NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Parishioners will be held on the 21st day of February, 2021, immediately following morning prayer on Zoom, at approximately 10:15 am at which time all baptized persons regularly attending Services of worship in this Parish and receiving communion or otherwise regularly receiving the administrations of the clergy of this Parish are entitled to attend.
DATED this 2nd day of February, 2021
Lent 1
Announcements
Office Hours:
Both Christine and Kate will be working from home for a portion of the week.
If you need to come to the church, please contact Kate or Christine first to ensure one of us is there.
Best to contact Kate via email; best to contact Christine via email or cell: 403-618-0316
If you do enter the building, please ensure you wear a mask, sanitize your hands and sign in.
Before you come by St. Andrew’s, for any reason, please self-monitor for possible symptoms of Covid-19 by reviewing this document.
There is a visitor sign-in log at the front table that we ask you sign upon entry, once you have sanitized.
Before you come by St. Andrew’s, for any reason, please self-monitor for possible symptoms of Covid-19 by reviewing this document.
Lent 2021… begins Feb 17
Shrove Tuesday is February 16! While we cannot gather for a communal meal, we can connect virtually from our own homes to celebrate (with pancakes!) before entering Lent. The “zoom” will open at 6pm and you’re welcome to join anytime (link to follow). Thanks to the MacKinnons for hosting!
Ash Wednesday – We will gather at 7pm on February 17 to mark our entry into Lent. Zoom link and further information to follow.
Lent Madness Returns! Voting for your favourite saint begins Feb 18 with the first match-up of Camillus de Lellis vs. Matthias. Please contact Pat Kover (403-968-1520; pakover@telus.net) to order your “Saintly Scorecard” and/or sign-uphere to vote and receive emails with the match-ups!
Kneed to Pray – Join us on Zoom Tuesdays at midday (12noon) for 6 weeks, beginning Feb 23 for a simple time of prayer. No experience necessary! Zoom link to follow.
Lenten reflections will come to your inbox a few times a week through the season, for you to consider in your own time.
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Interfaith Bible Study- Numbers: Our Sojourn in the Wilderness
Bible study begins again on Thursdays: January 21 to February 25 from 1:00-2:30pm. Facilitators are: Cantor Russell Jayne, Rabbi Mark Glickman, Rev. Christine Conkin and Pastor Wallace Bornhuse. The link to watch the Feb. 4 bible study can be found here. RSVP at info@bethtzedec.ca or 403-255-8688. Zoom link will be provided to you upon registration. Free and open to all.
Prayer Chain
We are pleased that Jeanne Mosca, Rosemary Christmas, Sally-Anne Guertin and Frank Webb are now part of this ministry – joining Christine Conkin, Susan Chivers, Hilda Cox , Saro Zachariah and Pat Kover. If you have a prayer request please contact any member of the chain and your prayer will be sent round as quickly as possible.
World Day of Prayer – hosted by St. Andrew’s!
On Friday, March 5, 2021, a World Day of Prayer service will take place via Zoom at 1:00pm. The link for the gathering will be available soon. For more information, including a video “trailer,” click here.
2020 Tax Receipts have been mailed and should arrive in the 1st week of February. Please review them right away and save them in your tax files. Contact me if you have any concerns. Any donations you might have made via Canada Helps for St. Andrew’s will appear in a tax receipt directly from Canada Helps. John MacKinnon 403-282-0074 johnm9@telus.net
Wisdom Centre: Human Beings | Being Human
An unorthodox journey through Lent
hosted by Don McLeod
Wisdom Centre
Wednesday Evenings | February 24 to March 24, 2021
Online | 7:00 to 8:30pm
Join us for 5 evening online sessions during Lent to reconnect and reimagine what it might mean to be fully alive… human beings being human. Through music and poetry, images and insights from wisdom texts (ancient and contemporary), we will explore together ways of responding to what poet Diane Ackerman describes as, “our yearning to find whole-ness as holiness, and at-one-ment as atonement, filling a need ancient and essential as air.”
There is no cost for this event however we ask you to register so we can email you the Zoom information for the sessions. Please email us at: adminassist@stlaurence.ca
2021 Offertory Envelopes are ready to be picked up from St. Andrew’s, whenever that is possible. Some have already been delivered and if you are concerned about receiving yours then contact John MacKinnon, 403-282-0074, johnm9@telus.net
and we’ll arrange to get them delivered. A few people will be using new envelope numbers as we order a smaller quantity each year.
Zoom Choir!
Nancy will be holding Zoom singing practice on Thursday evenings at 7pm from October 1st so all can join in from the comfort of home! This is for choir members and all others who have missed singing and wish to join in.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82303714025?pwd=MHIzYVc0MmF1ZHI3d2toNkxPbE1BQT09
Meeting ID: 823 0371 4025
Passcode: 354533
Abundant Communities
Calgary Alliance for the Common Good has received a mental health grant and can now expand our Calgary Neighbourhood Project. If you or someone you know is a great community connector, and interested in building relationships on their block, we’d love to have you join us. We meet monthly to build skills around community development, generate ideas and support each other as we work to build relationships and civic on a block level. Click here for contact information and more about the Abundant Communities work.
Calgary Cares (Caring Action Relationships Education Seniors)
We are looking for Volunteers of all ages! (Ages 16-60+)
6 month volunteer opportunity
January 2021 – June 2021
Calgary CARES senior empowerment project will:
> Promote volunteerism among seniors and other generations
> Engage seniors in the community through the mentoring of others
> Expand awareness of elder abuse during COVID lockdown
> Support the social participation and inclusion of seniors
For more information or to volunteer fill out the volunteer form here
Come and Let Us Pray Together
At the most recent meeting of the AFP executive we discussed ways that we could respond and help people dealing with the COVID pandemic. Our response is to say why we don’t we do what we do best- and that is to pray.
We will be hosting a one-hour time of prayer on December 21, January 18, and February 15 at 1:00pm Eastern time. It will be a mixture of biblical readings, reflection, music, intercession, silence and other types and kinds of pray. You are welcome to actively participate or simply listen and pray quietly.
We will use the “Zoom” way of gathering people together. For more information see the weekly email.
Did You Know…?
We have copies of the personal devotions “Our Daily Bread” at the church for for September through to November. They can be picked up in the narthex if you’re at the church or we can drop one in the mail for you if you contact us!
Society of Saint John the Evangelist
Short reflections are published weekly. The latest is about “enlarging your perspective.” It can be found here.
Donations
Church operations are obviously much different than they were just a few months ago, but we’re not closed! We are most grateful for your continued donations. If you normally donate by cheque, you can send it by mail. Pre-authorized debit continues and you can join or make adjustments by contacting John MacKinnon (johnm9@telus.net). We also have an “account” with CanadaHelps you can access here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/129209680RR0001-st-andrews-anglican-church/
Praying with PWRDF
This is an excellent opportunity for us to make connections during this time of isolation. We can come together by praying with each other from parishes across the county, with PWRDF staff and most importantly with and for our partners.
All the recordings from the past few weeks of prayers can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoQP475xxXQAyzjoXtC0ykA
To register for upcoming sessions, please click the following link: https://bit.ly/PWRDFPrayers
