Announcements

Announcements are printed in each Sunday’s bulletin. For your convenience we post a few here and endeavour to keep them current (and accurate – no guarantees…), but we absolutely recommend you drop by one of the churches, join us for worship, and take a bulletin from one of our friendly greeters if you REALLY wish to know what’s going on!

Around the Parish… (the calendar)

July 20, 10^th after Pentecost, Proper 16 – Dresden at 10 am, Highgate at 10 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Genesis 28:10-19a	139:1-12, 22-24	Romans 8:12-25	Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

July 27, 11^th after Pentecost, Proper 17 – Aughrim at 10 am, Ridgetown at 10 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Genesis 29:15-28	105:1-11, 45c	Romans 8:26-39	Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Church of the Redeemer, Highgate, will serve its annual Pork Barbeque at the Highgate Legion beginning at 5 pm on Saturday, August 2.

August 3, 12^th after Pentecost, Proper 18 – Aughrim at 10 am, Ridgetown at 10 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Genesis 32:22-31	17:1-1-7, 16	Romans 9:1-5	Matthew 14:13-21

August 10, 13^th after Pentecost, Proper 19 – Aughrim at 10 am, Ridgetown at 10 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28	105:1-6, 16-22, 45c	Romans 10:5-15	Matthew 14:22-33

August 17, 14^th after Pentecost, Proper 20 – Florence at 10 am, Thamesville at 10 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Genesis 45:1-15	133	Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32	Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28

August 24, 15^th after Pentecost, Proper 21 – Florence at 10 am, Thamesville at 10 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Exodus 1:8, 2:10	124	Romans 12:1-8	Matthew 16:13-20

St John’s Chicken Barbeque will be held on Sunday, August 24, from 5-7 pm at the parish hall in Aughrim.

August 31, 16^th after Pentecost, Proper 22 – Florence at 10 am, Thamesville at 10 am

September 7, 17^th after Pentecost, Proper 23 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 11 am, Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Exodus 12:1-14	149	Romans 13:8-14	Matthew 18:15-20

There will be a Car Barn Broasted Chicken Dinner at Church of the Advent in Ridgetown on Sunday, September 7. The two setting times are to be 4:30 pm and 6 pm. Tickets will be available soon.

Parish Council will meet at St Stephen’s, Thamesville, at 7:30 am on Thursday, September 11. Florence is in charge of the refreshments.

Dulce Jubilo, the parish a cappella quartet, will host its fourth annual coffeehouse concert at the parish hall in Florence on Saturday, September 13, at 7 pm. Come for the music, the fairtrade coffee and the fancy desserts.

September 14, 18^th after Pentecost, Holy Cross Day, Proper 24 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 11 am, Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Numbers 21:4b-9	98:1-6	1 Corinthians 1:18-24	John 3:13-17

Saturday, September 20 - a stop at St. Matthew's Parish Hall, Florence, by the Celtic group Rant Maggie Rant as it makes its way across Canada. See www.markfletcher.ca to learn more about the group. Tickets are available from Lawrene (692-5260) or Shirley (692-3754) and the price includes the concert and dessert. We are selling a limited amount of tickets to this, our first in a series of “house concerts”.

September 21, 19^th after Pentecost, St Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist, Proper 25 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 11 am, Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Exodus 16:2-15	105:1-6, 37-45	Philippians 1:21-30	Matthew 20:1-16

September 28, 20^th after Pentecost, Proper 26 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 11 am, Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Exodus 17:1-7	78:1-4, 12-16	Philippians 2:1-13	Matthew 21:23-32

October 5, 21^st after Pentecost, Proper 27 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 11 am (Harvest Home, with Florence joining Aughrim that day), Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20	19	Philippians 3:4b-14	Matthew 21:33-46

Parish Council will meet at St Stephen’s, Thamesville, at 7:30 am on Thursday, October 9. Dresden is in charge of the refreshments.

October 12, 22^nd after Pentecost, Proper 28 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 11 am, Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Exodus 32:1-14	106:1-6, 19-23	Philippians 4:1-9	Matthew 22:1-14

October 19, 23^rd after Pentecost, Proper 29 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 4 pm (evensong Harvest Home), Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Exodus 33:12-23	99	Thessalonians 1:1-10	Matthew 22:34-46

OOM PAH-PAH – The annual Oktoberfest celebration at Church of the Advent, Ridgetown, will take place Saturday, October 25. Great food, fun and music are promised. Watch this space (and your weekly bulletins) for updates.

October 26, 24^th after Pentecost, Proper 30 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 11 am, Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Deuteronomy 34:1-12	90:1-6, 13-17	Thessalonians 2:1-8	Matthew 22:34-46

November 2, 25^th after Pentecost, All Saint’s Day, Proper 31 – Joint service for the parish at Ridgetown at 10 am. This is also Ridgetown’s anniversary service.

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Joshua 3:7-17	107:1-7, 33-37	Thessalonians 2:9-13	Matthew 23:1-12

November 9, 26^th after Pentecost, Proper 32 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 11 am, Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25	78:1-7	Thessalonians 4:13-18	Matthew 25:1-13

Parish Council will meet at St Stephen’s, Thamesville, at 7:30 am on Thursday, November 13. Ridgetown is in charge of the refreshments.

