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ALL SAINTS’ ANGLICAN CHURCH
30 High Street, Huntsville, Ontario. P1H 1N9
Diocese of Algoma—The Rt Rev’d Dr Stephen Andrews, Bishop
Bishop’s Motto: ‘By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in
heaven for you.’ (1 Peter 1.3-4, NRSV)
Rector – The Venerable Dawn Henderson—Office: 705-789-2216 Res. 705-789-6450
Office Phone: 705-789-2216 FAX: 705-789-7487
Office e-mail: office@allsaintshuntsville.ca
Website: www.allsaintshuntsville.ca
As Worshippers of the Living God We Hear, Proclaim and Live His Word;
And in Love, Bring People to Jesus.
Services for May 2012
06 May: 5th Sunday of Easter
8.30 am Holy Eucharist
10.00 am Holy Eucharist – Family Service
13 May: 6th Sunday of Easter – [Mothering Sunday]
8.30 am Holy Eucharist
10.00 am Holy Eucharist
20 May: 7th Sunday of Easter –ACW Sunday
8.30 am Holy Eucharist
10.00 am Holy Eucharist with Holy Baptism
As worshippers of the Living God, we
hear, proclaim, and live His Word, and in
love, bring people to Jesus
27 May: The Day of Pentecost – healing services
8.30 am Holy Eucharist
10.00 am Holy Eucharist
Regular Wednesday morning Holy Eucharist at 9.30 in the chapel
Other Services of Holy Eucharist
Rogers Cove
Fairvern
Huntsville Hospital
Muskoka Landing
Chartwell Muskoka Tradition
Thursday
Tuesday
Thursday
Tuesday
Thursday
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May
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10.00
10.30
11.00
10.30
10:00
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am [GMH]
am
am [note date & time change]
Easter morning
Coffee Hour
This month’s cover graphic: http://corpusimmobiliserrantemanimum.blogspot.ca/2011_06_01_archive.html
From the Rector...
Rejoice in the Lord, always.
Again, I say, Rejoice!
Philippians 4.4
Dear Members of All Saints Parish Family Joy is inseparable from the power of the Resurrection. Before his crucifixion, Jesus reassured his
disciples that their grief over his death would ‘turn to joy’ [John 16.20]. He said to them: ‘I will see you
again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.’ [John 16.22]. Scripture tells
us that Jesus, “for the joy that was set before him, endured the Cross [Hebrews 12.2].” . Archbishop of
Canterbury in the 1940s, William Temple wrote: “The joy of Easter, once truly experienced becomes a
pervading atmosphere which the soul thenceforth breathes forever.” May we live, always, in the joy of
the resurrection.
There is much in which to rejoice this Easter Season. Diocesan Clergy Conference takes place in
Sault Ste Marie 1-3 May. Please keep in your prayers the Bishop of Algoma and all his Clergy who
come together in a gathering “Learning to be Led as We Lead”.
May is also a month that is focused on our ACW - the Deanery Spring gathering is in Bala.08 May
[Glad Bryce will be the guest speaker], Diocesan Annual is in North Bay 16-17 May and ACW Sunday
on 20 May, the Sunday closest to Roberta Tilton’s commemoration.
As we celebrate women’s ministry in the Anglican Church, we look forward to celebrating an
extraordinary woman, and the titular head of the Anglican Church, Queen Elizabeth II and her 60 years
as Queen and Head of the Commonwealth. Plan to be part of the Diamond Jubilee tea on 02 June.
The last Sunday of the month [27 May], is the Feast of Pentecost, the celebration of God’s pouring out
of His Spirit on the church [Acts 2]. One of the fruit of the Holy Spirt is joy [Galatians 4.22-23]. There is
a note card on the wall of my office, given to me years ago, that proclaims : “Joy is the surest indication
of the presence of the Holy Spirit”
Jesus, in teaching his disciples His commandment of Love said “”These things I have spoken to you
that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete” [John 15.11]. There is much in which to
rejoice as we journey forward together as Christ’s body at All Saints’, knowing that “the joy of the Lord
is our strength” [see Nehemiah 8.10]
Praying for all of us the transforming power
and joy of our Lord’s resurrection in our
lives, I remain,
Yours, in His love
The Venerable Dawn Henderson +
Rector
WARDEN’S REPORT
The Corporation is thrilled to report that the motions carried forward
from our Vestry Meeting on January 29, 2012, have been approved by the
Diocese of Algoma Executive Committee.
