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Newsletter of The Church of St Timothy, North Toronto, February 2015, Volume 10 Issue 1
In early February The
Reverend Liska Stefko will
be joining us as an Associate
Priest, here at St Timothy’s.
“Liska”, as she prefers to
be called, will focus her
time and energy on young
families and young people.
As an ordained priest, Liska will also help on
Sunday mornings with worship and preaching.
She will be working part time with us and sharing
her many gifts with L’Arche in Richmond Hill. We have a wonderful collection of young families
who participate in a variety of ways in the life of
our parish. Some come to Messy Church, Family
Fun Nights and Sunday Worship. I believe they
need support and encouragement as this is a busy
time for them. Liska will be working to support
and encourage them to form a more cohesive
group. I am thrilled that Liska is joining us and
bringing energy and skill to this part of our parish
family. Richard Carrier-Bragg, who has been with us
for two years, will continue with us until the end
of May as our Lay Pastoral Assistant. Richard
visits our seniors, alongside the Lay Pastoral Care
Committee and has organized JazzEvenSong as
well as Confirmation Preparation. Richard has
also assisted in Sunday morning and Wednesday
morning services. On Sunday February 18, as part of my
sermon, I asked those in attendance to tell me
what their favourite thing about St Timothy’s
was. I was delighted to get over 25 responses!
The majority valued their participation in the
community. People referred to support, trust,
non-judgemental acceptance and the kindness of
other members that meant a great deal to them.
Others spoke of how their participation in the
community assisted them in living out their faith
through outreach. Many spoke of how worship
was important to them and this included their
appreciation of our music.
The main message of the sermon was the
importance of knowing what we appreciate about
St Timothy’s so we can invite others to “come and
see.” Personal invitation is the number one reason
people stated for their first visit to a church.
“Someone invited me !” I hope you will reflect on what you treasure
about our faith community and think of someone
you might extend that warm invitation to. “Come
and See.” A warm welcome awaits you!
Peace, Greg
Come to Vestry on Feb 22nd
a chance to ask questions and make constructive
suggestions.
The meeting will start at 9:00 am for those who
wish to review the financial reports in depth.
Then after 10 am worship we will convene in
Soward Hall for the Vestry meeting. There will be
a potluck spread of finger foods to snack on, along
with the usual coffee hour beverages. Child care
will be provided for this part of the meeting. So
please mark Feb 22 on your calendar, look over
Our Annual Vestry meeting will be held on
Sunday February 22. This is the annual meeting
of the church and all of the congregation are
asked to attend. If you have been at church
recently you are eligible to vote! We will be
reviewing the financial health of the church and
reports from all committees, voting on our 2015
budget, and electing new people to serve on the
Parish Board and the Soward Trust. You will have
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the vestry reports which will be available at the
church and by email the week prior to the Vestry
meeting, and on Feb 22 bring yourself and your
potluck snack and have a say in what happens at
St Timothy’s.
Janet Gordon and Emily Manson, Churchwardens
With thanksgiving we celebrate the baptism of
Elizabeth Marina Wehmeyer.
A THANK YOU
to Jean T,
St Timothy’s Resident Gardens
and Grounds Expert
When we completed the renovation of the
building in 2000 the grounds outside were still in
need of some tender, loving care. Jean has a love
and knowledge of gardens and took on this
project. She has been doing the majority of the
work by herself for the past twelve years and has
now decided to turn it over to someone else. Any
volunteers?
Jean designed and planted the majority of
the garden off the parking lot, which we call the
Alcove Garden. It has a blue and white theme.
There is a small bench there for people to go and
contemplate life. She has worked tirelessly around
the sign area planting, weeding and pruning to
make it look welcoming to the neighbourhood.
Jean suggested the front urns many years ago and
most seasons, Jean has been the one out there
designing, planting, weeding and watering the
urns. Our biggest challenge was the area close to
the Ridley weekday door where we had planted
periwinkle on both the north and south side of
the black wrought iron fence. Weeding this area
has been a huge battle and the weeds won out
and we grassed most of it but still have one small
patch left. Jean has spent countless hours fighting
with the weeds in the periwinkle patch with
assistance from Irmgard Habib, Greg and Ardith
Symmes who also have been seen pulling weeds
as they walk by but they just keep coming back.
