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Saint
James Anglican Church
warmly
welcomes all to worship with us. We
are located at the
Armdale Rotary in
Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) and trace our history
at this site back to 1857. Here,
you will find a schedule of worship
services, the bible readings and hymns
for this week, a calendar of parish events, an
index to many activities, and an information
pamphlet. We
seek to live out the
Christian faith in the Anglican tradition, under the
guidance of the Holy Spirit. We strive to grow as a welcoming, friendly,
parish family that has strong liturgical, pastoral and teaching
ministries. We are dedicated to fostering the values of the Christian
faith in our parish, and reaching out to the wider community.
St.
James Parish is a part of a diocese in The Anglican Communion. Members of
The Episcopal Church are invited to worship with us while in Halifax
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NOTICE
BOARD
see
weekly bulletin for detail
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SUNDAY,
July 5
9:00 am Holy Communion |
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***
Summer 2009 ***
Summer
service schedule is in effect June 21st to September 6th
inclusive. There will be one service each Sunday at 9:00 am.
The
annual St. James Day Garden Party takes place on Sunday August
9th on the church lawn following the 9:00 am service. Why not plan
to attend and invite a friend or visitor.
Canon
Gillis is away on sabbatical followed by annual holidays. He
will be back on Saturday September 5th. If you require the services
of clergy for an emergency please call the parish office answering
service at 477-6770 to obtain the name and phone number of the
clergy on call. Then contact the priest on call directly at the
phone number provided. A chaplain is available at the QEII Health
Sciences Center sites and the I.W.K. Women and Children's Health
Center.The nursing staff can locate the chaplain on duty.
The
Parish office will be closed during the summer and will reopen
on Tuesday Sept. 8th. However, the voice message service will be
monitored throughout the summer. For non-emergencies, calls will be
returned by a volunteer within a few days. If you are calling
seeking the services of clergy for an emergency, then do not leave a
message. Instead please contact the priest on call directly. The
name and number for the priest on call will be on the answering
service.
The
schedule of baptisms at St James is available in the Sunday
bulletin. Click on the link to Sunday bulletins under notice board.
Weddings
at St. James. Weddings at St. James take place in accordance
with Canon 21 of the Anglican church of Canada "Marriage in the
Church ", and in keeping with Diocesan guidelines. Marriages
require by Canon 21 at least 60 days minimum notice. Additional
notice may be required in order for the couple to complete marriage
preparation. Requests for marriage dates are subject to clergy
availability and the schedule of events in the parish. Persons
wishing further information about marriage should contact Canon
Gillis directly. He will be back in the office on September 8th.
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OF
RECENT INTEREST |
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Rector's
Sabbatical blog
July
3 We
attended the liturgy at St. Pau del Camp. We visited the church to
see the architecture a few days earlier. This is the oldest church
in Barcelona. Located just around the corner from our accommodation,
the interior of this lovely ancient parish church has a very
meditative feel. It is difficult to believe that this church that is
now surrounded by the city of Barcelona was originally surrounded by
farmland. According to tradition, St. Paul managed a visit to this
general area. The liturgy was in Catalan, a very interesting dialect
spoken here in Catalunya.. read
more
June
26 We
have visited the Sagrada Família in Barcelona. It is an amazing
building. I was fortunate to have had the chance to talk with Ernie
Clarke before our departure about the Sagrada. The twentieth century
Cathedral rises up out of Barcelona like a huge sand castle. It
looks more like a massive carving than a man made structure. The
architect Gaudi drew on his love of nature in designing the
building, and the natural environment of this area is evident
everywhere in this place of worship. read
more
June
22
We
thought of you yesterday morning as Wendy & I worshipped at The
American (Episcopal) Cathedral and enjoyed coffee hour afterwards
(Blvd. George V). The Eucharist was attended by several hundred
people. The afternoon we visited the Musee D'Orsay and saw lovely
impressionist paintings. The days previous we visited several
churches in the city. St. Severin is most moving. Each of the
churches displays stain glass and art over many centuries. read
more June
20 Our
first major stop was Chartres Cathedral. It is one of the most
important sites for stain glass. We took a tour from the famous
Malcolm Miller. He told us that the Cathedral is like a library. You
cannot read all the information in one visit. I was overwhelmed by
the immense amount of glass and the many stories it depicts from the
Scriptures. One of the oldest windows depicts a "Jesse
Tree" or the family tree of Christ. read
more
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Poverty
Justice Camp 2009 Justice
Camp 2009 will be hosted August 9-15, 2009 by the Diocese of Nova
Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Focused on the topic of poverty,
which will be reflected upon in the light of biblical study and
prayer, Poverty Justice Camp will be based at the University of
King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the opening and closing
days of the camp, with immersion experiences taking place throughout
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island..read
more
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Receiving
Holy Communion and the common cup At
St. James receiving communion wine has been done in one of two ways.
(1) Sipping from the common cup or (2) dipping the communion bread
in the common cup. It is now believed that this second practice of
dipping the communion bread in the cup, with the risk of fingers
coming into contact with the communion wine, is not sanitary. The
practice of dipping the bread is now discouraged. Communicants are
encouraged to drink from the common cup. Also, it is perfectly
acceptable to receive only the bread or only the wine. This is a
long standing Anglican belief. Communicants who can receive only the
bread, or only the wine, may cross their arms across their chest to
indicate this to the person administering communion. Please speak to
the rector if you have questions. See also the detailed article by
Dr. David Gould posted on the bulletin board in the narthex.read
more
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James Anglican Church cannot be held responsible to users of
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