s abiding, abundant, all-encompassing love. So many thoughts – too many ideas!
Connect with youth. Invite to upcoming events. Visit the hospital. Share a prayer. Make a phone call. Send a note of thanks. Drop in on the lonely. Prepare a sermon that inspires and provokes. Finalize fall schedule. Plant the seed. Nurture new leadership. Pave the way. Call this one, write that one, visit, encourage, grapple, challenge, resist, rebuke. Sigh! But before all this – read, rest, reflect, pray!
From Celtic Daily Prayer:
All that I am Lord – I place into Your hands
All that I do Lord, - I place into Your hands
Everything I work for – I place into Your hands
Everything I hope for – I place into Your hands
Each that I pray for – I place into Your hands
Each that I care for – I place into Your hands
The church that I love – I place into Your hands
The people that I serve – I place into Your hands
The troubles that weary me – I place into Your hands
The thoughts that disturb me – I place into Your hands
Show me what blessing it is that I have work to do
And sometimes, and most of all when the day is overcast and my courage faints
Let me hear Your voice saying, “Be still and know that I am God.”
From Celtic Daily Prayer:
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