First Sunday in Lent
The Weekly Bulletin of
St. Joseph of Nazareth Anglican Church
725 Provencher Blvd. Brossard, QC J4W 1Y5
450-671-6481 / stjofn@gmail.com
March 10th, 2019
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This Week
Monday Mar. 11 1:30 p.m………Women of Faith
Tuesday Mar. 12 11:00 a.m………Corporation Meeting
Wednesday Mar. 13 9:30 a.m………Men’s Bible Study
Wednesday Mar. 13 7:00 p.m………Council Meeting
Thursday Mar. 14 7:00 p.m……….Lenten Bible Study
Friday Mar. 15 10:30 a.m………S.H.E. Ladies
Saturday Mar. 16 9:00 a.m………Exercise Class
Next Sunday Mar. 17 10:30 a.m………Holy Communion / Sunday School
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Bible Readings
Today
Deuteronomy 26:1–11
Psalm 91:1–2, 9–16
Romans 10:8b–13
Luke 4:1–13
Next Sunday
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18
Psalm 27
Philippians 3:17-4:1
Luke 13:31-35
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Lent is that season when we stare directly at our own mortality. We make tiny sacrifices of our own to recall the incomparable sacrifice Christ made for us. It might all sound quite dreary, except on the other side of Lent is the enormous spiritual crescendo of Easter.
Max Lucado
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Prayers and Intercessions
Prayer for Today
Almighty God, Whose Son fasted forty days in the wilderness, and was tempted as we are but did not sin, give us grace to discipline ourselves in submission to Your Spirit, that as You know our weakness, so we may know Your power to save; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Prayer for the Worldwide Anglican Church
We pray for the Province de L’Eglise Anglicane Du Congo – the Most Reverend Zacharie Masimango Katanda – Archbishop of the Congo & Bishop of Kindu.
Provincial Prayer Care
We pray for the Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador – Bishop Geoffrey Peddle.
Diocesan Prayer Care
We pray for St. George’s Anglican Church, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue – the Reverend Stanley Brooks, Interim Minister.
Prayer for our Church family
Almighty God, as we enter this season of Lent, prepare our hearts and minds to receive and understand the gift that you gave us in your Son Jesus. May our words and our actions point others to the only one who can save. In Jesus’ precious name we pray. Amen.
Today’s Prayer Team
For those who wish to pray with someone, a prayer team is available after the service in the left-hand corner of the Sanctuary. The Prayer Team for today is: Susan and Christopher
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Sock Drive
St. Joseph’s is collecting socks for adults
which will be given to the less fortunate.
This year we are also accepting underwear for adults.
We emphasize that all donations be new.
Thank you.
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Be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things! Joel 2:21b
I’m seated in a place of peace with Jesus. When I placed my faith in Him, He moved me from a life without hope and an eternity without Him to a place of forgiveness, freedom, and assurance of heaven. Grace Fox, Mornings with Jesus 2019
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. (Romans 10: 9-10)
Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference. Max Lucado
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Rector – Reverend Christopher Belle – 450-672-4549 / stjofn@gmail.com / padrebelle@gmail.com
Rector’s Warden – Diane Allen – 450-466-5112 / deedee-one@sympatico.ca
Interim People’s Warden – Patricia Wood – 450-465-4733 / pwrightwood@gmail.com
Our Vision
To be a beacon of light and truth in our community
inviting all people to receive God’s promise of salvation through
Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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