Notices for the Week of October 20th - 27th
Notices for the Week of September Oct 20th – 27th
Parish Council – meets this Tuesday, October 22nd at 7pm. Venue is the Rector’s office in the lower hall. Minutes and agenda will be sent out this week.
The Bells of St. Helen’s – The next edition of our recently resurrected newsletter will be sent out by email late this week. Please look for it in your email inbox. For those not on email, there will be a limited number of hard copies available next Sunday.
Confirmation Programme – We are soon starting our confirmation programme that will see confirmation take place around Easter. Anyone who is interested should speak with our rector, Steve very soon.
Mark Your Calendars All Souls Service – November 2nd A special service will take place on Saturday, November 2nd to remember those whom we love but see no more. This is not must for those buried here at St. Helen’s but open to anyone who has lost loved ones. The service will take place in the church and there will be candles available for people to place on graves of those buried here in our cemetery afterward. There will also be an opportunity to write names on ribbons to place these on the holly trees in the cemetery. The time will be announced in the Bells Newsletter and in the notices next Sunday.
Tri-Parish Youth Event – Saturday November 2nd at 6pm takes place here at St. Helen’s. It was quite successful last year and we are getting everyone together again. There will be supper, games & activities in the hall and conclude with a time of prayer in the church.
Christmas Bazaar – Our Annual Bazaar will take place on Saturday, November 23rd. More information from Lynn Turner. Further details will be published in The Bells Newsletter.
Special Christmas Concert – Friday December 6th, 7pm in the church. Saskia & Darrel Delaronde will be performing a special concert for the season. Tickets are $20. More info in the newsletter
Parish Multicultural Carol Service – will take place on Sunday, December 8th at 7pm. Get your voices and groups ready and singing.
Readings for Next Sunday, October 27th – Pentecost 20
Joel 2:23–32;
Psalm 65;
2 Timothy 4:6–8, 16–18;
Luke 18:9–14
Saints Days and Holy Days
Oct 23 James of Jerusalem Mem.
Oct 26 Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons 899 Mem.
The Pillars of Gratitude: What We Said and Wrote
- 45 notes wrote about their gratefulness for family, friends, homes, jobs, food and health, our country, beautiful weather
- grateful for God’s mercy & grace and the special gifts he has given me
-I give thanks to God for the conversations we have & the peace that comes from it.
-I am thankful for finding & purchasing ‘name’ & for ‘name’
-thankful for daughter’s safety through extreme weather and as always for family & friends
-Grateful that God is in or lives; thank you for my husband & children & grandchildren.
- Grateful that God gives us Strength
-the truth God gives us, he creation God gives us; the assuredness of God’s love
-2 wonderful children & their union to great partners in life
-thankful for hope; thankful for coming to church and feeling peace
-thankful for every breath
-thankful for salvation
-thankful for life and adventures
-thankful for time spent with friends at St. Helen’s & daily bread
-for communion; for blessings; for safety each day
-For the stream of people who have mentored me since my earliest years, through the decades of joys and sorrows
-2 notes particular about thankful for health care and medical systems
-food we eat, water we drink, Life You give, Air we breathe as well as relationships with family and workplace -‘Love is All’