First reading and Psalm
Genesis 9:8-17
Psalm 25:1-10

Second reading
1 Peter 3:18-22

Gospel Reading
Mark 1:9-15

Time again to join with friends old and new over a simple meal.

This month's menu:

Cottage Pie

(ground beef with potato topping)

Salad

Fruit Crisp & Ice Cream

All are welcome!! Please bring a friend if you know someone who might appreciate a simple meal and companionship.

Supper is $10.00 per adult / no charge for children 12 & under

Cottage pie, shepherd's pie or in its French version hachis Parmentier, is a savoury dish of cooked minced meat topped with mashed potato and baked, formerly also called Sanders or Saunders. The meat used may be either previously cooked or freshly minced. The usual meats are beef or lamb. The two English terms have been used interchangeably since they came into use in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, although some writers insist that a shepherd's pie should contain lamb or mutton, and a cottage pie, beef.

More recently "shepherd's pie" has generally been used for a potato-topped dish of minced lamb whilst "cottage pie uses minced beef; both are usually cooked using meat left over from a roast. It was commonplace in the days before refrigeration to cook a Sunday joint to last in various guises throughout the week. A traditional verse, "Vicarage mutton", showing not only the uses to which the joint was put, but also the interchangeability of the terms "shepherd's" and "cottage" pie:

Our own John Vandenbeld is performing in the play, "Barefoot in the Park" at the Manluk Theater in Wetaskiwin.

After a six day honeymoon, the newlyweds get a surprise visit from the bride’s loopy mother.  They decide to play matchmaker with their neighbour.

Friday February 16th at 7:30pm
Saturday February 17th at 7:30pm
Sunday February 18th at 2:00pm (Matinee)

Tickets and details are available here: https://manluktheatre.ca/whats-on/barefoot-in-the-park/

DrumSpeak Workshop, Saturday February 17 at 1pm: 

In honour of Black History Month, we have invited Chelsea’s drum teacher Reckie Lloyd with Sangea Academy to lead us in a workshop!

DrumSpeak is a method of teaching music without speaking, this is a very fun way to get any group working together. The objective of the workshop is to get the entire group to create one voice with their drums while learning the history of West African rhythms. By the end of this workshop, participants will learn traditional songs, rhythms, and history.

Register on the sheet at the back of the church on the narthex table, or by calling the church, by Thursday, February 15.  There is room for up to 50 people to register and registration is open to anyone of any gender identity, age 10 and up. 

To help cover costs, there is a suggested contribution of $15/person (however, please pay what you can, or nothing at all).  This event is hosted by Celebrating Women.  We enjoyed this workshop so much in 2021 that we decided to open it to the entire congregation this time! 

Participants from St. Augustine’s Anglican Congregation are welcome too!

On November 4th Caitlin and Dustin became a family of three with the arrival of their son Nico. 

He weighed in at a healthy 9lbs 1 oz.

All at St A's are happy to welcome him into our family as well!!

Please find below the minutes of our AGM this February 11th, 2024.

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend and to Christa for typing everything up!

The Altar Guild would like to express their thanks to everyone that helped make the Pancake Supper a great success!

From mixers, flappers, servers, dish washers and not to forget consumers it was great to work, and eat, together.

All told over 80 people were served.

The Altar Guild was honoured to hold the first event in the newly 'baffled' lower hall.  It was wonderful to see what a difference this made to the sound levels in the space - so nice to be able to hold a conversation without having to raise your voice. 

Already looking forward to next year!!

The buzz was in the air to tie up a few post-Christmas jobs this last month.

The last of the echo-reducing sound baffles got installed in the lower hall just in time for a successful test at the Altar Guild's pancake dinner.  The word?  The word is a little easier to hear!  Try for yourself - that room has gone from yelling to make yourself heard to 80 people being able to enjoy conversation over dinner at a much more enjoyable level.  This is part of a church project to give that room a re-fresh, make it more rentable, and in the mean time, more enjoyable for all our church uses.

Across the sidewalk, we have welcomed St. Olga's congregation who enjoy a meal together after worship.  This has ushered in a few fix-ups and paint-ups in the lower space of the Annex.  In short, the whole room from top to bottom has been painted, and some ceiling issues have been remedied to make the space more enjoyable.  St. Olga's folks had given the kitchen a good scrub already and so the cabinets in the kitchen got painted too.

Great thanks the whole Yeo family, who have been in the background organizing contractors and helping get all the little bits done and ready.  Jordan led the sound baffle project and Randy and Rita organized the final baffle installation and painting in the Annex.

Our Annex is becoming a new thing.  Jodi's epic work this Summer and now a fresh coat of paint in the lower space as St. Olga's begins to make use of it on Sundays.

Our growing vision for that lower space is to create a cafe-style environment where the local community can gather for coffee and connection.  To start, this will only be once a week with very basic coffee and maybe a few treats (Let Jonathan know if you are interested in helping with this!)

To really set the space off we need some square tables for the space and upgraded lighting from the bare-bulbs that are currently there. (There are lots of chairs there already)

Would you consider donating?

Light the Annex - $100/light (10 needed)
Table the Annex - $150/Table (15 needed)

(donations in the plate, on Tithe.ly, or e-transfer available to office@staugustinesedmonton.com)

We welcome Bishop Steve on May 19^th this year to celebrate Confirmation, Baptism, and Anglican Reception.

Confirmation for baptized people is a chance to receive a simple prayer that the Spirit be present and released in your life.  Confirmation is an adult reception of baptism and is associated with several sessions of preparation that cover our way of Christian life in the world.  In confirmation, the bishop lays hands on the head of each candidate and prays for them.  Jonathan would like to provide mentors for each candidate for confirmation to support them in prayer and conversation.

Baptism is our simple entry into Christian faith for people of any age who have not been baptized before.  As we receive baptism in water and in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and are marked with chrism (blessed, fragrant oil), we offer ourselves to receive the love and promises of God and to join the church as the family of faith.  Baptism is not about what we know, but about the direction we set ourselves towards in life.

Anglican Reception is by no means a requirement or even an encouragement for members of St. A’s.  However, sometimes we feel we want to ‘plant down’ and say we are ‘here.’

If any of these ceremonies catch your attention, please let Rev. Jonathan know.  Preparation for confirmation will begin in Lent and baptismal preparation in May.  Jonathan will need some confirmation mentors as well.

The Hanley Home Group welcomes you to join us weekly as we share lives,fellowship, and discussion on scripture, church topics, and anything else we find interesting!

These cold winter afternoons give us a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a relaxing time ofconversation with friends.

This session we will focus on a another one of Rev. Dr. BarbaraBrown Taylor’s well-known books. Holy Envy is filled with warmth and humour as Taylorrecounts her experiences of discovering the sacred in unexpected places while teaching the aWorld Religions course to undergraduates in rural Georgia. Her deep and reflective thoughtsreveal how God delights in confounding her expectations! We will also include material from other sources to add richness to our conversation.

Sharing in circle has a long history of transformation and community strength in both indigenous and addictions recovery traditions.

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