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The Parish of St. James, Fenelon Falls
This website is a great place to learn a bit about the Parish of Fenelon Falls and Coboconk. Are you visiting in the area? Are you are looking for a new church home, or interested in finding out what the Christian faith is all about? Whatever your reason, we’re glad you stopped by. We look forward to meeting you in person.
The Rev. Abraham R. Thomas to celebrate services until the end of August.
Rev. Abraham R. Thomas was born in Kerala, India and lived in India and in the Middle East during his childhood before his family
immigrated to Canada in 2009. His tradition of birth was the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian church, which was a Reformed Eastern Church with West Syrian High Church practices and reformed theology and doctrines. Abraham did both his B.A. and M.A. in Religious Studies at McMaster University, with his focus being on Early Christianity and Second Temple Judaism. He did his M.Div. at Wycliff College and graduated in May 2022. He was ordained a deacon in April 2023 and ordained a priest In February 2024 at rhe Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, where he was Assistant Curate from the begining of May 2023 to the end of May 2025. He had previously served at the Church of St. Mary and St. Martha on Weston Road from 2019 to 2021 as the seminary student on the Missional Hub team. He had interned at Church of the Holy Family in 2021 before being accepted as a Postulant in the Diocese of Toronto. During his postulancy, he had served at Church of St. Bartholomew in Regent Park and St. George’s on the Hill.
Services
Sunday morning services: Christ Church 9 am St. James 11 am
Events
Don’t forget to look at past events in our Parish Life page.
Christchurch Announcements
Bible Study: We continue with our Bible Study sessions on Wednesday mornings at 11 a.m. Potluck lunch follows the meeting.
Food Bank Sunday: The Third Sunday of the month, has been designated as the day for those of us who wish to make a direct donation to the Food Bank to bring non-perishable food items or a cheque. On February 18 a basket will be available to receive these items.
Soup’s On: We are back with hot and with frozen soup choices. This happens the second Tuesday of the month. Mark March 12, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., on your calendar. We look forward to seeing you all again!
E-Transfers: To make it easier for your givings, we have now set up e-transfers. To make an e-transfer, please send it to “christchurchcoboconktr@bellnet.ca” . The password is “church”. If you wish to use another password, you will have to let us know the password used in order for the transfer to be completed.
St. James Announcements
We have received permission to allow parishioners to park in the Highland Propane parking lot on Sundays during service. Please, use the sidewalk for the parking lot to get to St James, and do not go through the back of the parking lot.
Kitchen Ministry: All members of the congregation are invited to take part in setting out coffee, tea, lemonade, and cookies, etc., for the regular informal get-together following the services on Sunday mornings. Please add your name to the sign-up sheet just outside the kitchen.
New Bell Ringer
Nash is our new assistant St. James Church bell ringer. He was welcomed to the position on May 12th, by Rev Canon Greg Physick and pictured here with his mother, Michelle. Welcome, Nash!
Wednesday Devotions
You can watch past morning devotions each Wednesday on our YouTube Channel. Click here to watch. And consider subscribing to our channel to get notifications when a new video has been uploaded.
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