For the last few years we have hired an outside
contractor, Green Side Up, to do the majority
of the labour under Jean’s patronage and
supervision. This has helped enormously.
We would like to thank Jean for all her time
spent in St Timothy’s gardens and hope she will
continue to offer input as the need arises.
Anne D
Stone Soup
February 8th Stone Soup: Our guest will be the
Rev. Riscylla Shaw, Incumbent at Christ Church,
Bolton. Rev. Shaw will preach at the 8 am and 10
am services. Our Stone Soup will be a question
and answer opportunity with Rev. Shaw on the
Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission of Canada. To ensure a successful
Stone soup, prior to the 10 am service, please
bring your donations of food to the kitchen. Don’t
know what to bring? Check the suggestions on
the Outreach bulletin board. Anything you like in
soup and foods to accompany soup, for example,
cheese, bread, crackers, vegetables, fruit, cookies
and squares will be appreciated. Help setting up
the tables and chairs and working in the kitchen
is also needed.
Come to the Annual Pancake Supper
On Shrove Tuesday, February 17th
(5:30 – 7:00 p.m.)
Tickets at the door:
Ages 10 -100 – $6.00, Ages 3 - 10 – $3.00,
Kids under 3 – free
Want to Help? Please sign up at the church
bulletin board or talk to John W.
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TIMPRINT NCD Report
planning committee to Parish Board is:
Noticing God
• Saying thanks
• Using prayer overtly
• Supporting the growth of personal prayer
which takes many forms
• Raising St Timothy’s God Consciousness
using our strengths of which there are
many. (Spiritual Gifts, Structures, Loving
Relationships, Empowering Leadership)
So what might we do or have done to get started:
• We brought back the “thanks trees” during
Advent and Christmas – giving persons an
expression of their prayers and thanks. All
three trees were well used during the season.
• We are working on providing resources for
those leading meetings to open and close
with prayer.
• Breakaway this year will focus on the area of
Personal Spiritual Styles giving insight into
your own spirituality
• We will encourage personal storytelling
about faith journeys and experiences.
• Asking permission to pray if someone is in
need – we already do it every Sunday but can
do more
• Adult education to explore these areas for
action.
We are only getting started. We hope that you
will join us in helping adjust our community
behavior to support noticing and sharing,
mentoring and personal testimony.
God is here and working in the parish not just
at our Sunday worship service but all week long.
Our next survey is set for November 1, 2015.
Let us all explore and rejoice as we “Notice God in
our parish and in our lives”.
Alan F
This is an update on St Timothy’s progress related
to our NCD activity.
St Timothy’s was one of the first parishes in
the diocese to use NCD tracking to discover
how we could improve our parish life. The 2014
survey is our fifth survey. These results provide
us with insights to help plan and develop further
in meeting our vision of serving Christ with open
hearts, open minds and open arms.
What is the Natural Church Development
program: NCD applies research indicators
to help us “learn from growing churches”. By
applying their practices to discover the universal
principals, we can discover our own indicators
and construct programs accordingly to improve
the health of the parish.
Healthy parishes have the best chance to be
growing parishes.
So what happened and what did we learn?
The News is good but could be better!
On November 30 parishioners completed a
survey which join the other 65,000 surveys which
have been completed globally to give us our St
Timothy’s score. Our scores were tabulated in a
cohort of the Canadian main line churches. It’s a
good reading among our peers.
Our overall average score was 58.6 and our
min/max score was 42.3. Both improved in
Survey 5. These are the broad indicators. We
have a presentation prepared with more detail
which will be delivered after the Vestry meeting
in February for those who are interested. A
summary was presented to Parish Board at the
December meeting.
We have work to do to maintain and grow in
our church health. In NCD terms our current
challenges should focus on Faith development,
Passionate Spirituality, Prayer, Hope and GodConsciousness. Work in these areas will help
improve the health of the parish.
So what is the call to action? The call to action
is to make God personal, create recognition of
how God is working in our lives and of course
to adjust some of the things we do. Historically
we have demonstrated that by taking action
we have increased our ratings. Our first survey
over 7 years ago provided a vision of a less than
healthy parish. We have shifted from a score in
the bottom 15% of parishes to the top 15% where
we are today.
