St. James Anglican Church
225 Edmund St., Carleton Place, ON K7C 3E7
Rector: The Rev David Andrew
Wardens: Eleanor Code and Debbie Newton. Church Office (613) 257 3178
225 Edmund St., Carleton Place, ON K7C 3E7
Rector: The Rev David Andrew
Wardens: Eleanor Code and Debbie Newton. Church Office (613) 257 3178
Services
SUNDAY:
Eucharist at 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. (family)
Sunday School meets during the 10 a.m. service
THURSDAY:
Eucharist at 10.00 a.m.
Bible Study: after the 10 a.m. service
Welcome to St. James
WHO WE ARE:
St. James is vibrant, loving and welcoming. We value tradition and seek new ways to do God's will.
WHAT WE OFFER:
Twice-weekly Eucharist services, weekly youth group and Bible studies, several women's groups, a variety of youth activities, a choir, and an ever-expanding Outreach program to help the less fortunate in other parts of the world.
WHO WE ARE:
St. James is vibrant, loving and welcoming. We value tradition and seek new ways to do God's will.
WHAT WE OFFER:
Twice-weekly Eucharist services, weekly youth group and Bible studies, several women's groups, a variety of youth activities, a choir, and an ever-expanding Outreach program to help the less fortunate in other parts of the world.
NOTICE
July 6 to August 31 inclusive
Thursdays: 10 a.m. - Holy Eucharist
Sundays: 9 a.m. - Holy Eucharist
There will be only one service on Sunday mornings. Lemonade/iced tea will be served on the lawn after the service (indoors if raining). Please be sure to make yourself known to visitors and newcomers during the summer months.
The Nursery, in the Office Wing, will
be open each Sunday for our younger children. Older children may attend church. An activity table at the back of the church will be set up for their use.
NEWS:
Read your church newsletter here:
Summer 2008
Pastoral visitors needed!
Our Pastoral Care Team could use your help for a few hours each week. We have a number of parishioners who are housebound, some temporarily shut-in, some who are lonely and some unwell. An occasional visit or even just a phone call from someone who cares can be a great blessing. We would gladly provide some training and support if you feel you could help out. Please contact David Swift through the church office.
Read your church newsletter here:
Summer 2008
Pastoral visitors needed!
Our Pastoral Care Team could use your help for a few hours each week. We have a number of parishioners who are housebound, some temporarily shut-in, some who are lonely and some unwell. An occasional visit or even just a phone call from someone who cares can be a great blessing. We would gladly provide some training and support if you feel you could help out. Please contact David Swift through the church office.
St. James Anglican Church
225 Edmund St., Carleton Place, ON K7C 3E7
Rector: The Rev David Andrew Assistant Curate: The Rev. Carolyn Sharp
Wardens: Ross Beck and Allyson Rossiter. Church Office (613) 257 3178
225 Edmund St., Carleton Place, ON K7C 3E7
Rector: The Rev David Andrew Assistant Curate: The Rev. Carolyn Sharp
Wardens: Ross Beck and Allyson Rossiter. Church Office (613) 257 3178
© St. James Anglican Church, 2008.
Webmaster: Sheila Ascroft
Webmaster: Sheila Ascroft
St. James is vibrant, loving and welcoming. We value tradition and seek new ways to do God's will.
Outreach
Services
SUNDAY:
Eucharist at 8:00 a.m.
and 10:00 a.m. (family)
Sunday School meets during the 10 a.m. service
THURSDAY:
Eucharist at 10.00 a.m.
SUNDAY:
Eucharist at 8:00 a.m.
and 10:00 a.m. (family)
Sunday School meets during the 10 a.m. service
THURSDAY:
Eucharist at 10.00 a.m.
Responding in love to human need in our community, in our diocese and throughout the world, the parish of St. James is proud to offer financial and other support to:
Alwood Treatment Centre
Centre 454
Cornerstone Women`s Shelter
Interval House
Lanark County Foodbank
Fellowship of the Least Coin
Guatemala Stove Project
Plan International
Primate`s Wold Development and Relief Fund
SchoolBOX Ministries
World Day of Prayer
Please keep these groups and those they serve in your prayers.
Alwood Treatment Centre
Centre 454
Cornerstone Women`s Shelter
Interval House
Lanark County Foodbank
Fellowship of the Least Coin
Guatemala Stove Project
Plan International
Primate`s Wold Development and Relief Fund
SchoolBOX Ministries
World Day of Prayer
Please keep these groups and those they serve in your prayers.