The motions from Executive Committee read as follows:
 We move that the Executive Committee rescind the permission to demolish All Saints’
House as granted at the March 4, 2009 meeting.
 We move that the Executive Committee approve that the $30,000 from the sale of
the All Saints’ Huntsville rectory, currently held in trust and invested by the Diocese,
be released to All Saints’ Huntsville immediately to enable necessary preliminary
work to be done in support of proposed renovations.
 We move that permission be granted to All Saints’ Huntsville to sell the vacant
building lot, adjacent to the former rectory, with the proceeds from the sale to be
used for the completion of the renovation of All Saints’ House.
 We move that the Executive Committee authorize the release of remainder of the
rectory funds pending the development of a business plan for the renovation of All
Saints’ House.
These motions were carried by the Diocese of Algoma Executive Committee on March 29,
2012. This approval has enabled the Property Committee to initiate preliminary work on
the renovation of ASH.
They will be looking for input from you the congregation.
The Wardens
VISION AND VITALITY
Thank you to all who responded to our recent two point questionnaire. Your answers are
posted on the walls in lower Sutherland Hall. Be certain to have a look.
Shortly you will receive a couple more questions. These questions have been generated
in preparation for our Vision and Vitality Assesment which will be on June 15 –16.
It is our hope that as many of the congregation as possible will be present for all or part
of this time together.
Please mark these dates on your calendar.
Parish Advisory Council
The Parish Advisory Council met on April 14th in Sutherland Hall. Work continues toward realizing the
motions that were made at our last vestry meeting and we are very grateful to our Property
Committee for the hard work and dedication they put forth to support these motions. In keeping with
those efforts, we are requesting that anyone who has any items in All Saints House kindly arrange to
have them removed.
The Parish Advisory Council reviewed the answers to the questions that we posed to parishioners in
bulletins a few weeks back; we are thankful to everyone who took the time to respond. Responses
were reviewed and will be shared with an assessment team who will be coming to All Saints in
June. Responses to those questions were posted in Sutherland Hall after coffee hour; anyone who would
like to see them is most welcome to — please let someone from the PAC know and we will make them
available to you.
To facilitate value added outcomes for All Saints from the assessment efforts we will be posing 3 more
questions to parishioners over the next few weeks; again we kindly ask you complete them and thank-you
for doing so. The listing below will provide you with an update as to what the PAC is working towards.
Our next meeting is set for Wednesday May 16th at 7:00 pm; all are welcome; let us know you are
coming and we'll make sure there is a chair for you around our table.
Respectfully,
Sue Dixon,
Parish Advisory Council Chair
Item #
Description
Assigned To
1
Christmas in August on August 26th. Need to
confirm date / hall etc.
Task force to work on items left in All Saints
House
Clear out All Saint’s House & balcony in
Sutherland Hall
Cemetery site plan to be put in safe place / posted
in back hallway between office.
Cordon off balcony in Sutherland Hall for events
until brought up to safety standard
Review accessibility protocols relative to
properties as per Diocese communication
Screening in Faith protocols to be determined and
action plan to meet them established
Hang photos of Queen Elizabeth in Sutherland
Hall
Joanne Cunnington
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Expected
Completion
Date
May 1/2012
Barb Willms Joanne
Cunnington
Barb Willms
Ongoing
Bill Nunn
May 1/2012
Property
April 1/2012
Ed Willms
May 1/2012
Joanne Cunnington/
Linda Smith
Property
May 15/2012
Ongoing
May 1/2012
Pastoral Care Team
The pastoral care team met recently. The various ministries continue (card ministries, food
deliveries, funeral roses, prayer shawls and assistance to Venerable Dawn at
Eucharists at long term care and retirement homes).
A sincere thank-you to everyone who helps pastoral care reach out to others.
Sue Dixon,
Pastoral Care Team Leader
MAY 14-16
Anglican Church Women
45th Spring Conference
& Annual Meeting
Clarion Resort Pinewood Park
North Bay.
