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Memorial services for Queen Elizabeth II
Honouring the life of Queen Elizabeth II at 7pm on the evening of Thursday, September 22, All Saints' Anglican Cathedral will host a memorial service, giving thanks for the life of Queen Elizabeth II. This is an in-person event. All are welcome. This local service follows a national memorial service which will be held at St. James' Anglican Cathedral in Toronto on Tuesday, September 20. That service will be livestreamed on www.anglican.ca/memorial , the Anglican Church of Canada website at 3pm Eastern Time. Monday, September 19 from 10 to 11am, Bishop Stephen London will take part in a provincial civic ceremony will be held outdoors on the Alberta Legislature grounds. This ceremony will be livestreamed also. |
Sunday, September 18 ~ Fourth Sunday of the Season of CreationScripture Readings Theme: Hear the Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Poor Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 ~ Mourning for drought and failed harvest Psalm 79:1-9 ~ Lamentation and confession leads to healing 1 Timothy 2:1-7 ~ We need to raise up prayers for those who are suffering around the world. Luke 16:1-13 ~ We are called to stand on the side of the marginalised
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In our Church Community
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Memorial Garden Update
Saturday,September 24th is the scheduled start date on the construction of our Memorial Garden wall in the area just north of the front steps. The wall should be finished during the week before the next Sunday. Lattice work has been installed below the ramp to act as a backdrop. The many gardeners in our community are busy imagining what best to grow and where it should all go!
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Wednesday Night Sharing CircleWednesday, September 21, 2022 Sharing in circle has a long history of transformation and community strength in both indigenous and addictions recovery traditions. Sharing in circle allows us both opportunity to listen, and when our turn arrives, to speak. A topic is raised each Wednesday in the realms of Faith, Justice, Spirituality, and Action in the Christian tradition that we are invited to reflect on and share if we wish. Rev. Jonathan usually facilitates the circle. Please contact him for the zoom access: rector@staugustinesedmonton.com We have used books, video, or individual presentations as our 'prompts' for the evening. "Doors" open at 7:45pm, process begins at 8pm-9pm. The zoom stays on until 9:30pm latest for those who want to chat more.
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Parish Trip to Fr. Lapsley EventAt St. Faith's Anglican - Saturday, September 24, 2022 What does reconciliation look like? What is the lineage of Truth and Reconciliation from South Africa? What does healing really look like in our world? Courageous Coversations about Reparation with Fr. Michael Lapsley will take place Saturday September 24th from 6-8pm. Please read the full write up about this extremely interesting man and what the conversations will be about on the diocesan website: https://edmonton.anglican.ca/events/fr-michael-lapsley-to-visit-edmonton-diocese--714/2022-09-24 We will car pool from St. Augustine's leaving at 5:30pm on the day (PLEASE RSVP). If you are interested or able to drive, please contact Rev. Jonathan. |
Welcome Back Parish Hot Dog RoastParty in the parking lot - Sunday, September 25, 2022 As we cross the Fall Equinox our Earth enters a new cycle and season. Gather on Sunday September 25th at 10 am to celebrate this moment of fall start up, the church Season of Creation, 'post-covid' re-entry, the vibrant community that is St. Augustine's and the God we know through her.
Let's keep it simple - hot dogs around the fire pit, bring a lawn chair and, if you like, a beverage or dessert to share. Bonus feature - bring along a song, story, or party game! |
GATHERING AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE
Come and enjoy a relaxing time of conversation as we reflect together on excerpts from Alice Fryling’s wise and readable book "Aging Faithfully". We will also consider passages from other sources which, I trust, will add to the richness our conversation. With wisdom, humour, and spiritual insight, Fryling relates her and her husband’s ourneys into their retirement years and onward as they now enter the eighth decade of their lives. As she explores the losses they and others have faced, she encourages consciously grieving them. But she doesn’t leave us there. Fryling relates how she learned, with the Holy Spirit’s help, that "buried in our losses are holy invitations," and maintains that many of those losses remind us of the resurrection. She explores themes of productivity and fruitfulness, learning to embrace "the discipline of irresponsibility," and of letting go while holding on more tightly to God and that which is eternal. So bring your coffee and gather around the (virtual) kitchen table or perhaps just settle into a comfortable chair. If you have any questions or want more information, please feel free to e-mail me at wildrosie7@gmail.com or call me at 780-429-3155. |
Blessing of the AnimalsShared with Grace United - Sunday, October 2, 2022 Join us to mark the feast day of St. Francis to honor his care of creation and his understanding of God's work through all living things. We gather across the street at Fulton park (Rain out ~ we will meet Monday at 4pm). We share in a simple service reflecting on God's gift of life in the animals most close to us with a simple act of blessing and thanksgiving for their life. Please bring any furry, scaley, or feathered friend that you give thanks for in your life to pray with and for them! Please ensure your animal companion is on a leash or in a cage/crate/container/etc. Alternatively, please feel free to bring a photo! If you are remembering a beloved animal who has passed, you may also wish to bring a photo, as we will have a moment of silence to remember them too. We are pleased this year to be sharing this event with our neighbours Grace United Church |
Orange Shirt Day | National Day for Truth and ReconciliationSeptember 30, 2022 The Canadian government designated September 30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, beginning in 2021. This responds to Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action 80, which states that the federal government will work with Indigenous people to establish a statutory day to “honour Survivors, their families, and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process”. Orange Shirt Day originates from the story of Phyllis Webstad from the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation. In 1973, on her first day at St. Joseph’s Residential School in Williams Lake, BC, Phyllis’s shiny new orange shirt was stripped from her, never to be seen again. 40 years later, on September 30th, 2013, Phyllis spoke publicly for the first time about her experience, and thus began the Orange Shirt Day movement. |
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