St. Augustine's Anglican Church

Summertime service times continue - there will be one service taking place at St A's; this service will be at 10am (the 8am service will have a hiatus until the autumn).

Starring Sue Huff and Kevin Tokarsky

A goddess of a woman, a series of grooms who all look like 1980s celebrities, a Manitoba bison ranch, and the quest for a marriage that can live up to the promise of the wedding picture. Based on true events!

Friday August 16 11:00 pm

Saturday August 17 2:15 pm

Sunday August 18 7:00 pm

Tuesday August 20 9:00 pm

Friday August 23 5:00 pm

Sunday August 25 12:15 pm

Sea Change Backstage Theatre (ATB Financial Arts Building, 10330 84 Ave NW, around back – A/C & a bar!)
Tickets on sale August 7th at 12:00 noon here https://tickets.fringetheatre.ca/event/601:5903/ Or at the Fringe Box Office. Adults $18, Students/Seniors $12 16+, sexual content, smoke/fog. 60 minutes.

This event is participating in the Fringe Champion program, directly supporting Fringe Theatre and the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival. You can purchase a Fringe Champion pass here: https://tickets.fringetheatre.ca/memberships

The following performances have Fringe Champion tickets available:

2024-08-16 23:00

Comedy/Drama
$18.00 inc $5.00 fee
16-August 25, 2024
60 minutes
Fringe Theatre Arts Barns
02: The Next Act Backstage Theatre
14A
Sexual Content, Smoke/Fog

HOW TO HELP THE FRINGE FESTIVAL

See the Show, Please!
Our favourite way for you to help is by buying tickets and encouraging others to do the same. The ticket link will go live on August 7th, so let’s ROCK the Fringe Box Office!
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Sponsor or Donate
If you’d like to contribute beyond buying tickets, we’re happy to find an arrangement that gives you something meaningful in exchange. As the Fringe has essentially gone paperless, some things we used to offer are no longer options. It’s time to get creative! Do you want:
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Your logo or name on the Northern Sabbatical Productions website?
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Your logo or name in our digital performance program?
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Extra tickets for a performance?
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Your name announced as a performance sponsor? (Note: subject to venue tech approval)
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The good feeling that comes with helping?
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Something we haven’t thought of yet?
I, DIANA…
Please contact Linda Wood Edwards to discuss sponsorship/donation options. Linda@lue42.com

We are looking for donations of the following items to fill the lunch bags:

100 bottles of water

100 juice boxes (pure juice)

100 cheese strings or individually wrapped pieces of cheese

Wrapped muffins/breakfast bars/protein bars (not small granola bars) - we need 100 in total not 100 of each

Peanut butter & crackers / cheese & crackers / tuna & crackers / chicken & crackers - we need 100 in total not 100 of each (these packs can be found at any supermarket but best prices are Walmart or Superstore)

100 bags of regular sized bags (28g) potato chips/Doritos/Cheezies

100 oranges and 100 bananas. ** these will need to be bought as close to the date of delivery as possible.

100 large ziplock bags

1 large can of ground coffee 1 x 4kg bag of sugar

If you are able to provide any of the above please let the office know. If you are unable to purchase any items yourself but wish to contribute a monetary donation towards items this would be most welcome.

Food items can be delivered to the church or church office; monetary donations can be made via e transfer to office@staugustinesedmonton.com, via cheque dropped/posted into the office or the collection plate or via tithe.ly online. Please do not hand money directly to an individual for donation purposes.

** as St A's has a commercially certified kitchen we could also make up sandwiches to be delivered with the lunch bags **

We will also require volunteers to make up the lunchbags - a date will be set when space is allocated, hopefully Saturday 17th August - and volunteers to deliver to the Bissell Centre on the 18th between 8.15 and 8.30am. If anyone is able to help in this capacity please let the office know as soon as possible via email at office@staugustinesedmonton.com. A sign up sheet will also be made available.

Perhaps some of the younger members of our church congregation might like to take part!!

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.

