Category: Announcements

SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE ADVENT

November 20, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

CELEBRATING SAINT NICHOLAS UPDATE.  This week we received the good news that the Regina Ladies Choir will be bringing an ensemble of singers to provide musical entertainment at the Christmas Café, and will be joined by our own Terrance and Kelsi. The baking team continues to bake Christmas goodies for sale, and home crafters are also preparing items for sale. The St. Mary’s Ethiopian Congregation have committed to running a table at the market. Last Sunday parishioners received invitation cards and posters to distribute. Terrance is spearheading our advertising on social media.  

Today’s call:

1. Please continue to pick up invitation cards to distribute to your social circle, and posters to pin up.
2. Further volunteers to bake and make crafts for sale are welcome. Please speak to Angèle.
3. Lend us your Christmas trees, garlands, lights, and decorations to decorate the hall, and be sure to label them!
4. Please pray. ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give commandment to the Apostles that they should go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature: Grant to us whom thou hast called into thy Church, a ready will to obey thy Word; and fill us with a hearty desire to make thy way known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ST. MARY’S DINNER THEATRE OUTING on Wednesday, November 30^th for Evening Prayer at 5.30 p.m., Potluck Supper at 6.00 p.m., and Regina Little Theatre’s of C.S. Lewis classic work, “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.” at 7.30 p.m. If you have season tickets to Regina Little Theatre, and would like to join the group, you can change your ticket. Phone the box office (talk to Melissa or Erin) and give them your confirmation # on your ticket.  

CANADIAN CHURCH CALENDARS have arrived. The profits from the sales go to St. Augustine’s Anglican Church.  Calendars will be available at $5.00 each after today’s service. Please see Norma for payment. Thank you!

THE SEASON OF ADVENT which begins next Sunday marks both the beginning of a new year in the Church calendar, but also a season of preparation for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Advent collect describes how Jesus came to us in great humility. He was born of a woman and laid in a manger. God in the flesh! This is what we will celebrate at Christmas. Over the course of this coming year we will seek to grow in our response to the Incarnation by learning to love more deeply the world Jesus came to redeem.

But the coming of Christ is not simply to be understood as something in that occurred once in the past. He comes to us here and now in and through His Holy Spirit, who draws us into union with God and with each other, and so in Advent we renew our intention to live as members of the Body of Christ with peace and joy and all the gifts and fruits of the Spirit!

The coming of Christ also has a future aspect, as we declare in our Creed, “He will come again in glory to judge both the living and the dead.” Advent teaches us to look forward with hope and expectation to that day when “we shall rise to the life immortal” in the new heaven and the new earth where God will be all in all. As we look forward to the Advent of Gods kingdom, we seek to live now as worthy citizens of that kingdom.

The colour of Advent is purple, representing penitence, hope, and expectation, with which we prepare for Jesus ‘coming. As John the Baptist prepared the way of the Lord by calling people to repentance, so Advent is a natural time to renew our spiritual lives through the practice of prayer, stillness, meditation, and confession.

Worship This Week

Morning Prayer

• Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 8:30 am
• Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.

Evening Prayer 

• Wednesday at 5:30 pm. followed by light supper in the Upper Hall. 

TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY – November 13, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Continue reading “Trinity 22, 2022 – Bulletin”

ALL SAINTS SUNDAY

November 6, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

NOTE OF CONDOLENCE. We pray for Bishop Helen who is travelling to England this week to bury her father, Barry Jackson. May he rest in peace and rise glory.

ST. NICHOLAS (NOT SANTA CLAUS) IS COMING TO TOWN! There has been some confusion, both historical and liturgical, around St. Nicholas and Santa Claus. St. Nicholas was a 4^th century flesh and blood Catholic Bishop who loved God, the Church, the Children and the Poor. He attended the Council of Nicaea in 325 which defended the “consubstantiality of the Son and the Father’ against the heretic Arius. St. Nicholas’ Feast day is December 6 when many Christians in times past exchanged gifts, freeing them up to celebrate on December 25^th God’s gift to us of His well beloved Son, Jesus Christ. Santa Claus was a 19^th century American invention, a fantasy character in the service of consumer economy (“What do you wish for Christmas?”) and moralistic religion (“He’s checking his list, he is counting it twice.) Happily at St. Mary’s we will be  celebrating St. Nicholas on Saturday, December 3 in preparation for Christmas.  The program will include outdoor bonfire, and food grill, musical entertainment, Christmas market, church tours, visit from St. Nicholas and Family Vespers. Our theme is: “Growing in Love: for God, for the Church, for Children, and for the Poor.” 

