Lent/Easter 2015

St. Paullondon’s Ca edral | canada Contents Holy Housecleaning 3 Our Guild 4 Family Ministries 5 Lent/Easter 2015 - VOLUME 22, ISSUE 1 Social Services 6 The Right Reverend Robert F. Bennett Lenten Speaker Series 7 Bishop of Huron Music 8 The Right Reverend Terry A. Dance Come to the Table 10 Bishop of Norfolk Renew Announcement 11 The Very Reverend Kevin Dixon 40 Acts 12 Dean & Rector Brio 13 The Reverend Deacon Pat Henderson Parish News 14 Deacon Lenten Calendar & Events 15 The Rev’d Dr. Virginia C. Lane Lenten Bible Study 16 Honorary Assistant The Rev’d Michael DeKay Regular Worship Times Assistant Curate Mr. Matthew Brown Sunday 8:00am Holy Eucharist Seminarian 10:00am Holy Eucharist with Children’s Program at 9:00am The Very Reverend Kevin Dixon Sunday School classes during the 10:00am service Nursery available from 9:00 - 11:30am Publisher Paul Grambo Monday 8:45am Morning Prayer Editor Tuesday 8:45am Morning Prayer St. Paul’s Cathedral Wednesday 8:15am Holy Eucharist 472 Richmond Street London, Ontario, Canada 12:15pm Holy Eucharist N6A 3E6 Thursday 8:45am Morning Prayer (519) 434-3225 Friday 8:45am Morning Prayer www.StPaulsCathedral.on.ca

Next edition: May 3, 2015 Monthly Seniors Home Services Contributions due: April 17 , 2015 First Tuesday 2:30pm Extendicare Chimes is the news magazine of St. Paul’s Cathedral in the Diocese of Huron and is Second Tuesday 10:30am Mount Hope published four or five times annually. We 2:30pm Chateau Gardens welcome your submissions, though we cannot guarantee that all submissions will be printed. Please send them to the Church Office. On the cover: Lisandra Hernandez (left) and Toula We also accept e-mail submissions: Anagnosto (right): the new Fellowship Centre [email protected] Coordinators. See page 6 for more.

2 | Lent/Easter 2015 www.StPaulsCathedral.on.ca Holy Housecleaning! BY Archdeacon Nancy Adams t’s only the end of January, and as much as we may The concept of “dying to sin and rising to new life in wish for signs of spring, no doubt one of these days Christ”, which is the traditional language of baptism, we’ll be gifted by a snowstorm reminding us that is not, I would suggest, something we do only once at Iwe shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves just yet. Living baptism, but often in our Christian walk. Lent invites in the present moment of winter when the hours of us to an annual holy housecleaning, with the promise daylight are lengthening and the racks of seeds are of a great celebration in a time yet to come. already out in the stores is especially frustrating. We Lenten Blessings to all. v just want to get on with springtime and another warm season of growth. Realistically, though, there are probably still a few snowflakes to fall from the sky before we see spring flowers and hear the robin’s song. What we tend to forget is that for human beings, EVERY season is a season of growth, and that even online in the depths of winter, frozen nature is preparing, in ways we can’t see or hear, to break forth into glorious Recent editions of the Chimes Newsletter have a active life again. What we perceive as the “death” much more robust online presence. Though editions phase of winter is really only a period of dormancy and are still available as a PDF download, the newsletter is now accessible online in a magazine-style blog quietness in which repair and maintenance happen in format. the natural world. Things slow down a bit, but life You can view the latest edition by visiting: definitely goes on beneath the soil ... it’s just a lot less obvious and a little more mysterious. www.StPaulsCathedral.on.ca/Chimes The season of Lent can be viewed in a similar or on your mobile device by scanning this QR code. way. We look ahead knowing that at the end of it lies If you have any questions, please contact something glorious - Easter. Living in the moment of Paul Grambo, Editor and Communications Director. Lent seems, then, to be a bit of an inconvenience when the party of Easter lies just ahead and beckons to us. But - for every party we plan there’s a time before hand of preparation, of housecleaning, of putting things in order before company comes. Similarly, Lent calls us to a time of spiritual housecleaning; a time to look into dusty corners of our spiritual lives and clean out the proverbial cobwebs - to discard the junk in our psyches - to assess what needs attending to in our relationships with other people, and exercising forgiveness if that’s what is needed. It’s a time to sort out our spiritual priorities and stop stockpiling ill will or resentments and all the excuses that prevent us from growing closer to God. And it’s a time to clarify and commit anew to our individual and collective calling as Christians to lovingly and compassionately respond to the needs of the world around us. www.facebook.com/StPaulsLondonCanada Lent/Easter 2015 | 3 Our Altar Guild