We also support “Centre Vie” in St. Marc, Haiti, directed by Dieudonne Batraville, a native Haitian with close ties to Almonte.
This is an integrated Community Development Project, which aims to assist communities, especially women, to organize and access resources to help improve their situation. Dieudonne founded this home in Haiti for children who were alone and orphaned after the earthquake. She and her volunteers care for the children and are searching for their relatives so that they may be reconnected to their families.
Dieudonne does not call this home an orphanage, they are a family. “I empower people. Every change for the better, every group of women who organize, every building that is built, every child who is vaccinated, every child who goes to school, is a result of is empowerment and shows us development in action,” she says.
Last Feb. 27, we had the privilege of having Dieudonne speak with us. It was inspiring to hear her comments regarding the children and how much it means to them to have our support . We have been most fortunate in receiving letters from some of the children, which gives us a personal touch.
Currently, Centre Vie has more than 30 children and allo are doing well. Over the past year, St. James has provided funding for beds as well as and school and medical supplies. These were sent in a container organized by Jeff Mills of Almonte.
Hug the Children of Haiti donation envelopes are provided on the third Sunday of each month. Over $6,000. plus many donation of supplies have been sent to Haiti so far.
Major fundraisers for our Haiti initiative have included suppers, talent night, family movie nights, and a garage sale by a parishioner who donated the profits.
This is an integrated Community Development Project, which aims to assist communities, especially women, to organize and access resources to help improve their situation. Dieudonne founded this home in Haiti for children who were alone and orphaned after the earthquake. She and her volunteers care for the children and are searching for their relatives so that they may be reconnected to their families.
Dieudonne does not call this home an orphanage, they are a family. “I empower people. Every change for the better, every group of women who organize, every building that is built, every child who is vaccinated, every child who goes to school, is a result of is empowerment and shows us development in action,” she says.
Last Feb. 27, we had the privilege of having Dieudonne speak with us. It was inspiring to hear her comments regarding the children and how much it means to them to have our support . We have been most fortunate in receiving letters from some of the children, which gives us a personal touch.
Currently, Centre Vie has more than 30 children and allo are doing well. Over the past year, St. James has provided funding for beds as well as and school and medical supplies. These were sent in a container organized by Jeff Mills of Almonte.
Hug the Children of Haiti donation envelopes are provided on the third Sunday of each month. Over $6,000. plus many donation of supplies have been sent to Haiti so far.
Major fundraisers for our Haiti initiative have included suppers, talent night, family movie nights, and a garage sale by a parishioner who donated the profits.
Shortly after the devastating earthquake of January 2010, St. James decided to to provide ongoing support to the children of Haiti.
Through the Primate`s Wold Development and Relief Fund (PWRDF), we learned that the St. Vincent Center for Handicapped Children in Port-au-Prince, directed by Father Leon Sadoni, was desperately in need of help. Many parents, having no resources to help their physically challenged children, had abandoned them at the doorstep of this facility.
Before the earthquake there had been several clinics for children, including a workshop for making prostheses, a school for handicapped children and an orphanage. Much of this was damaged by the quake. St. James has taken a particular interest in helping restore the Brace Shop as this also provides employment training to young handicapped people living nearby. We have sent money toward restoring this building and are happy to hear that it is functioning again.
Through the Primate`s Wold Development and Relief Fund (PWRDF), we learned that the St. Vincent Center for Handicapped Children in Port-au-Prince, directed by Father Leon Sadoni, was desperately in need of help. Many parents, having no resources to help their physically challenged children, had abandoned them at the doorstep of this facility.
Before the earthquake there had been several clinics for children, including a workshop for making prostheses, a school for handicapped children and an orphanage. Much of this was damaged by the quake. St. James has taken a particular interest in helping restore the Brace Shop as this also provides employment training to young handicapped people living nearby. We have sent money toward restoring this building and are happy to hear that it is functioning again.
HUGGING THE CHILDREN OF HAITI
MISSION WORK IN NORTHERN INDIA
Mary Ellen Sellers is the project leader for the community-based Rehabilitation Project at the Duncan Hospital in Raxaul, Bihar, India. This is located on the border of Nepal, northwest of Calcutta, with a view of the Himalayan Mountains. Close to this hospital compound is the village leprosy rehabilitation centre.
