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Musique Royale is coming to St Paul’s!

Musique Royale presents a “Yuletide Ceremony of Midwinter”

Thursday, 18 December, 7 p.m. at St.Paul’s Church

Tickets are $25 in advance / $30 at the door, youths free

Purchase your tickets at: https://musiqueroyale.com/event/2025/2025-12-18-yuletide/

Janelle Lucyk (soprano, violin), KerryBursey (tenor, lutenist), and guest artists invite you to delve into the historical roots of Yule for a wintertime immersion into early song and folk dance music from around the world. Celebrating the ancient magic of midwinter, the concert weaves together the threads of Yuletide traditions and ancient customs and symbols still present in beloved Christmas carols.

                Preparing for Christmas Eve

As we get closer to Christmas there are a few details that I want to make you aware of. As we strive to increase our capacity for children and youth ministry in our parish we are approaching our Christmas Eve Pageant service a little differently.

This Sunday our high school students will be creating a script to be used that evening.

Next Sunday, December 14th, we are inviting all children who would like to participate in the pageant to gather at St James during our morning service to choose their roll and be given a script to learn and practice from. Any children not able to attend that morning are still able to participate in the pageant Christmas eve, they need only show up to our service prepared to put on a costume and follow simple instructions. We warmly encourge our junior high students to join us as either participants or helpers. Feel free to contact Archdeacon Brieanna if you have any questions or concerns.

CHRISTMAS MEMORIAL PROGRAM

Help us help others, while remembering those dear to us!

Through Alongside Hope (www.alongsidehope.org), the Utooni Development Organization (UDO) in Kenya builds shallow wells using sand dams to clean the water. A solar-powered pump lets the sun do the hard work! Total cost of one well is $3000.

More information on this project is at: www.utoonidevelopment.org/water-projects/

With a tax-deductible donation of $10 or more, your memorial will be printed in the Christmas bulletin and listed on the parish website (deadline is noon on Sunday,December 14). For more information, please contact the Parish Treasurer,

Dorothy Dauphinee, at 902-826-2305.

E-transfers should be sent to: treasurer@parishoffrenchvillage.ca

Donations can also be placed in theoffering plate any Sunday.

Cheques should be payable to: “Anglican Parish of French Village –Christmas Memorial” Always remember to include your name,phone number, and the dedication information!

ORDINATION ANNOUNCEMENT

On the Feast of St. Nicholas, Saturday, December 6th, at 2:00

p.m. at The Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax, Bishop

Sandra will ordain: Blane Finnie and Ruth MacNeil to the

Sacred Order of Priests and Wade Seymour and Christopher Tidd

to the Sacred Order of Deacons.

Your prayers and presence are requested for Blane, Ruth, Wade,

and Christopher as they prepare for their ordination and the vows

and promises they will each make before God and the gathered

community.

BOX FOR SOCKS

The cold weather has arrived. Brrrrr!

For those living “rough” it is a challenge to stay warm.

Our parish is having a “warm sock” campaign forthose in need.

“A Box for Socks” will be present at every church service starting on

November 30th until January 4th. New socks only please.

Contact Louise Christie 902-225-0832 with questions.

Thanks for your support.

MISSION TO SEAFARERS’ SHOEBOXES
At this time of year, we prepare shoe boxes containing a variety of
items to be given to seafarers visiting our port at Christmas.
Boxes are available at the back of each church with instructions
for what is needed, and they can be returned there for pick up
each Sunday. If you are unable to fill a box, how about donating
some of the required items and/or cash and we will make up the
box for you? For more information contact Janet Champniss at
902-826-2251 or champnissjanet1@gmail.co

MISSION TO SEAFARERS
The Mission to Seafarers is in desperate need of clothing to
distribute to the men and women who arrive in port ill prepared
for our climate.Please consider donating your clean used clothing
which you are no longer wearing. Sizes small and medium are
most desired. Please bring to a church service or contact Mary
902-826-2847 for pickup.Thank you.

Drink and Think will be resuming on Thursday, November 20th at St. James’ Hall, 6:00– 8:00 p.m. This was started in 2017 by Blane Finnie. It is an evening of relaxed discussion and conversation about ideas related to religion and philosophy. There will be pizza supplied, you can bring your drink of choice. Contact me so that I will know numbers for the pizza and preferences. If there are any questions you would like fordiscussion let me know.
Drew Bethune, Email:drew.bethune@gmail.com

 ST. JAMES’ CONCERT Concert at St. James’ Church featuring the return of the local band Appaloosa on Sunday, November 30, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Free will offering.

NOVA SCOTIA PROPERTY TAX REBATE FOR SENIORS Applications are now being accepted for this program. It provides a 50% rebate of residential municipal property taxes paid for 2024, for those receiving the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), up to a maximum rebate of $800. Applications can be downloaded from: www.novascotia.ca/ptrs and must be mailed or dropped off at Access Nova Scotia by Dec. 31, 2025.

