PARISH OF RICHMOND

15 January 2026

“Not only with our lips but in our lives”

Services This Sunday
January 18, 2026
Altar Colors:  Green
Second Sunday After The Epiphany

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

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

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

Find Bible readings at [link]

Most weekdays the rector offers morning prayers and reflection live at 8:30 AM and viewable any time later. See Parish of Richmond and Woodstock - YouTube

Sunday services from St John's are broadcast live on the internet and remain available for viewing. Find them at [YouTube link]

Among those we uphold in prayer:  Allen, Cole, Connie, Doris, Ivan, Joyce, Lynn, Melba, Michelle, 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:  Hospital volunteers deliver it.  Folk receiving these notes have mentioned how important they are.  Check out:  [Link]

Food Bank families rely on our weekly and monthly generosity.

This coming week’s birthdays:  Robert Flewelling, Jennifer Sewell, Kim Smith, Alana Smith, John Wilson

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Vestry meets tonight at the Rectory, 7:00 PM.  Considers 2026 budget to propose at the Annual Meeting.

Forthcoming ~  

• Monday 19 January: Cemeteries meeting at the Rectory, 6:00 PM

• Tuesday 20 January:  Bishop Edwards talks and has Q & A on April’s special Synod on the future of Christ Church Cathedral, available live on Zoom 12:10 PM https://nb.anglican.ca/events/the-synod-commons/2026-01-20

• Wednesday 18 February:  Ash Wednesday services at St John’s (10:30 AM) & St Luke’s (7:00 PM)

• Thursday 19 February:  Vestry meets at the Rectory, 7:00 PM

• Saturday 7 March:  Richmond annual meeting at the Parish Centre, 10:00 AM

• Tuesday 10 March:  General meeting of Woodstock Archdeaconry Anglicans in preparation for Special session of the Diocesan Synod, at St Luke’s hall, 6:00 PM

• Saturday 18 April: Special Diocesan Synod on the future of Christ Church Cathedral at Christ Church Cathedral

As this week’s Diocesan e-News puts it, we live in a world where faith is not assumed, where transcendence is optional, where the divine doesn't show up, and where religious claims must make sense within everyday experience.  And yet there is hope, and we are called not only to have hope but to be part of hope.  This is the theme of an on-line workshop that Shawn Branch and other folk we know are co-sponsoring on Thursday evening (29 January) and continuing on Saturday (31 January).  The great group of participants includes Bp Lynne McNaughton, Bp Sandra Fyfe and Bp Susan Bell and our own David Edwards. It’s called the Missional Imagination Conference 2026. Find out more/register at [link]

Richmond’s annual meeting is coming up (7 March), meaning that annual reports on various activities must be prepared for printing. FSend your own report – if possible with suggested photographs – to Marilyn Wilson, who seems once again to be volunteering for the task of collecting all our parts into a document for the ages: Marilyn = momathome4@hotmail.com

There is good news. Beginning last spring the Wardens and Vestry brought to people’s attention that offerings to the parish Operating fund had increased greatly since a rector was appointed and yet needed to increase somewhat more in order to balance the budget and continue the shared ministry experiment with Woodstock.  The numbers are in.  Our Operating fund ended 2025 with a modest surplus ($1900) rather than the projected deficit ($4600).  Thanks be to God.  Come to the Annual Meeting (7 March) to hear more.

Circulated with today’s e-News are small souvenirs of last Sunday morning.

Services Next Sunday
Third Sunday After The Epiphany
January 25, 2026
Altar Colors:  Green

• 9:00 AM - Communion Service at St John's Anglican Church, Richmond Corner, NB

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

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