ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH

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1 ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH 30 High Street, Huntsville, Ontario. P1H 1N9 Diocese of Algoma The Rt Rev d Dr Stephen Andrews, Bishop Bishop s motto: With thee is the well of life : and in thy light shall we see light. (Psalm 36.9, Coverdale) Rector The Venerable Dawn Henderson Office: Res Office Phone: FAX: Office office@allsaintshuntsville.ca Website: As Worshippers of the Living God We Hear, Proclaim and Live His Word; And in Love, Bring People to Jesus.

2 Services for March 2015 and into Easter 01 March: 2 nd Sunday in Lent 8.30 am Holy Eucharist am Holy Eucharist - - Family Service 3.00 pm Hymn Sing at Chartwell Muskoka Traditions 08 March: 3 rd Sunday in Lent 8.30 am Holy Eucharist am Holy Eucharist 15 March: 4 th Sunday in Lent 8.30 am Holy Eucharist am Holy Eucharist 22 March: 5 th Sunday in Lent healing services 8.30 am Holy Eucharist am Holy Eucharist 29 March: Palm/Passion Sunday 8.30 am Holy Eucharist am Holy Eucharist 30 March: Monday of Holy Week 7:00 pm Stations of the Cross with Holy Eucharist in the Chapel 31 March: Tuesday of Holy Week 4:00 pm Instructional Seder Supper in Lower Sutherland Hall followed by Holy Eucharist 01 April: Wednesday of Holy Week 9.30 am Holy Eucharist in the Chapel Triduum: 02April: Maundy Thursday 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist [with washing of feet] in the Church followed by Prayer Watch at the Altar of Repose [Chapel] 03 April: Good Friday 10:00 am Good Friday liturgy with Holy Communion 03 April [Saturday]: 8:00 pm Easter Vigil with Service of Light, Renewal of Baptismal Vows and Holy Eucharist 05 April: Sunday of the Resurrection / Easter Sunday 8.30 am Holy Eucharist am Holy Eucharist Family Service 3.00 pm Hymn Sing at Chartwell Muskoka Traditions Regular Wednesday morning Holy Eucharist at 9.30 in the chapel Other Services of Holy Eucharist Roger s Cove Thursday 05 March am Fairvern Tuesday 10 March am Chartwell Muskoka Tradition Tuesday 17 March am Muskoka Landing Tuesday 24 March am

3 From the Rector... Dear Members of All Saints Parish Family, Jesus said, Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also Matthew , We began Lent, this year, as every year with these words of our Lord...and so began this most interesting season. It is a season of forty days [not counting Sundays], which began Ash Wednesday [18 February] and ends with the Great Vigil of Easter [04 April]. For many Christians, the image of a journey is a common one, for, as we answer the invitation to observe a Holy Lent [BAS 282], in self-examination, study and prayer, we embark on a journey of intentional spiritual self-discovery. In many ways, it is a journey to our own heart, helping us discern where our treasure is. It is also a journey to the heart of God for we are His treasure. We have opportunity, with our Lord, to examine our priorities...to begin to discern what it is that holds us or drives us, and whether those things help or hinder our life as followers of Jesus. The journey of Lent is also a journey that leads by the way of the suffering and self-sacrifice of the cross, and the cold silence of the stone-sealed tomb, to the exuberant joy of that same tomb found empty, and the bursting forth of new creation in the resurrection. We end this month with Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday [29 March] and the beginning of Holy Week as we follow our Lord s triumphal entry into Jerusalem and his journey to Calvary. Our Instructional Seder [Tuesday 31 March], which is the Jewish Passover celebration, offers a deeper insight into the Last Supper, and our Lord s command to Do this in remembrance of Me. The Seder will be offered also as a Webinar/Web Conference for those who are unable to attend in person. [Further details will be forthcoming.] The Triduum begins with Maundy Thursday [02 April], and the traditional liturgy at 7 pm in the church. On Good Friday [03 April] we will have the honour of welcoming the Rev d Dr George Sumner, Principal of Wycliffe College, as our preacher. Our journey of Lent culminates in the Easter celebration where we rejoice that God has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1.13 We continue our Lenten study, after Wednesday Services, on the Life and Ministry of the Messiah. Throughout this season, and all of our lives, let us remember that the foundation of everything we do as a church, is prayer. If each one of us would but spend ten minutes a day in prayer asking God s blessing, guidance and grace for the people, life and ministry of All Saints, and for our part in God s Mission, it would revolutionize all of our lives. Every blessing as we journey together in Lent. Yours, in the love of Jesus Christ our Lord, The Venerable Dawn Henderson + Rector

