Weekly Notices - September 29th, 2021 | St. Mary's Anglican Church

FROM THE DESK OF THE RECTOR

As I contemplate ways to keep my life from speeding up again so as to maintain peace, balance and order, I’m thinking of Sabbath. What IS Sabbath, what is it for, how does it serve? And interestingly I came across this quote that captures well the whole intent behind Sabbath, whether it be a Sabbath day, moment, or retreat:

I aim to be just as disciplined about rest as I am about action. When I'm home watching trees in the hammock, it is in my schedule. I call it “watching trees time”. These times are not “breaks” from my creativity, they are phases in the creative cycle, and are just as essential as the times of activity.

When I stop throwing my energy in all directions into mindless activity, and instead wait for the wave of energy to come first, then when I eventually do act, I am riding a momentum that is already happening. I am resourced and supported.

Chameli Gad Ardagh

Extra, extra, read all about it! Film crew at St. Mary’s yesterday!

Thanks to John Sandiford and his connections in the community, people will be able to tour our church, hall and grounds online with a St. Mary’s Church Video Tour. We should all be able to view the video tour in a few weeks on this website.

We would like to acknowledge two sponsors who very generously donated the total cost of this exclusive technological wonder to promote our Church buildings, Memorial Garden, and Pet Memorial Garden to the local and global community:

Karen Kenyon, our local real estate agent from Royal LePage, donated $1,250 and if you would like to thank her, she can be contacted through her email at dreamhomes@shaw.ca.

Artez Photographic, the team who produced the video tour, donated $350 and you can thank them at info@artezphoto.com. Don’t we have wonderful neighbours!

Please join us for the Blessing of the Animals on Sunday Oct. 3rd at noon. Please invite your neighbours and friends!

St. Mary’s OUTREACH

Because of the pandemic, we are not able to offer our monthly Community Dinners, our HUB lunches, fun fundraisers and other community events. What could we do instead?

Join us in brainstorming a new outreach effort. Please contact Selinde if you are interested. We will be meeting in early October.

Tomorrow, September 30th, is Truth and Reconciliation Day, a national holiday.

About Orange Shirt Day
Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) residential school commemoration event held in Williams Lake, BC, Canada, in the spring of 2013. It grew out of Phyllis' story of having her shiny new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school at the mission, and it has become an opportunity to keep the discussion on all aspects of residential schools happening annually. The date was chosen because it is the time of year in which children were taken from their homes to residential schools, and because it is an opportunity to set the stage for anti-racism and anti-bullying policies for the coming school year. It also gives teachers time to plan events that will include children to ensure that we are passing the story on to the next generation.

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