THE VAUDREUIL PARISH PULSE

SEPTEMBER 2008

 

OUR CHILDREN:

 

The St. Mary’s Sunday School will be starting up at the Family Service, Sunday September 21st, 9:00 am at St. Mary’s Church.  Regular Sunday School will start the week after also at

9:00 am but in the Church Hall, 273 Main Road.  Contact Wanda Smith at 450-458-0481 for further information.  Children from 4 to 12 are welcome.

 

Children’s Church at St. James will begin on Sunday September 7th at 11:00 am. Children from 4 to 12 are welcome.  Contact Anne Babbage at annebabbage@hotmail.com for further information.

 

 

YOUTH NEWS!    Kelly Babbage

Very exciting changes are coming this September. First things first though, the youth are working on decorating their teen room which is now located beside the Parish office in St. James. If you have any furniture that you would like to donate please contact me and I will let you know what we need (514-445-6386).


Starting Sunday September 7th teen meetings will be taking place for two different age groups in the new teen room. The RITE-13 group, which is ages 12-13 will be meeting from 10:45am- 11:45am. The J2A group, which is ages 14-17 will be meeting from 12pm - 1pm. These meetings will take place every Sunday until December with the exception of the “Fourth Sunday Communion”. The leaders running both groups are Kevin Ilaqua and myself. We are both looking forward to this new experience provided to the parish.
September 20th is the Anglican Diocese of Montreal's YOUTH FESTIVAL! Located in front of Christ Church Cathedral, St. Catherine Street, two stages will be set up and many Christian artists will be performing back to back from 12pm to 5pm.

 

Also, on the 20th, the year’s first meeting of Crossroads will take place downtown at 6pm. at St George’s, Place du Canada. If anyone is interested there are cars that will be going down for the day, leaving from St. James parking lot at 10:30am. Permission slips are needed for any teens carpooling so please let me know in advance. It should be a very exciting fun filled day!


Lastly, the first MOVIE NIGHT will be on September 28th, at 6pm. This month’s feature film is "The Breakfast Club. It is the story of five teenagers from different social groups who seemed to have nothing in common. They were labeled by others and each other as "The Jock", "The Brain", "The Criminal", "The Princess" and "The Basket-case". One Saturday morning they are thrown together in their school library for detention. At 7:00am they had nothing to say, but by 4:00pm they had laughed, cried, bared their souls and become good friends." This movie is rated PG-13 due to some strong language. A short discussion of the film will take place after the viewing and FREE POPCORN and POP will be available! Feel free to bring any other munchies for yourself and/or others. Hope to see you all there, and bring anyone you choose; this is open to all.

 

 

GM CAR COMMERCIAL   Jean Sasso

 

The grounds of St. James’ Church was the site for the shooting of a commercial for a new car model from GM, the Aveo.   On Wednesday, August 13 the trucks and crew set up for makeup and wardrobe in the basement of the hall and the small hall was used for both lunch and supper.  Shooting also took place at the Yacht Club and Thompson Park as well as on the bluff behind the church and rectory.  We’ve been spoiled by some very lucrative Hollywood shoots at St. James’ in 2002 and 2003 but the $1500 we were paid for the commercial is a welcome addition to our bank account.

   

 

 

ST. JAMES CHOIR:   Graham Campbell

 

"The Choir's summer recess is drawing to a close and we are looking forward to the new choral season. The first Choir Practice will be on Thursday 4th September from 7:15 to 9:15 (to prepare for the first Sunday back at St. James' on the 7th) when James Armstrong will be rehearsing his fall selections with us. Thursday evenings will now be our regular rehearsal night.

 

With the recent moves of several choristers to be closer to their families, we are calling for new members. Accordingly we urge you to talk to any friends who might be interested in singing with us, and ask them to call James Armstrong (Choir Director and Organist) on 450 451-6225, or Graham Campbell (Choir Pres) on 450 458-2181 for more information. We are pleased to tell you that two new sopranos will already be joining us, but we have plenty of room for new singers of all voices. We are a fun loving group but do take our music quite seriously, as you know. An ability to read music is not a prerequisite, but a good voice and enthusiasm to learn is important."

 

PARISH FAMILY (milestones of recent weeks)

 

WEDDING: 

Melissa Arcand and Thomas Eason were married at St. James on August 23rd.

 

 

NEW GRANDCHILDREN: 

Congratulations to Pam & Don Maguire on the arrival of two new grandchildren and to Elsie Chapman a thrilled great-grandmother.

 

Jasmine Hart Lawrence, daughter of Timothy and Kathryn, born in Australia on August 23rd weighing 7lbs. 13 ozs.

 

Jackson Hugh Pearce, son of Kim Lawrence and Craig Pearce born on August 28th weighing 7 lbs. 15 ozs.

 

 

ST. MARY’S CHANCEL GUILD:

Will hold their meeting on Tuesday September 16th at 9:00 am in the vestry.

 

 

 

PARISH CONSIGNMENT SALE:                Saturday September 20th – 10 am to 2 pm

 

Articles to be sold can be brought to St. James on Thursday September 18th from 7-9 pm and Friday September 19th from 2-4 pm and 7-9 pm.  People are asked to return at 3 pm to pick up their unsold items.

 

HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES:

 

During Harvest Season in September when there is plentiful produce available from your gardens, please bring goods to share for Le Pont Bridging and leave in the basket in the church at St. James.

 

St. Mary’s Harvest Family Service is on September 21st,

                  Thanksgiving Sunday is October 12th.

St. James’ will celebrate their Harvest Festival on Thanksgiving Sun day October 12th.

 

 

COMMUNION MANOIR CAVAGNAL:              Friday September 26th – 10:00 am

 

 

PRAYER & STUDY:                                          Wednesdays 9:30 am at the rectory

All welcome, coffee will be on!!

 

 

ST. JAMES CHURCH WOMEN FALL GENERAL MEETING:   

                                                                           Thursday, October 16th

 

 

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD:

 

Once again the St. James Church Women are sponsoring this worthwhile project.  Start now to collect items for your shoe boxes.  Ideas:  toothpaste, toothbrush, hair brush, soap, washcloth, small towel, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, small stuffed animals, balls, puzzles, jewellery, hairclips, hard candy, note [ads, baseball caps, t-shirts, socks.

 

 

 

The Parish Pulse Editorial Team is actively looking for your articles.  Please feel free to contact any of them with your ideas or suggestions for an article. (Mary Vipond, 514-488-3485, maryvipond@gmail.com; Wilf Hall, 450-458-7913, wghall@sympatico.ca).

 

 Deadline for the next issue-Monday September 22nd, 2008.  The publication will be at the end of the month. 

 

Submissions should be directed to Mary Vipond through:   maryvipond@gmail.com or parishvaudreuil@ca.inter.net, drop off at the Parish Office, FAX to the Parish Office at 450-458-8802, or mail to The Parish of Vaudreuil, 642 Main Road, Hudson, Quebec, J0P 1H0. 

 

WEB LINKS RECOMMENDED BY THE EDITORS:

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