4 From the Wardens Corporation would like to extend sincere thanks to Andy Martinolich for his five years of service as People's Warden. Andy has tirelessly given of his time and energy as an integral part of the 'team'. We are indeed grateful for all of his many, many contributions. We know he will continue to be with us in spirit and walk along side. We thank you Andy. At this time we welcome Hugh Mackenzie into the Corporation in the position of Rector's Warden. We look forward to working with him and having him as a member the 'team'. It was wonderful to have such a large number of people support the pancake supper. Thank you to Andy and the kitchen team for organizing and for their valiant efforts to keep up with the demand. Well done! As we journey through the season of Lent we are reminded of the many opportunities the season offers. A time to pray, cleanse, ask forgiveness, make space in silence taking a time to reflect. We know the time of Lent ends in the resurrection. After Lent, Easter! Let us be grateful as we move toward the time of resurrection. We at All Saints' have much for which we are thankful. In Prayer and thanksgiving, The Wardens DVD Study Wednesdays in Lent 10:30 am noon, Lower Church. Everyone is welcome! Pastoral Care Pastoral care continues with our regular ministries. We are grateful to all of those who support us in all we do. Respectfully submitted, Sue Dixon & Betty-Lou Durr Cover Graphic:

5 Palm Sunday Sunday of the Passion Holy Eucharist with the Liturgy of the Palms Sunday 29 March 8:30 am & 10:00 am Holy Week Evenings in the Chapel Monday 30 March 7:00 pm Stations of the Cross and Holy Eucharist, Tuesday 31 March Holy Eucharist following the Seder [LSH] Wednesday 01 April 9:30 am Holy Eucharist Tuesday in Holy Week Seder Supper The night before the crucifixion, our Lord gathered with His disciples in the upper room to celebrate the feast of Passover. This is The Last Supper. There, Jesus transformed the bread of affliction into the bread of life, and the cup of thanksgiving into the cup of salvation. The Seder became our Eucharist with our Lord s words, Do this in remembrance of me. Everyone is invited. Tuesday 31 March 4:00 pm Seder Maundy Thursday After supper with His friends, took off His robe and washed the disciples feet and said, A new commandment I give you that you love one another as I have loved you. Service of Holy Eucharist with washing of feet in the Church All-night Prayer at the Altar of Repose in the Chapel Thursday 02 April 7:00 pm Good Friday Today He who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the Cross. He who is King of the angels is arrayed in a crown of thorns. He who wraps the heaven in clouds is wrapped in the purple of mockery. He who in Jordan set Adam free receives blows upon his face. The Bridegroom of the Church is transfixed with nails. The son of a Virgin is pierced with a spear. We venerate Thy Passion O Christ. Show us also Thy glorious Resurrection. Friday 03 April 10:00 am Guest Preacher: The Rev d Dr George Sumner. Come and See...The Great Vigil of Easter The Great Vigil of Easter vividly and dramatically portrays all that was, is, and shall be in the drama of our redemption. Outside, in the darkness, we light the new fire of Easter. Then, as a body, we carry the new light of Easter into the darkened Church. There, we hear the words of the story of the Exodus and we celebrate our redemption from darkness to light through the waters of baptism as we renew our baptismal vows. Saturday 04 April 8:00 pm Easter Sunday The Lord Is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Our joy is this that He who was crucified, dead and buried is now alive forever more, our risen and reigning Lord! We celebrate His triumph! Sunday 05 April 8:30 am & 10:00 am

