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Dear Everyone:
Please find attached your invitation to our annual Blue Christmas service, via Zoom. If you would like to attend, please RSVP per the attached by December 8. The Zoom coordinates to join the service as well as a bulletin will be sent to you by return Email. Blessings, Claire+ 
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For many, Christmas is not the most wonderful time of year . . . . Christmas can be a time when pain and loss are most deeply felt.
If you have suffered the loss of a loved one or you are experiencing some other kind of loss in your life . . . or simply feeling the weight of our pandemic world . . . . Take time out to acknowledge your loss and know that you are not alone. This is your personal invitation to St. Thomas’ annual SERVICE OF HOPE & REMEMBRANCE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 AT 7PM JOIN US VIA ZOOM The Zoom coordinates to join the service and the bulletin will be Emailed to you after your RSVP. Join us for a time of music, prayer and reflection as we look to the child of Bethlehem, the light of the world. Light a candle in memory of your loved one (s). Hear a message of hope and of God’s love! Please RSVP by Email: clairewade@stthomasbrooklin.com or by phoning the office and leaving a message: (905) 655 3883 before Tuesday, December 08. ST. THOMAS’ ANGLICAN CHURCH 101 Winchester Road E, Brooklin, Ontario L1M 1B5, Tel: (905) 655 3883 |
Please see the Announcements page for the Calendar of Advent and Christmas Services
The New Advent Grapevine is available now under Information.
The New Advent Grapevine is available now under Information.
RE-OPENING OF ST. THOMAS CHURCH FOR SERVICES
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
FINAL GUIDELINES & PROTOCOLS
(AUGUST 31, 2020)
Please find below our Guidelines and Protocols re the opening of St. Thomas Church for worship on Sunday, September 13 at 10AM. The date is fast approaching. Since March, we were instructed by the bishops of the Diocese to cease all services of worship in our church buildings, due to COVID 19. We have not worshipped together, in church, for 6 months!
In response, together with a dedicated group of 5, that was allowed at that time, we switched to online worship. We would not want to disappoint the hundreds who have been following us on Youtube and/or those who, for health and other reasons, will find it difficult to worship in-person with us. Our services will be recorded and sent out to our faithful following!
May I remind you that our service on September 13 will not be what we have been accustomed to; we must await word from the bishop as to how long we will have to conduct worship in this way. We will begin and see how and where the Spirit leads us – we will see how things play out. At first, it may seem cumbersome and awkward - things are new and different but we will get into it and it will become, almost routine; it will become our new normal. We may even realize that it is not half as foreign as we feared!
We have compared our Draft Plans (1,2) for St. Thomas that you have received before, with the final Guidelines and Protocols sent out by the Diocese, August 19. We are in full compliance with the guidelines and protocols provided by the Diocese, put in our St. Thomas context. Come, let us gather together for worship in God’s house. We know that when we do, God by God’s Spirit is with and among us – as individuals and as a congregation -- to love us, to forgive us, to bless us and to send us out in power to do God’s work in the world.
Canon Claire+
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
FINAL GUIDELINES & PROTOCOLS
(AUGUST 31, 2020)
Please find below our Guidelines and Protocols re the opening of St. Thomas Church for worship on Sunday, September 13 at 10AM. The date is fast approaching. Since March, we were instructed by the bishops of the Diocese to cease all services of worship in our church buildings, due to COVID 19. We have not worshipped together, in church, for 6 months!
In response, together with a dedicated group of 5, that was allowed at that time, we switched to online worship. We would not want to disappoint the hundreds who have been following us on Youtube and/or those who, for health and other reasons, will find it difficult to worship in-person with us. Our services will be recorded and sent out to our faithful following!
May I remind you that our service on September 13 will not be what we have been accustomed to; we must await word from the bishop as to how long we will have to conduct worship in this way. We will begin and see how and where the Spirit leads us – we will see how things play out. At first, it may seem cumbersome and awkward - things are new and different but we will get into it and it will become, almost routine; it will become our new normal. We may even realize that it is not half as foreign as we feared!
We have compared our Draft Plans (1,2) for St. Thomas that you have received before, with the final Guidelines and Protocols sent out by the Diocese, August 19. We are in full compliance with the guidelines and protocols provided by the Diocese, put in our St. Thomas context. Come, let us gather together for worship in God’s house. We know that when we do, God by God’s Spirit is with and among us – as individuals and as a congregation -- to love us, to forgive us, to bless us and to send us out in power to do God’s work in the world.
Canon Claire+
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