BY Melissa Broadfoot he Altar Guild, at St. Paul’s, or any other The Altar Guild follows the liturgical calendar Anglican church, is responsible for the care of so we know when to change the altar frontals, Holy Things, adorning and making ready the (hanging on the pulpit), and missal Tsanctuary for all worship services. The Altar Guild marker (long strip of material hanging at the lectern) works in close co-operation with the Rector, taking to the seasonal colours. We also change these items to direction from him/her in the performance of their white for baptisms, weddings, and funerals. duties. All the duties of our members are performed Being a member of our Altar Guild requires training with dignity and reverence and without haste. The in the parts of the Church and their purpose, in the centre of the Altar Guild’s work is the . liturgical colours, care and storage of linens, naming To give you an idea of what we do, we (1) care and purpose of the sacred vessels, understanding the for all the candles, vessels (chalice, , flagons, furniture in the Sanctuary, and how to set for Eucharist, cruets), linens (purificators, corporals, credence Baptism, and Holy Days. Altar Guild members are cloths, burse and veils), and altar commissioned to this ministry; frontals; (2) turn the pages of the dedicating their work to the glory Memorial Book located beside of God and to the enhancement the Lady Chapel; (3) polish all of worship. If you would like to the brass and silver at least twice join the Altar Guild, please speak a year and polish items used more with one of the clergy. frequently such as the brass vases, We are responsible for ensuring offering plates, and brass railing flowers are at the high altar every around the baptismal font; (4) Sunday (except during Lent). clean and dust the Sanctuary in These flowers are for the glory preparation for a service; (5) care of God and, secondly, are often for the consecrated items in the given in memory of the departed. tabernacle; (6) assist the Clergy If you are interested in putting and Sacristan when preparing the memorial flowers at the high altar, altars before a service; and (7) please speak with Audrey Smith or help with the Flower Ministry by one of the Altar Guild members. preparing bouquets after service There are often Sundays available for delivery to seniors, shut-ins, for you to do this and it would be or those who are ill. For Easter, a way for you to remember your Thanksgiving, and Christmas we decorate the church loved ones. to beautify these special services. Our Altar Guild Our Altar Guild is an amazing group of dedicated also supports diocesan services such as Synod and women. They go above and beyond to beautify the Ordinations. church for worship. The next time you see an Altar Immediately after a service, we clean the vessels Guild member, why not say “thanks”? Give them a pat and properly store them in the Sacristy, cover the on the back and tell them how much you appreciate altars, store the linens appropriately laundering them everything they do to enhance our worship. v as needed, and change the colours if necessary. We also come to the Sacristy to clean and properly store Melissa is a Past-Warden and member of the Altar Guild the vessels and linens for mid-week worship services.

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BY Lea Patchett his past year at St. Paul’s we have put a lot the lawn on . We are currently looking for of exciting events and programs in place, but volunteers to help with both events as we prepare for the we have even more exciting annual events ap- miracle of the Easter season. During our Tproaching! Lent and Easter are my favourite times of walk there will be a series of stations setup throughout the year as we experience the power and renewal of God, main floor of St. Paul’s for this interactive, all-ages event. His love for Jesus, and His love for us. Here are some Snacks and crafts will be provided. of the things to look forward to from Family Minis- Hometown Nazareth - Where Jesus was a Kid will be tries in the upcoming seasons. our Holy Land destination this year for our annual summer During Lent this year the Sunday School Program Vacation Bible School. Our participants and volunteers at St. Paul’s Cathedral has been challenged to live gen- will have the opportunity to explore Jesus’ childhood by erously during the 40 days of Lent through the pro- meeting his mother Mary, visiting the Marketplace, shar- gram 40 Acts. It is a set of small challenges that our ing in up-beat music, and exploring the teachings of the children and youth can complete every day of Lent to Bible. This is our annual summer event which has been give back to their communities. We will be tracking well-received by the community over the past few years. the progress on these challenges in Cronyn Hall dur- Running an event of this magnitude is a lot of work. For ing coffee hour, to emphasize the importance of living more information about ways that you can help please con- generously in our communion with others. tact me by phone or e-mail through the Church Office, or Our annual Easter events will be running this year speak with me following our Sunday morning services. v April 3rd-5th, including our walk through the on Good Friday and our Easter Egg Hunt on Lea is St. Paul's Family Ministries Co-ordinator