The call to action recommended by the NCD
Invitation:
Induction/Celebration
of New Ministry
Your prayers and presence are
requested at the Celebration of New
Ministry and Induction as Incumbent of the
Reverend Maggie Helwig at the
Church of St Stephen-in-the-Fields
365 College St, Toronto
Sunday, February 22, 4 pm
A reception in the church will follow the service.
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Alan R, WW2 Code Breaker
Photo by George Goodwin"
Recently I was told that Alan, a member of our
parish, had worked at Bletchley Park in England
during World War II. I was intrigued as I had heard
about the breaking of the German code system
and had recently enjoyed seeing this year’s Oscar
nominated film The Imitation Game. When I saw
him at coffee hour on the following Sunday
morning, I asked him about his experience during
the war as a code breaker. Of course I asked him if
we could write something for Timprint! In
interview format, this is more or less what he told
me then and in writing since our very interesting
conversation. – Janet G
Janet: I have heard you worked at the place
where the “Enigma Code” was broken during the
war. You must have been very young at that time!
Alan: In 1941, while a mathematics student
at the U of T, I volunteered to join the navy.
Expecting to be a radar officer, I was greatly
surprised to be assigned to “Operational
Intelligence” which operated a number of
direction finding stations listening to U-boat
radio transmissions. The stations obtained
bearings on such signals and forwarded them to
us. We plotted them onto maps and where the
lines crossed was the location of the U-boat. We
were then able to signal this information to any
naval ships in the area.
In October 1944 some of the staff, including me,
were considered surplus, so we were transferred
to the British Navy in London. At first they did
not know what to do with us. Then it was decided
that another mathematician, Wally Fraser, and
I should go to Bletchley Park to work as code
breakers. We were billeted together in a private
home in Bedford and commuted back and forth
by train to the Park.
Janet: What did you do there?
Alan: We were assigned to work on Japanese
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merchant navy wireless messages. The Japanese
used a common system in which all the words in
a message are converted into 5 figure numbers
found against the individual word in a code book.
Then the numbers are written under a series
of 5 figure numbers found in a cypher book.
The operator chooses the page, the line and the
distance in from the start of this line to begin the
enciphering. He subtracts his code number from
the number above it and the number is the result
sent out in his message. The recipient repeats
this process when he is told in a coded manner of
the page, line and number where to start. Then
he subtracts his transmitted number from the
number in the encoding cypher book. He gets the
original codes which he translates into original
language using the code book. This ethos has a
good amount of security to it as a decoder has to
have a large number of messages which duplicate
the use of the same page in the enciphering book.
When a decoder finds a match, he has to hope
there are several. The system is not helped by
computers.
Janet: What did you think about the portrayal
of the Bletchley Park in the recent film called “The
Imitation Game”?
Alan: Our first meeting with staff was in the
mansion house shown in the movie. The naval
commander shown in the movie was no longer
there. One of the other men in the room with
Commander Denniston was identified as Hugh
Alexander, the British chess champion, and he
actually became our supervisor.
Janet: Did you know anything about the Enigma
code success at the time? Did you meet Alan Turing?
Alan: The secrecy at Bletchley Park was very
high so those working in one hut did not know
who was working in the next. I therefore never
met Alan Turing and I didn’t know about my
supervisor’s involvement either. After the war,
Churchill ordered most records and equipment
to be destroyed and 30 years of complete secrecy.
It was not until writers were allowed to publish
books about Bletchley and code breaking that I
learned about Turing and his work.
Janet: It is sad that people who contributed so
much to winning the war were not recognized for
their great contributions.
Alan: Many of the employees at Bletchley
during the war were civilians and not entitled
to medals like service personnel. In 2009 the
Prime Minister of Great Britain decided they
should be recognized and distributed a beautiful
badge and certificate to all who had served
there. Unfortunately, a large percentage would
have been dead by that time. In 2010 the Queen
dedicated a memorial at Bletchley.
Janet: What happened to the location
– Bletchley Park?
Alan: The buildings at Bletchley started to
deteriorate until a group of former employees
started to convert it into a museum. I visited
about 5 years ago with my eldest son who was
born in 1945 while I was at Bletchley. A great deal
of money has been spent recently on restoration;
the museum is running well and worth a visit.
