If you know the answer, ask bigger questions!
Pancake Tuesday March 4 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Two Ash Wednesday Services 10:30 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. March 5
5 weeks of Lent – March 9 to April 6
Palm Sunday: April 13 10:30 a.m. Service only
Stations of the Cross: Wednesday, April 16 10:30 a.m.
Maundy Thursday: April 17 @ 6:00 p.m. Potluck Supper followed by Stripping of the Altar at 7:00 p.m.
Good Friday: April 18 @ 10:30 a.m.
and
Messy Church 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Easter Sunday: April 20 @ 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
On Friday mornings from 10 to 11:00 throughout Lent we will be reading sections of the book, “Connecting with God”. We will be talking about, listening to God through creation, seeing God in dreams and visions, wrestling with God, hearing God through other people and encountering God’s messengers.
The dates are March 14, 21, 28 and April 4 and 11.
Please join us!
Thank you to everyone who came out and participated in our Annual Vestry Meeting. A special thank you to Justine for once again acting as our Vestry Clerk and a huge thank you to Lindsey for doing
the challenging job of wrangling in all the Vestry Reports! (Like herding cats!).
Our Parish Council for the upcoming year are:
Parish Council Members
A warm welcome to Kari as Deputy Rector’s Warden and Lynne Mawson as Parish Council Member!
There was a discussion about empowering the Corporation to sign lease agreements with groups who have a lease of less then 3 years or 3 years or more. All of our lease agreements are for less then 3 years so the only motion necessary was the one that was made. Please see the Vestry Meeting Minutes for any other information.
Blessings,
Sheila
As an update and more accurate count of the number of people fed by Church of the Transfiguration in 2024: Community Meal Kits – 10,000 individuals. Brock Supper and Frozen Meal Program – 250 individuals. Community Breakfast Program – 2000 individuals. That’s a total of 12,250 people! Thank you everyone for your generous support of time, talent and treasure to feed the hungry.
Please join us for our Lenten Lunches held March 9th following the 10:30 service. Free will donation to PWRDF. Sign up on the PWRDF board to bring soup, chili, or buns. All helpful hands are appreciated. Talk to Kelly for more details.
Feb. 22 – Games Night
Feb. 23 – Vestry
Feb. 28 – Messy Church
March 4 – Pancake Supper
March 5 – Ash Wednesday
March 9 – Lent 1 – PWRDF LUNCH #1
March 26 – Brock Supper
March 28 – Messy Church
April 6 – Lent 5 – PWRDF LUNCH #2
April 13 – Palm Sunday
April 17 – Maundy Thursday
April 18 – Good Friday
April 18 – Messy Church
May 30 – Messy Church
June 1 – Ascension
June 8 – Pentecost – FAMILY BBQ
Aug. 11 – 15 – VBS
Sept. 14 – Sundae Sunday
Sept. 28 – Orange Shirt Day
Oct. 4 – Games Night
Oct. 12 – Thanksgiving
Oct. 24 – Messy Church
Nov. 1 – Synod
Nov. 2 – All Saints Day
Nov. 8 Vendor Sale
Nov. 9 – Remembrance Sunday
Nov. 21 – Silent Auction
Nov. 28 – Messy Church
Nov. 30 – Advent 1
Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve
NOTE: May & June Rev. Sheila Sabbatical
In honour of Valentine’s Day, we are collecting socks for the patrons of the Breakfast Programme. Warm feet, warm hearts, new socks will make someone’s day.
As an extension to our bottle drive, we would like everyone to bring in their empty bottles for 2 weeks after Easter. Please save your bottles between now and Easter and bring them to the church the week of April 20 to May 4.
If you would like to continue to contribute to the bottle drive, you can return your empties to the beer store and donate your funds in the bottle drive collection box in the Narthex.
Thank you from Kari V
Lindsey M. Mills – March 2
Deborah Shiers – March 3
Kari Vanderzee – March 14
Tom Johnstone – March 18
Owen Sissmore-Green – March 18
Josh Doan – March 19
Charmaine Herman – March 19
Gary Robins – March 23
Prishka Baroi – March 26
Sharlene Perry March 26
Diane Moro – March 30
Annabel Cotton – March 31
Marilyn & Bob Trinder – March 8, 1997
Sunday February 23 following the 10:00 a.m. Service.
Tax donation receipts for 2024 will be ready soon. This year all receipts will be emailed to the email address we have on file. If your email address has changed recently, please contact the office. Emailing is our preferred method to help keep costs down, but if you would like a paper copy, please contact the office.
Sunday, February 16 at 2 pm, we will have our first planning meeting for VBS. All who are interested in helping in any way are invited to join us.
Hello friends, once again, Eleanor and I will walk in the CNOY fundraiser on Feb. 22 to help the homeless in our community. I thank you for your generosity in the past and hope you will continue to support this endeavour. This year we are officially walking with friends Ed and Isa as a team, the Cold Quartet. You can find our donation pages here:
https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?registrationID=5463778&langPref=en-CA
and here
https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?registrationID=5463831&langPref=en-CA
Thanks again Wayne & Eleanor
You’re invited…
RiverBrink Art Museum is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition, Gẹ ̀lẹ ̀dẹ ́ and Friends, curated by Ayo Adewumi. Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, February 8, 3-5 pm.
The exhibition Gẹ ̀lẹ ̀dẹ ́ and Friends is drawn from the private collection of guest curator Ayo Adewumi. Born in Nigeria, Adewumi has collected ancestral and decorative masks, carvings, and metalworks over several years. The objects included in the exhibition offer a unique glimpse into the rich artistic and cultural heritage of Nigeria.
The exhibition will be on view at RiverBrink Art Museum from February 3 – April 26, 2025. The art museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10am-5pm.
Save the date:
Curator Talk with Ayo Adewumi
Friday, February 28 | 2-3pm
Please RSVP for Gẹ ̀lẹ ̀dẹ ́ and Friends Opening Reception and/or Curator Talk to Moyu Chen at
mchen@riverbrink.org
Fellow parishioners,
I wanted to share with you an idea about a meaningful use of your $200 rebate cheque from the Ford Government.
It would be helpful and would be putting it to good use by donating it to the church. This idea has been endorsed by the Parish Council and could go a long way to help our parish family and the community we serve. While each of us might benefit individually, think of all the good works we could do if we pooled our resources.
Karen Perry and Joanne Lynagh