Author: Rev. Doug Kendall

Easter Services

HOLY WEEK & EASTER AT ST. ANDREW’S

Holy Week – Monday to Friday 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

The sanctuary will be open for quiet prayer and meditative readings and reflections from the Gospel of Matthew.

Maundy Thursday – April 21, 5:30 p.m.

We will join Stittsville United Church for a Pot Luck supper at their church moving into a Seder meal similar to the one Jesus would have shared with his disciples. Service will be finished before choir practice.

Good Friday – April 22, 10:00 a.m.

We will join St. Thomas Anglican Church and Stittsville United Church at St. Thomas Anglican Church for a combined family service featuring drama and readings.

Easter Sunday – April 24

7:30 a.m. Almost Sunrise Service.

Something new for this year. We will gather on the church lawn around a fire for a simple “sunrise service” with guitar and communion; remembering what it was like for Jesus’ first disciples so many years ago. The Scripture text will be John 21:4-17, Jesus and the disciples having breakfast on the beach.
Breakfast to follow inside the church.

Easter Sunday – 10:00 a.m.

Easter Sunday Family Worship Service – Intergenerational service with reception of new members and baptism. Senior Choir, Sunday School Choir and Handbell Choir and a guest trumpeter all involved.

Youth Group  will host a Coffee House Variety Night

as a fundraiser for C.A.R.E.


 

Japan Response

Responding to Earthquake and Tsunami Victims in Japan: PWS&D Accepting Donations

Monday, 14 March 2011

A massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s northeast coast on March 11, which triggered a subsequent tsunami claiming thousands of human lives and causing widespread damage to infrastructure and coastal cities. Over 350,000 people are living at evacuation sites while numerous aftershocks continue to hit the region.

The Japanese government has requested international assistance to respond to this massive disaster. PWS&D partners are currently assessing the extent of humanitarian needs, especially at evacuation sites where food, water, health and sanitation kits and blankets are in short supply. Updates will be posted on our website as available.

Please pray for the hundreds of thousands of people affected by this disaster in Japan. For those who would like to make financial contributions, Presbyterian World Service & Development is currently accepting donations. Funds will be sent through our international church networks to meet the needs of those who are affected.

Donations to PWS&D can be made through your church, by mailing a cheque to the office, donating online or calling PWS&D at 1-800-619-7301 ext. 291. Please mark all donations “Japan Earthquake.”

 

 

Response to KAIROS

This Picture is from the Toronto Star February 17, 2011.

Presbytery of Ottawa Speaks

At the February 15 meeting of the Presbytery of Ottawa it was unanimously agreed to write to the Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Minister of International Cooperation  Bev Oda expressing our concern over the handling of the KAIROS funding and to ask that the funding be restored without delay.

It is a special day whenever you hear that a room full of Presbyterians are unanimous on anything!

Here is a copy of the letter.

February 16, 2011.

The Right Honourable Stephen Harper,
Prime Minister of Canada.

Right Honourable Sir:

One year ago today, February 16, 2010, the Presbytery of Ottawa of The Presbyterian Church in Canada wrote to you requesting both an explanation and reconsideration of the decision not to renew funding for KAIROS provided by CIDA.

In light of current information which indicates that the leadership of CIDA recommended that funding for KAIROS be renewed, only to have the recommendation changed at the last moment by the minister responsible for such funding, we respectfully urge that this matter be reviewed and that funding for KAIROS for the year 2010 be restored.

The Presbytery of Ottawa meeting in regular session last evening, February 15, 2011, unanimously adopted the following resolution:

That the Presbytery of Ottawa express in writing to the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada and to the Honourable Bev Oda, Minister for International Co-operation, its concern over the handling of the 2010 grant to KAIROS through CIDA, and request that this funding be restored without delay, with copies of the letter to be sent to the leaders of the opposition parties.

The nineteen congregations in the Presbytery of Ottawa contribute significantly to the work of The Presbyterian Church in Canada, which in turn provides substantial support to KAIROS. As pointed out in our letter of February 16, 2010, KAIROS has a long history of working in partnership with CIDA in the development of proposals for global partnerships which address the stated priorities of the Government of Canada in the areas of safeguarding food and water, in seeking to support the health and education of children and youth, and in ensuring just and sustainable economic development in nations and communities whose pursuit of peace, order, and good government is seriously impaired.

With our continuing prayers for you, and for the Government of Canada, that we may do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly before Almighty God,

Douglas R. Kendall, Moderator

James T. Hurd, Clerk.

Copies to:
The Honourable Bev Oda, Minister of International Co-operation
Mr. Michael Ignatieff, Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition
Mr. Jack Layton, Leader of the New Democratic Party
Mr. Gilles Duceppe, Leader of the Bloc Quebecois
Mr. Stephen Allen, Associate Secretary, Justice Ministries, The Presbyterian Church in Canada, and member, Board of Directors, KAIROS

The Presbyterian Church in Canada is an important part of KAIROS. For more information on what KAIROS actually does, and for other information on what we are doing in the area of social justice here is a link to Justice Ministries of the Presbyterian Church in Canada.

 

Here is an update from our national church.


You can also go directly to the KAIROS Website.

We also encourage you to contact the Prime Minister, Minister Oda and your member of Parliament to express your thoughts and feelings on how this has been handled.