Saturday, April 4 @ 10:00am on the Cathedral Lawn www.facebook.com/StPaulsLondonCanada Lent/Easter 2015 | 5 St. Paul’s Social Services BY Lynn Prentice n November 2014, a committee interviewed for the Fel- following Bill and Eve's retirement. This closure gave us lowship Centre Coordinator's position, following the valuable time while Shiella DeLeon, who is our Daily retirement of Bill and Eve Sutherland who had shared Bread Food Bank Coordinator and Brad Ackworth who is thisI full-time role for over eleven years. We were blessed with a regular volunteer, spent the month building 3 new teams, many good candidates, and in the end could not make a de- doing inventory, cleaning, purchasing badly needed kitchen cision between two of them. We decided to approach these equipment and reorganizing tables to allow for greater two about the possibility of sharing this one year contract and access and enhanced community building. A big thank you were delighted that neither hesitated to say “yes”! Let me in- to Shiella and Brad for all their hard work. We re-opened troduce these women to you: December 1st with three newly structured teams, offering a Toula Anagnostou (right) grew up in restaurant kitchens, hot lunch three days a week. Our new co-ordinators expect as one of the children of immigrant parents who owned sev- to be offering lunches five days a week by spring. If you eral restaurants. When you see her in action in the Fellowship would like to volunteer for one of our teams, please contact Centre kitchen you'll notice that she does indeed feel at home us at [email protected] or leave a message at in an industrial kitchen. She has good food sense and knows (519) 434-3225 x214. We have a new menu that includes about nutrition as well as good tasting food. Toula worked for more fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables, with two days of many years with people seeking vegetarian offerings. Is the food personal growth and employment good? People who come for lunch support. We have been deeply tell us how much they like it; touched by Toula's warmth and especially the warm, freshly made authenticity, demonstrated in the applesauce. The biggest indicator? interview and continuing as she Volunteers keep hauling me over engages in her new role with us. to where plates are scraped to Toula and her husband live in show me the garbage pail. Last London. Their boys, now adults, visit they showed me about 1/2 live in southwestern Ontario. cup of food garbage after scraping Lisandra Hernandez (left) first came to St. Paul's Social 100 plates! Wow! We think people like it. Staff and volunteers Services for food support at the Daily Bread Food Bank. She are working hard to provide these nutritious lunches – come liked what she saw and asked if she could volunteer. She had and check us out. been volunteering with us for several months when the call The first meeting of the Making Room study group met came for volunteers at the Fellowship Centre. With typical January 20th. The group was full at 20 members and ready enthusiasm and caring, she began to volunteer there too, do- for meaningful inquiry based on this excellent book. We are ing both on her only free day from ESL classes. Lisandra is exploring the history of Christian hospitality, what it means a new Canadian who just over a year ago, spoke no English. to welcome a “stranger”, what are our goals, fears and limits She is a trained industrial engineer, having worked in occu- both as individuals and as an agency who offers hospitality. pational health and safety for five years in her home country. Our study group includes participants from our Board, staff, Lisandra is working on her getting her qualifications to be volunteers and other interested churches who offer hospital- able to work as an engineer in Canada, expecting this will take ity. This group is facilitated by The Rev'd Marty Levesque, several years. Rector at St. Andrew Memorial Anglican Church. We are We are delighted to welcome these two women to our looking forward to meeting monthly until June. staff. Both are kind, compassionate and intelligent team play- If you are interested in learning more about our changes ers. Expect good things to happen during our year of growth and new directions at St. Paul's Social Services please join me at the Fellowship Centre. Do come and introduce yourself in a session on Sunday, March 1st , at 11:30am in the Guild and help us to welcome our new staff. Room at St. Paul's Cathedral. v Speaking of this, what is happening at the Fellowship Centre? You may already know, we were closed in November Lynn is Executive Director of St. Paul’s Social Services 6 | Lent/Easter 2015 www.StPaulsCathedral.on.ca Lentten Speaker Series 2015 Lenten Speaker Series and Service begins at 12:15pm in the Cathedral Service followed by soup, sandwich, and dessert in Cronyn Hall Please join us and bring a friend to enjoy this year's inspired theme: P ILGRIMAGE

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - Ash Wednesday - The Reverend Canon Nick Wells St. Peters Anglican Church, Tyrconnell 29596 Lakeview Line, Wallacetown, Ontario

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - Lent I - The Reverend Canon Christopher Pratt St. John the Evangelist 23 Water Street North, Kitchener, Ontario

