Bulletin Notices
Vestry Sunday
February 26, 2017 – 7:45 a.m.
7:45 a.m. – Holy Eucharist
Book of Common Prayer – Page 67
Hymns: 33, 355, 175
The Collect of the Day: (said together)
Almighty God, grant us the Spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we who can do nothing good without you, may live according to your holy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Today’s Readings:
1 Corinthians 4:1-5 & Matthew 6:24-34
Next Sunday’s Readings:
Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 & Matthew 4:1-11
Annual Parish Meeting
Our annual congregational meeting will take place TODAY at 12:30 p.m. following the 11:00 a.m. service downstairs in the church hall. Everyone is encouraged to attend and learn who our church leaders are, what’s happening at SPOTH, budget and financial info and to vote for the issues that matter to you.
If you attend the 11:00 a.m. service, please remember to bring a lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided.
AV Volunteers Needed
We are in need of volunteers to join the AV Technical Team at St. Paul’s. As a member of the team you will provide audio reinforcement and video support to presenters and worship teams at regular Sunday services and special occasions such as concerts, weddings and funerals. The goal of the AV team is to optimize the experience of the congregation whatever the occasion. A technical background and a working knowledge of computers are essential prerequisites, however full training will be provided. Please contact Pam Johnstone at 905-683-8726 or if you feel called to this ministry.
FOOD BANK EASTER TREATS CAMPAIGN
DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED
IN THE NARTHEX
The time to prepare Easter greetings for the children of the St. Paul’s Food Bank is upon us. The Food Bank wishes to ensure that each child receives a treat to celebrate Easter. For more information contact 289-314-4305. A donation collection will take place in the Narthex following each service.
The children Thank You for your support.
DO YOU HAVE A BUNDLE BUGGY?
Many of our clients walk to the food bank and have no way to transport their food box home. What they receive each visit is too much to carry so a sturdy bundle/Grocery buggy would be great.
If you have one or two that you are not using, please consider donating it to the food bank. Wheel is broken? No problem, we can fix that. You can drop this off at the food bank during regular drop off times (10 am to 12 noon Tuesdays and Fridays) or contact us at .
Thank you
ALPHA UPDATE
Opportunities to Help
15 people are enrolled in the course,
well beyond our expectations.
Praise God!
THANK YOU to everyone who has offered to provide an Alpha meal. All weeks are covered!
Please remember everyone on the course in your prayers. That the hosts and guests may all
grow in their love and relationship with God.
There is still a need for someone or a couple, to coordinate the details of the course. (Acts 6:1-7)
To learn more please contact Canon Phil
905-862-3360
Check Out What is Happening With the Children & Youth!
Kids Church
Kids Church runs during the 9 am and 11 am services for children newborn to youth high school age. We are still DESPERATE NEED of teachers for preschool through to grade 6. If you would like to volunteer your time alternate weeks with our future church leaders, please speak to Jacquie James at 905-621-0155.
Sr. Youth Group - Grade 9 & up
Sunday Evenings from 7 to 9 pm in the boardroom.
Bring a friend! The chocolate bar rule is in effect.
For more information, speak to Dee James 905-550-0532.
Sherri Everitt will host a Parent Drop in Group the last Sunday of each month
in Canon Kim’s office during Youth Group.
Please join her for a hot beverage and a sweet!
Foundations (JK to Grade 2), Middlers (Grade 3-5) & Bedlam (Grade 6-8)
Thursday Evenings 6:45 to 8 pm
All three programs run simultaneously each week. Foundations and Middlers run in the main hall, contact Jacquie James (905-621-0155) for more information while Bedlam runs in the boardroom, contact Dee James for more information at 905-550-0532.
Each Thursday the Parent Room is open in the room directly up the ramp. Please feel free to sit and enjoy a hot beverage from our Keurig and chat with other parents. The last Thursday of each month Sherri Everitt will host a Parent Drop In during the Thursday Evening Program all are welcome.
We do not meet during March Break (March 16th) or Holy Week (April 13th) and the program runs till May 18th. Come out and join the excitement, meet some new friends and as we like to say HAVE CRAZY MAD FUN!
