Week of July 30 -  NOTICES AT A GLANCE – more details below

1.  Coffee Hour suspended until September 17  

2.  Save the Dates!   

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

4.  Wednesday Eucharistic Service    

5.  Live-streaming Paused for the Summer  

6.  Summer Schedule of Sunday Services   

7.  Altar Flowers for August  

8.  Food Bank Needs  

9.  Offerings     

AND NOW THE DETAILS:  

1.  Coffee Hour suspended until September 17

The Coffee Hour team will be taking a break for the remainder of the summer. Coffee hour will resume on September 17.  If you would like to host coffee hour please contact Michael Jones at StAidansCoffee@proton.me.   

2.  Save the Dates!

Please save the dates for the following celebrations:

Sunday, September 10: The Feast of St. Aidan and Rev. Becky Bridges first Sunday.  Lunch will be served immediately following the 10:30am service. 

Thursday, September 21, 5:45pm: Supper at St. Aidan’s and a farewell celebration for Rev. Jeff Nowers.    

3.  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.  Jeff will return to preach and preside on Sunday, September 3.  The Rev. Becky Bridges will begin her ministry on the following Sunday, September 10.  

4.  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.  

5.  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.  

6.  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).  

7.  Altar Flowers for August August 6th is still open for a flower dedication. If you are interested, the cost is $80 for the two vases. Please contact Joanne McBay at joannemcbay@yahoo.ca or 647-639-4081.  

8.  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!  

9.  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.