PARISH OF RICHMOND

5 June 2025

“Not only with our lips but in our lives”

Services This Coming Week
June 8-14, 2025

On Sunday, June 8, 2025
Pentecost Sunday
Altar Colors:  Red

• 9:00 AM - Communion Service at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Hartland, NB [view latest bulletin]

• 9:00 AM - Morning Prayer Service at St. Mark's Anglican Church, Jackson Falls, NB

• 10:30 AM - Morning Prayer Service at St. John's Anglican Church, Hartland, NB

• 11:00 AM - Communion Service at St. Luke's Anglican Church, Woodstock, NB

Find Bible readings at [link]

On most days the rector offers a brief morning prayer time live at 8:30 AM (and viewable at any time later). See Parish of Richmond and Woodstock - YouTube

Among those we uphold in prayer:  Allen, Cole, Connie, Doris, Ivan, Joyce, Lawrence, Lynn, Melba, Michelle, Nadine, Peggy, Phyllis, Shirley, Steven

Please advise Pat Margison (506-328-8146) of name deletions as well as name additions.

Who doesn't know someone in hospital?
There’s a convenient way to get a cheery greeting to the hospitalized.  The hospital delivers it.
Parishioners receiving these notes have mentioned how important they are.  Check out:  [Link]

This coming week’s birthdays:  Sophia Cullins, Niki Carpenter

Anniversary:  Scott Goodine & Bonnie Sparks

Food Bank:  Let’s fill those boxes and show gratitude to God by sharing with our neighbour the blessings we have been given.

Have you checked the parish’s Facebook page lately?  [Facebook].

The Thy Kingdom Come prayer discipline continues until Pentecost Sunday.  Please pray daily for peace in the world and for five people in their life who need to know that God loves them.

At last Sunday’s parish service the Wardens reported of the financial side of parish obligations in joint ministry with Woodstock.

• Offerings to the parish’s Operating fund have more than doubled since arrival of a pastor.

• But for the parish to break even on 2025, offerings to the Operating fund need to increase about 15%.

• Contributions to Compassion, Brookwood and PWRDF are needed but are no substitute for paying our own bills.

• What are you in a position to add to Operating fund offerings?

• Speak to Cindy Derkson about authorizing weekly or monthly e-offering if you already use automatic deposits or payments (and who doesn’t?).

Graduates?  Please let Pat Margison or Cindy Derksen know about any 2025 graduates with connections to our parish -- high school or post-secondary.

Forthcoming events ~

• Tuesday 10 June:  Talking Tuesday at the Rectory on Understanding Celtic Christianity, 2:00 PM

• Thursday 19 June:  Vestry meet at the Rectory, 7:00 PM

• Saturday 21 June:  Morning Prayer, a Celtic service marking Summer Solstice, Christ Church (Lr Woodstock), 8:00 AM (breakfast follows)

• Tuesday 24 June:  Talking Tuesday exploration of understandings of dying and death, at the Rectory (2:00 PM) and St. Luke’s hall (7:00 PM)

• Wednesday 25 June:  Between the Birches outdoor meditation at the Rectory, 7:00 PM

• Sunday 29 June:  Breakfast church at St. John’s (details tba)

The US government has ended most of its foreign aid to crises and development projects around the world. In response Alongside Hope (better known as Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund) is inviting Anglicans to contribute to a Resilience Fund that will pick up a bit of the slack. An anonymous donor stepped forward to match the first $250,000 who people contribute. Visit [link]

Camp Brookwood ~ Summer is here and Camp Brookwood is looking forward to another great camping season.  Staff have been hired and are eagerly waiting for campers to return.  Weekly camping fees this year are $250 per camper.  If you wish to support a camper or donate to the operation of the camp, put your additional offering in the collection plate and Cindy Derksen will get it to the Camp.

Last Saturday brought one of those rare meetings of the Diocesan Council with nothing but good news.  The best good news is the rising interest among young and not so young New Brunswickers in preparing for ordained ministry.  Also great to hear about was the success of the Diocese of Ho (Ghana) mobile medical clinic, to which NB Anglicans generally and the parish of Richmond vestry contributed notably.  A further, bigger project for our companion diocese is under discussion.

Last Sunday was also a red letter day at Holy Trinity.  A Commit Your Way to the Lord banner was hung and will remain in the church for a couple of weeks before moving to St John’s (see parish Facebook).  Then in the afternoon the nave and chancel were packed – extra seating brought in – for a Spring concert by young classical musicians (see parish Facebook).  The altar area was adorned with a gorgeous double display of lilac and Solomon’s seal.  With the e-news this week circulate a couple of photos of the morning parish service.

Not circulating with the e-News -- but to be seen on the Woodstock parish facebook -- is a boisterous but very loyal scene of toasting King Charles at a recent Rectory tea party, quite worth sending on to one’s relatives in the US:  [Facebook link]

RICHMOND Next Sunday
SuNday, June 15, 2025
First Sunday After Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
Altar Colors:  White

• 9:00 AM - Morning Prayer Service at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Hartland, NB

• 9:00 AM - Communion Service at St. Mark's Anglican Church, Jackson Falls, NB

• 11:00 AM - Communion Service at St. Luke's Anglican Church, Woodstock, NB