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May 1, 2026
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Your news this week:
Sunday Service
Spotlight on Our Community: Communion Team
Saint Andrew's Supports Social Justice: Earth on Edge
Others Day on May 10
New Additions to Affirm Library
Drag Me To Church
Green Tip of the Week
On The Stage at Saint Andrew's
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This Communion Sunday
we welcome musical guest
POLARIS
choir for change.
Choirs for Change is a wonderful musical movement for community, justice and spirit. Founded in 2017, Choirs for Change supports the activities of four choral ensembles in the Halifax (Kjipuktuk) region: Astra, Lyra, Polaris, and Borealis. Together, these ensembles strive to support social change movements through innovative choral events. This Sunday, Polaris joins us in worship, offering their voices, presence, and justice-loving spirits.
UPCOMING SERVICES you won't want to miss:
May 17 Rev. Susan shares the pulpit with Dr. Michael Young, physician with the medical humanitarian organization Médecin Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
May 20 Pentecost Sunday with Rev. Shaun Fryday
Every Wednesday Contemplative Service, 6:00 - 6:25 pm. A mid-week sabbath.
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| Spotlight on Our Community: Communion Team | | |
Thank you to Saint Andrew’s “Communion Team” (Margie MacKay, Bob Shepherd, and Lucille and Larry Evans), who do the behind the scenes work to prepare for Communion Sundays.
Bob and Lucille take turns baking homemade bread to be cubed for serving. There are also gluten free crackers provided and non- alcoholic Concord Grape juice.
Everything is set up on Saturday and serving trays containing the communion elements are placed in the Sanctuary before the Sunday service.
We always need people to assist with serving communion. Let us know if you would like to volunteer for the "Communion Team" by contacting the office.
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Saint Andrew's Supports Social Justice:
Earth on Edge - Ecology & Possibility
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An opportunity not to be missed, the Atlantic Seminar in Theological Education 2026 "EARTH ON EDGE" Ecology & Possibility is happening June 15– June 18 in Truro.
Join Catherine Keller, Jason Starr and Maritime clergy and laity for three days of a deep meaningful face to face examination of our joys and responsibilities as people of faith in this age of challenge.
"How can we take our ecological emergency seriously without giving into despair or simply hoping for divine intervention? I found help in Catherine Keller’s Political Theology of the Earth, which led me to her Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming, Cloud of the Impossible, and then Facing Apocalypse. Climate, Democracy and Other Last Chances. She is a theologian who speaks directly and eloquently to the ecological, cultural and political realities of our time. I believe she will help other spiritual seekers as she has helped me."
ASTE is thrilled this internationally sought-after theologian accepted their invitation to their 2026 event.
For more information, click here.
| Others Day on Sunday, May 10 | |
There are so many reasons why Mother's Day might be hard. While celebrating mothers can be joyful, we recognise that motherhood is something that comes in all shapes and sizes and this year we plan to make sure we take time for all the Others out there too.
On Sunday, May 10 GLEE Club will celebrate chosen family, friends, and others who love and support us in many ways. Please plan to join us after worship service to enjoy food and fellowship, and celebrate the people that bring love and joy into our lives.
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New Additions to the Affirm Library | |
We have two new books in our Affirm Library!
Before We Were Trans illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present, whose experiences of gender have defied binary categories. Blending historical analysis with sharp cultural criticism, trans historian and activist Kit Heyam offers a new, radically inclusive trans history, chronicling expressions of trans experience that are often overlooked, like gender-nonconforming fashion and wartime stage performance.
Raising My Rainbow is Lori Duron’s frank, heartfelt, and brutally funny account of her and her family's adventures of distress and happiness raising a gender-creative son. C.J. is gender variant or gender nonconforming, whichever you prefer. Whatever the term, Lori has a boy who likes girl stuff—really likes girl stuff. He floats on the gender-variation spectrum from super-macho-masculine on the left all the way to super-girly-feminine on the right. He's not all pink and not all blue. He's a muddled mess or a rainbow creation. Lori and her family choose to see the rainbow.
