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Welcome to St. Augustine’s Newsletter
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This Sunday, August 29, 2021
CarrieAnn and Dennis are getting married this Sunday in a small family ceremony. However, they have provided an opportunity to zoom into the service. We will keep a 'tight' 10 am service on Sunday so we can project their 11am zoom wedding up on the projector screen in the sanctuary. Please join if you can. Blessings CarrieAnn and Dennis! |
Scripture Readings
Song of Solomon 2:8-13 ~ Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9 ~ James 1:17-27 ~ Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 |
In our Church Community
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Blessing of BackpacksDuring Sunday worship - Sunday, August 29, 2021 Join us Sunday, August 29th for a simple blessing of the backpacks ceremony during our 10am service. We will offer simple prayers for students and teachers alike as they begin the new school year. Kids are welcome to bring their backpacks to be blessed. In this covid time, you are more than welcome to participate from home! |
Please join us to celebrate Winnie Leslick
Celebration of Life be to be held on September 9th 1:30PM Park Memorial Chapel 9709 111 Ave NW
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Memorial for John TylerMonday, September 13, 2021 Please join us in remembering and giving thanks for the life of John Tyler - long time member of St. Augustine's Church. We gather at St. Augustine's COVID-19 note: Please social distance and ensure that a mask is covering your mouth and nose while inside the church. During the reception please only remove your mask to eat or drink while seated. For more infomation visit: http://staugustinesedmonton.com/events/memorial-for-john-tyler/2021-09-13
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Still time to Join these Great Programs in September
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September $5 ~ Coffee fundraiser
For the past several years, our Diocese has done an outstanding job raising funds for the people of the Buye Diocese to purchase medical cards. Loving our neighbors as ourselves, we can make a difference in the lives of many of our brothers and sisters living in Burundi. Through the month of September, we encourage each parish to take up a collection for the purchase of Buye medical cards. 100% of the monies collected go directly to the purchase of medical cards. There are no administrative fees. Medical coverage is out of reach for most people in the Diocese of Buye. A $5 medical card covers 80% of their costs and will help women in need, and children under the age of 18. Please mark all donations with "Coffee fundraiser" when you send them along to the Church office or if you donate online with your tithe.ly account. |
MEDITATION MONDAYAnyone is welcome to this introduction to Christian meditation - Wednesday, September 1, 2021 (Dates TBA)Do you want to deepen your relationship with the Holy Mystery by practicing meditation. Those who are new to meditation, and those who would simply like to sharpen their skills in community, are welcome. If you are interested in praying using your imagination and senses join me for three Mondays in the fall. (Excluding holidays) Daytime or evening, zoom or in person, will be available. We have put together a Doodle to determine what 3 dates and times will work - register here (please ignore the time zone info): https://doodle.com/poll/cdpeyah34yx3sgay?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link Contact Pat Jameson for more information
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GATHERING ‘ROUND THE KITCHEN TABLEA Zoom Event - Thursday, September 30, 2021 Come and enjoy a relaxing time of conversation as we reflect together on excerpts from Barbara Brown Taylor‘s best selling book, An Altar in the World - a Geography of Faith. Taylor begins by reminding us of the words of the 12th century mystic, Mechtild of Magdeburg: “the day of my spiritual awakening was the day I saw–and knew I saw–all thing in God and God in all things`. It is in this spirit Taylor invites us to discover altars everywhere we go and in nearly everything we do. So bring your coffee and gather around the (virtual) kitchen table or perhaps just settle into a comfortable chair as we enjoy each other's company and delight in recognizing the Holy in the Ordinary. rsvp to Anne Wightman: wildrosie7@ gmail.com For more infomation visit: http://staugustinesedmonton.com/events/gathering-round-the-kitchen-table/2021-09-30
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Wednesday Night Sharing CircleWednesday, September 1, 2021 Wednesday nights 8pm via the standard Zoom link Spirituality is a personal thing. Even if we ascribe to a common creed or practice, we each use different words to express our experience and we each come at faith and Spirit from a different personal history. On Wednesday nights at St. Augustine's we are learning to value the aboriginal/recovery sharing circle as a tool to help one another on our journey. Anyone may drop in at any time to this sharing circle. We begin at 8pm and end as close to 9:30pm as we can. If you need the Zoom link or information on how to access this online circle, please contact us via the email (rector@staugustinesedmonton.com).
For more infomation visit: http://staugustinesedmonton.com/events/wednesday-night-sharing-circle/2021-09-01
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Edmonton Diocese and Beyond
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24h Prayer Vigil for Bishop-Elect
Original Event link: https://edmonton.anglican.ca/events/prayer-initiative-for-bishop-elect/2021-09-17 Edmonton Anglican Cursillo invites members of the Edmonton diocese to take part in a 24-hour prayer vigil for the Rev. Stephen London who will be consecrated as 11th Bishop of Edmonton on September 18. Clergy, parish prayer teams and individuals can sign up online for one-hour timeslots which will begin at 11 am on September 17. Please sign up here as an individual, or as a group, to pray God guides and strengthens Steve and his whole family in this new ministry. |
Season of Creation Podcast Resource"The Land Wants Us To Live Differently Here" How do we live well on the land?This is a significant question for the church as we wrestle with both our indigenous and ecological history. The Anglican Diocese of Edmonton spans a wide swath of land in North-Central Alberta - how is the land inviting us to live well in this place? The title is drawn from a story shared by a Dene elder of his ancestors moving into a different landscape. Their old ways and traditions were no longer applicable, they had to practice a new way of gathering food and keeping communication. The Anglican church came from a very different place, land, and tradition. What new ways of incarnation do we need to learn and hone in this place? In this 5-part podcast series Rev. Jonathan Crane interviews individuals who spend their lives caring for a peice of land be it rural or urban. These podcasts will be released once a week through the 2021 Season of Creation that begins on September 1st. They are intended to be enjoyed by individuals in addition to any local church programs you might be running and will be available both on the Diocesan website as well as other podcast services. These podcasts are an act of the Diocese of Edmonton Social Justice Commitee. For more infomation visit: http://staugustinesedmonton.com/news/season-of-creation-podcast-resource
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Please connect with us to Stay informed
780-466-5532 office@staugustinesedmonton.com rector@staugustinesedmonton.com More church info at www.staugustinesedmonton.com |