1 800 461 9592 for registrations
See the All Saints’ webpage for
information.
The ACW will be hosting a Diamond
Jubilee Tea on June 2, 2012 in honour
of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
If you can not attend but would like to
contribute by giving a donation
towards the food, it would be greatly
appreciated by the ACW.
Please contact Linda Smith at
789-5343 or Joanne Cunnington at
635-1466 for further information.
Wednesday mornings 8:00—9:00 am.
Please join us at the church [or from home] to prayer for the church, our parish,
mission, members, families, community, the world.
Betsy
Left: Andy Martinolich slaves
over a hot stove.
Right: 3 dozen people gathered
on the Tuesday of Holy Week for
a Seder Supper with instructions
and teachings by Ven. Dawn.
Thank you to all who helped and
all who participated.
THE PRIMATE’S WORLD RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FUND
Mission Statement
As an instrument of faith, PWRDF connects Anglicans in Canada to communities around the world
in dynamic partnerships to advance development, respond to emergencies, assist
refugees and act forpositive change.
PWRDF and CIDA Begin 5-year $10.8 million Health Care Program
PWRDF is pleased to announce a new joint program with the Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA). PWRDF will contribute $2.7 million dollars over five years towards the $10.8 million dollar project that
will focus on maternal and child health in 59 villages in Burundi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.
"Through this joint program PWRDF will continue with African partners the work already accomplished with
CIDA funding in 2009-2011. The five-year CIDA commitment will allow space and time to build the kind of
Impact needed for healthier, sustainable communities. With the help of Anglicans across Canada, PWRDF has
committed itself to putting half a million dollars a year into this program, knowing that
provincial governments in the three countries have acknowledged the value of our partners' work and want it
extended. We also expect PWRDF/CIDA partners will have much to share about development
effectiveness and best practices within the Anglican Communion through the capacity-building work of the
Anglican Alliance: Relief, Development, Advocacy. This is an exciting opportunity."
Nicaragua Bound!
On May 1st, 2012, PWRDF Youth Council Convener, Cydney Proctor, will be
travelling with a delegation of nine young adults from across Canada to
Nicaragua as part of a Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) Food Study Tour.
Over fifteen days, they will be traveling to four different cities in
Nicaragua visiting CFGB partner organizations that work on issues of
sustainable farming methods and practices, microcredit, and social
See more at www.pwrdf.org
resources for the Nicaraguans who don’t have access to the basic human
necessities. They will be engaging in homestays with farmers and their
families in the northern region of the country (Ocotal), and exploring the capital city, Managua. The group
travelling are all between 20 and 30, from a diverse smattering of denominational backgrounds and traditions,
who work for justice in many different ways.
Submitted by
Joy Lewis
Photos from ACW Supper Meeting,
April 16, 2012 featuring guest speaker,
Robin Brushey, Events Co-ordinator for
the University of Waterloo. [Left: Robin
with ACW President, Linda Smith]
After a delicious supper of three
homemade soups and buns and variety of
squares, Robin gave us a presentation
about the Waterloo Summit Centre
Environmental programmes and research
projects and other educationally related
courses and seminars to be held there,
and showed slides of the living wall, dorm
accommodations, laboratories and
trainings.
This was a very enjoyable evening!
Similar future events are open to all the
congregation.
ASK...SEEK...KNOCK...
Prayer gathering
for all Christians in Huntsville.
The Pastors of the Huntsville churches
are excited to invite you to join our prayer
fellowship at a Prayer & Praise gathering on:
Friday, May 25th, 7-8:30 P.M.
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
1 High St.
Huntsville, Ontario
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2 Chronicles 7:14
calls God’s people
“to humble themselves and pray and seek my face”.
We will be praying for the churches, the community
and local mission agencies
in various styles of prayer.
So come and join us!
Any inquiries:
Call Pastor George at 705-789-7122 or
Pastor Jeremy at Muskoka Community Church 705-783-1966
To Mern Parker on the occasion
of her 100th Birthday – March 2012
When Mern was just a baby
Her mother used to say
That she’d be someone special
Someday, not far away.
Now, when she went to school,
She learned the golden rule,
And how to write her name
And join in every game.
Her teachers earned her admiration,
So she, too, chose the same vocation.
