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Notices for the Week of – May 6th – 12th  

Forward Day by Day – For those who use these devotional booklets, the new devotions for May – July may be found at the back of the church.  

Floral arranging for the Altar: Do you have some experience in flower arranging or would you like to learn? Do you enjoy being creative in this way? We are looking for someone to help once a month to arrange our 2 containers of altar flowers. Please speak with Jos Laskey if you would like to take part in this ministry at St Helen’s.  

Altar Guild – Have you ever thought about how some of the changes of colours get done over the course of the church seasons or for special events.  St. Helen’s has an altar guild which has a number of teams which take turns in their duties on about a once a month basis.  Training is provided and there is great fellowship.  If you have thought about this ministry or think you would like to learn more about it, please speak with Heather Herd, the current altar guild president or to the rector.  There will be a meeting of the altar guild coming up in the near future and would be a great time to step into the circle.  As the hymn says: ‘Draw the Circle Wide, Draw it Wider Still.’  We would love to have you join the circle.  

Flowers for the Altar – If you would like to make a donation in memory or in thanksgiving toward the flowers on the altar on a particular Sunday, please speak with Heather Herd.  

Yard Sale and Textile Drive St. Helen’s will be holding a yard sale on Sat. June 2nd between 10:00am and 2:00pm and donations for the Textile Drive will be picked up on Sunday, June 3rd.  We would be very happy to receive your donations of clothing and household items - these should be clean and, in the case of household items, in good working order.  If you have really good clothing that is new or nearly new, we will be having a little boutique where items will sell for a little more money.  Donations will be accepted on Fri., June 1st from 2:00 until 8:00pm.  We cannot accept anything prior to that as we have no storage space at all.  Have fun spring cleaning and decluttering.

Readings for Next Sunday, May 13th   Easter 7
Acts 10:44–48;
Psalm 98;
1 John 5:1–6;
John 15:9–17  

Tea for Two – Concert and Strawberry Tea Our annual strawberry tea is evolving somewhat and is set to take place here at St. Helen’s on Saturday, June 23rd.  Tickets will soon be on sale and are just $20 for the early bird purchase or $25 after May 28th.  The start time is as the title indicates 2PM.  The concert will take place in the church followed by the Strawberry Tea in the upper hall. Here is what you get for the purchase price: 1/A wonderful concert under the direction of our Director of Music, Matthew Ma and featuring the voices of Lisa-Dawn Markle and Martin Sadd.  They will sing excerpts from Carmen and the Messiah and tunes from Musical Theatre of Broadway. 2/ A wonderful Strawberry Tea will be served following the concert.  There will be the usual activities that have accompanied our Strawberry Teas of the past. This is a great time to invite family and friends and perhaps even purchase a ticket for them as a gift.