The bulletin for the 10 am service for September 29this posted below.
To read or download bulletins from previous weeks, click here to go to the Bulletins page.
THIS WEEK’S PARISH NEWS – September 29 – October 6 (**New Items, *Revised Items)
*New sung Communion liturgy at the 10:00 am service. Today marks our second Sunday using a new sung setting of the Communion liturgy based on a familiar tune that we traditionally sing during Communion, called “Land of Rest”. The music for the Holy-Holy-Holy, Amen and Lamb of God is in the pews, or you can follow along in the CP (719, 721).
Please stay for Coffee Time this Sunday after the 10 am service – Park on Synod Road for easy access via the side door of the hall.
Help Wanted” for Sunday Morning Coffee Times including baking, set up, and clean up. Volunteers have a choice to just set up or clean up or both. Baking is always welcome and thoroughly enjoyed at Coffee Time. Our Coffee Times after the 10 am services have become very popular and we can only continue if we have enough volunteers. If you can help, please email Heather Simpson, Rector’s Warden (hsimpson@stlukecedarhill.ca) or chat with her on Sunday. Dates are from the beginning of October to the end of December.
**Thank You from Pastor Lyle to Daniel and the People of St. Luke – Thank you for your presence and gracious words at my retirement celebration this week and for the big beautiful card! It was amazing to see so many of you from the St. Luke community at this gathering. Thank you! And thank you for ministry together over all these years. All God’s blessings in continuing ministry together wherever God’s Spirit leads us. In grace and peace, Lyle (Rev. Lyle McKenzie, Retired)
**The Church Office will be closed Monday, September 30th in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. A listing of community events taking place to mark this day is included at a link from the Events page.
*Our first Fantastic Friday this fall will be this Friday, October 4th from 4:30 to 6:30 pm in St. Luke’s Hall. Invite your friends, neighbours, children, and grandchildren to join in the fun and find out why these Fridays are fantastic! Dinner is included. Fantastic Fridays are usually on the first Friday of the month. However, the November Fantastic Friday will be on November 8th. For more information or to offer to help (always greatly appreciated!), please talk to Tara Poilievre, Barb Prescott, Sharon Hallsor, or Claire White.
*Blessing of the Animals Service Next Sunday, October 6th at 2:30 pm – This will be a short service (about 30 minutes long) in the church with a blessing of the animals at the end. You may also bring a picture of a pet (living or deceased) so that the pet can be blessed or remembered. Please invite your friends and their pets to come to this service with you.
**St. Luke’s Players Present “Jury Room”, a drama by C.B. Gilford, directed by Jacqollyne Keith. Twelve jurors gather to decide the fate of a lovely, young girl. Did she stab her uncle in cold blood? Eleven jurors say yes. Evenings at 7:30 pm, Wednesday-Saturday, October 9-12, 16-19. Matinees at 2:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday, October 12, 13, 19, 20. Tickets can be purchased from: Eventbrite; The Papery at 734 Fort St.; or at the door. They are $18 each (plus their service fee if purchased through Eventbrite). See more information at the Events page.
**October Reflections Service – Sunday, October 20th at 4:30 pm. The October Reflections will feature organist, Nicholas Kilhoffer. Born in 2002 in Eastern France, Nicolas Kilhoffer (www.nicolaskilhoffer.com) first studied piano at the age of 7. He started playing the pipe organ at age 10 and graduated with highest honours from the Strasbourg Conservatory in 2024. He has performed pipe organ concerts in France, USA, Australia and Kenya as is currently an exchange student at UVic in the business program. The each month's Reflections will features music along with poems and prayers. Enjoy music in the beautiful candlelit ambiance of St. Luke's in the late afternoon.
Mark Your Calendars – This year’s Celebration Sunday and Celebration of St. Luke’s Patronal Festival will be on October 27th. Watch for more information to come about this special event. Note that there will not be an 8 am service that Sunday.
*Donations in your Special Purpose Envelopes – Unfortunately, 2024 so far has been a very expensive year for our buildings. To date we have spent around $20,000 more on our buildings than we had budgeted for this part of the year. The expenses have been for safety reasons, not cosmetic repairs. Expenses have included replacing the rotten deck at South Island Centre ($3,600), replacing the stage floor - asbestos tiles were breaking ($4,100 less $2,000 paid by the Players), repairing the cottage bathroom ($5,000), putting windows in the Sunday School rooms in the church ($800), repairing the dishwasher ($1,800), new faucets for the kitchen and a new toilet for the preschool washroom ($800), repairing the heat pump at South Island ($4,900 less $2,000 paid by South Island Centre), and repainting the kitchen – the paint was flaking off ($3,200). If you are able to make an additional donation in your Special Purpose Envelope (above your regular donations) to help cover these unexpected expenses, your donation would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your donations so far in September, which now total $3,050.
Country Grocer Save A Tape Program Update – We have now collected another set of receipts, totalling $5,000, and will receive another $50 gift card, bringing our total to date to $650 in gift cards, which have been sold to parishioners. Well done, everyone! Please continue to collect your Country Grocer receipts and turn them in to Neil in the Church Office, put them in an envelope in the mail slot, or in the Country Grocer box in the narthex.
Save the Date for St. Luke’s Christmas Bazaar, Saturday November 23rd from 10 am – 2 pm. Now is the time to think of items you could make for the sale, such as craft items, jams and jellies, or baking which could be frozen. Thank you in advance for your help with this exciting fundraiser and community event.