Cordless Drill
If you have a cordless drill in working condition you are not using, the Children’s & Youth Ministry Team will gladly take it off your hands! We are in need of one to build the scenery for camp and stage productions.
Please contact Jacquie James 905-621-0155
CROCODILE DOCK
MARCH BREAK MINI CAMP
WEDNESDAY MARCH 15TH TO FRIDAY MARCH 17TH
9:45 AM TO 3 PM
Jk to Grade 6
Before & After Care is available for a nominal fee
Join us down the BAYOU!
Camper Forms are available on line or pick them up from the display on the landing to the lower level.
Financial assistance is available and is strictly confidential.
We are also looking for Lunch Time Supervisors for each of the 3 days from approximately noon till 1 pm.
If you can spare an hour to help give the leaders a break we would appreciate it.
For more information please speak to Jacquie James 905-621-0155.
Good Friday
Children’s & Youth Presentation
April 14th @ 9 am
Do you have a flare for the dramatic or always dreamed of being on stage? If so WE NEED YOU!
Grade 1 and up and adults are welcome to join in.
The information meeting will be Wednesday, February 15th from 6:30 to 8 pm. For more information please speak to Jacquie James at 905-621-0155.
St. Paul’s on-the-Hill
Youth Achievement Scholarship 2017
As a church community, we are excited to endorse and support our youth with this successful scholarship program for the tenth year. Students currently enrolled in high school, connected to our church or community, who plan to enter university/college in September 2017, are invited to apply. Applications are due May 19, 2017, and the awards will be presented on Sunday August 27, 2017. Applications are available on the church web site - www.stpaulsonthehill.com, in the church office, in the Guidance offices at all Ajax/Pickering high schools and at selected churches in Ajax and Pickering. Tax receipts are available for businesses or individuals who wish to donate to this worthy cause. A special charitable donation form, available in the Scholarship envelope in the narthex and on the web site, must accompany your donation in order for you to receive the appropriate acknowledgement. Thank you!
THERE’S ROOM FOR YOU IN A SMALL GROUP
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO PARTICIPATE
1) Start Your Own Group With Some Friends Every group is unique. Discuss your thoughts with Canon Phil. We will train you and give you some ideas, and resources to get you started.
2) Join an Ongoing Group.
Pick up a brochure at the displays at the
Tower or Main entrances.
Canon Phil will be glad to help you find the right group for you or start your own.
Find out why Small Groups are...
Life at the of the Church
The Altar flowers are given to the glory of God in loving memory of Bob Taylor by Janette and family; and in memory of our Dad, William Burt, from Marmie & Chuck Rodd, Rick & Barb Burt & their famiies.
· If you would like to put flowers on the Altar, please phone Janice Roberts at 905-839-9212 with the details. The cost is $40.
· Please make your cheque payable to St. Paul’s on the Hill and place on the collection plate the first Sunday of the month for which the flowers are requested.
DIOCESE OF TORONTO
& WORLD CYCLE OF PRAYER 2017
Please pray for:
¨ The Lutheran Parishes of Peace, Faith & Christ the King within our Deanery
· The Church of Malek - (Upper Nile, Sudan) & The Rt. Rev. Peter Joh Mayom
Black History Service
The Diocese’s 22nd annual Black History Month service of celebration will take place on Sunday, February 26th at St. Paul’s, Bloor Street, with special music beginning at 4:00 p.m. The theme for this year is “From the Heart of Africa to the Soul of the Caribbean: Celebrating a Mosaic of Peoples.” The service will be filled with worship, music, dance, spoken word and a special acknowledgement of Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations. For more information, call 416-809-4639.
Senior Guys and Dolls
It's time to gather once again for our annual Mandarin lunch on Monday, February 27th. 12 noon at the Mandarin on Kingston Road near Brock. Come and enjoy the fellowship of eating with friends. Sign up on the Board or call Jan Couto at 905-839-8840 to reserve a spot.
New Mid-Week Eucharist
With Healing
Beginning on Ash Wednesday, March 1st, we will be offering a Wednesday morning service at 10:30 a.m. with our new Honorary Assistant, The Rev. Keith Todd. This service will continue every Wednesday.