6 Tax Receipts In case some of you are wondering why you received a 2014 tax statement with only you or your spouse s name on it, wonder no more. For a long time now, we have been using a programme called Church Windows to keep track of your givings. It is a very good programme, but it is not cheap, we pay a fee each year to the U.S. company that owns the programme, and they update it as needed. And we have a toll-free telephone number to call for answers to any queries we might have, and they are very good at what they do. Recently they completely rewrote the programme, mainly I surmise to make it more user friendly to the larger churches in the States. The main change was to separate the part dealing with member information (e.g. details of children, dates of birth, information etc., as well as church attendance) from the financial side. In order to do this, the records of givings are recorded only on the family member who had the giving number on his or hers original individual record. They do allow for family groups being put together under one number, but for us that would lead to other problems, and I don t wish to go there! We did not realise the problem until we had run off all the tax receipts. Although we have accommodated a few people who wished to have the receipt in their name rather than in their spouse s name, that involves tinkering with the system so we hope most of you will live with it for this year. To make sure we have our records correct for next year, if anyone would like the number to be changed to their spouse, please send me an at clayson@cogeco.ca, or leave a note with the secretary. Thank you for your understanding Beryl Clayson Envelope Secretary Sunshine Club St Valentine s Luncheon at Sutherland Hall Feb. 10, 2015 Parish News is one of the many ways we communicate with our parishioners: in it we give thanks for events of the previous months, and look forward to the days ahead. Would you consider sponsoring an issue, or part of an issue, of Parish News? Your sponsorship might be as a thanksgiving, or as a memorial, or just because... Each month, we distribute 120 copies of Parish News at an approximately cost of $150. A full-colour version of Parish News is also available through our website:

7 Outreach at All Saints 2015 Our Loonies and Toonies for Lent continues through to Easter Sunday, April 5 th when we ask you to return your donation on the collection plate. It remains the major source of funds for your parish s Outreach Projects. With some donations made early in 2015, we are helping to purchase Hydration Tablets for Haiti. This is an ongoing project through the Worker Sisters and Brothers of the Holy Cross. You will know from the news that the challenges in Haiti continue. The tablets are especially helpful at this time of year. Thank you to Betty-Lou Durr, who is a member of the Sisters, for bringing this need forward to our parish. Your Outreach Team All Saints Shared Supper at Sutherland Hall on January 30, Thanks especially to Pat Rimmington, Barb Willms and everyone who worked so hard to create such a lovely evening!

8 PWRDF is the Anglican Church of Canada's official agency for sustainable development, emergency relief, refugees, and global justice which strives to be a part of the outreach ministry of every Canadian Anglican parish as an expression for all Anglicans to uphold PWRDF'S Vision of a Truly, Just, Healthy, and Peaceful World, respecting the dignity of every human being. In 2014, the Total Donations of individual parishioners to PWRDF was $9, In addition, 10 Parishioners donated $440 for PWRDF Christmas Gift Cards, surprisingly, a slight increase over 2013, considering the increasing cost of postage stamps! Thank you, once again, to all who responded with your generosity and commitment to PWRDF. Your commitment to The Primate`s World Relief and Development Fund (along with the matching financial support of the Government of Canada-formerly CIDA, now FATD Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada) keeps this global humanitarian work alive, now for over 55 years! Through the choice of the monthly Blue Offering Envelopes or, Electronic Givings, a sustained monthly gift will hold suffering people around the world in our hearts and tell our brothers and sisters, whom we may never know that, after the TV videos leave the scene, PWRDF is still there. On behalf of PWRDF and our PARTNERS, thank you, for your future support and commitment. 'Even a Little Can Make a World of Difference' FOR FOOD IN A WORLD Where many walk in hunger FOR FAITH IN A WORLD Where many walk in fear FOR FRIENDS IN A WORLD Where many walk alone We give you thanks O God. Yours, for PWRDF, Joy Lewis For more information, contact Joy Lewis, All Saints representative for PWRDF; or, visit pwrdf.org Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 a large crowd turned out to enjoy every scrap of the delicious pancakes, sausages, ice cream and fruit.

