Dear Friends,
Those who are members of the Order of Saint John and those who are volunteers with our Neighbor-to-Neighbor program will want to sign up to help package meals for hungry children in Africa, organized by Rise against Hunger. The event will take place in Andrew Hall on Saturday, May 17 from 10:30am and we hope to package 10,000 meals which will allow a whole class of school children to have a hot meal every day for a whole year. We need at least 50 volunteers and the event will take around two hours. Please click here to register.
On Sunday, we welcome the Archbishop of Cape Town as our preacher at 11am. Throughout Lent, we have been asking the question ‘who is my neighbor?’ and ‘how do we become a beloved community. When he received an honorary doctorate from the General Theological Seminary in New York in 2009, Archbishop Thabo said this:
‘We must continue to share God’s love, walking with all who are in need in today’s broken world’ he urged Christians in America as well as Southern Africa. Recalling Jesus’ command to love our neighbours as ourselves, he said ‘We must each ask, “Who is my neighbour?” and then treat every individual and our whole global community in ways that uphold the sanctity of life, the dignity of humanity in all our differences, and the integrity of creation. These are our touchstones as we follow God’s call for social justice here and now.’
Please make sure you have the Bishop’s visitation in your calendar: Sunday, May 11. Note that there will be one combined mass at 10am with the Choir of Men and Boys and the Noble Singers. We welcome new members through baptism, confirmation, and reception.
Following our very successful Parish brunch last year, we have tickets available again for brunch in Andrew Hall. Seats are limited, so please click on the image below to purchase yours.
On Thursday, May 1, we celebrate the feast of Saint Philip and Saint James. There will be a Solemn Eucharist at 5:30pm sung by the Choir of Men and Boys. The following week, we will hold our annual Choirmasters’ Conference and welcome organists and Directors of Music from all over the United States.
Mother Turner and I will be visiting our family this weekend, then Mother Turner will be attending the Choir Schools Association Conference which, this year, is being held at Wells Cathedral. She is very much looking forward to meeting with representatives of other Choir Schools from around the world.
If you have visited family over the Easter holiday, I hope that your travels have been safe and uneventful. I am hoping that I do not have any more problems with airports shutting down!
Affectionately,
Your Priest and Pastor,
Carl
