News - 7th March 2010

LENT III

TO ALL OUR VISITORS:   We are happy that you have come to worship with us.  Please come again!

Fr. Mervyn Johnson is now the Priest-in-Charge of the parish Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Stapledon Gardens, New Providence.  We congratulate him and assure him of our prayers and support.

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMME:  Parents and guardians interested in having their children participate in the programme are asked to complete the application form and return to Dr. Celestine Williams or the parish office.  Classes are held Mondays through Thursdays from 4:15 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

ACW News:  St. George’s ACW will be celebrating their 46^th anniversary service today at 6:00 p.m.

Holy Cross ACW will celebrate their anniversary with a service on Thursday, 11^th march at 7:00 p.m.

The ACW of St. Mary the Virgin will celebrate their anniversary on Thursday, 11^th march, at 7:00 p.m.

There will be a Lenten High Tea and Fashion Show o Sunday, 21^st March, 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m., at Mandeville (residence of Dr. Perry & Mrs. Carmen Gomez).  Tickets are priced at $20 and may be purchased from any ACW executive member.

LECTURE SERIES:  On Spirituality and Worship continues on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. until 10^th March.  Sessions will be conducted by Archbishop Gomez.

VESTRY MEETING:  Will be held on Thursday, 11^th March, at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room of the administrative building.  All vestry members are requested to attend.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION MINISTRY:  Upcoming Sunday School activities:

• Saturday, 13^th March: Circle Time, church of the Epiphany, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (children 12 years and under).
• Sunday, 14^th March: Mothering Sunday Service, Christ Church Cathedral following march which leaves the Eastern Parade at 2:00 p.m.

YOUTH NEWS:  Basketball practice will be held every Saturday at 9:30 a.m. on the Southern Recreation Grounds leading up to the basketball tournament slated for the month of April.

All youth organizations and the “youth at heart” are invited and encouraged to participate in the Mothering Sunday march and church service on Sunday, 14^th March.  Bus transportation will be available from St. Agnes Parish to the Eastern Parade, departing at 1:25 p.m.  Remember to wear red tops and khaki / tan / beige bottoms.

ACM NEWS: The annual Diocesan ACM Conference will be held in North Andros from Wednesday, 17^th March through Sunday, 21^st March under the theme: “Anointed and Commissioned to Serve”.

USHER BOARD:  Will meet on Thursday, 18^th March, at 6:00 p.m. in the parish hall.

WEST CENTRAL ARCHDEACONRY:  Will hold its Lenten Mission on Sunday, 21^st March and Monday, 22^nd March, at St. Barnabas and Holy Spirit Parishes.

LENT:  Be mindful of the additional services during lent:  Stations of the Cross at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and 7:00 p.m. on Fridays.

Please remember to take your Lenten sacrificial envelopes.  We have pledged to give $10 per week or a one-time gift of $75 for the Lenten discipline.

Please take a copy of the Lenten Devotional booklet provided to assist each of us in this Lenten pilgrimage.

The Lenten walkathon will be held on Saturday, 27^th March, beginning from the Church to Goodman’s Bay.  Sponsor sheets are now available at the parish office.

ST. AGNES MUSIC MINISTRY:  Presents an “Evening of Hymns and Readings” on Palm Sunday, 28^th March, at 6:30 p.m.  Please support.

FISH FRY:  Will be held on Good Friday, 2^nd April, 12:00 noon – 6:00 p.m. at St. Agnes Church parking lot (between Lewis and Cameron Streets).  Tickets priced at $10 are available for sale at the parish office.

PASTORAL CARE & COUNSELLING MINISTRY:  Will hold a meeting on Tuesday, 9^th March, at 6:00 p.m. in the parish hall.  All interested members are requested to be present.

The Annual Recognition Service is held on Low Sunday for parishioners who attain the age of seventy (70) years by Low Sunday of the current year.  The Recognition service this year will be held on Sunday, 11^th April, at which time all registered parishioners with birthdays between 10^th April, 1939 and 11^th April 1940, will be honoured.

