Wednesday 26 April 2017

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Welcome to St. Stephen’s Anglican Parish Blog
for Sunday, 30 April 2017
 
Faith is the bird that sings
when dawn is still dark.
Rabindranath Tagore
 
Grab a coffee!  There’s lots of information
to share this week.
 
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WORSHIP THIS WEEK

The Second Sunday of Easter,
30 April 2017

         8:00 am      St. Stephen’s, Chester       Holy Eucharist          
       11:00 am      All Saints’, Canaan           Parish Family Service

Readings: Acts 2: 14a, 36-41; Psalm 11: 1-3, 10-17, 1 Peter 1: 17-23;
Luke 24: 13-35 
 
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THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

Bible Talk
   Wed, 3 May 
 Tyler Grant Room, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

MUSICAL FRIENDS BENEFIT
Monday, 1 May at 7:00 pm.
Don’t miss a great show. 
Your support for this program is so important. 
Bring your friends!

GOSPEL CONCERT
on Sunday, 7 May, 1:00 pm
at the Little Red School, Canaan. 
Admission $6:00.
Bake table and canteen on site. 
Proceeds to the three local churches.

MUSICAL FRIENDS
Year end kids’ party
will take place on Monday, 8 May.

SAVING THE ORGAN
A mini-conference on the role and value of the organ
in the 21st Century will take place at First Baptist Church,
1300 Oxford Street in Halifax on
Friday evening May 12  from 7:00 to 9:30 pm 
and on Saturday from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.  
The keynote speaker is Dr Robert Summerby-Murray,
President of St Mary's University and an organist.  
Other speakers include James Bailey, Past President of the RCCO,
and an architect and organist;
Andrew Forrest, Artistic Director of Letourneau;
and James Chubb, organ consultant and organist.  
With the decline in both the use of the organ and church attendance,
it is timely to bring together musicians, builders, technicians,
composers, teachers, clergy, and anyone with an interest in
or financial responsibility for the organ
to discuss the issues and to begin to establish
a new framework for success in the future.
For further details and to register please go to
our website at www.savetheorgan.ca
The registration fee is $35 and includes all workshops,
lunch on Saturday, and handouts.
Let's get together on May 12-13, 2017!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT SHOREHAM VILLAGE
for drumming, art therapy, bowling and curling,
Red Hatters, bus drives, bingo, socials, meal groups,
music on the wings and friendly visits. 
For more information call Linda Bell at 902-275-5631.

MOTHER’S DAY
(Food Bank Sunday) 
on Sunday, 14 May the Men’s Choir
will join us for Mother’s Day. 
We look forward to this every year. 
To make the event even more special,
please bring a donation of food
for the Food Bank
(canned fruit and breakfast cereal would be greatly appreciated). 
Let’s try and fill our basket again.

ST. STEPHEN’S PARISH RELAY FOR LIFE TEAM
we would love to enter a team is year’s Relay for Life event.  
Anyone interested in participating with our Team,
please call or e-mail the Parish Office. 
More information about this in next week’s bulletin.

RELAY FOR LIFE
Chester Municipal Canadian Cancer Society’s
Annual Relay for Life will take place
on Friday, 16 June from 7:00 pm to 1:00 am
at Chester Area Middle School. 
Register now to enter a team
(Registration is $15.00 per team member). 
Be a volunteer, or buy a luminary ($5.00)
in honour or in memory of a loved one. 
All cancer survivors who would like
to attend are invited to register. 
To register, or for more information, please call
Sheila Hirtle (275-5720),
Lynn Hatt (275-3263) or relayforlife.ca 
Come walk with us.  Cancer changes everything. 
So can you!

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WORSHIP NEXT WEEK

The Second Sunday of Easter,
7 May 2017
             8:00 am      St. Stephen’s, Chester       Holy Communion
            11:00 am      St. Stephen’s, Chester       Holy Eucharist    
             7:00 pm      All Saints’, Canaan            Holy Eucharist   

    Readings: Acts 2: 423-47; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2: 19-25;
   John 10: 1-10

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