Janet: You left University to join the navy before
you graduated. Did you return to University after
the war?
Alan: I had finished three years when I joined
the navy and I was granted my degree without
needing to return to classes after the war was over.
Janet: Did you use your mathematical skills in
your subsequent career?
Alan: Yes, I worked for many years as an
actuary.
Alan R with Janet G
News from the Old Orchard Blossoms
Centre at Bloor and Spadina. This is a stunning
collection of fabric art made to honour and
stimulate awareness of the role of grandmothers
in Africa as they deal with the effects of HIV/AIDS
on their families and communities. The exhibit
will be open to the public, free of charge, in the
gallery at the MNJCC from Thursday February
26 until Monday March 9. The gallery hours
are 9 am to 9 pm weekdays, and 9 am to 7 pm
on weekends. More information on the exhibit,
which is travelling around Ontario, is available
here ; www.omas-siskonakw.org/textile-artproject-2014.html
Voices of Power: Grandmothers Creating the
Future is an event on International Women’s
Day – Sunday Mar 8 at 2 pm, in the Al Green
Theatre at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community
Centre. The program is designed to celebrate
and examine the power of grandmothers in
shaping the future for their grandchildren and
communities, particularly in regard to social
justice and especially in the context of the HIV/
AIDS pandemic in Africa. The program is still a
work in progress but we have confirmed that
Michele Landsberg , Canadian journalist, author,
public speaker, feminist and social activist, will
be one of the speakers and Canadian Doraaward winning actor, playwright, dub poet,
monodramatist, and educator, d’bi Young, is
confirmed to perform. Following this event
there will be a reception and a silent auction.
Tickets for Voices of Power are $20 each and may
be purchased from January 25 on Eventbrite
at www.eventbrite.ca/e/voices-of-powertickets-14669473791 (or go to the Eventbrite site
and type in Voices of Power) or by talking to
Marian Archbold.
We hope to see many of you out to these events.
Mary K
Thanks to everyone who supported all our events
in 2014. We raised $14,000 for the Stephen Lewis
Foundation’s Grandmothers Campaign last year,
and have raised an amazing $105,000 since our
group started in 2006. But of course we can’t rest
on our laurels, so we have several interesting
events to tell you about for February.
For the third year, we are selling tickets to
all performances of the North Toronto Players’
production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s El Mikado.
Each ticket we sell will generate income for SLF.
As those of you who attended The Pirates of
Penzance or Patience know, these productions are
lots of fun – a perfect way to have some laughs,
support a great cause and escape winter for a few
hours. We will be taking ticket orders at coffee
hour or you can email oldorchardblossoms@
gmail.com This year you can pay by cash or credit
card.
Dates: Fri, Feb 20 – 8 pm; Sat, Feb 21 – 2 pm;
Sun, Feb 22 – 2 pm; Fri, Feb 27 – 8 pm;
Sat. Feb 28 – 2 pm and 8 pm; Sun, Mar 1 – 2 pm
Ticket prices: Adults $25, Seniors $22,
Students (grade 9 plus) $15,
Children under 14 – Free
Location: Jubilee United Church,
40 Underhill Drive – lots of parking, accessible
by TTC (2 blocks north of Lawrence E , east of the
Don Valley Parkway), the church is wheelchair
accessible.
Several Toronto grandmother groups
have joined together to host the Creating
Futures:Threads of Hope exhibit, first visualized
and created by the Omas Siskona grandmother
group in Waterloo. It will be in Toronto from
February 25 until March 9 in the Jacobs Lounge
Gallery at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community
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Outreach News
Ontario. This group created and promoted the
Action on Poverty Candidate’s Pledge for the
recent municipal election. This evening may
present an additional advocacy opportunity.
We will continue to provide monthly meals
for the residents of St George House. New
volunteers, working with experienced volunteers,
are welcome and there is a sign-up sheet on the
Outreach bulletin board.
