Fifteenth Sunday of Pentecost
This Week at St. Andrew’s:
Sun. Sept. 17: Food Bank Sunday!
Mon. Sept. 18: “How Now Will We Believe?”, 7 pm
Tues. Sept. 19: Parish Council, 7 pm
Thurs. Sept. 21: Lunch Bunch @ D.I., 11 am
Announcements
Welcome to Our New Music Director
We are pleased to welcome Claire Butler among us as our Music Director. She comes to us from Yorkshire, England and is a graduate of the Royal College of Music in London. We look forward to getting to know her!
Dedication Sunday
In celebration of our recently completed Grounds Improvement, we will be holding a special service of dedication and lunch this Sunday, September 17. We will begin out in our parking lot at 10:00am with music (and coffee!) followed by a short church service and dedication around 10:30am. A chilli lunch will follow around 11:15am. Should the weather not cooperate, we will move the whole event into our lower hall. Please sign up today to bring a pot of chilli to share and/or to help in other ways.
How now will we believe?
Our fall study series begins this Monday, September 18 at 7:00pm. Please click here for further information.
Anniversary Bash!
Next year, 2018, marks the 60th anniversary of St. Andrew’s! How should we celebrate this milestone? Please consider if you’d like to be involved in some planning work and contact Wendy Taylor (403-286-3083/wmtaylor@shaw.ca) or Dave Thomson (403-241-7990/ jdavethomson@shaw.ca) with your ideas!
Blank Canvas Fundraiser
Many thanks to all who have participated by donating towards our Grounds Improvement project, dedicating tiles and creating our communal artwork! Our last tile-painting workshop will be on Sunday, Sept 24 to finish off the 27 tiles left to complete the picture.
Brentwood Care Centre
Starting in October, a ministry team from St. Andrew’s will lead monthly worship services at our neighbouring care centre. If you would like to participate, please contact Vicki Michkofsky at 403-282-8492 or michkof@shaw.ca.
Communion Bread
Would like to make bread to use for communion? Just let Christine know. You can use any recipe you like, though please try to avoid anything too ‘crumbly.’ See the adult education section of the website for one simple recipe!
Finance Update
We are thrilled to announce that we have successfully exceeded our fundraising goal of $30,000 for Grounds Improvement and other capital building projects! Total raised to date is $30,255. In other good news, to the end of July, our operating deficit of 10,000 is well ahead of budget. Praise God as we continue to discover the great work we can do together!
Calling all Quilters and Crafters!
We are looking for people to create some biblically-based “baby banners” for babies and toddlers in our midst to play on/with in church. Talk to Christine or Kara for more information.
Blank Canvas Fundraiser
Many thanks to all who have participated by donating towards our Grounds Improvement project, dedicating tiles and creating our communal artwork! Our last tile-painting workshop will be on Sunday, Sept 24 to finish off the 27 tiles left to complete the picture.
Downstairs Notice Board—Your Contributions
If you have any articles, jokes, information etc. that you would like to share with other members of the congregation, please post them on the notice board headed “Your Contributions”. Please put the posted date on the item. Thanks.
Important Upcoming Events
Sunday, Sept 24 – Baptism!, Tile-painting
Sunday, Oct 1: Baptism!
Sunday, Oct 15 – Setting the Altar & Administering Communion Workshop
Saturday, Nov 18: Christmas Tea & Bazaar – Our annual favourite kick-off to the Christmas season!
Attitude of Gratitude
A celebration like today’s takes the time and commitment of many, many people. Many thanks go to:
– the committee who took responsibility for putting it all together: Wendy, Vicki, Helen, Susan, and Dick
– the “garden clean-up crew” – Vicki, Ron, Judy, Lloyd, Grace and Dick – for getting our grounds looking particularly fabulous for today.
– Tim Horton’s at 16th Ave & 29 St. for donating coffee
– Verne and Morgan Luchinski for sharing their music
– everyone who helped set-up, made and brought chili, buns or watermelon, worked in the kitchen and helped clean up! It takes a village!
Wisdom Centre – Save the Dates
The Wisdom Centre is pleased to announce that Dan Hines, Anglican Priest, political activist and facilitator, will be with us in Calgary, October 27-29, 2017. Dan has been mentored by Parker J. Palmer and The Centre for Courage and Renewal and will be with us in Calgary to tell us more about the transforming power of circles of trust.
Brandan Robertson will be leading a multi-day Wisdom Centre event from November 16 to 19, 2017, here in Calgary. The Rev. Brandan Robertson is an author, pastor, thought-leader, contemplative activist working at the intersection of spirituality, sexuality and social renewal.
PWRDF – Are you ready to ride?
On September 30, 2017, The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) will again be participating in the annual Ride for Refuge.
This year, with your help, we’re riding to DOUBLE our impact in Mozambique by providing 50 more women with microfinance loans.
Currently, we support 50 women through CCM de Pemba, a credit cooperative providing a safe place for women to keep their savings and access low-interest loans for small businesses. Profits are reinvested in their businesses and in their families, accessing potable water, food, shelter, clothing and education. Adult women — almost 70% of whom are illiterate — learn to read at night school. All of this means women are empowered to become full partners in in decision-making for their families and their communities as a whole.