Youth Suppers

4-6 pm on last Sunday of the month with St. Luke's United, Tantallon

Beyond Our Parish

For the first time in years the Mission to Seafarers closet is bare!

If you have men’s clothing size small, medium or large that you are able to donate it would be very much appreciated. Items can be dropped off at 3 Island view Drive or pick up can be arranged by emailing picton902@gmail.com

SOULS HARBOUR RESCUE MISSION DROP IN
Souls Harbour Rescue Mission Drop In is low on toiletries.
They accept any and all kinds and sizes of the following:
Shampoo, Conditioner, Band-aids, Combs, Brushes, Toothpaste, Tooth
Brushes, Deodorant.
Please bring the items to the Sunday services and I will deliver them on Tuesdays.
Thank you for your kindness.
Louise Christie 902-225-0832 thechristies@ns.sympatico.ca

The Diocesan Environment Network (DEN) is a network within the Mission, Outreach, Social Justice Task Group (MOST) of the Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
Mandate: To support Anglicans in living out the 5th Mark of Mission, “To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth”.

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PILL BOTTLES FOR MISSIONS
In many developing countries pills are dispensed either in your hand or wrapped in a scrap of paper — can you imagine how you’d feel if that happened on your next trip to the pharmacy?
The parish has a contact who is collecting pill bottles for Doctors Without Borders. So, rather than feeling guilty when you throw your empty pill bottles in the recycling, just remove all the labels, give them a wash (to remove any residue from your medication), and drop them off at any of our churches. The parish will forward them on, so they get a second life.

ST. JAMES PANTRY

Our congregation is responding to a great need in Boutilier’s Point.

We are asking for donations of pantry items as you are able.
Please bring these items to St. James church.

Servers needed

We are looking for people (young and old) who might be interested in taking on the role of Server at our Sunday Services .  This is a special ministry during our services as you assist the Priest and perform special liturgical duties throughout the service.  In particular we are in need of people to serve at the 9am services.  Training will be provided.  If you are interested in learning more about this ministry please contact Rev. Brieanna.

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You are invited to join the Mothers’ Union members in their Prayer Partner Program.

Neighbourhood Soup Servants

What can you do with a Pop Can Tab (or tabs from other containers)? You can help purchase a Wheel Chair for a Veteran by bringing tabs to Saint George’s Church. Please put the tabs in the container Sherry Richardson has placed in the vestibule.

Do you want to make a difference? The work of our Parish Council is important to sustain the ministries of our churches and to meet the day to day commitments. You can take an active role in developing a strategy for our ongoing ministries and future growth.  Please chat/e-mail with Rev Brieanna if you would like to be a part of the team working together for God’s mission. Rev Brieanna: p.frenchvillage@ns.sympatico.ca;

The Lions Club is happy to accept donations of used eye glasses and hearing aids. Please bring them along to church to be collected later, it would be greatly appreciated. SMB Lions Club have the following equipment available for loan, free of charge, to members of the community: Chair Lifts, Wheelchairs, Hospital Beds, Walkers, Crutches, Canes, Bath/Shower chair accessories. Anyone requiring any of this equipment should contact: Lion Leonard Bugbee (902-823-3001)

Anyone wishing to be a reader and/or greeter is asked to contact Janet at champnissjanet1@gmail.com or 902-826-2251

Alongside Hope  is active in 26 countries, with 59 partners drawn from Anglican churches, ecumenical organizations, and community-based groups. Alongside Hope supports people-centered development that improves the quality of daily life for vulnerable populations, promotes self-reliance, and addresses root causes of poverty and injustice. Their work is bound together in three strategic themes: Weaving a Culture of Peace with Justice, building a Moral Economy and Accompanying Communities in Crisis.

Alongside Hope support development programs to include:

- support for maternal, newborn and child health in Africa and Canadian Indigenous communities by purchasing medical equipment for health clinics and maternity wards, construct and refurbish health clinics and nurses’ houses;

- provide Canadian Indigenous communities with midwifery services that are culturally relevant and responsive to their needs and suggestions. It will organize community meetings with the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives and other Indigenous groups in Canada, Mexico and Peru to develop a midwifery curriculum that is sensitive to the needs of Inuit, First Nations and Metis women.

- support Indigenous people by recovering and preserving traditional ways for the next generation; and human rights workers documenting abuses;

- provide a source of potable drinking water to Pikangikum community (Canada) where 90% of homes do not have water or waste-water services. Inadequate and decrepit wooden outhouses are used by most residents. Most of the present homes do not have the space or the structural integrity to support bathroom facilities.

- equipping the homes with a cistern to hold the water and a wastewater holding tank, as well as the necessary fixtures and fittings;

- construct wells to provide clean water to communities affected by water-borne diseases;

- support farmer using traditional and innovative agricultural methods to improve their access to a secure food source;

- help young people by using peer education for HIV/AIDS prevention;

Keep up with the Parish News...Join our parish e-mail group by contacting Rev. Brieanna Andrews at 826-2151 or write your name and email address on one of our pew cards and place it in the offering plate, or leave it with a greeter.