9 APPROXIMATELY 2300 SQUARE FEET. NEWLY REMODELLED HERITAGE HOUSE WITH A COMMANDING VIEW OF MAIN STREET AT THE SWING BRIDGE OVERLOOKING THE TOWN DOCK. FULLY ACCESSIBLE. TOTALLY UPGRADED ROOF, WINDOWS, INSULATION, HEATING, ELECTRICAL. 30 High Street Huntsville, ON Professional Office Space Now Available Phone or Mornings You Are Invited... Tuesday 31 March 4:00m LSH Instructional Seder Supper The night before the crucifixion, our Lord gathered with His disciples in the upper room to celebrate the feast of Passover. This is The Last Supper. There, Jesus transformed the bread of affliction into the bread of life, and the cup of thanksgiving into the cup of salvation. The Seder became our Eucharist with our Lord s words, Do this in remembrance of me. Everyone is invited. Please call or office@allsaintshuntsville.ca to let us know you re coming so that we can set a place for you.

10 Parish News: the deadline for our next issue is Friday 20 March. Please note that articles and pictures should be about our life and ministry here at All Saints. Articles may.doc.docx.txt or.wpd. Pictures should be sent individually in.jpg format for best quality; Pdf s may be included; however, the reproduction quality for pdf s is not excellent. Please submit to aspn@allsaintshuntsville.ca. The due date for articles is generally the Friday nine days before the last Sunday of the month [so that we have time to prepare and print the newsletter before the end of the month]. With thanks. We very much welcome advertising and sponsorship; please contact our Office for information: office@allsaintshuntsville.ca Thank you to Darla McMeeken and Barb Willms for their photos in this month s Parish News! And to Cathie Matthews who facilitates every month Parish News is available on our website: [under the Newsletter tab]. And remember to check out our Facebook page. Men s Club Breakfasts 3rd Saturdays: 21 March :00 am Coffee. 8:30 am Breakfast. Great food. Great fellowship. Great speakers. call Morley Higgins for details Please join us for the next Messy Church Friday 20 March 5:30-7:00 pm in Lower Sutherland Hall Dinner, music, activities and crafts. Fun for all ages! Everyone is welcome!

11 Church School Our Journey through Lent began the last Sunday in February and continues for the month of March. Lent is a special time to remember God's wonderful promises to us. Lent is a time to think about God's love and that He knows us by name and will always care for us. Sun. Mar. 1 st : Family Service Youth leading the liturgy and participating in various parts of the service. Parish poet reminds us of God's promise to always love and care for us. Joyous music. All on power point. *YES activity - See YES group news. Sun. Mar. 8 th : 3 rd in Lent regular classes record our journey Sun. Mar. 15 th : 4 th in Lent regular classes move forward in our journey Fri. Mar. 20 th : Messy Church Dinner, music, activities, and crafts Fun for all ages. Sun. Mar. 22 nd : 5 th in Lent regular classes mark our path Sun. Mar. 29 th : Palm Sunday blessing of the Palms. Our traditional interactive story as we Journey through Holy week. Choose a costume to help tell the story of What Happened to Jesus. Other Notes: See YES news for other events and activities Please refer to Church School and JAG schedule for regular and Family services. All Saints Church School Join us for singing, stories, activities, crafts, and fun with friends. Check out All Saints' Huntsville on Facebook Shirley Spiers

