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The Diocese of Toronto hasofficially announced ReverendDavid Burrows’ retirement andgiven us the go ahead to seek anew Rector. David’s last Sundayservice with us will be Septem-ber 13, 2015. Your Wardenshave begun the huge task offinding his replacement. To thisend we will be holding a SpecialVestry Meeting after the 10:30am service at St. Olave’s onSunday, April 26, 2015 at
noon. At this meeting we willseek to appoint the St. Olave’sParish Selection Committee andChairperson.
The Parish Selection Commit-tee’s task will be to recommendto Bishop Philip Poole ourchoice for Rector. The decisionto appoint a Rector rests withBishop Poole.
The Parish Selection Commit-tee is required to poll the congre-gation and write an accurate andobjective profile of our parish. Asurvey is enclosed with this
newsletter for you to fill out.
This becomes a ‘sales document’to potential applicants. The Se-lection Committee will meetwith Bishop Poole who will bean active participant in oursearch. Parish Selection Com-mittee Members are required toread and become familiar withthe relative diocesan Canons, in
particular, Canon 10, and to bein compliance with them. Wewill be required to ensure the in-terview process is fair and objec-tive and complies with allhuman rights issues. Committeemembers will be required to visitother churches to see potentialcandidates in action. They willthen be required to interview allacceptable candidates beforemaking a recommendation.
The Parish Selection Commit-tee consists of the Churchwar-dens and such other members ofthe parish (not fewer than four ormore than six) to be determinedby the Churchwardens and to beelected by Vestry.
While the process must followthe pragmatic procedures setdown in the Canon law, we areconscious that the task involvesspiritual discernment. As a con-gregation we seek to listen toone another and to sense theHoly Spirit’s direction for ourParish. Please begin the work ofchoosing a new Rector with yourprayers.
–David Hutcheon
The
360 Windermere Avenue, Toronto M6S 3L4 416-769-5686
OlaveBranchReaching out to St. Olave’s Anglican Church community
www.stolaves.caEaster 2015
INSIDE Page 2Rector’s Letter;Wardens’ Words;
Arts Guild
Page 3Book reviewsand important
dates
Page 4Junior Church &Youth Group
Page 5Gardening with
God
Page 6In Memoriam
Join us for our 10:30 a.m. Palm Sun-day service where we welcome ourspecial guests the WindermereString Quartet. Come back for theirconcert at 3 pm, Music She Wrote.
Special Vestry date set“I am sure of this, that
he who began a good
work in you will bring it
to completion…”
(Philippians 1:6)
Dear Friends in Christ,Here I am with my last Easter newsletterto you all! Who will write to you nextyear? Impossible for me to say but youcan bet that my prayers for all of you willcertainly continue and that my prayer willbe that Almighty God will send you aChrist-loving pastor who will guide youin God’s way.
This is the season of Lent, not a joyfultime for Christians as we approach GoodFriday and the crucifixion of our Lord,but joyful in the sense that we have “in-side information” about the resurrectionof our Lord. The disciples had been toldabout the resurrection of our Lord no lessthan THREE times while they were trav-elling down with Jesus from Galilee toJerusalem. When Mary Magdalene wentto tomb before dawn on the first day ofthe week, she expected to find Jesus’body, NOT the Resurrected Lord. Butafter Death comes Life. It’s not the otherway around as we normally think of it.
There’s another angle on the Resurrec-tion which we MUST consider. Howmany of our brothers and sisters in Christhave been murdered simply because theyare Christians? The Copts in Egypt, theAssyrians and the Chaldeans in Iraq, theChristians in Syria! How many haveTHEY lost? The Christians in Maalula inSyria who speak Aramaic, the language ofJesus, would have been annihilated had itnot been for their own courageous resist-ance and for the help of the Syrian army.So pray for them every day but also prayfor their persecutors. Pray for the IslamicState and pray for the muslim militia, theBoko Haram in Nigeria that they will besaved and come to the light of Christ. Weare not only to pray for those we love buteven more for our enemies.Your brother,David
Parish News
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For those of you who didn’t attend ourAnnual Vestry meeting on February 27,please note our new titles (see above). Be-cause Hutch and Janice started the sameyear (it took two Wardens to replace JimShapland…) we are both staying on for ourthird year. We feel that in this year ofchange with David retiring, some stabilityin the “front office” is a good idea.
