CHURCH ACTIVITIES & NEWS
Worship Sunday, February 19th at 10:30 am
Join us for Worship on Family day weekend!
Nursery, children & youth programs
Pancake Supper - Tuesday, February 21st. from 5pm to 7pm
Our annual Shrove Tuesday pancake supper will be held Tuesday, February 21st. Proceeds to support children and youth programs at Port Nelson. Save the date and plan to bring the whole family! PDF
Ash Wednesday Service - Feb. 22nd at 7:30 pm
Prayer with the Songs of Taize for Ash Wednesday
Our 2012 Lent & Easter Journey
An Outline of worship services for Lent & Easter PDF
Lamentations for Lent
A Five-part study on the Book of Psalms.
Tuesdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3 PDF
The Diamond Jubilee Fundraiser - Friday, April 27, 2012 at 6pm
The Diamond Jubilee Fundraiser is an evening of food, drink and celebration of our rich past and our promising future.
Please join us on Friday, April 27th, 2012 at The Atrium Conference Centre, Burlington, ON -
Tickets go on sale March 2012.
More information to follow soon. PDF
Gerry Brown Memorial Curling Event
Sunday, March 25th at 6:30 pm
A fun everning of curling!
Church Reports
Church reports can be found on the Church Council web page
| "Be still, and know that I am God" Psalm 46: 10 |
WORSHIP - TAIZE PRAYER
over many times, this reality
gradually penetrates the whole being"
Port Nelson is pleased to offer Taizé prayer at various times throughout the year. The next Taizé prayer opportunity is Sunday October 16th at 7:30 PM
Taizé, in the south of Burgundy, France, is the home of an international, ecumenical community, founded there in 1940 by Brother Roger. The brothers are committed for their whole life to material and spiritual sharing, to celibacy, and to a great simplicity of life. Today, the community is made up of over a hundred brothers, Catholics and from various Protestant backgrounds, from more than twenty-five nations.
At the heart of daily life in Taizé are three times of prayer together. The brothers live by their own work. They do not accept gifts or donations for themselves. Some of the brothers are living in small groups – "fraternities" - among the very poor.
Since the late 1950s, many thousands of young adults from many countries have found their way to Taizé to take part in weekly meetings of prayer and reflection. In addition, Taizé brothers make visits and lead meetings, large and small, in Africa, North and South America, Asia, and in Europe, as part of a "pilgrimage of trust on earth".
Singing is one of the most essential elements of worship. Short songs, repeated again and again, give it a meditative character. Using just a few words they express a basic reality of faith, quickly grasped by the mind. As the words are sung over many times, this reality gradually penetrates the whole being.