Here is the Zoom link for Marian’s funeral service Thursday, February 24 at 2:00 PM CST, if you will not be joining us in person at St. Mary’s.
Continue reading “Marian’s Funeral”Trinity 13, 2021 – Bulletin
THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
AUGUST 29, 2021
TODAY AT ST. MARY’S
10.30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION with Beth preaching.
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
- GOSPEL IN THE GARDEN for children
PARISH LIFE NOTES
THE GRAPEVINE Do you remember a time when you experienced the presence of God and His blessings? Sharing our faith experiences blesses others and gives God the Glory. Would you share your experience /story with us at St. Mary’s? The Grapevine is being printed in September; Please think about submitting your story. We will need your stories by September 12, please send them to Lorna. For more information call Lorna.
Trinity 12, 2021 – Bulletin
THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
AUGUST 22, 2021
TODAY AT ST. MARY’S
10.30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION . Henry preaching.
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
- GOSPEL IN THE GARDEN for children
PARISH LIFE NOTES
RECTOR’S VACATION. Claude is vacation until Aug. 28. For any pastoral emergencies this week, please contact Archdeacon Cheryl Toth.
GUEST MUSICIAN today is Wendy Hardman
THE GRAPEVINE Do you remember a time when you experienced the presence of God and His blessings? Sharing our faith experiences blesses others and gives God the Glory. Would you share your experience /story with us at St. Mary’s? The Grapevine is being printed in September; Please think about submitting your story. We will need your stories by September 12, please send them to Lorna. For more information call Lorna.
St. Mary, 2021 – Bulletin
FEAST OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN
AUGUST 15, 2021
TODAY AT ST. MARY’S
10.30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION . Nathaniel preaching.
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
- GOSPEL IN THE GARDEN for children
PARISH LIFE NOTES
RECTOR’S VACATION. Claude is vacation until Aug. 28. For any pastoral emergencies this week, please contact Archdeacon Cheryl Toth
GUEST MUSICIAN today is Allison Luff.
Trinity 10, 2021 – Bulletin
THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
AUGUST 8, 2021
TODAY AT ST. MARY’S
10.30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
- GOSPEL IN THE GARDEN for children
PARISH LIFE NOTES
RECTOR’S VACATION. Claude is vacation until Aug. 28. For any pastoral emergencies this week, please contact Archdeacon Catherine Harper.
GUEST MUSICIAN today is Wendy Hardman.
DEDICATION OF A NEW ALTAR BOOK to the Glory of God and an honor of Susan Rollins will take place today following the sermon.
Holy Week Services
Here are the registration links for in-person services in Holy Week
RESUMPTION OF ” IN-PERSON” WORSHIP
(Modified 2021-03-16: Modified registration form for new dates.)
Bishop Rob has granted permission to churches in the Diocese to open their doors once again, and resume worship services in the church building. If you would like to join us Sundays for Morning Prayer with hymns and sermon, please register on line using the form below. Alternatively, you may call the church office and leave a message. Attendance will be limited to 30 people, following the accustomed public health orders.
Lent 4, 2021 – Bulletin
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
March 14, 2021
Today At St. Mary’s
10.30 A.M. Morning Prayer With Hymns And Sermon Claude Schroeder preaching.
GODLY PLAY for children 3-6 years via zoom. Today’s story is ‘Lent-Crown of Thorns’ Matthew 27:27-31.
CHILDREN’S LENTEN ALMS. For our Children’s Lenten Alms Family Ministries has chosen City Kidz. We will be collecting alms for City Kidz, an organization that exists to help children living in low-income communities by providing inspirational experiences and personal relationships.
FAITHQUEST (for children 7-13 via zoom). Continue the Road to Emmaus rotation with Divine Diversions. Memory Verse/Key Verse: Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished from their sight. They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” (Luke 24: 31-32 NRSV) Leader: Len, Anya
1.00 P.M. “BENEDICITE” PRAYER WALK begins at the Lych Gate at St. Mary’s. All are welcome! “All ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord. Praise Him and magnify Him for ever!”
WORSHIP THIS WEEK
Monday to Friday
- 8.30 a.m. Morning Prayer
- 5.30 p.m. Evening Prayer
Tuesday
- 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (following shortened Morning Prayer)
Wednesday
- 12.15 p.m. Holy Communion
Thursday
- 5.30 p.m. Holy Communion (following shortened Evening Prayer)
Parish Life Notes
“IN PERSON” SUNDAY WORSHIP resumes today. You are asked to please register ahead of time, and observe public health protocols. AUDIO RECORDING of today’s service and sermon will be posted to the parish website following worship today.