12 Photos: Youth Group at the Family Skating Party at the Y.E.S.! of All Saints excellent rink in Sprucedale on February 01, 2015 After the Family Service and light lunch, a great time was had by all, skating, and having a cozy room Greetings Parents of the Y.E.S.! of All to warm up and enjoy hot chocolate and cookies. Saints' and their friends! Here is the Calendar of Events for 2015 for the Y.E.S. of All Saints' and their families! Casey, Daniel and Ven. Dawn run a very exciting, Messy Church! It is usually on the 3rd Friday of each month, and is open to all ages and their families! from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Please see church bulletin for more details. After Messy Church, the older youth of 6 yrs. and up are invited to stay or come by from, 7-8:30 p.m. for our Y.E.S. of All Saints' night out for more crafts, activities and snack. After Family Services (usual the first Sunday of each month), there is a Family Day Outing. Please sign up for these events, as there are usually pre-bookings involved. Y.E.S. YOUTH CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2015 March 1st: FAMILY SERVICE - quiet activities in the hall for the children; see tentative date below for Family Day outing. March 15th - (Date needs to be firmed up, due to sap run) Family Outing to Pioneer Camp Maple Syrup Production. Light lunch in the hall, cost $5 for all ages, except for children under 3 years of age free. (Cost is supplemented by Y.E.S.) March 20th: Messy Church, Friday 5:30-7:00 p.m. Y.E.S. Youth night 7-8:30 p.m. April 2nd: MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICE/ Y.E.S. Youth Seder supper/washing of the feet service/vigil/sleepover to Good Friday Service - more info to come! April 5th: FAMILY SERVICE/Easter Egg Hunt immediately following the service (outdoors if weather permits) May 3rd: FAMILY SERVICE/Family Outing to Huntsville Bowl - Light lunch in hall before we go. Cost $5. per person May 15th: Messy Church, Friday 5-6:30 p.m. Y.E.S. Youth night 7-8:30 p.m. June 7th: FAMILY SERVICE/Family Outing to Bracebridge Sports complex /Swimming Day. More info to come June 19th: Messy Church, Friday 5-6:30 p.m. Y.E.S. Youth night 7-8:30 p.m. CHURCH PICNIC TBA Joy Gervais, Y.E.S. Co-ordinator

13 John 6:1-15 JESUS and a Bunch for Lunch Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated [John 6:11] Andrew took the young lad to Jesus. And the disciples must have looked at this small boy, and looked at his small lunch, and wondered how they were going to manage. But they didn't have to manage -- Jesus was there. Jesus asked that the people sit down on the grass. Then He thanked God for the food and blessed it and had the disciples serve lunch. And another miracle happened thousands of people were fed! But something else happened that day too. At the end of lunch, Jesus asked His disciples to go around to pick up the leftovers. Leftovers? Yes, there were leftovers. In fact, the disciples picked up 12 baskets full of leftovers, just enough so that each one of them could take a basket home. What do you think the disciples realized when they each had a basket of leftovers? Maybe, that even a little, when freely given to Jesus, can turn in to a lot! There came a day when Jesus was not too far from His hometown of Nazareth near the shores of Lake Galilee. He and His 12 disciples were up on a hill overlooking the lake and a very large crowd had gathered. They had heard about Jesus, about His preaching and teaching, and especially about the miraculous things He had done. Jesus had healed many people who were sick or whose minds were troubled, and He had changed plain old water into wine at a wedding. Anyway, this one day Jesus had been teaching for a while and lunch time arrived and there were no shops or restaurants nearby. But Jesus knew what He was going to do. So He asked one of His disciples, where they could buy bread. The disciples began to worry because they certainly didn't have enough food, or enough money to buy enough food, to feed the thousands of people who had gathered. One of Jesus' disciples named Andrew found a young boy who was willing to share his lunch. The boy had 2 little fish and 5 small loaves of bread, perhaps more like 5 buns or bits of flat bread. It wasn't much but it was all they had! S M B F L H D B J H S L Z C T B D Y L E G W N T U R D O H J H X N A E D O E B A E F I S H A C L A Y S R D O N V G C N T D E N U S A S H Y D O H D P B D B Y U Z U D E R R T Q J T Q S L A A L O O V D E F L Z E A S K N G R M C H P W E D R Y J G A L I L E E W T O L A M N D S U S E J S I I Y T H E Y Q V A T M J W X M C X S F R J G K G W B C C W U S X W V B V C P T G W V Y F M N K J N C T N X Z K W D N E P E A A J F A Z M S E L P I C S I D T Z R Y C A ANDREW BLESSED BOY BREAD DISCIPLES FISH GALILEE GOD HEALED JESUS LEFTOVERS LUNCH NAZARETH SHARE THOUSANDS