ALL HANDS ON DECK! Please consider how you will support and be a part of “Celebrating St. Nicholas.” Today we are taking in names of volunteers to bake Christmas cookies, make crafts, and runs stalls. Please speak to Angèle following the service. Baking Bee will start this Thursday at St. Mary’s from 10.00 until 1:00 p.m.

ST. MARY’S DINNER THEATRE! Join us on Wednesday, November 30^th, for Evening Prayer at 5.30 p.m., Potluck Supper at 6.00 p.m., and Regina Little Theatre’s of C.S. Lewis classic work, “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.” at 7.30 p.m. Today is the last day to order tickets. Please speak to Angèle following the service.

WORSHIP THIS WEEK

Morning Prayer

• Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 8:30 am
• Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.

Evening Prayer 

• Wednesday at 5:30 pm.  

TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

October 30, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER!

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

LAY WITNESS TALK for St. Mary’s Unstewardship Campaign will be given today by Lorna.

FINGER FOOD LUNCH follows the service today provided for us by Shelley.

PRAYER SHAWL MINSTRY at St. Mary’s seeks to bless and comfort those in need with shawls knitted with prayer. Today we bless the most recent batch of shawls, those who have knitted them and those who will receive them!

ALLHALLOWTIDE. The Octave ( 8 days) of Allhallowtide runs from sundown on Oct. 31 to November 7 and is the season in which we remember the dead, including martyrs, saints, and all faithful departed Christians. We remember them but also celebrate our ongoing communion with them as members of the mystical Body of Christ our Lord. In addition to the services of Morning Prayer this week, please note the following:

• All Saints Day, Tuesday, November 1: 5.30 p.m. Holy Communion.
• All Souls Day, Wednesday, November 2: 5.30 p.m. Holy Communion with commemoration of the faithful departed followed by light supper. Please pass on the names of family members you wish to have remembered to Canon Claude.

ST. NICHOLAS (NOT SANTA CLAUSE) IS COMING TO TOWN! Planning is underway for St. Nicholas Day Celebration on December 3. Our vision is to expand on our past efforts with a view to inviting and including the community to come to St. Mary’s. The program will include outdoor bonfire, and food grill, musical entertainment, Christmas market, church tours, visit from St. Nicholas and Family Vespers. Our theme is: Growing in Love: for God, for the Church, for Children, and for the Poor.” 

REFUGEE SPONSORSHIP UPDATE. Due to public health concerns in Uganda, from where the refugee family will depart, the schedule and flight have been revised because refugee family will need to complete 21 days for monitoring before they leave Uganda. The Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will inform us about the new date of arrival to Regina.

WORSHIP THIS WEEK

Morning Prayer

• Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 8:30 am. 
• Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.

Holy Communion

• Tuesday at 5.30 p.m
• Wednesday at 5.30 p.m.

NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

October 23, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

ST. NICHOLAS (NOT SANTA CLAUS) IS COMING TO TOWN! Planning meeting today after worship for our December St. Nicholas Day Celebration. Our vision is to expand on our past efforts with a view to inviting and including the community to come to St. Mary’s. Our theme is: Growing in Love: for God, for the Church, for Children, and for the Poor.” If you are able to part of the planning, please speak to Claude.

VESTRY meets this Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

REFUGEE SPONSORSHIP UPDATE. Due to public health concerns in Uganda, from where the refugee family will depart, the schedule and flight have been revised because refugee family will need to complete 21 days for monitoring before they leave Uganda. The Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will inform us about the new date of arrival to Regina.

DID YOU KNOW St. Mary’s has a small freezer in the room right of the kitchen? When you are cooking freezable dishes (soups, stew, chili) or baking (crisp, cookies, muffins) please consider making extra. Label and package carefully with ingredients and date visible. Record the type of dish and date made in the binder on the freezer. These foods are distributed to those in need be they parishioners or those in the community.

DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING. We continue our practice of prayer and fasting this Wednesday. Fasting supper will follow Evening Prayer at 5.30. All are welcome.

WORSHIP THIS WEEK

Morning Prayer

• Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 8:30 am
• Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.

Evening Prayer 

• Wednesday at 5:30 pm.  

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

October 16, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

DIOCESAN SYNOD CLOSING EUCHARIST takes place at St. Paul’s Cathedral this Sunday. Representing St. Mary’s are our Rector Claude, Bob, and Lyndon.

