It's time to Worship!
BINSCARTH
Sunday, 9:30 (coffee at Choy’s, 9:00)
BIRTLE
Sundays, 11:30 (fellowship to follow)
ROBLIN
Mondays, 7:30 (fellowship to follow)
RUSSELL
Sundays, 7:30 (fellowship to follow)
SHOAL LAKE
Wednesdays, 7:00 *First Sunday of the month, we worship Sunday at 2:00
RECTOR'S REFLECTIONS
It is not often that we get to celebrate the season of Light, of Epiphany, for so long. We have been blessed to bask in the joyous light this year! And yet, we look forward to a solemn Lenten season as an opportunity to examine our lives and make any changes in order to connect our lives more closely to God.
This year, I will challenge you to a different type of Lent. In place of ‘giving something up’ I invite you to take something on – I invite you take on an awareness of the world around us through a PWRDF Lenten program.
These programs will be ready for you to take home with you starting on 06 March, so that you might begin your Lenten journey on Ash Wednesday.
These programs will be daily reminders of just how very blessed we are in our society, and an opportunity to contribute to the ongoing work of the PWRDF, striving for a truly just and peace-filled world, through your very prayers, actions, and gifts.
As we journey together through Lent, let us not be distracted by the MANY activities that are taking place within our wider family. Let us use these times together to embrace our common journey, to reflect on God’s perfect grace towards us.
HOLY SPIRIT CONFERENCE: THE EMERGENT CHURCH
The Holy Spirit Conference is a long-standing tradition in the Diocese of Brandon. This year’s Guest Speaker will be the Rev’d Dr. Martin Brokenleg osbcn from Victoria, BC.
He will be taking a look at “The Emergent Church” — new shapes of being a worshipping community and new ways of being the Church in this modern world.
This year’s conference will be held at St. George’s Anglican Church in Brandon. It will be a wonder¬ful opportunity to learn about our Church and faith, and will be a time to meet and fellowship with other people from our vibrant and exciting diocese. We will also worship and praise God together under the leadership of St. George’s Music Group! Our Bishop, the Rt. Rev’d Jim Njegovan, will be the Celebrant for the closing Eucharist on Saturday afternoon where we will have the opportunity to “break bread to¬gether.”
We’ll see you at St. George’s on March 11th & 12th!
Registration packages are available in the parish, or contact Helen Nethery, Registrar at 204-728-6542 or email stgeorg8@mts.net
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
04 March: World Day of Prayer. Join us at 10:00am (Binscarth), 2:00pm (Russell) or 7:00pm (United Church,
Roblin)
08 March: Shrove Tuesday! Join us for pancakes at 6:00pm in both Birtle and Russell!
09 March: Ash Wednesday: Joining our ecumenical family at Knox United (Russell) for imposition of ashes,
7:30pm
09-11 March: Laura Marie+ will be in Toronto attending meetings at Church House
11-12 March: Holy Spirit Conference, Brandon
15 March: Parish Council, 7:30 (Binscarth). All welcome!
16 March: Donation Dinner (Russell)
18 March: Games Night (Birtle)
20 March: Bishop Jim will visit Sunday morning at Binscarth and Birtle! Pot Luck lunch following Birtle
worship. All welcome!
Future dates to remember:
11 May: ACW Day! At St. Paul’s Dauphin
13 May: 1st Annual Spaghetti Dinner, St. Paul’s Shoal Lake
20-24 May: TEC (Teens Encounter Christ) 13!
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Join us as we journey every day through Holy Week and into the Easter Triduum!
Palm/Passion services will be held: Sunday 17 April at 9:30 (Binscarth), 11:30 (Birtle), 7:30 (Russell); on Monday 18 April at 7:30 (Roblin) and on Wednesday 20 April at 7:30 (Shoal Lake).
A service of Tenebrae will be held Tuesday 19 April at 7:30 in Russell
Maundy Thursday (with foot washing, Holy Communion and stripping of altar) will take place on 21 April at 6:00 (Shoal Lake), and joining with the Lutheran Church in Russell for a pot luck and Seder information at 6:30 and worship at 8:00
Good Friday will be held on 22 April at 9:30 (Birtle) and 11:30 (Roblin) with Hot Cross Buns to follow. We are also invited to Knox United (Russell) for a Cantata at 8:00pm
Easter Vigil will be held on 23 April at 7:30 in Binscarth
Easter Sunday will be celebrated on 24 April at 9:30 (Russell) and 11:30 (Birtle). Those wishing a sunrise service are invited to join Knox United (Russell) at the cemetery at approx. 6:00am. Please note all mid-week services cancelled the following week.
SCRIPTURE FOR WORSHIP
13 March: Gen 2.15-17, 3.1-7; Ps 32; Rom 5.12-19; Matt 4.1-11
20 March: Gen 12.1-4a; Ps 121; Rom 4.1-5, 13-17; Matt 17.1-9
27 March: Ex 17.1-7; Ps 95; Rom 5.1-11; John 4.5-42
03 April: 1Sam 16.1-13; Ps 23; Eph 5.8-14; John 9.1-41
10 April: Ez 3.1-14; Ps 130; Rom 8.6-11; John 11.1-45
17 April: Palm Liturgy: Matt 21.1-11; Ps 118.1-2, 19-29
17 April: Passion Liturgy: Is 50.4-9a; Ps 31.9-16; Phil 2.5-11; Matt 27.11-54
21 April (Maundy): Ex 12.1-14; Ps 116.1,10-17; 1Cor 11.23-26; John 13.1-17, 31b-35
22 April (Good Friday): Is 52.13-53.12; Ps 22; Heb 10.16-25; John 18.1-19.42
23 April (Easter Vigil): Rom 6.3-11, Ps 114; Matt 28.1-10
24 April (Easter Sunday): Acts 10.34-43; Ps 118.1-2, 14-24; Col 3.1-4; John 20.1-18
1 May: Acts 2.14a,22-32; Ps 16; 1Pet 1.3-9; John 20.19-31
