Welcome to St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish E-News

for Sunday, 6 March 2016.

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please contact the Parish Office by return e-mail.

 

Happy Mothering Sunday! 

 

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WORSHIP THIS WEEK

Sunday, 6 March 2016

THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT

(Mothering Sunday)

  8:00 am               St. Stephen’s, Chester                Holy Communion

        11:00 am           St. Stephen’s, Chester              Parish Family Worship

                                                                       

Readings: Joshua 5: 9-12; Psalm 32: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Luke 15: 1-3

 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

SEDER SUPPER:  4:30 – 6:30 pm on Sunday, 20 March in Tuck Hall.

Please call or email Parish Office if you wish to attend this meal. 

If there is interest in the Parish, a suggested donation of $10,

or whatever you can afford, will help to cover costs.

The Seder Meal is a formal family dinner at which the Haggadah,

the story of the Exodus when God delivered the Jewish people

out of slavery in Egypt by passing through the Red Sea. 

The meal is held yearly at the beginning of Passover.

Symbolic foods help to illustrate the story.  The meal is lamb

(with potatoes, veggies, and dessert). 

Four small cups of wine (or grape juice) are consumed

as part of the ritual.

This meal is part of our salvation history,

a meal Jesus celebrated with his disciples.

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SCHEDULE CHANGES:  Please note the following changes in our March schedule:

Sunday, 13 March    4:30 pm    All Saints’, Canaan    Holy Eucharist

Sunday, 26 March    6:00 pm    All Saints’, Canaan    Easter Vigil

FOOD BANK:  Juices and cereals are always welcome.

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‘Invited’ Lenten Series

Tuesday, 8 March from 6:30-8:30 pm.

St. Mark’s, Martin’s Point

Light snack provided.

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THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

MUSICAL FRIENDS  -  (Vintage Voices, Band, Tuneful Tots) on Mon, 7 March, from 1:00 - 4:30 pm

 

BIBLE TALK - on Wed, 9 Mar, from 10:30 - 12:00 pm in the Tyler Grant Room.  All Welcome! 

LENTEN LUNCHEONS:  at 12:00 pm on Wednesday 9 Mar – Speaker: Lina Kadray: Topic: Syrian Culture.  

                                                                               

CHOIR PRACTICE - on Thurs, 10 Mar, 7:30 pm in Tuck Hall.

 

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WORSHIP NEXT WEEK

Sunday, 13 March 2016

THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT

  8:00 am            St. Stephen’s, Chester              Holy Communion

      9:15 am            St.George’s, East River             Holy Eucharist        

          11:00 am           St. Stephen’s, Chester            Parish Family Worship 

4:30 pm            All Saints’, Canaan                    Holy Eucharist 

                                                                     

Readings: Isaiah 43: 16-21; Psalm 126, Philippians 3: 4b-15,

John 12: 1-8

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 Food for Thought

“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love,

a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”

Mother Theresa

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Before you go to bed on Saturday,

12 March ....