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Bulletin NoticesMay 27th, 2018
7:45 a.m.
7:45 a.m. – Holy Eucharist Book of Common Prayer – Page 67
Hymns: 50, 268, 235
The Collect of the Day: (said together)Father, we praise you: through your Word and Holy Spirit you created all things. You reveal your salvation in all the world by sending to us Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh. Through your Holy Spirit you give us a share in your life and love. Fill us with the vision of your glory, that we may always serve and praise you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
This Sunday’s Reading:Isaiah 6:1-8 & John 3:1-17
Next Sunday’s Readings:1 Samuel 3:1-10 & Mark 2:23-3:6
Altar Guild
We are in need of ladies to join us in the Altar Guild. Due to health problems of some of our ladies this past year, we have been desperately "short staffed", so to speak. Duties include meeting with team members approximately once a month to set up for Communion, clear away after the service and wrap the altar flowers (after the 11 o'clock service} so that the ushers candeliver them as designated by Canon Kim. We are looking for some young ladies who would be willing to join a team of ladies who have been in this ministry a long time, and learn from them.If you think this ministry would suit you, please contactPat Bennett at 905-837-1082.
PLEASE JOIN IN A DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING
FOR THE ELECTION OF ADIOCESAN BISHOP
FRIDAY, JUNE 110:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
at the churchArchbishop Johnson is retiring at the end of this year, and an Electoral Synod will be held, June 9. The coming years will be critical ones for the Church as a whole and our diocese in particular. In preparation for this important moment of discernment the whole Diocese has been called to a day of Prayer and Fasting for Friday, June 1, uniting us in shared sacrificial listening for the voice of the Holy Spirit.Everyone is invited to join in their own way and for as long as they wish.
FOR PART OF THE DAY, ST. PAUL’S WILL HOLD A 3-HOUR PRAYER VIGIL THIS
FRIDAY.Our time will include Morning Prayer, scriptural and church teaching on the call and ministry of a Bishop, Information about the six candidates, personal and corporate prayer, and silence.It will be a time to pray, listen, and discern the Holy Spirit. There will be no campaigning for any particular candidate. Coffee, Tea, Juice and Water will be provided, but no food. Please bring your own food if your diet requires you to eat regularly.
Summer Newsletter
Articles for the summer edition of the SPOTH newsletter are due by noon, next Sunday, June 3rd. Please email your items to Melanie Foord at [email protected]
Check Out What is Happening with the Children& Youth!
REGISTRATION & LEADER
APPLICATIONS OPEN!
Maker Fun Factory Vacation Bible CampJuly 16-20 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
JK-Grade 6Before & After Care Available
Download the registration form from www.stpaulsonthehill.com or pick up a copy at the church!
Cost is $110 for the first child, $85 for the second child, $60 for each additional child*
Jr. Leader-in-Training: Grades 6-7Training: Sunday July 15, 2018 10:00-11:30 AM
Held at SPOTHRegular camper fees apply
Leaders: Grades 7 & UpTraining: July 9-12, 2018 Fee $60
Camping at Emily Provincial Park – Leader Retreat Download the application
form from www.stpaulsonthehill.com or pick up a copy at the church!
Final Deadline: June 3, 2018
Calling all Grade 12s!
We want to celebrate this milestone with you through Adopt-a-Grad, Transition 101, and Graduation Sunday.Contact Dee James for more information.905.550.0532 or [email protected]
We are looking for the following items…..We are already thinking about Vacation Bible camp. If you have the following items that your children are no longer using, we would love to take them off your hands!
Knex Duplo by Lego (not the Mega blocks as they do
not integrate well with the set we already have) Hot Wheels cars and tracks Single or queen size air mattresses in good
condition We are also looking for someone to make
playdough for us Vacation Bible Camp. We will give you all the supplies and the recipe.
We are willing to pick up the items. Please contact Jacquie at 905-621-0155 for more information.
Volunteers to join the A/V Technical Team. We are particularly looking for someone to share the work on the Sound Console for 11:00 a.m. Organ/Choir Services. The only prerequisites are: a willingness to learn, and an eagerness to enhance the worship experience of the congregation. Training will be provided.If interested, please speak to Pam Johnstone (905-683-8726) or Bill Bradbury (905-839-8924).
Backpacks for School Children Program 2018
We are now collecting donations of school supplies and funds in preparation to deliver the backpacks to elementary schools this summer.Please consider donations of name brand products such as: pencil crayons, children’s markers, fine tip markers, pens, pencils, rulers, erasers, binders, spiral notebooks, glue sticks, calculators, pencil sharpeners, lined papers.You may consider completing a backpack as a small group or family project. Please speak to Lorna Smith: 905-837-0875 [email protected] Michelle Brochu: 289-314-4305 [email protected] you for your generosity
Save The DateHelp Needed June 9th at 10:30 am
To Put Up the Canopies on the Upper PatioWe need at least 12 volunteers.
Everyone welcome, adults and youth, many hands make light work.
