PARISH PULSE

Parish Pulse – Thursday, August 7, 2025

 

LEADERS FOR THIS COMING SUNDAY  

PowerPoint: Keith Blizard

Greeter: Ed Burdette & Sara Cornett

Leader: Selene Lau

Readers: Gregory Klym (Eng) & TBD (Fr)

Psalm Reader: Gregory Klym

Band Leader: Noémie Jaarsma

Info Desk: Andre Leitao

Audio: Mike Strauss

Video: Wentworth Brookes

Refreshments: Marthe Avissoudo, Electra &Joseph Vybihal

Collection Counters: Wentworth Brookes & Alain Spitzer

 

No COMMUNION

Please note there will be no communion while Chris Barrigar is away due to set-up teams not being available during this part of the summer.

 

No PULSE

As Chris and Junessa will both be away the week of August 11, there will be no Pulse that week.

 

READINGS THIS SUNDAY

Isaiah 11:1–9; Psalm 145:8–13; Matthew 6:25–33.

 

UPCOMING PREACHERS 

August 10, 17, 24 – Rev Neil Mancor (Chris away)

 

SUN. AUG.10 – FRI. AUG.15: JYC/YL DROP OFF & PICK UP DATES

DROP OFF:

Sunday, August 10 at 3:30-4:00 pm.

*Please have Medicare card, medication, and Tuck money ready to hand in at registration.

PICK UP:

Friday, August 15 at 6:30-7:00 pm.

 

SUN. AUG. 17 – COMPLINE CHOIR IN SAINT-LAMBERT

Join us for a unique experience with the Montreal Compline Choir on Sunday, August 17 at 8 p.m. at the Anglican Church of Saint Barnabas in Saint-Lambert (95 Lorne Ave). Enjoy the enchanting melodies of French plainchant and Gregorian chant, alongside motets by Medieval and Renaissance composers. Immerse yourself in the serene ambiance of Compline, the Night Prayer. FWO

 

FRI. SEPT. 12 – SUN.SEPT.14: YOUNGER ADULTS (20s&30s) WEEKEND

This is a Service Project & Fellowship weekend. The main activity will be a service project to help Cedar Lodge (near Magog, where many CMP children go each summer for Junior Youth Camp) with its many end-of-season tasks to clean up and update the site. This could include some painting, light landscaping, woodworking, and lots of other things. The rest of the time we will be hanging out, with a couple times of worship and prayer, and just being in the great outdoors. Arrival Friday after dinner; meals include Saturday (3 meals) and Sunday breakfast. Cost: 35$/person. Fill out this form to let us know you are coming: https://forms.gle/vqDRpKimqbrE7BNe7. Non-CMP friends welcome. Let us know if you can offer a ride or need a ride.

 

SUNDAY REFRESHMENTS HELP NEEDED

We are in great need of new helpers with the Sunday refreshments! This is a really important ministry for CMP, so if you benefit from the Sunday refreshments then you would be an excellent candidate to join the refreshments team! 😊 Team members serve once per month. If interested, or if you have questions, please contact Anthoula Dounavis: anthoula.dounavis@gmail.com.

 

FROZEN MEALS NEEDED

The CMP freezer in which we keep frozen home-made meals to provide to families in seasons of need (such as following birth of a new child, or for whatever other reasons) needs replenishing. If you contribute any meals, please write on the container the type of meal, the date the meal was made, and all its contents, so recipients with allergies can know if there are any risks for them. Please also indicate the date the meal was made.

 

De passage Begins…

Le groupe De passage se prépare à lancer ses rassemblements le 10 septembre prochain. De passage est « un espace pour celles et ceux qui souhaitent découvrir ou approfondir leur compréhension de la spiritualité chrétienne dans un environnement de foi inclusif, ouvert et hétéroclite. » Si vous connaissez quelqu’un qui pourrait s’intéresser à participer à ces soirées décontractées, vous pouvez les inviter à écrire à Jeremy Favreau à de.passage.mtl@gmail.com ou à visiter le site web pour plus d’information.

SUMMER VIDEOS

In September, Chris will release his writing on “Christian Ethics for a 21st Century Church,” especially in our context of the hyper-individualist values that underlie so much of Western culture today. Thinking Christianly about how to live in our society requires some deeper understanding of what this hyper-individualism looks like (especially through consumer choice and sexual choice), and how we got here historically. If you have not yet watched or listened to Chris’s six-part video series explaining all this, then this summer will be a good time to catch-up! (The six videos are 15-20 minutes each.) These will set the stage for Chris’s new writings this coming Fall. Then in the new year he will turn to themes associated with human sexuality. The videos are found at: https://stmarkstpeter.org/index.php/other-media/

 

CHRIS BARRIGAR AWAY FOR FIVE WEEKS

As of Monday July 21, Chris will be away for two weeks vacation, and then three weeks leave-of-absence for some personal renewal time. For pastoral emergencies while Chris is away, please contact one of the Wardens—Yusuf Wahhab (514-996-4567) or Heather Purdie (514-409-0779).

 

LAST SUNDAY’S WORSHIP SONGS

August 3rd:

Opening Hymn: We Praise You, O God#342.

  • Make a Way
  • Rest On Us
  • Same God

Closing Hymn: Let All Things Now Living#403.

RECENT SERMONS AVAILABLE ONLINE   

– Aug. 3rd: Wanted: a few crazy people – Sam Farrugia. Click here

– July 27: A Family Journey of Grace and Reconciliation – Andre Leitao.

Click here.

– July 20: Psalms of Disorientation – Rev. Chris Barrigar. Click here.

– July 13: Community in the Kingdom of God – Tim Keener. Click here.

– July 6: Psalms of Orientation – Rev. Chris Barrigar. Click here.

 

PRAYER REQUESTS & PRAYER CHAIN

If you have a matter for which you would like others to be praying (petition or thanksgiving), please contact Christine Ball-Creighton (prayer@stmarkstpeter.org), and she will circulate it to members of the CMP prayer chain.