And firm and fair in every way,
Her pupils soon learnt to obey.
But there was always time for play,
With love and kindness shown each day.
And then came World War Two.
The boys she’d taught and knew
Had now become young men,
Whom she might never see again.
The years went by and soon
Retirement would loom.
She’d miss the smell of chalk,
The children and the lessons taught.
Life was so different, but still good,
With leisure now to travel when she could.
Koala Bears and Kangaroos she saw,
And coral reefs and wondrous deeps – and more!
Then came the restful years.
Oh! how they brought to mind
The memories of friends
and loving ties that bind
And so we celebrate this day
With special wishes, just to say:
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday, dear Mern,
Happy Birthday to you.
Love and best wishes,
Gwyneth Shirley
Mern Parker celebrated her
100th. birthday on March
24th. with an open house at
Roger's Cove Retirement
Home where she resides. She is a long time member of All Saints' Anglican church and served on the Altar Guild for many years.
Several members of the church as well as former students of hers attended the open house. Above [counter-clockwise]: Mern’s special
cake; Mern and Joanne Cunnington; with Mary Spear and Bernice Smith with Ven. Dawn; with Bill and Marion Nickalls
The next PAC meeting will be held on
Wednesday 16 May at 7:00 pm In
Sutherland Hall.
Thank you to
Darla McMeeken & Joanne
Cunnington for the photos in
this month’s Parish News!
SUNSHINE CLUB
Tuesday 08 May
Please join us!
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Parish News: next deadline for our June issue is Friday 18th May. Please submit articles and
pictures about life at All Saints’ to aspn@allsaintshuntsville.ca With thanks. The due date for
articles is generally the Friday 9 days before the last Sunday of the month [so that we have time to
prepare and print the newsletter and have it ready for the final Sunday].
Barbara-Anne Taverner has moved to Leisure World.
The address is #112, 200 Kelly Road in Gravenhurst.
She would welcome all visitors.
HELP OUR PARISH NEWS!
Can you help us find more
advertisers for Parish News?
Please see our 2nd last page for
samples. We have a wide circulation to members of our Parish plus our
online viewers!
And remember, we always welcome
sponsors for part, or all, of any issue.
You are invited to our …
assessment process for
All Saints’
Your opinions matter!
With thanks!
Parish News Online - The full colour edition of Parish News is available online at
http://www.allsaintshuntsville.ca
Church School
Thanks to all the “Saints” who participated in the Palm Sunday and Easter dramas, stories,
and activities. The Easter season continues until the day of Pentecost, Sunday, May 27th.
Congratulations to our Parish friends that were part of the wonderful, joyful, presentation of
Seussical Jr. We were smiling from beginning to end!
Sunday May 6th: Family Service- power point presentation with the youth leading the
worship. Special music, bible story in rhyme and illustrated on screen. Join us for this
family friendly service!
Sunday May 13th: Regular classes – 6th of Easter
Sunday May 20th: Regular classes – 7th of Easter
Sunday May 27th: Regular classes – Day of Pentecost. Hear the
story of the coming of the Holy Spirit. Special treats and
crafts.
All Saints’ Church
School – Join us for:
singing, stories,
activities, crafts, and
fun with friends.
Looking ahead – The next Family
Service will be June 3rd.
Shirley Spiers
The Easter Egg Hunt
Pictures from the Maundy
Thursday “Children of the North”
sleepover.
Martin and Terri-Anne making the 'igloo',
and Grace H. with the 'Inukshuk' craft relating to their 'Children of the North'
session.
Y.E.S.! LORD! YOUTH REPORT
Thank you to everyone who made our Maundy Thursday—Good Friday sleepover possible! The youth had a
wonderful time with our Children of the North theme and activities.
We are looking forward to our May activities [see below].
Upcoming Events :
MAY
*5th – a SATURDAY in BRACEBRIDGE – Swimming and rock climbing! cost $2.00 for swim
2-3:30 p.m. $5.50/climb **youth have to be 7+ to climb the wall - a signed waver/PAR-Q
has to be signed by parent (requirements: clean indoor shoes, no jacket or hooded sweater,
no dangly jewelry, hair tied back)
*6 – SUNDAY - FAMILY SERVICE – poetic PowerPoint
13th – SUNDAY – Mother’s Day – Youth volunteers needed for the prayers of the people –
special day for MOMs
25th – a FRIDAY evening. GAMES or MOVIE night/campfire – 7 – 9 p.m.
