Quinquagesima Sunday, March 2, 2014
Services this Week: Anglican Parish
of St Peter, Fredericton.
March 4 No Parish Bible Study 3
p.m.
March 5
Ash Wednesday midweek service with Fr Langmaid 7 p.m..
March 6 NO At home Confirmation class 7
p.m.
March 9 First Sunday in Lent Fr
Langmaid 8
and11 a.m.
March 11 Parish Bible Study with Fr Hebb,
Shannex Brunswick hall 3
p.m.
March 12 midweek with Fr Hebb 7
p.m.
We welcome all who are visiting us for worship on this pre-Lenten
season. You will notice that St Peter's is a specifically Prayer Book Parish
theologically as well as liturgically. What this means is that traditional
liturgy (services) are the worshipping expression of normative Anglican, (i.e.,
of the Anglican Communion) belief. We hope that you find your time in our midst
spiritually refreshing and beneficial.
Fr Hebb will be on vacation (out
of country) from Sunday afternoon March 2 til Tuesday March 11. Fr Stockall of
St Mary's Devon will cover emergencies in his absence. if truly required his
numbers are: Rectory 454-0245 & cell: 461-7685
A
container for donations to the Rector's
Discretionary Fund has now appeared at the rear - please consider
supporting this ever increasing need. As well as requests for groceries, Fr
Hebb also fields requests for rent-top-up funds, help with heating bills and
gasoline.
A big thank you to members
of the congregation who supported the Valentine Bridge Party at Governor Hall, Shannex
on Feb 13. The coffee cakes and sweet breads
were delicious. We raised $945 and had lots of positive feedback about the
event. Maybe we’ll do it again in 2015. Thanks
from the organizing committee!
Last Sunday Vestry decided
to cancel the Annual Shrove Tuesday Supper due to lack of available workforce
during the March Break - an event has been proposed for after Easter.
This year World Day of Prayer Service: Fri.
Mar.7, 2014 at Holy Family Church, Hanwell.
ACW meeting Monday March 3, 7 p.m. in Parish Hall
Unexpected situation: On the evening of Feb 2 sewage backed-up into both the rectory
and the parish hall - this phase of the event was caught early and cleaned up.
Sadly, fixing the origin of the problem was much more involved and stretched
over all Monday and half of Tuesday. It involved pump trucks, an electrician, a
plumber (2 days) and a steam truck and a front end loader from the city. The
sewage from both buildings empties into a catch-basin (under the man-holecover)
behind the hall and is then pumped out
to the city line under the trail.
Unfortunately, the line goes all the way beyond the cemetery before it joins
the city sewage system and it was the end of line that was frozen. It caused
our lift pump to pump until it broke off and burnt out -including the
electrical connections. It took all day Monday to determine that this was the
origin of the problem. Needless to say bills will be coming. Our insurance
company has been contacted and we are in discussions but it is highly unlikely
that insurance will cover all costs.
On Feb
25, Warden Bob Matthews, Fr Hebb & Dr A Klinck met with the Diocesan Property
Committee in an effort to persuade them to reverse their recommendation to the
Bishop NOT to support our Parish's application to Ottawa for National Historic
Site status. We were able to make a spirited
presentation and answer questions and to reply to objections for over an
hour. As a result, the Property Committee is revisiting their decision and will
meet again later in March to reconsider our position.
Lenten
Talks by Bishop Hockin & Dr B Craig for 4 Mondays in March beginning March
10 at 12:15, Crown Plazza, Queen St., "Bouncing Back from Crisis and Hard
Times"
posted by St Peters Anglican Parish @ 5:30 AM
