tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:06:54 +0000<b> An Anglican Parish in the Diocese of Niagara </b> <br> 60 Guelph St., Georgetown, ON L7G 3Z5 <br> 905.877.8044 office@stgeorgesgeorgetown.comhttp://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/index.htmnoreply@blogger.com (St. George's Anglican Church)Blogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-3228023702280760113Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:01:00 +00002010-02-11T13:06:54.346-05:00Jesus was able to connect to the people of his community first because he demonstrated that he understood their situation and their needs and he helped them, then he offered them the Good News of the Gospel.Jesus proved that if you want to attract someone to your message, you need to first speak his or her language and show that you are worth listening to. Jesus does this in the gospel story in http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2010/02/empty-bank-accounts-made-full.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-642966139536207398Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:19:00 +00002010-01-29T15:24:07.072-05:00Read more about how the Anglicans from the Anglican Church of Canada are helping through the PWRDF.http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2010/01/haiti-earthquake-church-at-work.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-1602293159577473519Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:45:00 +00002009-12-23T16:48:44.406-05:00Thursday, December 24thChristmas Eve 5:00 p.m. Carols and The Christmas Story 7:00 p.m. Worship and Carols accompanied by guitar & piano 9:00 p.m. Worship with Parish Choir11:00 p.m. Traditional Worship and MusicFriday, December 25thChristmas Day10:00 a.m. Worship and CarolsSunday, December 27th1st Sunday after Christmas 8:00 am http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/12/2009-christmas-services.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-9000564593660617169Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:17:00 +00002009-11-16T14:41:30.495-05:00So many of the Bible’s stories remind us that, since the fall, we have gotten "caught up" in places; Holy Lands, Holy Mountains, Holy Sites, Holy Buildings. To these places, we get attached in a way that often overtakes the original reason that the place itself was important. For instance, even the disciples, who spent all of there time on the move with Jesus traveling from place to place and whohttp://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/11/sacred-shrines-or-messy-churches.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-3727565189135557128Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +00002009-11-03T13:11:24.509-05:00 My Brothers and Sisters in Christ,I wanted to keep you up to date with some ongoing and upcoming happenings here at St. George's. I can not highlight all the great activities that we are doing here, but please feel free to ask Sue Graham, office@stgeorgesgeorgetown.com, to put you on the emailing list for our weekly e-bulletin.I also must admit that I completely forgot to let everyone know abouthttp://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/11/note-from-rob.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-5050268739899155750Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:29:00 +00002009-10-26T15:56:28.060-04:00Climate Change350 ppmbellsOn Saturday October 24 members of St. George's and other concerned citizens in Georgetown, gathered to ring the bells 350 times in solidarity with hundreds of thousands of people around the world on the International Day of Climate Change Action. Our hope is that as world leaders prepare to meet in Copenhagen for the UN Conference on Climate Change in December, all the worlds leaders engage http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/10/350-rings-of-bell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-5402519695130231240Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:19:00 +00002009-09-19T11:28:18.199-04:00Hi All,This is my September update for the parish family to keep you informed about some of the happenings and goings on at St. George’s and in the local Anglican Community. This note will also be included in a traditional parish mailing so that the folks who haven’t had a chance to read the emails or on line that I am trying to get out regularly.Church School Co-ordinator ChangeAfter two years http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/09/hi-all-this-is-my-september-update-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-933547958955583936Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:55:00 +00002009-09-19T11:17:52.032-04:00My parents gave me lots of things. A place to live, clothes to wear, food to eat, Care, love and teaching. There were many things they tried to teach me about life, like the clichés like "wait until you have kids of your own and then you will understand." One of the pieces of advice that my parent's taught me, whether it was school, or sports, or life was, “to always try hard and do your best.” http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/09/way-of-cross-is-no-cliche.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-341289103874144444Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:57:00 +00002009-06-08T15:04:06.487-04:00My Brothers and Sisters in Christ,This is my note to you for June to bring you up to date with things that have happened and what is happening here at St. George's.