There will also be an evening service on Ash Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. with the imposition of ashes.
Women’s Bible Study
All Things New - Kelly Minter
An 8-Session Study On 2 Corinthians
The city of ancient Corinth was much like our own modern-day cities: a melting pot of electrifying cultural experiences to be had, along with the myriad pitfalls of spiritual depravity. Still, Paul wrote to the Church of God in Corinth - meaning God's Church is meant to thrive in any city and every circumstance in which we find ourselves. Paul's letter is as timely as ever.
Over 8 sessions, Kelly Minter will lead you through the Letter of 2 Corinthians, exploring the anchoring truths of bearing treasures in jars of clay, meeting Christ through a pressing thorn, opening wide your heart in the midst of hurtful relationships, and what it means to embrace the lost and lonely as ministers of the new covenant. Each of us has a message to proclaim and live by: Because of Jesus the old has gone, the new has come.
We have a limited number of workbooks, so please email Barb Thompson to reserve your book at .
Course starts: Monday, February 27th
Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Where: upstairs 3rd floor Board Room
Cost: $20 (includes workbook)
Facilitators: Brenda McCawley & Barb Thompson
Ash Wednesday
Cathedral Discovery Day
A Day of Worship, Learning & Fellowship
For children & youth ages 6-14
Wednesday, March 1st – 9 am to 3 pm
St. James Cathedral, Toronto
Applications deadline: Monday, Feb. 27th
Register on the Toronto Diocese web site
Trent Durham Area Day
Saturday, March 4, 2017
St. Peter's, Cobourg, 240 College Street, Cobourg
The Trent Durham Area Day is open to all Area clergy and lay people.The theme this year is Wrestling with God.
Registration opens at 8:30am. The program starts at 9:30 am with opening prayers, hymn and Bishop Shaw's address.The day ends with worship at 2:30 pm.
Learn more about Area Day and this year's slate of workshops at the new Area Day Website at http://trentdurhamareaday.com/
Register online. Fees are $20.00 per person if you register by February 27, 2017, and $25.00 for late registration or if you pay at the door. Children's registration is $10.00 per child. Payment for online registration can be made by Paypal or by cheque.
“Summers Coming"
Italian dinner with Live Entertainment and Dancing
Saturday, March 4th lower hall @ St. Paul’s
Doors open at 5:30/Dinner at 6:30
$15 per ticket,lots ofprizes and silent Auction
Chatterpauls Restaurant in Whitby is helping us with our sauces. We will be serving pasta with Island Curry Sauce, Tradtional Tomato Sauce with meat and Vodka sauce. There will be salads, fresh buns,home made deserts and juice bar. Guests will be called for dinner in order of their ticket starting with #1 so get your tickets early in case yourfavourite sauce is everyoneelse'sfavourite too.
Our live entertainment once again is Mike Barnes playing everyone’sfavourite songs. Come sing along or dance the evening away.
Please remember to bring a food bank item to be entered for a draw for a "trip for 2 to any movie including popcorn & drinks.
Tickets are available after the 9am and 11am services for the next 3 Sundays or through the church office
…Kim Blair (905-424-9047) or
Toronto Prayer Breakfast
Tuesday, March 7th
7:00 am to 9:00 am
The Brighton Convention Centre
2155 McNicoll Ave., Scarborough
Our speaker is Gary Thomas and special music by Jonelle Sills. Tickets are $30 and ticket order and response forms are available in the church lobby.
Durham Clothing Exchange
This is a “Free Shopping Spree” supporting women and children who have experienced abuse. To donate your gently used or unused children’s and women’s clothing, toys and accessories, email Leonie at hfgfamilies.com
to arrange pick-up.
Spring Concert
"It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High." Psalm 92:1
Circle the date!
The Salvation Army Staff Band
Saturday, April 1st @ 7 p.m.
Tickets @ $10 in support of
St. Paul’s Back Pack Outreach
Speak to Bruce Hampson or Doug Willoughby
A.W.A.R.E. 25th Anniversary Conference
(Anglican Women, Alive, Renewed, Enriched)
May 5, 6, & 7
Elim Lodge, Lakehurst (near Peterborough)
Registration forms available online or in the church lobby.