Mary Ellen Sellers is the project leader for the community-based Rehabilitation Project at the Duncan Hospital in Raxaul, Bihar, India. This is located on the border of Nepal, northwest of Calcutta, with a view of the Himalayan Mountains. Close to this hospital compound is the village leprosy rehabilitation centre.
Her team consists of four young men and one young woman who travel on motorbikes
throughout the area around Raxaul to work with children with disabilities living in very traditional, rural communities.
These children are helped to become as independent as possible through education, home-based rehabilitation and patient consultation. This includes medical and dental assessments, and also possible hearing, vision, and speech problems.
The goal for each child is to become accepted members within their family and community groups. Monthly support groups for family members and Tuesday morning playgroups are held for these children within the hospital compound, and are very popular.
Families are also made aware of government programs and helped to apply for available financial assistance.
The program has had visits from Indian medical specialists and surgeons plus international specialists not only for orthopaedic surgery, but also for a wide range of other disabilities. Staff are encouraged to attend university courses and applicable workshops.
throughout the area around Raxaul to work with children with disabilities living in very traditional, rural communities.
These children are helped to become as independent as possible through education, home-based rehabilitation and patient consultation. This includes medical and dental assessments, and also possible hearing, vision, and speech problems.
The goal for each child is to become accepted members within their family and community groups. Monthly support groups for family members and Tuesday morning playgroups are held for these children within the hospital compound, and are very popular.
Families are also made aware of government programs and helped to apply for available financial assistance.
The program has had visits from Indian medical specialists and surgeons plus international specialists not only for orthopaedic surgery, but also for a wide range of other disabilities. Staff are encouraged to attend university courses and applicable workshops.
(Click photo to enlarge.)
HAITI UPDATE January 2012
The past year, our congregation has been busy supporting two missions in Haiti: St. Vincent Center for Handicapped Children in Port-au-Prince and Centre Vie in Saint Marc.
Through donations, and with five families sponsoring a child, we were able to send small gifts to sponsored children, such as clothing etc.
The children sent a handwritten note of appreciation and a small tin decorated Christmas ornament for each sponsor to hang on their Christmas tree.
A group of parishioners continue to crochet plastic milk bags into sleeping mats, which we have sent along with boxes of multi-vitamins, some medical and first-aid supplies, toothbrushes and paste, and knitted dolls (thanks to the women at one of our local retirement homes).
We also had a Fall fund-raiser concert for "Hug the Children of Haiti," with part of the proceeds going to a Northern India mission. It was a fun evening as the Ottawa Cape Breton Session provided us with traditional Celtic music of Cape Breton, N.S. This group freely donated their time, which was most appreciated by all.
Most recently Dieudonne was able to pay us a visit at our 10 a.m. Sunday Service. She brought us up to date with the progress in Haiti and CentreVie. (See text.)
It is always a pleasure to see her and hear the news on Haiti. Dieudonne works tirelessly to improve living conditions and educate the populace.
Ronette Vines.
"Hugs for The Children Of Haiti" Co-ordinator.
The past year, our congregation has been busy supporting two missions in Haiti: St. Vincent Center for Handicapped Children in Port-au-Prince and Centre Vie in Saint Marc.
Through donations, and with five families sponsoring a child, we were able to send small gifts to sponsored children, such as clothing etc.
The children sent a handwritten note of appreciation and a small tin decorated Christmas ornament for each sponsor to hang on their Christmas tree.
A group of parishioners continue to crochet plastic milk bags into sleeping mats, which we have sent along with boxes of multi-vitamins, some medical and first-aid supplies, toothbrushes and paste, and knitted dolls (thanks to the women at one of our local retirement homes).
We also had a Fall fund-raiser concert for "Hug the Children of Haiti," with part of the proceeds going to a Northern India mission. It was a fun evening as the Ottawa Cape Breton Session provided us with traditional Celtic music of Cape Breton, N.S. This group freely donated their time, which was most appreciated by all.
Most recently Dieudonne was able to pay us a visit at our 10 a.m. Sunday Service. She brought us up to date with the progress in Haiti and CentreVie. (See text.)
It is always a pleasure to see her and hear the news on Haiti. Dieudonne works tirelessly to improve living conditions and educate the populace.
Ronette Vines.
"Hugs for The Children Of Haiti" Co-ordinator.