Joy Gervais, and Darla McMeeken Y.E.S.! Youth Group coordinators
More pictures from Easter weekend
activities for the Youth.
Above: Joy Biggar from the Altar
Guild with the Palms and Palm
Crosses; Ven. Dawn Henderson
blessing the Crosses with Fr Don Clark looking on; and some of the
Youth ready for the Procession and the story; the children distribute the
Palm crosses. Below: But the grave couldn’t hold Him; Alleluia! The
Lord is risen!
The Book of Daniel
Around
550
years
before Jesus was born,
the Hebrew people were
taken captive to a city
far away from their
land — Babylon.
The
Hebrews
were
extremely upset to be
away
from
their
homeland; many of their
leaders and people had
been
killed
by
the
Babylonians.
The Babylonians had taken the smartest and
most capable of the Hebrew people: one of
these people was Daniel, a young man who
became an official in the court of King
Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel had 3 friends who
had also been taken captive:
Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego.
The people wondered
wh e th e r
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forgotten about them.
Of course, God will
never forget His people,
and He was with them
even in their exile. The
Hebrews
were
in
Babylon for 70 years
and during that time,
God did many miracles
among them.
The King ordered the Hebrews to eat the
same food as the Babylonians.
This
command caused a problem for Daniel and his
friends because they ate only what God had
told them was OK to eat. So Daniel asked
for permission to eat only vegetables rather
than the Babylonian food. After 10 days,
the King noticed that Daniel and his friends
looked much healthier than the Babylonians!
One night the King had a mysterious dream
about a statue of a man who had a head of
gold, chest of silver, waist of bronze, legs
of iron and feet of clay and iron. The King’s
magicians were not able to interpret the
dream, but God gave Daniel the correct
interpretation:
Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom
was the head of gold and it was not going to
last much longer. Daniel was rewarded for
his interpretation. But dangerous days were
just ahead for these 4 men!
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The Epistles
Who
wrote
the
Epistles? A variety of
Apostles
including
members
of
t he
“original 12” such as
Peter and John. Other
authors include Paul,
Jude, James—all writing
with the inspiration of
God’s
Holy
Spirit.
When
were
the
Epistles written? The
e ar liest
letter
is
believed to be from
James, written around
49 AD, and the latest
from John, written in the
80s and 90s AD.
To whom were the
Epistles
written?
Some were written to
individuals such as
Timothy and Titus giving
them advice on how to
pastor
their
new
congregations.
Other
letters were written to
congregations such as
those
in
Galatia,
Philippi, Ephesus and
Colossae.
And still
others, such as the
letters of Peter and the
letter to the Hebrews,
seem to be written to
believers
spread
throughout the Roman
Empire.
Why
were
the
Epistles written? To
encourage, to teach, to
clarify,
to
answer
specific questions or
concerns, to outline
doctrine.
The Epistles—Letters to a Growing Church
Epistles are letters; reading
the Epistles in the New
Testament is, in effect,
reading someone’s mail —
except that since the Epistles
are part of God’s word, they
are written not only to specific
people in specific places and
times, but also to all believers
in all places and times. Louis
Berkof says, “The prophets
delivered oracles to the
People, but the Apostles wrote
letters to the brethren…”
The Epistles are written by the
Apostles of Jesus Christ. The
word Apostles [from a Greek
word, apostolos, meaning a
messenger, one who is sent]
refers to those who were sent
by Jesus to preach the Good
News of God’s Kingdom.
All of the Epistles were written
during the first century—
following the resurrection of
Jesus around 30 AD, to 95
AD.
Any writing that was
in cl ud ed i n t h e N e w
Testament had to meet
certain criteria: [among them]
it had to be written by “an
Apostle or an immediate
follower of an Apostle” [JPH];
it had to be completely
consistent in thought and
doctrine with the rest of
Scripture.
