November 2nd - Nov 8th, 2015

Events This Week

November 2^nd, 2015

  Office is closed

  3:30 pm  Music Rental

November 3rd, 2015

  12:00 noon   Whitemud Deanery Clergy Meeting at the Church

   6:00 pm  Faith, Fun & Fellowship: “November Potluck”

November 5^th, 2015

   7:00 am  Men’s and Women’s Bible Study @ the Bogani Café

November 6^th, 2015

   3:00 pm  Corporation Meeting

November 7^th, 2015

10:00 am  Lay Reader Training

7:00 pm   Malankara Rental

November 8th, 2015     Pentecost 24

   9:00 am   Holy Communion

  10:30 am  Holy Communion and Sunday School

                         

Faith, Fun, and Fellowship: Tuesday evening variety events at St. Margaret’s

·      Nov. 3^rd: Pot Luck Supper 6.00 – 8.00 p.m. Just what the label says: come, share a meal and enjoy the company of your fellow Christians.

·      Nov. 10^th: ‘War and Peace’ 7.30 – 9.00 p.m. Jesus calls us to love our enemies and pray for those who hate us; how do we put that into practice in the dangerous world we live in? Come, share your ideas and listen to others.

·      Nov. 17^th: ‘Free For All’ 7.30 – 9.00 p.m. Continuing from last month, with room for new questions too!

·      November 24^th: ‘Prayer Clinic for Beginners and Those Who Are Still Beginning’ 7.30 – 9.00 p.m. Bring your questions about the practice of prayer.

REMEMBRANCE DAY PRAYER SERVICE AND PRAYER WALK FOR PEACE

On November 11, 2015, people from various faith communities will gather to proclaim “Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good” as they remember, reflect and pray for peace in our world.

There will be an Interdenominational Prayer Service at McDougall United Church (10025 – 101 Street) at 6:00 p.m. Then at 7:00 p.m., participants will gather at City Hall in downtown Edmonton for the 7^th Annual Prayer Walk for Peace. There will be four stops on the walk. The time of remembrance, reflection, and prayer will be led by members of four different faith communities.The prayer service and prayer walk are sponsored by the Edmonton Ecumenical Peace Network and the Mennonite Central Committee – Alberta.

All are welcome to the Prayer Service and the Prayer Walk for Peace.

For more information, please check out www.eepeacenetwork.org or contact Scott Key at (780) 435-1628 or scott.key@kingsu.ca.

Current Outreach Opportunities!

We are collecting coins (change) on Sundays to allow our World Vision sponsor children and their communities to have   special celebrations such as birthdays.

From now until Advent, we will be collecting socks, deodorant, juice boxes and healthy granola bars (no chocolate please) for the Youth at the Youth Emergency Shelter.

During Advent we will be stuffing cosmetic bags for the homeless.

Friday the Thirteenth of October! at 7.30 p.m. Tim, Carrie and Bill will again be performing a very special concert for Remembrance Day weekend, 'Songs of War and Peace'. All proceeds from this concert will go towards World Vision's efforts to rehabilitate child soldiers. Tickets are $10 at the door and are also available on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/songs-of-war-and-peace-with-tim-chesterton-carrie-day-and-bill-werthmann-tickets-19089474131

Looking Ahead

Sunday November 15^th: Baptisms at the 10.30 service. 

Sunday November 29^th 7:00 p.m. St. Margaret’s Christmas Variety Concert: in support of World Vision’s ‘Raw Hope’ project.

  

All Saints Cathedral: There will be a Licensing of Lay Readers on Sunday November 1^st at 7:00 pm to which our own Brian Popp and Doug MacNeill will be re-licensed. Please join us to support and celebrate with the Lay Readers. 

