Bulletin Notices May 6th, :00 a.m. Memorial Stones. Altar Guild

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1 Bulletin Notices May 6th, :00 a.m. THIS AFTERNOON 12:30 3:30 P.M. Join Friends Make New Ones THE PICKERING CARIBBEAN CANADIAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (PCCCA) Invites you to their Annual Seniors Tea At The Pickering Recreation Complex 1867 Valley Farm Rd 11:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (B.A.S.) This Sunday s Reading: Acts 10:9-48 & John 15:9-17 Next Sunday s Readings: Acts 1:15-17, & John 17:6-19 Servers: Kira Brown & Victoria Toomey There is a great activity box full of puzzles and colouring pages, providing fun for fidgety little ones in the back entrance hall of the church. Memorial Stones We will be adding a limited number of memorial stones to the existing ones that form a cross between the tower entrance of the church and the upper parking lot. If you would like to donate a stone in memory of a loved one, the cost will be $200 per stone. Please speak to Barb Thompson in the church office at , ext. 21 or barbt@stpaulsonthehill.com by May 13 th. If you have put your name down to reserve a stone, please get your cheque in to Barb in the office and pick up a form to be filled out with the information to be etched on the stone. TWO PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE ORDINATION THIS AFTERNOON Altar Guild We are in need of ladies to join us in the Altar Guild. Due to health problems of some of our ladies this past year, we have been desperately "short staffed", so to speak. Duties include meeting with team members approximately once a month to set up for Communion, clear away after the service and wrap the altar flowers (after the 11 o'clock service} so that the ushers can deliver them as designated by Canon Kim. We are looking for some young ladies who would be willing to join a team of ladies who have been in this ministry a long time, and learn from them. If you think this ministry would suit you, please contact Pat Bennett at KEN JOHNSTONE, M.Div. will be ordained a Deacon at St. James Cathedral Sunday, May 6, at 4:30 P.M.. St. Paul's is the spiritual home of Ken, Lisa & Joshua and it is our honour and thrill to celebrate with them. Please keep them in your prayers. Ken has been appointed Assistant Curate at St. Margaret in the Pines, Scarborough. WYCLIFFE COLLEGE CONVOCATION TOMORROW EVENING DR. WENDY LEMARQUAND will deliver the Convocation Address and have the Degree of Doctor of Sacred Letters conferred on her at the Wycliffe College Convocation Monday May 7, at 7:00 P.M. JJR MacLeod Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto. Wendy and Bishop Grant have a long association with St. Paul's. Ken Johnstone, Canon Kim, and a mission team from here visited them in Gambella, Ethiopia two years ago. Ken Johnstone will also

2 receive his Master of Divinity degree at the Convocation. Check Out What is Happening with the Children& Youth! REGISTATION & LEADER APPLICATIONS OPEN! Maker Fun Factory Vacation Bible Camp July :00 AM-4:00 PM JK-Grade 6 Before & After Care Available Download the registration form from hehill.com or pick up a copy at the church! Early Bird Registration Until May 20, 2018 $80 per child to a maximum of $200 per family* After May 20th $110 for the first child, $85 for the second child, $60 for each additional child* are no longer using, we would love to take them off your hands! Knex Duplo by Lego (not the Mega blocks as they do not integrate well with the set we already have) Hot Wheels cars and tracks Single or queen size air mattresses in good condition We are also looking for someone to make playdough for us Vacation Bible Camp. We will give you all the supplies and the recipe. We are willing to pick up the items. Please contact Jacquie at for more information. It s time to play ball! St. Paul s sponsors a slo-pitch team in the Ajax-Pickering Christian Sports Fellowship league. Games are weekly from May to September on either Tuesday or Wednesday night. For more information, call Rob Everitt at The first 4 families who register by May 20th will receive 25% discount towards Everest March Break Camp 2019! Jr. Leader-in-Training: Grades 6-7 Training: Sunday July 15, :00-11:30 AM Held at SPOTH Regular camper fees apply Leaders: Grades 7 & Up Training: July 9-12, 2018 Fee $60 Camping at Emily Provincial Park Leader Retreat Download the application form from or pick up a copy at the church! Chocolate Bar Deadline: May 20, 2018 Final Deadline: June 3, 2018 We are looking for the following items.. We are already thinking about Vacation Bible camp. If you have the following items that your children WANTED As you are doing your spring cleaning, if you find any gently used sports balls, consider donating them to a local school (Michaélle Jean Public School 180 Williamson Drive East, Ajax) the students would love to use them during their recess time! Please drop off any donations into the school office or in the sports bag at the church and teachers will ensure they get lots of use!! Thanks! DIOCESE OF TORONTO & WORLD CYCLE OF PRAYER 2018 Please pray for: St. George s Memorial, Oshawa The Rev. Canon Judy Herron-Graham