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - Lent II - The Reverend Canon Dr. William Cliff The Collegiate Chapel of St. John the Evangelist, Huron University College 1349 Western Road, London, Ontario

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - Lent III - The Reverend Canon Georgina Foster-Haig Interfaith Chaplain London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - Lent IV -The Reverend Kristen Oliver St. Pauls Anglican Church 210 Michigan Avenue, Point Edward, Ontario

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - Lent V- The Reverend Adèle Miles St. Luke the Evangelist - Broughdale 1204 Richmond Street, London, Ontario

472 Richmond Street, London, Ontario corner of Queens & Richmond (519) 434-3225 St. Paullondon’s Cathedral | canada www.StPaulsCathedral.on.ca www.facebook.com/StPaulsLondonCanada Lent/Easter 2015 | 7 Music for Lent & Easter

BY Andrew Keegan Mackriell Happy 2015! under budget at the end of 2014. We seem to have man- Firstly, let me pay tribute to the Cathedral Choir for aged to do the same work with slightly less financial re- the outstanding music during Advent and Christmas – it’s sources. Having said that, the choir didn't sing in June a busy time of year and we all seemed to come through it in 2014 (which was the second year that had happened), with good health and humour! It was particularly notable and that undoubtedly contributed to the savings. It is our how much larger the congregations for the Advent and intention however, as a result of much feedback from our Christmas carol services have become in recent years as parishioners over the last two years about how the Sunday the word gets out about our music program – and I think worship feels with no choir there to lead the singing for I’m not overstating the case by saying that there isn’t any- the three summer months, to bring the choir back this where else in London that people can hear choral music June - and, all things being equal, based on last year’s fi- of this quality. Keep spreading the word and be proud of nances and assuming there are no unforeseen additional the music program we have here at St. Paul’s! expenses, we should be able to do this within the 2015 Ash Wednesday and Lent, with all this time of year budget. The choir is particularly happy with this decision! brings, is now very much on the horizon and in the Looking slightly further ahead, one of the most excit- minds of all the musicians. We finished off the Sundays ing items on the choir schedule for this year is, of course, after Epiphany with some really tremendous choral set- the Three Cathedrals Choral Festival 2015 which will tings – Wood, Palestrina, Victoria, Dyson – and the pat- be held from May 1st – 3rd. The three choirs from St. tern continues as we enter Lent. Music by William Harris, Paul’s Cathedrals in Detroit, Buffalo and London will Henry Purcell, William Byrd and Cristóbal de Morales, again come together for a biennial festival of choral mu- amongst others, will enrich our Sunday liturgies. On La- sic, jazz, food, art, heritage and fellowship. Please visit the etare Sunday (March 15th), we will feature the recently- Festival website (www.threecathedralsfestival.ca) for more written Ikonic Mass by young American composer, Zach- details on the program for the weekend and put it on your ary Wadsworth, who is now based in Calgary. calendars – it really is a not-to-be-missed event! During Lent, as always, the choir will be singing a As I concluded in the Vestry Report, all of us involved number of special services. On Sunday, March 8th we will with the music program here at St. Paul’s would like to sing Choral Evensong at 4:00pm and then, as we enter take the opportunity to thank the Cathedral community on Palm Sunday, March 29th, the choir will for their continued support, encouragement and good present the annual Sequence of Music and Readings for wishes throughout 2014 and the very complimentary Passiontide which will again showcase some of the great- comments we received about the music in Advent and est choral music ever written, much in multiple parts. The at Christmas. As our Mission Statement states: The music choir is excited to have received an invitation from the ministry of St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir exists to nurture the Rector and people of All Saints’ Church, Hamilton Rd. to worshipping community of St. Paul’s in the faith and the sing the monastic Office of Tenebrae on the Wednesday expression of that faith through music. This ministry, com- of Holy Week, April 1st. This is the evening service in bined with our responsibility to Bishop Bob as the choir Holy Week when the choir sings psalms and antiphons, of his Cathedral Church, is at the core of who we are and candles are extinguished and the church is left in darkness what we do, and remains our sole raison d’être. We very except for one candle. We haven’t had the opportunity much look forward to making music during the coming to sing this particular dramatic evening Office here at St. year v Paul’s for a number of years, so we are very pleased to be able to offer this courtesy of our friends at All Saints’ – do please put the date on your calendar and plan to attend. In terms of planning within our financial resources, I am happy to report that the music program came in 8 | Lent/Easter 2015 www.StPaulsCathedral.on.ca Chorister Profiles At U.W.O., she pursued a concurrent honours program in Gary Davies Music History and French/German literature. In 2000, she began singing with the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir in To- I began singing at the age of 8 at St. George’s Cathedral in Kingston, Ontario. I have been in school, community and ronto. While on an international undergraduate exchange in church choirs most of my life, except during periods of uni- Germany she met her (Belgian) husband, Simon. After com- versity studies. I joined St. pleting her doctoral work Paul’s choir in 1989 short- on Gregorian chant in ly after my two sons did, Germany, she found her so am celebrating a quar- first teaching position at ter century at the Cathe- the University of Toron- dral in 2014. I have been to, where she also held a a parish council member post-doctoral research fel- and am currently on the lowship and enthusiasti- Woodland Cemetery cally rejoined Tafelmusik. board and a member of A few years later, with a the pastoral visiting group. baby on the way (the now- It has been my privilege to three-year-old Alexander), serve under some wonder- and ever more teaching ful choirmasters during opportunities at Western, my choir career and to Kate and Simon decided help lead congregations to move back to London. Kate is currently a part-time Music through the ministry of music, both at the Cathedral and in History professor at Western, sings with Tafelmusik, and is parishes around the diocese. active in several research projects about medieval music. This I was trained as a social worker and retired in December past summer, Alexander became a big brother to Felix, ir- 2013 after a 42-year career in England, Quebec and radiating any lingering 'dull moments'. She is very happy to Ontario. My wife, Louise, and I have three children and six have been able to join St. Paul's choir, (thanks in large part grandchildren. to her father, Bill Skidmore, and his ability to kid-wrangle Kate Helsen in the pews) filling in for an alto on leave this year. Thrilled Kate grew up just west of London, beginning life as a chor- to find her own passion for music reflected in the quality of ister at age 3 in the St. Anne's Anglican (Byron) 'Cherub the worship services at St. Paul's, she is grateful to this com- Choir', then progressing to the Amabile Choirs, the On- munity for welcoming her so warmly, and looks forward to tario Youth Choir, and studying piano, voice, and bassoon. having her boys grow up here. v Spiritual Styles WORKSHOP Connect with God. Connect with others.