THE WORD OF GOD ENDURES FOR EVER: Why I became a figural reader of Scripture.  Join us this Saturday, October 22 at 12:00 p.m. at St Mary’s for a talk/webinar hosted by The Anglican Communion Alliance on the figural reading of Scripture by the Dr. Ephraim Radner, Professor of Historical Theology at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. Figural reading is a traditional way of reading scripture that sees Christ and the work of Christ in all of Scripture, both Old Testament and New Testament. Please speak to Claude if you wish to attend.

YOUTH/PARENT/FRIEND BOARD GAME NIGHT.  For our Youth, bring your parents; bring a friend; bring your favorite board game.  This will be at St. Mary’s church hall on Saturday, October 22 @ 7:00 pm.  Snacks will be provided.  We hope to see you all there. Please let Janice and David know if you are coming.

ST. NICHOLAS DAY PARISH FAIR. There will be a planning meeting next Sunday after worship for our December St. Nicholas Day Celebration. Our vision is to expand on our past efforts with a view to inviting and including the community to come to St. Mary’s to “taste, see, ( and hear!) that the Lord is good. Happy are they who trust in Him.” If you are able to part of the planning, please speak to Claude.

REFUGEE SPONSORSHIP UPDATE. Due to public health concerns in Uganda, from where the refugee family will depart, the schedule and flight have been revised because refugee family will need to complete 21 days for monitoring before they leave Uganda. The Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will inform us about the new date of arrival to Regina.

DID YOU KNOW St. Mary’s has a small freezer in the room right of the kitchen? When you are cooking freezable dishes (soups, stew, chili) or baking (crisp, cookies, muffins) please consider making extra. Label and package carefully with ingredients and date visible. Record the type of dish and date made in the binder on the freezer. These foods are distributed to those in need be they parishioners or those in the community.

DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING. We continue our practice of prayer and fasting this Wednesday. Fasting supper will follow Evening Prayer at 5.30. All are welcome.

WORSHIP THIS WEEK

Morning Prayer

• Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 8:30 am
• Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.

Evening Prayer 

• Wednesday at 5:30 pm.  

HARVEST THANKSGIVING

October 9, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER!

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

ST. MARY’S “UNSTEWARDSHIP” CAMPAIGN. This Sunday’s sermon will focus on “The Stewardship of Creation.” Join us also for a Day of Fasting and Prayer this Wednesday. Fasting meal will follow Evening Prayer at 5.30 p.m.  

DID YOU KNOW St. Mary’s has a small freezer in the room right of the kitchen? When you are cooking freezable dishes (soups, stew, chili) or baking (crisp, cookies, muffins) please consider making extra. Label and package carefully with ingredients and date visible. Record the type of dish and date made in the binder on the freezer. These foods are distributed to those in need be they parishioners or those in the community.

Youth/Parent/Friend Board Game night.  For our Youth, bring your parents; bring a friend; bring your favorite board game.  This will be at St. Mary’s church hall on Saturday, October 22 @ 7:00 pm.  Snacks will be provided.  We hope to see you all there. Please let Janice and David know if you are coming.

Our 84th Synod is quickly approaching (October 14-16, 2022) and we are working hard to ensure that we extend the best hospitality to our delegates as we can!  But we need the help of our Regina parish family to make that happen.  Below are 3 opportunities for you to extend hospitality and help with the event:

1. We need help with set up, serving, bartending on the Sat. evening, and/or cleaning up after meals.  If you are available to help out, please click here to sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d4ca4af2ea02-diocesan
2. We are also calling on folks to pray for the delegates and the event itself in the prayer chapel at St. Paul’s.  If you can lend us an hour or two of your time to pray, please click on this link to sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d4ca4af2ea02-synod
3. Regina folks, are you able to billet a fellow Anglican who lives out of Regina for one or both of these nights? If so, please contact Kate, and we will connect you with someone. Thank you!

Worship This Week

• 8.30 Morning Prayer on Tuesday and Friday
• 9.00 Morning Prayer on Wednesday
• 5.30 Evening Prayer on Wednesday, followed by “fasting meal”.

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 

October 2, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

Faith Quest Orientation will take place today after church. This event is for parents of children ages 7-13, and members of the congregation interested in this ministry with a view to helping with the re-boot! 

Our 84th Synod is quickly approaching (October 14-16, 2022) and we are working hard to ensure that we extend the best hospitality to our delegates as we can!  But we need the help of our Regina parish family to make that happen.  Below are 3 opportunities for you to extend hospitality and help with the event:

1.  We need help with set up, serving, bartending on the Sat. evening, and/or cleaning up after meals.  If you are available to help out, please click here to sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d4ca4af2ea02-diocesan

2.  We are also calling on folks to pray for the delegates and the event itself in the prayer chapel at St. Paul’s.  If you can lend us an hour or two of your time to pray, please click on this link to sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d4ca4af2ea02-synod

3.Regina folks, are you able to billet a fellow Anglican who lives out of Regina for one or both of these nights? If so, please contact Kate and we will connect you with someone. Thank you!