Let’s double our impact!. Every $500 raised will provide a woman with a loan to start a small business, improving her own life as well as the lives of her family and her community.
Our goal? $30,000. Our success? It’s up to you.
We’d love to have the parishioners, friends, and community members join us for this important event. The beauty of Ride for Refuge? You can participate in a formal event (in larger cities across Canada) or hold your own bike/walk/whatever event – indoors or outdoors – to make a real and direct difference for the entrepreneurial women of Mozambique and the communities they impact.
For help, advice and support on setting up and managing your Ride for Refuge event, feel free to get in touch with me by phone (416.924.9199/toll-free 1.866.308.7973, extension 306, or via e-mail at cdenomy@pwrdf.org.
Please visit the official Ride for Refuge website at www.rideforrefuge.org/charity/pwrdf to register your team(s) as well as get more information to share on the Ride itself, fundraising incentives, and more.
We’ll be in touch again as Ride for Refuge 2017 rolls closer – see you there!!!
The Holy Spirit in our Prayers
“The Holy Spirit helps . . . for we do not always know how to pray as we ought.” Romans 8:26
Have you had the desire to pray, but didn’t know how to begin? Have you ever wished you could pray with more fervour, more power, more effect? Prayer is to be more than just the recital of words; it is an interaction with the Holy Spirit. Prayer is not just a solitary endeavour, it is a cooperation with God!
Speaker: Gene Packwood
Through his work with Anglican Renewal Ministries, Gene Packwood is focused on the role of the Holy Spirit in the prayers of God’s people. He is an informative and engaging speaker, and frequently sought out to speak at prayer conferences.
St. Peter’s Calgary
903 75 Ave SW, Calgary, AB Saturday, September 30th 9:30am – 3:00pm. Lunch to be provided. (A free-will offering will be taken up)
Register today!
Register by e-mail at: bettynadurak@gmail.com Please remember to list all dietary restrictions at time of registration.
Creating Dementia-Friendly Congregations
How can our places of worship be welcoming, safe and spiritually fulfilling for those who have cognitive impairments such as dementia or Alzheimer’s? For many of us, we are aware of the need to respond but aren’t sure what that means or how it looks. To help us learn and implement simple yet powerful ways for our churches to become “friendly” places, please come to this morning workshop led by gerontological nurse specialist Mollie Cole, RN. This event is free of charge and will be from 9:00 am to noon on Saturday, November 25th, at Knox Presbyterian Church, 3704 37th St. SW, Calgary. All are welcome, and a special invitation is extended to clergy and other congregational leaders. This event is offered by St. Martin’s Anglican Church. To learn more and to RSVP (by November 20th), please contact the Rev. Natasha Brubaker at 403-510-6615/403-249-3014 or natasha.stmartins.net.
Wisdom Centre Information click here.
Diocese of Calgary News Service click here.
Diocese of Calgary Information Newsletter click here.
Anglican Church of Canada – News from General Synod August 2017
This Sunday at St. Andrew’s
Altar Flowers – today are offered to the Glory of God by Arne Osterberg in memory of loved ones.
Shared prayers today:
~ The Most Rev. Greg Kerr-Wilson, Archbishop, Diocese of Calgary & Metropolitan of Rupert’s Land
~ The Most Rev. Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
~ The Most Rev. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury
~ The Right Rev. Leopold Friday, Bishop of our Companion Diocese
~ In Our Diocese: St. Augustine, Lethbridge – The Rev. Canon James Robinson, The Rev. Allan McCuaig (Hon.); University Chaplaincies – The Rev. Dr. Roy Darcus (U of C), The Rev. Canon Erin Phillips (U of L), and our local post-secondary institutions
~In the Companion Diocese of the Windward Islands: St. Paul, Calliaqua (kal-ee-a-kwa) with St. John, Belair – The Rev. Canon Ashton Francis
~In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Sodor & Man (York, England) – The Rt Revd Peter Eagles
~ In our parish: Warwick & Susan Pexman; Jacob & Annie Philipose; Max & Robin Phillips
~ Prayers for the World Day of Prayer – Susan Chivers & Phyllis Schmidt, Parish Representatives
Worship Leaders
8:00 a.m.
Celebrant/Preacher – The Rev. Christine Conkin
Liturgical Assistant – Ruth Mauel/Jeanne Mosca
10:30 a.m
Celebrant/Preacher – The Rev. Christine Conkin
Liturgical Assistant – Rosemary Christmas
Server – tbd
Readers – Lisa Calles
Greeter – Aline Greaves
Sunday School – Paul Fritz
Sidesperson – John MacKinnon
Music Director – Claire Butler
Please join us after the service for a chilli lunch in the parking lot (or in the hall downstairs if the weather is inclement)
Upcoming Services
Sunday, September 24th– Pentecost 16
8:00 a.m. Holy Communion, BCP
10:30 a.m. Baptism & Holy Eucharist, BAS
Sunday, October 1st– Pentecost 17
8:00 a.m. Holy Communion, BCP
10:30 a.m. Baptism & Holy Eucharist, BAS
Sunday, October 8th– Pentecost 18
8:00 a.m. Holy Communion, BCP
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, BAS
