St. Matthew's Anglican Church - Parish Weeklly Events &
Prayer List
THIS WEEK
Wednesday, February 8 at 5 pm: Centering
Prayers in the Chapel.
NEXT SUNDAY
(6th after Epiphany) at 11:00
am: 2 Kings 5: 1 - 14; Psalm 30; 1 Corinthians 9: 24 – 27;
Mark 1: 40 - 45.
A LOOK FORWARD
Tuesday, February 14: Vestry meeting in the
board room.
Sunday, February 19: St. Matthew’s Annual
Meeting. Reports are due into Brenda February 7th.
Wednesday, February 29: will be our next
Bible study.
In Cathy’s absence Reverend Fletcher
Stewart is taking pastoral emergency calls at 788-0240.
WestEnd Commons News – construction and
fund raising continues. The work in the basement will be
slower than planned – getting all the service infrastructure
right for the upper floors is taking time. Check out the
project website that Dexter and Gail have created:
thewestendcommons.ca It’s got lots of good information.
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Prayer
Calendar for the week of February 5th – February
11th
Prayers for the church
- In the Anglican Communion world-wide, we give thanks for:
The
Anglican Church of Canada, The Most Reverend Frederick Hiltz.
- In the Anglican Church of Canada we pray for:
our Primate,
Fred Hiltz; our National Indigenous Bishop, Mark MacDonald; our General
Secretary and Synod Staff; our metropolitan: David Ashdown; St. James and St.
John Anglican Churches in Grand Rapids and their priest Steve Martin;
Indigenous peoples of the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior, BC.
- In Our Diocese of Rupert’s Land we pray for:
our Bishop,
Donald Phillips; West Indian Canadian Anglican Fellowship; the Diocesan
Anglican Fellowship of Prayer – The Reverend Diane Guilford, Diocesan
Coordinator.
- In Our Parish Family we pray for:
Ralph; Janet, Sharon and John;
Bob; Shiloh Apostolic and Emmanuel Mission.
- For St. Matthew’s:
We pray for our
parish, St Matthew’s here in the heart of the city in heart of God.
Strengthen our church to be like a great tree giving shade and shelter to all
who come. Under its branches let the people rest in your grace and be
re-rooted in your kingdom’s work. May the streets of our community be holy
ground beneath our feet.
Pray for people in need: Hilda & family; Rose;
Heather; Sierra; Fred; Tom; Rick; Francois; Jesse; Cammy; Randy & family;
Alex; Alexander & Alla; Maria; Robertson family; Jack, Chris and their son
Nat; Trinity; Jayden; Apetagon family; Bailey family; Kevin; Muriel; Stella;
Zelda; Ellen, Klaus and Melissa; Helen, Charlie and Kevin; Bob and Mark;
Donna;
Pray for people who have died: Magnus Danielson; Marion
Aspinall; Harold Robertson; Arthur Apetagon; Adline Bailey;
Pray for people celebrating: Catherine; Cory; Joseph;
Emily; Paul (bd);
Pray for those in Nursing Homes: Winnie; Stephen; and
Pat;
Altar flowers are given to the Glory of God and in loving
memory of Walter Henderson; Lawrence E. Henderson, and Yvette & Bob
Hampton.
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