14 Genesis 12 Abraham Genesis 12 is a pivotal chapter not only in Genesis, but indeed, in all of the Hebrew Scriptures and in the whole Bible. Christopher Wright in his book, The Mission of God, writes, Arguably, God s covenant with Abraham is the single most important biblical tradition within a biblical theology of mission...it generates a vast, arching, trajectory that carries us from Genesis 12 to Revelation 22. The very good Creation of Genesis 1 and 2 descends quickly into the murder, enmity, division and confusion of the following 10 chapters. God s plan is to reconcile the world humankind and all of creation to Himself through Christ; and so He begins His mission again with the call of one man, Abram. God called Abram (whose name means exalted father), a descendant of Noah s son, Shem, to leave everything behind to travel from Ur [not far from Babel/Babylon] to a distant land God would show him. And, in faith, Abram, with Sarai his wife, set out. God makes a covenant, an unconditional covenant, with Abram. A covenant is an unbreakable contract or agreement; in Old Testament times, to break covenant cost one s life. There are such covenants throughout the Bible sometimes they are between neighbours or nations but the critical covenants are between God and His people. There are seven such covenants in the Hebrew Scriptures (some would say five) and the promise of an eighth--the "new covenant" which would be inaugurated by Jesus at the Last Supper. Although humans did, at times, break covenant, God never did never could because it is not in God s character to be unfaithful. God, in what is known as the Abrahamic covenant, makes promises: that God will make Abram a great nation with inumerable descendants, that He will bless Abram such that through him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, and that God will give Abram the land God shows him--the "Promised Land". God calls this as an everlasting promise: it never expires; it is never rescinded. In this covenant, God does more than make promises to one man; He outlines His program of redemption for the world, indeed, for the whole cosmos. Abram and his descendants would be blessed so that they could become a blessing in order that all the nations would be drawn to the one true God. In Old Testament times, the common phrase was "to cut covenant". There were a number of steps ancient peoples enacted in covenant ceremonies, and some of these steps are evident in Genesis 15. There was an exchange of coats indicating an exchange of identities (one's status was obvious from one's outer cloak). Then the covenant partners took off their belts. (Belts held up one's weapons, not one's pants! And this step indicates that each partner will come to the defense of the other.) God tells Abram He is Abram s shield in effect, Abram needs no other weapon because God will protect him. There was an exchange or taking on of names (as some women take on their husband's name in marriage). And each party made a cut in his flesh and their blood mingled. The terms of the covenant were read: I promise to do this and you promise to do that. And then the covenant was cut or ratified but cutting at least one animal lengthways. The two halves of the animal were flopped open and the covenant partners walked the blood walk between the parts of the animal. The message was, in effect, You may do to me as it has been done to this animal if I break covenant with you. Then the participants share a meal. The last action was planting or building a memorial [a tree or pile of stones] to leave a physical witness to the covenant. Knowing that background helps make sense of the peculiar events of Genesis 12 through 17. God makes an unconditional covenant with Abram: God makes all the promises (land, offspring and blessing); God's keeping those promises does not depend on anything Abram will, or will not, do. In fact, God puts Abram into a deep sleep for the actual ceremony because it is God who makes all the promises. God instructs Abram to "cut" five animals. (In Hebrew numbers, five is the number of grace) and guard them until dark. In his God-induced sleep, Abram witnesses the ceremony. God takes the place of both covenant partners-- in the Hebrew mindset, no one can see God and live--and so Abram sees only a smoking firepot and a flaming torch which take the "blood walk" between the pieces of the animal carcasses. [Recall the cloud by day and pillar of fire by night as the presence of the Lord went with the Hebrews through the wilderness.] In Genesis 17, two more aspects of the covenant ritual occur: God changes Abram's name to Abraham [father of a multitude] and Sarai's to Sarah [perhaps, mother of nations]. And the sign of this new covenant was to be circumcision for Hebrew males. Then God re-iterates that Abraham and Sarah will have a son. At this, Abraham falls flat on his face in laughter. He is 99 and Sarah not far behind. Who wouldn't laugh! And it is from the line of this unlikely couple that centuries later a little baby will be born in Bethelem thus, through Abraham, in Jesus, the whole world is indeed blessed. St Paul wrote, And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham s offspring, heirs according to the promise. [Galatians 3:29]. God is able, and God is faithful to keep His covenants His promises.