Date: Saturday, March 7th Time: 10:00am to 1:00pm Cost: Free Lunch & child care provided

Please register by February 28th on the signup sheet in Cronyn Hall For more information, contact The Rev’d Michael DeKay: [email protected] | (519) 870-2637 www.facebook.com/StPaulsLondonCanada Lent/Easter 2015 | 9 An evening to support St. Paul’s Social Services ~ Daily Bread Food Bank & Fellowship Centre FOOD FOR THE TABLE HOPE FOR THE HUNGRY DIGNITY FOR ALL SAVE THE DATE Monday, May 11, 2015 6:30 – 9:00 pm Host Venue: The London Club, 177 Queens Ave, London Come to the Table!

Seventh Annual ‘SOUP & SANDWICH’ Dinner to benefit St. Paul’s Social Services Daily Bread Food Bank & Fellowship Centre - London ON

Guest Speaker: Jennifer Kirkham This ‘super-hero’ community coach and social justice advocate will educate and inspire you! A member of the London Poverty Research Centre at King’s University College, Jennifer Kirkham brings a bushel-full of startling statistics and informed insights about the State of Poverty in London and Ontario. Learn more about current and emerging food security practices, and hear how St. Paul’s Social Services Daily Bread Food Bank and Fellowship Centre, headquartered at St. Paul’s Cathedral, is ‘setting the table’ - through ongoing services and new, client-empowering programs like Food Skills Classes – as part of our community’s growing infrastructure of support for those living in poverty.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Jennifer Kirkham is passionate about social justice, and supports groups and initiatives locally and internationally in creating change. One of her current projects is working with the London Poverty Research Centre at King’s University College, a central repository of local data, information and knowledge to enable a deeper understanding of poverty in London. As President and CEO of Mischievous Cat Productions Inc., Jennifer has provided strategy and management consulting to the non-profit, private and government sectors since 2009. Prior to owning her company, Jennifer worked for the City of London for 16 years where she managed a broad portfolio of programs including Ontario Works, child care services, homelessness, and social policy and research. Please join us for this wonderful evening of healthy food, warm fellowship, enriched understanding, and support. - Lynn Prentice, Executive Director, St. Paul’s Social Services

Tickets $75 ($50 tax receipt) ∙ $750 Table of Ten BUY ONLINE at www.dailybreadlondon.ca or call 519.521.2000

