Diocesan Cycle of Prayer

We pray for Dartmouth Region
We pray for St. Alban’s, Woodside, Rev’d Frances Drolet-Smith and Paul Smith
We pray for St. Andrew’s, Dartmouth, Rev’d Trevor Lightfoot and Jen, Rev’d Barry Connor, Assistant Priest, and Wanda
We pray for St. Luke’s, Dartmouth, Rev’d Canon Carolyn Tomlin and John Ferguson
We pray for St. John’s, Westphal, Rev’d Marilyn Newport and Reid
We pray for Diocese of Moosonee: Archbishop Anderson Memorial, Cochrane
We pray for Bishop Sue
We pray for the Anglican Communion, that all might be granted the gift of tender care for the conscience of others and a ready obedience in the works of love.
We pray for this Parish of Horton, entrusted to us by almighty God, that we all might be guided by the power of the Holy Spirit during this time of restoration and renewal
We pray for all people and their ministries in our three Companion Dioceses of Moosonee and Keewatin in Canada and Manicaland in Zimbabwe.
We pray for St. George's Church, Ste. Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Fr. Cedric Cobb, Rector. 

Weekly Offerings Report
2008 Year Budget    $84,000.00
Year To Date: 24 weeks to June 15
Budget      $38,769.12
Actual      $36,141.68
(*This amount includes: PAR givings for the year divided by 52 
Weekly envelope givings under current expenses 
Deficit to date: $2,627.44
Weekly envelope givings where nothing is indicated on the envelope and it is considered to be for current expenses.)
 
Announcements
Today we honour and Celebrate the Faithful Service of the 90 Year-olds of our Parish Family:

Walter Bayne                   Frances Bayne                    Mrs. Bennett
Winnie Campbell              Grace Conrad                     Eileen Cutten
Joan Eaton                        Russell Elliott                      Beth Fry
Madeline Morriss              Dodie Pineo                       Jerry Porter
H. Douglas Ritcey             Elizabeth Shreve                  Minnie Spencer
Olive Stoddard                  Major Robert Thexton        Kaye Watson
Audrey West                     Don West

Special Thanks to our Elected Synod Delegates: Paul Hobson, Kathy Phillips, and Emily Turner (Youth Delegate). The clergy of the Parish (The Rev'd. Ann Watson, the Rev'd. Bruce Matthews and our rector are automatically members of Synod). A BRIEF (10 MINUTE) report of the delegates will be made on June. A more detailed, written report will be circulated to all parishioners during the Summer months.

Election of Suffragan Bishop and Consecration Service: A new suffragan Bishop, Archdeacon Ron Cutler, was elected at Synod. The consecration service for the Suffgragan Bishop-elect will take place on Sunday, June 29th at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax, beginning at 7:30 p.m. All are invited to attend.

The Beginning of the 190th Anniversary Celebrations Here at St. John's: TODAY Sunday, June 22nd, with a special thanksgiving for long-standing members of the Parish who have reached the milestone age of 90! There will be a special reception and lunch following the service at the Church. This very special event will begin a year-long celebration of the 190th Anniversary of the Parish of Horton.

Annual Parish Picnic: Join us NEXT SUNDAY for the June 29th for this special parish family event. The picnic will take place at the Kentville Research Station following the 10:00 a.m. service. The picnic is for our Parish Family. Please plan to attend for an afternoon of fun, food and fellowship in the beautiful setting.

Presentation of Sunday School Certificates: NEXT Sunday, June 29th during the 10 a.m. service.

Donations to help the people of China and Burma: If you are looking for a way to contribute to the humanitarian efforts underway through the networks of the church, please see the postings on the bulletin board for details.

St. Anne's Teen Camp: Plans are well underway for the third annual St. Anne's Teen Camp, to be held from August 18 - 22 this summer. Brochures will soon be in churches, and we'll be gearing up for another fun and challenging summer camp. We do need some help with a few things, however. We need a chief cook, and we need a couple assistant cooks. We also need a lifeguard (paid position). If anyone would like to help out in these ways, and be guaranteed a fun and exciting week in August, please contact Michelle Bull at 538-9371 or michelle.bull@ns.sympatico.ca. BROCHURES FOR THE JUNIOR CAMP IN JULY ARE AVAILABLE AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH.
 
