Calendar & Schedule

Christ Church, Rawdon

October 2006-September 2007

The Church Year Runs from St Michael and All Angels (September 29th) until Trinity Sunday (June 3rd )

(REVISED FEBRUARY 27th 2007)

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CHURCH GROUP MEETING DATES AND TIMES
Advisory Board Monthly, Thursday, 7pm, Church Hall Oct. 26th, Nov. 23rd, Dec. 14th (Transferred), Feb. 22nd, Mar. 22nd, Apr. 19th, & May 24th

Bible Study (Adult) Thursdays 10:30am, Rectory

Oct. 12th  (Transferred), Nov. 16th, Dec. 7th & 21st, Feb. 15th, Apr. 19th, May  3rd & 17th, June 7th
Bible Syudy (Youth)   After School, The Rector, The First date is a Friday and the 2nd a Wednesday. Oct. 13th &  25th, Nov. 10th &  22nd, Dec. 8th & 20th,  Feb. 14th & 23rd, Mar. 9th & 21st, Apr. 20th, May 11th & 23rd, June 8th & 13th
Book Group  1st Tuesday of the Month except Jan. & Apr Oct. 3rd, Nov. 7th, Dec. 5th, Feb. 13th (Transferred), Mar. 6th, May 1st & June 12th Book Group 
Confirmation Class  Thursday, 4:30pm, Rectory: Oct. 13th, Oct. 20th, Nov. 3rd, Nov. 10th

Corpration    Monthly, 10am, Rectory

Oct 4th, Nov. 9th w/ Treasurer 6pm, Dec. 6th, Feb. 15th w/ Treasurer 6pm , Mar. 21st w/ Treasurer?,  Apr. 18th, May 2nd, June 31st w/ Treasurer 6pm, Sept. 5th  

Lenten Book Group   Lenten Thursdays, 10:30am, Rectory

Feb. 22nd, Mar. 1st, Mar. 8th, Mar. 15th, Mar. 22nd, Mar. 29th

Movie Evening   Friday, Rectory                

Oct. 6th, Nov. 17th, Dec. 15th, Feb. 16th, Mar. 16th, May 18th

Servers Autumn, Winter, & Spring, 10am, Saturday, Church

Oct. 14th (with lunch), Feb. 17th (with lunch), May 12th (with lunch)

Sunday School   Sundays 10-11:45  

Sundays between: Oct. 1st - Dec.10th, Jan. 14th-April 1st , & April 15th -June 3rd

Young Adult Gatherings   T.B.A. 

First Meeting November 24th, Church Hall

Youth Goup   7pm, The Rectory

Oct. 27th, Nov. 14th, Dec. 12th, Dec. 22nd, Dec. 24th, Mar. 13th, Apr. 17th, Apr. 27th, May 4th, May 25th, June 15th, June 19th 

Web Page   Autumn & Spring, The Rectory

Oct. 19th (Tentative) & May 23rd (Tentative)

The Altar Guild (3 or 4 meetings), Cemetery Committee (2 or 3 Meetings),  Family Fair Committee (3 or 4 Meetings), Hymn Meetings (as required), Intercessors (once or twice), ‘In Touch’ Committee (3 Meetings), Pastoral Care Committee (3 or 4 meetings), Stewardship Committee (2 or 3 Meetings), Sunday School Committee (3 or 4 meetings), and Ushers and Welcomers (at least twice a year) are all called by their own Chair or representative.

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WORKSHOPS

The Church:  it’s Design and Meaning   Understanding the Church’s design and symbolism  SATURDAY Mar. 10th , 11am-1pm, Church

High Church, Low Church and Everything in Between  An exploration of the various forms of Anglicanism  SATURDAY June 2nd, 11am-1pm, at the Rectory 

 

VIDEO SERIES

A & E’s Christianity: The 1st  1000 Years (Four Parts)  Thursdays, 7pm, Rectory Mar. 1st, Mar. 8th, Mar. 15th, & Mar. 29th 

A & E’s Christianity: The 2nd 1000 Years (Four Parts) Thursdays, 7pm, Rectory Apr. 26th, May 3rd, May 10th, June 7th 

 

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REGULAR SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CHURCH YEAR

Sunday Mass   10:30am, Sunday, Church (Exceptions: Remembrance Day & Wexford)

Weekday Mass  7pm, Wednesday, Church (Feast of the St Michael to Corpus Christi Not Jan) From October to June. There will be Evensong on the following dates: Nov. 1st, Nov. 29th, Feb. 7th, Apr. 11th .