Uncover the Heart of your Call

By Pat Jameson, Rev. Jonathan Crane

Loyola Press – a major source of references on the spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius describes the exercises as “a compilation of meditations, prayers, and contemplative practices developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola to help people deepen their relationship with God.” The exercises are a structured and guided approach designed to uncover the heart of our call to serve God and God’s people. St. Ignatius in his time, developed them as a tool to help young men discern if they were indeed called to serve as a Jesuit and take up the potential dangers of being sent all over the world in witness to God (think the movie “The Mission”). Originally, the Spiritual Exercises were used within a thirty-day silent retreat. There remain a number of retreat houses in the world where you can still do this, but the Exercises are more commonly used these days as a thirty-week “retreat in daily life.” The structure of the weeks is a progressive immersion in scripture and prayer: they are not primarily an intellectual study of the scriptures, but a personal experience of the life of Jesus through prayer. The process allows us grow in our ability to hear how deeply the Spirit of God is speaking to our spirit through the scriptures. The Exercises are broken into four sections, or movements of prayer through the thirty weeks. Theme I: God’s Love. The exercises begin with an immersion in the love of God which invites us into a generous offering of our whole selves just as we are. Theme II: Invitation. The second movement focusses on God’s hope for the world as it is expressed in the gift of Jesus and his ministry and our call to follow Jesus and participate in this life. Theme III: Suffering. We walk alongside Jesus in the suffering of his self-offering. Theme IV: Resurrection. In the last set of prayers, we share with Jesus in his rising to new life. We share in living out the life and ministry of the risen Christ. The whole process invites us into a deeper awareness of the particularities of our own call to ministry. We often find that the Spiritual Exercises lead us to discern God’s movement in us and gives us tools to continue growing in this daily practice. This process is not designed to be done on one’s own, but with an experienced director who can help us reflect on God’s movement in our lives. The exercises are geared particularly to moments in our lives when we are experiencing transition and change, when we are discerning a change of our vocations, or simply seeking a deeper relationship with God. The exercises have potential to be transformative and people may find a huge shift between their life before the exercises and their life after the exercises. If you are wondering where God is calling you, come, set aside space to walk through the exercises with one of several experienced directors in our Diocese. We invite you to move towards Gratitude, Freedom, and Generosity: Gratitude at who God is and what God has given, Freedom to be set free to serve in full Generosity.

If you are interested in learning more please send an email to ignatianspirit46@gmail.com. We intend to facilitate a Spiritual Exercises Retreat in Daily Life with a small group of participants to run from September 2024 to May 2023.

Space is limited. Please fill out the attached application form to apply. You will be contacted for a simple one on one conversation preceding our entry into the exercises.

The AFC team is enjoying some rest and relaxation this summer and hope you are too! But we want to take a moment to share some wonderful results about Say Yes! to Kids, news about leadership transitions, as well as important reminders about upcoming funding opportunities including the 2024 Request for Proposals, "Ecumenical Embrace."

SYTK 2024 Results

Scott Brubacher says he was impressed this year by the level of engagement from dioceses that are actively involved in camping ministry, some with as many as three summer camps. “We had 10 dioceses rallied around 16 camps this year…It was wonderful to get a big-picture view of camping ministry across the Anglican Church of Canada.”

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Leadership Transitions

This past spring marked a time of transition for the Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC), as the Board of Directors said farewell to three longstanding Directors, who had each completed six years of service. At the same time, the Board welcomed two new Directors as well as one new Diocesan Representative.

2024 RFP

Scott Brubacher explains that with this year's RFP, AFC wants to encourage Canadian Anglicans to connect with fellow Christians from the Oriental Orthodox Churches through ecumenical outreach projects and new shared ministries, “so that we may learn from each other and appreciate the diversity that exists within the Body of Christ.”

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New Fund

“Archbishop Linda has made a great contribution to the ministry of the Anglican Church of Canada,” says the Most Rev. David Edwards, Bishop of Fredericton, and Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada. “She has been a pathfinder for the ministry of women in Canada, and overseas. It is appropriate that this new fund is being established in her name. It is my hope that many people will support it.”

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October 1 Grant Window

The 4th and final grant application window for 2024 is approaching. Please make sure to have your applications, with all relevant attachments and materials, ready to submit by October 1, 2024. If you have questions about grant guidelines or need any assistance with your application, please feel free to reach out to the AFC team.

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