🔥Family Service with Advent Candle Lighting this Sunday at 5 p.m.

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Dear Junior Church & Youth Group families,

To mark the beginning of Advent, you are invited to join me on Zoom for a family service on Sunday, November 29 (Advent I) at 5 p.m. We will be using the Order of Service for Young People found on p. 622 of the Book of Common Prayer (the text, including the appointed Psalm and Lesson will be shared on-screen during the service). This short interactive service is a great introduction to the language and form of the BCP.

We will begin the service by lighting our Advent wreaths (so make sure they are set-up and ready to go by this Sunday!) Hopefully we can get all 24 advent wreaths lit together! If you have not yet picked up your Advent wreath kit contact Judy (stolaves@stolaves.ca) in the parish office to arrange a time to get it from the church.

All family members are invited to attend. If your child(ren) would like to lead one of the readings please get in touch as soon as possible.

A Zoom meeting link will be sent out later in the week.

Yours in Christ,

Nativity Play Update:

Thanks to everyone for picking up your kids’ costumes! The cast is finalized (though we can always accommodate others). Martha will be forwarding this year’s script to everyone next week. Some scenes we will ask you to record at home, others will be done together outside the church and on the lawn. We will be distanced and masked. Stay tuned for next steps. We also plan to make it available for viewing on Friday, December 18 at 7 p.m., though it can be watched and shared any time after that. If you have any questions please email Martha or Janice Douglas.

Online Junior Church lessons
Each week Martha creates activities related to the weekly reading and we post them on our website. These are ideal for any time of the week. Check them out, as well as the awesome Teach Us To Pray videos, at stolaves.ca/children.