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Saints Alive!  for 21 Feb 2016
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Food for Mind & Body!

 
Gather for a pot luck & discussion
of social justice issues which
concern you and your church.
 
 Saturday, 5 March 2016
from 4:00pm to 8:00pm
 
 Facilitators from within our congregation and other parishes
will be at each table to help us
explore social justice issues
which concern our church and all of Edmonton.
 
 4:00pm: Food for Thought
You can engage in an array of social justice topics
that our congregation is engaged in.
Facilitators at the tables will help with
the latest insights into social justice issues which  concern us.
 
 5:00pm: Food to Eat
You can enjoy the array of fine dishes
prepared by your fellow parishioners and guests
while continuing the exploration of the social justice issues
which concern us.
 
 
* This event is organized by your
Community Engagement Committee
and
Social Justice Ministry.

Diocesan Quiet Day:
“Exploring Your Own Journey with Christ”

Sisters Elizabeth Rolfe-Thomas (Rev. Mother), and
Suzanne Prue
will present on the Companions Program and lead a Quiet Day at
All Saints’ Cathedral
Saturday, 5 March 2016
from 9:30am to 3:45pm.

Please bring a bag lunch.
Soup, coffee & tea provided.

During lunch, the Sisters will speak about the SSJD Companions Program.

To register, call the Synod Office 780-439-7344, or email Canon Barb Burrows

Every Wednesday at 7:00pm

 
We will study one of the five Christian disciplines
which we are called to follow
in our Baptismal vows, and in our observation of Lent.


These practices are all rooted in scripture, in our traditions,
and have been rediscovered in our own time,
and now enjoy a new appreciation:


February 10: Fasting
February 17: Almsgiving
February 24: Prayer
March 2: Scripture Reading
March 9: Service

 

 

As preparation for Holy Week, we will look carefully at
the Passion story from the Gospel (for 2016 ~ Year C)
the Gospel of Luke:

March 16: The Passion According to St. Luke Pt. 1
March 23:  The Passion According to St. Luke Pt. 2

Do you have an interest in teaching
English as a Second Language?
Well, now’s your chance!
All Saints’ has begun
a new partnership with
Project Adult Literacy Society
and we are looking for volunteers
to help teach.
If this sounds interesting to you,
please contact Chris Pilon
our Community Engagement Coordinator.

ICPM Bissell Centre Lunch

All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral
will sponsor the ICPM Bissell Centre Lunch
on
13 March 2016
from 8:30am to 1:00pm.

We have the privilege to worship with community,
as well as prepare & serve the lunch.
It is an uplifting experience to share and receive gifts from the heart.

Look for the Sign-Up Sheet...
we need donations of :
sandwiches
vegetables
pickles
fruit
desserts
refreshments
... and, volunteers!

For full details,
contact Mary-Lou Cleveland
(780) 729-7712 (text or call)
mary-lou.cleveland@epsb.ca
Tuesday Afternoons 1:30pm to 3:00pm
 
We look at the scripture readings for the coming Sunday.
No previous knowledge of the Bible is necessary.
This is a time to more deeply explore the scriptures
in a fun and creative way.

Sessions will be led by either
the Very Rev. Neil Gordon (the Dean of the Cathedral), or
Rev. Sarah Holmström (Assistant Priest of the Cathedral).
 
SUNDAY, 21 February
8:00am  ~  Holy Communion (BCP)
9:15am  ~  Family Eucharist (BAS)
10:15am ~  “Between Services”
Two front-line Housing First workers, Joelle and Amanda (with E4C), will speak of what it is like for the worker and participant to settle into the participant’s new home.
11:00am ~  Choral Eucharist (BAS)
Monday, 22 February
8:30am   ~   Morning Prayer
7:00pm   ~   Centering Prayer
Tuesday, 23 February 
8:30am   ~   Morning Prayer
1:30pm   ~   Bible Study
to 3:00pm    in the Dean's Office
Wednesday, 24 February 
8:30am   ~   Morning Prayer
10:00am  ~  Miwasin Prayer Circle
5:30pm    ~  Holy Eucharist
6:30pm    ~  Shared Meal
7:00pm    ~  Wednesday Evening
                     Bible Study 
Thursday, 25 February
8:30am   ~   Morning Prayer
12:10pm  ~  Holy Eucharist
Friday, 26 February
7:30am  ~  Friday
to               Community
9:00am      Breakfast