MID WEEK SERVICES. You are warmly invited to join in the daily services of Morning Prayer at 8.30 a.m. and Evening Prayer at 5.30 p.m. starting Monday, March 15. There will also be services of Holy Communion on Tuesday, following a shortened Morning Prayer at 8.30 a.m., Wednesday at 12.15 p.m., and Thursday, following shortened Evening Prayer at 5.30 p.m. In the wake of the isolation and upheaval of these past months, these quiet, meditative services offer us the opportunity to gather with small group of fellow parishioners to refocus our attention in anticipation of Easter, be refreshed, and find healing for bruised and battered hearts. Pre-registration will not be required.
‘RISEN WITH CHRIST’ A PALM SATURDAY VIRTUAL CELEBRATION on Saturday, March 27. Watch St. Mary’s Facebook page for details.
MEND WITH CARE. Any clothing in need of repair? We are a small group of menders offering to do some basic or creative mending for all your worn wear! All proceeds will go directly to the Refugee Fund. We welcome ripped seams, unraveled knitwear, holes to patch, wool to darn, loose or missing buttons. Please contact Clara at mendwithcare@gmail.com
HAND-DIPPED BEESWAX CANDLES from St. Mary’s may be purchased for $5.00 a pair by contacting Yvonne in the parish office. Phone: 306 522-6052, email: stmarysanglican@sasktel.net Parishioners can pick up their candles from the newly installed mailbox at the Montague St. entrance, and leave a cheque in the proper amount. Proceeds to Refugee Fund.
FASTING FOR FEEDING. Join us next Sunday at 4.30 on zoom from the kitchen of Nat and Mary as we cook a Vegetable Biryani. See attached recipe for ingredients. Zoom link will be made available next week.
Hear the Music, Listen to the News
I know of at least two Bob Dylan fans at St. Mary’s. (You know who you are). Sad to say, Dylan’s music remains somewhat unexplored territory for myself. I am, however, in tune with Dylan’s preaching. In a recent interview in The New York Times, Dylan stated:
Continue reading “Hear the Music, Listen to the News”Taken on Trust
Pastoral Letter for June 28, 2020
I’m wondering if anyone recognizes the face of this kind-eyed, elderly gentleman?
It belongs to Terry Waite, who back in 1980 was appointed by Robert Runcie to serve as the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs. In 1985, Terry Waite accompanied the Archbishop of Canterbury on a visit to Canada, that included a stop here in Regina (does anybody remember?) and Edmonton, where I was able to attend a special diocesan service to mark the occasion.
In his role, Terry Waite was involved in negotiating the release of Anglican clergy and British Nationals held hostage in the Middle East. But Terry Waite was himself kidnapped in Beirut in 1987 by members of the Islamic Jihad, and spent the next four years in solitary confinement, before finally being released. Throughout those years, a member of the chapel community that I was a part of then, would constantly intercede for Terry at our weekly Eucharist. “Taken on Trust” was the title of the book Terry wrote about his experiences.
In an interview in 2013, Terry Waite was asked how he coped during all this time in isolation in a dark cell.
He said,
You have got to be able to discipline your mind, because everything is lived from within. There is no external stimulation. There is no books, no one to speak with, no one to feed your identity back to you.
I was fortunate, firstly, because through life I had been an avid reader and therefore I had built up a store of books, poetry and prose in my memory. Secondly, I’d been brought up as an Anglican—I’m an Anglican Christian—and had been brought up with the Book of Common Prayer. The language of that was very, very helpful. I had unconsciously memorised it as a choir boy. If I can just give you an example of what I mean from one of the great old collects of the prayer book:
Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night . . .
That is very, very meaningful when you’re sitting in darkness. That collect not only has meaning, but it also has poetry and rhythm. There is a relationship between identity, language and prayer; somehow they help you hold together at your centre.
Some people may find this strange, but I never engaged in what is called extemporary prayer during that time. I felt that if I did I would be begin to, sort of, go down a one-way track, reveal my own psychological vulnerability and just get into the business of saying, ‘Oh God, get me out of here’—which isn’t prayer at all. That’s just being like a child. So by falling back on that which I knew, the Prayer Book and the balance of that, I was able to keep a bit more balance in my mind and also maintain some degree of inner balance… (1)
Well, it’s been 15 weeks since we began our own “isolation” under COVID, and 15 weeks since we dusted off and started praying through The Order of Service for Morning Prayer from our own Book of Common Prayer. Some of us, perhaps, are getting a little tired of this, but then again, perhaps some of us are finding the poetry and rhythm of the prayers are working their way not only into our hearts, but our memories, giving us an anchor for the soul in these tumultuous times. As Terry Waite discovered, “ life is lived from within” and “there is a relationship between identity, language, and prayer that help you hold together at your centre…and also maintain some degree of inner balance.”
With every prayer and blessing, from “my cell” to “yours”, as together we lift up holy hands, hearts and voices in prayer and praise to the Lord,
Claude +
(1)For the whole thing see: https://hope1032.com.au/stories/open-house/2013/terry-waite-break-my-body-bend-my-mind-but-my-soul-is-not-yours-to-possess/