St. Matthew's-Maryland Community Ministry and 1JustCity

Then and Now

Perhaps you have been wondering about the history of St. Peter’s with St. Matthew’s-Maryland Community Ministry(StMMCM) and why we seldom hear that name anymore. Instead, each week we pray for the West End site of IJustCity. Over the next 3 weeks, your Outreach Ministry Team will offer some background and an update on where we are today.

Loving our West End Neighbours.... For a long time, this phrase was used to capture the work happening at St Matthew’s- Maryland Community Ministry. Following what is asked of us as Christians, Anglicans in Rupert’s Land heard a call to love and support our neighbours in the West End of Winnipeg. In 1972 St Matthew’s- Maryland Community Ministry (StMMCM) was formed as a joint project of St Matthew’s Anglican Church and Maryland United Church. Out of a generous heart, the Parish of St Matthew chose to offer a gift-in-kind, providing the heat, water, light and the space for the newly formed ministry. This gift-in-kind held a value of $22,000, per annum.
This arrangement held until the transformation of the building of St Matthew’s parish in 2012-13. The very building itself was transformed into the West End Commons, an entity that would then own the building. Fully renovated, the new West End Commons holds 26 apartments, offering affordable housing and a sense of community for the residential tenants. St Matthew’s Anglican parish became simply one of the community-based tenants, required to pay rent for its own space in the West End Commons. By the same token, St Matthew’s-Maryland Community Ministry became a tenant, required to pay rent without the possibility of the gift-in-kind from St Matthew’s Parish church. 

 

St. Peter's Spring Plant Fundraiser

Hello Everyone,


This year’s spring fundraising campaign will be a sale of excellent quality and competitively priced bedding plants, perennials, hanging baskets, vegetables, herbs, succulents, and container gardens. Fall Garden Mums can be easily ordered now in the spring for delivery shortly after Labor Day in the early Fall. Gift Cards are also available.

Online orders are accepted until 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, April 15, but we encourage you to get your order in early as some products sell out quickly, and we don’t want you to be disappointed!

If you prefer to complete a printed form, they will be available through the parish office around the end of February. Printed forms will need to be submitted by Sunday, April 2 to give us a chance to consolidate them with the rest of the order.

For step-by-step instructions on how to place your online order through the Glenlea Greenhouses website, please read the attached document Glenlea Greenhouses Online Order Instructions.pdf.

Please support this fundraiser by forwarding this email or sharing printed forms with your friends and family!

The plants will be delivered to St. Peter’s Anglican Parish (755 Elm St) on May 16. We will communicate to the parish again prior to this date to remind you about the pickup.

All the proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards supporting St. Peter’s important ministries. Gleanlea Greenhouses is a local, family-run business.

Looking forward to warmer weather and spending time in the garden!

Sincerely,

Caroline Le Nabat and Janet Bouskill