3 The Anglican Church of Kenya & The Most Rev. Jackson Ole Sapit, Primate and Archbishop of All Kenya by Monday May 7 th at midnight Requirements Minimum grade 12 or post secondary student and previous camp leadership experience Conditions to be discussed at interview. Period Purse Durham Style ST. PAUL'S on-the-hill Youth Achievement Scholarship 2018 As a church community, we are excited to endorse and support our youth with this successful scholarship program for the eleventh year. Students currently enrolled in high school, connected to our church or community, who plan to enter university/college in September 2018, are invited to apply. Applications are due on May 18, 2018, and the awards will be presented on Sunday August 26, Applications are available on the church web site - in the church office, in the Guidance offices at all Ajax/Pickering high schools and at selected churches in Ajax and Pickering. Tax receipts are available for businesses or individuals who wish to donate to this worthy cause. A special charitable donation form, available in the Scholarship envelope in the narthex and on the web site, must accompany your donation in order for you to receive the appropriate acknowledgement. Thank you! The Altar flowers are given to the glory of God by Margaret & Geoff Cox in loving memory of Ida & Robert Cox. If you would like to put flowers on the Altar, please phone Janice Roberts at with the details. The cost is $45. Please make your cheque payable to St. Paul s on the Hill and place on the collection plate the first Sunday of the month for which the flowers are requested. Summer Student Positions Submit your resumes to Jacquie James at This is a grassroots organization committed to distributing feminine hygiene products with an extra boost of emotional wellbeing, directly to homeless, abused or impoverished women in our region. Donate your gently used purse or bag along with some menstrual and hygiene products. Purse size matters! It needs to be big enough to fit 2 boxes of menstrual products and more. So, when you are doing your spring cleaning please donate a purse or bag you won t be needing. Also, collect toiletry items to fill the purse. Every little bit helps so whether you contribute contents or the container, it will go a long way. What to Donate Tampons and sanitary napkins Deodorant Toothpaste, toothbrush, dental floss Flushable wipes Hand sanitizer Facial cleansing cloths Hotel freebees shampoo, body wash, soap Chocolate or candy (to make someone feel a bit special) Scarves, hats, mittens What Not to Donate Medication of any kind Mouthwash Metal nail clippers Razors Metal nail files Mid-Week Eucharist with Healing The Rev. Keith Todd, our Honorary Assistant invites you to join him at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday mornings for a special eucharist with prayer for healing. This is a great opportunity for those who cannot attend Sunday services and those who are available during the weekday. Our mid-week Healing service has been starting at 10:30 am but it was decided that we

4 commence at 10:00 am. We will still finish at 11:30 am. Also, Rev. Keith will be away on the 9th and 16th of May. Get Your Tickets Now! NOEL & TRICA RICHARDS In concert at St. Paul s on-the-hill Saturday May 26 th 7:30 pm Doors open at 7 pm An intimate acoustic concert featuring songs and conversation about love, life and faith from the writers of All Heaven Declares, By Your Side, Dreamers of Your Dreams, Keep On Praying, He Has Risen, Love Songs From Heaven, We Want To See Jesus Lifted High and many more... Profits raised from the concert will be used towards the cost of replacing deteriorated speaker system that has run its life span. Early Bird Tickets $12.50 each up to May 16th Group Tickets Purchase a group of 10 tickets for $ up to May 16th Tickets at the Door $15.00 each Tickets are available after the services from Scott James or Owen Murray or Barb Thompson in the office Weekdays 9 am to Noon Prayer Praise & Healing (PP&H) On May 27 th we will celebrate Pentecost Sunday At PP & H. Our guest speaker will be The Rev. Ken Bombay, who has pastored various churches across Canada and has been and continues to be an evangelist wherever he s invited. Phil Jocz & the band (Laudate) will provide wonderful praise music. You won t want to miss this exciting night. The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Others This is a new evening course being offered at St. Paul s and facilitated by Canon Kim. It is based on the Gary Chapman best selling book, explaining how to express love in your partner s or family member s language. Join us for this 3 week mini course with a love language survey, group interaction, book study and Biblical teaching. Course will be on Tuesdays, May 29 th, June 5 th and 12 th from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Cost is $20 and includes a copy of the book The Five Love Languages. To register: beard3300@rogers.com New Every Morning One of the things that s important to me as I study the Bible is to read verses in context of what was actually happening when they were written. It s tempting to simply pull out a verse like a rabbit from a magician s hat and apply it to our situation, but if we read in context I believe the message will run deeper. In Isaiah 43:18-19 we read, Remember not the former things, nor consider on the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? (ESV) These words were written to God s people held captive in Babylon. It was one of the lowest moments in their history. Isaiah prophesies about the coming captivity and exile and yet reminds the people that God is a God of love and he will bring them home. It is one more picture in the Old Testament foreshadowing the coming Christ who will deliver us from our sin and brokenness. In these two verses God is saying, Don t look back to the time when I delivered your ancestors from Egypt, I am a God who delivers over and over again. You may find yourself in a place of brokenness at the moment, and even though God has delivered you before, you can t imagine how he will do it again as your situation is very different. Take your eyes off the past and fix them on Christ whose mercies are new every morning. Excerpted from Beautiful Things Happen When a Woman Trusts God copyright 2009 by Sheila

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