10 | Lent/Easter 2015 www.StPaulsCathedral.on.ca Funding Announcement

BY Paul Grambo

Announcement of funding their continued hard work and to our Campaign through the Employment and Consultant Cynthia O’Neill for writing this successful grant application. Social Development Canada Thank you to all our donors to date who have (ESDC)’s Enabling Accessibility in generously supported this major undertaking. We look the Communities Fund forward to more announcements in the weeks ahead. v he goal of our RENEW the Cathedral Paul is St. Paul's Communications Director and a member of campaign: "Reach Out. Build Within." is to the Renew the Cathedral Leadership Team provide barrier-free access to all spaces within Tour building, for all individuals who need to access the programs offered here. When we talk about accessibility, inevitably the details of elevators, ramps and stairs arise. But at the centre of accessibility is respect; respect for each person and their individual needs. Everyone who enters St. Paul's Cathedral needs the ability to access all parts of the building that they may require. Our renovation project will provide equal access to all and create an inviting space for all our users. This major renovation project will see barrier-free access and accommodations on each of 3 floors of the East Wing. Each floor will be served by an elevator, thus allowing us to relocate the major social service programs to one floor. In addition, there will be a ramp to provide access from the Cathedral to the East Did you know ... Wing, where parishioners will have access to those This Week at St. Paul’s, the weekly text-based announcement email, is sent on Fridays. improved facilities, including barrier-free washrooms. If you don’t receive it, visit the website to Our building is home to several social service subscribe or contact Paul Grambo, Commu- programs and other community programs. Each nications Director at: year we experience more than 40,000 people moving [email protected] through our building, actively participating in these important programs. Though we make every effort Audio recordings of the sermons, prayers and to accommodate people with disabilities, whenever announcements can be found on the website. possible and however limited, we know that there are Miss a Sunday? The archive holds a year’s worth many more who would utilize these services, if they of recordings. Now there’s no excuse! were more easily accessible. The ESDC Enabling Accessibility in the St. Paul’s Cathedral is on Facebook at: Community funding, has approved a grant of www.facebook.com/StPaulsLondonCanada. $50,000.00 toward this project! Thank you to our “Like” and "Follow" us to receive updates. Leadership Team, chaired by Bette Ferguson, for www.facebook.com/StPaulsLondonCanada Lent/Easter 2015 | 11 40 Acts for Lent Our Sunday School program has been challenged to complete 40 Acts of kindness during Lent. We will be Award-winning Lent generosity campaign tracking our progress as a group in Cronyn Hall and indi- launches on Ash Wednesday, February 18 vidually with family-friendly at-home sheets. Please help ay thank you, create a generosity toolbox, share a us all in taking on this rewarding challenge as a commu- skill and always talk to strangers. These are just a nity here at St. Paul’s Cathedral. v few of the forty acts of generosity which will feature Sin 40 Acts, a generosity campaign that launches on Ash - Lea Patchett - St. Paul's Family Ministries Co-ordinator Wednesday. During the forty days of Lent, participants are invited to take part in 40 activities that challenge them to do Lent generously in 2015. Lent marks a pivotal point in the history of the Church, when we remember how Jesus prepared to give himself up as a sacrifice for all humanity. Traditionally we mark Lent by giving something up, but as an alternative Christians can awaken to a new idea: that we can reflect something of God's incredible generosity on the cross by creating a daily habit of generosity throughout Lent. Individual participants can sign up for 40 Acts (www.40acts.org.uk) and will receive daily 40 Acts chal- lenges via email from February 18 to April 4. If you'd rath- er not receive daily emails, challenges will also be posted on the 40acts website and social media sites on a daily basis. AIZÉ T An Evening Service of Prayer and Reflection

