St. Peter’s Church News, Notices & Parish Pulse Our Mission: To be a community that lives and shares the transforming love of Jesus January 8, 2015 Our News & Notices HEADS UP! OUR LEADERS FOR THIS SUNDAY Leader: Laurin Vroom Powerpoints: Ekow Intsiful Prayers of the People: Wentworth Brookes Refreshments: Voa Rajarison & Ravaka Olivia & Joyce Laduke Sunday School: Anne Heenan (Pre K & K); Sarah Grace (Gr 1-3); Fiona Crossling (Gr 4-6) Altar Guild: Myrtle Anderson & Shirley Harvey, Nevilla Parris OUR COMING SUNDAY READINGS: First Reading – 2 Chronicles 17: 3-9 Psalm: Psalm 25: 1-7 Second Reading – Acts 18: 5-11 Gospel Reading – Matthew 13: 53-58 FOR YOUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK Thursday 8. Caring for our world environment Friday 9. Sunday School For poorer countries, least equipped to deal with rapid climate change may suffer the most. p. 3 We pray for the teachers and children. May they be blessed in their lesson time. Saturday 10. Primate’s world Relief & development fund May the work of PWRDF be effective in reaching people in need . Sunday 11. Leadership Monday 12. Ndjacho Tuesday 13. Archbishop Hiltz Wednesday 14. Pakistan holy innocents For Corporation members: Chris H, Mona & Scott. May their decisions be guided by the Lord. - has an interview with the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi today. Pray all goes well! For our Primate: may the Lord guide his leadership, enabling the church to fulfil its mission Comfort for grieving families following Peshawar killing. May disillusioned Pakistanis find peace through Christ. THIS SUNDAY! FAMILY LIFE MEETING Are there holes in our ministry to families at St Peter's? No doubt there are! We will be looking at the practical needs of families, at the various stages of family life, to explore possible ways of improving our support of family life both at home and at church. Two Sundays from now we will have a further discussion on the spiritual development of our children and families. For this Sunday's meeting join us after the service in the Gordon Room. Bring your concerns and ideas! CATECHISM This Sunday Chris will be speaking about Christian formation and our new parish catechism (teaching program). You can get a preview of it online at onlinecatechism.wordpress.com. Paper copies will also be available at church. And remember to check out our library for good books on a wide range of topics! CHRISTMAS TREE This Sunday is the last Sunday of the Christmas season, so we will be taking down the tree. Anyone who would like to help take off the decorations is welcome to help! Boxes for the decorations will be by the tree. RIDES FOR GLORIA Gloria would be grateful for a ride to and from church each Sunday, so we would like to start a rota of drivers. If you would be willing to be on a once-a-month rota, please inform the church office. 900 boul. Laird, TMR, Montreal QC H3R 1Y8  514.739.4776 514.564.5575  [email protected] www.stpeterstmr.org Page 1 Le dim., 18 janv – AUTOUR DE LA TABLE Pour un nourriture spirituel! Au menu: musique, repas léger, partage, thèmes intéressants, le tout parmis amis, dans une ambiance chaleureuse. Commence à 17h30. Pour d'autres infos, nous communiquez : [email protected] Sun., Jan 18 – Sun., Jan 25 – WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY Every year, the worldwide church devotes one week of prayer for Christian unity. By finding ways to pray together during the week, we join with all people around the world who are praying, reflecting, studying, and even eating and drinking together to celebrate and pray for Christian unity. For more info: http://bit.ly/1AqjXBD. Sun, Jan 25 – ECUMENICAL SERVICE OF WORSHIP Hosted by the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Parish. Every year, the Côte-des-Neiges Council of Churches (St. Peter’s is a member) caps off the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Community by sponsoring an ecumenical service of worship. This year’s theme is “Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink’” (John 4:7). Service begins at 3:30pm; 5366 Côte-des-Neiges. Everyone welcome! Sat., Feb 14 – SKATING/WALKING THE RIDEAU CANAL The annual St. Peter’s outing to Ottawa for a skate or walk along the Rideau Canal will take place on Saturday, February 14. More details to come. NDJACHO HAS HIS INTERVIEW NEXT WEEK! Ndjacho’S interview in New Delhi is next Monday, on January 12. Please keep Ndjacho in your prayers. ENVELOPES Envelopes for 2015 are available at the back of the church. As automatic debit greatly assists our administration, we would encourage our members to move from envelopes to automatic debit if at all possible. For more information, contact the office. TAX RECEIPTS Tax receipts for the 2014 will be available at the back of the church on January 25. Please help us save on postage and pick yours up! A reminder that only contributions received at the office by December 31, 2014 will be included in the receipts for 2014. All contributions, including back-dated cheques, received in 2015 will be included in receipts for the year 2015. 900 boul. Laird, TMR, Montreal QC H3R 1Y8  514.739.4776 514.564.5575  [email protected] www.stpeterstmr.org Page 2