ST. JUDE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, OAKVILLE FALL 2019 EDITION

A goodbye from Jim Sutton…

By the time you read this I will be vacationing at the cottage, and approaching my official departure from St. Jude’s. I know that I came out of the blue, and we walked together frequently reminding ourselves about our recent loss. You not knowing me, or me knowing you. But in the ensuing 15 months we have cried, laughed and journeyed together. Both Kathleen and I are grateful for your continuing support and caring. We have shared Epiphany gifts, grown nasturtiums, done trivia, ate and studied lots of chocolate, gathered soup, danced at Robbie Burns, and did monthly Jazz. You allowed me to share some of your intimate moments, both joyful and sad, as well as made fools of ourselves. You graciously received my story at the Men’s Breakfast and Sunday by Sunday from the pulpit. Thank you for your thoughts, continuing prayers and aspirations. I had envisioned that I would be handing the reigns on to your new rector, but alas I am fading back into retirement from whence I came. You have been great, and I especially thank Harry, Cindy, Julie and the wardens for steering me along the way. You will be in my prayers as you move into the next stage of your journey. I came and did what was asked. Any interim always had an end, and thus this is it alas.

A Message from our new Priest-in-Charge

Dear Friends in Christ, Grace to you and peace from our Lord Jesus Christ. It is such a privilege to be called to walk with you during this final, and we hope short, season of transition. I very much look forward to being with you and meeting you beginning Sunday, September 1 and thereafter. I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself and share some preliminary thoughts with you.

As you may know, I am an Episcopal priest currently serving in the Diocese of Niagara. My wife, Michelle Boomgaard, is also an Episcopal priest and serves as the Rector of St. Christopher’s in Burlington. I recently completed a one-year stint as the Interim at Church of the Epiphany Bronte. In the Episcopal Church I served parishes in Maryland, Connecticut and Pennsylvania before moving to Burlington almost two years ago. Prior to seminary and ordination, I had a first career as a lawyer and administrator in the areas of social services and health care, primarily with the Federal Government in Washington, DC.

I imagine having another priest serving with you temporarily was not high on your wish list. Having endured the shock of Rob Fead’s untimely death and having gone through a relatively lengthy transition period with Jim Sutton, you must now endure this bump in the road to calling your new Rector. From everything I have heard, you are more than up to the task. I pray that this unexpected extension of your transition can be a time of growth and blessing, preparing you even more fully to welcome and embrace your new Rector in the not-too-distant future.

I look forward to being part of your rich heritage, beautiful worship space and music and the Spirit-filled mission and ministries of St. Jude’s, if but for a short while. May God bless you and keep you, this day and always. Peace and blessings, The Reverend Lou Hays

A message from The Venerable Harry James Dawson

Dear friends,

It has been a long and emotional journey since the untimely death of our rector and friend, Canon Rob Fead. We still have to wait as a parish for the work of the parochial committee to continue with the bishop to find a parish priest to carry on the shepherding role and leadership of St. Jude’s parish. In the meantime with the Reverend Lou Hays I look forward to continuing the parish ministry of Archdeacon Jim Sutton in an interim position as Pastoral Associate. Having fulfilled the pastoral duties of a priest since Jim left the end of July, I look forward to Lou starting in September and to work with him until a new rector is appointed in the coming months. We are fortunate as a parish to have such a dedicated and capable lay ministry involvement in all aspects of parish life. Without the parish pulling together to weather the storm that inevitably comes with the tragic death of a beloved incumbent, we would not have survived as we have. I look forward to returning to my role as honorary assistant once a new rector is appointed. In the meantime we as a congregation have a duty and privilege to continue the work of ministry in this place we all so dearly love and value. May God be with us as we minister together in his Name.

Message from the Wardens

Welcome back from what we hope has been a renewing summer with time for family, friends, travel, still quietness and productivity.

During the summer months, within the family of St. Jude’s we expressed love and gratitude to Ven. Jim and Kathleen Sutton for their 15-month ministry among us. We wish them God’s Blessing as they continue with a well deserved retirement.

Our thanks again to Elinor Farrell who provided Sunday School programming during the summer. The summer Vacation Bible School was a great success under Elinor’s leadership in conjunction Knox Presbyterian Church

We look forward to September 1st, as we greet the Rev. Lou Hays as our Priest in Charge who will be supported by our Ven. Harry Dawson for the next few months.

