St Cuthberts Anglican Church http://stcuthbert.ca Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:20:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 February 17 – 26 http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/02/17/february-17-26/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-17-26 http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/02/17/february-17-26/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:23:16 +0000 bfortin http://stcuthbert.ca/?p=554 Friday - (17th) 

 9:45 a.m. FRIDAY FELLOWSHIP

10:30 a.m. HEALTHY BABIES & Free Cobbs Bread

 

 Sunday (19th)  Transfiguration of the Lord

8:00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION – BCP

10:00 a.m. CONTEMPORARY EUCHARIST – BAS

12:00 noon ANNUAL VESTRY MEETING – Sanctuary

 

Monday -(20th)

7:00 p.m. YOUTH CHOIR PRACTICE

8:00 p.m. PRAISE BAND PRACTICE

 

Tuesday – (21st) SHROVE TUESDAY

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE SUPPER. St. Cuthbert Hall. Cost $3.00/person, $2.00/child, $10.00/family. ALL WELCOME!!

 

Wednesday - (22nd) ASH WEDNESDAY

7:00 p.m. EUCHARIST SERVICE for Ash Wednesday

7:00 p.m. AMPED – YOUTH GROUP – both halls

 7:45 p.m. ADULT CHOIR PRACTICE

 

Thursday – (23rd)

10:00 a.m. EUCHARIST 

 

 Friday – (24th)

 9:45 a.m. FRIDAY FELLOWSHIP

 

Saturday – (25th)

8:30 a.m. MEN’S BREAKFAST – Pioneer Hall

 

Sunday (26th)  Lent 1

8:00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION – BCP

10:00 a.m. CONTEMPORARY EUCHARIST – BAS

 

 

 

 

]]> http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/02/17/february-17-26/feed/ 0 Jesus knows your needs…Do you? http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/02/14/does-jesus-meet-your-needs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-jesus-meet-your-needs http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/02/14/does-jesus-meet-your-needs/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:14:43 +0000 stcu4329 http://stcuthbert.ca/?p=549 Mark 1:29-39

 ** As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her. So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them. That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. The whole town gathered at the door, and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.

  Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!” Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.” So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.**

 

 This passage seems to be primarily about healing. We are being asked this season to reflect on who Jesus is and why Jesus came. Certainly to restore the world to health and wholeness is part of that understanding. I think though this passage reveals to us a much bigger picture if we look at as a whole.

 Here we have a snapshot of life itself. We have a family caring for their extended family. We have people who are sick making everyday life and the pleasure thereof – eating together, sharing together, difficult. We have a larger community with many other sick people and people who we would say today were struggling with all kinds of emotional and mental struggles that made their relationships strained and in some cases impossible. Jesus comes into the middle of this everyday life full of needs wants and desires and begins to fulfill them. Healing people and restoring the relationships. There is no doubt that there was a need for change. But did deep change actually occur or did people just feel better. The message here is not to come to Jesus and feel better. It is listen to Jesus, follow Jesus and be changed.

 What is this change? It is more than being inspired. We do not need to be inspired. Most of the spiritual hunger and seeking in the world today is seeking inspiration – or seeking to feel better. There is a greater challenge presented here then simply our need to feel better.

 We live self pleasing lives. That is why they were flocking to Jesus and looking for him – to get their needs met. Why? To please themselves. This causes everything to breakdown.

 It has been said that the one principle of hell is I am my own. There are basically two ways to live. My life for yours or I am my own – my life for me.  Jesus brings them life through the healing and immediately pushes them to lay it down, to give it up, for people they do not even know and go with him to proclaim the message.  To please oneself is the driving force of the world. It is not the driving force of God. Loose your life and you will find it save your life and you will loose it says Jesus. This is the very heart of creation. The very heart of the Trinity. My life for yours. It is what Jesus did. He gave up his life and his glory for you. It is at the very heart and principle of life itself. We are all here through our mothers life. Someone who nurtured and cared for you no matter how imperfectly. They gave up their convenience, their money, in a very real sense their life for you.

