Summer Small-Group Studies – June-September 

The last of our summer small-group studies are wrapping up. See below for what dates are still upcoming, and watch this space for fall offerings, either as the summer small-groups continue or new groups and Bible Studies form up.

Strength & Faith Together
For those with cancer and their caregivers – come and pray and study the scriptures with others on a cancer journey. (Max. 8 participants)
August 7, August 14 & August 21 @ 7pm
Note: this group meets at an off-site location; contact us at office@nullallsaintswhitby.org  or 905- 668-5101 to register and get the address

Practising Your Faith:  Young Adults
Exploring faith, real-life questions, & community through scripture, conversation & shared experience.
July 10, August 7, September 4 @ 7:30pm

Questions and comments can be directed to the Christian Education team at christianed@nullallsaintswhitby.org

The foodbank is open Tuesdays and Fridays, 10am-1pm

Drop off food bank donations on
Saturday, September 18, 1-3pm
in the parking lot north of the church on Centre St.
(Please note Centre Street is one-way southbound.)

All Saints’ Deacon’s Cupboard ministry is a source of food for members of our community.  It is our way of being church and showing the love of God to our neighbours so that everyone can have their daily bread and know of the provision of the Lord.

Food can be dropped off at the church parking lot between 1- 3 PM on the third Saturday of every month. We will have volunteers unloading your car and taking the food supplies into the Deacon’s Cupboard space at the church.

Donations of the following items are in demand:

canned pasta, canned soups, cereal, Saltine crackers, cookies, canned tuna fish, canned sardines, canned tomatoes, instant coffee, canned kidney beans, Kraft Dinner, peanut butter and personal hygiene products for men and women (e.g., soap, shampoo, razors, deodorant and, toilet paper)

All Saints’ is a member of Feed the Need in Durham (FTND). Weekly orders from FTND help sustain and further develop our food supply for those who come in increasing numbers to the Deacon’s Cupboard each week.

To learn more about the Deacons’ Cupboard (food bank), please contact office@nullallsaintswhitby.org or priest@nullallsaintswhitby.org

You may encounter construction noise and contractors when you visit the office this month. The installation of a vertical lift is underway in the program wing. Sorry for the inconvenience but TBTG, it’s finally happening!!

We are profoundly excited to have this work underway and it is only possible due to private gifts from generous individuals. The lift is phase one of the larger accessibility upgrade. If you want to help us reach our goals for the next phase — accessible external entrance and ramp — please reach out directly to any one of the clergy or wardens or make a donation though the ‘donate tab‘ on the All Saints webpage, marking your gift as designated for ELEVATOR.

*Sample stock photo; appearance of actual lift will vary.

Thought and Prayer of the Day
by the Rev. Grant Schwartz

Sundays After

 

It is late summer and we are well into the “Sundays after” on the Church Calendar.

You might find this time of “Sundays after” to be boring, or at least less vigorous than the multi-coloured Sundays when we celebrate the life of Christ.  During the red, white, purple and blue Sundays, there is always something exciting about who Jesus is and what Jesus did. During Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter and Pentecost we joyfully celebrate the saving life of Jesus.

What about those green “Sundays after” time? It might seem that all we can do with these non-descript Sundays is say what event they follow and give them a number that indicates how far they come after that event. (For example: The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany or The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost.)

Well, the “Sundays After” celebrate living – a particular kind of living.  Just as the multi-coloured days are observances of the life of Christ, the green days observe the life of the Church.  That is, they observe the life that Christians are called to.  They are about our lives as baptised members of the Body of Christ.  They are about ethical living. They are about Christian devotion. They are about Christian service. They are about Christian families. They are about living as Christians.  They are about our living in response to the life of Jesus.

Prayer:
Almighty God,
unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known,
and from whom no secrets are hid:
Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit,
that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost,
ever one God.
Amen.