Tuesday Evenings at 7:30pm February 24 - March 24, 2015

12 | Lent/Easter 2015 www.StPaulsCathedral.on.ca Brio Music Update his has been one of the busiest years yet at Brio Music and the next six months won’t be slowing down! We have brought on new teachers, new studentsT and new volunteers. We have 30 students who are attending the Brio program regularly from four different schools. Currently, we are working with Vanier Children’s Services, Knollwood Park Primary School, White Oaks Primary School and Trafalgar Primary School. Most of our students continue to come from grades 2-4, but now we also have two students in Kindergarten from Knollwood Park. We held a very successful Christmas concert for our students in December 2014 at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Each one of our groups performed 2-3 Christmas carols vocally, and we even had two students perform Jingle Bells on the glockenspiels. It was the first time that one of our events was used for fundraising, and as such, we had a raffle table for attendees. Items were donated from Epicure, Providence Tattoo, Prim and Pauper and Huron Motor Products, Exeter. Santa even made an appearance! On a related topic, I've have recently finished helping set-up and run a seven-week pilot program of Vivo Music at Fusion Youth Centre in Ingersoll. Vivo is an after school music program for students in the Ingersoll area who attend grades 4-6. They are learning instruments such as guitar, bucket-drums (percussion) and ukulele. In addition, we had 8 students come from St. Jude’s Primary School. Most of our students signed up to continue the program in January. As we continue into the New Year, we will be running five days per week and planning our spring fundraising events. We will be planning our hot-dog & hamburger BBQ at a downtown grocery store and our annual spring Marmalade “Shop Till You Drop”. v is now available - Ashley Dickey - Director of Brio Music 1 Jar - 8 oz. (250 mL) $5.50 1 Case (12 jars) $66.00 Things To Remember 1 Jar - 4 oz. (125 mL) $3.00 When you or someone you care for is con- 1 Jar - 8 oz. (250 mL) w/ whisky $6.50 fronted with an illness or crisis, remember to 1 Case (12 jars) w/ whisky $78.00 contact one of the clergy team first.

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www.facebook.com/StPaulsLondonCanada Lent/Easter 2015 | 13 Parish News Friday Discussion Group he Friday Discussion Group continues to meet Pancakes for on Friday mornings. In this current series we are exploring a combination of current events and a SHROVE TUESDAY Tfive-session DVD study entitled Embracing Interfaith Co- February 17 operation featuring Eboo Patel. In the DVD study, Eboo invites us to examine our own 11:30am - 1:30pm & 5:00 - 7:00pm faith heritage as a starting point for joining those of other $8.00 per person | $4.00 for children under 12 religions to transform the world. He leads a small group of $20.00 per family adults from diverse religious backgrounds (including Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Hindu) in a fascinating exploration Hosted by the Cathedral Choir of both the challenge and necessity of interfaith co-operation. Please contact Colleen at [email protected] Craft activities will be available at dinner for children of all ages! if you are interested in joining in. Child care provided. Gluten-free & vegetarian available - Colleen Keech Enjoy a meal and fellowship, Refectory Lunches and help restore the Cathedral’s roof The dates for the upcoming lunches are: February 15, March 15 and April 12. Please continue to support this venture. - The Luncheon Crew Taizé Services During Lent Many Thanks Taizé Services Lent will be offered on Tuesday Evenings at 7:30pm starting on February 24 and ending on March We would like to extend a very special "Thank You" for the 24, 2015. love and support that you have shown over the years for Uncle This is a service of simple music, Scripture reading Ron (Sewell) who was so very much a part of the St. Paul's and silence. Taizé offers an opportunity for quiet repose in Cathedral family. Your love will always be treasured. the midst of our busy lives. Starting in France after World - Gayle & Murray Anderson & family v War II, the service is ecumenical - an open door for all to enter and experience the presence of the Spirit. The Taizé service is designed to help one enter into the mystery of God's presence. The service has no formal leadership, no sermon and few words are spoken. One enters in silence and becomes aware of an inviting reverent space; a space for people to find the quiet place within, and in their own way, God. The silence and absence of distractions are reminders that prayer is an experience of trusting God. Simple songs are sung repeatedly, giving them a reflective character. A Scripture is read, followed by silence, allowing words to find a pure tone of truth in each person's life. It is a simple, and for some, highly personal, form of worship and you are all invited. Bring a friend as well. v