The Parochial Committee continues to engage with Bishop Susan to seek out and secure a new Rector for our parish. Please continue to support and pray for those of us associated with the search and that the right person will soon be identified to lead the Ministry at St. Jude’s.

There has been a lot of productivity and work in and around the church premises during the summer, with great leadership, planning and organization from Julie Hudak in conjunction with the Property Committee. Julie has kindly submitted a detailed outline of all the preparation and work done, which can be reviewed in this Newsletter.

The July and August BBQ within the Maurice/Margaret Drive community has concluded for 2019. Many thanks to each volunteer who combined their time and BBQ talents to make this a special time.

Our parish volunteers who cook and serve the delicious monthly meals at Kerr Street Mission will continue their culinary talents throughout the fall and winter. Another great time of fellowship for the community!

The weekly grocery programme in partnership with Food for Life continues every Wednesday.

Big “KUDOS” to all the volunteers who make these Outreach projects possible.

New volunteers are always welcome to all of our parish Ministries. We are always happy to direct you to the right people.

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From Julie Hudak, Business Manager…

The summer has been a busy productive time here at St. Jude’s.

With the help of the government funded summer student position the office has been able to get to most of the annual tasks and have utilized the extra help to re-organize, inventory and make small repairs to the office, kitchen and even books in the pews. Thanks to Cindy and Joseph for all their hard work.

I have been able to the handle the property repair/replacement quoting process, including the scheduling of individual contractors and overseeing the work performed with the following projects:

On the exterior it was noted that the front railings by the narthex and Thomas Street ramp had metal fatigue so they were welded and rust was removed and painted. I noticed a disconnected eaves trough, hornets nest and broken tree limbs on Town property and called/followed up with the necessary people to remove.

The identified stained glass windows in need of repair (most of which were in the Bell Tower) are still in the process of being restored and we hope to have them back soon (the cost of this project has been supplemented by the Heritage Grant that I was able to obtain).

The budgeted project to replace the broken and unsafe divider by the Library Hall has been replaced with several easy to use sliding doors with glass inserts (as per Diocesan Safe Church practice).

The not-to-code office door and unsecure glass window sliders will be replaced by the end of August with a secure wall and a wider glass insert door (as per Diocesan Safe Church practice) .

The long awaited replacement of the inefficient and non-functional windows in the choir room, Director of Music office and choir robing room will be completed before fall.

The stair risers and “knotty” wainscoting have once again been sealed and painted in the Victoria Hall providing a lovely unblemished look.

Lloyd McCoomb (Property Chairman) and I have been in contact as I have already started a list for the 2020 property capital budget. I have also had to defer a much needed project to 2020 in the hopes of obtaining a heritage grant for it.

On a personal note, it has been an emotional year and a half in the office for Cindy and I starting with loosing our boss and friend, Rob, the person who worked the closest with us. Then as we welcomed and diligently worked alongside Jim Sutton and recently having to say our farewell. Moving forward, we both thoroughly enjoy working with Harry Dawson, our Pastoral Assistant. We also look forward to the arrival of Lou Hays, Priest in Charge, on September 1 and of course, our eventual placement of our new Rector in the near future.

Brian and Peter had the great privilege of witnessing our choir sing in the beautiful medieval Winchester Cathedral in early August. The combined musical talents of all involved made us very proud.

Our welcome back Corn Roast will take place after the 1000am service on Sunday September 1.

The regular three services, 8:00am, 9:15am, 11:00am will commence on Sunday September 8.

Please refer to our Parish Website: www.stjudeschurch.net for announcements and programmes. Follow us on Facebook for news and photos.

We are always grateful for your ongoing financial support as we journey together as a parish family.

Peter Rughi, Rector’s Warden Brian Toogood, People’s Warden Ann Mulvale, Deputy Warden _________________________________________________________________________________________________

Choral Evensong in remembrance and thanksgiving for those interred in St. Jude’s

Memorial Garden.

Sunday, September 22nd at 4:00 pm

There will be a reception in the hall following the service.

Pastoral Offices

Baptisms Culhane, Olivia Grace April 28, 2019 Harrison, Dorothy Anne April 28, 2019 Kendon, Elizabeth Jane May 12, 2019 Baksi, Lillian Rae June 9, 2019 Millett, Emma Lynn July 14, 2019

Marriages Davis/Card April 27, 2019 Philp/McVicar April 27, 2019 Li/Shang July 6, 2019 Kayis/Brett July 21, 2019

Funerals Foulkes, Elizabeth Anne May 14, 2019 Warren, Robert May 19, 2019 Daniels, Jean May 29, 2019 Meray-Horvath, Andrew June 8, 2019 Haight-Wrightman, Melba June 27, 2019 Hare, Helen June 28, 2019 Bond, Ronald July 9, 2019 Josiak, Ted July 20, 2019

Jazz Vespers continues the first

Sunday of the month at 4:00 pm. Readings, prayers and reflection... In a jazz state of

mind.

