Worship This Sunday, Advent 2, December 7,
2014
8am – St. Stephen’s – Holy Communion
11am – St. Stephen’s – Parish Family Worship
THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
MUSICAL FRIENDS - Mon., Dec. 8st, 2 pm, Tuck Hall
ST. STEPHEN’S CHOIR - Tues., Dec. 9th, 7 pm, Tuck Hall
ADVENT DAY OF REFLECTION - Wed., Dec. 10th, 9:45 am, Tuck Hall
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ST. GEORGE’S LOBSTER SUPPER AND CHRISTMAS VARIETY SHOW - will take place
on Sunday, December 14th: supper 4 - 6:30 and the Variety Show from 6:30 - 8:30
pm ($5, tickets at the door). Supper is a 1 lb lobster with salads, roll and
dessert ($15). Also available Turkey Salad Plate ($9) and a Child’s Salad Plate
($4). Supper tickets must be pre-ordered by December 13th. Call Sheila Hurtle,
275-5720; Vicky Young, 275-4219; Eugene and Grace Cook, 857-3585. A Bake Table
will also be featured to help with your Christmas baking!
PARISH PLUM PUDDINGS FOR SALE! - Once again a group of our dedicated
parishioners have prepared fantastic plum puddings. Now we need you to buy some
for yourself and as great holiday gifts. Tell your friends and family too!
Sign the customer sheet in the church or Parish Centre, or call the Parish
Office at 902-275-3804.
HOPE BEAR FROM THE ANGLICAN FOUNDATION - this teddy bear is dressed for
Christmas and will make a perfect gift for a child you love at Christmas. Your
purchase also helps the KIDS HELPING KIDS FUND. This fund provides: palliative
care for children, breakfast programs, after-school homework clubs, and choir
school and summer camp. Help give children a future they deserve with your $20
purchase of the HOPE BEAR. Order at sssorenson@anglicanfoundation.org or call
416-924-9199. The foundation assures us that your orders will be processed
quickly, and that you will receive any bears ordered in good time for
Christmas.
MUSIQUE ROYALE presents “A King’s Christmas: A Feast of Seasonal Song and
Story” on Sat., Dec. 13th, 4 pm, St. John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg.
Features the King’s College Chapel Choir. Tickets are $25 ($20 advance until
Dec. 6th) and$10 students, children under 12 free. Call 902-634-9994 to reserve
or purchase at Lunenburg’s Shop on the Corner to purchase.
DIOCESAN YOUTH AND FAMILY MINISTRY COORDINATOR POSITION - the Diocese of NS
and PEI needs your support to fund this important program with your tax
deductible gift. There are brochures at the back of the Church with more
details on this Anglican Diocese initiative.
Advent Quiet Day & Reflection
featuring: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
9:45a.m. to 2:00p.m.
St. Stephen’s Parish Community Centre
It is very easy to get caught up in all the hustle and bustle
of preparing for Christmas. Advent is a time of preparation and the looking
forward, with hope, towards the coming of our Lord Jesus-Emmanuel-the Prince of
Peace. A day of quiet reflection halfway through the Advent Season is just what
the doctor ordered to help with the rejuvenation and freshening necessary to
keep us focused on the real meaning of Christmas, and to provide energy for all
that baking, shopping, wrapping, and decorating that is so much a part of our
secular world at this time of year.
Take time to share and reflect on what Advent means to you in
the midst of your busy schedule
Let it refresh you
Lunch, coffee, tea, and snacks provided
Special Advent & Christmas Worship & Events
Wed., Dec. 10 - 10 am, Parish Centre
Advent Day of Reflection
Sun., Dec. 14 - 11:00 am, St. Stephen’s
Advent Lessons & Carols
Wed., Dec. 17 - 6:30 pm, St. Stephen’s
Tree of Memories Lighting & Sing Choirs Concert
Sun., Dec. 21 – 11 am, St. Stephen’s
Christmas Crib Service (Children’s Play)
Wed., Dec. 24 CHRISTMAS EVE
All Saints’, Canaan, Christmas Communion, 2 pm
St. Stephen’s, Chester, Christmas Communion, 5 pm
St. George’s, East River, Christmas Communion, 8 pm
Sun., Dec. 28 - 11 am, St. Stephen’s
Christmas Lessons & Carols
WORSHIP NEXT SUNDAY
3rd Sunday of Advent - December 14, 2014
8:00 am, St. Stephen’s, Holy Communion
9:00 am, St. George’s, Holy Eucharist
11:00 am, St. Stephen’s, Holy Eucharist
