Pelly Plains Parish
as submitted by Virginia Beelaert
As part of their outreach, St. Matthew’s Binscarth has made very generous donations in recent months. One was in support of the Ukraine to the Canada Ukraine Foundation. They also donated a laptop to assist a student recovering from surgery with school work and assisted a former parishioner who lost everything in the Abbotsford flood.
On April 9, the Rev’d Chris Pilon was one of several Russell clergy who attended A Dinner for Ukraine. The money raised was given to the Canada Ukraine Foundation to support humanitarian relief in the Ukraine.
delicious meal catered by their local Chicken Chef. This is an important
part of their fundraising for the year.
St. James’, Rivers
as submitted by Kathy Roberts
The ladies of St. James had a busy week when they served lunch on May 2nd and 3rd to the participants of the National Plowing Match held at Ryall’s farm, and lunch at a funeral on May 5th.
Tom and Jean Ryall organized the plowing event and Sandy Donald was in charge of fundraising. Plowing participants came from Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia and Vancouver Island. There were three classes, Senior Conventional, Senior Reversible and Junior Conventional. Winner of the Senior Conventional, Brian Davenport from Ontario and winner of the Senior Reversible, Tom Evans of Ontario will both attend the World Plowing Competitions in Estonia in 2023. The ladies were not overlooked as they were treated to a tour of Virden, Manitoba (including the Aud Theatre, a historical site within Virden.) From all reports, the event was a great success!
Below are some photos of the tractors that were at the event.
