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ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Ontario M5J 1W9 -- 416-593-5600 www.standrewstoronto.org The people of St. Andrew's are called to serve in faith, hope and love in the heart of Toronto. |
Wednesday June 11, 2008
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The Catechism This Week… The
Presbyterian Church in Canada recently adopted a new document entitled “A
Catechism for Today”. Each week, we
will offer one of the questions from that catechism, as well as a suggested
answer (see the bottom of this window).
It is important, when reading such catechisms, to ponder the question
for ourselves as well as considering the suggested response.
This Coming Sunday Fifth
Sunday after Pentecost Sunday,
June 15, 2008 Genesis 18: 1-15 Psalm 116: 1-2, 12-19 Romans 5: 1-8 Matthew 9: 35 – 10:8 Greeting
Elder: Peter Price Reader: Deborah Baird At
a Quick Glance (for
more details, please see the column to the right) 1)
Sacrament of Baptism and Reception of New Members -- this Sunday 2)
Sunday School Picnic – this Sunday 3)
Sunday AM Bible Study Postponed for one week 4)
Road Closures this Sunday 5)
Presbyterian World Service and Development Appeal for China 6)
Congregational Meeting – Sunday June 22, 2008 7)
Ordination of Matthew Ruttan – Sunday, June 29 at
7:30 pm 8)
Faces of Faith – Jim Callan Jim Callan is a valued member of the St. Andrew’s staff, and
has been serving as the Church Officer for almost two years. To read his contribution to the ‘Faces of
Faith’, please click
here.
The Catechism’s answer to Question
1: We have been made for joy: joy in
knowing, loving and serving God, joy in knowing, loving and serving one
another, joy in the wonder of all God’s works. |
1)
Sacrament of Baptism and Reception of New Members – this Sunday
This coming Sunday will be a special day in
our community of faith. We will be
welcoming three new infant children into the Body of Christ through the
Sacrament of Baptism, and will be welcoming a significant number of new members
into the community of our congregation.
As a wonderful addition to this service, we will be welcoming the
presence of Father J.P. Horrigan, SJ, who will be participating in the
Sacrament of Baptism in honour of the Roman Catholic
heritage of one of the parents.
Please plan to join us for this special day
of celebration and welcome.
2) Sunday School Picnic – this
Sunday
Following this Sunday’s service, we will be
enjoying an afternoon of fun at the home of Jack and Bev Reynolds in
celebration of the completion of a wonderful year in the Church School. More details and directions will be available
on Sunday morning at the church – but please bring your swimsuits!
3)
Sunday AM Bible Study Postponed for one week
The
Sunday morning Bible study group will not be meeting this Sunday morning since
the elders will be meeting to meet and welcome the new members to our
congregation. The study group will resume the next week.
4) Road Closures
this Sunday
Please note that there will be three major street events that will involve road closures on Sunday,
June 15th:
- Dundas Square – Hard
Rock Café (Yonge &
Dundas)
- Taste of Little Italy (College Street area near
Clinton St., Shaw St., Bathurst St.)
- Father’s Day Run for Prostate Cancer (affects
Lake Shore Blvd. E., Cherry St. & Mill St. area)
Please see http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/city/events.nsf/AllEventsCalendar?OpenView&Grid=3
for more details.
5) Presbyterian World Service and
Development Appeal for China
As we have been doing for the past few
Sundays, we will be including special appeal envelopes in this Sunday’s
bulletin in order to help to raise funds for Presbyterian World Service and Development’s appeal for the
earthquake victims in China. All
donations that are received will be matched by funds from the Canadian
government. Please give generously.
6) Congregational Meeting – Sunday June 22,
2008
Following the worship service on Sunday,
June 22, 2008, there will be a short congregational meeting to update the
congregation on the progress of the restoration and renovation work on the West
Tower of the Church and other parts of the church buildings. Please plan to join us for this meeting.
7) Ordination of Matthew Ruttan
At last night’s meeting of the Presbytery
of West Toronto, the call to Matthew Ruttan from
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Barrie, was received and approved. We will be celebrating Matthew’s ordination
as a Minister of Word and Sacraments on Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 7:30 pm. All are welcome – and encouraged – to join us
for this important and wonderful celebration.