Services this week: February 14th, 2010 Transfiguration

Theme: Astounding Glory
9:00 a.m. Traditional
10:30 a.m. Contemporary

Regular classes for all ages this week during the 10:30.
Mid-week Eucharists Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
Companions Group follows on February 10th at 11 a.m.

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Other Notes

Readings for Sunday

Youth Group Sundays at 7 PM

Choirs Thursdays: Adult 7:30, Children's 6:15 PM, Chime 7 PM
Praise Sundays after 10:30

Confirmation Classes Sundays 12:30 PM

To make a donation on your credit card to Haiti relief, through the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund and have each dollar matched by the Government of Canada. Push the Canada Helps button to the right, and indicate Hunger Fund

Living the Questions returns on January 12th every second Tuesday, 7 PM.

Thought for the week.

John 2:1-11
The evangelist tells us a story peculiar to John's gospel about a wedding in Cana of Galilee, a community not far from Nazareth, Jesus' home. It appears that in the third day of the traditional 7 day wedding feast the wine runs out. And Jeus is invited by his mother to help. Naturally we see this as a sign of Jesus as the Messiah. Clearly the author sees this first sign as an example of how Jesus is ushering in a new vision of the relationship of God's people with God, indicating the old system had failed by using the purification vessels to be filled with excellent quality new wine.

It is very difficult in the week around the earthquake in Haiti to speak at all as we sit in our comfortable seats, with adequate eveything to talk about abundance. Surely it is fitting that we remind ourselves of our abundance in comparison to hear Jesus's response to his mother..."what is that to me" It is to us a danger when we fail to realize the interdependence we have with all people throughout the world. Jim

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