THE
MONTH OF MAY AT A GLANCE:
Thu. 2nd:
·
7
a.m. Men’s/Women’s Bible Study (Bogani)
·
2
p.m. Women’s Bible Study (Marg Rys’ home – 3404-114 St.)
Fri. 3rd: 3.00 p.m. Corporation Meeting (Bogani)
Sun. 5th (6nd
Sunday of Easter):
·
Holy
Communion at 9.00 and 10.30 a.m. with coffee hour between the services.
·
‘Sundays@4’
Worship Service at 4.00 p.m.
Thurs. 9th:
·
7
a.m. Men’s/Women’s Bible Study (Bogani).
·
11.30
a.m. ‘Lunch Bunch’ at the church.
·
2
p.m. Women’s Bible Study (Marg Rys’ home - 3404-114 St.)
Sun. 12th (Ascension Sunday):
·
Holy
Communion at 9.00 and 10.30 a.m.
·
Mothers’
Day Wiener Roast fundraiser for YC at noon.
·
‘Sundays@4’
Holy Communion 4.00 p.m.
Tue. 14th:
·
11:15
a.m. Holy Communion at St. Joseph’s Hospital.
·
7:00
p.m. Planning & Building Committee (church)
Wed. 15th: Vestry 7.15 p.m. (church).
Thurs. 16th:
·
7
a.m. Men’s/Women’s Bible Study (Bogani).
·
2
p.m. Women’s Bible Study (Marg Rys’ home - 3404-114 St.)
Sun. 19th (Pentecost Sunday):
·
11:00
a.m. Diocese of Edmonton 100th
Anniversary Service at the Winspear Centre (Note: No morning services at
St. Margaret’s on this day)..
·
‘Sundays@4’
Worship Service at 4.00 p.m.
Wed. 22nd: 7.00 p.m. Special Congregational Meeting
regarding the Building Extension project (church).
Thurs. 23rd:
·
7
a.m. Men’s/Women’s Bible Study (Bogani).
·
2
p.m. Women’s Bible Study (Marg Rys’ home - 3404-114 St.)
Sat. 25th:
·
9:00
a.m. – 2.00 p.m. Garage Sale Fundraiser for the Building Extension Project
(church parking lot).
·
3.30
– 5.30 p.m. ‘Spaghetti Church’
Sun. 26th (Trinity Sunday):
·
9.00
a.m. Holy Communion
·
10.30
a.m. Morning Worship
·
4.00
p.m. ‘Sundays@4’ Holy Communion.
Note:
·
Tim
Chesterton’s days off
are every Monday, and two Saturdays per month.
·
Jennifer
ffolliott-Oujla works Tuesday to Friday, 9 a.m. – noon.
ST.
MARGARET’S EVENTS
The
Lunch Bunch meets May 9th 11.30 a.m. This is earlier than usual as we will be having a quest
speaker, Virgina Haase. Virginia will be making a presentation about the
pilgrimage she and Gottfried made to Santiago de Compostella. Please come
and join us to hear about their incredible journey. There is a sign up sheet in
the front foyer or you can contact Julie Holmes at 435-4208 or Elsie McFall at
430-4627 if you would like to attend.
Planning
and Building Committee update.
The Planning and Building Committee has been exploring options to make our
proposed extension project more affordable. We are now in conversation with the
architect about the possibilities of a phased approach (i.e. doing the work in
two or three phases), based around the question ‘What do we have to do as soon as possible?’ We will
be sending out more information as soon as it is available so that we can
discuss this at an extraordinary Congregational Meeting on Wednesday May 22nd at 7.00 p.m. (not 7.30 as
originally announced). Please mark your calendars and plan to
participate in this important meeting.
Sunday
School Teachers Needed.
Currently we have three Sunday School classes, two at the 10.30 service and one
at Sundays@4. The teachers work on a rotation and our goal has always been that
no teacher would need to teach more than once a month. However, we have
recently lost a couple of teachers, and two more will be moving from Edmonton
before the end of the year. This is making heavy demands on those who remain.
We have recently had a couple of new
teachers volunteer and hope to bring them on board very soon. However, we could
still use a couple more to share the load between the three classes. If you can
help, please contact Tim or Jen immediately.
Mothers’
Day Wiener Roast for YC.
Every year we help several young people in our parish attend the YC youth
Conference on Victoria Day weekend. The main fundraiser for this is the
Mothers’ Day BBQ which this year will be after the 10.30 service on May 12th. Hot dogs will be
on sale that day and we hope you’ll participate and help our young people have
another positive YC experience.
Garage
Sale for the Building Extension Fund: Saturday May 25th 9:00 a.m. –
2:00 p.m. at the church
parking lot. We need items for the sale (already priced), and also volunteers
to help out. For more information talk to Melanie Eriksen and Louise Popp.
LOOKING
AHEAD
Spring
Congregational Meeting: Sunday June 2nd at noon. The main agenda items will be a
financial update and the choosing of outreach projects that we will support
through the rental income from our cell phone tower this year.
Our parish will be supplying lunch for the Habitat for Humanity
volunteers at their building site in Rutherford on Friday June 21st, and the lunch will take the form of a
BBQ. Stay tuned for opportunities to help with this event!
Saturday
June 22nd: Parish BBQ at the home of Lorne and Beryl Rice. Time TBA.
Fundraising
Piano Recital with Maria Thompson Corley at the Maclab Centre in Leduc on Thursday June 27th at 7.30 p.m. Maria Thompson Corley is
a superb pianist and this event is not to be missed.
There will also be a silent auction,
and we will be looking for help with donations for this, as well as volunteers.
Tickets are on sale now for $35 each, and all proceeds will go to our building
extension fund.
BEYOND
OUR PARISH
Diocese
of Edmonton 100th Anniversary.
2013-14 will be a year of celebration in
the Diocese of Edmonton as we celebrate 100 years of ministry and mission in
the name of Christ.
The celebrations will kick off on
Pentecost Sunday, May 19th, when Bishop Jane has invited the whole
diocese to come and worship together at the Winspear Centre at 11.00 a.m.
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, will preside
and preach at this service.
Please note:
· By the Bishop’s request there will be no morning services at our
church on May 19th. We will hold Sundays@4 at 4.00 p.m.
· The service at the Winspear will last approximately 90 minutes and will
include a program for preschool children. You
need to register your kids for this service by May 10th. Our office has the registration forms.
· You are advised to arrive early and/or take the LRT as there are other
events at Churchill Square on that day and parking may be an issue.
· Please note that outside food and drink is not allowed in the Winspear
Centre.
· All Communion wafers for the service will be gluten-free.
Please do not bring parish offering envelopes to this service as the
diocese will not be distributing them to the parishes. There will be an
offering which will be split evenly between the Diocese of Edmonton and our
partner Diocese of Buyé in Burundi. If you would like a receipt from the
diocese please put your offering in a plain envelope and include name and
address information.
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