November 28th, 2021 1st Sunday of Advent

  1. This Sunday Nov 28 11am Joint English & Cantonese Online Holy Communion Service

    • We will have a joint service at 11am on Sunday, Nov 28. Our preacher for that day Rev. Maria will preach in English and Joel will interpret in Cantonese.

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

    • There will not be English Children’s Online Sunday School

    • Zoom Click here on Nov 28 at 11am

    • Meeting ID: 971 0493 5659 Password: 494353

    • English Bulletin (PDF) is attached

    • Chinese Bulletin (PDF) is attached

  2. Nov 28 FaithWorks Sunday

    • This Sunday, will be FaithWorks Sunday where we will be accepting special offering to support their ministries.

    • There are two ways for individuals to contribute to their parish's total.

    • To St. E directly through cash, cheque or our online donation form: https://www.stechurch.com/donate . Please select Fund type as "Other" and enter "FaithWorks" in the message specify to donate to this fund. For cash or cheque donations, please ensure to specify the donation is for “FaithWorks” on the envelope or in the memo.

    • Go to FaithWorks.ca and follow the instructions to put “St. Elizabeth’s (Mississauga)” as the parish's name in the Comments section when making a donation.

  3. St. Elizabeth's Christmas Celebration

    • St. Elizabeth’s Anglican Church will be holding a Christmas celebration on Dec 11 (Sat) from 3pm to 5pm, both in-person and online simultaneously. Program will include Christmas carols and prayer, display booths, Christmas photo spot (in-person), Christmas story telling, Christmas quiz, sit dance-waltz, Christmas gourmet dessert demonstration, and door prizes for participants.

    • We welcome parishioners and their immediate family members who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to attend in person (except for children under the age of 12, who are not yet eligible or may not be in time to be vaccinated after the recent roll-out for the age group of 5-12). Strict provincial and diocesan pandemic guidelines will be followed.

    • For those parishioners who are unable to attend in person, we welcome them to join our online portion, or they can visit the booths of the Christmas celebration, which will be left in place at church till the Christmas season is over. These booths can be visited and viewed on Sundays before or after church services.

    • We thank you for your kind early registration in the past one week. So far, we have over 30 parishioners joining in person. For those who would like to join in person, but have not registered, please register at RSVP@stechurch.com, latest by Dec 10th (Fri). Thank you.

  4. 2022 Budget

    • The Finance Team would like to remind all department heads to submit their budget for 2022 by this Sunday December 5.

  5. Advent Bible Study with the Online Cantonese Bible Study Group

    • A series of Advent Bible study sessions have been scheduled by the Faith Formation Ministry.

    • Please see details as follows. If interested please contact Margaret Loo or email info@stechurch.com

    • Meeting dates & time:

    • DEC 2. 2021 7pm – 8:30pm

      • Group leader: Wilson LOO Bible Passage: Luke 21 : 25 – 36

    • DEC 9. 2021 7pm – 8:30pm

      • Group leader: Manny LAI Bible Passage: Luke 3 : 1 – 6

    • DEC 16. 2021 7pm – 8:30pm

      • Group leader: Margaret LOO Bible Passage: Luke 3 : 7 – 18

    • DEC 23. 2021 7pm – 8:30pm

      • Group leader: Billy NG Bible Passage: Luke 1:39 – 45 (46-55)

  6. Christmas Flowers

    • Every Christmas we have Christmas flowers for decoration. We encourage parishioners to order Christmas flowers at $10.00 per pot. Please ask Marian Chu for order. Christmas flowers can be taken home after the Christmas Day service.

  7. Q3 Financial Update

    • Offerings: Actual $69K, Budget $74K, Below Budget 6%

    • Total Revenue: Actual $126K, Budget $137K, Below Budget 8%

    • Expenses: Actual $119K, Budget $122K, Below Budget 3%

    • Net Income: Actual $7K, Budget $15K, Below budget 52%

    • Note: these are preliminary numbers as some items still need to be updated

  8. Sep & Oct Offering Summary Reports: Click here

  9. Advent Study with Rev. Maria Ling on Zoom

    • “Names for the Messiah: An Advent Study” by Walter Brueggemann

    • In Isaiah 9:6, a divine utterance is given to us using four royal titles--Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Names for the Messiah ponders each title and how the people understood it then, how Jesus did or did not fulfill the title, and how Christians interpret Jesus as representative of that title.

    • Christians have claimed from the beginning that Jesus was the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament. In this study, best-selling author Walter Brueggemann tackles the questions: "What were these expectations?" and "Did Jesus fulfill them?"

    • Date: Mondays Nov 29, Dec 6, 13, 20

    • Time: 8pm

    • On ZOOM

    • There is a reading for each week and discussion questions following that. There is no need to purchase the book unless participants want to.

  10. Advent Study with Bishop Andrew Asbil on Zoom

    • Bishop Andrew Asbil will be leading an online Advent study with Dr. Sylvia Keesmaat, co-chair of the Bishop’s Committee on Creation Care. It’s called “Reading the Bible from the Margins”

    • Date: Sundays Nov 21, 28, Dec 5, 12

    • Time: 7-9pm

    • Cost: FREE

    • For more information or to register for this free series, visit www.bibleremixed.ca/reading-the-bible-from-the-margins

  11. Mississauga Food Bank Volunteers Needed

  12. Christmas Outreach 2021

    • St Hilary’s Anglican Church Food Bank is organizing their annual Christmas outreach. St Elizabeth’s Anglican Church with the leadership of the Corporate Team and Outreach committee have decided to support and collaborate with them in their initiative. There are 3 ways we will participate starting Nov 7, 2021:

      • 1) Ongoing donations of canned milk, instant coffee, tea (in bags), spaghetti sauce, canned fruit, canned corn and macaroni and cheese (i.e. Kraft Dinner)

      • 2) For Christmas, to provide some special items such as: toothbrushes, toothpaste, Christmas cookies, Christmas candies, socks for children and adults, also donations of $25 gift cards for Walmart - this will allow the parents to choose Christmas gifts for their children. St E’s will also add $10 McDonalds’ gift cards for each child.

      • 3) For 5 members of St E’s to help at St Hilary’s to pack the Christmas hampers and on another day to hand them out to their clients. St Hilary’s would be happy to welcome helpers from St E’s to join them on both days (dates to be arranged). Please let Rev. Maria know if you are interested to do this.

    • Beginning Nov 7, parishioners can begin to bring in the abovementioned items and drop them off in the box provided. Gifts cards and cash gifts should only be handed to the Corporate Team (Fenella, Paul, Chivas and Rev. Maria) and the Outreach Committee (Andy & Anna, Annie). For parishioners who are unable to come to church, members of the Outreach Committee can pick up your contributions. The last day for pick-up is Friday, Dec 10 and the last day for drop off at church is Sunday, Dec 12. You may also bring your contributions to the churchwide Christmas Party/Event on Saturday Dec 11, 2021.

    • Each time you go shopping, do remember to pick up some of the items and help make someone’s Christmas a little brighter and happier this year! God bless your intention to help families in need!

  13. Infirmed Prayer Requests

    • Please pray for Mrs. Tsang’s recovery and pray for her family as well. Thank you.

  14. Links to Other Programs on Zoom

  15. Sermons stechurch.com/sermons

  16. Livestream or Recorded Services stechurch.com/services

  17. Rosters stechurch.com/roster