As we all come out of hibernation andthe numbers in the pews start to nudgehigher, we hope you’re all anticipating thegood news of Easter. Start your Holy Weekoff right with our Palm Sunday service onMarch 29. We are delighted to welcomeback the Windermere String Quartet, whowill be performing Mozart’s Ave Verumwith our choir, as well as other repertoire.Then there’s a Maundy Thursday service at6 p.m., followed by a light supper andSeder. Good Friday’s community service is
at Bloor West Baptiston South Kingsway.We’re very excitedthat Laura Oxley hasreinstated the EasterSaturday Familyservice. She’s addedher unique spin onthe day, and present-ing a creativity-filledafternoon of crafts,cooking, storytellingand music. Be sure tospread the word to friends and neighbours.Activities start at 3 p.m. Then Sunday, youhave your choice of three services of HolyCommunion at 7, 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. AllEaster weekend, check out Sue Higgs’wonderful art exhibit in the Ethel BrownRoom (see story above).
We hope that you will find the opportu-nity to join us at one or all of our Easterservices: there truly is something for every-one. Last fall we participated in Back toChurch Sunday and encouraged everyoneto invite someone to church. Why not try itagain?
A Word from the WardensDavid Hutcheon, Rector’s Warden
Annis Tebbutt, People’s Warden
Janice Douglas, Deputy Warden
Hurry up Easter!
Rector’s LetterThe Reverend David Burrows
Pray for thosewe love, aswell as our enemies
By Annis TebbuttChair, Arts Guild
Over Easter, on Saturday, April 4 andSunday, April 5, the Arts Guild will facili-tate an art exhibit, featuring the latest worksof Sue Higgs. All are welcome to see herexhibit in the Ethel Brown Room, called,“Spring into Spring”. Come and view Sue’soriginal, inspirational and whimsical work(as illustrated above). You can meet theartist during Coffee Hour after the Easterservice. Sue will also display her uniquecards and all works are for sale, with spe-cial prices on Sue’s earlier works.
The Arts Guild and Consort will present
poems, music and readings for “BestThings in Life” on Sunday, April 19, fol-lowing the Evensong service and St.George’s tea. We welcome special guestchoir, Harmonica Hungarica. Find out thedrama and comedy in things that may havea hidden price!
Coming to the AGO from April 11 to July12 will be a special exhibit, “From the For-est to the Sea: Emily Carr”. The Arts Guildwill be arranging for free mini-tours so thatparishioners may see nearly 100 stunningpaintings, drawings and rarely seensketches from this iconic Canadian artist.Details to follow soon!
Arts alive atSt. O’s this
spring!
SAVE THE DATE!The 80-voicestrong TrelawnyMale Choir is coming all theway from Corn-wall, UK to per-form at St. O’s onTuesday, Sept. 8,7 p.m. Good thingwe have a newroof!
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By Laura OxleyChild and Youth Minister
The Junior Church is excited forour Easter Saturday Event comingup April 4! From 3 - 5 p.m., wewill be hosting a neighbourhoodevent specifically designed for kids
and their families to explore themeaning of Easter together. Thisevent will be open to the commu-nity, and will function as a ‘messy-church’ style service for families toexplore the meaning of Easter to-gether through activities, art,music, cooking, and highly interac-tive learning.
The hope is to bring people intothe church in a creative way, andit’s also a great thing to bringfriends and family to! Hope to seeyou there! Check out theSt.Olave’s website for more infor-mation, or email me at [email protected].
Juni#r Church News
Junior Church & Youth
New family event set forEaster Saturday!
Youth Group UpdateThe youth group has been busy this year as theycontinue to volunteer in many roles and activitiesboth upstairs (serving, greeting, reading) anddownstairs (nursery, junior church, pancakelunch). We’ve had a couple of sit-down pizzameetings and spent some time updating the youthgroup scrapbook with our 2014 pictures. Futureplans include a snow tubing day in Barrie, a char-ity event (details to be determined) and a biblestudy or two. – Carol Ambler
If you know someone whowould like to come to this
event, invitations areavailable in the Narthex.
