We give thanks for the life
of Patricia McMillan, dear
Mother of Greg & Grandmother of Logan & Noah. A life well lived.
Rest Eternal grant unto her & let light perpetual shine upon
her.
Please pray for all the McMillan family as they mourn her
passing.
Readings for Sunday February
21st
First Reading: Genesis 9: 8-17
Psalm: 25: 1-10
Second Reading: 1 Peter 3: 18-22
Gospel: Mark 1: 9-15
Congratulations to our new
Rector's Warden, Diane Clement.
Provincial Lockdown: St Thomas is currently closed
for in-person worship. The Diocese has suggested Holy Week as a possible
target for re-opening. Please follow us Online at Facebook, or YouTube or
our website. The Church office will be open although we will be working
remotely.
We will
be running a Lenten Study with Evening Prayer on
Zoom from Wednesday 24 February until Wednesday 24 March at 7pm. Please call
or email William Passmore (cpassmore@sympatico.ca
613 836 2876) or David Hazen(p.warden.stthomasstittsville@gmail.com 613
831 3093) or the church office if you would like to attend. It is a
devotional study based on the famous Easter Hymn “There is a Green Hill Far
Away” There is also the possibility of using the study guide privately
and/or setting up a second group study if there is sufficient interest.
Please let us know if you are interested. A sample lesson can be sent to
you.
Prayer &
Pint: Will be meeting through zoom on Thursday
March 4th at 7:15 PM please contact the office or William 613-836-2876 for
the zoom invitation.
Discernment:
The 2021 discernment process will end this Sunday February 14th.
Please review the positions for this year's parish council. If you would
like to put your name forward, or someone else please contact the NominationsStThomas@gmail.com
Vestry 2020: Please mark your calendars, our annual Vestry
meeting will take place on Sunday February 28th at 11:00 AM through Zoom, a
registration email will be sent separately.
Thank
you for completing this Vestry Registration Form,
which will assist in preparing for and running our Annual Vestry Meeting on
Zoom. St
Thomas Virtual Vestry Registration
Please note that: Pre-register for our
virtual vestry meeting is required.
You are asked to complete one
registration form per voting member of each household, and to use the same
name on Zoom.
We will be recording votes using Zoom polling technology. A motion or
question will appear on screen and you will be asked to respond. If two
members of the same household are on the same computer or smartphone, one
member will respond to the poll, and the other will use the chat function to
respond.
Zoom does allow for phoning in, but please note that it is not a toll-free
number, and long distance charges may apply. If you dial 10-10-710 before
the Zoom phone number, your long distance charges will be reduced to
$1/hour. An agenda, vestry reports, motions and other meeting
materials will be circulated by email prior to the meeting.
Please feel free to contact Nicole Dallaway 613-836-5741 with questions.
People’s Pulpit: The first Sunday in Lent is just around the
corner. To that end, The Easter addition of the People’s Pulpit will be
available April 4th. Please consider submitting an article for this year’s
edition.
What will Easter look like this year for
you? It will have been a year since the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, and
we are currently not sure what health restrictions will be in effect in
Ontario for Easter. Will we be able to gather at all?
The deadline for submissions is March 15th. Please send
submissions to Mary Anne Reihhardt at
mareinhard1@outlook.com
We are also looking into setting up regular
Coffee and Chat and/or Fitness for
Seniors sessions via Zoom. If interested, please contact Sylvi
Dawes, Diane Clement or Dave Hazen
2020 Income Tax
Receipts: Have been mailed, please check your receipt. If you
have any questions or do not receive a tax receipt please contact our
envelope secretary Bob Lomas at 343-571-4585 or
bobhlomas@gmail.com
Ottawa Pastoral Training Courses: Please check the following
link for details of the courses and registration costs.
https://ottawapastoralcare.com
Rev. Lee is creating a
video service each Sunday morning
that we can all watch on our
computer.
It can be viewed on our
website by clicking on the following link:
Your Fundraising team is collecting
recipes for a St Thomas Cookbook that
they hope to develop through the fall and Winter of 2020. Please have all
recipes to the office by November 30th, 2020.
We pray for
all nurses, doctors, and frontline workers.
We pray for
our government and those making decisions to keep us safe and healthy during these unprecedented times.
We pray for
the all those who are Sick and those in need of Healing, in our parish and around the world.
We pray for
all those who have lost loved ones during the covid-19 pandemic.
The Stittsville Food Bank is in need of our help.
They are always looking for non perishables however during covid-19 they are in need of perishables. Please look
online at www.stittsvillefoodbank.ca to see how you can help. They
are still accepting non-perishables at the grocery stores in Stittsville.