Cool refreshments will be providedCommunity service hours will be given to those
eligible.Contact Jacquie James 905-621-0155
DIOCESE OF TORONTO& WORLD CYCLE OF PRAYER 2018
Please pray for: St. Martin’s, Pickering
The Rev. Dr. Alison Falby The Anglican Church of Korea & The
Most Rev. Onesimus Dongsin Park, Primate of the Anglican Church of Korea & Bishop of Busan
Mid-Week Eucharist with Healing
The Rev. Keith Todd, our Honorary Assistant invites you to join him at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday mornings for a special eucharist with prayer for healing. This is a great opportunity for those who cannot attend Sunday services and those who are available during the weekday.
Prayer Praise & Healing (PP&H)
On May 27th we will celebrate Pentecost SundayAt PP & H. Our guest speaker will be The Rev. Ken Bombay, who has pastored various churches across Canada and has been and continues to be an evangelist wherever he’s invited. Phil Jocz &
the band (Laudate) will provide wonderful praise music. You won’t want to miss this exciting night.
The Five Love Languages:How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Others
This is a new evening course being offered at St. Paul’s and facilitated by Canon Kim. It is based on the Gary Chapman best selling book, explaining how to express love in your partner’s or family member’s language. Join us for this 3 week mini course with a love language survey, group interaction, book study and Biblical teaching. Course will be on Tuesdays, May 29th, June 5th and 12th from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.Cost is $20 and includes a copy of the book The Five Love Languages. To register: email [email protected]
Peace in the Eye of the Storm
I woke up and reached over to the bedside table for my phone to see what time it was. It was just three o’clock in the morning. I groaned. I slipped out of bed as quietly as I could. I didn’t want to wake my husband or our three little dogs stretched out at the bottom of the bed. I opened the bedroom door and thought to myself, one more time, “I need to put some oil on that squeak.”
I crept downstairs, lit two of my favorite candles, boiled the kettle and made myself a cup of tea.“Why on earth am I wide awake in the middle of the night?” I wondered.
I settled into my favorite chair in the den as Maggie, our Yorkie decided to join me. I scratched behind her ears and she fell back to sleep on my lap.
There had been a lot of bad news on television the previous few days. Hurricanes, devastation, wildfires, a mass shooting. It felt as if the world was getting more out of control by the minute. Closer to home, two of my dearest friends had recently been diagnosed with cancer. No warning. Out of the blue, life had changed for them and their loved ones.
In the quiet, I lifted them up to the Lord. I asked for healing, for grace, for strength and for hope. I prayed for those I didn’t know, for those who had lost loved ones, who had lost their homes, for those struggling to find a reason to hope as they faced the reality of what their lives now looked like. Nothing can prepare you to lose everything in a matter of moments.
Sometimes we get a warning when a storm is about to hit. The national weather service issues storm watches and warnings but not everyone has the time or means to get away from danger. Often the poorest of the poor are the most vulnerable and pay the greatest price but truth is, storms hit us all.
Personal storms can move in with lightning speed and devastate the landscape of our hearts and we never saw them coming.
As I sat in the quiet that morning with a gently snoring dog on my lap I thought about you. I thought about the vast numbers of people that I may never meet on this earth but who are my brothers and sisters in Christ. I thought about those of you who are hurting, who feel broken and crushed right now. Although I may not know your name, Jesus does and I lifted you up. The question pounding inside my heart was this,
“Lord, how do we live in the peace You promised when there are storms all around us?”
I picked up the well-worn Bible that I keep beside my chair and opened it to the conversation Christ had with his best friends on the night when He knew He was about to be betrayed. He would have to endure a mockery of a trial and then take that long walk up a hill to face a barbaric execution. John records those profound hours in chapters 13-17 but as I sat in my
chair that night, I turned to the verses I had underlined that speak of peace.I am leaving you with a gift — peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. — John 14:27 NLT
Peace of mind and heart. Peace that is only found in Christ.
Then Jesus told them that hard times were coming. He tried to prepare them for the persecution that was ahead, for the unprecedented storms on the horizon. And then He said this,I have told you all this so that you may have peace in Me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world. — John 16:33 NLT
Christ had just shared some very difficult truth with His dearest friends and yet He said that the very reason He was telling them was so that they could know peace when the storms hit.
What is this peace that Christ speaks of? It’s clearly not circumstantial as He promises it in the middle of trouble. Perhaps it’s easier for you to believe that for others than for yourself but if it’s a promise from Christ then it is true in the best days of life and the worst, for the richest and the poorest among us.
If you find yourself in the middle of a mess right now Christ wants to speak peace to you. Many things in life are a mystery to me but this one thing I know for sure,
God is for you. He sees you, knows you and loves you. This is what I know about peace,
Peace is not the absence of trouble. It is the presence of Christ. That is my prayer for you.
Father,Right now, I pray for my brothers and sisters. You know what each one is facing. I ask that Your peace would flood their hearts and minds. In the quiet of this moment Lord, we receive Your peace.In Jesus name, Amen
Written by Sheila Walsh for Devotionals Daily, copyright Sheila Walsh, 2018.