Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: St. Helen, Vancouver, The Reverend Brian Vickers, The Reverend Dr. Pitman Potter; St. Helen, Surrey, The Reverend Michael McGee, and in our companion Diocese of Taiwan, St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei, The Very Reverend M. Tia-Hua Liu, Dean.
Parish Prayers: We remember in prayer, Michael and Yuki Spencer, Rebecca St. Laurent, John and Mabel Stager and Edna Starkey.
Server: Forrest Lisle
Chalice Bearers: Valerie Kennedy and Cynthia Batchelor
Greeters: Pauline Buckley and Susan Cummings
Altar Guild: Mary McDougall, Carol Honey and Audrey Hunter
Coffee Hour: Aline Aubin and Kathy Van Allen
Clean Up Team: Joan Scott and Rita Buchy
Weatherby Pavilion at Peace Arch Hospital: “Prayers at Mid-day” at 2 p.m. this afternoon.
Youth Group tonight at 6 p.m.
A Parish Letter is available for pick up this morning from the back of church. Please take yours and that of your friend or neighbour that you can deliver.
Peninsula Communion Service: Tuesday, March 11th, at 11:00 a.m., joint with St. Mark’s.
Parish Council Meeting: Tuesday, March 11th, at 7:30 p.m.
Interdenominational Lenten Lunches - Thursday, March 13th, hosted here by St. Mark’s Anglican Church. The lunches are every Thursday through the season of Lent from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Please come each week for coffee, tea, soup and a roll and some spiritual nourishment. All are welcome!
In preparation for Palm Sunday, all Altar Guild members and interested parish members are invited to meet in the library next Saturday, March 15th, at 9:00 a.m. for the making of palm crosses. It would be helpful if you would bring a pair of scissors with you. There will be coffee and tea. Please join us, the more the merrier!
Spring cleaning in our garden has started. We could use more help. Plants are being dug up and are looking for a home. Thank you. Jackie Heilbron
Easter treats
The ACW invite all parishioners to join them in a special project to provide Food Bank children with a few Easter treats. Just use a small ziplock bag, enclose small Easter eggs or candies, zip it up and place in a box provided on the ACW table in the library on Palm Sunday, March 16th, and these will be taken to the Food Bank before Easter.
Annual Parish Vestry
A great vote of thanks to all those who made our annual vestry such a positive experience. It was a time of celebration, reflection and community building. And many thanks to all those kind souls who helped with the set-up, provided muffins and scones, served tea and coffee and particularly those who cleaned up. Congratulations to those who were appointed or elected to positions of leadership. We take a moment this morning to ask a blessing on them.
They are:-
Wardens: Dianne Keats, Peter Johnson, Janet Scott
Treasurer: Helen Davison
Parish Council Secretary: Ed Owens
Envelope secretary: Edith Kirkwood
Synod Delegates: Peter Cass, Karin Lisle, Helen McFadden, Michael Spencer
Alternate Synod Delegates: Ed Owens, Richard Keats, Veronica Wright, John Davison
Youth Synod
Delegate: Isaac Hampson-Thorpe
Member at
large of Parish
Council: Kathy Irwin
Easter Memorial Lilies: Persons wishing to donate Memorial Lilies or flowers for the sconces for Easter may either sign their names on the list located in the flower room, or contact the church office Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The last day to order is Sunday March 16th.
VST 2008 Memberships from Mary McDougall, Parish Representative
2008 Memberships to the VST Auxiliary will be available after the 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. services today at $5 each. Monies raised are for student aid and your continued support is very much appreciated.
Purse for Alexis
We want to give Alexis a tangible expression of our appreciation and good wishes, so contributions to her “purse” would be very acceptable. Please give your cheques/cash to Dianne Keats, the Rector’s Warden, clearly marking the former “Alexis’s gift”.
Cathedral Service
On Sunday 20th April, the annual confirmation service will take place at Christ Church Cathedral at 4:00 p.m. Every church is invited to present candidates for:-
CONFIRMATION - traditionally seen as the “completion” of our rite of baptism (or “christening”). The bishop’s hands are laid on your head as a sign of our episcopal fellowship. This sacrament is now usually performed at the age of eighteen or older.
REAFFIRMATION: - people who have been baptized and confirmed, but want to renew their commitment, usually after a period of absence from participation in the church.
RECEPTION: - those people whose rites of initiation were performed in another branch of the episcopal church (e.g. Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, etc.) can be formally “received” into the Anglican communion. Confirmation is the appropriate rite for members of non-episcopal churches (United, Baptist, Presbyterian etc.) who convert to Anglicanism.
If you feel that any of these is something that you would like to pursue, have a word with the Rector. You should also make an effort to attend the study session on Wednesday March 5th, at 7:30 p.m. (or Friday March 7th at 2:00 p.m.) when we shall be looking at expressions of personal commitment.
Badges
Some people seem to have given up wearing their badges for Lent! It is really helpful if we try to help others (especially newcomers) remember who we are. If you have lost your badge or never had one, Barb, our secretary will be happy to order one for you. No charge!
The Altar Guild are requesting donations of greenery and spring flowers to decorate the church for Easter. The Altar Guild members and helpers will be at the church on Saturday March 22nd, to receive your offerings (any time after 9:00 a.m.) Would helpers and Altar Guild members who are available to help with the decorating on the 22nd and for the removal of flowers on Tuesday March 25th, please sign the notices in the flower room. Thank you.
NEXT SUNDAY
We meet at 10:00 a.m. in the library to hear the story of the very first Palm Sunday, receive our palm crosses and walk in procession to church, recalling the joy and excitement of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem.
Scripture readings for next Sunday: Isaiah 50:4-9A, Psalm 31:9-16, Philippians 2:5-11, Matthew 26:14 -27:66
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