Anglican Parish of the Holy Innocents

Paradise, Newfoundland          

February 24^th 2008                                                                                                               Lent III

Today we dedicate a funeral pall in memory of Lester Bennet which has been given in his memory by his family. 

A funeral Pall is a large cloth used to cover the coffin at the time of a funeral recalling the baptismal garment and the robe of righteousness (Matthew 22:11-12; Galatins 3:27); it is white or off white in colour to remind us of Easter and the Resurrection.   

In addition to the Funeral Pall we will also be dedicating 10 new hymns in Lester’s memory.

The Lavrock Summer Camps are looking for Lifeguards. You have to be at least 16 years of age and minimum requirement of Bronze Medallion. Anyone looking to apply please send resume to the Lavrock Summer Camp Committee, 19 King's Bridge Road, St. John's, NL A1C 3K4.

The World Day of Prayer service will be held at Holy Family Church on Thursday, March 6th., at 7:30 p.m. A social will follow at Holy Family School. All are welcome. For our participation in the service we will need three readers as well as a person to carry the palm fan and a person to distribute the palm crosses. Please let Heather know if you are interested in participating in the service. Those participating in the service will need to be available for a rehearsal on Sunday, March 2nd. at 4 p.m.

Canadian Bible Society Annual Dinner and Celebration of the release of the new Inuktitut Translation will be held at St. Teresa’s Parish Hall on Mundy Pond Road, Thursday, April 10^th, 2008 at 7:00 PM. Tickets and more information will be available in March.

Wednesday Evening following the service there will be a meeting of the Lay Ministers in the boardroom.                       

The vestry will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30 PM in the boardroom.  The minutes of the last meeting and the agenda has been emailed out.   If you cannot attend please inform Father Shawn.

ON THE TABLE AT THE BACK

There is a sign up list if you wish to give a new hymn book in memory of a loved one at Easter. The cost of the book is $20.00 and if you are interested if you could sign up by Monday March 17^th it would be greatly appreciated.

There is a sign up sheet if you have any hidden musical talent and would like to sign or play in church on an occasional basis, as always you are invited to join the choir and make it a more regular occurrence.

There are also sheets with everyone’s name in alphabetical order to sign your email address if we do not already have it, this will allow for greater communication concerning events and news worthy items.

There will be a short meeting after church next Sunday morning for all those who are interested in starting an adult education class.  This initial meeting will be to look at times and topics.  If you are interested please stay behind next Sunday after church for a few minutes.

POINTS FROM THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Restoration Fund:         

We have approximately $ 26,000.00 already collected to pay on the loan of $50,000.00 which we have been paying on since 2006.  We need another $24,000.00 over the next two years in order to have reached our goal of $50,000.00.

Insurance on the Church Building:

Increased by $300,000.00 to a total of $685,000.00.  The Meeting also passed a motion that we should increase our insurance each year in keeping with the property value increases which are reflected in the property market.

Automatic Giving:

While this is a new innovation here in our Parish 22 families are availing of this and we are hoping that others will avail of this opportunity for giving to the church as well.  Cynthia will be contacting people to discuss this process as well to discuss whether or not people want to add automatic giving to the Building Fund and other accounts.

Parish Newsletter:

            Cynthia Carter will be undertaking providing a newsletter for the Parish, this will be emailed out to all families who have email and copies will be available for those who do not have email.

Liturgy for Next Week

February 27^th

Wednesday

        7:00 PM Evening Service: The Valley of the Wine Press

February 29^th 

Friday 7:00 PM

Station of the Cross

March 2^nd

10:30 AM Holy Eucharist (BAS)