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Anglican Life APRIL 2015
Anglican Life APRIL 2015
APRIL 2015
April 2015
There is an elaborate
ritual for locking up the
doors at the Church of
the Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem at the end of
the day, and another first
thing in the morning for
unlocking them again.
Having read about these
rituals, when I was in Jerusalem during my sabbatical, I was determined
to see them for myself.
A normal person
might have opted to
watch the closing-up
at eight in the evening,
but I had decided that I
was going to go see the
opening of the church
at five in the morning!
On an earlier visit to the
church, I had hoped to
visit the tomb of Christ,
but the line was long,
expected. Although my
watch said it was still
five minutes before five,
the doors were already
open, and I had missed
the show! Stepping inside, I realized that I was
not going to get into the
tomb, either: I learned
that the Armenian Orthodox church had already begun their daily
liturgy inside the tomb,
and that when they were
done, the Franciscans
would take over.
A little disappointed
at missing both of my
reasons for setting out
at such an awkward hour
of the morning, I found a
place near a pillar from
which I could watch the
exotic and incredibly foreign liturgy taking place.
I dont know a word
of Armenian. I dont recognize any of the letters
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Holy Sepulchre
An Easter Message
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Submitted by
Rev. Greg Mercer
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An Easter Message
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In the Garden
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Confirmation in Seal Cove Parish. On Sunday February 8, 2015, Confirmation services were held in the Parish of Seal Cove by Bishop
Percy Coffin. At St. Pauls Church in Baie Verte, two adults, Beverly & William Snow (second picture), were confirmed. At St. Peters
Church in Westport, ten young people were confirmed (first picture). Front row: Maxine & Melody Greenaway, Abigail Ricketts, Stacie Twine, Karissa Jacobs. Middle row: Mackenzie Randell , Tamara Jacobs, Allison Jacobs. Back row: Zachery Jacobs, Bishop
Coffin, Leroy Warren & Rev. Charles Harris. Submitted by Gary Rideout.
Submitted by
Denise White
The Confirmation
Class of the Parish of
Port Saunders was
responsible for conducting the complete
service the first Sunday in Advent. On November 30, 2014 the
class led the service,
with all the youth participating in one way
or another from the
readings, announcing,
collection and Advent
Wreath Lighting. And
thanks to Crystal for
serving. All that was
left for Rev. Paulette
to do was the sermon!
A hot turkey lunch
was held in the church
hall for all the candidates, family members
and church community. No one left hungry
except we ran out of
carrots!
That same week the
kids made their own
Advent wreaths to use
at home. Thanks for
the entire volunteer
and parent support
during these events
and to Rev. Paulette
with all her patience
and love for the youth.
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The Church
is people
Submitted by
Rev. Jolene Peters
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Submitted by
Jack Morgan
Ron Clarke
Columnist
A group of us seniors
were reminiscing one
afternoon.
One lady said that
very afternoon, she had
heard the most wonderful words of her lifetime.
The doctor declared that,
at last, her daughter was
cancer-free.
Each one of us, then,
revealed our most wonderful words. Will you
marry me one stated.
The wars over, one old
soldier declared. Our
son just won a big lottery
prize. And so it went.
their reaction?
Amazement surely,
too good to be true,
perhaps. But then, their
Lord himself had raised
three people from death,
didnt he?
The great news
changed them all, and
made each one an unstoppable zealot.
These truly wonderful words should be likewise dramatic for us.
When a loved one
dies, or when we ourselves are facing death,
we too have the ultimate
comfort of knowing for
sure that, because our
Jesus conquered death
once and for all, we too,
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of our sins
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Columnist
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Church checkup:
part two
Columnist
Program, members of
the management and
staff, and members of
the community.
A list has been prepared of those persons,
but we do not want to
miss anyone! The event
will be held on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at
7:30. If you would like to
attend this event, please
contact Pamela Jesso at
pamela.jesso@easternhealth.com or 752-8926
by April 10, 2015.
Queens College
Alumni news
It is always a pleasure
to greet you as your President of the Queens College Alumni Association.
I thank you for your support of Queens College,
both financial and in other
ways not the least of
which is prayer. My message will focus on two
matters, which I consider
to be exciting news.
Firstly, The Queens
friends to participate.
The story of Queens
College is written in the
lives of faculty and graduates over these 175 years
a story of sacrifice and
commitment (which includes spouses of graduates), a story of faith and of
concern for education and
for the social well-being of
people, a story in which
we can all rejoice. But the
anniversary not only calls
us to look backward; more
importantly it beckons
us to look forward to the
future, with faith, conviction and courage a faith
that affirms the intrinsic
worth and dignity of every
human being, the conviction that we can make our
global village a better
place for all, and the courage to realize this vision. It
can be done!
In conclusion, as we
celebrate the success of
the Scholarship Fund and
the story of Queens College, I invite all of us to
unite our efforts to make
the future even better than
the past.
Submitted by
Rev. Canon Frank Cluett
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