PARISH PULSE
Parish Pulse – Thursday, July 10th, 2025
LEADERS FOR THIS COMING SUNDAY
PowerPoint: Keith Blizard
Greeter: Ed Burdette & Sara Cornett
Leader: Selene Lau
Readers: Gregory Klym (Eng) & Ravaka Andriamahazo (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
COMMUNION
We will have communion next Sunday (July 20)
READINGS THIS SUNDAY
Romans 6:4-8; Psalm 87; John 21:15-19
UPCOMING PREACHERS
July 6 – Chris Barrigar
July 13 – Tim Keener
July 20 – Chris Barrigar
July 27 – Andre Leitao (Chris Barrigar away)
August 3 – Sam Farrugia (Chris Barrigar away)
THIS SATURDAY JULY 12 – ASTRONOMY EVENT
Join us at the home of Joseph Vybihal for this event. Yayaati Chachan will be with us to talk about the search for life in the universe, and Joseph will give us a chance to look at space through his super-duper telescope. Time 7:30pm. For address, contact Joseph: jvybihal@hotmail.com, or 514-781-5739.
SUN JULY 20 – PARISH PICNIC
Following the success of this event the last couple years, on this Sunday we will replace after-service refreshments with a parish picnic in the park behind St Laurent City Hall (a five-minute walk from CMP). Bring your own lunch, and bring activities if you wish (frisbee, whatever). Invite others if you wish, for this fun time of hanging out together on a sunny (hopefully!!) afternoon. Please bring a bit of extra to share with visitors or with those who arrive without. Thanks!
July 27 – SOCCER, 3:15-5:30PM
As part of our Sports Connexion summer activities, we’re excited to invite you to our upcoming soccer game on Sunday, July 27th, at Noël-Nord Park (off boul Toupin). This friendly match brings together refugees, recent immigrants, and members of our CMP community for an afternoon of fun, connection, and healthy competition. It’s a great opportunity to invite friends and welcome newcomers through sports. For more information, please contact André at andre@stmarkstpeter.org.
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.
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
July 6th:
Opening Hymn: #318 Rejoice today with One Accord
- I Wait
2 – Gratitude
3 – Build My Life
Closing Hymn: #425 Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
RECENT SERMONS AVAILABLE ONLINE
– June 29th: An Introduction to the Psalms – Rev. Chris Barrigar. Click here.
– June 22nd: Simplicity in Complexity – Rev. Trevor Potter. Click here.
– June 15th – The Church as Holy – Rev. Chris Barrigar. Click here.
– June 8: Christianity’s Contemplative and Social Justice Streams – Selene Lau. Click here.
– June 1: One Church – 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.