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Lent & Easter Weekly Events at the Cathedral Sundays @ 9 Weekly adult education program Ash Wednesday Adult Children of Alcoholics Wednesday, February 18 Sundays @ 1:00pm Imposition of Ashes @ 8:15am, noon Al-Anon & 7:00pm Sundays @ 8:00pm Alateen Taizé Services Sundays @ 8:00pm Tuesdays @ 7:30pm Scrabble Club February 24 Mondays @ 2:00pm March 3 Brio Music Weekdays @ 4:00pm March 10 London’s Tuesday Noon Hour Organ Recital Series March 17 Tuesdays @ 12:15pm March 24 February 17 Jeremy David Tarrant February 24 William Lupton Music & Readings March 3 Thomas Gonder for Passiontide March 10 Stephanie Burgoyne Sunday, March 29 @ 4:00pm March 17 Andrew Keegan Mackriell in Cronyn Hall with Shawn Spicer, trumpet March 24 Paul Merritt March 31 Andrew Keegan Mackriell Thursday, April 2 April 7 Joel VanderZee Solemn Blessing of Oils @ 12:00pm April 14 Andrew Keegan Mackriell Stripping of the Altar @ 7:30pm with Nic Carlucci, violin April 21 William Lupton Good Friday April 28 Andrew Ager Friday, April 3 May 5 Simon Walker Children’s Liturgy @ 10:00am May 20 Jeremy David Tarrant Good Friday Liturgy @ 12:00pm Narcotics Anonymous Wednesdays @ 7:30pm Holy Saturday Bible Study Saturday, April 4 Thursdays @ 2:00pm Easter Egg Hunt @ 10:00am Alcoholics Anonymous @ 8:00pm Thursdays @ 5:00pm Adult Children of Alcoholics Easter Sunday Thursdays @ 7:00pm Sunday, April 5 Friday Discussion Group Holy Eucharist @ 8:00am Fridays @ 10:00am in St. Aidan’s Chapel Knitting for Peace Choral Eucharist @ 10:00am Saturdays @ 10:00am with St. Paul’s Brass www.facebook.com/StPaulsLondonCanada Lent/Easter 2015 | 15 Lenten Bible Study

BY Matt Gardner new contextual Bible study is set to bring the message Meanwhile, Dean Peter Wall, Anglican member and of the scriptures to Anglicans and Lutherans in a rel- co-chair of JALC, looked over the final draft to ensure the evant, accessible way this Lenten season. study would prove an ideal resource for both Anglicans and A Endorsed by members of the Joint Anglican-Lutheran Lutherans. Commission (JALC), the shared resource is available free on- “This is an impressive piece of work—carefully and com- line and represents another initiative in the full communion prehensively look- partnership between the Anglican Church of Canada and the ing at the Sunday Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC). readings for Lent in The Rt. Rev. Terry Dance, Bishop of Norfolk in the Dio- this [church] Year cese of Huron and a member of JALC, prepared the study for B,” Wall wrote in Lent during a sabbatical to help church members engage with an email. each other and the biblical text while providing guidance to “It provides ministry in their own lives. good and easily “This study is designed specifically for a church in the Ca- used resources for nadian context, dealing with the kind of issues that we’re deal- a facilitator and ing with,” Bishop Dance said. also gives excellent “There’s a phrase,diakonia , which talks about the fact that 'extra' background discipleship is inextricably bound to service, and that service is reading material for something which belongs to the whole people of God, not just those who wish to those of us who are ordained.” use it. I believe that Dance is a long-time proponent of contextual Bible study, it would deeply en- an approach to studying scripture that examines biblical pas- rich one's journey sages from multiple aspects—literary, historic, and ultimately through the Sun- the modern cultural context participants live in. days in Lent.” The bishop spent an estimated 200 hours writing the Both the Anglican church and ELCIC will promote the study, which addresses scriptural readings for Lent, Palm Sun- Bible study online. An overview and resources for the first, sec- day, Good Friday and Easter and connects experiences in the ond and third weeks of Lent were made available on Monday, life of Christ to the mission and ministry of the church today. Jan. 19. Resources for the fourth and fifth weeks of Lent as While questions asked in the study are the same across well as Palm Sunday, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection will Canada, responses are likely to vary. be available at the end of January or sooner. “In suburban London, Ont., the opportunities and pos- The Rev. André Lavergne, a member of JALC and assist- sibilities for ministry would be different than they would be ant to the bishop, ecumenical and interfaith for the ELCIC, in, say, northern British Columbia or Vancouver,” Dance said. praised the study for its “grassroots quality.” “The needs that exist in the local community would be “It follows the lectionary, and that’s a lectionary that is different…It gets people, I think, talking at a fairly serious level shared between Anglicans and Lutherans…It’s very accessible, about who we are as a church, what it means to be a church, whether you’re an Anglican or a Lutheran,” Lavergne said. what it means to be a follower of Christ, and begins to deepen “We’re going to be reading the same texts during Lent and the level of conversation.” therefore studying the same material, so that’s very helpful.” v To help the Bible study reach the widest possible audience, Bishop John Chapman of the Diocese of Ottawa examined - compliments of the Anglican Journal the first draft and offered suggestions to make the final prod- uct useful for laypersons and theological experts alike. To download Bishop Dance's Bible Study, visit: “If you’re doing a theological work that is to serve the www.anglican.ca/resources/lent2015 whole church, then it needs to be accessible to the whole church,” Chapman noted. 16 | Lent/Easter 2015 www.StPaulsCathedral.on.ca