ST GEORGE S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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1 ST GEORGE S EPISCOPAL CHURCH DIARY OF EVENTS AND PROGRAMS FOR North Ferry Street, Schenectady. NY Tel

2 THE PATRONAL FESTIVAL THE FEAST OF ST GEORGE THE MARTYR Solemn High Mass and Procession around the Stockade with Pipe Band and St Andrew s Society Banners. Sunday 22 nd May :00AM. Followed by Festive Brunch. Preacher: The Rector.

3 The Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ Sung Mass at 7:00PM June 2 nd Preacher: The Rector

4 The Solemnity of Pentecost The Birthday of the Church. Sunday June 12 th Morning Prayer 8:30AM. Solemn Mass 9:00AM Family Mass 11:15AM

5 June 18 th /19 th St George s plays host to the Choir of St Chad s College in the University of Durham, England. The Choir are on their 2011 US tour that has them singing in Princeton, New York City, Albany and Schenectady. Choir Concert & Reception in St George s Church Saturday 18 th at 7:30pm. Tickets on $10. Sunday 19 th Trinity Sunday St Chad s Choir will sing the Mass at both 9am and 11:15AM. Preacher at 9:00AM Rev Dr Ashley Wilson. Chaplain of St Chad s College, Durham, England.

6 The Feast of Corpus Christi The Body and Blood of Christ Sunday June 26 th Solemn Mass & Procession of the Host at 9am Family Mass at 11-15am. Preacher: The Rector

7 The Assumption of Our Lady Monday August 15 th Mass & Rosary in the Lady Chapel at 7:00PM

8 The Feast of the Birth of the Virgin Mary September 8 th Mass at 7:00 pm in the Lady Chapel with Intercessions and Sprinkling with Holy Water from The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, England.

9 It s Back to Church Sunday again. Sunday September 18 th Please invite family, friends to join you at worship on this day. MASS at 9:00AM and 11:15AM

10 Sunday September 25 th is Ministry Sunday at St George s. Will you Sign up for a new ministry this year? Lector, Acolyte, Greeter, Choir, Gardens, Sunday School? Visit our ministry Fair in the Great Hall after Mass.

11 Pilgrimage to Rome & Assisi 3rd 9th October 2011 with Fr Paul F Blanch. Cost: $1998 Extras: Single room supplement at $180 per person for 5- nights (limited availability). Lunches, drinks and souvenirs. USA coach transfers and personal travel insurance. Contact Fr Paul Blanch on

12 God at the Movies Wednesday evenings in October beginning on October 12 th,19 th, 26 th. Featured movies this year are:

13 All Saints Day Tuesday November 1 st Low Mass at 7:30am Solemn Mass 7:00pm Preacher: The Rector

14 All Souls Day Wednesday, November 2 nd Requiem Mass offered at 9:00AM and 7:00PM Please join us on this special day to remember our own departed loved ones, and those of the parish. Please send names of your departed family members to the office or add to list in Church. All names of the departed will be read aloud at these Masses.

15 Stewardship Campaign 2011/12 This year our Stewardship Campaign is all about Putting it all together and this begins on Sunday October 30 th and ends on the Feast of Christ the King November 20 th. Special speakers Parish events Parish lunch

16 The 2011 Advent Bible Study Course. This year we will meet on Wednesday evenings at 7:00PM to do some serious Bible study on the Gospel Readings that will be used over the Sundays of the Advent Season. Course begins November 30 th. Course Materials will be provided, but bibles are vital, ideally in a modern translation. This course, I hope will open up to you in a new way the powerful Gospels of this holy season, and will spiritually prepare you for the joy of the Christmas celebration.

17 Christingle Celebration at St George s Church, 30 North Ferry Street, Schenectady, at 4pm Dec 18th 2011 to support the work of The North East Parent and Child Society. This is a joyful all-age service to delight children and grown ups'. Every year thousands of churches now hold special Christingle services or celebrations between Advent and Candlemas. Christingle, which means 'Christ Light', is a symbol of the Christian faith. During the service each child is presented with a Christingle - an orange decorated with a candle, red ribbon, fruit and sweets. The orange represents the world, the red ribbon around it the blood of Christ, the fruit symbolizes God's creation and the candle, Jesus, the Light of the World. The custom of the Christingle began in the Moravian Church and was first used as part of a Christmas Children's Festival in the Marienborn Congregation in Germany on the 24th December No one knows for certain when the word "Christingle" was first used or from what it derived, but wherever the Moravians went in the great outreach of missionary evangelism in the 18th and 19th centuries they took with them the custom of the Christingle. The Christingle consists of an orange representing the World, with the candle inserted in the centre and lit to represent Christ the Light of the World. The candle used to be held on a goose quill, part of which was split into fronds, on which were impaled nuts, fruits, raisins and candies. These stood for the created order over which Christ is King, and for the fruits of the earth and the benefits that come to our lives through God's bounty and goodness. Today the fruit is usually slid onto cocktail sticks stuck into the orange, the wood still being part of God's created order.

18 Regular Sunday Worship 8-30am Morning Prayer 9-00am Solemn Mass (Rite 1) 11-15am Family Mass (Rite II) Seekers and Keepers 1 st Sunday of the month at 6pm. The Daily Mass: Tuesday 7:30am. Wednesday 9:00am. Thursday 7:00pm. Friday 12:15pm (Rite II). Morning and Evening Prayer Daily except Monday at 8-30am and 5pm. (Saturday at 10am) Monday: Rector s day Off Rector: The Reverend Fr Paul F Blanch. Director of Music: Andrew Krystopolski.