8:30am   ~   Morning Prayer
SUNDAY, 28 February
8:00am  ~ Holy Communion (BCP)
9:15am  ~ Parish Eucharist (BAS)
10:15am ~  “Between Services”
Movies in 2015 and Faith: Tonight the Oscars are handed out & the Dean will look back on films from 2015 which dealt with faith issues.
11:00am ~ Choral Eucharist (BAS)

Friday Community Breakfasts
are served from 7:30am to 9:00am
every Friday morning.

We serve porridge, ham, pancakes, orange juice & coffee…
and all at no charge!

All are warmly welcome!
Full Bellies, Full Minds
is an E4C Church Cookbook.
Parishioners from the 6 member churches of E4C
(All Saints’ Cathedral, McDougall United, Augustana Lutheran
First Baptist, St. Joseph’s Basilica, rist Church Anglican)
have produced this cookbook as a fundraising project
for the E4C School Lunch Program.

Members of our own congregation have contributed recipes.

They are now for sale, and he cost is only
$15

Please see
Barbara Burrows
or
Mary-Lou Cleveland
for your copy today!
The Miwasin
Healing Circle
meets
every Wednesday at 10:00am
in the
Indigenous Chapel
of
All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral

Please enter by the 'Choir Door',
which is beside the main sliding door into the Cathedral;
there will be a sign in the door, and it will be the only one unlocked.

If you would like more info,
please contact 
Sharon Pasula
our Diocesan Oskâpêwis.
oskapewis@edmonton.anglican.ca
"When it comes to charity, no excuse, no way out, no explanation is of any avail. I love or I do not love, I give or I do not give. It is certainly no accident that all the parables of the Last Judgement hinge not on faith-- the righteous being the faithful believers, the unjust the miscreants-- nor on hope-- the righteous hoping for the restoration of the Kingdom of Israel, the others having given up on it-- but on charity. Have we helped our neighbor, given even from our surplus, loved the least among us? This is the only criteria, the only crisis, the only test. The Judgement singles out not the athletes of faith, nor the militants of hope, but the workers of charity. By consequence, charity becomes for each of us the site of an individual Judgement that, in the end, includes the whole span of time we call our life."
~ Jean-Luc Marion concludes his Prolegomena to Charity

Without love, almsgiving is no more important than brushing your hair or washing your hands, and the Pharisees had just as elaborate a ritual for those things as they had for alms, too, because all these things were prescribed by law, and had to be done so.  But love does not give money, it gives itself.  If it gives itself first and  a lot of money, that is all the better.  But first it must sacrifice itself.
~ Thomas Merton "Runs to the Mountain"

A young pastor friend had been through the trial of his life.  When I saw him recently, he asked me: ‘What do you do when God doesn’t say yes --- doesn’t give it, doesn’t make it happen?”  Then he answered his own question: “Through agony I’ve gotten to know God better; I love him more ....”  He  then showed me a piece of paper he keeps in his wallet.  It says, “Look to his face, not to his hand.”
~ Anne Ortlund “My Heart Sings”

The Babylonian Talmud teaches that Rabbi Yochanan and Rabbi Eleazar both explain that as long as the Temple stood, the altar atoned for Israel, but now, one's table atones whenever the poor are invited as guests.
~ Tractate Berachot, 55a

I’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.
~ Marilyn Monroe

“How did it get so late so soon?”
~ Dr. Seuss

There was a young lady called Bridget,
whose speed was faster than light;
She set out one day
In a relative way
And returned home the previous night.
~ Arthur Buller

We really need to pray: not because we need favors, or an edge, or help. We  really need to pray because we need a friend.  Especially this Friend.
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