The Bulletin

Every Week

Prayer Support Group — supports parish and parishioners in prayer. Confidential. Barb Mann.

Before you pray, seek the face of the Lord and find out what he wants you to pray about. —Anon.

This Week

Today — Fellowship Hour — Wrixon Hall following the 10:30 a.m. service.

Wednesday, February 22 — Ash Wednesday — Services of Imposition of Ashes at 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. marking the beginning of the season of Lent.

Friday, February 24 — Parish Nurse — Office Hours 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Susan Rodgers.

Saturday, February 25 — Lenten Women’s Retreat Day — 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. St. Philip’s Anglican Church, Unionville. $10.00. Ruthanne Ward.

Beyond This Week

Sunday, February 26 — Lent I — Holy Communion at 8:00 a.m., the Rev. Mark Kinghan presiding, and at 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Wendy Lywood presiding; the Rev. Mr. Kinghan will preach at both services. Year B, Lent 1, BAS p. 286. Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-9; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15.

— Practice for Celebrating Christ’s Resurrection — Performers and singers needed. Elain Daviau.

Tuesday, February 28 — Men’s Pub Night — The King Henry, Yonge and Sixteenth. John Martin.

Notices

Thank You

Many thanks to St. Mary’s for the beautiful flowers and gift I received last Sunday at Vestry. Your support and appreciation of me personally and the wardens and leaders at St. Mary’s is gratefully received. Thanks to everyone. Best Wishes.

Margaret Baldassarre

Receipts for Income Tax Purposes

2011 Receipts for Income Tax Purposes have been e-mailed to those who indicated they wished to receive them that way, and are available for pickup opposite the church office for those who preferred paper copies. Receipts not picked up by Sunday, February 26 will be mailed.

Lucy Quintero, Envelope Secr.—envelopes at saintmaryschurch dot ca

Thanks

My thanks to Vera Briggs, Karen Ferrie, Sharon Hanns, Jane Robertson, and Lorna Giles for their help collating and stapling Vestry reports. My thanks also to Lucy Quintero and Lorna Giles for their efforts in preparing the 2011 Receipts for Income Tax Purposes.

John Martin

News

The Rev. Karen Hatch has been appointed the incumbent of St. Margaret-in-the-Pines, Toronto as of February 15.

God Willing, Jordan Wellington and Julie Meakin—former student interns at St. Mary’s—will be ordained to the diaconate on Sunday, May 6 at St. James’ Cathedral, Toronto.

Mark Kinghan

Incumbent’s Appointment to Parish Board

I am please to appoint Julie Hastie as a Member at Large for the coming year.

Mark Kinghan

National Heritage Day, 2012

We hope you will plan to join us this afternoon at 2:00 o’clock for our National Heritage Day celebrations. Matthew Somerville, Heritage and Urban Design Planner for the Town of Richmond Hill, will provide an illustrated talk entitled “Heritage Matters!” and we will celebrate the restoration of our Chapel. A bountiful afternoon tea will also be served in Wrixon Hall at a cost of $6.00 per person. As in the past, these events offer an informal and enjoyable way to share St. Mary’s rich heritage and history with our community.

Joan Connolly, Jessie Hutchinson, Dave Hunt, & Norman McMullen, The Archives Committee

Easter Baskets for Friends

This Easter Season St. Mary’s is including housebound and hospital bound members of our congregation in our Easter celebrations by putting together Easter Baskets filled with gifts for them. We have approximately twenty people who would appreciate our gift. Can you bring a gift for them?

Easter Baskets for Friends continues today. We will need:

Twenty baskets
Chocolates and candies for each basket
Decorative eggs
Plush bunnies or other Easter theme gift
Small plants
Ribbons and bows and clear cellophane
Specialty teas and coffees.
Easter Cards from St. Mary’s
Help with delivery to the special destinations

Bring what you can and we will fill the baskets! May the Lord be with us this Easter Season! Contact me for details and information.

Elain Daviau

Parish Health Ministry

Susan is in the office the second and fourth Friday, and Elizabeth, the first and third Wednesday.

Susan Rodgers—x24—susan dot rodgers at saintmaryschurch dot ca
Elizabeth Lane—x24—elizabeth dot lane at saintmaryschurch dot ca

February is Heart and Stroke Month

Each year, more than 45,000 Canadians suffer from a sudden cardiac arrest. If the heart is not restarted within a few minutes brain damage and death occur. Use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) within the first 3 minutes of a cardiac arrest can increase the individual’s chance of survival by up to 75%. A reminder that St. Mary’s has an AED on the wall opposite the main entrance. St. Mary’s will run First Aid and CPR training in November.

Susan Rodgers

Lenten Women’s Retreat Day

St. Philip’s Anglican Church, Unionville, 9400 Kennedy Road, Saturday, February 25, 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. The cost of $10.00 includes lunch. For more information or to reserve your spot, please contact me.

Ruthanne Ward

Celebrating Christ’s Resurrection

An event celebrating Jesus’ resurrection will be presented on The Third Sunday of Easter, April 22. Practice for this special extravaganza will begin next Sunday, February 26. We will need many performers and singers. Please join us to praise God for His gift of Christ’s resurrection. Please contact me for information.

Elain Daviau

Book Group

Meeting Tuesdays, February 28 and March 6, 7:30—9:00 p.m. at the church. Decaf coffee, herbal tea and cookies provided. We’ll be discussing the book Speaking Christian by Marcus Borg. Everyone invited. For more information, speak to me.

Ruthanne Ward—x23—ruthanne dot ward at saintmaryschurch dot ca

The Message

The deadline for the Easter issue of The Message, Vol. 23, No. 1, is Wednesday, February 29 at midnight. Erica will be contacting regular contributors. If you have anything — article, review, event, prayer, drawing — you’d like considered for publication please contact me. We prefer machine-readable stuff. This is the second reminder—the first should have appeared last week.

John Martin, Publisher—themessage at saintmaryschurch dot ca

Property Committee

The “revised” Property Committee will be hosting a meeting following the 10:30 a.m. service on March 4. All parties young and old interested in helping to maintain our property are most welcome to come and join us. This will be a short and sweet information meeting as we will have sign up sheets available this Sunday and next asking for your interest, phone number and e-mail addresses. From this meeting we will set up tentative meeting dates and times.

Kathryn Knowlton and James Vanlierop, Co-Chairs, Property Committee

World Day of Prayer Service

The World Day of Prayer service for Richmond Hill churches will take place Thursday, March 8 at 7:45 p.m. at St. Mary Immaculate Roman Catholic Church, 10295 Yonge Street Members of St. Mary’s ACW are taking part in the service and we invite parishioners, both men and women to attend this event. This year’s prayer service was written by the Women of Malaysia.

Ruth Wilton

ACW Event: Lunch and An Inspirational Speaker!

Sunday, March 18. ALL Women, all ages, this is for you please mark your calendars! Watch this space for more details.

Joan Temple Porter, Programme, Executive Committee ACW

Green Awakening Network

Green Choices for Faith Communities: 4th Annual Green Awakening Network-Greening Sacred Spaces Forum happens Sunday, March 25, 12:00 noon—5.30 p.m., at the Noor Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford Drive, Toronto. Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth May. Workshops on Eco-Justice, Spirituality and Praxis. Several of us have attended in the past (we carpool) and found it excellent. Registration: $35.00. Telephone 905-771-5124 x29 or see

http://www.greenawakeningnetwork.ca

The Green Team

Training and Refresher Session for Lay Readers

We’ll be holding a training and refresher session for our lay-readers prior to Easter. Please let me know if you are interested in exploring the idea of being a reader on Sunday mornings or at other times as well.