The JuniorChurch andYouth Group andfamilies gath-ered together forthe Second An-nual Family Skat-ing party on Feb.21 at RenniePark. Altogetherabout 25 joinedin the fun, thenheaded back otthe church forpizza and TheLego Movie,which was, youguessed it, AWESOME!
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A conversation betweenGod and St. Francis, PatronSaint and Protector of animals and nature.
“Frank, you know all about gardens andnature. What in the world is going on downthere in Ontario? What happened to thedandelions, violets, thistles and stuff that Istarted years ago. I had a perfect, no-main-tenance garden plan. Those plants grew inany type of soil, withstood drought andmultiplied with abandon. The nectar fromthe long lasting blossoms attracted butter-flies, honeybees and flocks of songbirds. Iexpected to see a vast garden of colours bynow, but all I see are these green rectan-gles.”
“It’s the tribes that settled there, Lord, theSuburbanites. They started calling yourflowers ‘weeds’ and went to great effort tokill them and replace them with grass.”
“Grass? But it is boring. It is not colour-ful. It does not attract butterflies, birds andbees, only grubs and sodworms. It’s tem-peramental with temperatures. Do theseSuburbanites really want all that grassgrowing there?”
“Apparently so, Lord. They go to greatpains to grow it and keep it green. Theybegin each spring by fertilizing grass andpoisoning any other plants that crop up inthe lawn.”
“The spring rains and cool weather prob-ably make the grass grow really fast. Thatmust make the Suburbanites happy.”
“Apparently not, Lord. As soon as itgrows a little, they cut it, sometimes twice
a week.”“They cut it? Do they bale it like hay?”“Not exactly, Lord. Most of them rake it
up and put it in bags.”“They bag it? Why? Is it a cash crop? Do
they sell it?”“No Sir. It is just the opposite. They pay
to throw it away.”“Now let me get this straight. They fertil-
ize grass to make it grow and when it doesgrow, they cut it off and pay to throw itaway.”
“Yes, Sir.”“These suburbanites must be relieved in
the summer when we cut back on the rainand turn up the heat. That surely slows thegrowth and saves them a lot of work.”
“You are not going to believe this, Lord.When the grass stops growing fast, theydrag out hoses and pay money to water itso they can continue to mow it and pay toget rid of it.”
“What nonsense. At least they kept sometrees. That was a stroke of genius, if I dosay so myself. The trees grow leaves in thespring to provide beauty and shade in thesummer. In the autumn, they fall to theground and form a natural blanket to keepmoisture in the soil and protect the treesand bushes. Plus as they rot, the leaves
compost to enhance the soil. It’s a naturalcircle of life.”
“You better sit down, Lord. The Subur-banites have drawn a new circle. As soonas the leaves fall, they rake them into greatpiles and have them hauled away.”
“No! What do they do to protect theshrub and tree roots in winter and keep thesoil loose and moist?”
“After throwing away your leaves, theygo out and buy something they call mulch.They haul it home and spread it around inplace of the leaves.”
“And where do they get this mulch?”“They cut down trees and grind them
up.”“Enough! I don’t want to think about this
anymore. Saint Catherine, you’re in chargeof the arts. What movie have you scheduledfor us tonight?”
“Dumb and Dumber, Lord. It’s a real stu-pid movie about …”
“Never mind. I just think I heard thewhole story.”
Author unknownCompliments of Environmental Insights(www.environmentalinsights.com)Changing How You SeeGreen Keynotes, Workshops, Coaching
As the snow melts andplants and slowly comingback to life, consider thisarticle submitted to TheBranch from Muriel Casey,Chair of St. Olave’s AltarGuild, and member and former President of theSwansea Horticultural Society.
Back to the gardenEnvironmental Stewardship
Parish News
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Two books make an impression
The Wardens accepted Bishop Poole’s in-vitation to attend An Evening with MichaelHarvey presenting The Culture of Invitation
by sending Sister Mary Florence Liew andI to hear Mr. Harvey speak at Christ theKing, Etobicoke on November 17, 2014.(So I guess, St Olave’s has reached Bench-mark 1, ‘cos we acted on the invitation!)
Michael Harvey is a dynamic Englishlayman. His book —Unlocking the Growth
— is in the St Olave’s library. It is currentlysigned out by our Growth CommitteeChair, Jim Shapland, and is being scannedand plumbed for inspiration.