To Peter Chambers who will be receiving the Order of Niagara

on Sunday, October 6th at 4:00 pm

Service takes place at the Cathedral (252 James St. N, Hamilton)

REMINDER – Sunday worship at 8:00, 9:15 and 11:00 am resumes on September 8th .

St. Jude’s Celebration of the Arts 29th Season 2019/20

I am thrilled to be overseeing the upcoming COTA concert series, which will continue to present fine quality concerts at St. Jude’s. Our 29th season opens on October 5, 2019, with OperOttawa’s concert production of Bizet’s rarely-heard “The Pearl Fishers”. The famous duet, “Deep in the Holy Temple”, is a heart-rending pledge of fraternal solidarity, which, true to operatic tradition, is soon shattered by a love triangle. A star ensemble of OperOttawa’s soloists, led by Norman E. Brown, brings this production to life.

On January 25, 2020, we are pleased to present the up-and-coming Bedford Trio, a violin/cello/piano ensemble which was featured in the prestigious Toronto Summer Music Concerts this season and mentored by the Juno-winning Gryphon Trio. They were the first to be selected for the University of Toronto’s Irene R. Miller residency during 2018/19, and have been featured on CBC Radio 1 as well as in the Orford Music Festival and Ottawa’s International Chamberfest. Their program, “Café in Paris”, will transport you from our deep winter to the Avenue of the Champs-Élysées.

Quartetto Gelato returns to St. Jude’s on March 28, 2020, in a concert aptly titled “Defying Gravity”. This unique ensemble (violin/tenor, oboe/Cirque de Soleil acrobat, accordion & cello) has performed around the globe, performing virtuosic classical masterworks, Argentinian tangos, gypsy ballads and more. They entertain, teach, and thrill with their artistry, theatrics and the occasional stunt. Two of their 9 recordings were taken on board the NASA space shuttle Columbia, and Quartetto Gelato was heard, literally, around the world.

On May 23, 2020, St. Jude’s will be treated with a Spring-time Messiah, when the St. Jude’s Choir, under the direction of Simon Walker with soloists and orchestra, performs Parts 2 & 3 of Handel’s Messiah. Death and Resurrection are the themes of this masterpiece, miraculously written in less than a month for performance during the Easter season in 1742.

I’m looking forward to continuing St. Jude’s special history of nourishing the community with fine arts presentations, and I hope to see you there!

Please check www.oakvilleconcerts.com for more information, or call the church directly at (905) 844-3972.

Alison McTavish, Artistic Director St. Jude’s Celebration of the Arts

All Welcome!

Blessing of Animals Service in the Church garden on September 29th

at 2:00 pm. Bring your pet(s)!

FALL RUMMAGE SALE ~ October 19th - 8:30—11:30 am

We are once again looking for clean gently used clothing, books, toys and household goods. Please NO magazines or large items. Items cannot be dropped off at the Church until the week of the rummage sale as there is no storage space.

PLEASE-SIGN UP TO HELP OUT! For schedule and more information, please see the information in the hall outside of the church office.

Martha Tatarnic will be speaking at St. Jude’s

about her book on Monday, October 7 at the Women’s Study Group at

10:30 am.

For more book details: https://marthatatarnic.ca/the-living-diet/

PARISH BBQ & CORN ROAST!

SUNDAY

SEPTEMBER 1st

after the 10:00 am worship service

All welcome!

Free Will Offering

Every year, Doors Open Ontario attracts large crowds across Ontario. This event draws both residents

and visitors to discover first-hand Ontario’s hidden heritage treasures. For many years St. Jude’s has had the opportunity to participate in this event, spreading the history of our beautiful church. Visitors love to hear that St. Jude’s was established in 1839 and has been in the present building since 1883. The bell tower, completed in 1896, houses a set of nine chimes cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London, England. The tower clock, installed in 1906, is wound by hand once a week. Extensive additions and renovations were completed in 1887, 1924, 1956 and again in 1987. Come and help us celebrate the history of St. Jude’s at our Doors Open Ontario event on Saturday, September 28th. For more information on the event please visit: http://www.doorsopenontario.on.ca/ Volunteers are needed to help make this event spectacular. Please sign up in the office hallway to participate in this year’s Doors Open Ontario!

