St. George’s Anglican Church in Moncton hosted about 150 people who gathered to say goodbye to Luke Landry, the 35-year-old homeless man who died Nov. 21. The service was held Nov. 30.

Clergy anniversaries
Dec 17 - Geoffrey Howson - 40 years a priest

Clergy anniversaries are recognized at 10 and 25 years and subsequent 5-year intervals.

Office Closure
The Bishop's/Synod office will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 11:45 - 1:45 for a staff luncheon.

St George's Anglican Church in Moncton needs volunteers to help in the following areas: 

• Kitchen staff to feed about 100 homeless and low-income people daily Monday-Friday from 7 or 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
•  Laundry staff to sort, clean and fold laundry daily Monday-Friday, full-time daily
•  Shelter staff to prep for some 60+ people coming in nightly at 9:30 p.m. (shift from 
8:45 p.m.-12 midnight), make coffee, put out food, clean up
•  Cleaning staff to turn over the shelter mornings at 7am into a meal hall to feed people 

They have lots of physical donations but monetary donations and volunteer hours would be appreciated. 
The need is from now until the City of Moncton opens up the Lion’s Seniors Center Dec. 19. 

Father Chris VanBuskirk and church volunteers have been working tirelessly and need help. 

Contact:  rector@stgeorgesmoncton.ca

Heather Harris-Jones, our Synod Treasurer, invites all parish treasurers and officers to join for this webinar to discuss important matters relating to year-end in the parishes.

Topics to include:

1. Devotion of resources to charitable purposes and activities;
2. Maintaining adequate books;
3. The filing of the T3010 Annual Information Return;
4. Receipting of gifts;
5. Fundraising/allowable business activities;
6. New legislation dealing with making grants to non-qualified donees;
7. Potential changes to the disbursement quota.

David Oyler will be joining us to make the presentation and will be available for questions.

For more information, please contact Heather.

More than ever, we need spaces and times to nourish and refresh our souls. We need to find and create these spaces that will allow us to deepen our faith and give us the ability to connect with Jesus and learn to hear the voice of His Spirit.

On Saturday, December 10, the Rev. Paul Ranson will lead us through the day with reflection and prayer as we continue our Advent journey preparing for the celebration of the birth of the Messiah.

All are welcome! Cost is $20/person (lunch and refreshments provided).

The Rev. Paul Ranson is the rector of the Parish of Douglas and Nashwaaksis (St John the Evangelist) in Fredericton; he is married to Kimberly and together they are raising 3 children.

Outflow Ministry in Saint John needs help to again offer its Christmas Breakfast Gift Bag program.

Donations of breakfast items are appreciated. For more information, click here.
 

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/13778?v1=true

Horizon Health Network (Horizon) values the voice of our patients and communities in the planning and delivery of our health care services and wants to hear from the public on how we can improve the patient experience.

To achieve this, Horizon has an online engagement platform: Let’s Talk Horizon, where patients, clients and family members can contribute their feedback and share their stories and ideas as it relates to their lived experience with the health care system.

Click here to learn more.

It’s Real Ministry: How Part-Time and Bi-Vocational Clergy are Challenging and Empowering the Church is the result of the first large-scale investigation of bi-vocational and part-time ministers in a mainline Canadian Church. The authors present a range of data relating to the working conditions, challenges, and rewards of this rapidly growing group of clergy. 

This book talk is geared towards anyone who wants to learn about or support part-time and bi-vocational ministry.

Monday, Dec. 12 via Zoom
8 p.m. Atlantic 
Free of charge
Register here. 

Anglican Renewal Ministries is dedicated to bringing the life and power of the Holy Spirit to all Christians.

ARM has been serving the Anglican Church of Canada for over 30 years. In addition to workshops, we offer a quarterly magazine with articles to uplift and encourage people in their walk with Christ.

We hope this magazine will be a source of encouragement to all. Sample articles and a free copy of the magazine are available on our website.