Pastoral Epistle-September 28, 2022

Beloved Congregation,Greetings in Jesus!
“Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭85:9
It is a great blessing to fear the Lord. When God’s people fear Him, we will experience His glory in our land.  Harvest Festival :We will be celebrating Thanksgiving on Saturday, October 15 at 6.00 pm at church. Please join us in person for the celebration.  If you are inviting your friends, kindly give the numbers to our wardens.  Please bring your valuable gifts to be auctioned.  Encourage all your friends to contribute towards the auction.  Kindly post the harvest flyer on social media.  I have attached the flyer here. Thanks to Vijay James for coming up with this beautiful graphics.Also, if you are interested in being on the Harvest Festival planning-organizing committee, please contact me or the wardens.
Bring in your Blessing Boxes:  Please bring your Blessing boxes with your offering to church. We are thankful for all blessings we have received from our Lord. “O taste and see that the Lord is good.”
Important Change for our worship service streaming :  From Oct 2nd Sunday onwards we will not be streaming the worship service on Zoom. We encourage each and everyone to come in person to worship the Lord in person and if any of you are not able to make it in person, you can follow the service on YoutubeYouTube Stream links:  https://youtube.com/c/stbedesanglican  or   http://stbedesanglican.ca/worship-videos/
Bible Study : Today at 7:30pm we have Bible study and will continue to study the Gospel of John.

Zoom details for Bible Study :
https://zoom.us/j/97753965288?pwd=ZkJFd0JZZTRDSWRPN25YMVNZby9JZz09
Meeting ID: 977 5396 5288  
Passcode: 749549 I have attached the Bible Study flyer(Also made by VIjay James, Thanks Vijay) for you to circulate among your friends who may be interested to join and know more about the word.It is on zoom, so you can attend from the comfort of your home, just for an hour.Again, if you want the recordings of the previous Bible study, please let me, I will share the link.
Here are the details to send your tithes and offerings.  Thank you to everyone who generously contribute to the service of the Lord
E-transfer your Contributions to : cw-stbede@toronto.anglican.ca
You can also contribute at: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/st-bedes-church

May we witness God’s glory in our land as we fear God and walk in His ways.  
Regards and blessings,

Pastor 
The Rev’d  Dr. Irwin Sikha

Cell : 416-908-5686