Week of July 23 -  NOTICES AT A GLANCE – more details below     

1.  The Rev. Jeff Nowers – on leave for August  

2.  Wednesday Eucharistic Service    

3.  Update on Moorelands Camp Fundraising Campaign   

4.  Live-streaming Paused for the Summer   

5.  Summer Schedule of Sunday Services  

6.  Altar Flowers for July and August   

7.  Food Bank Needs    

8.  Offerings     

AND NOW THE DETAILS:  

The Rev. Jeff Nowers — on leave for August Jeff will be on academic leave for the entire month of August. He will have minimal capacity to respond to messages during this time. In Jeff’s place, we welcome back the Rev. Vinaya (“Vinay”) Dumpala, who will preach and preside during the four Sundays in August. In the event of a pastoral emergency, please contact our parish deacon Michael Van Dusen: mjpvandusen@gmail.com, 416-570-0203.  

Wednesday Eucharistic Service  Our Wednesday 10:30am service of Holy Communion will continue each week throughout the summer. Please join us and enjoy some refreshments afterwards.  

Update on Moorelands Camp Fundraising Campaign Thank you to everyone who donated to our Moorelands Send-a-Kid-To-Camp campaign this year.  We are sending Moorelands a cheque for $1650 which will pay for one child to attend a camp session.  If you missed the parish campaign but would still like to donate to Moorelands, or support their other projects to combat child poverty, you can do so on their website https://www.moorelands.ca  

Thank you also for all the donations via Canada Helps during June to enter us into their annual Giving Contest.  We had over 3000 entries into the draw for the $20,000 prize but unfortunately we did not win.  The winner was RiverCross Church in St. John, NB.  

Live-streaming Paused for the Summer  There will be no live-streaming of our Sunday services during July and August. Instead, you are invited to visit https://www.youtube.com/@stjohnsnorway/streams on Sundays at 10:30am to join the live-stream of our neighbouring parish St. John the Baptist, Norway.  

Summer Sunday Services    Sunday Services are at 9:30am throughout July, August and September 3. We will return to our two-service schedule on September 10, when we celebrate our patronal festival (St. Aidan’s Day).  

Altar Flowers for July and August    July 30th and August 6th are open for a flower dedication. If you are interested, the cost is $80 for the two vases. Please contact Hian-Lie Liem at 416-706-3775 or at hian.lie.liem@gmail.com  

Food Bank Needs     Grace Pascoe Care Centre has asked specifically for donations of the following items: peanut butter, canned fish, canned vegetables, pasta sauce, canned beans, cereal, granola bars, diapers (size 1-5), baby formula, and period products. Please place them in the basket in the narthex. Note: empty egg cartons are needed once again.  Thank you!  

8.  Offerings  - Your regular offerings support the mission and ministry of St Aidan's, and we thank you.   There are a variety of ways to make a donation:

PAG – set up monthly pre-authorized debits from your bank account directly to St. Aidan’s by completing the authorization form found on the Giving page of our website https://www.staidansinthebeach.com/giving 

PAG Changes – to  change the amount of an existing donation, send an email with the details to donations@staidansinthebeach.com 

E-transfer – send to donations@staidansinthebeach.com 

Envelopes to obtain a set of weekly offering envelopes, send a request to donations@staidansinthebeach.com  Cheques should be payable to and can be mailed to: The Church of St. Aidan, 2423 Queen St E, Toronto, ON, M4E 1H6, or dropped in our secure mailbox at the north-east corner of the building.