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ACW – Shrove Tuesday

ACW will be serving a Baked Ham, Creamed Potatoes & Vegetable Dinner with Pancake Dessert on Shrove Tuesday, February 21s starting at 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Cost - Adults; $10.00; Children under 12- $5.00. A card game will start at 8:00 p.m. at the cost of $5.00 - lunch provided. Tickets are available from Betty Hiscock @ 834-4736 or Joan Brophy @ 834-1914.

ACW Outreach

The ACW will be collecting toiletries for The Gathering Place in St. John’s. Anyone wishing to contribute for this worthy cause can bring their items to church up to Sunday March 4th.

World Day of Prayer…

Will be held on March 1st at 7:30 p.m. in the Salvation Army Church in Long Pond. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Sign up sheets for Lenten Meals

Sign up sheets are now available in the back of the church for the Lenten Meals on February 29th & March 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th. Please note the maximum number is 72 for each meal. Sign up now to avoid disappointment!

Children’s Talks for Sundays in Lent and Easter Sunday

Father John will begin a series of children’s talks entitled “Lent by the Numbers” beginning on Sunday, February 26th . The first number will be #4.

LENTEN BIBLE STUDIES

Friday Morning Bible Study

Cathy Dinn will be leading a six-week bible study beginning on Friday, February 24th at 10:00 a.m. and will continue until Friday, March 30th. The Series is entitled “To Love as Jesus Loves”.

Eight -Week Lent Study Series

The Book of Job: Making Sense out of Suffering.

Why do we suffer?

Come along for eight (8) weeks to study the Book of Job and gain insight into the mystery of suffering.

The series will begin on Monday, February 20th and run until April 9th. Classes start at 7:00 p.m. each week.

Welcome to the Parish of

St. John the Evangelist

Conception Bay South, Newfoundland

www.stjohntheevangelistnl.com

February 19, 2012

Quinquagesima

The Bulletin is given to the Glory of God

and in Thanksgiving for our grandson, Henry, who is one year old this month (February 23rd)

by

Bob & Donna Dawe

Dear Friends in Christ,

Alleluia Farewell

Because of the penitential character of the Season of Lent, singing or saying the word “Alleluia” has historically been suspended during Lent’s forty days. This period of individual and congregational reflection on the quality of our baptismal faith and life suggest that the joyful nature of alleluia is more appropriately reserved for our Easter celebrations. When it is given full and jubilant voice.

The omission of alleluia during Lent goes back at least to the fifth century in the Western Church. The custom of actually bidding it farewell, however, developed in the middle ages. The hymn “Alleluia, Song of Gladness” contains a translation of an eleventh century Latin text that compares an alleluia – less lent to the exile to the Israelites in Babylon. The text then anticipates the joy of Easter when glad Alleluias will return in all their heavenly splendor.

Alleluia is appropriate bid farewell on the Sunday preceding Ash Wednesday. This is the last Sunday when alleluia will be used until the vigil of Easter, or Easter Sunday for those congregations not holding a vigil. The burial of alleluia could otherwise be the culminating activity at a congregational carnival (also known as Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday) celebration just before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.

Father John +

Anglican Cycle of Prayer

PRAY for The Church of the Province of Central Africa

Tri-Diocesan Intercessions

Parish of Forteau

Rector The Rev. Norman Cutler

Parish of Cox’s Cove/McIvers

Rector The Rev. M. Joan Coles

Mustard Seed Project

Please pray for our sponsored children at the Mustard Seed Babies Home: Joshua, Mary, Richard, Wilson, Alen and Sam. Also pray for the people of Uganda.

The Sick

Stephanie Richardson Clemmie Smith Cynthia Gill

Cyril Dawe Trevor Metcalfe Robert Smith

The Bereaved Faithful Departed

Elsie Barnes & Family Mary S. Morgan

Violet & Ted Barnes & Family Mary Porter (Violet’s Sister)

Donations have been given to the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of: Mary Morgan by Kelvin & Marg Fowler & Ches & Irene Crisby

Sunday Schedule for February 26th

Sequence Hymn

A sequence is an anthem or hymn sung or recited during the liturgical celebration for many Christian denominations before the Proclamation of the Gospel. We will use this term the Order of Service beginning in Lent.

Ash Wednesday

Our Ash Wednesday Service begins at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22nd with Holy Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes.

Annual Meeting, February 26, 2012

The Annual Meeting for the Parish of St. John the Evangelist is scheduled for Sunday Evening, February 26, 2012 beginning at 7:00 p.m. Our Annual Report, including reports and financial statements of various parish groups, will be discussed and an important election of new members for our vestry will be conducted. We need your attendance and input at that meeting. Furthermore, we need four (4) new vestry members. Please consider getting involved.

Confirmation Class 2012

Have you looked at the symbols in the tops of each of the stained glass windows in the Sanctuary? Perhaps you have seen various symbols used on the weekly church bulletins.

Behind each of these are passages from the Bible and they have been used through the centuries as ways of teaching and emphasizing our beliefs as Christians.

This year’s class of confirmands have each prepared a symbol with appropriate quotes from the Bible or a brief explanation. We ask you to share in this project by visiting our exhibit in the Parish Hall following the 10:30 a.m. Eucharist on February 26th, 2012. A light lunch will be provided while you view the various exhibits.

It is the hope and prayer of this class that they may help us all better understand our faith complete with its wonderful symbols.

Do you know what this illustration below represents? Visit the Parish Hall on February 26th and find out!