November 16, 27^th after Pentecost, Proper 33 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 11 am, Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Judges 4:1-7	123	Thessalonians 5:1-11	Matthew 25:14-30

The Aughrim/Florence BAC Turkey Supper will be held on Wednesday, November 19, from 5 pm to 7 pm. See any churchman for tickets.

November 23, Last Sunday after Pentecost, The Reign of Christ, Proper 34 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 11 am, Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Ezekiel 34:11-16	100	Ephesians 1:15-23	Matthew 25:31-46

November 30, Advent 1 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 7 pm, Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

1^st Reading	Psalm	2^nd Reading	Gospel
Isaiah 64:1-9	80:1-7, 16-18	1 Corinthians 1:3-9	Mark 13:24-37

St John’s annual Aughrim Advent Music Night will begin at 7 pm on Sunday, November 30. Musicians come from all over Lambton and Kent to play in this bucolic candlelit setting.

December 7, Advent 2 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 11 am, Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

Parish Council will meet at St Stephen’s, Thamesville, at 7:30 am on Thursday, December 11. Thamesville is in charge of the refreshments.

December 14, Advent 3 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 7 pm (candlelight Service of Nine Lessons and Carols), Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

December 21, Advent 4 – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 11 am, Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am T

December 24, Christmas Eve – Florence at 6 pm, Aughrim at 8 pm and Dresden at 10 pm, Highgate at 6 pm, Thamesville at 8 pm and Ridgetown at 10 pm T

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December 28, First after Christmas, Holy Innocents – Dresden at 9:30 am and Thamesville at 11 am, Aughrim at 9:30 am and Florence at 11 am, Highgate at 9:30 am and Ridgetown at 11 am

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Free to a Good Home

We have an Electric Hammond Organ (2 manual keyboards) and bench that we would like to donate to any church that would like to have it.  It’s a Model VS-300 120 volt and has 8 foot pedals.  It belonged to Florence Lampman and is in very good shape.  Ryan and I would be happy to deliver it wherever it needs to go (within reason...)

Mary Kalp

(So write to the webmaster using the Contact us link at the bottom of this page to arrange this!)

Ongoing Parish and Church Fundraisers

Keep the new and improved SCRIP program in mind. See your church rep any Sunday for your order form and keep checking the bulletin for changes, as the program gets better and better. Those reps are Gail Baldwin at Church of the Advent (and she’s the overall coordinator), Marlene Hendry at Christ Church, Ruth Boos at Church of the Redeemer, Marjorie Johnston at St John’s, Shirley Sewell at St Matthew’s and Marney Nichols at St Stephen’s. You can reach the coordinator at g.baldwin @sympatico.ca (close the space when you write) or 519-674-0591. There are new rules for a monthly (rather than weekly) order. See your parish rep for details.

A very unique fundraiser is going on in the parish. Ron Bolohan has cut a CD. He writes, “All proceeds (after expenses) from the sale of this CD go to the [Parish] of the Transfiguration and my hopes are that it will be well received by all.”

Cool, eh? What other parish do you know of that has produced an accordion music CD?

And now, even better, you can listen to the songs at Ron Bolohan’s My Space Music. Just click on that underlined phrase and when you get to the site click on the song titles that come up and go from there. The quality is not as good as the CD, Ron says, because of file size issues, but you will get the idea.

Church of the Advent’s ACW has cookbooks are still available. Email the church office for information.

There are a few parish t-shirts left in limited sizes. Phone Pat at 519-683-4269 or the office to get yours.

Church of the Redeemer will put chocolate figures on a stick for you. See the Highgate page (link to the left and below) for further details. Give Carol Spiruda a call at 519-678-3957 to see about getting yours.

The Larger Church

The Voluntary Withdrawal Request

“14. Within the ambit of the issues discussed in the Windsor Report and in order to recognise the integrity of all parties, we request that the Episcopal Church (USA) and the Anglican Church of Canada voluntarily withdraw their members from the Anglican Consultative Council for the period leading up to the next Lambeth Conference. During that same period we request that both churches respond through their relevant constitutional bodies to the questions specifically addressed to them in the Windsor Report as they consider their place within the Anglican Communion. (cf. paragraph 8)”

Wish to read more? Click here for The Anglican Communion Primates’ Meeting Communiqué, February 2005 and see the Home page (link at the bottom of this page) for the link to the Windsor Report. Also, the Popular Report, found at www.diohuron.org has much to say on the topic.

The St Michael Report

“1. The Commission has concluded that the blessing of committed same-sex unions is a matter of doctrine.”

This is the first of twelve points in the opening Brief Overview, and forty-four points in the report proper, a mere thirty-six pages in all – an evening’s read.

Wish to spend that evening reading what we all need to know? Click here for The St Michael Report, REPORT of the PRIMATE’S THEOLOGICAL COMMISSION of the ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA on the Blessing of Same-Sex Unions.

Needed Here At Home

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