Worship This Week

• 8.30 Morning Prayer on Tuesday and Friday
• 9.00 Morning Prayer on Wednesday
• 5.30 Evening Prayer on Wednesday.

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 
September 25, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

Aboriginal/ Non Aboriginal Pot Luck and Sharing Circle will take place this Wednesday at 5.30 p.m. All are welcome!

Faith Quest Orientation will take place next Sunday October 2 after church. This event is for parents of children ages 7-13, and members of the congregation interested in this ministry with a view to helping with the re-boot! We need several 2 litre plastic pop bottles, clean and without labels or lids.  If you have some to donate, please bring them next Sunday and leave them in the FQ art room in the basement. 

Our 84th Synod is quickly approaching (October 14-16, 2022) and we are working hard to ensure that we extend the best hospitality to our delegates as we can!  But we need the help of our Regina parish family to make that happen.  Below are 3 opportunities for you to extend hospitality and help with the event:

1. We need help with set up, serving, bartending on the Sat. evening, and/or cleaning up after meals.  If you are available to help out, please click here to sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d4ca4af2ea02-diocesan
2. We are also calling on folks to pray for the delegates and the event itself in the prayer chapel at St. Paul’s.  If you can lend us an hour or two of your time to pray, please click on this link to sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d4ca4af2ea02-synod
3. Regina folks, are you able to billet a fellow Anglican who lives out of Regina for one or both of these nights? If so, please contact Kate and we will connect you with someone. Thank you!

Cathedral Village Neighborhood Clean Up took place last Saturday. A Big Thank you to Sandra, Starr, Sharon , and Simon who cooked breakfast of pancakes, eggs, and sausages for the 30 volunteers!

This Week

• 8.30 Morning Prayer on Tuesday and Friday
• 9.00 Morning Prayer on Wednesday
• 5.30 Evening Prayer on Wednesday.

The Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity – September 18, 2022 10.30 o’clock

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

Congregational meeting today We will have Morning Prayer at 10:30 am, and the meeting will follow immediately after.  There will be refreshments provided, and childcare will be available.  We will aim to finish by 1:00 pm at the latest.

Faith Quest Orientation will take place October 2 after church and we need several 2 litre plastic pop bottles, clean and without labels or lids.  If you have some to donate, please bring them next Sunday and leave them in the FQ art room in the basement, or leave with  Kate. Thank you!

Provincial Service of Memorial for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will take place at St. Paul’s Cathedral on Monday, September Monday, September 19, 7:00 pm at St. Paul’s Cathedral.Seating is on first come, first served basis. Doors open at 5,30 p.m.

 Our 83^rd Diocesan Synod is on October 14-16, 2022, at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Regina. Regina folks, are you able to billet a fellow Anglican who lives out of Regina for one or both of these nights? If so, please contact Kate and we will connect you with someone. Thank you!

ST. Mary’s Refugee Sponsorship Update.

We thank God the anticipated arrival for the South Sudanese Refugee family on October 19, 2022, at 20:06. We pray for safe travels for:

1.    Mapiou Deng
2.   Ahou Bol
3.   Arok Deng
4.   Ayak Norah
5.    Arok Rufus

In preparation for the arrival of the refugee family, we request for donations with the following items:

• Furniture: couches and sofa (1 set for the living room); mattresses and spring boxes for 5 beds (2 adult beds and three children’s beds); and two-set beddings for the beds. Queen sizes are preferrable.
• Clothing: Winter jackets and other seasonal clothes for three children (ages 5-girl, 7-boy, 9-boy) and three adults (two men and one woman); regular shoes for 3 adults (two men and one woman) and children (ages 5-girl, 7-boy, 9-boy); sports shoes for three children (ages 5-girl, 7-boy, 9-boy).
• Kitchenware: Plates, forks, spoons, sauce pans, and table clothes, etc. More sets of each group of items are preferred.
• Washroom Ware: towels, toilet paper, paper towel, face clothes, hand and body soaps, etc.
• Other miscellaneous items: wall pictures for children, cloth hangers, window curtains, car seat and two booster seats.

We are still waiting for the confirmation of arrival of Dau Mark. Please speak to Revd Nathaniel if you would like to join in welcoming them at the airport!

Worship This Week

• 8.30 Morning Prayer on Tuesday and Friday
• 9.00 Morning Prayer on Wednesday
• 5.30 Evening Prayer on Wednesday.