St. Mary's Regina

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

October 16, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

DIOCESAN SYNOD CLOSING EUCHARIST takes place at St. Paul’s Cathedral this Sunday. Representing St. Mary’s are our Rector Claude, Bob, and Lyndon.

THE WORD OF GOD ENDURES FOR EVER: Why I became a figural reader of Scripture.  Join us this Saturday, October 22 at 12:00 p.m. at St Mary’s for a talk/webinar hosted by The Anglican Communion Alliance on the figural reading of Scripture by the Dr. Ephraim Radner, Professor of Historical Theology at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. Figural reading is a traditional way of reading scripture that sees Christ and the work of Christ in all of Scripture, both Old Testament and New Testament. Please speak to Claude if you wish to attend.

YOUTH/PARENT/FRIEND BOARD GAME NIGHT.  For our Youth, bring your parents; bring a friend; bring your favorite board game.  This will be at St. Mary’s church hall on Saturday, October 22 @ 7:00 pm.  Snacks will be provided.  We hope to see you all there. Please let Janice and David know if you are coming.

ST. NICHOLAS DAY PARISH FAIR. There will be a planning meeting next Sunday after worship for our December St. Nicholas Day Celebration. Our vision is to expand on our past efforts with a view to inviting and including the community to come to St. Mary’s to “taste, see, ( and hear!) that the Lord is good. Happy are they who trust in Him.” If you are able to part of the planning, please speak to Claude.

REFUGEE SPONSORSHIP UPDATE. Due to public health concerns in Uganda, from where the refugee family will depart, the schedule and flight have been revised because refugee family will need to complete 21 days for monitoring before they leave Uganda. The Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will inform us about the new date of arrival to Regina.

DID YOU KNOW St. Mary’s has a small freezer in the room right of the kitchen? When you are cooking freezable dishes (soups, stew, chili) or baking (crisp, cookies, muffins) please consider making extra. Label and package carefully with ingredients and date visible. Record the type of dish and date made in the binder on the freezer. These foods are distributed to those in need be they parishioners or those in the community.

DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING. We continue our practice of prayer and fasting this Wednesday. Fasting supper will follow Evening Prayer at 5.30. All are welcome.

WORSHIP THIS WEEK

Morning Prayer

• Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 8:30 am
• Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.

Evening Prayer 

• Wednesday at 5:30 pm.  

HARVEST THANKSGIVING

October 9, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER!

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

ST. MARY’S “UNSTEWARDSHIP” CAMPAIGN. This Sunday’s sermon will focus on “The Stewardship of Creation.” Join us also for a Day of Fasting and Prayer this Wednesday. Fasting meal will follow Evening Prayer at 5.30 p.m.  

DID YOU KNOW St. Mary’s has a small freezer in the room right of the kitchen? When you are cooking freezable dishes (soups, stew, chili) or baking (crisp, cookies, muffins) please consider making extra. Label and package carefully with ingredients and date visible. Record the type of dish and date made in the binder on the freezer. These foods are distributed to those in need be they parishioners or those in the community.

Youth/Parent/Friend Board Game night.  For our Youth, bring your parents; bring a friend; bring your favorite board game.  This will be at St. Mary’s church hall on Saturday, October 22 @ 7:00 pm.  Snacks will be provided.  We hope to see you all there. Please let Janice and David know if you are coming.

Our 84th Synod is quickly approaching (October 14-16, 2022) and we are working hard to ensure that we extend the best hospitality to our delegates as we can!  But we need the help of our Regina parish family to make that happen.  Below are 3 opportunities for you to extend hospitality and help with the event:

1. We need help with set up, serving, bartending on the Sat. evening, and/or cleaning up after meals.  If you are available to help out, please click here to sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d4ca4af2ea02-diocesan
2. We are also calling on folks to pray for the delegates and the event itself in the prayer chapel at St. Paul’s.  If you can lend us an hour or two of your time to pray, please click on this link to sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d4ca4af2ea02-synod
3. Regina folks, are you able to billet a fellow Anglican who lives out of Regina for one or both of these nights? If so, please contact Kate, and we will connect you with someone. Thank you!

Worship This Week

• 8.30 Morning Prayer on Tuesday and Friday
• 9.00 Morning Prayer on Wednesday
• 5.30 Evening Prayer on Wednesday, followed by “fasting meal”.

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 

October 2, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

Faith Quest Orientation will take place today after church. This event is for parents of children ages 7-13, and members of the congregation interested in this ministry with a view to helping with the re-boot! 

