Notices for the Week of March 26th - April 1st

Notices for the Week: March 26th – April 1st      

Tuesday
10:30 am Morning Prayer in the Lady Chapel                   
11:00 am Lenten Study in the Rector’s office

Wednesday
6:30pm Evening Prayer in the Lady Chapel                         
7:00pm Lenten Study in the Rector’s office  

A Pot Luck Lunch follows the service today March 26th.  Everyone is welcome  

Father Ayoob Adwar – Tonight, March 26th, Father Ayoob’s priestly orders will be received into the Anglican Church by Bishop Melissa. The service begins at 6pm service at the Church of the Epiphany here in Surrey.  Everyone is invited to come along and give their support to Ayoob who has been with us for about a year in a liturgical placement to learn the ways of Anglican worship.  

Bottle Drive is today Sunday, March 26th:  Kelly & Les will be delivering all our deposit recyclables to the recycling depot. Please leave yours outside the lower hall door before or immediately after the service today.  

Antique Valuation Day – APPRAISAL CLINIC April 1, 2017 - all you want to know is on a poster, available today - please take a poster and spread the word.  We will need lots of volunteer help and those opportunities will be listed next Sunday for sign-up.  PREVIOUSLY LOVED ART - if you have any donations please make sure that your name is on a piece of tape on the back of the picture - these will have a quick appraisal and all unsold will be returned.  ALSO can you loan us an easel of any kind or size - floor easels, table easels, cookbook easels, etc.?  See or call Lynn Turner for more information.

Messy Church at St. Helen’s From the Palms to the Cross to the Rising Saturday, April 8th.  The start time is 3:30pm.  This is for Families, children, parents and caregivers, grandparents and anyone who wants to come along and join in the fun.  We will learn how to make palm crosses, learn about the last supper, how to care for one another, follow the events of Good Friday and anticipate the Easter celebration of the Resurrection.  Young people are encouraged to invite their friends and other family members.  There will be food and song with activities crafts.  Messy Church is about having fun while learning about our faith.  

The Communion of Saints For the Week March 26 – April 1 2017
Of the three names for this week in the compilation ‘For All the Saints’ published by the Diocese of Toronto in 1994, the best known is the Jacobean poet and priest, John Donne.  After a riotous youth and a secret marriage, Donne was ordained in 1615 and became Dean of St.Paul’s Cathedral in London in 1622.  His eloquent sermons based on his wide scholarship drew large crowds but his passionate poetry is better known.  One of John Donne’s most famous poems is ‘For whom the bell tolls’, derived from Meditation 17 in a series ‘Devotions upon Emergent Occasion’ (1624):  

No man is an island / Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent / A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea / Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thine own / Or of thine friends’ were. Each man's death diminishes me / For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know / For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.

Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Easter) at St. Helen’s
Sunday, April 9th – Palm Sunday   
10:00am - Procession of the Palms from Hall to the Church                    
Eucharist of the Passion  

Thursday, April 13th – Maundy Thursday    
6:00pm – Potluck Supper reflecting the Last Supper    
7:00pm – Institution of the Last Supper – Eucharist                         
               Foot washing and Reflection  

Friday, April 14th – Good Friday     
10am – Family Service – Stations of the Cross (about 45 minutes in length)     
11:00am – Good Friday Service                          
                (with communion from the reserved sacrament)  

Saturday, April 15th – Holy Saturday     
6:30pm – Easter Vigil –
               Lighting of the New Fire
               Blessing of the Paschal Candle,
               Eucharist Followed by champagne and finger food to celebrate  

Sunday, April 16th – Easter – The Day of Resurrection     
7:30am – A simple gathering to sings Hymns, Songs and Prayers to welcome the Resurrection
               followed by breakfast in the church hall. We hope everyone stays for the 10am!     

10:00am – Festival Eucharist to Celebrate the Resurrection                        
                 Followed by Refreshments and Fellowship

Readings for Sunday, April 2nd – Lent 5
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Psalm 130
Romans 8:6-11
John 11:1-45