1. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH
EASTER, 2013
NICK’S NEWS
The annual St. Nick’s Tubing Party was a huge success again this year. We had a small, but
mighty and courageous group on hand to conquer the hill and all made it out of the
experience with their limbs intact.
God brings new life during Easter
Something odd is Easter and our daily faith Church were augmented
happening in the Church. journey. with dogwood branches
Something odd and deeply During the season of that remained on the altars
symbolic of our Lenten Lent, as a sign of during the week. This year,
journey, our journey moderation, the flowers despite the snowy days and
through Good Friday to which are placed in the cold weather, the dogwood
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2. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH
EASTER, 2013
God sets the promise of new life
Continued from page 1 world this Jesus-shaped
love, lives by the belief and
branches have begun to hope that with the cross
sprout with tiny green there is resurrection. It
leaves appearing on the isn’t simply a matter of
branches that just a few putting up with a mess in
weeks ago appeared tired this life, and hoping for
and lifeless. How does better things in the next.
God seek to bring the We are commissioned to
same new life to us as we create beauty out of
journey to Easter? ugliness, to bring order out
of chaos, to bring hope out
God’s desire and
Bishop N.T. (Tom) Wright of despair, to bring peace
willingness to bring new
out of violence, to bring
life into the tired and
nor rulers, nor things love where there is hatred.
lifeless corners of our lives
present, nor things to We will only partially
is what the celebration of
come, nor powers, nor succeed in any of these
Jesus’ Resurrection is all
height, nor depth, nor tasks. But when we do, and
about.
anything else in all even when we don’t, there
While, first and will be hidden light,
creation, will be able to
foremost, the Resurrection reflected glory, shining
separate us from the love
holds out the promise that both on us and through us.
of God in Christ Jesus our
even physical death does
Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39) As we make our
not have the final word, it
The celebration, journey to Easter may we
also reminds us that Jesus’
acceptance, and more fully embrace the
overcoming of physical
willingness to embody this new life Jesus Christ offers
death is also the
overflowing love of God to us in and through his
overcoming of all the little
sets before us the promise death and resurrection and
‘deaths’ we experience that
of new life. may we embody and share
separate us from God and
In Jesus: The New Way, the new life he offers to all.
one another. It is perhaps
for this reason that Paul in Bishop N.T. (Tom) Wright With every blessing to
the letter to Romans provides a glimpse of what you, and your family, this
proclaims that through our this overflowing love at Easter and always.
new life in Christ ‘neither work in our lives and our The Rev. Janet Read-
death, nor life, nor angels, world looks like. He says Hockin
the church, in offering the
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3. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH
EASTER, 2013
WARDENS’ REPORT
As we wait for the Wardens. Hey, who put scheduled for April 4
snow to melt and look that in there?) through 6, which basically
forward to Easter, we can We are also pleased to means a shutdown of the
look back over the first report that in response to building for those days.
three months of 2013 as a suggestions from the In addition several of
period of relative calm in Wardens regarding Pre- the opening sections of
comparison with the authorized Giving, a the stained glass windows
excitement and activity of number of parishioners in the chancel and
last year’s Centennial. have switched to this transepts have bulged and
Our first vestry with means of making their require repair. Those
Rev. Janet Read- parochial offering. We repairs will be carried out
Hockin did however see would again encourage at the beginning of that
significant changes in the everyone who has not same week immediately
Executive committee as switched to this method of after Easter.
both our Rector’s Warden giving to seriously consider And on that weekend
Doug Goss and Deputy doing so. PAG not only of April 6, our Synod Lay
Warden Brian Todd removes the necessity of Delegates, Barbara
stepped down from their dealing with weekly Betts and Dennis
positions. We are grateful envelopes, it significantly Newman will be at St.
for their many years of benefits the church as it James Cathedral
dedicated service on the takes a lot of the representing us all as a new
Executive and very pleased guesswork out of our bishop is elected for the
that Doug has agreed to financial planning. Diocese of Toronto. Our
head up the parish As was stated at Vestry, prayers will be with them
Stewardship plan. it was hoped that there as they participate in this
The appointment to would be only minor important process.
the Executive of Ken property issues this year. Finally we ask for your
Campbell as Deputy However, the discovery of continued prayers and
Warden was also good water running through the support and extend to you
news and brings us to to electrical box on a all our best wishes for a
full strength. (Editor’s particularly rainy day has blessed and Happy Easter.
note: This might be the meant that significant
The Church-
most outstanding, greatest, work must be done by
wardens: Sonia
most terrific choice of Toronto Hydro and our
Halloran, Anne Moir,
Deputy Wardens in the electrician to resolve the
Michael Braley, Ken
history of Deputy problem. This work is
Campbell
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4. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH
EASTER, 2013
to express their deep gratitude and offer a
Tip of the Hat on behalf of us all to:
Parishioners John Lister and Harold
Ewers, who were recently recognized for
their longstanding community efforts with
The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee
Medal
Freda Gearing for organizing the
Women’s/Parish breakfasts.
Ron and Betty Kimball for running
the monthly card parties and faithfully
helping at the Lenten lunches.
Mildred Hilton, almost 96!, for
providing the best chicken salad around.
The Sidespeople, for another successful
Pancake Supper.
As always, St Nicholas could not and And Angela McCulloch, Sarah
would not function so well without the Brown and all those involved with the
commitment and effort of so many. To Church School.
focus on just a few, the Wardens would like
HOLY WEEK
Sunday, March 24 7:30 p.m. – Service of 10:30 a.m. - Good Friday
(Palm Sunday) Tenebrae Solumn Liturgy with
8:30 a.m. – Holy Thursday March 28 Children’s Program in
Eucharist (Maundy Thursday) Robinson Hall
10:30 a.m. – Palm 7:30 p.m. - Institution Saturday, March 30
Procession, Sung of the Lord’s Supper (Holy Saturday)
Eucharist including Foot Washing 8 p.m. - Easter Vigil and
Monday March 25 and Stripping of the Sung Eucharist, followed
7:30 p.m.– Holy Altars by a Resurrection Party
Eucharist 9-11 p.m. - Gethsemane Sunday, March 31
Tuesday March 26 Watch (Easter Sunday
7:30 p.m - Holy Friday March 29 8:30 a.m. – Sung
Eucharist (Good Friday) Eucharist
Wednesday March 27 9 a.m. - Stations of the 10:30 a.m. - Sung
Cross Eucharist
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