THANKS: The family of the late Vernon J. Grant would like to say “thank you” to all those who prayed, visited, sent cards, fruit baskets, flowers, and gave words of encouragement during our time of bereavement.  A special “thank-you” to Archdeacon Brown, Fr. Been, Fr. Naira, and Canon Rolle, the ACW and ACM members, Pr. Preston Ferguson, and the Senior Choir, Mrs. Karrolann Jervis and the Youth Choir, the marching Band and the entire St. Agnes family.  May God continue to bless each and every one of you.

HOSPITALIZED:

Doctors – Linda Sullivan

PMH – Harvey Ingraham, Howard Ingraham

SICK & CONFINED

Agnes Albury, Leroy Armbrister, Willamae Armbrister, Louise Bain, Alice Bethel,  Bethel,  Urban Bostwick,  Mary Burrows, Maxwell Burrows, Clementina Butler, Eugene Butler, Edith Campbell, Cyril Carey, Patricia Carey, Tevar Cargill, Alma Cartwright, Arlene Chipman-Russell, Wilfred Coakley, Alric Comery, Althea Conliffe, Christine Davis, Clunis Devaney, Audrey Deveaux, Millicent Deveaux, Hilda Dorsett, Miriam Edwards, Bernard Evans, Allan Ferguson, Beverly Ferguson, Eglon Ferguson, Franklyn Forbes, Anne Ganot, Shirley Gibson, Vanria Gibson, Carol Gomez, Origen Gomez, Ellen Grant, Ambrose Hanna, Lenora Ingraham, Ruth Ingraham, Aaron Johnson, Mary Johnson, Hilda Joseph, Ingrid King, Anne Lightbourne, Evelyn Lightbourne, Muriel Lightbourne, William Lightbourne, Olga Lockhart, Kathleen Martinborough, Lillian Major, Norma McCartney, Marilyn McFall, Winifred McKenzie, Margaret Miller, Maude Miller, Molly Moss, Lenford Nairn, Herbert Newbold, Norma Newbold, Eloise Nicholls, Leroy Orlander, Frederick Pickering, Sybil Pratt, Marcelle Rodriquez, Jeffrey Roberts, Merklene Rolle, Telcine Rolle, Theodora Sands, Val Sands, Faynette Saunders, Hyacinth Saunders, Dudley Scavella, Irene Smith, Magnolia Smith, Thelma Smith, Mercia Strachan, Niahm Stoute, Ruth Stuart, Barbara Taylor, Earla Thompson, Carmen Tinker, Sybil Toote, Maria Turner, Marina Walcott, A.C. Williams (USA), Yvonne Wilson, Ralph Wood.

CLERGY:  Fr. Rodney Burrows, Canon Leopold Cox, Bishop Michael Eldon, Canon Basil Tynes

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

MARCH

Belated Birthday:  Kayne Kemp (5 yrs)

7^th:       Denise McKenzie, Davont Roberts

8^th:       Clifton Bullard, Margaret Dillett, Beryl Gray, Gwen Moncur, Keino Nabbie,

            Christopher Phillips, Dereck Smith, Ione Diggis, Danya Wallace

9^th:       Corey Brennen, Randy Conliffe, Jr. Marco Dean, Eunice Keaton, Dante Moss

10^th:      Annette Cartwright, Sonia Chipman, Ryan Miller, Ivamae Simmons

11^th:      Samantha Bannister, Peter Burrows, David Cartwright, Jr., Denise Kemp,

            Marilyn McFall, Kali9ah Sutherland, Rita Sweeting

12^th:      Roberta Albury, Rosemary Archer, Yvette Bethel, Davon Martin, Monique Mitchell,

            Samantha Robinson

13^th:      Eloise Armbrister, Richard Dames, Nadine McDonald, Kendra Smith  

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

MARCH

8^th:       Mr. & Mrs. Albert Miller (30 yrs)

9^th:       Mr. & Mrs. Kingston McBride (21 yrs)

10^th:      Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Gibson (33 yrs), Mr. & Mrs. Michael Carter (22 yrs),

            Mr. & Mrs. Ronald McNeil (13 yrs)

11^th:      Mr. & Mrs. Ciano Strachan (28 yrs)