According to Mr. Harvey, invitation isGod’s work. Invite people – anyone, tocome to St Olave’s! What that person doeswith the invite is God’s business. The invi-tee needs to keep heart and mind open tospirit and trust his/her generosity in asking.
Read the book, or just “open your lips”
and express the simple act of sharing andinviting. It’s that easy.
I asked Cathy Hutcheon (our Adult Li-brary Cart Lady) to pick out 5 Books dur-ing the Christmas Craft Sale as casualreading for our Coffee House guests. I se-lected some children’s books from the Jun-ior Church Library Cart (it’s in the ParishHall, if you are looking for it). St Olave’sfurther provided as outreach, free gifts ofpencils and bookmarks with scripture,prayers and a mention of God. I also put alittle Crèche Scene craft activity on eachtable for fun.
One of Cathy’s choices was entitled Sis-
ter Wendy on Prayer. “How perfect forme!” I thought; and I had given Cathy nolead time on this project – it was a “day-of”request! Cathy is great at finding books tosuit, try out her recommendations. In thelast edition of The Olave Branch you mayhave noticed a photo of me in a chair withthe book. I was setting the desired tone ofcasual enjoyment for the Coffee House,otherwise interpreted as expressing TheFruits of the Spirit: Peace & Joy.
I have taken two months to read thissmall book, in conjunction with anotherbook on prayer. I have slowly nibbled anddigested. I found the Sister Wendy Beckett(the author, a Catholic Nun, a REAL sister)
expressing what Ihave found formyself, and I feltan affinity for herspiritual reflec-tions and experi-ences. The bookis super, pleaseread it. I am fi-nally returning itto the Adult Library Cart.
The Library Corner“Those who canread should!”
By Wendy BoardGuest Columnist
MARCH
29 - 10:30 a.m. - Service for
Palm Sunday featuring special
guests, Windermere String
Quartet
3 p.m. - Windermere String
Quartet concert
APRIL
2 – 6 p.m. – MAUNDY
THURSDAY Holy Communion
followed by Seder and Light
Supper
3 – 10:30 a.m. - GOOD
FRIDAY Community Service at
Bloor West* Baptist Church (*
previously known as Farmer
Memorial)
4 – 3 p.m. - The Meaning of
Easter Family Event
5 – EASTER DAY Services of
Holy Communion
7 a.m. (outdoors weather per-
mitting), 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.
(Reception and Easter Egg Hunt
to follow the 10:30 a.m. serv-
ice.)
12 - 10:30 a.m. - Guest Speaker
from Voice of the Martyrs
19 - 4 p.m. Festive Evensong
followed by St. George’s Tea
and “Best Things in Life” fea-
turing women’s choir Harmon-
ica Hungarica
26 - noon - Special Vestry
Meeting (see cover story)
MAY
14 (Thursday) – 6 p.m.
Evensong followed by Light
Supper and Talk by Jeremy
Burrows “Learning About Or-
thodox Christianity”
24 – 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m
Day of Pentecost /Whitsunday
3 p.m. - Windermere String
Quartet Concert
JUNE
7 – 10:30 a.m. Special Guest:
Bishop Philip Poole and presen-
tation of certificates to Junior
Church and Youth Group stu-
dents
4 p.m. - Choral Evensong fol-
lowed by Strawberry Tea and
Special Guest: Guitarist Doug
Hibovski “Classical Gas”
14 – 10:30 a.m. - Junior Church
final lesson and party
20 (Saturday) - TBC - ACW
Community Yard Sale - Buy a
table for $20 and come out for
the fun!
JULY
29 (Wednesday) – 6 p.m.
Patronal Festival Evensong
followed by BBQ
Group Meetings Tuesday, April 19 - noon
Worship Committee
Tuesday, April 21 – 2 p.m.
Mary & Martha Group
Tuesday, April 21 - 7:30 p.m.
Advisory Board
(reports due April 14)
Tuesday, May 19 - 2 p.m.
Mary & Martha Group
Tuesday, June 16 – 2 p.m.
