May 23, 2021 Day of Pentecost

This and prior weeks' announcements are posted on this webpage:  https://www.stechurch.com/announcements

  1. Theme Song – Set us Aflame

  2. Meeting Schedule for Cantonese Bible Study Group for May and June 2021

    • Monday May 31: 3:30pm to 5:30 pm

    • Monday June 14: 3:30pm to 5:30 pm

    • Monday June 21: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm

    • Meeting ID: 925 1299 3695 Password:159691

  3. Chinese Anglican Churches of Toronto: Seminar for Hong Kongers Moving to Canada (PDF Click Here)

    • The 4 Cantonese Parishes are organising a seminar for those in HK thinking of moving to Canada in particular to the GTA.

    • This Zoom event will take place on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 8pm (HK time).

    • If you have family and friends who are thinking of immigrating to Toronto, please share this poster with them.

  4. Thanksgiving

    • Ms. Lee (Enoch's Mother) is recovered well from the surgery. We hereby give thanks.

    • Carol Shih who will be trained as a seminary student for the next two years. Give thanks that she passed the seminary interview for the Diocese of Toronto.

  5. Companionship Project

    • Our intern, Carol Shih, will launch a Companionship project in June till August for the first phase.

    • Targets: As the project requires significant commitment and will lead to in-depth sharing, it is for parishioners over 22 years old and who are willing to seek God’s words with someone together. One can pair with another of the same gender or their partner. You can also ask the church to pair up someone for you.

    • Characteristics: flexibility (date, time, place, formality, material and plan), constancy (weekly), commitment (rules, time and readings) and the centre on God’s words.

    • You can find more details and frequently asked questions here: (PowerPoint pdf file). If you are interested, please fill in and return the enrollment form (enrollment form file). For queries, please feel free to email Carol at carol.shih@mail.utoronto.ca.

  6. Theological Education Fund

    • The Theological Education Fund at St. Elizabeth’s is a special restricted fund established in 2007 to promote theological education, especially among parish members of St. Elizabeth’s Anglican Church.

    • This year the fund committee has met and approved to grant Carol Shih funding of $1255 to support her Master of Divinity studies at Wycliffe College.

    • Note: Prior approval from recipient was sought and received before disclosure of name to public

  7. April Offering Summary Report: Click here

    • For 2021, the vestry approved the new account structure to have all 3 ministries as separate accounts along with an operating account for general shared purposes. Please note that as of April 2021 any offerings received that do not specify which ministry or special restricted fund (i.e. English Ministry - Regular, Cantonese Ministry - Regular, Mandarin Ministry - Regular, Special, etc.) the offering is directed to, it will be classified automatically for the general operating use in our Operating account.

    • If offering through our online form (www.stechurch.com/donate), please designate by selecting from the “Fund” dropdown box.

    • If offering through cheque, please make note in the memo section of the cheque.

    • If offering through cash, please indicate by using the appropriate envelope assigned with your donation envelope number, or mark on the envelope.

    • Thank you for your support.

  8. Next Sunday May 30 Trinity Sunday 11am Joint English & Cantonese Online Morning Prayer Service

    • We will have a joint service for Trinity Sunday at 11am on Sunday, May 30. Our preacher for that day will be Wilson Loo who will preach in Cantonese and give a summary in English.

    • As there will not be Mandarin service, please join the joint service instead

    • Zoom Click here at 11am Meeting ID: 971 0493 5659 Password:494353

  9. IDMC 2021 Conference

    • Last year, St. Christopher’s had 7 members attended the International Disciple Making Churches (IDMC) conference and found it very helpful. This year the conference will be held on Fri. June 4 at 8 pm and Sat. June 5, 3 pm – 10 pm. The topic is “Getting Into The Word” by Rev. Edmund Chan. A very dynamic speaker will present in English and Cantonese. $60/person. For details, please visit https://cccowe.ca/idmc2021/. Over 10 people, we can get a group rate.

  10. Infirmed Prayer Requests

    • Lisa Cheng and Vanky So’s health and recovery.

    • Grace Krist’s father in Vancouver, who is not well.

    • Tsang has been discharged from hospital and returned to Yee Hong. Please pray for Mrs. Tsang’s recovery and pray for her family as well. Thank you.

  11. Links to Online Services and Other Programs on Zoom

  12. Sermons stechurch.com/sermons

  13. Livestream or Recorded Services stechurch.com/services

  14. Rosters stechurch.com/roster