 You may have experienced Jesus coming to you in your life. Perhaps bringing healing wholeness, well being, blessing. That is a gift, a wonderful thing. But have you heard him say come follow me, lay down your life. Cease focussing on yourself, let go of the hell that has a grip on you trying to convince you your life is your own and enter the kingdom of heaven where it is my life for you. Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

 Blessings Al

]]> http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/02/14/does-jesus-meet-your-needs/feed/ 0 February 11 – 19 http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/02/10/february-11-19/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-11-19 http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/02/10/february-11-19/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:55:26 +0000 bfortin http://stcuthbert.ca/?p=545  

Saturday – (11th)

 

6:30 p.m. TAMIL FELLOWSHIP – St. Cuthbert Hall 

 

 

SUNDAY (12th) Epiphany 6

8:00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION – BCP

10:00 a.m. CONTEMPORARY EUCHARIST – BAS

 MOTHERS’ UNION BAKE SALE after 10am Service!

11:45 a.m. CHILDREN’S CHOIR PRACTICE

 

 Monday -(13th)

12:00 noon MONTHLY LUNCHEON – Pioneer Hall – Cost $4.00/person. ALL WELCOME!!

7:00 p.m. YOUTH CHOIR PRACTICE

8:00 p.m. PRAISE BAND PRACTICE

 

Wednesday - (15th)

7:00 p.m. ADULT CHOIR PRACTICE

7:00 p.m. AMPED – YOUTH GROUP – St. Cuthbert Hall only

 

Thursday – (16th)

10:00 a.m. EUCHARIST 

 12:30 p.m. MOTHERS’ UNION MEETING – Narthex

 

 Friday – (17th)

 9:45 a.m. FRIDAY FELLOWSHIP

10:30 a.m. HEALTHY BABIES & Free Cobbs Bread

 

Sunday (19th)  Transfiguration of the Lord

8:00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION – BCP

10:00 a.m. CONTEMPORARY EUCHARIST – BAS

12:00 noon ANNUAL VESTRY MEETING – Sanctuary

 

 

 

 

]]> http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/02/10/february-11-19/feed/ 0 February 05 – 12 http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/02/03/february-05-12/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-05-12 http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/02/03/february-05-12/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:40:37 +0000 bfortin http://stcuthbert.ca/?p=541 SUNDAY (05th) Epiphany 5

8:00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION – BCP

10:00 a.m. CONTEMPORARY EUCHARIST – BAS

 

 Monday -(06th)

7:00 p.m. YOUTH CHOIR PRACTICE

7:30 p.m. ANGLICAN CHURCH WOMEN (A.C.W.) MEETING – Office Area, Guest Speaker: Gail Revitt with a slide show presentation on South Africa.

8:00 p.m. PRAISE BAND PRACTICE

 

Wednesday - (08th)

7:00 p.m. ADULT CHOIR PRACTICE

7:00 p.m. AMPED – YOUTH GROUP – Both Halls

 

Thursday – (09th)

10:00 a.m. EUCHARIST 

 

 Friday – (10th)

 9:45 a.m. FRIDAY FELLOWSHIP

 

Saturday – (11th)

6:30 p.m. TAMIL FELLOWSHIP – St. Cuthbert Hall 

 

Sunday (12th) Epiphany 6

8:00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION – BCP

10:00 a.m. CONTEMPORARY EUCHARIST – BAS

11:45 a.m. CHILDREN’S CHOIR PRACTICE

MOTHERS’ UNION BAKE SALE after 10am service. Donations of baked good greatly appreciated!!

 

 

 

 

]]> http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/02/03/february-05-12/feed/ 0 January 28 – February 05 http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/27/january-28-february-05/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=january-28-february-05 http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/27/january-28-february-05/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:27:02 +0000 bfortin http://stcuthbert.ca/?p=532  SATURDAY (28th)

8:30 a.m. MEN’S BREAKFAST – Pioneer Hall

 

SUNDAY (29th) Epiphany 4

8:00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION – BCP

10:00 a.m. CONTEMPORARY EUCHARIST – BAS

11:45 a.m. CHILDREN’S CHOIR PRACTICE

ALL ANNUAL REPORTS ARE DUE IN TODAY, typed and ready for printing to shains@stcuthbert.ca

Those interested in confirmation classes to me with Rev. Al Carson in the Sanctuary after the 10am Service.