Upcoming dates to note:

Corn roast—after 10:00 worship on September 1st Photo directory pictures from September 6th to 12th—see sign up sheets in hallway Monday Morning Women’s Study Group resumes September 9th Memorial Garden Evensong, Sunday September 22nd Men’s Breakfast, Saturday September 28th Doors Open is Saturday, September 28th Pet Blessing, Sunday, September 29th Celebration of the Arts Concert is Saturday, October 5th Martha Tatarnic book talk, Monday, October 7th Rummage Sale is Saturday, October 19th All Saints/Souls service will be on Sunday, November 3rd at all services Remembrance Day service will be on Sunday, November 10th at all services Christmas Bazaar is Saturday, November 23rd

The next newsletter will be published at the end of November.

Deadline for submissions will be Friday, November 15th.

Men's Breakfast on Saturday, Sept 28th

7:00am to 9:00am

Holiday Inn on Argus Road

Speaker: Peter Rughi

Tickets on sale for $25 in the church office and after services in September.

Fall movie night, in October, details to be announced in the pew bulletin:

"Doctrine of Discovery: Stolen Lands, Strong Hearts", moderated by and discussion with Archdeacon Valerie Kerr

From Director of Family Programs:

As September draws near we have many exciting events coming up but I would like to take a second to

remember what has happened during the summer. We had many fun Sunday school lessons as well as a

wonderful children’s service at the beginning of June. Later in June we also had an enjoyable Parish

picnic!

As I am writing this we are currently preparing for Vacation Bible

School that starts next week. There is lots of decorating and last

touches being done on what I am sure will be a fabulous event for the

children. This year we partnered with Knox which has only increased

the joy of Vacation Bible School preparation and I look forward to

working with Knox on other events in the future. We have four

wonderful summer students helping us with Vacation Bible School this year. Thea, Gwen, Sierra, and

Natalie have spent the summer working across a number of churches running many different vacation

bible schools. We are excitedly anticipating an enjoyable and successful Vacation Bible School.

Looking forward into September, we have our annual corn roast which should be a great way to get back

in the routine after having the summer season. We also have our Christmas pageant coming up which I

hope will be as successful as last years and as much fun for the kids involved!

Elinor Farrell

Thanks to the overwhelming support from parishioners the 2018-19 academic year was another very successful year

for our Loonie Toonie scholarship initiative.

The 6 students we supported this past year were diverse in background and in their fields of study.

From Sheridan: 3 students from the north

Shawna Morris, Muskrat Dam First Nation, Art Fundamentals (One-year program)

Amelia Scott, Wabaseemoong First Nation, Honours Bachelor of Illustration (First year of a four-year program)

Elyse Martin, Metis from a Northern Ontario community (second year in the Honours

Bachelor of Illustration program) had her St. Jude’s Scholarship renewed.

From Mohawk: 3 students from Six Nations all in their final year

Kelly Felhazi, Community and Social Services Management

Brianna Rowe, Community and Justice Services

Matthew Walker, Advanced Security Management

We have indefinitely suspended our participation with Mohawk due to administrative

difficulties with their systems and in June we met with Sheridan College to ascertain if they could handle an increase

in our participation with them and what format would be most beneficial. All agreed that Sheridan’s large identified

indigenous student population would benefit from an increase to $6000.00 and the most beneficial approach would

be to move from 3 to 6 annual scholarships

The majority of the students we have supported at Sheridan over the years have come to Sheridan from northern

communities and all but one has graduated or is on track to graduate from their particular program. Elijah Williams

whom we supported from 2012-2016 is now the manager of the Indigenous Centre at Sheridan College.

This past June our first of three collections in support of scholarship program for the 2020-21 academic year raised a

little over $2,000 leaving $4000.00 to fully fund the program. In late October / early November we will hold our

second Loonie Toonie Sunday for the 2020 – 21 academic year. Just as a reminder, donations can also be made at

any time through the church office and all identified donations …. Cheques, Visa/Master card, Email -payments will

receive a tax receipt.

The Committee overseeing the Scholarships meets three times a year, as needed, to organize the fundraisers and

share communication with the educational institutions. If you would like to know more about the St Jude’s

Scholarships for Indigenous Students, or wish to become more involved, please speak to one of the Committee

Members: Dave Pearson, Catherine Leckey, Dave Haslett, Donna Young, Marion Davis or Cliff Thompson.

