Sometimes music can speak to us, offering us comfort and peace when words fail.
 
Solace Bedside Singers understand the holiday season is not a merry time of year for everyone.  For a variety of reasons we can find ourselves feeling sad, alone, overwhelmed.  We need a place to be surrounded by peace and love, we need to allow our feelings to emerge and be blanketed with care.
 
Everyone is welcome to join us in the warmth and candlelight for Moments of Solace. Sunday December 15th, 4 pm at St. George’s Anglican Church.  Wrap yourself in a comforting musical blanket and simply BE.

If you prefer to donate a grocery item to help offset the food costs, please drop off food items to the church kitchen fridge or counter by noon on Sunday, Dec. 8.
 
There will be a sign up sheet on the counter.
10 cans mushrooms
6 bunches of celery

10 cans tomato sauce (24 oz.)
5 bags of carrot

10 cooking onions
15 red, yellow or orange peppers

10 cans brown beans
5 bottles of ranch dip

10 cans mixed beans
5 boxes/bags of clementines

10 cans diced tomatoes (28 oz)
3 pounds of butter

10 green peppers
 

 
If you would prefer to make a monetary donation to support this ministry initiative, please put your donation in an envelope. Label it with your name and “Fishes and Loaves”, and submit it to Deborah V. at the church office so that this contribution can be recorded for your St. George’s charitable tax receipt.
 
If you are available to help with meal prep or packaging, please contact Nancy Simpson at 519 524 4180 or [email protected]
Meal prep: Monday, Dec. 9 10:00 - 12:00 and Tuesday, Dec. 10, 12:00 - 3:00.
Meal packaging and distribution: Tuesday, Dec. 10, 3:00- 5:00. 
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"Friendship is Brewing" happily announces that Dr. Kate Hazlitt will be our guest speaker on Saturday morning (23 November 2024) at 10 o'clock. Dr. Kate is an expert in heart-centred living and wellness, and we look forward to this special event. Coffee and treats will be served. All are welcome!

Come one, call all, for the ultimate musical bar crawl.* The Bach Walk will begin at Knox Presbyterian Church at 2:00 pm on Saturday November 30th. After a half hour of a little light baroque, we'll walk to North Street United for 30 minutes more, before crossing the street to St. George's where we'll cap our final half hour of music with some light refreshments. And who knows, perhaps next year we'll have "Rovin' Beethoven." 

* perhaps the first bar crawl with no bars or beer involved. 

Shepherds, wise women, and Mary (oh my)!
This past Saturday, during the Goderich Christmas Parade, some of our kids and volunteers took to the streets to show off just how much fun we have at Messy Church. We brought the baby Jesus, a thurible (for the frankincense, of course), and a shepherd's crook (for the unruly sheep). Everyone seemed to agree that one particular angel swept the crowds off their feet, though a good time was had by all.
Our next Messy Church! is Sunday December 1st, 4-6pm here at St. George's hall. Kids bring your adults for time together, crafts, a bible story, songs, and a shared meal. 

I'm sad to say that, due to sickness among the leaders and some of the children, Messy Church will be cancelled for Nov 3.
Look for us in the Santa Claus Parade, and on December 1 @ 4pm. 
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This year, the Bishop's charge to synod–a traditional direction setting statement from Bishop to synod–was accompanied by the publication of a Diocesan Plan, a way forward for all of us, a way to turn to grace, accept our dependance on God alone, and embrace that the world around us really needs what we have–the world needs God, and the world needs prayer. There is so much to worry about, and so much to think about, it's time to reconsider our identity in Christ as the great gift of God to us, and the best of invitations to a world desperately in need of it. 
You can read both documents (and even smaller summary of the Diocesan plan) using the links below, or you can download the PDFs here, too. 

BISHOPS CHARGE TO SYNOD
DIOCESAN PLAN

An old anglican adage (in Latin) reads: "Lex orandi, lex credendi." It means, roughly, that we pray what we believe. That our faith is shaped by our prayers. That's what we do every Sunday morning. We pray, we read our scriptures., we pray for the world, the sick, our leaders, and ourselves. We ask God to be with us in our lives and through our sacraments. We shape our prayers to shape our faith, and the whole liturgy is meant to immerse us in the world of faith. 
But what does it all mean? If it is going to shape us, we should probably understand it, right?
Well, you might be interested to learn how our prayerful worship shapes us. You may want to join us on a Sunday morning for our communion. Or you may simply want to explore what you've been doing your whole life. 
In either case, you're welcome to join us on Wednesdays (either 9:00 am or 6:30 pm) in our chapel, where we will pray together and take time to explore and discuss what we are doing, what it means, and what it means to us. 
I'd love to see you there.