Newsletter - Thursday, June 4
Covid-19 Pandemic
Please see the Diocesan website for the most recent correspondence from the Archbishop regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic: https://www.vancouver.anglican.ca/
St. Andrew’s Office
The office is closed, and we are suspending the use of the building for Sunday church services, activities, groups, events and rentals. The office staff are working from home so please email standrewslangley@shaw.ca, instead of phoning for church business as the phone will only be checked occasionally.
Note: Joanie’s work hours have changed - they are now Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 9am to 2pm.
Please continue to check in with one another over this time, especially with those who you know don't use email. If necessary, call Andrew’s cell at 778-999-9153.
Online Sunday Worship and Sermons
“And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the ages.” Matthew 28:20
We are online using the Zoom website for our 8am & 10am Sunday Worship.
Connecting with Zoom is as easy as clicking on the link! You can also use your phone (landlines included) to phone into a Zoom meeting! Contact Andrew if you have any questions at sandrewh@hotmail.com or 778-999-9153.
The Zoom link for Sunday 8am & 10am is https://zoom.us/j/919477422
You can also phone into Sunday Worship at 778-907-2071 and enter meeting code 919477422
Audio recordings of our Sunday Worship (BCP & BAS) including Sermons are on our website. Bulletins for theses Services can be found at the links below.
Online Weekly Bible Study
We are online using Zoom for Bible Studies during the week. Please join us!
The link to St. Andrew’s Tuesday evening 7pm Bible Study: https://zoom.us/j/987274049 or phone 778-907-2071 & enter meeting code 987274049
The link to St. Dunstan’s Wednesday evening 7pm Bible Study: https://zoom.us/j/645038743
The link to St. Andrews’s Thursday morning 10:30am Bible Study: https://zoom.us/j/459692611 or phone 778-907-2071 & enter meeting code 459692611
The link to St. Dunstan’s Friday lunch 12:30 pm Lectio Divina: https://zoom.us/j/593338969
Due to technical difficulties last Saturday’s (May 30) Evening Prayer service has been rescheduled to this Saturday, June 6 at 7 pm. Please join us!
The Zoom link is: https://zoom.us/j/919477422
If you wish to continue to donate to St. Andrew’s during this time, you can do so utilizing our PAD (Pre-Authorized Debit) option. Once a month, on or after the 12th, we submit to RBC our PAD file to automatically debit from your bank account. If the 12th falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, we process the file the next bank business day. To begin this process, call Carl Markwart at 604-575-3068 to provide your name and banking information. Three bank details are needed (usually taken from the bottom of a void cheque) – your bank’s transit number, bank number and your personal bank account number.
Alternatively, you can drop off your weekly envelopes through the church’s mail slot or mail your donation to St. Andrew’s 20955 Old Yale Rd, Langley City BC V3A 7P8.
There is also the option of e-transfer. You can just send it to the church’s email, standrewslangley@shaw.ca, and it will be sent to our Treasurer.
Sources Food Bank
Our church building is closed, and our baskets remain empty. We invite people to still give money to Sources Langley Food Bank: https://sourcesfoundation.ca/give
In the Anglican Communion, we pray for:
-Archbishop Francisco Moreno and La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico
In the Diocese of New Westminster, we pray for:
-Holy Spirit Anglican Church, Whonnock – The Reverend Miranda Sutherland
-St. Columba, Pitt Meadows
-St. Barnabas, New Westminster - The Reverend Emilie Smith
In the Diocese of Northern Philippines, we pray for:
-Bishop Brent Alawas
-St. Gregory & St. Andrew, Bagnen, Bauko, Mountain Province
In our Church Family, we pray for:
-Our St. Andrew’s church family. (we will be starting a rotation of the Parish list next week)
Prayers for those who have asked us to pray with them:
-Renee
-Barry & Shirley Rough
-Bob & Sheilagh
If anyone has a particular need or concern that you would like added to the newsletter prayer list please email Joanie by Thursday morning at standrewslangley@shaw.ca
If you have a story to share, or want to let us know how you are faring in isolation, please email Joanie or phone Andrew.
From David Harrison:
“I hope that everyone is staying safe and keeping well. I look forward to seeing everyone again once this present crisis is over.
As most of you know I enjoy looking after the garden. I would like to thank Larry and Christine Amskold for cutting the grass which is quite an endeavor. Perhaps we can convince Stuart Allan to add a self-propelled hand mower to the wish list to make things a bit easier for Christine who has been doing the mowing around the edges with a lot of effort. The flower year started with a nice display of daffodils who were joined by tulips which sprang up after a long hibernation. I was dismayed to see that aphids had attacked the rose bushes until I remembered a recipe from watching THE QUEEN’S GARDENS on PBS. Any of you who are suffering from bugs and want an organic solution the answer is very simple. Grind up heads of garlic and soak it in water for a few days. You then strain the mash out and put it in a spray bottle. It works extremely well. Take the mash and put it around the base of the plants and it keeps other bugs off your plants.
At the moment, the peonies are all in bud and some of them have already come into bloom. The rose bushes revived and have all put out buds and one or two of them already have blooms on them. I think that with a bit more warm weather and sun we will see a very nice display. The hydrangeas are also working on giving us a display and should be in bloom by, if not before, the end of June. This spring we were not able to have a “clean up day” and it has been and will continue to be on going. During a wind storm the top of one of the fir trees in the memorial garden came down and created a mess which took quite a few days to clean up. Thanks to Larry and the trusty sit down lawn mower I was, with his help, able to move a log which was the remains of the piece that came down. Thank you Larry.
If any of you would like to get out of the house and sit in a nice quiet spot there is a bench in the Memorial Garden behind the yellow garden shed. It is a cool place to sit on a warm day and you could take a book to read or a picnic lunch or, meet up with a friend to have a chat.
I look forward to seeing you all soon again.”
Our beautiful gardens!
Please keep checking in on each other!
St. Andrew’s Anglican Church
20955 Old Yale Road, Langley BC V2A 7P8
604-534-6514
standrewslangley@shaw.ca
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