Mary & Martha Group
Worship & SpecialEvents
Î
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Please note our regular weekly services:Every Sunday
8:30 a.m. - Holy Communion in the Chapel
9:15 a.m. - Bible Study
1st & 3rd Sundays of Month
10 a.m.- Prayers in the Chapel
10:30 a.m.- Holy Communion with Anointing
2nd, 4th Sundays of Month
10:30 a.m. - Morning Prayer
5th Sunday of the Month
10:30 a.m. - Morning Prayer with Litany
Every Wednesday
10 a.m.- Bible Study
Sally Merivale – 1915-2015By Sister Mary Florence Liew
Heather Cosgrave, a dear friend of the late Sally H.Merivale, read out a summary of Sally’s life at the Mary andMartha’s group meeting in January. It was composed bySally’s son, Charles. I felt that others in St. Olave’s Churchwho knew Sally might like to rejoice with them in the storyof a very inspiring beautiful soul who had lived life to thefull.
Sally was born in England in 1915. She lived through twoWorld Wars. She worked as a secretary in various offices inthe latter war and she also assisted in entertaining troops anddirecting civilians to safety during the bombing attacks as aneighbourhood volunteer. After the war she went andworked in Egypt and then, moved on to Kenya where sheand her husband became farm managers. They enjoyed theirnew dream adventure in Africa like Meryl Streep’s “Out ofAfrica.” During the Mau Mau Independent movement shelost her husband and father of their infant son Charles in theremote Africa near Uganda. She moved backed to London,England with her baby and lived with her widowed mother.She and her son and her mother immigrated to Canadawithin six months and joined Monica, her older sister andher brother-in-law who were then living in Montreal.
Sally entered her new Canadian adventure with great en-thusiasm. It was with the Irish Trade Board that she travelledto Ireland and developed Irish exports to Montreal. She heldfashion shows in Montreal. She had a busy schedule but shestill found time for her sports like tennis, swimming, hockeyand her social life by hosting Card Games and going to thetheatre, and working in her garden. She became a seasonedglobal traveller who flew or sailed across the oceans andlands to Europe, Asia, North and South Americas, Africa,and the West Indies Islands. Sally rose to and met any chal-lenges that came her way like public speaking by practisingit in front of the mirror. She made presentation of “TheStock” and learned French in Montreal. When Ireland trans-ferred the trade office to Toronto, Sally moved to Torontoand went to work with the Bank of Montreal which was inthe First Canadian Tower. She worked there until she retiredat 65.
She joined St. Olave’s Church and she also joined theMary and Martha group and contributed her time and labourto the church work and the church bazaars. She gave gener-ously of herself by helping others and sharing what she hadwith those in need. After her retirement she volunteered her-self to do the afternoons in the week in the clothing sectionin the Toronto General Hospital Gift Shop to raise funds forthe hospital. She sorted out her purchases and priced themfor the sale. In a changing world of technology from simplehand tools like dial phone to touch phone, pencil and paperto key board and computer, black and white television tocomplicated colour television, she learned to use them.
As Sally’s health deteriorated, she kept up her spirit andnews from her family and friends. She was living at Kens-ington Gardens Long Term Care in Toronto when she passedaway on Christmas Day, 2014. May she rest in peace.
Taylor MEAGHAN Shapland – 1981-2015By Jim and Nancy Shapland
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden death of ourdaughter, Meaghan, on Wednesday, March 11. A private service cele-brating Meaghan’s life was held at St. Olave’s on March 16.
We would like to thank St. Olave’s Anglican Church for its signifi-cant contribution to her early Christian nurturing. Meaghan was veryfond of our church. She enjoyed a number of years in its remarkableSunday School. She participated in several of the Nativity plays. Shewas confirmed by Archbishop Finlay. She had great summer times atthe St. Michael’s Youth Conference. At a young age, she joined theSenior Choir under the then direction of Kelly Galbraith. And twentyyears ago, she acted in the memorable Arts Guild production of“Blithe Spirit.”
We also want to acknowledge the efforts of our Rector, the Rev.David Burrows, who has been a faithful and unfailing source of sup-port to Meaghan during all these years of his distinguished tenure atSt. Olave’s.
Meaghan’s last few years have not been particularly happy ones, butshe has left us with a truly wonderful legacy for which we aresupremely grateful – her daughter Aden, the joy of our lives!
We appreciate your condolences and support. Perhaps we could alsoask if you could find the time for a short prayer for the delivery ofMeaghan’s soul and a wish that she will finally find some solace withour God. Thank you.
In Memoriam
