The bulletin for the 10 am service for January 26th is posted below.
To read or download bulletins from previous weeks, click here to go to the Bulletins page.
THIS WEEK’S PARISH NEWS – January 26 – February 2 (**New Items, *Revised Items)
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. If you can help with the coffee set up in these first months of 2025, please let Barb Felsing know.
*Reports for the Annual Meeting package are due in the Parish Office this Monday, January 27th. If possible, please send your report by e-mail to admin@stlukecedarhill.ca.
**Fantastic Friday – Our next Fantastic Friday will be February 7th from 4:30-6:30 pm in the hall. Fantastic Fridays are held on the first Friday of the month through to June. Invite your friends, neighbours, children, and grandchildren to join in the fun and find out why these Fridays are fantastic! Dinner is included. For more information or to offer to help (always greatly appreciated!), please talk to Tara Poilievre, Barb Prescott, Sharon Hallsor, or Claire White.
**Our next Reflections service will be on February 9th at 4:30 pm. This Reflections will feature Sound Weaver, Sylvia McAvany. As a Sound Weaver, Sylvia offers meditation through sound, to help the listener relax and reach an elevated mood. Enjoy the melodic sound of these instruments played by Sylvia, while soaking in the beautiful candlelit ambiance of St. Luke's at dusk.
Mark Your Calendars – On Saturday, February 15th, we will hold our 2025 Attic Treasures Vintage Market from 10 am – 4 pm. This will be a multi-vendor market with vendors renting tables as they did last year. St. Luke’s will also have a table with vintage items. To offer to help, please call Carol Turnham.
Save the Date of Sunday, February 23rd for our Annual General Meeting (AGM), also known as our Annual Vestry Meeting. The meeting will be held after the 10 am service and will include a review of reports from 2024, voting on the budget for 2025, and the election of Parish Council members, Synod delegates, and the Leadership Team members. There will not be an 8 am service that morning.
Parish Council for 2025 – If you would like to serve on Parish Council or know someone who would like to be on Parish Council, please speak to one of the Nominations Committee members: Rick Saville, Heather Simpson, or Carol Turnham.
*Karren Stinson Bursary for Lutherans and Anglicans based in Western Canada – Application Deadline: March 31st. Application Deadline: 31 March 2025 – The Karren Stinson Bursary Fund celebrates the life of a parish worker at Lutheran Church of the Cross, the late Karren Louise Stinson. The purpose of this Bursary Fund is to give financial assistance to Lutherans and Anglicans based in Western Canada who are currently involved in post-secondary education leading to a vocation of service. We invite applications for this year’s bursary of $1000. To apply for the 2025 Karren Stinson Bursary, please visit the News page and carefully follow the instructions given. The Bursary is scheduled to be awarded in the late spring of 2025.
Country Grocer Save A Tape Program Update – We have now collected another set of receipts, totalling $5,000, and have received another $50 gift card, bringing our total to date to $700 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.