Genesis 45:1-15

Psalm 133

Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32

Matthew 15:21-28

Lunches prepared by our helpful volunteers will be delivered to the Bissell Centre on Sunday morning.  

This is the last Saturday and Sunday (19th & 20th August) to join us in giving the Annex a new lease of life.  Painting will take place from 1-6pm on each day.

Beverages and snacks will be provided PLUS a prize will be awarded for the best painting outfit!!

So get out your finest painting attire and head over to the Annex to lend a hand .. come for the entire time or for just an hour or two, whatever time you have free and available.  If painting isn't your thing please consider a donation of tasty snacks.

Please text Jodi Howard at 780-953-9510 to let her know if you are willing to help out, in any way, or to obtain further details.

St A's started the summer off with a rummage sale and has decided to end the summer with a similar event - 'bookend rummage sales!!"

The sale is set up in the Annex basement and we are hoping to add a lot of items to it; perhaps it's time to do a little summer clearout if you have the time and inclination.  The last days for drop offs are this Saturday and Sunday (August 19th/20th).

Hours the sale is due to take place will be available nearer to the date. On Saturday the 26th there will also be hot dogs, cotton candy and freezie's, and maybe more, available to purchase.

We also require volunteers to assist with organising, pricing and displaying of all the items that have been donated .. if anyone has a few spare hours your help would be greatly appreciated.  Please text Jodi Howard (780-953-9510) for further details regarding taking part.

Coffee, tea, juice and goodies are served downstairs after the 10 am service. We look forward to seeing you there .. if you see someone sitting near you during the service, who you have never seen at our coffee hour, please encourage them to attend. 

A big thank you to our volunteers who prepare and serve the coffee each Sunday as well as providing the snacks.

A copy of the roster for those serving coffee each week is posted on the bulletin board by the kitchen. 

Please contact Loretta Howard if you are interesting in being included on the roster.
lmhoward@shaw.ca
780-466-9510

Compassion Camp is a five day summer camp program for children ages 5 and up. Each day has its own theme, music, crafts, and activities all centered around small simple acts of compassion. Children over 14 will get to participate in camp as a Leader-In-Training, gaining both the benefits of the daily lessons and an opportunity to share their strengths as they assist our younger campers during crafts and games. 

Uncover the Heart of your Call

By Rev. Dan Ash, Pat Jameson, Rev. Jonathan Crane

Loyola Press – a major source of references on the spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius describes the exercises as “a compilation of meditations, prayers, and contemplative practices developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola to help people deepen their relationship with God.” The exercises are a structured and guided approach designed to uncover the heart of our call to serve God and God’s people. St. Ignatius in his time, developed them as a tool to help young men discern if they were indeed called to serve as a Jesuit and take up the potential dangers of being sent all over the world in witness to God (think the movie “The Mission”). Originally, the Spiritual Exercises were used within a thirty-day silent retreat.  There remain a number of retreat houses in the world where you can still do this, but the Exercises are more commonly used these days as a thirty-week “retreat in daily life.” The structure of the weeks is a progressive immersion in scripture and prayer: they are not primarily an intellectual study of the scriptures, but a personal experience of the life of Jesus through prayer.  The process allows us grow in our ability to hear how deeply the Spirit of God is speaking to our spirit through the scriptures. The Exercises are broken into four sections, or movements of prayer through the thirty weeks. Theme I: God’s Love.  The exercises begin with an immersion in the love of God which invites us into a generous offering of our whole selves just as we are. Theme II: Invitation.  The second movement focusses on God’s hope for the world as it is expressed in the gift of Jesus and his ministry and our call to follow Jesus and participate in this life. Theme III: Suffering.  We walk alongside Jesus in the suffering of his self-offering. Theme IV: Resurrection.  In the last set of prayers, we share with Jesus in his rising to new life.  We share in living out the life and ministry of the risen Christ. The whole process invites us into a deeper awareness of the particularities of our own call to ministry.  We often find that the Spiritual Exercises lead us to discern God’s movement in us and gives us tools to continue growing in this daily practice. This process is not designed to be done on one’s own, but with an experienced director who can help us reflect on God’s movement in our lives. The exercises are geared particularly to moments in our lives when we are experiencing transition and change, when we are discerning a change of our vocations, or simply seeking a deeper relationship with God.  The exercises have potential to be transformative and people may find a huge shift between their life before the exercises and their life after the exercises. If you are wondering where God is calling you, come, set aside space to walk through the exercises with one of several experienced directors in our Diocese.  We invite you to move towards Gratitude, Freedom, and Generosity: Gratitude at who God is and what God has given, Freedom to be set free to serve in full Generosity.

If you are interested in learning more please send an email to ignatianspirit46@gmail.com.  We intend to facilitate a Spiritual Exercises Retreat in Daily Life with a small group of participants to run from September 2023 to May 2024.

Space is limited.  Please fill out the attached application form to apply.  You will be contacted for a simple one on one conversation preceding our entry into the exercises.

The Celebrating Women group at Grace United Church are planning to hold a Celebrating Women retreat on September 15-17 and would like to ask ladies from our parish to join them for the weekend.

Details are still to be determined, though it will likely involve events at Grace and in Edmonton; a more detailed schedule and theme will be available ready late August/early September.

The ladies of Grace would be delighted if some of us would like to attend and we could all get to know each other a bit more!  

Watch this space for further details

Please email the office with any changes or corrections with your address, phone numbers, or email addresses.  We do are best to keep this information updated but realize that sometimes we are missing updated information.

 office@staugustinesedmonton.com

Administration, address updates, etc: Cheryl at office@staugustinesedmonton.com, 780-466-5532