Fourteen parishioners who regularly volunteer
with our monthly Community Lunches met
on January 11 to talk about improving the
Community Lunch program. We will continue
our usual buffet style served by volunteers
but some months we will have a set menu and
volunteers will serve our guests as we did at
Christmas. We are cognizant of the potential risk
of having guests take away food and plan to have
available safer alternatives. Some of our regular
volunteers will be away over the winter months
and new volunteers are more than welcome to
join us on the fourth Monday of the month for
whatever time you can give. It is a very satisfying
volunteer activity.
For further information about any outreach
activities, please speak to Linda Gilpin.
Linda G, Outreach Committee Chair
From our budgeted funds and with generous
support from parishioners, St Timothy’s provided
financial support to FaithWorks, the Primate’s
World Relief and Development Fund and an
additional ten worthy organizations. While these
donations are important, they do little to address
the root causes of poverty and income inequality.
Each of us support our favourite charitable
organizations and is perhaps involved in
advocacy on an individual basis. It is my hope
that St Timothy’s, in addition to outreach,
becomes involved in advocacy in 2015. This could
involve working on this year’s Vestry motion
on climate change, meeting with politicians on
social justice issues, responding to newspaper
articles, supporting Put Food in the Budget, a
grassroots organization working to achieve social
and economic justice for the growing number
of poor people in this province or involvement
with Bruce Cameron and the Aboriginal Working
Group at the Church of the Redeemer.
Voices for a Just Society’s first meeting for 2015
will be held at Fairlawn Avenue United Church
on Wednesday, February 4 at 7 pm. The speaker
will be Michael Polanyi, a member of the steering
committee of the Alliance for a Poverty Free
Advent Cookie Baking
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Photos by George G
participants performed for a packed church.
2014 was an eventful, enjoyable year. We would
like to thank all who supported Children @ St.
Timothy’s in 2014, especially Irina C, Marianne C,
Sheila G, Rosemary H, Ginny L, John S, Ardith and
Greg S, Rupert and Joanna W, and of course the
parents! We would also like to thank the
St. Andrew’s Group for making knitted puppets
for Church School. They really help to make Bible
stories come to life.
Children @ St. Timothy’s
A Look Back at 2014
In 2014 we welcomed more children to our small
but enthusiastic group – an encouraging sign!
In addition to Sunday morning Church School,
the special events highlighted below were well
received.
January 17 Messy Church – 18 adults, 13
children and1 baby participated in an evening of
activities & discussion centred on the theme of
Baptism.
Feb 23 Pretzel Baking – Children baked and
served pretzels for the Stone Soup Lunch.
March 5 to April 12 Lenten Project – We held a
book drive for The Children’s Book Bank, which
provides free books and literacy support to low
income families and children up to Grade 6. On
April 12 families visited The Book Bank to deliver
contributions and were given a tour.
Stone Soup March 23 – The book drive
was generously supported by the Outreach
Committee’s lunch, and two of the children
spoke about why having and reading books is so
important for kids.
April 4 Messy Church – Back by popular
demand, families made Resurrection Gardens.
October 5 Mini Messy Church – For the
Creation Story Theme, great fun was had by
17 children and 14 adults. They made Days of
Creation stick puppets to use to tell the story at
home and Created in God’s Image cookies, which
they ate immediately.
October 31 Open House Hallowe’en Style –
Over 100 of our neighbours were welcomed into
St Timothy’s. Special thanks to those who came
early to decorate and to Rupert White and Alex
Gall for their scary sound effects.
November 19 Meet our 101 year old
parishioner – 25 people, 19 of them kids, gathered
in the Marsh Room to talk with Norma Duggan.
They learned that she was born before even radio
was readily available, that milk and bread were
delivered by horse and wagon, and that as a wellrespected and highly paid commercial artist, she
earned $24 a week.
Messy Church November 29 – (followed by
Advent Pot Luck Dinner) One of the crafts was a
take-home tree decoration containing the child’s
personal message to God.
December 14 Cookie Baking – The cookies
were made for the Outreach Community Lunch.
December 24 Pageant – Under the skillful
direction of Emily Manson, over 25 young
2015 Coming Special Events
February 8 Pretzel Baking – During the 10
AM service, we will be baking pretzels in the
basement kitchen for the Stone Soup Lunch. Our
guest baker will be The Reverend Liska Stefko.
Children are welcome to bring along adults to
meet her.
