Mawejje as we call him has been with St. George Wakefield since 2000.

We congratulate Mawejje on celebrating 35 years of priesthood on December 22, 2020.

Rector’s Charge 2025

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body……….and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. (1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27)

In the name of the Father, son and Holy Spirit. Amen. I give thanks to God for the gift of life, protection and provision to you during 2024. We remember our loved ones who have passed on to eternity. We pray for all who are suffering at home and elsewhere. Your Church wants to be present whenever you need it.

The sister parishes of St. Clements and St. George are grateful for your dedication to the ministry we do together, and God’s mission in the neighbourhood and beyond. Thanks to all who give money, time, talent, skill, and sweat equity for the existence and running of our parishes. Your donations enable our parishes to be the Church as mentioned in the annual reports. We are in need of resources, and we are counting on you.

If you are able to give, we ask that you increase your weekly or monthly contributions or, submit a monetary gift above regular giving to support the church’s operations and outreach. We ask those who have not contributed or given to their parish yet, to consider doing so. The parish needs your time and skill to do more. Our asking is your opportunity to be generous in thanksgiving for blessings from God.

We gather in the Annual General Meeting to discern God’s will, to listen to each other, to plan and to prepare resources for the ministry of our parishes, and God’s mission. It is a collective venture and effort no matter what your age-group, social status or spiritual wellness might be. As Venerable Blaikie put it:

The Annual General Meeting of each parish can be a good opportunity to discern God’s will as we listen to each other…our common hopes, our fears and joys, as we journey together as followers of Jesus. This meeting can be a time of renewed commitment to the well being of neighbours, to the marginalized and to those who are yet to experience the kindness that each of us are invited to extend; not out of a sense of obligation or duty but from the deep abiding presence of love that Jesus has for each and every person.[i]

This year’s Annual Meeting will initiate a visioning and planning process on what we want our parishes to become in the next five to ten years. We will spend some time brainstorming, and form a group to think deeply on what will make our parishes remain active and visible in our communities, and how to support what we commit to.  

We will discern God’s will in trust that this same God has equipped us with Spiritual gifts and resources to do God’s will. We need you more than ever before. Everyone has spiritual gifts in addition to material things to be used for the benefit of all. Together we employ those gifts for the parish to grow in love, care and service to all people and lead them to our Saviour Jesus Christ. What is given to us is not for us to keep but to share with others.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. (1Corinthians 12:4-7)

The diocese of Rupert’s Land is in process of electing a new bishop’ to replace bishop Geoff Woodcroft who is on long-term disability following cancer diagnosis in 2024. As we pray for the search committee and Electoral Synod, we pray for Geoff’s healing. Our role as a parish during this process is to support, equip and participate in the life of our parish (locally), and in the life of the diocese, and the wider Church of God. Remember, your parish is as strong as you make it to be, and how you participate in its happenings.

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[i] Venerable Simon Blaikie, Letter to 2025 Annual General Meetings of Parishes

Honorary Assistant Reverend Ken Pawluk