 

 Monday -(31st)

7:00 p.m. YOUTH CHOIR PRACTICE

8:00 p.m. PRAISE BAND PRACTICE

 

Wednesday - (01st)

7:00 p.m. ADULT CHOIR PRACTICE

7:00 p.m. AMPED – YOUTH GROUP – Both Halls

 

Thursday – (02nd)

10:00 a.m. EUCHARIST 

 

 Friday – (03rd)

 9:45 a.m. FRIDAY FELLOWSHIP

  11:00 a.m. HEALTHY BABIES & Free Cobb’s Bread

 

Sunday (05th) Epiphany 5

8:00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION – BCP

10:00 a.m. CONTEMPORARY EUCHARIST – BAS

11:45 a.m. CHILDREN’S CHOIR PRACTICE

 

 

 

 

]]> http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/27/january-28-february-05/feed/ 0 The Anglican Church Women of the Diocese of New Westminster Annual General Meeting http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/27/the-anglican-church-women-of-the-diocese-of-new-westminster-annual-general-meeting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-anglican-church-women-of-the-diocese-of-new-westminster-annual-general-meeting http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/27/the-anglican-church-women-of-the-diocese-of-new-westminster-annual-general-meeting/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:21:52 +0000 bfortin http://stcuthbert.ca/?p=530 St. Cuthbert’s will be hosting the A.C.W. Annual General Meeting this year on Saturday, April 28th.

Coffee and registration at 9:30 a.m. in the Narthex

Annual General Meeting 10:00 a.m – 12:00 noon in the Sanctuary

Lunch in Pioneer Hall 12:00 noon with head table, including Bishop Michael Guest Speaker during lunch

Eucharist with Bishop Michael and Rev. Al Carson in the Sanctuary

]]> http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/27/the-anglican-church-women-of-the-diocese-of-new-westminster-annual-general-meeting/feed/ 0 The Baptism of Jesus http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/23/the-baptism-of-jesus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-baptism-of-jesus http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/23/the-baptism-of-jesus/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:13:15 +0000 stcu4329 http://stcuthbert.ca/?p=526 We read the baptism of Jesus from Mark’s gospel this year. Mark’s gospel was the first one written and most would agree that both Matthew and Luke used it as a resource in writing theirs. John who wrote much later took a different approach. Mark’s gospel is the shortest. In comparing the 4 gospels I have heard it said that what we are witnessing is an evolution of early Christian thinking. Some look at Mark’s gospel as evidence that the early Christians thought of Jesus as simply anointed by God and called to be the Messiah and not as John proclaims at the beginning of His gospel “the word becoming flesh” or as the creeds proclaim “begotten not made being of one substance as the father”.  Mark however paints a picture and makes a proclamation just as profound as John does. Through the use of images he takes the reader back to creation making just as profound a proclamation as John or the apostle Paul. The Christian proclamation that Jesus is God in the flesh is not a result of evolving thinking but of God revealing reality to us. Mark reports that when Jesus was baptized the “Holy Spirit descended upon him like a dove”. We are familiar with the Holy Spirit being referred to as a dove because we are familiar with the New Testament and other Christian writings. When Mark wrote his gospel the only other reference to the Holy Spirit being referred to as a dove came from the Targum – an Aramaic translation of the Hebrew Scriptures. The first readers of Marks gospel would have been familiar with this translation. In the Targum, in the book of Genesis, when creation is being described it says that the Holy Spirit “fluttered over the face of the deep like a dove”. Here at the Baptism of Jesus Mark carefully, because each word Mark uses is carefully chosen, he writes with an extreme economy of words, Mark uses the same imagery. In the story of creation there is God the father, the Holy Spirit, and God’s word. Here at the baptism of Jesus there is the Holy Spirit described in the same language, God the father communicating and Jesus proclaimed as God’s communication. The baptism of Jesus creates confusion for some. Why did Jesus need to be baptized if baptism is a sign of repentance and turning to God? But baptism is actually a sign of God’s work not our work. Jesus baptism is a proclamation of the beginning of the new creation reflecting back to creation itself as Mark proclaims it. In reality the beginning of John’s gospel proclaiming the word became flesh and dwelt among us is the same proclamation as the beginning of Mark’s gospel. There is no evolution of thinking or understanding but rather a different way of articulating the same thing.

