Fourth 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 31st, 2019
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This Week
Tuesday Apr. 2 11:00 a.m………Corporation Meeting
Wednesday Apr. 3 9:30 a.m……….Men’s Bible Study
Thursday Apr. 4 1:30 p.m………Lenten Bible Study
Friday Apr. 5 10:30 a.m……….S.H.E. Ladies
Next Sunday Apr. 7 10:30 a.m………Family Service
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Bible Readings
March 31
Joshua 5:9-12
Psalm 32
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32
April 7
Matthew 7:24-27
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
Frank Outlaw
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Prayers and Intercessions
Prayer for TodayGracious Father, Whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came from Heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world, evermore give us this bread, that He may live in us, and we in Him, 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 Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean – the Most Reverend James Richard Wong Yin Song – Archbishop, Province of Indian Ocean and Bishop of the Seychelles.
Provincial Prayer Care
We pray for the National Indigenous Bishop and the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples – Bishop Mark McDonald.
Diocesan Prayer Care
We pray for Wardens and Treasurers.
Prayer for our Church family
Heavenly Father, change our hearts and minds, guide our lives, and make us new. Help us put our old creation aside and make us a new creation fitted to do your work of going out into the world and telling others about the saving power of Jesus. 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: Dulcy and Christopher
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You can accomplish more in one hour with God than one lifetime without Him.
(With God all things are possible – Matthew 19:26b)
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Sorrow looks back. Worry looks around. Faith looks up.
(God’s Little Instruction Book)
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A little humour
Q: Why do they say ‘Amen’ at the end of a prayer instead of ‘Awomen’?
A: The same reason they sing Hymns instead of Hers!
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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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