Pastoral Epistle – Oct 12 2022

Beloved Congregation,Greetings in Jesus! “The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him, In those who hope in His mercy.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭147:11
We have great encouragement when we fear God.  God will take pleasure in us and we will receive God’s mercy.  
Harvest Festival:  We are looking forward to an exciting evening on Saturday, October 15th.  I encourage you to bring your gifts for auctioning.  Also invite your friends.  This is a good occasion to expand the ministry of St.  Bede’s.  Please try to come early to help in arrangements.  It’ll be helpful if you can help after the service too to clean up.  Please register the numbers on Eventbrite to help arrange for dinner.  :https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/harvest-festival-2022-tickets-430148885897I have attached the latest Harvest Festival poster having the program and a pdf with other details.
Bible Study:  This evening, Wednesday  at 7.30 Zoom Bible Study. You can use our regular Sunday Zoom link. https://zoom.us/j/97753965288?pwd=ZkJFd0JZZTRDSWRPN25YMVNZby9JZz09
Meeting ID: 977 5396 5288  
Passcode: 749549 Please join and be blessed as we continue our study of the fourth Gospel.  
Seniors Support Team:  We have two volunteers so far on our team;  If you feel called to support our seniors please let me know.  
Blessing Boxes: If you missed bringing your blessing boxes last Sunday, please do bring them this Sunday and we will offer special prayers.
Fifth Sunday Special Service:  Sunday, October 30th, is songs and testimony day.  We welcome you to share God’s goodness in your life and in your family.  You can sing for the glory of God.  Please give your name to our wardens or to me.  

YouTube Stream links for Sunday Worship Service:  
https://youtu.be/ez-JyfeBk98  or https://youtube.com/c/stbedesanglican
Here are the details to send your tithes and offerings.
E-transfer your Contributions to : cw-stbede@toronto.anglican.ca
You can also contribute at: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/st-bedes-church

Birthdays for this week:

Deepa Vijay    Oct 10
Eden Gabriel Benjamin Oct 11
Allan Anand    Oct 13

May our Lord guide our steps and help us to be transformed more and more into His image.  The Lord will take pleasure in us when we fear Him and hope in His mercy.  
Regards and blessings, 
Pastor 

The Rev’d  Dr. Irwin Sikha