The New Testament letters
are grouped in the Bible
according to author: the
letters of Paul come first
[Romans through Philemon],
the letter to the Hebrews
written by an unknown
author [widely believed to be
one of Paul’s group if not
Paul himself], then the
letters by James the brother
of Jesus, Peter, John the
beloved disciple, Jude
another brother of Jesus,
and the finally John’s
Revelation which contains
letters to 7 churches in Asia
Minor.
Since the letters are
arranged by author, they do
not appear in chronological
order. Indeed, reading the
New Testament from a
Chronological Bible, makes
quite a bit of sense.
For
40s
50s
60s
80s—90s
James
Galatians
1&2
Thessalonians
1&2
Corinthians
Romans
Colossians,
1, 2 & 3 John
Philemon, Ephe- Revelation
sians, Philippians,
1 & 2 Timothy
Titus,
1 & 2 Peter,
Hebrews,
Jude
example, In a chronological
Bible, Paul’s letter to the
Galatians is inserted after
Acts 15 because it had
been written some time after
Paul had left Galatia, one of
the churches he founded.
The Epistles centre around
several issues: In what ways
did Jesus fulfill Old Testament prophecies and all the
promises of God? How does
the Holy Spirit enable believers to live transformed lives?
What does it look like to be
the church of God living out
the freedom and victory won
by Jesus through His death
and resurrection? How to
be a Christian in the world
even in the face of
persecution? How those
from Jewish backgrounds
worship side by side with
those
from
pagan
backgrounds? How to tell
true doctrine from false?
Practical questions as
appropriate to the 21st
century, as they are to the
9th or 15th or 1st centuries.
Are these dates without
controversy? No. Some
scholars date John’s letters
from the 80s, some put
them in the 90s. There is,
however,
general
agreement about the dates
of most of the Epistles.
[The dates here are taken
from the NIV
Life
Application Bible, and also
from the ESV Bible.]
Berkhof, Louis. Introduction to the New Testament. Michigan: CCEL, 2004.
JPH, On the Formation of the New Testament Canon. Tekton. <http://www.tektonics.org/lp/ntcanon.html#inspir>.
The
word,
vestments
[Latin:
vestimentum,
meaning clothing] refers to the clothing worn by clergy
and lay ministers during services.
During Old Testament times, priests in the
Tabernacle and later, the Temple, wore various garments. The High Priest wore a long white linen garment when he entered the Holy of Holies on the Day of
Atonement.
The alb [Latin albus meaning white] is a long white
linen
robe
worn
by
priests
during
Communion
or
Eucharistic
services.
White
symbolizes
purity—this
is
the
reason
that
baptismal gowns are traditionally white.
“The alb is
part of a symbolic program that extends through the
entire liturgical life of a Christian. It begins with the
vesting of the newly baptized in a white robe and ends
with the draping of the earthly remains in a white pall.” [Malloy, 49]
St John writes Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, ‘Who are
these, robed in white? ...These are
they who ... have washed their
robes and made them white in the
blood of the Lamb. [Revelation
7:13, 14]
A Stole is a narrow piece of fabric which
signifies ordination, and it is worn
around the neck. Priests wear the stole
hanging strait down in front, while deacons wear the stole draped over the left
shoulder and joined below the waist on
the right side.
On the portion of stole that lies at the
back of the neck is often
embroidered a cross.
The stole
reminds priests that they have taken on
Ven. Dawn’s red
the yoke of Christ [Matthew 11:29-30]
stole made by
Although some stoles are plain, many
Canadian
come in the colours of the
fabric artist,
liturgical season. During this season of
Elizabeth
Easter, a white stole is worn; on May
Taylor of
27th,
the
stole
London, ON.
worn will be red for
the Day of Pentecost.
Stoles may also have crosses or intricate
designs
or
scenes
embroidered or appliquéd on them.
A Chasuble is a Eucharistic garment, usually of silk,
which is worn over the alb. Its shape is like that of a
poncho. A priest or church may have a set of chasubles, in each of the liturgical colours.
For services known as Offices [Daily Office, Morning and
Evening Prayer, Compline, Funerals] which are nonEucharistic services, Anglican clergy often don cassock
and surplice.
Chasubles, like stoles, may be
plain or richly decorated.
The cassock is an ankle-length garment, usually
black, usually wool, and in past times, lined with
fur for warmth. It was the everyday dress of
Anglican clerics until the middle of the 20th century. Anglican cassocks traditionally have 39
buttons and priests daily recite the 39 Articles of
Faith [see the Book of Common Prayer] as they
fastened the buttons.
