ST. LUKE'S KINGSTON
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Annual Vestry Meeting
Will be held on Sunday, March 1, 2026 and will review ministry and finances of the parish in 2025, as well as, receive a proposed budget for 2026.
Voting members of Vestry are those who to quote Canon 13 "have been a member of the Anglican Church of Canada as defined in Canon 1 and that I have regularly attended scheduled services of worship with this congregation for at least three (3) months and have received the sacrament of Holy Communion at least three (3) times and that I am of the full age of sixteen (16) years and that I have not voted as a member of any other vestry during the previous three (3) months, nor do I intend to vote in any other vestry during the ensuing year".
To Love and To Serve Book Study
Members of our congregations as well as visitors are welcome to join us as we take up Bishop William Cliff invitation to participate in a diocesan-wide book study in 2026 of the book: 'To Love & Serve' by Scott Gunn and Melody Wilson Shobe.
'To Love & Serve' emphasizes the urgent need to strengthen catechesis—how the church teaches and communicates its core beliefs—especially in a cultural climate where those beliefs are often misunderstood or drowned out.
Sessions are scheduled as follows:
Sacraments
January 18 Baptismal Beliefs and Practices
Chapter 2: The New Life of Grace
Chapter 3: Born of Water and the Spirit
February 1 Eucharistic Beliefs and Practices
Chapter 4: Mystery in Bread and Wine
Chapter 5: Be Known to us in the Breaking of the Bread
February 15 Ecclesial Sacraments
Chapter 6: Confirmation and Marriage
Chapter 7: Confession and Healing
Chapter 8: Ordination
Chapter 20: The Service Set before you
Marking Time
March 8 Chapter 9: The Prayers of your Faithful People
March 15 Chapter 11: Walking the Way of the Cross
Chapter 12: Jesus Christ who is the Resurrection and the Life
Basic Beliefs
April 19 Chapter 13: The Faith of your Church
Chapter 14: The Bible
May 3 Chapter 15: Richly Bearing the Fruit of Good Works
Chapter 16: All Hearts are Open
The Church
May 17 Chapter 23: Accepted and Called
June 7 Chapter 17: That Wonderful and Sacred Mystery
Chapter 18: Be Present with Those who Take Counsel
Copies of the book are available from the Synod Office at a special reduced price of $15 each. Please contact the Church Office or the Diocese of Ontario Synod Office at (613) 544-4774 to request your copies of the book.