Welcome to St. Stephen's Anglican Parish Blog

for Sunday, 10 December 2017

 

Life can only be understood backwards;

but it must be lived forwards. 
Soren Kierkegaard

 

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WORSHIP THIS WEEK

ADVENT STUDY AND EVENING PRAYER

5 November 2017

6:30 pm    St. Stephen’s Church

THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

10 December 2017

          

            8:00 am     St. Stephen’s, Chester      

                Holy Communion

        11:00 am    St. Stephen’s, Chester     

                               Advent Lessons and Carols

         4:30 pm    All Saints’, Canaan        

           Holy Eucharist

                                                                                                                              

Readings: Isaiah 40: 1-11;  Psalm 85: 1-2, 8-13;

2 Peter 3: 8-15a;  Mark 1: 1-8

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

NO MUSICAL FRIENDS

 Musical Friends will return

on

Mon, 8 January 2018!

NATIVITY PLAY

Anyone interested in taking part

in our annual nativity play

should contact

Dawn Harwood-Jones at 902-275-5005

as soon as possible. 

PLUM PUDDINGS 

We still have some Plum Puddings! 

$10  small - 14oz pudding

$20  large - 28 oz pudding. 

 Call Joan at 902-275-4585

or

Cindy at the Parish office 902-275-3804. 

Pick up at the Parish Office

Mon-Thurs 9:00-1:00 pm

or if delivery required,

provide a phone number and civic address. 

COUNTRY JAMBOREE 

 Memory Tree Lighting 7:00 pm

on Sat, 9 Dec

in the Red School House, Canaan. 

 For more information,

call Maxine at 902-275-3777

ST. GEORGE’S LOBSTER DINNER & BOTTLE DRIVE

 10:00 – 6:30 on Sun, 10 December

– please drop bottles off

at the Union Hall ONLY on Sun, 10 Dec.

All recyclable bottles  greatly appreciated.   

DINNER from 4:00 - 6:30 pm

on Sunday, 10 December. 

Tickets for lobster must be

pre-ordered by 8 Dec.

To check on ticket availability

on Sunday

call Sheila Hirtle 902-275-5720

(You may not get lobster but the Turkey is

fabulous too!)

Also, there will be a Bake Table and

Memory Tree Angel ornaments ($5.00 each)

can be bought in memory of a loved one

for the Memory Tree service at St. George’s

on Sunday, 17 Dec at 9:15 am

PARISH ADVENT STUDY 

 The third week of study of the

nativity narratives in the Gospels

on Mon, 11 Dec at 6:30 pm

in St. Stephen’s Church with Evening Prayer

(last study on Tues 19 Dec).

ST. STEPHEN’S MEMORY TREE TAGS

Anyone wishing to make a

donation in memory of a loved one,

please contact the Parish Office

with the necessary information

before 13 December

(Forms also available at the back

of the Church)

 

SING CHOIR! ANNUAL CONCERT

7:30 pm on Wed, 20 Dec

at

the Chester United Baptist Church.

 

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WORSHIP NEXT WEEK

ADVENT STUDY AND EVENING PRAYER

** Mon, 11 Dec 2017 **

6:30 pm    St. Stephen’s Church

THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

17 December 2017

          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   

       Holy Eucharist

      4:30 pm   All Saints’, Canaan        

         Evening Prayer  

                                  

Readings: Isaiah 61: 1-4, 8-11;  Psalm 126;

1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24;  John 1: 6-8, 19-28

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