What is 2010?  300 Years of continuous Anglican Worship in the Diocese. The exact date was October 10th, 1710, at Port Royal in Annapolis Royal. We also celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the opening of the Cathedral Church of All Saints, on September 10th., 1910. Our theme is "A journey Just Begun" from the Common Praise song ' She Flies on'. The Diocesan Service of Celebration will be held at Exhibition Park, on Sunday, June 6th, 2010 at 3:00 P.M. For more information keep watching the 2010 website  http://www.nspeidiocese.ca/2010/ for updates and news about up and coming events 
 
(quoted from "Saint John's Church Parish of Horton Wolfville, Nova Scotia 1818-1968" by Basil Courtney Silver)

Community news
WAICC/ Wolfville Area Food Bank
As always, donations of food items such as soup, powdered milk, juice, cans of tuna, salmon, ham, turkey, tomatoes and other vegetables and fruits, pasta and pasta sauces, oatmeal, peanut butter, personal hygiene products and household cleaning items are most welcome.  The food bank is looking for re-usable bags to pack the groceries for customers.  If you have any bags you are no longer using, please place them in the white basket at the back of the church.Wolfville Area Food Bank: In order to pick up food phone 542-0040. 

"SCHOOL SUPPLIES PROJECT":  The INTER-CHURCH COUNCIL has started a campaign to support those children in our community who are in need of school supplies.  The funds collected will go directly to the schools, so they can purchase the appropriate materials.  Therefore all students will get off to a good start in September!   An envelope for your donation is included in the bulletin.  Please remember to include your church envelope number.  

Grandmothers all over Canada are raising funds to help their peers in Africa who find themselves bringing grandchildren orphaned by the scourge of AIDS. Here in Wolfville we have an opportunity to assist in a direct way through Ruth Kyatha, who works at an NGO in Kenya. Ruth was a student at Acadia University for eight years in the early 1990s. She estimates there are 42 grandmothers just in her community who need help. Furthermore she believes there are about 3,000 AIDS orphans in her area. She is most excited by the prospect of an international connection between grannies (and those who'd like to be grannies).  We will be able to see how grannies in Wakefield, Quebec started this process several years ago. Then the Stephen Lewis Foundation picked up the notion. Today the Wakefield grannies contribute financially to grannies in South Africa and are able through letters to let these caregivers on the other side of the world know that they are cared for. The Great Granny Revolution is a beautiful, inspiring documentary film made by Brenda Rooney, who is a member of the Wakefield group.

Before 1818
[Rev. Bennett was succeeded by the Rev. William Ellis in 1775 who, in turn, was assisted by the Rev. Jacob Bailey in 1779.  Shortly following 1782,  and the King's County mission was reorganized and was now made up of Cornwall, Horton and Wilmot.]  On the 24th of August 1783, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel appointed the Rev. John Wiswall ... as the first Rector of Cornwallis with the added responsibility of the full King's County Mission, which extended as far west as Middleton, a field 40 miles long and 12 miles wide.
He wrote the Society, "There is not one regular teacher in this part of the country.  At Horton there is an Anabaptist meeting-house and an 'illiterate shoemaker' supplies the place of pastor".  In his Journal he says, "The inhabitants are wild enthusiasts of every denomination - Independents, Presbyterians, Universalists, Allanists, etc, etc., and seem to agree in only one thing, love of independence in both Church and State".  In his Journal dated August, 1784, he says, "I have a very crowded audience when I preach at Horton of persons of all denominations.  I am in hopes their prejudices against our church services will gradually wear off".
 
The Rev. John Wiswall was holding services in the Baptist meeting house in what is now known as Wolfville, once a month...In 1786 Mr. Wiswall's Notitia showed: Baptized, Horton, 2;...[and] There is also a record that between August, 1783 and June, 1786 he had three marriages, three baptisms and two burials at Horton.
 
On the 30th of May 1789, his accounts show receipts; Dyke lands at Horton 6 pounds one shilling, 3 pence; Pasture 17 shillings; 450 acres of unoccupied land, one shilling.

Rector:  The Rev. Cathy Lee Cunningham Ritcey, 542-2464 e-mail: ccunningham@ns.sympatico.ca
Honorary Assistant:    The Rev. Dr. V. Bruce Matthews
Deacon/Postulant for Holy Orders:   The Rev. K. Ann Watson
Wardens:    Mrs. Shirley Marston, Mr. John Whidden
Organist /Choir Director:  Don Corbett
Administrative Assistant:  Margaret Coghill e-mail: margaretcoghill@eastlink.ca
Sexton and Parish Hall Manager:   Louis Lightfoot  681- 0339
Website:   www.stjohnsanglicanchurchwolfville.com

The Rector's weekly Sabbath time is on Friday and Saturday. She responds only to pastoral emergencies on those days. If you wish to see her, please book an appointment, Sunday through Thursday. If you have a pastoral emergency or know of someone in hospital here or in Halifax, please contact her at 542-2464.