November Roster

November 1^st, 2015   All Saints Day

Coffee between services

Greeter/Sidespeople: T. Cromarty/J. Oujla

Counter: T. Cromarty/J. Oujla                                   

Reader: D. MacNeill                                                   

(Wisdom 3:1-9, Psalm 24, Revelation 21: 1-6a)

Lay Administrants: M. Rys/E. Gerber                        

Intercessor: C. Aasen                                                           

Lay Reader: E. Gerber     (John 11: 32-44)

Altar Guild (White): M. Woytkiw/L.Pyra

Prayer Team:  L. Sanderson/S. Jayakaran                          

Sunday School (School Age): M. Aasen           

Sunday School (Preschool):M. Eriksen

Kitchen: B&M Woytkiw

Music: M. Chesterton

Altar Server: E. Jayakaran

November 8^th, 2015   Pentecost 24

Greeter/Sidespeople:The Schindels                        

Counter: D. Schindel/F. Chester                       

Reader: S. Jayakaran                                   

(Ruth 3: 1-5,4: 13-17, Psalm 127, Hebrews 9: 23-28)

Lay Administrants: D. MacNeill/B. Popp                                               

Intercessor: B. Popp                                   

Lay Reader: B. Popp              (Mark 12: 38-44)

Altar Guild (Green): P. Major/L. Schindel                            

Sunday School (School Age):K. Durance           

Sunday School (Preschool):M. Rys

Kitchen: E. McFall

Music: E. Thompson

Altar Server: G. Durance

November 15^th, 2015  Pentecost 25 & Baptism

Greeter/Sidespeople:The Popps           

Counter: B. Popp/E. McDougall                       

Reader: S. Watson 

 (1Samuel 1: 4-20, 1Samuel 2: 1-10 (as Psalm), Hebrews 10: 11-25)

Lay Administrants: Gary Hughes/E. Gerber                                        

Intercessor: D. MacNeill                        (use Baptismal Intercession)

Lay Reader:  D. MacNeill      (Mark 13: 1-8)

Altar Guild (green/white): M. Lobreau/T. Wittkopf (Baptism)

Prayer Team: M. Chesterton/S. Jayakaran               

Sunday School (School Age):E. McDougall

Sunday School (Preschool):TBA

Kitchen:  M. Chesterton   (Hospitality providing cake)

Music: R. Mogg                                       

Altar Server: A. Jayakaran

November 22^nd, 2015    Reign of Christ

Greeter/Sidespeople:The Aasens           

Counter: C. Aasen/M. Eriksen                                   

Reader: D. Schindel                                               

(2Samuel 23: 1-7, Psalm 132: 1-19, Revelation 1: 4b-8)

Lay Administrants: C. Aasen/E. Gerber                       

Intercessor: B. Popp                                   

Lay Reader:  B. Popp     (John 18: 33-37)

Altar Guild (white): M. Woytkiw/A. Shutt

Prayer Team: M. Rys/L. Sanderson                                               

Sunday School (School Age):L. Popp

Sunday School (Preschool): T.Laffin

Kitchen:  M. Rys            

Music: M. Eriksen

Altar Server: E. Jayakaran

November 29^th, 2015   Advent 1

Greeter/Sidespeople:T. Wittkopf/B. Cavey           

Counter: B. Cavey/E. McDougall                                   

Reader: T. Cromarty                                               

(Jeremiah 33: 14-16, Psalm 25: 1-9, 1 Thessalonians 3: 9-13)

Intercessor: T. Chesterton                                   

Lay Reader:  E. Gerber   (Luke 21: 25-36)

Altar Guild (purple): P. Major/MW                                               

Sunday School (School Age):J. Oujla           

Sunday School (Preschool):J. Oujla

Kitchen: R&W Mogg                                    

Music: M. Chesterton

October 26th - November 1st, 2015

This Week at St. Margaret’s

This coming Sunday we are very pleased to welcome the Rev. Scott Sharman as our guest speaker. Scott is the Anglican chaplain at the University of Alberta. Many of you will know that we make an annual gift to the U of A chaplaincy using some of the income from our cell phone tower; we have been doing this for some years and our parish is in fact the largest single contributor to the chaplaincy budget. We are looking forward to hearing an update from Scott about the ministry of the chaplaincy among students and faculty members. He will speak at both services and will be available to talk and answer questions afterwards, especially at the coffee hour after the 10.30 service.