Sung Compline and Meditation  2nd Friday of the Month (except Jan. and Apr.), 7pm, Church Oct. 13th, Nov. 10th, Dec. 8th, Feb. 23rd (Transferred), Mar. 9th, May 11th, & June 8th 

Service of Healing  Last Saturday of the Month , 10am, Church Oct. 28th, Nov. 25th, Dec. 16th (Transferred), Feb. 24th, Mar. 31st, Apr. 28th, & May 26th  

Heather’s Services  Monthly 2pm on 3rd Avenue, 3:00 on Lakeshore Oct. 18th, Nov. 22nd, Dec. 20th, Jan. 17th, Feb. 21st, Mar. 21st, Apr. 18th,May 16th,June 20th, July 18th, Aug. 22nd Sept. 19th 

Sunshine Mass 1st Thursday of Every Other Month, 2pm Oct. 5th, Dec. 7th, Feb. 1st, Apr. 19th  (Transferred), June 7th, & Aug. 2nd 

Saint Anne’s Home Mass  1st Thursday of Every other Month, 2pm

Nov. 9th (Transferred), Jan. 4th, Mar. 1st, May 3rd, July 5th & Sept. 6th 

Preferred Baptism Sundays  These Sundays are for Baptisms and the Renewal of Baptismal Vows November 5th (All Saints Sunday), January 14th (The Baptism of the Lord), April 7th (Easter Vigil) & May 27th (The Day of Pentecost or Whitsunday)

 

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SPECIAL SERVICES & FEASTS

Blessing of Pets for the Feast of St Francis Oct.7th, 11am
Harvest Sunday   Oct. 8th
All Saints Sunday  with the All Souls Blessing of Graves  Nov. 5th
Remembrance Sunday  Nov. 12th, 9:30 am
Patronal Festival and Lunch Nov. 26th
Advent Carol Service St John’s Dec. 10th, 7pm
Christmas Eve  5pm Children’s, 10pm, Midnight Mass Dec 24th
Christmas Day (Monday) 10:30am Dec. 25th
Epiphany Sunday  Jan. 7th
Baptism of the Lord  Jan. 14th
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity January 21st – 27th
Candlemass (Transferred) February 14th, 7pm
Ash Wednesday Feb. 21st, 7pm
Women’s Day of Prayer March 2nd
Tenebrae Apr. 4th, 7pm
Maundy Thursday Apr. 5th, 7pm
Good Friday Ecumenical Walk Apr. 6th, 9am
Good Friday Liturgy  Apr. 6th, 2pm
Harrowing of Hell on Good Friday Apr. 6th, 7pm
Easter Vigil Apr. 7th, 10pm
Easter Day Apr. 8th
Good Shepherd Sunday Apr. 29th
Ascension Sunday May 20th
Pentecost  May 27th
Trinity Sunday June 3rd
Corpus Christi with Benediction June 6th, 7pm
Re-dedication of Mascouche June 10th, 11am
Vocations Sunday July 8th
Wexford Service August 5th
Assumption Sunday August 19th
St John’s Evensong & BBQ Aug. 19th, 4pm

 

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SPECIAL DATES

Sunday School Registration Oct. 1st
Thanksgiving Dinner Oct. 28th
Wexford Card Party Nov. 4th
Sunday School All Saints Party Nov. 5th
Sunday School Christmas Party Dec. 10th
Server’s Christmas Party  Dec. 24th, 1pm
Winter BBQ and Dance Feb. 17th
Rawdon Vestry Mar. 2nd , Friday, 7pm
Shrove Tuesday Card Party Feb. 20th
Sunday School Easter Egg Hunt Apr. 8th
Easter Breakfast Apr. 8th
Sunday School End of Year Party June 3rd
Parish Retreat June 2007
Family Fair July 14th

 

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RECTOR’S ENGAGEMENTS

Archdeaconry Day May 5th 
Clergy Conference 2007 Sept 30th – Oct 3rd
Clergy Lenten Retreat Mar. 25th-28th 
Convocation May 7th
Corporations Day Nov. 17th
Deanery ACW Sept. 21st 2006, Arundel
Deanery Chapter Oct. 10th & May 8th
Deanery Clericus Oct. 3rd, Nov. 7th, Dec. 5th, Feb. 6th, Mar. 6th, May 1st, June 12th
Diocesan Ordination May 17th
Diocesan Synod Oct. 19th- 21st
Diocesan Theological College Sep. 27th, Dec. 6th , Feb. 28th, & April 25th
Episcopal Council Nov. 21st , Dec. 19th, Jan. 16th, Feb. 20th, Mar. 20th, April 10th, May 22nd, June 5th, Sept. 18th, Oct. 9th, Nov. 20th, Dec. 18th
Episcopal Council Residentiary May 14th -16th
French Immersion Course  Month of January
Mascouche Vestry  Mar. 23rd, 6pm, Church
Provincial Synod   Sep. 21st – 25th 
Rector’s Letters In Church Oct. 1st  (Harvest), Dec. 10th (Christmas), Mar. 25th (Easter)
OGS Nov. 27th – Dec. 1st, May 28th – June 3rd  (1 Sunday) 
Rector’s Day Off DAY OFF  MONDAY, READING DAY FRIDAY
Rector’s Holidays YEAR OF MAY 06-07: October 31st – Nov. 4th,  Feb, 1st – 9th ( 1 Sunday Away) (Tent.),  April 8th – 15th (1 Sunday Away).

The Venerable Edward Simonton OGS 

M.A (Hon)., M.Th, FRAI, FRSAI, FSAS

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