The St. Margaret’s Guild would be grateful if you could return your bazaar-bought preserving jars, once you’ve consumed that delicious Million Dollar Relish, Pear Amber, Spicy Beets or Perky Pepper Jelly. If you come by on a Sunday morning, you’ll find a receiving basket in the breezeway entrance, just waiting to be filled. Every dozen returned jars saves the Guild $18, which helps keep costs and prices low and shows good environmental stewardship, too.

Thought and Prayer of the Day
by Deacon Joanne Warman

March 27, 2025

This coming Sunday will be the fourth Sunday of Lent (how time flies when you’re having fun!). The joy of Easter is just around the corner.

In some traditions this Sunday is known as Laetare Sunday. Laetare is a Latin word associated with the entrance antiphon in a Roman Catholic mass reflecting on Isaiah 66:10-11: “Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her. Be joyful, all who were in mourning; exalt and be satisfied at her consoling breast.” Laetare simply means rejoice. Laetare Sunday expresses hope and joy in the midst of Lenten fasts and penances.

In addition to being a Sunday for rejoicing, the colour in some churches changes. The purple is changed into a pink or rose colour much like the third Sunday of advent changes to a pink candle in the advent wreath.

Laetare Sunday is the Church’s way of giving us a “shot in the arm” as we approach the dark days of Good Friday and Holy Saturday. It’s an opportunity to savor and keep in the back of our minds what awaits us on Easter Sunday — the reality that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead, and that our hearts will always be filled with joy!

For our parish, this coming Sunday will be the fourth Sunday of Lent, the colours of the vestments will still be purple but every Sunday is a reminder of the resurrection. We may still have pass up the sweets at coffee hour but Easter is drawing closer every day and what a day of rejoicing that will be!!

PRAYER:

Loving Creator
We feel the pace of Lent quicken and are filled with joy as we draw closer to Easter.
Teach us to follow the example of your Son, to be worthy of being called one of His followers.
Help us to live each day as he did – turning hatred into love and conflict into peace.
We anticipate the celebration of your Son’s resurrection with eagerness and joy.
AMEN

Source: https://dioceseofprovidence.org/news/prayer-for-the-fourth-sunday-of-lent

 

All Saints is now using new email addresses. Please update your records, as needed, with the following contact information: 

To send e-transfers, please use office@nullallsaintswhitby.org 

• Mother Jennifer priest@nullallsaintswhitby.org
• Sharon/Office office@nullallsaintswhitby.org
• Father Geoff frgeoff@nullallsaintswhitby.org
• Deacon Joanne deaconjoanne@nullallsaintswhitby.org
• Adriaan/Choir  music@nullallsaintswhitby.org
• Treasurer Sheila treasurer@nullallsaintswhitby.org
• HR Warden Kelly hrwarden@nullallsaintswhitby.org
• Finance Warden Jody financewarden@nullallsaintswhitby.org
• Community Warden Nancy communitywarden@nullallsaintswhitby.org
• Property Warden George propertywarden@nullallsaintswhitby.org
• Stewardship Linda stewardship@nullallsaintswhitby.org
• Screening Tim screening@nullallsaintswhitby.org

Memorial Easter Flowers – If you wish to place a potted flower in the church as a memorial at Easter for a deceased loved one or friend, please place your donation in the envelope on a Sunday provided by the greeters or make a donation through CanadaHelps, putting “Easter flowers in the designation memo. Indicate the name(s) of the person(s) being remembered. Donations need to be received by Sunday, April 6, 2025.

On any given Sunday in the year, you can make a donation for fresh flowers in memory or thanksgiving of someone or something. The flowers will be used to decorate the chancel, and the loved one or the milestone occasion will be named in the prayers of the people and printed in the bulletin on the chosen Sunday.

You can also make a memorial or thanksgiving  donation in lieu of flowers on any occasion and designate the funds for an ongoing ministry or fund (e.g., accessibility fund, children’s ministry, Christmas hampers fund, pastoral care ministry, etc.). Such gifts from the heart will also be recognized in the prayers of the people and the service bulletin.

Please contact Sharon by email (office@nullallsaintswhitby.org) no later than the Wednesday before the Sunday you wish any dedication to appear. In your message, please indicate the amount of your donation, your envelope number (if applicable), the name of the loved one being memorialized, and the name(s) of those making the donation.