“Coffee Hour” ExpandedFor just over a month we have be experimenting with a change to our traditional church “coffee hour” that followed the 9:30 service on Sunday’s. In its place, we have set up an large insulated urn of Coffee from http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/06/note-from-rob-june-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-8608757751333840635Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:35:00 +00002009-04-25T16:51:29.364-04:00My Brothers and Sisters in Christ,This is my note to you for April to bring you up to date with some of the "happenings" around here, at St. George's.Easter CelebrationsWow! Easter Day was amazing, thanks to the hard work of some many volunteers here. From the flowers to the music, everything was awesome on Easter. 210 folks celebrated the Resurrection of our Lord at St. George's over our three http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/04/april-2009-note-from-rector.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-6171517635920623837Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:02:00 +00002009-04-09T14:06:52.965-04:00Services at St. George's, Georgetown:Maundy Thursday, April 96:00 pm Parish Potluck Supper and WorshipGood Friday, April 1010:00 am WorshipEaster Sunday, April 128:00, 9:30 & 11:15 amA Service together with other local Anglican Churches at St. John's, Stewarttown:Easter Vigil, April 118:00 pm Worshiphttp://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/04/holy-week-and-easter-services.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-6342411618949493341Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:13:00 +00002009-04-09T14:13:07.604-04:00This evening, St. George's team of volunteers for the Acton/Georgetown ALS Walk headed over to the Superstore Community Room to join the Kick-off event. One of our first orders of business as a team was to pick a team name and we decided on the "Saint George's Saints."My thanks to our team leaders Terry and Sandra, who have now set up our team's website to help us take donations. Check out our http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/04/saint-georges-saints.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-1306624899370731504Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:49:00 +00002009-03-25T13:52:02.062-04:00craftsMessy Churchmusicfamilyworshipchildren MeSsy CHuRch is a way of gathering to worship that encourages people, young in years as well as young in heart, to explore your spiritual journey in an open and interactive way. Life is messy and MessY ChUrch embraces looking for God at the messy edges of our lives. Noisy, and lively are the order of the day and releasing the energy that comes from enjoying God’s gifts is at the http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/03/messy-church-has-reconsituded-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-2123721265537406185Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:17:00 +00002009-03-10T12:05:35.319-04:00LentLent is our Christian journey toward Easter. We begin the journey on Ash Wednesday with the sign of ashes, an ancient sign. It is a solemn journey that last 40 days (Sundays are not considered part of the 40 days). The last week of Lent we follow the path that Christ took beginning with Palm Sunday and Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, the last supper on Maundy Thursday, the desolation of the http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/03/lent_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy Rowe)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-7315561086352292336Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:30:00 +00002009-02-10T10:51:33.984-05:00In Mark chapter 1, as Jesus begins his ministry at his first stop in the town of Capernaum, Jesus concludes his visit by saying to his disciples, "Let us go on to the neighbouring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do."Jesus doesn't stay a Capernaum. Jesus doesn't stay at Simon's house. Jesus could have stayed. The disciples were ready to stay. http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/02/lingering-in-capernaum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-2538885503158562166Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:01:00 +00002009-02-04T14:26:03.361-05:00When we get stuck in life, God wants to help us get “unstuck”. God wants to free us from the things in our life that bind us. God wants to free us from the things that have us feeling like we are trapped and can not escape.There are lots of things that we can get stuck on. It can be big things in our life like an addiction, or our problem we have at our job or in a relationship with someone fromhttp://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2009/02/getting-un-stuck.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-8459352899665610376Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:21:00 +00002008-12-23T17:28:22.332-05:00Wednesday, December 24th - Christmas Eve5:00 p.m. Carols and The Christmas Story7:00 p.m. Worship and Carols accompanied by guitar & piano9:00 p.m. Worship with Parish Choir11:00 p.m. Traditional Worship and MusicThursday, Christmas Day10:00 a.m. Worship and CarolsSunday, December 28th - 1st Sunday after Christmas8:00 amhttp://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2008/12/christmas-service-times-at-st-georges.