Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

E-Postle

September 1, 2024

 

10:00am (in-person + Zoom) – Holy Eucharist

https://zoom.us/j/542312325?pwd=R3FKTnZ4WUU1YUFveCtzOUljM2FLZz09

Meeting ID: 542 312 325

Password: 010729

This Week’s Worship & Programs – http://www.stja.ca/program-updates/ – current information on what’s going on at St. John’s, including Zoom links and bulletin and scripture readings for Sunday worship.

Click here for contact info for parish ministries

 

Coffee/Tea will be served after the 10:00am service

 

 

CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS

 

Tuesdays                    10:30 am: Bible Study (see link above)

7:00 pm: Prayer Group (see link above)

Fridays                                   Choir Practice – restarting Friday 13 Sept

Aug – Sept                  Bag Hunger – Flour & Rice

Sat – Sept 7                         Presentation and Salve making by Kerry Baisley

‘Exploring Land Development and Gifting’.

Sun – Sept 8                        Kerry will preach – please see below

Tues – Sept 10                    Movie Night

Thurs – 19 Sept           12 noon: ACW Meeting

Sat – Sept 21                       Clothing Swap Meet – all are welcome to participate

Sat – Sept 28                       125 years Anniversary Gala Dinner – Tickets are on Sale

Sun – Sept 29                      We celebrate Orange Shirt Day

Sat – Oct 26                         10 am: Fall Bazaar

Sat – Nov 2                          10 am: ODNW, Massey Theatre

 

 

NEW THIS WEEK

 

Stewardship Reflection

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 – Prepared by Van. Dr. M. Pollesel

Quoting the prophet Isaiah, Jesus reminds them that: ‘‘this people honours me with their lips, but their heart stays away from me.’ It kind of frightens me that he might be able to say the same about me!

 

ACW Meeting on Thursday, 19 September at 12 noon

We will be holding a Pot Luck Luncheon before the meeting, so please bring a food item to share. A sign-up sheet will be posted in the hall for those wishing to attend.

 

 

 

 

HELP WANTED!!!

Volunteers are urgently needed for the following ministries:

USHERS – Work in pairs, once a month, for the 10:00am service, to greet parishioners & visitors and hand out the Sunday bulletin.

ALTAR GUILD – Work in teams of 3, once a month (usually on a Saturday), to set out the Sunday Eucharist for the 8:30am & 10:00am services.

 

If you think you would like to offer your time to either of these important ministries, please contact Bonnie SooChan at 604-945-8465 or e-mail bsoochan@shaw.ca It would be greatly appreciated.

Clothing Swap Meet on Saturday 21 September – 2 to 4 pm

Back again to Swap our clothes just in time for the change of season!  Textile waste is one of the top polluters and climate change problems, but as a community we can start being part of the solution instead of the problem. Let’s share and swap!

Come by to swap your good condition clothes you no longer wear, but someone else might!

Bring any of your pre-loved clothes that you no longer need or use but are too good to dispose of. These clothes should be ready to wear by someone else. In return, you can take as many items as you want from the swap. Clothing should be freshly clean, with no tears, rips, or stains. We are accepting all sizes in adults, children, and even infant clothes. Clothes can include accessories, scarves, mitts, and even costume jewellery!  Not accepting shoes. 

*New this time! Accepting kitchen gadgets and small appliances in working condition.  Bring any of your unused or clean working condition gadgets you no longer use and are cluttering your kitchen!  There is a request for an olive pitter! ????

There is no charge for this event. If you are interested to participate, please register your interest with Ruby at peopleswardenstja.ca. Looking forward to building a community of sharing!

 

 

INFORMATION

 

Framed Pictures in the Hall

The framed pictures are part of Sue Hall’s treasures.  If you would like one, please use the Donation jar and it’s yours to enjoy. Watch for changes each week.

 

Exploring Land Development  and Gifting

Saturday September 7 Kerry Baisley (the now retired Diocesan Indigenous Missioner)

Salve Making and discussion, ending with lunch 10:00am – 1:00pm 

 

As we continue to investigate how we can use the property on which the church building and Ministry Centre stand, and the parking lot, understanding the Indigenous traditions of respecting land and using the land in a positive way will lay a good foundation. At the Diocesan Conference this past spring, Kerry offered a similar presentation as part of the Diocesan process for respectfully doing land development.

 

On Saturday we will experience the use of plants that grow around us as we learn to make poplar, chickweed and calendula salve that is used for skin treatment. This will be done in the context of discussion around Kerry’s presentation and we will conclude with sharing a provided lunch together.

Please contact deacon@stja.ca to let us know if you plan to attend, quantity and lunch needs.

