PARISH OF RICHMOND

17 April 2025

“Not only with our lips but in our lives”

Services This Saturday
april 19, 2025
Holy Saturday

• 7:00 PM - Vigil at Christ Church Anglican Church, Lower Woodstock, NB

Services This Sunday
april 20, 2025
Easter Sunday
Altar Colors:  White

• 7:00 AM - Communion Service at St. Mark's Anglican Church, Jackson Falls, NB

• 8:30 AM - Communion Service at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Hartland, NB [view bulletin]

• 10:00 AM - Service at St. John's Anglican Church, Jackson Falls, NB

• 11:15 AM - Service at St. Luke's Anglican Church, Jackson Falls, 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, Ronnie, Shirley, Steven, Debbie & David

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

Whom do you know 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: David Edwards, Cindy Derksen, Marion Parkinson, Kim Tompkins

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]

Holy Week – note the roster of mid-week and Easter services set out above.

Mark Calendars -- On Saturday 26 April, Richmond gathers for a Dream with God visioning discussion at the Parish Centre, 10:00 AM

Compassion – As of last Sunday our local Compassion Fund stood at only $364. This shows it’s in active use. Please remember the less fortunate in weekly or monthly offerings.

Archbishop Edwards has released a series of short video introductions to Christian discipleship for those testing their call to public ministry. All are of general interest. Here is the final one:  [link]

Celtic Spirituality: Why It Matters Now is the title of a talk to be offered by well-known Celtic teacher and writer John Philip Newell. It is hosted by Christ Church Cathedral on Wednesday 7 May, 6 pm, and is Newell’s only Canadian engagement. See [link]

Congregational death/life: “[Decline] is a coffee-hour crisis conversation in a lot of parishes. I wonder if a part of us knows subconsciously that to find answers for this will mean facing things that are unsettling, uncomfortable and terrifying for us. If the church as a whole wants to change its trajectory it needs to make efforts at congregational development that work with God’s plans for the world. It must have a better reason for doing that outreach than just maintaining its numbers. It must have a way of teaching entire congregations how to be outward-facing, interested in their neighbours and responsive to their neighbours’ needs. It must teach them to find the work God is already doing in their communities and join in”:  [link] 

RICHMOND Next Sunday
SuNday, April 27, 2025
Second Sunday of Easter
Altar Colors:  White

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

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

• 9:30 AM - Communion Service at St. John's Anglican Church, Richmond Corner

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