The Affirm Library bookshelf is in the sanctuary on Sunday mornings, and you are also welcome to drop by the church during the week to borrow a book, or sit and read.
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We had so much fun last time, we’re doing it again ... Drag Me to Church returns on June 6, and this time we’re “goin’ to the chapel” at St. Matthew’s United Church!
Once again, we’re going to fill the sanctuary with fabulousness and celebrate the artistry, inclusivity, and community of drag.
Tickets are on sale now!
Drag Me To Church
Saturday, June 6
6pm - 2SLGBTQIA+ Market
8pm- Drag Show
$10 per person
Click here to buy your tickets!
| Social Justice Committee's Green Tip of the Week | |
Nova Scotia has failed to meet its land protection commitment.
The Nova Scotia government has now MISSED their March 31, 2026 deadline under the Canada-Nova Scotia Nature Agreement to designate 82,500 hectares of new protected and conserved areas. It is highly likely that Nova Scotia will have to GIVE BACK money set aside for conservation to Ottawa. With a backlog of parks and protected areas awaiting designation, there is no excuse for the inaction we’ve been seeing.
Send a letter to Premier Tim Houston and let the province know that missing this deadline is unacceptable. Urge the Nova Scotia government to to legally designate wilderness areas, nature reserves and provincial parks without further delay.
To learn more, click here.
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Bookmark and Nature Nova Scotia: An Evening with Suzanne Simard
Friday, May 1 at 7:00pm
Bookmark and Nature Nova Scotia are thrilled to present an evening with Dr. Suzanne Simard, author of the best-selling Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest. This is a free event with an opportunity to donate to the work of Nature Nova Scotia.
Dr. Simard will be discussing her new book, When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World . The event will be moderated by local author and Bookmark bookseller, Aaron Williams. When the Forest Breathes is a vital reminder of all the natural world has to teach us about adaptability, resilience, and community.
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NSYO: A Joyous Trilogy
Saturday, May 2 at 2:00pm
Led by Denise Grant – a conductor and educator who has held positions at Memorial University, the University of Toronto, and the University of Regina – this concert features three exciting works. First, enjoy Mason’s A Joyous Trilogy, an inviting piece that’s sure to put you in a good mood. Next, hear Mazzoli’s Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres), which the composer describes as “music in the shape of a solar system”, and Weinzweig’s Round Dance, a short and invigorating work for orchestra with a “Canadian folk flavour”. Finally, Forsyth’s JUNO Award-winning piece Atayoskewin Suite closes out our concert. Come join the young musicians of the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra for this delightful season finale performance!
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Nova Sinfonia: Conductor Greg Burton and Soloist Brittany Cann
Monday, May 4 at 7:30pm
Join Nova Sinfonia for an evening of dramatic orchestral music and brilliant vocal artistry as the orchestra continues its 30th Anniversary Season. Under the direction of Greg Burton, the program welcomes acclaimed soprano Brittany Cann for a selection of powerful operatic arias by Mozart and Beethoven.
The concert opens with Mozart’s Symphony No. 24 in B-flat major, K.182, a vibrant early work full of elegance and youthful energy. Brittany Cann then takes the stage for Beethoven’s thrilling “Abscheulicher!… O komm, Hoffnung” from Fidelio, followed by two beloved Mozart arias: Donna Anna’s dramatic “Non mi dir, bell’idol mio” from Don Giovanni and the Countess’s deeply expressive “Porgi, amor” from Le nozze di Figaro.
The orchestra will also perform Frederick Delius’s Two Pieces for Small Orchestra, music of shimmering colour and lyrical beauty, before concluding the evening with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, a work that marks the bold arrival of Beethoven’s symphonic voice.
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Sunday Service: 10:30am
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