March 1 Life in Jesus’ Time – During the 10 AM
service, there will be a special event in Soward
Hall for families and anyone else who wishes to
participate during the service.. This event will
also continue during Coffee Hour for those who
were in the service. We will be tasting food from
Jesus’ time, playing games he might have played
and much more. (Note from Carol - If anyone has
seen locusts / grasshoppers for sale in edible form,
please let me know).
All parishioners are encouraged to come
dressed for Biblical times.
Carol S, Dave and Anne D
Family Fun Time
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Photos by Sarah Kelly
On November 15, 2014, families enjoyed a Games
Night at the church for Family Fun Time! To start
the evening off we played “Would you Rather”
– a game where two possibilities were given at a
time, and everyone had to choose one of the two
possibilities and then run to a certain part of the
gym according to the possibility they chose. For
Photos by Sarah Kelly
example, “Would you rather live on an airplane
or live on a ship?” Next we did a silly relay race
which required everyone to ride on a scooter
board, drop pennies into a jar, spin a hoola hoop,
eat a cracker as fast as possible and then try to
whistle before the next person in their group
could go. There was lots of laughter, especially
watching the adults try to hoola hoop and ride a
scooter board! We then divided into three groups
and each group was given the task of choosing
someone to be their ‘model’, while the rest of
their group designed and dressed the model with
ONLY toilet paper and masking tape. We had
three creative designs produced within the time
limit. To change things up again, we had a game
of indoor soccer. Julia and Cathy were amazing
in net! To end the evening we enjoyed some juice
and popcorn while playing charades. It was a fun
evening for all. Thanks to Anne, Ardith, Carol,
Dave, and Greg for coming to help with set up and
joining in the fun.
Sarah Kelly
Next Family Fun Time
Saturday,February 7, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
We will be skating at Otter Creek outdoor
skating rink (Lawrence/Avenue Road area).
Everyone welcome!
Hot chocolate and treats will be provided.
Any questions please contact Sarah K
Christmas 2014
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Photos by George Goodwin
Garrison Keillor on Episcopalians
from crossing the aisle while passing the peace.
Episcopalians drink coffee as if it were the
Third Sacrament.
Episcopalians feel guilty for not staying to
clean up after their own wedding reception in the
Fellowship Hall.
Episcopalians are willing to pay up to one
dollar for a meal at church.
Episcopalians still serve Jell-O in the proper
liturgical color of the season and Episcopalians
believe that it is OK to poke fun at themselves and
never take themselves too seriously.
And finally, you know you are an Episcopalian
when:
• It’s 100 degrees, with 90% humidity, and you
still have coffee after the service.
• You hear something really funny during the
sermon and smile as loudly as you can.
• Donuts are a line item in the church budget,
just like coffee.
• When you watch a Star Wars movie and they
say, “May the Force be with you,” and you
respond, “and also with you.”
And lastly, it takes ten minutes to
say good-bye…
We make fun of Episcopalians for their blandness,
their excessive calm, their fear of giving offense,
their lack of speed and also for their secret
fondness for macaroni and cheese. But nobody
sings like them.
If you were to ask an audience in Des Moines, a
relatively Episcopalianless place, to sing along on
the chorus of “Michael Row the Boat Ashore,” they
will look daggers at you as if you had asked them
to strip to their underwear. But if you do this
among Episcopalians, they’d smile and row that
boat ashore and up on the beach! … And down
the road!
Many Episcopalians are bred from childhood
to sing in four-part harmony, a talent that comes
from sitting on the lap of someone singing alto or
tenor or bass and hearing the harmonic intervals
by putting your little head against that person’s
rib cage. It’s natural for Episcopalians to sing in
harmony. We are too modest to be soloists, too
worldly to sing in unison.
When you’re singing in the key of C and you
slide into the A7th and D7th chords, all two
hundred of you, it’s an emotionally fulfilling
moment. By our joining in harmony, we somehow
promise that we will not forsake each other.
I do believe this, people: Episcopalians, who
love to sing in four-part harmony are the sort of
people you could call up when you’re in deep
distress. If you are dying, they will comfort you.
If you are lonely, they’ll talk to you. And if you are
hungry, they’ll give you tuna salad!
Episcopalians believe in prayer, but would
practically die if asked to pray out loud.
