Bulletin Board
For pastoral emergencies, contact
Rev. Michael Conrad, 861-2493 or 876-2963 or Rev. Judie Lafford
(Associate Priest) 446-0229. For other matters, contact the wardens: Linda Strachan,
876-0292, or Lloyd Miller, 876-8508.
All Parish Council Members:
There will be no Council meeting on Feb. 8, 2009. The next scheduled
Council meeting will be March 12th. Rev. Mike would like all members
to be present at church on March 1st for the installation of Parish
Council. Any questions, please contact the wardens.
The Bible Study Fellowship Group
will now be provided on both Monday evenings,(7:00-8:30pm
in the Church), and Tuesday afternoons,(2:00-3:30pm in the Church Hall), for
the convenience of our church family, the same Bible Study being used for both
groups. We are studying
The 2008 Income Tax Receipts are
now available in the mailbox in the entranceway.
The Weekly Bulletin, Cycles of
Prayer and Rector's Report will no longer be e-mailed but are now available
on our Parish Web Site (http://blthanglicans.ca)
, under the "Parishioners Section". To access this information along
with Council Minutes, Monthly Financial Statements and Annual Reports, you will
need the username (blthparish) and password (876mmlj).
Assistance is needed in delivering
groceries from St Andrew's church to the Sacred Heart Food Bank. The office
at Sacred Heart is open from 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday through Thursday and from
8:30am to 12:00pm on Friday. Should you wish to volunteer, please contact Renee
of the Outreach Committee at 876-2275.
90th
Anniversary Celebrations
Old-fashioned Card Social:
Auction 45s! Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in St. Andrew's Hall. Admission
$2.00. Refreshments served. Come and bring all your friends for an evening
of fun and fellowship.
In keeping with our 90th
Anniversary Celebrations, a one day Lenten Workshop on "Forgiveness"
will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2009. A registration poster
has been placed at the back of the church. Please place your name and phone
number on the poster if you plan to attend. If you have any questions you would
like addressed at the
workshop,
please place them in the bag attached to the poster. The deadline for registration
is February 22, 2009 and the deadline for questions is January 31, 2009.
St. Patrick's Day Variety Show:
St. Andrew's Hall. March (date to be confirmed). Admission
$6.90.
Signature Quilt Project: The
blocks are currently being made, and, we hope that very shortly parishioners
will have the opportunity to sign them. There will be a small fee ($2.00 per
family - to cover cost of fabric) for this privilege. After the quilt is finished,
it will be hung in the back stairway where it will remain a tangible record
of those members of the parish in this, our 90th anniversary year.
Be sure you are included!
Quilt Show and
St. Andrew's Ladies Group
has organized a sleigh ride for Feb. 22nd at 3:30pm at Hatfield
Farms. Please sign your name, phone number and the number of people in your
family on the sign up sheet at the back of the church. This is open to everyone
who would like to have some winter fun and fellowship. Adults $8, children
$6, and children 2 and under are free. HST is extra. All participants will
be required to sign a waiver. Copies of this waiver are available from Wendy.
Everyone is invited to return to the church hall after the sleigh ride for
a supper of homemade baked beans and brown bread (hot dogs as an alternate),
for a small fee. Tea, coffee and hot chocolate will be available. If you
require any more information or have any questions please contact Wendy at 443-4630.
The Ways & Means are holding
a Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 24. A sign-up poster is at the
back of the church for your contributions. Please come out, have a little
fun, and support this 90th Anniversary event.
Postage Stamps & Campbell's
Soup Labels: The Diocesan ACW collects used postage stamps for the Canadian
Bible Society. These stamps are sold to collectors and the money used to purchase
Bibles. All stamps are welcome, but especially foreign and commemorative ones.
The ACW collects
Anyone who would
like Offering Envelopes please see the Greeter/ Sidesperson
on duty at the door or contact Tom Richardson, Envelope Secretary at 876-2165.
PWRDF: There are inmemorium
cards for the Primates Fund on the table at the back of the church. They are
self explanatory and a worthwhile way of remembering friends or relatives as
this fund assists people around the world.
The Sacred Heart Food Bank
is in need of the following items: Peanut butter, jam, canned fruit, canned
meat, soda crackers, tea, coffee, pancake mix, syrup, juice, ready made pudding
and cookies.(no baby food please) Thank you for your continued support.
mailto:barsbyte@istar.caAnyone
having a change in their address or telephone number, please contact Tom Richardson,
876-2165 so our Parish List may be updated.
BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE:
If you would like the name/s of loved ones written in the Book of Remembrance
on the anniversary of their death, please call Tim Edwards at 876-7785. If possible,
to ensure correct spelling, please give Tim the names in writing a week or two
before the anniversary.
Anyone wishing to put a notice in
the bulletin, please contact Judy Sanford 876-2080
(email: sanfof@eastlink.ca).
I would appreciate having notices by Wednesday evenings please. Thank you.
St.
Andrew's Offering Summary
Month Year-to-Date
Actual Budget Actual Budget
November $ 8,606 $ 4,880 $ 82,022
$ 65,800
December $ 10,118 $ 10,300 $ 92,140
$ 76,100
CYCLES OF PRAYER
ANGLICAN CYCLE OF PRAYER:
Please pray for Manicaland (
DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER:
St. Peter's Cathedral, Charlottetown
& Holy Trinity, Georgetown, PEI
Rev. Canon Peter Harris; Rev. David
Harris, Asst Priest, & Valerie; Rev. Canon Walter Harris, Hon. Asst.; Rev.
Canon Robert Tuck, Hon Asst., & Catherine.
St. Mary & St. John, PEI:
Rev. Karen Quirk & Alexander; Rev. Ned Henthom,
Asst. Priest, & Arlene.
Diocese of Moosonee:
St. Peter's: Waskaganish, St. Mark's:
Pray for all people and their
ministries in our Companion Dioceses of Moosonee, Keewatin and Niagara in
Pray for the preparations being
made for 'Celebration 2010' in the Regions and the Diocese.
PROVINCIAL PRAYER CARE:
LET US GIVE THANKS FOR:
-God becoming known among the people.
- Those discerning a call to ordination.
- Companions on the Way Program.
- Parish Officers.
PLEASE PRAY FOR:. Province of Rupert's
Land: Arcbishop John
Clarke and Provincial
Council.
- Church Planning Conference
in
OUR PARISH CYCLE OF PRAYER:
- Bob & Anne Angus, Lynn Anstey, Andre & Marcy Barthelotte,
Harold & Una Beaver, George & Janet Benight,
Annie Billard; and their families
THE SICK OF OUR PARISH:
Richard, Roisin, Barb, Liz, Marshal, Janet
BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE:
Bishop George Feversham Arnold, Aubrey L. Sawler,
Wayne D. Sawler, Frances Constance Smith,