Welcome to
Trinity Church
115 Charlotte Street, Saint John, NB E2L 2J2
Ministers: All Parishioners
Rev. Steven Scribner, Priest-in-Charge
Cell 506-639-3344 ([email protected])
Organist & Choirmaster: Spencer H. Belyea B.Mus., B.Ed.
UpTown Parish Nurse: Beth Lawson 642-7348
Cheryl MacDaid, Trinity Parish Administrator 693-8558
[email protected] http://trinitysj.com/
facebook.com/TrinityAnglicanSJ Twitter: @TrinityAnglicanSJ
May 7, 2017
3rd Sunday after Easter
Good Shepherd Sunday
8:00am – Holy Communion
10:30am – Holy Eucharist
Hymn - 547
The Lord’s my shepherd
Summary of the Law
p.69
Collect for the day
Almighty God, who has showest to them that be in error
the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return
into the way of righteousness: Grant unto all them that
are admitted into the fellowship of Christ’s religion, that
they may forsake those things that are contrary to their
profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to
the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
The First Lesson
Acts 2:42-47
Helen Webb
Easter Anthems
pg.182
The Epistle
1 Peter2:19-25
Julian Webb
Gradual Hymn 539 vs.1-3 The King of love my shepherd is
The Holy Gospel
John 10:1-10
Gradual Hymn 539 vs.4-6 The King of love my shepherd is
Nicene Creed
p.71
Children’s Message
Message:
The Priest -In-Charge
Offertory Hymn 367
Crown Him with many crowns
Prayers of the People
Confession and Absolution
p.77
Thanksgiving and Consecration
The Peace & Prayer of Humble Access
p.83
Lamb of God
Communion
Hymn - Solo- ‘The Lord is my shepherd’ (The Vicar of Dibley) –
Mary Louise Belyea (in memory of honorary Godmother,
Deacon Constance Soulikias)
Lord’s Prayer
Prayer of Thanksgiving
The Blessing
Parish Announcements
Closing Hymn 590 The head that once was crowned with thorns
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Reverend’s Corner
We all have and will ask – where is God? Where is God in this
world crises? Where is God in my world – that I have to go
through this pain and sense of loss? Yes, real questions and
perfectly ok to be asking as we are not equipped with all of God’s
wisdom which leaves us to question and to doubt at times.
We talked about ‘Doubting Thomas’ a few weeks ago where I
shared the affirmation that to doubt and question was not only
ok, but healthy. Healthy as long as we do not hide and pent up
our sense of doubt but rather we get out and seek information or
answers to our questions.
Rowan Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual
leader of the world’s 100 million Anglicans in his work titled,
“Tokens of Trust” speaks to the fact that God created however
we still face the presence of Evil in our journey. If God is the heart
of everything what does that imply about suffering, sickness and
disaster. Rowan Williams states early on “we are not going to
have an answer to this that allows us to sit back and stop
worrying. No one is dispensable, no one’s suffering is
insignificant. Would a world with a perpetual safety net
really be a world at all? Is God to make it impossible for
people to live in such places? Or should He step in with a
warning or a miracle when it becomes too dangerous?”
Creation was a sort of climax having made us in His image and
made us capable of choice and love. We have risks and threats
and many are aligned to the freedom of human choices which can
be stupid or even hostile to God and others.
Job gives us one of the greatest of faith testaments, “If he kills
me, I shall still trust him” (Job 13:15)
So why does it appear that God intervenes there and not here?
Some prayers apparently answered and some not? Remembering
our faith statement that God is ever present and always at work in
our lives.
Are we looking for biblical miracles as evidence of God’s presence?
St. Augustine’s view was miracles were more aligned to natural
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processes speeded up ‘fast forwarded’ as it may well be God’s
presence working with us aligning to His final purpose.
Rowan Williams leaves us with the following; “All we know is
that we are called to pray, to trust and to live with
integrity before God (to live ‘holy’ lives) in such a way as
to leave the door open, to let things come together so that
love can come through.”
Website: For those who cannot wait till Sunday to read the
bulletin, it is available via Trinity Website on Fridays, thanks to
Laurelle
Future Special Services:
a. May 14, 2017 – 10:30am – United Empire Loyalist
Annual Church Service
b. May 28, 2017 – 3:00pm – Saint John High School
Baccalaureate Service
c. June 18,2017 - 10:30am Confirmation
d. July 6, 2017 – 7:00pm Diocesan Choir School
service
NOTICES:
Security – Just as a cautionary note – Please be mindful of your
possessions in the church pews…particularly at Communion time.
With the Church somewhat open both East and West; it is easier
for visitors to access or and regress the church during the service.
