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Holy Week

April 13 to 20, 2014

 

Palm Sunday????????????? ??????????? 9am ??????????????? BCP Service

??????????????????????????????????????????????? 10:30 am??????? Liturgy of the Palms and the Passion

??????????????????????????????????????????????? 4:00 pm????????? Seder Supper ...continue reading "Holy Week and Easter 2014"

Christ Church Anglican, North Bay

Easter 2014

Jesus said ?I am the Resurrection and the Life?

Amid our sorrow, we say these words at every funeral.

At Easter we say them with triumph and a special sense of joy.

Yet even at Easter we may miss the deep significance of these words for our life from day to day. ...continue reading "Easter Letter 2014"

Hello

Just a reminder that we are having a Quiet Day at the church tomorrow from 10 to 3.
There will be three meditations on "The Tears of Jesus" and a short service of compline to end the day.
Lunch will be provided, but if you want to bring something to contribute to snacks that would be lovely.
Dress is very casual, and you might want to bring a journal and Bible. ?You will have time alone to pray,think or walk and anything you write in your journal will be strictly private and for your own use.
As always, the day is open to folks from other churches. ?There is no registration or fee, although there will be a free will basket for lunch costs.
I hope to see you there
Rev. Marie

Christ Church Anglican

890 Vimy St
North Bay, On
P1B 5P7
705-474-3170
Rev. Marie's confidential email (emails to this page may be seen by others)?revmarie@cogeco.ca
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Being Disciples - Making Disciples

Dear Friends,

Many of you are receiving the emails from the Synod Office ( and if you aren't and wish to, just go to the Diocesan site at?http://www.dioceseofalgoma.com?and sign up!).
For those who are not, however, I thought this release might be of interest:

Leaders from across Algoma focus on final phase of Strategic Plan

Posted: March 28, 2014

 

The Executive Committee of the Diocese of Algoma met March 19-20 at Villa Loyola in Sudbury. The greater part of the agenda was devoted to the Strategic Plan's call to rationalization - cultivating and directing our resources and capacities to develop and sustain healthy parishes in Algoma.

 

The Executive received summaries of congregational assessments that had been completed and submitted by the end of February. The Congregational Development Officer (CDO) briefed Executive on what these assessments reveal about the Diocese overall, highlighting both signs of vitality and evident challenges.

 

Meeting in deanery groups, Executive members discussed the work of rationalization. They also reviewed the summaries and provided feedback to assist the CDO in issuing reports that will be helpful to leadership in parishes and deaneries.

 

The complete assessment reports will be distributed to congregations and deanery officials by the end of April. These reports are designed to:

 

1.????????Help parishes prepare for future ministry,

2.???????Assist Deaneries to plan for common mission.

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Yours in Christ's service
Rev. Marie

Christ Church Anglican

890 Vimy St
North Bay, On
P1B 5P7
705-474-3170
Rev. Marie's confidential email (emails to this page may be seen by others)?revmarie@christchurchnorthbay.ca
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Being Disciples - Making Disciples

Ex. 17:1 ??From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.? 2 The people quarreled with Moses, and said, ?Give us water to drink.? Moses said to them, ?Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD??? 3 But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, ?Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst??? 4 So Moses cried out to the LORD, ?What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.?? 5 The LORD said to Moses, ?Go on ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.? 6 I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink.? Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.? 7 He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the LORD, saying, ?Is the LORD among us or not?? (Exodus 17:1-7)

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When God invites his people to enter into some new phase of their life, it can often be hard to remember that God is with us. Sometimes it seems that old way of living was easier. We know it so well after all.? ...continue reading "Thoughts for Lent 3 from Rev. Jeff"

Now the LORD said to Abram, ?Go from your country and your kindred and your father?s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.?

So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. (Genesis 12:1-4)

God?s calling of Abram, must be one of the most difficult call stories in Bible. ?Go from your country and your kindred and your father?s house to the land that I will show you.? God asks him to leave everything and everyone he knows?his family and friends, his house and home and even his own culture. To make things even more difficult ...continue reading "A Lenten Reflection from Rev. Jeff Hooper"

Again from the gifted pen of
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
comes a poem/prayer of assurance that seems perfect for Lent as we seek to move more deeply into our relationship with God:

Holy One,
you will come to me this day.
You will hide in the little events.
In the friends and stranger,
in those whom you send me to love,
you will be present.
In the feelings and perceptions
that arise in me you will be whispering.
In the the low murmurings,
the leanings of my soul,
you will be gently nudging me.
In the light, in the silence,
you will come to me.
And I will be ready
to say yes.

Growing in Faith, says one commentator, is growing in the awareness of where God already is, working in all the moments of our lives.

Are you looking? Are you ready to see?

Rev. Marie

seder supper 2The night before the crucifixion, our Lord gathered with His disciples in the upper room to celebrate the feast of Passover. This is The Last Supper. There, Jesus transformed the bread of affliction into the bread of life, and the cup of thanksgiving into the cup of salvation. The Seder became our Eucharist with our Lord?s words, ?Do this in remembrance of me?. Everyone is invited to our 2014 Seder, 4:00 pm Sunday 13 April at Christ Church. Please let us know so that we set a place for you [and prepare sufficient food]. linda@christchurchnorthbay.ca or 705.476.0791

We are delighted that the Ven. Dawn Henderson, a dear friend of the parish, former rector of Christ Church and presently the Archdeacon of Muskoka, will be with us to celebrate this important event.