After the 10:30 service on Sunday October 25^th, help is needed with the following tasks at the Church:

·        Move the timber parking stops off of the asphalt parking lot for the winter season to accommodate snow removal;

·        Move the desk, tables, chairs, lamps etc. out of Tim’s office in preparation for carpet installation the next day;

·        Remove baseboard in Tim’s office and give a second coat of paint to repaired wall areas (will be done by Lorne);

·        Load trailer with old firewood, garden and flower bed garbage, shrub trimmings and dead trees to be taken to landfill.

Any and all help will be appreciated!

Thanks!

 Lorne Rice

Events This Week

October 26th, 2015

  Office is closed

   9:00 am  Carpet Replacement (Tim’s Office)

   3:30 pm  Music Rental

October 27th, 2015

   7:30 pm  Faith, Fun & Fellowship: “Quick Read: Jonah”

October 29th 2015

   7:00 am  Men’s and Women’s Bible Study @ the Bogani Café

October 31st, 2015

   7:00  pm  Malankara Rental

November 1st, 2015     All Saints Day

   9:00 am   Holy Communion

   9:45 am   Coffee between Services

  10:30 am  Holy Communion and Sunday School

 

                         

Faith, Fun, and Fellowship: Tuesday evening variety events at St. Margaret’s

Feel free to attend all of them, or any that interest you. Here is the schedule for November:

·      Nov. 3^rd: Pot Luck Supper 6.00 – 8.00 p.m. Just what the label says: come, share a meal and enjoy the company of your fellow Christians.

·      Nov. 10^th: ‘War and Peace’ 7.30 – 9.00 p.m. Jesus calls us to love our enemies and pray for those who hate us; how do we put that into practice in the dangerous world we live in? Come, share your ideas and listen to others.

·      Nov. 17^th: ‘Free For All’ 7.30 – 9.00 p.m. Continuing from last month, with room for new questions too!

·      November 24^th: ‘Prayer Clinic for Beginners and Those Who Are Still Beginning’ 7.30 – 9.00 p.m. Bring your questions about the practice of prayer.

Looking Ahead

Sunday November 1^st: Remembrance of Those Who Have Died. On this Sunday we will have an opportunity to place a carnation on the altar in memory of a loved one or friend, and also to have their names mentioned in prayer and thanksgiving for their lives.

Sunday November 8^th: Note that our Invitation Sunday for this day has been cancelled; services will continue as usual (and feel free to invite someone if you want to!).

Sunday November 15^th: Baptisms at the 10.30 service. If you would like to be baptized or have a child baptized, please talk to Tim immediately (stmrector@gmail.com or 780-437-7231) so that preparation can be arranged.

Sunday November 29^th 7:00 p.m. St. Margaret’s Christmas Variety Concert in support of World Vision’s ‘Raw Hope’ project.

Current Outreach Opportunities!

We are collecting coins (change) on Sundays to allow our World Vision sponsor children and their communities to have   special celebrations such as birthdays.

From now until Advent, we will be collecting socks, deodorant, juice boxes and healthy granola bars (no chocolate please) for the Youth at the Youth Emergency Shelter.

During Advent we will be stuffing cosmetic bags for the homeless.

We thank you for supporting any or all opportunities for Outreach!

Anglican Marriage Encounter Weekend

November 6-8, 2015 – Providence Renewal Centre

“Take your Marriage to a whole new level”.

For more information please contact Gary & Kathy Hughes at 780-435-3862. 

Youth Blog:- We are in need of HELP from the congregation! The youth discipleship blog is up and running (http://stmargaretsyouth.blogspot.ca). We are looking for volunteers to write short practical pieces for the blog, aimed at the youth, about their own journey as disciples. Please e-mail Tim, stmrector@gmail.com and he will post them on the blog.