 

Gala Dinner – Saturday 28 September 2024 @ 6 pm

The culmination of the 125^th Anniversary celebrations will be a Gala Dinner, to be held in St Laurence Church, Coquitlam. Tickets priced at $75 are now on sale by Ann Adair-Austin, Sharon Cooper, and Bonnie SooChan. As we have a limited number, we will sell to our parishioners (and spouses) first, up until 13 Sept, after which it will be open to family members and friends.

 

Late Summer Community Event – Movie Night

The results from both paper and online surveys showed that most people favour Tuesday 10 September in regular (non-VIP) theatre. The next step will be “Which Movie”? Suggestions may go to Laurie Fox at
foxclan@me.com

 

Support for Access Youth continue ….

We are collecting flour and rice for the months of August and September.

Please place your donations by the font at the entrance of the church.

As a reminder, we are only collecting these 2 items.  Please do not bring in other items as this does not operate like a food bank.  They prepare meal kits for families to cook a meal together. They distribute required portions of ingredients to prepare the meal they are delivering.

For info on Access Youth and what they do, please log in to: https://accessyouth.org/youth-gour-made/

 

Update on Vivian 25 July 2024

 

 

                                            

Vivian continues to be in good spirits while receiving immunology treatment every 3 weeks, till the end of 2025. She is now able to walk with a walker and she took a walk round the block this week.

She thanked everyone in the Parish for their prayers, love, support, flowers and nutritious food, and hope that we still remember what she looks like!

 

Out-of-office

                                                              

Janica has been unwell and will return to the office on Thursday 5 Sept

Miranda – Study Leave 2 to 16 Sept

Annual Leave 16 – 26 October

Rohini – 26 July to 15 Sept

Rector’s Warden Rich – 19 Sept to 4 Oct

 

Prayers and Pastoral care
There are many ways that this community of St. John’s offers prayers.
Weekly Intercessions in the service. Requests to deacon@stja.ca
Ongoing prayer requests for any concerns one may have. Requests to prayer@stja.ca
Tuesday Evening contemplative prayer and reflection see stja.ca for link
Pastoral Care – Our parish visiting ministry team can be contacted pastoralvisits@stja.ca

 

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PART OF ST JOHN’S

Rosemary and Eddy Morrissey

Coming from the Caribbean Island of Antigua and Barbuda, church on Sundays was compulsory for us. We had no choice.  Sundays were considered special and holy. We were brought up in the Anglican and Mission Churches with our parents and attended both church and Sunday School on Sundays. Most of the songs and scriptures in the Bible we had to know from childhood, and we were able to recite many of these by memory.

 

I moved to BC in 1969 and Rosemary joined me later in 1972, after we got married in New York. We lived in 4 different areas of Vancouver where we attended church regularly before moving to Burnaby in 1980. We then attended St. Nicholas Church in Burnaby for several years with our three children. They were

confirmed at St. Nicholas, and we all served in various areas during that time. Eventually St. Nicholas amalgamated with another church and was later sold.

 

We had to find another church. We knew both Pronella and Jerome Daniel as members of St. John’s, and they invited us to come to their church. From our first visit at St. John’s, we liked the church and made up our minds that this would be the church we would attend. As always, the visitors are warmly greeted and

welcomed, but there were two people who stood out in their hospitality. One was Sylvia Bradley.  She informed us that she was from Birmingham, England and I then shared with her that I had visited her city to play cricket in 1999. Birmingham, being well-known and rich in cricket history, caused us to have many conversations about cricket, as well as tennis. The other person was Anne Anchor.  She was always very helpful regarding church matters, as well as getting Rosemary involved in teaching the kids in Sunday School. We continued attending St. John’s because we felt it was a good fit for us.

 

Rosemary and I are a reserved, private couple and take life the way it comes. We have three children, two boys who live here with their families, and our daughter and family who live in Edmonton.  We enjoy spending time with our grandchildren, some of whom we take care of before and after school.

 

We are blessed and rich in family, especially when we are all together as we were this summer as we gathered to celebrate birthdays as well as our 52nd anniversary in July. Many thanks to St. John’s and the people here for allowing us to be part of their family.

 

HOW YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT ST. JOHN’S

 

Flower Chart for 2024

This is up in the Narthex (at the back of the church, by the chapel).  Should you wish to commemorate a birthday, anniversary, or give in memory of a loved one, please consider signing up to donate flowers for the altar.

 

Parish Giving

Donations may be made by cheques, PADs or through e-transfer directly to the church account. Please contact Ruby at peopleswarden@stja.ca or Sheila at treasurer@stja.ca for more details. You may also give via PayPal/credit card via our website.

 

READINGS

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost 1 September 2024

Song of Solomon 2:8-13; Psalm 45:1-2, 7-10; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

 

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost 8 September 2024

Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23; Psalm 125; James 2:1-10 (11-13), 14-17; Mark 7:24-37

 

I took out the comma before development