This year's Annual Vestry Meeting will take place on Sunday February 5th, 2023, beginning with worship at the church at 10:30 a.m. The Annual Reports Booklet is available at the church, and is available online by clicking on the image at right.
The meeting will be chaired by the newly appoint Priest-in-charge, the Rev Jeff O'Hare.
At the end of August, Michael Goodwin retired as our much appreciated Music Director after 18 years of faithful service. After repeated postponements, the most recent because of the construction on Main Street, we finally got the chance to say thank you. On Sunday December 11th during the service Michael directed the choir one last time as they sang his favourite anthem, In the Bleak Midwinter by Harold Darke. A presentation was made by the Churchwardens, and then everyone gathered in the Parish Hall for a delicious pot-luck lunch, our first in nearly 3 years! It all proved a wonderful opportunity collectively to say thank you.
Seniors' Services for Christmas have resumed! Teams lead by Deacon Fran Langlois bring a Christmas Communion Service, followed by cake and ice-cream with the residents.
Noon concerts returned after a two year gap, and they were a great success! Concerts featured Josie Farrar and Janine Dudding in the first week, and Michael Goodwin, Ernie Neufeld, and Josie Farrar in the second. Both concerts were very well attended by very appreciative audiences.
Bishop Peter Mason, Honorary Assistant at St Mary Magdalene, dedicated a new paten in loving memory of Helen Pinkerton. Helen was a much loved member of the congregation who served in a number of roles, including especially leading the Altar Guild. She died in October 2021 after a difficult and heroic struggle with declining health, and the Churchwardens and Altar Guild decided a new paten would be a very good way to remember her.
Our Parish Deacon Fran Langlois has served our parish for 12 years. She was ordained to serve the Anglican Ministry to Seniors in The County, and has been the leader of that ministry since 2017. The Churchwardens decided it was time to equip her with a new communion kit which she will use when bringing communion to shut-ins and seniors residences. The gift was presented to Fran in church on June 12th.
We are delighted to report that during Lent we raised $2,635 for our church’s Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund in support of Ukraine Relief. Thank you everyone who supported this effort!
Bishop Peter Mason, standing in for Bishop Michael Oulton who was down with Covid, ordained Martha Riddell to the order of Deacon.