Portrait sittings are being booked now! Sign

up outside of the church office today!

Friday September 6th, 2:30 pm - 8:30 pm Saturday September 7th 9:30 am - 3:00 pm Monday through Thursday, September 9th-12th 2:30 pm - 8:30 pm

From the Director of Music: I write this on my first morning back at St Jude’s after nearly 4 weeks away. A family bereavement unfortunately necessitated my early departure to England, but also gave me some quality time with my family ahead of what was to be one of the most memorable weeks of music in my career to date. The Choir all arrived at Romsey Abbey by coach on Saturday 27th July – many of them had only just got off the plane! Despite weariness from the journey we threw ourselves into rehearsal and became acquainted with singing in the toweringly large Norman building, originally a convent but since King Henry VIII, a very large parish church for the beautiful market town. It possesses a stunning acoustic and a large pipe organ from 1858, still with its original console and drawknobs! The first time we ended a motet the choir were amazed by the way the sound continued in the building long after our cut-off, a reverberation of more than 5 seconds. After a comfortable night at the Royal Winchester Hotel, experiencing the latest trend in English beverage (Gins and tonics of extraordinary variety…) a comfortable night of sleep was had before our first big day – Sunday worship at Romsey Abbey. Apart from a few minor liturgical differences, everything would seem familiar to the regular St Jude’s worshiper, except that due to the acoustic, the spoken parts of the liturgy had to said much slower! A pub lunch was followed by a regular Romsey Abbey community event – Sunday Afternoon Tea at 4pm. An amazing team of local volunteers provided all home-baked cakes for us and at least 40 members of the congregation. Rehearsal for Choral Evensong followed that, and I counted 70 people in the Nave. There were too many people to count at the 10:30 Eucharist – a full Nave, well in excess of 200. We were all amazed and inspired by both the place and the people of the community, who gave us the warmest of welcomes.

On Monday 29th July we started our week of services at Winchester Cathedral. We were given access to an ‘undercroft’ room with a grand piano for our daily morning rehearsals, 9:30 – 10:30pm, and the Quire in the cathedral was ours for rehearsal each day from 4pm. The cathedral has to be one of the most elaborate and interesting I’ve ever visited, with so much history to see, and so many tourists! I was told that the cathedral has to manage over 700 regular volunteers!

The ornately carved choir stalls are medieval, and have been used for sung daily services for hundreds of years. The Nave of the church, where Sunday morning worship is held, is the longest cathedral Nave in the UK. Like Romsey, the acoustic was immense, though we found it to be clearer than expected in Quire, but almost overwhelmingly large in the Nave. The daily choral service (Monday –Saturday) is Evensong, so we had to sing many different settings of the evening canticles, the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis. We got a break on the Wednesday when we didn’t sing, and had the opportunity for an excursion to the Isle of Wight, taking in Osborne House – (formerly a residence

of Queen Victoria). Our last day, Sunday 4th August, was a marathon with three choral services to sing (9:45 Choral Matins preceded the 11am Eucharist). Needless to say we were very tired, it took me several days to fully recover. However, the choir performed their very best each day, and the week went by seamlessly. One of the cathedral ‘virgers’ told us that we ranked in the ‘top quartile’ (top 25%) of visiting choirs. I think that’s a great compliment as some visiting choirs are of very high professional standard. At the end of the week we were warmly thanked for our work and we left very proud of what we’d achieved.

My thanks go to Nick Burbidge and Bev Armstrong for the work they did in organising the trip, and Margo Chambers for the library work required. Huge thanks must also go to Andrew Adair for playing for us every day. In many ways he had the hardest and most pressured job of all, but also the chance to experience the thrill of playing a truly world class instrument at the cathedral. The great benefit of a choir tour like this is not just the enjoyment and the achievement of the week, it’s also been an opportunity for the choir to continue building our skills and our musicianship. It helps draw greater interest in the choir and is a great tool for recruitment also. My whole-hearted thanks must also go to the congregation of St Jude’s in supporting this project, we are very

grateful to all of you who attended the parish fundraising events and came to our ‘Winchester Preview’ concert, and also to all of you who come on a Sunday and listen to our music so prayerfully and attentively. Music is a wonderful gift from God, with which the Anglican tradition is especially richly blessed. It continues to be a great honour and privilege for me to serve in this role at St Jude’s. The St Jude’s choirs are looking forward to returning on Sunday 8th September! Simon Walker