15 Rector s Report [for January 2015] Services : Sunday Eucharist: 04 January Epiphany Sunday; 11 January Baptism of our Lord -10am Family Service -APP: Baptism of Jesus - You are My Beloved Son ; 18 January 2nd after Epiphany; 25 January- 3rd after Epiphany - healing services regular weekly Wednesday morning Eucharist, additional scheduled monthly Eucharist services: Rogers Cove [01 January]; Fairvern [13 January]; Chartwell Muskoka Traditions [20 January]; Muskoka Landing [27 January] Parish Stats for the month of January: 10 private communions [home or hospital] 2 baptisms 05 January - Doris Isobel Witney, Michael Anthony Witney 2 funerals 10 January - Doris [Dorrie] Millikin 17 January - Doris Thompson During the month of January: attended parish meetings: Messy Church Planning [11 Jan] Corporation [13 Jan], PAC [17 Jan] Family Service Planning [25 Jan] 05 January - hosted, at my home, my annual Open House Epiphany Gathering - an immense thank you! to all who helped - I can t do it without you! 11 January led Prayer and Praise Hymn Sing at Chartwell Muskoka Traditions 15 January - volunteered at Table Soup Kitchen 16 January participated in Messy Church 17 January - attended Men s breakfast [guest speaker, Catherine Cole, owner of the Grape Vine speaking on various aspects of natural remedies and health] 19, 26 January - attended Missional Leadership & Formation course [Unit 3 Landing the Plane ] at Wycliffe College, Toronto 30 January attended Fellowship Shared Supper in Sutherland Hall as Archdeacon: 05 January - teleconference regarding Deanery matters 05, 13 January meeting with Deanery Clergy 07, 15 January meeting at St John s Ravenscliffe 08 January meeting with wardens of Muskoka Lakes Parish January - Strategic Plan Implementation Meeting in Sault Ste Marie 24 January chaired Annual Vestry Meeting for St Mary s Aspdin regular on-going pastoral & administrative work continues including home and hospital visiting [when informed of members of the parish in hospital who wish a visit], marriage and baptism preparation Please remember to contact Ven. Dawn when you are aware that anyone [including you!] is in hospital, in distress, or in need of a priest. New Government Privacy Laws prevent the Hospital and other agencies from relaying such information. Thank you.

16 YOUR CARD HERE Please support the businesses that support All Saints Church. If you have a business and would like your card displayed in the Parish News, Please contact the office at Painting - Drywall - Yard Work & Clean-up General Maintenance and Repairs Fair Rates - Excellent Service & Workmanship Contact: Ken Niemi (cell) or Dana Porter or, you can catch us around the Church!

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