Lay Readers – Upcoming Training
- Lay readers Day with the Bishop; May 13, 2017
at St John the Baptist, Riverview.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
1. Trinity Church Sesquicentennial Series
o May 7th @ 2:00pm – The History of Baseball in
Saint John
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2. Trinity Spring Used Book Sale & Bake Sale
o May 12th @ 4:00-7:00pm
o May 13th @ 9:00-11:30am
3. The United Empire Loyalist – Annual Service
o May 14th @ 10:30am
4. Saint John High School Baccalaureate Service
o May 28th @ 3:00pm-6:30pm
5. Sky Family Celtic Revival – Love Offering
o June 24th … Shared meal & 5:00pm
Concert at 6:30pm
6. Choir School Service
o July 6th @ 7:00pm
7. Victoria Children’s Choir – tickets $15/each
o July 11th @ 7:00pm
8. Trinity Yard Sale
o August 26th
Sermon Notes – There is a single page / double sided – copy of
the Sunday message for you to take or to pass on to a shut in.
Please take one if you desire at the end of the service.
Prayer Chain: Anthea Earle (652-6032) or bearlec603@
rogers.com
Prayer Requests
Carolyn Barker, Teddy Quann, Rev. Constance WhittakerSoulikias, Gerry Laskey, Greg and Iris Frazer, Dan
Goodwin, Jeremy (son of Rick Robinson) and Pippa
(daughter of Douglas Painter)
Anglican & Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
May 7: Ndokwa (Nigeria), the Rt Rev David Obiosa. Council of the
North, Diocese of Moosonee, Archbishop Colin Johnson, Assisting
Bishop Thomas Corston and the people as they grapple with
change. Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Council of General Synod, Anglican
Church of Canada.
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Lay Readers:
Margaret Clark Ouellette
Suzanne Sutton
Wardens:
Christopher Waldschutz
Honorary Church Warden:
Bill Bambury
Treasurer:
Debbie Hughes
Vestry:
Jim Brittain
Terry Hutchinson
Stephen Mott
Louise Dodge-Hall
Suzanne Irving
Margaret Clark Ouellette
Synod Delegates:
Jim McKenna
Margaret Clark Ouellette
Alternate Synod Delegates:
Louise Dodge-Hall
Hospitality Committee:
Louise Dodge-Hall
Worship Committee:
Margaret Clark Ouellette
Lynn Kristofferson
Rus Blanchet
Susanne Sutton
Altar Guild:
Margie Clark Ouellette
Lynn Kristofferson
Crucifer:
Julian Webb
Pastoral Care:
Rus Blanchet
Jim McKenna
Derek Oland
Vestry Clerk:
Cindy Belyea
Linda Webb
John Logan
Ruth Ross
Judi Harvey-Isaac
Lynda Lomax
Cindy Belyea
Margaret McCully
Judi Harvey-Isaac
Lynda Lomax
Spencer Belyea
Ven Harold Hazen
Margaret McCully
Jim McKenna
Cindy Belyea
Ruth Steed
Rev Steven Scribner
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
NOTICES:
• Trinity Spring Used Book Sale - the dates have been
set for this bi-annual event. We’d appreciate your
contribution of books, cd’s, tapes, cassettes, but NO
dictionaries, Thesaurus, magazines, sheet music, soiled or
musty books, or books without covers as we just end up
putting such items in the recycling bin. Please let your
friends and neighbors know what we need, and what we
can’t accept and bring them to the church hall, outside the
elevators, any afternoon 1:30- 4:30 Monday – Friday, or
Sunday at church time. We need help to arrange the
books on the sale date at 2:00 p.m. and to be present
during the sale to help people find books they ask about.
The dates of the sale are May 12 – 4:00-7:00pm and
May 13th - 9:00 -11:30am
David Goss at
[email protected] or 672-8601. If someone has a
large donation, I will try to arrange to pick it up if notified
by May 7.
• Bake Sale: In conjunction with the Semi Annual Used
Book Sale, some of the ladies of Trinity have offered to
have a sale of Home Cooking. They are soliciting baked
goods for this sale, which may be brought to the church
on Friday, May 12 after 2:00 p.m. Lynda Lomax and Linda
Webb are coordinating this effort. Please offer your aid to
this effort by baking a favorite item, and by coming to the
sale to pick up some delicious goodies as well as some
good cheap summer reading material. If you need to
contact these ladies, leave a message at 693 8558 and it
will be passed on.
• Garage Sale: Please bring in items for the Annual August
Garage Sale when you do your spring cleaning.
