Flowers at the Altar today are given to the Glory of God by the Archer family in loving memory of Dad and by Sheila Wood in loving memory of her mother Millicent Porter.
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: Outreach Programs in the Diocese of New Westminster; 127 Society for Housing, Ms. Hilda Gregory, Chair; The Diocesan Refugee Unit, Mr. Robin Wesley, Chair; The Coming Home Society, Linda Adams, President; South Fraser Community Service Society, Jim Bennett, Executive Director; The Street Outreach Initiative, The Reverend Matthew Johnson, and in our companion Diocese of Taiwan, Holy Trinity, Keelung, The Reverend Matthew Lee, Vicar.
Parish Prayers: We remember in prayer, Gladys Symmes, Winona and Lloyd Taverna, Ralph and Marlene Taylor and Kathy Thornton.
Server: Carol Kennedy
Chalice Bearer: Peter Johnson
Greeters: Doug and Veronica Shillitto
Altar Guild: Leah Munro and Olga Setchell
Coffee Hour: Colin and Rachael Wright
Clean Up Team: Barb and Guy Weston
The Church office will be closed tomorrow, Easter Monday.
Peace Portal Lodge Communion Service: Thursday, March 27th, at 1:45 p.m.
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.
A very big “thank you” to all those who helped during our celebration of Holy Week and Easter:
- the altar guild and all those who decorated the church so beautifully
- Ulo Valdma and the choir
- Ferdinand Bredenholler, our trumpeter this morning
- Barb Cederlund, our secretary, for all those bulletins
- our greeters, readers, intercessors, servers, chalice administrators, acolytes, crucifers and coffee hour people
- those who took the Easter sacrament to our shut-ins and who delivered flowers
- those who read the parts in our Passion story
- Joan MacLeod for the extra cleaning
- Marie Andrews (and her team) for counting the collections
- Carol Kennedy and all those involved in the ecumenical Lenten lunches.
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”.
Farewell to Alexis Please join us at
4 p.m. for a
special
service of Evening
Prayer as we give
thanks to God for
Alexis’ ministry here
and ask a blessing
on her future.
A pot-luck supper
will follow.
WORLD EARTH DAY
We are joining with many churches and community organizations across Canada to observe World Earth Day. We ask you to show your support for saving the environment of “this fragile earth, our island home” by switching off your lights for one hour at 8 p.m. on March 29th.
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.
Scripture readings for next Sunday: Acts 2:14a, 22-32, Psalm 16, 1 Peter 1:3-9, John 20:19-31. |