Our 84th Synod is quickly approaching (October 14-16, 2022) and we are working hard to ensure that we extend the best hospitality to our delegates as we can!  But we need the help of our Regina parish family to make that happen.  Below are 3 opportunities for you to extend hospitality and help with the event:

1.  We need help with set up, serving, bartending on the Sat. evening, and/or cleaning up after meals.  If you are available to help out, please click here to sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d4ca4af2ea02-diocesan

2.  We are also calling on folks to pray for the delegates and the event itself in the prayer chapel at St. Paul’s.  If you can lend us an hour or two of your time to pray, please click on this link to sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d4ca4af2ea02-synod

3.Regina folks, are you able to billet a fellow Anglican who lives out of Regina for one or both of these nights? If so, please contact Kate and we will connect you with someone. Thank you!

Worship This Week

• 8.30 Morning Prayer on Tuesday and Friday
• 9.00 Morning Prayer on Wednesday
• 5.30 Evening Prayer on Wednesday.

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 
September 25, 2022

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

Aboriginal/ Non Aboriginal Pot Luck and Sharing Circle will take place this Wednesday at 5.30 p.m. All are welcome!

Faith Quest Orientation will take place next Sunday October 2 after church. This event is for parents of children ages 7-13, and members of the congregation interested in this ministry with a view to helping with the re-boot! We need several 2 litre plastic pop bottles, clean and without labels or lids.  If you have some to donate, please bring them next Sunday and leave them in the FQ art room in the basement. 

Our 84th Synod is quickly approaching (October 14-16, 2022) and we are working hard to ensure that we extend the best hospitality to our delegates as we can!  But we need the help of our Regina parish family to make that happen.  Below are 3 opportunities for you to extend hospitality and help with the event:

1. We need help with set up, serving, bartending on the Sat. evening, and/or cleaning up after meals.  If you are available to help out, please click here to sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d4ca4af2ea02-diocesan
2. We are also calling on folks to pray for the delegates and the event itself in the prayer chapel at St. Paul’s.  If you can lend us an hour or two of your time to pray, please click on this link to sign up:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d4ca4af2ea02-synod
3. Regina folks, are you able to billet a fellow Anglican who lives out of Regina for one or both of these nights? If so, please contact Kate and we will connect you with someone. Thank you!

Cathedral Village Neighborhood Clean Up took place last Saturday. A Big Thank you to Sandra, Starr, Sharon , and Simon who cooked breakfast of pancakes, eggs, and sausages for the 30 volunteers!

This Week

• 8.30 Morning Prayer on Tuesday and Friday
• 9.00 Morning Prayer on Wednesday
• 5.30 Evening Prayer on Wednesday.

The Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity – September 18, 2022 10.30 o’clock

GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER

LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.

Parish Life Notes

Congregational meeting today We will have Morning Prayer at 10:30 am, and the meeting will follow immediately after.  There will be refreshments provided, and childcare will be available.  We will aim to finish by 1:00 pm at the latest.

Faith Quest Orientation will take place October 2 after church and we need several 2 litre plastic pop bottles, clean and without labels or lids.  If you have some to donate, please bring them next Sunday and leave them in the FQ art room in the basement, or leave with  Kate. Thank you!

Provincial Service of Memorial for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will take place at St. Paul’s Cathedral on Monday, September Monday, September 19, 7:00 pm at St. Paul’s Cathedral.Seating is on first come, first served basis. Doors open at 5,30 p.m.

 Our 83^rd Diocesan Synod is on October 14-16, 2022, at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Regina. Regina folks, are you able to billet a fellow Anglican who lives out of Regina for one or both of these nights? If so, please contact Kate and we will connect you with someone. Thank you!

ST. Mary’s Refugee Sponsorship Update.

We thank God the anticipated arrival for the South Sudanese Refugee family on October 19, 2022, at 20:06. We pray for safe travels for:

1.    Mapiou Deng
2.   Ahou Bol
3.   Arok Deng
4.   Ayak Norah
5.    Arok Rufus

In preparation for the arrival of the refugee family, we request for donations with the following items:

• Furniture: couches and sofa (1 set for the living room); mattresses and spring boxes for 5 beds (2 adult beds and three children’s beds); and two-set beddings for the beds. Queen sizes are preferrable.
• Clothing: Winter jackets and other seasonal clothes for three children (ages 5-girl, 7-boy, 9-boy) and three adults (two men and one woman); regular shoes for 3 adults (two men and one woman) and children (ages 5-girl, 7-boy, 9-boy); sports shoes for three children (ages 5-girl, 7-boy, 9-boy).
• Kitchenware: Plates, forks, spoons, sauce pans, and table clothes, etc. More sets of each group of items are preferred.
• Washroom Ware: towels, toilet paper, paper towel, face clothes, hand and body soaps, etc.
• Other miscellaneous items: wall pictures for children, cloth hangers, window curtains, car seat and two booster seats.

We are still waiting for the confirmation of arrival of Dau Mark. Please speak to Revd Nathaniel if you would like to join in welcoming them at the airport!

Worship This Week

• 8.30 Morning Prayer on Tuesday and Friday
• 9.00 Morning Prayer on Wednesday
• 5.30 Evening Prayer on Wednesday.