banner photo by Janet Best
Looking for an Easter service? Vous cherchez un service de Pâques ?
/Looking for an Easter service? Take a look through our parish list (organized by geographic region) to find an online service at a time that is convenient for you. Some of our parishes are offering (limited capacity) in-person services as well. Please check the church's individual website or facebook page for information on how to pre-register.
Vous cherchez un service de Pâques ? Consultez la liste de nos paroisses (organisée par région géographique) pour trouver un service en ligne à l'heure qui vous convient. Certaines de nos paroisses proposent également des services en personne (capacité limitée). Veuillez consulter le site web ou la page Facebook de chaque église pour savoir comment vous inscrire à l'avance.
Supper Club - Holy Week Edition
/As a community that has a reputation for being creative and experimental you can expect no less from the Holy Week Supper Club 2021.
An expressive and emotionally varied gathering is being curated under the leadership of Edward Yankie, Neil Mancor and worship leader, Kenneth Wallace.
Following last years “Last Supper” performance, the team has decided to try something new. This time, inspired by the Psalms.
You are invited to experience Holy Week with the Supper Club Community.
Monday, March 29th 5:30pm -7pm EST
A Conversation with Dr Amy-Jill Levine tomorrow March 23rd
/A Pew & Beyond Conversation
Join Neil and Lisa for A Pew & Beyond Conversation with Dr Amy-Jill Levine, Professor of New Testament & Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School.
Understanding Jesus in his Jewish Context.
Tuesday 23 March 1pm EASTERN
Join the Facebook group for more info or contact Neil Mancor
NEW Lay Readers Newsletter March 2021
/The Lay Readers Association would like to share its latest edition of their newsletter with you.
I trust you will find it of interest.
Yours in Christ,
Lorne
Pastor to the Lay Readers
New Resource: Social Justice Page on our Website!
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We are Pleased to Announce a new Resource Page on our Website.
Here you will find links to Social Justice issues that we support such as:
Black Lives Matter, Community Ministries, Climate Change, Homelessness / Food Security, Mission Standing Committee, PWRDF, Refugees, Truth and Reconciliation …
We encourage you to get involved, volunteer, share your gifts and learn more about the ways that the Anglican Diocese of Montreal is engaged with social justice.
An invitation from Bishop Mary and Dean Bertrand to participate in the Easter vigil 2021
/La grande veillée pascale résume notre foi, alors que nous nous souvenons de l'histoire du peuple de Dieu. Par la lecture des Écritures, les chants et la musique, nous célébrerons la présence du Christ ressuscité parmi nous avec le feu nouveau de Pâques, et nous renouvellerons les promesses faites lors de notre baptême
The evening will encapsulate our faith, as we remember the story of the people of God in scripture readings, songs and music. We will celebrate the presence of the risen Christ among us in the new fire of Easter, and renew the promises made at our baptism.
The Great Easter Vigil / La grande veillée pascale
7:00 pm / 19h – April 3 avril 2021Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/96838353718?pwd=ZFFvT1krT3FveUJMMytiUENNRzNPQT09
Webinar ID: 968 3835 3718
A Digital Interactive Children's Good Friday Story Time
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Following our Interactive Children’s Nativity in December, we are at it again! This time, we are talking about Good Friday, with song, art and story.
What to Expect?
Hosted by: Lee-Ann Matthews (craft & creativity)
Music by: Dr. Jonathan White (children’s choir director)
Storytime by: Dr. Neil Mancor (master storyteller)
When: Friday, April 2, 2021 10 am
For children aged 3-12 or anyone who appreciates an interactive story time on Good Friday!
Register now to reserve your spot and receive downloadable interactive content
Please note that you must sign up by April 1st at 5pm
We are St Martha’s Chapel (in the basement) by Rev Jean Daniel Williams
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We are St Martha’s Chapel (in the basement) by Rev Jean Daniel Williams
For decades, under varying names and leaders and participating churches, the McGill Ecumenical Chaplaincy has been a ministry connecting young people with their faith and with one another.
A chaplaincy by definition is the church’s outreach into the world. A chaplain is a pastor outside of the church. Of course, most people I have met both in and out of the church do not necessarily know that. Ecumenical means denominations working together. And again, even within the churches who generously support our work, people do not always know that, nor do students who grew up in a church community with a specific name know that “Ecumenical” means them. And finally, McGill implies we only accept students from one university or that that university itself funds or directs our work. And that is simply not the case.
So we have decided that we need a new name to communicate who we are and what we do. And after brainstorming many things “new” we fell in love with something old. In the past, long before my time as chaplain, our Bible study was once known as “St Martha’s in the Basement.” I know this name because of how dear it is to so many alumni who have told me their stories of being at St. Martha’s in the Basement.
My interfaith colleagues at McGill at the Newman Centre and Hillel House have shown me that a distinct identity does not mean the Catholic or Jewish students won’t find them. Alumni have shown me the staying power of the old names. And today’s students have enthusiasm for a name that does not limit us, a name that calls us across denominations and schools to unite and emulate someone we admire.
St. Martha is described in the Gospel of St. Luke as distracted by all she has to do. Jesus himself says she is worried and upset about many things. She boldly questions Jesus in Luke, and in the Gospel of John even more boldly says, “If you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
In St. Martha I see a holy example of one who is committed to hospitality, who is committed to justice, who is committed to working hard, who is committed to accountability, and who is fiercely honest in her relationships, including with Jesus, God incarnate.
I see a Biblical saint recognized as an example in all our sponsoring denominations who embodies so many of the best traits in our young adult community. We can distracted by our studies, by our relationships, by our work, by what we see as wrong and unfair in the world, but we are not going to stop working hard, loving our sisters and brothers who have different approaches to Jesus, or stop asking God the honest questions in our study, worship, and prayer.
We are St Martha’s Chapel (in the basement).