“Traditionally, [the chasuble] is
considered the seamless garment
for
which
the
soldiers cast lots [at the
crucifixion of Christ]. It was a
very official sort of garment to
e x p r e s s
K i n g s h i p ,
Priesthood and Authority. The
Bishop
or
Priest
w h o Ven Dawn in green
presides at the Eucharist is the
chasuble
representative, although unworthy, of Christ the Prophet, Priest and King.” [Palmer,
20]
The surplice is a white, loose garment, generally linen,
worn over the cassock.
Servers and
Eucharistic
Assistants often wear shorter surplices as well.
A long black preaching scarf or tippet is sometimes worn
over the cassock. At one time, this scarf was made of fur
[for warmth]
Caincross, Henry. Ritual Notes. London: Knott, 1946.
Mainprize, Virginia Gosling. The Sanctuary. Toronto: ABC, 1996.
Malloy, Patrick. Celebrating the Eucharist. USA: Church Publishing, 2007.
Palmer, R. F. & Hawkes, J. W. Readiness and Decency. Revised by John G. McCausland. Bracebridge: SSJE, 1979.
Rector’s Report [ for March 2012 ]
Services continue apace:
 regular Sunday Eucharists: 04 March - Lent 2- 8.30am Fr Don preached;10am Family Service
[APP: We’re Part of God’s Purpose and Plan]; 11 March - Lent 3; 18 March -Lent 4; 25 March - Lent 5 healing services - John Galvin assisted at both services
regular weekly Wednesday morning Eucharist at 9.30 am in the chapel
special service: 13 March - Lenten Corporate Communion with the Sunshine Club
additional scheduled monthly Eucharist services: Rogers Cove [01 Mar], Fairvern [06 Mar], Chartwell
Muskoka Traditions [20 Mar]; South Haven [Huntsville Hospital -22 Mar- GMH], Muskoka Landing
[27 Mar - Howard Hawes celebrated’]
Parish Stats for the month of March:
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18 private communions [home or hospital]
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1 funeral
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24 March - Reginald Douglas [‘Reg’] Corry
During the month of March:
 attended parish meetings as required: Corporation [09 Mar], PAC [10 Mar],
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02 March - attended World Day of Prayer, hosted, this year, by St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
04 March - led Service of Prayer and Praise [Hymn Sing] at Chartwell
04 & 11 March - conclusion of the Study on the Book of Acts, held Sundays after church, which began
08 January
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15 March - volunteered at Table Soup Kitchen
17 March - attended Men’s Breakfast [speaker: Ken Black]
18- & 25 March - facilitated discussion group on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s ‘The Cost of Discipleship’
 ending with the Movie ‘Bonhoeffer, Agent of Grace’ on 28 March
19 March - attended ACW meeting
22 March - participated in Huntsville Pastors’ Prayer Gathering
24 March - attended 100th Birthday celebration for Mern Parker, at Rogers Cove
27 March - Clericus pre-Holy Week Quiet Day, led by Jeffery Hooper, St Mark’s Emsdale
30 March - attended Parish Spaghetti Supper fundraiser in Sutherland Hall
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as Archdeacon
 02 March - meeting with Deanery Child and Youth Facilitator
 05-07 March - meeting of the Bishop’s Council, in Sudbury
14 March - preached at Ecumenical Lenten Luncheon service at Trinity Parry Sound,
- attended Parish Council Meeting, Trinity Parry Sound
28 March- meeting with Deanery Officials
29 March - Conference Call meeting of the Diocesan Executive Committee [financing for ASH
renovations approved]
15 & 16 March - meetings with deanery clergy
Ongoing:
participate in parish prayer group [8 am Wednesdays]
drop in on Monday morning study/support group, as able
regular on-going pastoral & administrative work continues including regular home visiting and hospital
visiting [when advised by patient or family member], marriage and baptism preparation.
Please remember to contact Ven. Dawn when you are aware that anyone is in hospital, in distress or in need of a priest. New
Government Privacy Laws prevent the Hospital and other agencies from relaying such information. Thank you.
rcmac@cogeco.ca
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