WELCOME TO OUR NEWLY AMALGAMATED ANGLICAN PARISH!
UPCOMING SERVICES
8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
Bulletins: May 18 Holy Eucharist BAS
Announcements: May 18
This week, the 8:00 service will be the traditional service from the BAS.
WHO WE ARE AS A PARISH
Welcome to our new Anglican parish, formed through the amalgamation of St Bartholomew’s and All Saints’ on 8 May 2025. We have yet to choose a name for our new parish, but we do know that it will be housed in the old, familiar Victorian structure that was known as St George’s throughout much of Sarnia’s history. We are located at the intersection of Vidal Street North and Charlotte Street.
We are truly a work in progress and all are welcome to join us as we strive to build a parish that reflects God’s truth, beauty and goodness. If you are looking for a place with opportunities for great involvement, we can build that church together. If you need a place of peace and refreshment — a place just to be — let it be with us.
Finish, then, Thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let it be.
Let us see Thy great Salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee.
We worship God in reverence and wonder at 8:00 and 10:30 each Sunday. Our 8:00 service is a traditional said-service and our 10:30 service is wonderfully choral. Our worship is directed towards heightening our awareness of God’s love for the world, as revealed through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. We enjoy fellowship during our coffee hour after the second service.
Throughout the rest of the week, our energy is focused on activities that provide opportunities for parishioners and outside friends to increase our fellowship in God’s love through work and play together by partaking in such activities as Bible study, a walking club, a book club, cards and board games, Bible crossword, and workshops on topics of interest to the congregation. An important part of our parish life is to provide outreach and support to the community, most notably through our work with the Inn of the Good Shepherd and our sponsorship of self-help groups.
To read more about us, please visit the various pages in this website, which is always a work in progress, or click here to be taken to the “ABOUT” page. To see a curated selection of photos of our activities this year, click here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
See the bulletin for more details
Anyone and everyone who is interested is welcome to join us for these events!
THIS WEEK’S ACTIVITIES
► Sunday 18 May
8:00 am — Holy Eucharist, Traditional Service from BAS
10:30 am — Holy Eucharist BAS
► Monday 19 May
1:30 pm — ACW meets, Parish House
7:00 pm — Group Meeting, Basement
► Tuesday 20 May
11:00 am — Walking Group to meet at the animal park parking lot in Canatara
12:15 pm — Lunch, following the walk at Wagg’s, 420 Christina St N, Sarnia, N7T 5W1; /// caravan.select.inform
7:00 pm — Bluewater Chordsmen, Parish Hall
► Wednesday 21 May
10:00 — Bible Study, Rectory
7:00 pm — Bible Study, Rectory
► Thursday 22 May
3:00 pm — Choir Practice
► Friday 23 May
1:00 pm — Finance Committee meets, Parish House
5:00 pm — The Slice, venue TBA
6:30 pm — Hymn Sing, Parish House
8:00 pm — Group Meeting, Parish Hall
► Saturday 24 May
10:00 am — Wardens’ Meeting, Rectory
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OTHER UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
► Sunday 25 May
8:00 am — Holy Eucharist, Traditional Service from BAS
10:30 am — Holy Eucharist BAS
12:00 pm — Special Vestry after the main service, Parish Hall
► Monday 9 June
1:30 pm — Bible Crossword, Rectory
► Friday 13 June
7:00 pm — Creative Word, Carole & John’s
► Monday 16 June
1:30 pm — ACW meets, venue TBA
► Friday 27 June
5:00 pm — The Slice, venue TBA
6:30 pm — Hymn Sing, Parish House
SMARTPHONE WORKSHOP
An Ongoing Series of Workshops
Next Instalment: Thursday 22 May
The third instalment in this ongoing series of workshops on civilising our smartphones, which will take place on Thursday 22 May beginning at one o’clock in Parish Hall, will focus, in part, and by popular request, on reviewing safe Internet browsing. This is a challenging topic and one that does warrant review. Also by popular request, we will look at increasing the breadth of sending text messages by learning how to add photos and other enhancements to our texts. The big topic, however, will be learning how to use our electronic calendar, from creating straightforward appointment reminders to using the calendar to invite others to joint events, this topic will help open a whole range of possibilities. Once again, because the material being presented is very much participant-driven, missing one workshop does not mean that the next one cannot be attended, but it also means that the agenda must be fluid in order to respond to the needs of the learners. As was the case with this workshop, any and all, whether of this parish or not, are welcome to attend future workshops. If you were a participant in this first or second workshop and left feeling overwhelmed, do not despair! This sort of learning does take time, patience and perseverance, but, rest assured, you will get there!
SPECIAL VESTRY MEETING
Sunday 25 May after the Main Service
[The text in green, below, has been copied verbatim from the announcements page dated 19 — 25 May.]
A Special Vestry Meeting will be held in the parish hall on Sunday May 25, 2025 following the 10:30 am Service. The purpose of the Special Vestry Meeting is to elect the following Members to the Parish Council:
1 Warden
1 Deputy Warden
2 Members-at-large
2 Lay Delegates to Synod
1 Alternate Lay Delegate
(another Warden, Deputy Warden and 2 Members-at-large will be appointed by the Priest-in-Charge in consultation with the Associate Priest. The Treasurer is appointed by the Administrator.)
AMALGAMATION: THE NEXT STEPS
Saturday 17 May
As of 8 May, the former parishes of St Bartholomew’s and All Saints’ have formally become one new parish. With amalgamation, the two predecessor parishes have been disestablished. This means that our new parish is under administrative oversight by the Diocese until the Special Vestry Meeting of 25 May takes place. [See the separate article above.] Our heartfelt thanks are offered to the Venerable Amanda Longmoore, Archdeacon – West, who has been with us every step of the way, praying for us, guiding the process and advocating with Diocesan Council on our behalf. We welcome the Rev’d Karen Nelles as Priest-in-Charge. The Rev’d Canon Stephen Harnadek will remain as Associate Priest. How blessed we are to have the support of such an incredible clerical team!
MOTHER'S DAY LUNCHEON
Sunday 11 May
Once again, our ceaselessly energetic and highly talented kitchen team put on our annual Mother’s Day Lunch. As always, we offer our heartfelt thanks to this hard-working team of volunteers who go above and beyond every week to ensure that we have the opportunity for coffee and fellowship after worship. The sheer quantity and variety of the offerings was staggering. The comments from parishioners and guests alike testified to their thankfulness for the opportunity to enjoy fellowship together in such splendour. Well done, o true and faithful kitchen volunteers!
DEANERY CONFIRMATION
Sunday 4 May
A very moving service was held by The Rt Rev’d Todd Townshend and clergy of the Deanery at our parish during which candidates for confirmation as well as those who wished to be renew their vows and be received into the church were presented to our Bishop. After the service, our intrepid kitchen staff hosted the confirmands and their families in Parish Hall, where a spread worthy of a Buckingham Palace garden party was laid out. Truly, a wonderful time was had by one and all. Thanks, as always, are offered to those who contributed of their time and talent to ensure that this important day in the lives of the confirmands was a special and memorable one.
ST BARTHOLOMEW'S
ST BARTHOLOMEW’S
Sunday 9 March
In a very moving service, St Bartholomew’s Anglican Church was deconsecrated on Sunday 9 March during a mid-afternoon service that was led by Rt Rev’d Todd Townshend. Clergy, parishioners and friends from local parishes were all present. The service included choral communion, a wonderful talk on the magnificent history of the parish, and a moving service of deconsecration. The parishioners of All Saints’ Parish wish the members of St Bartholomew’s all the very best as they determine their future within the Anglican community of Sarnia-Lambton.