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (St. George's Anglican Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-1154694103248861247Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:22:00 +00002008-12-09T22:27:50.307-05:00Here are our YouTube videos for the Amazing Grace Project.The First is from the 11:15 service.The second is from the 9:30 sevice.http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2008/12/amazing-grace-videos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-1519167374983887145Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:14:00 +00002008-11-26T11:50:31.526-05:00This past Sunday, like so many Anglican Church across Canada, the good folks here at St. George's joined in song to sing an old favorite hymn. The singing of the hymn "Amazing Grace" in all these churches was intended to remind us God's saving grace, as the words of the song remind us, and also to celebrate our unity as an Anglican Community.The Unity focus itself was two-fold. Primarily, each http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2008/11/together-we-sing-amazing-grace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (St. George's Anglican Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-9102100071785351878Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:18:00 +00002008-10-20T10:38:03.402-04:00This past Sunday at St. George's the topic of my sermon was justice. Justice is, for me, a basic value of fairness and equality. It is a place where we should begin life and end life.Of course, as we all find out, life is not like that. Justice is something hard to find and injustice is too often where we find ourselves. Human frailty and the ease with which we fall to selfish greed and pride, http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2008/10/standing-up-and-taking-action-against.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-7437665125979588498Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:05:00 +00002008-10-01T12:17:36.663-04:00When the current stone church was built in 1878, the peaks of the stone walls on the east and west ends of the nave were adorned each with a stone cross, as was the stone wall of the entrance to the church basement on the Guelph Street side. These crosses are visible in many of the early photographs of St. George’s. In 1921, the sanctuary of the church was extended and the cross that was placed http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2008/10/new-crosses-installed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (St. George's Anglican Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-1669365424100148594Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:03:00 +00002008-09-04T16:28:58.983-04:00I am posting the pdf file of a survey we are circulating to all parishioners, so that anyone who needs a copy can get it from here as well. I realize that you would probably have to print it out to answer it and submit it, and that does seem a bit counter-productive as no trees would be saved in the process.I would be interested in anyone who might be able to give me a better solution to provide http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2008/09/survey-about-space-at-st-georges-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (St. George's Anglican Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-8071424833360926410Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:48:00 +00002008-06-22T21:27:02.979-04:00Back in April, the youth of St. George’s were invited to participate in an event held here overnight called Off the Grid. It is a program developed by The PWRDF, to help increase the awareness of our youth of the serious global issues faced by our planet and all the things that are living on it. As part of the event the youth were encouraged to think about the many ways we use God’s creation, andhttp://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2008/06/one-world-is-enough.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (St. George's Anglican Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-5593321075894332082Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:01:00 +00002008-06-12T18:15:09.331-04:00As a special way to mark the coming of the summer is the annual church picnic. With the arrival of the Rev'd Nancy Rowe, as part time assistant priest at St. George's, it was decided that St. George's should have a picnic together with St. Paul's, Norval, where Nancy, as rector, is also the priest in charge. So on Sunday June 15th, at St. Paul's in Norval, at 10:30 am we are having a church http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2008/06/messy-church-picnic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (St. George's Anglican Church)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12309027.post-4834343688303609928Sun, 18 May 2008 16:00:00 +00002008-05-22T12:39:06.889-04:00When the Angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream in the very first chapter of Matthew’s Gospel the angel told Joseph that of his son would that “they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means, “God is with us”” (Verse 23).God is with us.This is the promise and the strength of Jesus Christ. We find strength and hope in the knowledge that God is with us, that God walks beside us, that God http://www.stgeorgesgeorgetown.com/2008/05/gods-great-task-for-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (St. George's Anglican Church)0