Saint George's Anglican Church

Quinquagesima                                  February 14, 2010

8:00 A.M. - HOLY EUCHARIST                            

Introit Psalm:  31: 1-6                                       p. 364

Collect for Purity                                              p. 67

Kyrie                                                                p. 70

Collect & Epistle                                              p. 136

Gradual Psalm: 31: 22-26                                 p. 366

Gospel                                                             p. 137

9:15 A.M. – MORNING PRAYER

First Lesson: Genesis 28:10-end (page 25 pew Bible)

Psalm 84, 133

Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:4 – end (page 174 pew Bible)

10:00 A.M. - HOLY EUCHARIST

Intrtoit Psalm: (sung)

Hymn: 352 (Lasst Uns Erfreuen)

Children’s Talk

Collect for Purity                                              p. 67

Kyrie                                                                p. 70

Collect & Epistle                                              p. 136

Gradual Psalm 31.22-26                                p.366

Gospel                                                             p. 137

Nicene Creed:                                                  p. 71

Hymn before Homily: 593 (Rockingham)

Homily

Offertory Hymn: 475 (Puer Nobis)

Intercession

Confession, Absolution                         p. 77

Thanksgiving                                                     p. 78

Consecration                                                    p. 82

Hymns during Communion:       539 (Dominus Regis Me)

                                              104 (St. Agnes)

Lord’s Prayer                                                   p. 85

Gloria                                                               p. 86

Recessional Hymn: 579 (A.T. 41 Toplady)

            Please join us for refreshments in the Hall.

5:00 P.M. EVENING PRAYER

First Lesson: Genesis 41:1-40 (page 37 pew Bible)

Psalm 103

Second Lesson: 1 John 4:7-end (page 241 pew Bible)

Layreaders

8:00 AM. and  9:15A.M – Ted Bartlett

10:00 A.M. – Norm Dupuis

The Sanctuary Lamp burns this week to the Glory of God

and in Loving Memory of Omer Corney and Gordon Shaw.

“Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord,

and let light eternal shine upon them”

       Joan Miller   John Moffat    Ronald King    Dan MacDonald

                            Herb Swazey    Phyllis Smith

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

February 16^th from 4:30-6:00 P.M. Free will offering.

On Ash Wednesday, February 6^th, two celebrations of the Holy Eucharist with the Penitential Rite and the imposition of ashes are scheduled as follows:

10 A.M. at Camden Terrace and People’s Park Tower*

              7 P.M. at St. George’s (Main Church)

                    *Everyone is welcome to attend.

The Rector’s Corner

                        Financial Report of St. George’s Sunday School

                             (for the year 2009)

Bank Balance as at December 31, 2008          $838.34

Receivables

Weekly Envelope Offerings                              $86.15

Bank Interest                                                         .38

                                                                         $86.53

Payables

Plan International                                            $420.00

(Foster Parents)

Bank Service Charges                                             .85

                                                                       $420.85

Bank balance as at December 31, 2009            $504.02

           Respectfully submitted,

                          Helen Staples  (Treasurer)

This Sunday School Financial Report is printed here to replace the one in the Parish Annual Report booklet. By accident the Sunday School Financial Report for 2007 was copied. However, something good has come from this, because we have set before us the need to encourage our children (including mine) to give freely of what they possess – be it time, a talent, or money.

As you can see, last year’s offerings amounted only to $86.15 – not near enough to cover the cost of our Foster Child’s sponsorship. Thankfully, we had some available savings from past years to cover the deficit.

No doubt you have noticed that I have been speaking to the children about giving one-tenth of their money in their weekly offering envelope towards this sponsorship or towards the relief work in Haiti. Interestingly, not one of them has protested.

This idea of giving one-tenth of what we have is mentioned very early in the Book of Genesis with Abraham, the Patriarch of Israel. ‘But why?’ someone will ask, ‘God doesn’t need our money. Afterall, He is Almighty and Everlasting.’ True, and, in the words of the Rev. LeDrew Gardner, “It is not our possessions God is after, but our love, our trust, our confidence, our acknowledgement of our dependence on Him. This relationship is necessary before tithes and offerings can become a normal part of one’s life. Giving is the outcome of loving. The more one loves, the more one gives.” May He help us to love Him more not only with our lips but in our lives.

This Week in the Parish

The Daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer will be prayed in the Chapel at 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday – Friday, respectively.

Tuesday           No Bible Study this week

                       Parish Pancake Supper              4:30 –6:00 P.M.

Wednesday      Camden Terrace Eucharist                    10:00 A.M.

            Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes        7:00 P.M.        

Thursday          Holy Eucharist                          10:00 A.M.

Friday              Stations of the Cross                             7:00 P.M.                    

The Willing Workers will attend the 10 A.M. Service and receive the Holy Communion together next Sunday, February 21^st at 10AM.

The next Parish Shared Meal has been set to follow the 10AM Service on February 21^st, the Second Sunday in Lent. We will be joined by 1^st St. George’s Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, their leaders and families. The main course will be provided; however, your help would be much appreciated in the dessert department, if possible. Please note that the Eucharist will be celebrated as usual on February 21^st, but at 10AM we will pray Morning Prayer (and, at 9:15AM, the Litany). 

Palms, please! In preparation for Ash Wednesday, please bring your palms from last year to the Pancake Supper. Thank you! 

The beginning of the Lenten season comes this Wednesday – Ash Wednesday – February 17^th. The Holy Eucharist will be celebrated twice: at 10 A.M. at People’s Park Tower Chapel; and at 7 P.M. in our Church. For those who wish, ashes will be imposed. The first part of the Ash Wednesday Liturgy is found in the Penitential Rite on pages 611-615 of the Prayer Book. May the Lord help us to use this opportunity to our soul’s health as we begin this holy season.

Lenten coin cards can be picked up at the back of the Church. The coin cards present both a challenge and an opportunity for us to set aside a little extra money as an offering to Almighty God – so let’s do our best for His glory.

The Stations of the Cross will be prayed each Friday through Lent in the Chapel beginning this Friday at 7 P.M. This devotion of Scripture and Prayer first came into use in the Western Church in the 15^th century. Its origin was in the time of the Crusades, when pilgrims to the Holy Land marked off the sites associated with our Lord’s Passion in Jerusalem, which they called stations. On returning to their homes in Europe, they continued the devotion by erecting in their churches, or in the fields, memorials of these stations or stopping places. The Stations of the Cross is a very moving devotion which lasts a half hour. Please come and spend some time at the Cross.

There will be NO Tuesday Morning Bible Study this week. However, we will begin a new session on February 23rd using video presentations by retired Bishop of South Carolina, Ed Salmon. Please come and join us at 10AM at 56 Williams St. (near Victoria Park).

A Morning of Training for Deanery Layreaders (on leading Morning Prayer) has been scheduled for Saturday, March 6^th at St. Andrew’s Church (Elmwood Drive). We will begin at 9:30AM and finish with lunch at 12Noon. (No registration fee or cost for lunch).