Rev. Allan Carson

]]> http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/23/the-baptism-of-jesus/feed/ 0 Shrove Tuesday – Pancake Supper http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/23/shrove-tueday-pancake-supper/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shrove-tueday-pancake-supper http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/23/shrove-tueday-pancake-supper/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:56:44 +0000 stcu4329 http://stcuthbert.ca/?p=522 Tuesday – February 21st

5PM to 7PM in the St Cuthberts Hall

]]> http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/23/shrove-tueday-pancake-supper/feed/ 0 January 22 – 29 http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/20/january-22-29/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=january-22-29 http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/20/january-22-29/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:22:30 +0000 bfortin http://stcuthbert.ca/?p=508  Friday – (20th)

 9:45 a.m. FRIDAY FELLOWSHIP

 11:00 a.m. HEALTHY BABIES & Free Cobb’s Bread

 

SUNDAY (22nd) Epiphany 3

8:00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION – BCP

10:00 a.m. CONTEMPORARY EUCHARIST – BAS

 PICK UP YOUR PARISH FAMILY SKATE TOKENS

 1:00 p.m. PARISH FAMILY SKATE at Sungod, followed by movie and hotdogs, hotchocolates at St. Cuthberts

 

 Monday -(23rd)

7:00 p.m. YOUTH CHOIR PRACTICE

8:00 p.m. PRAISE BAND PRACTICE

 

Tuesday – (24th)

7:30 p.m. PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

 

Wednesday - (25th)

7:00 p.m. ADULT CHOIR PRACTICE

7:00 p.m. AMPED – YOUTH GROUP – Both Halls

 

Thursday – (26th)

10:00 a.m. EUCHARIST 

 

 Friday – (27th)

 9:45 a.m. FRIDAY FELLOWSHIP

 

 Saturday – (28th)

8:30 a.m. MEN’S BREAKFAST – Pioneer Hall

 

Sunday (29th) Epiphany 4

8:00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION – BCP

10:00 a.m. CONTEMPORARY EUCHARIST – BAS

11:45 a.m. CHILDREN’S CHOIR PRACTICE

 ALL ANNUAL REPORTS ARE DUE IN TODAY, typed and ready for printing to shains@stcuthbert.ca

Those interested in confirmation classes to me with Rev. Al Carson in the Sanctuary after the 10am Service.

 

 

 

]]> http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/20/january-22-29/feed/ 0 January 14 – 22 http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/13/january-14-22/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=january-14-22 http://stcuthbert.ca/blog/2012/01/13/january-14-22/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:26:44 +0000 bfortin http://stcuthbert.ca/?p=504 Saturday (14th)

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. CAMP ARTABAN QUILTING BEE. Pioneer Hall. Quilters, sewing machines and accessories NEEDED!!

6:30 p.m. TAMIL FELLOWSHIP – St. Cuthbert Hall

 

SUNDAY (15th) Epiphany 2

8:00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION – BCP

10:00 a.m. CONTEMPORARY EUCHARIST – BAS

 11:45 a.m. CHILDREN’S CHOIR PRACTICE

Parish Family Skate tickets on sale! LAST DAY FOR TICKETS

 4:30 p.m. MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR WALTER BRADLEY

 

 Monday -(16th)

7:00 p.m. YOUTH CHOIR PRACTICE

8:00 p.m. PRAISE BAND PRACTICE

 

Wednesday - (18th)

7:00 p.m. ADULT CHOIR PRACTICE

7:00 p.m. AMPED – YOUTH GROUP – St. Cuthbert Hall only

 

Thursday – (19th)

10:00 a.m. EUCHARIST 

 12:30 p.m. MOTHERS’ UNION – Narthex

 

 Friday – (20th)

 9:45 a.m. FRIDAY FELLOWSHIP

 11:00 a.m. HEALTHY BABIES & Free Cobb’s Bread

 

Sunday (22nd) Epiphany 3

8:00 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION – BCP

10:00 a.m. CONTEMPORARY EUCHARIST – BAS

11:45 a.m. CHILDREN’S CHOIR PRACTICE

1:00 p.m. PARISH FAMILY SKATE at Sungod Arena then back to St. Cuthbert’s for movie, hotdogs, hot chocolate

 

 

 

 

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