Trinity Chi Rho Cub will meet on Wed. May 10th at 2:00
pm in the Bennett Room, Trinity Centre. There will be a
presentation by Deborah Coleman, President N.B. Branch of
the Canadian Loyalist Association. Everyone is welcome. Tea
will be served at about 3:30 pm.
Pentecost—The Church, and individual members, are alive
today not just because of the events of Christmas and
Easter, but because the Holy Spirit is the life of the Church.
He was first given to the Church on Pentecost.
"Sing Out! Reach Out! A Concert in Support of Outreach
Ministry" will be held at St. Luke's Anglican Church,
corner of Main and Lansdowne, Saint John, on Saturday,
May 13 at 7 p.m. Performers will include the Harbour View
High Choir, the Saint John High Choir and special guests.
Admission at the door: $10 for adults and $5. All proceeds
will support St Luke's Outreach Programs.
This Week At Trinity
May 7 – May 13
Dowd Roofing is on the property roofing the church. Please
do not park on the South side.
TODAY: 2:00pm Sesquicentennial Series
7:30pm Gambler’s Anon
MON: 9:30am Zoomers
12:15pm Manwich
2:00pm Line Dancing
7:00pm Saint John Chorale
TUE: 10:00am Art Class
WED: 12:15pm Holy Communion Svc
2:00pm Chi Rho Club
6:00pm Youth Connection
7:30pm Gamblers Anon
THU 12:00pm English Language Café
4:00pm Community Drop-in
7:00pm Saint John Chorale
FRI: 2:00pm Book/Bake Sale
3:00pm Ladies Craft Group
SAT: 8:00am Book/Bake Sale
7:00pm Alcoholics Anon
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Congratulations - Mary Louise Belyea placed first out of twelve,
scoring 89 in the Provincial voice class in the New Brunswick
Competitive Festival of Music this week and hopeful to represent
Saint John at the Provincial's in June. Your Trinity family
congratulates you on your accomplishment and wish you all the
success in your future competitions.
Bowl for Kids Sake is Big Brothers Big Sisters' premiere,
national fund raising campaign! Organize your team of 4 to 6
bowlers, start your fundraising and join us for a whole lot of fun!
For more information, register your team or pick your
bowling time, call us at 635-1145 or visit our website:
http://www.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/saintjohn/en/Home
/events/bowlforkidssake.aspx
KV Memory Cafe: we look forward to welcoming those who are
affected by the many forms of dementia, their families, and
caregivers. This month Rick Benson, Director of Spritual and
Religious Care at St Joseph's Hospital will help us to understand
mindfulness and meditation. Imagine focusing our minds
and relieving stress from our lives during the lovely warm weather
to come. Share a time of musical entertainment with Rick Benson
and Friends, and partake of some delicious refreshments in an
attractive, inclusive environment: Sunday, May 14, 2017 from
2 - 4 pm at St Paul's Anglican Church hall, 4 Church Ave,
Rothesay, NB. For more information please contact Melanie
at 634-8722 or email [email protected]
Grace Presbyterian Church on 101 Coburg Street, is
holding the Fifth Annual Spring Variety Concert on
Thursday, May 11, at 7:30 pm in support of The Saint
John Jewish Historical Museum.
Interested parties are asked to complete a basic
questionnaire and register online at
www.stpaulshampton.ca. Paper copies of the questionnaire
and registration form are available at St Paul’s church office,
486 Kennebecasis River Road, Hampton from Mon. to Thurs.
between 9:00am and 12:00pm. (506)832-3375
PWRDF Parish representatives and Friends of PWRDF
You are invited to attend an Informational PWRDF Workshop
on Saturday, June 3, 10 am- 4 pm Christ Church Parish
Church, 245 Westmorland Street. Fredericton. You will
enjoy special guest speaker Chris Pharo, PWRDF Diocesan
Representative in Nova Scotia & PEI, who will be sharing his
personal experiences and travels regarding the Food
Security Program in Cuba and the Maternal, Newborn and
Child Health program in Tanzania. Anne Walling, Diocese of
Fredericton PWRDF Representative, will be sharing lots of
stories and resources. The Moving Forward Together group
will host a Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning
experience that tells the 500 year story of the relationship
between Indigenous peoples and the European newcomers.
The action "takes place" in Wolastokok (the beautiful and
plentiful river), from the Wolastokwewiyik (Maliseet)
perspective. Please register so we can plan for your lunch.
Online Link: http://anglican.nb.ca/events/ or email:
[email protected]
St Paul’s Anglican Church, Hampton wishes to inform
seniors in Hampton and surrounding communities that a
nondenominational Seniors’ Active Living Complex is
under careful consideration for a property on Kennebecasis
River Road. Living Accommodations would be one or two
bedroom units with living room, kitchen and bathroom.
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