Episcopalians like to sing, except when
confronted with a new hymn or a hymn with
more than four stanzas.
Episcopalians believe their Rectors will visit
them in the hospital, even if they don’t notify
them that they are there.
Episcopalians usually follow the official liturgy
and will feel it is their way of suffering for their
sins.
Episcopalians believe in miracles and
even expect miracles, especially during their
stewardship visitation programs or when passing
the plate.
Episcopalians feel that applauding for their
children’s choirs will not make the kids too proud
and conceited.
Episcopalians think that the Bible forbids them
(NOTE: Garrison Keillor attends St. John the
Evangelist Episcopal Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
He is an American author, humorist, columnist,
musician, satirist, and radio personality.)
Submitted by Ron Potts
Bishop John Spong
in Toronto
On April 17 and 18, we will
have an opportunity to
hear this dynamic, world
renowned speaker (and author)
at College Street United Church.
His topic - “The Gospel of John: not Literally
True, but Profoundly True” promises to be an
exciting and thought provoking opportunuty
to open our minds to new understandings of
John’s Gospel.
With 6 or more people going from St Timothy’s,
we would be eligible for the group rate of $75 each
for 2 days, or $55 for 1 day. (both prices include
the Friday evening keynote address)
Please let Wendy F know by Feb 20 if you are
interested in attending.
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Plan to Join in St Timothy’s Activities on these Dates
Family Fun Skating at Otter Creek......................................... Saturday February 7, 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Truth and Reconciliation Service and Stone Soup ............... Sunday February 8
Mens’ Breakfast Club............................................................... Saturday February 14 at 8:00 am
Book Club.................................................................................. Tuesday February 17 at 10:30 am
Pancake Supper........................................................................ Tuesday February 17, 5:30 to 7:00 pm
Ash Wednesday Imposition of Ashes & Holy Eucharist ....... Wednesday February 18, 10:30 am & 7:30 pm
Annual Vestry Meeting ........................................................... Sunday February 22- Financials – 9:00 am
Reports and motions after the 10:am service
(Potluck snacks and child care
available after church service.)
Maggie Helwig’s Induction as Incumbent at St Stephen’s ... Sunday February 22, 4 pm
Community Lunch................................................................... Monday February 23 at 11:30 am
Mikado Outing with Old Orchard Blossoms
Sunday March 1, 2:00 pm
(See notice for other times)
St Andrew’s Luncheon and Card Party.................................. Wed March 11
Book Club.................................................................................. Tuesday March 17 at 10:30 am
Stone Soup Sunday................................................................... Sunday March 22
Community Lunch................................................................... Monday March 23 at 11:30 am
Palm Sunday Services.............................................................. Sunday March 29, 8:00 and 10:00 am
Maundy Thursday Holy Eucharist.......................................... Thursday April 2, 7:30 pm
Good Friday Services:
The Family at the Cross........................................................... Friday April 3, 9:30 am
Meditation on the Cross.......................................................... Friday April 3, 11:00 am
Family Fun Easter Egg Hunt ................................................... Saturday April 4, time tbd
Easter Vigil................................................................................ Saturday April 4, 7:30 pm
Easter Holy Eucharist............................................................... Sunday April 5, 8:00 am and 10:00 am
Submission due date for next Timprint.................................. Sunday April 12
St Timothy’s Book Club
We meet on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 10.30
am in the Board Room. All are welcome to join us.
Our next books are:
February 17, 2015:
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
March 17th, 2015:
Us Conductors by Sean Michael
Irina Cameron
Men’s Breakfast Club
want’s you to keep on
tick’n…
TIMPRINT
Newsletter of the Church of St. Timothy, North Toronto
100 Old Orchard Grove, Toronto ON M5M 2E2
www.sttimothy.ca 416 488 0079
Clergy: The Reverend Canon Gregory Symmes
Editors: Janet Gordon, Mary Kirton,
Ron Potts, Chris Caswell
Please send articles to: newsletter@sttimohy.ca
The Men’s Breakfast Club has
donated an automatic heart
defibrillator. Members of the
congregation are presently
being trained in its use, and
they will in turn be instructing others in how to
use this potentially life saving device.
Thanks to George G for quaterbacking the
project.
Please deliver to:
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