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Setting Sail-- INSIDE THIS ISSUE -- Sunday Worship This week at Saint George's Christmas Services Christmas Office Closures Advent Evening Prayer 2023 Offertory Envelopes Cool Aid Society Advent Project December 2022 Outreach: Cool Aid Society Wonderful Wednesdays Coming in 2023 Poinsettia Memorials Coffee and Conversation - Women's Group PWRDF World of Gifts Bring food donations for the Kitchen! Reflections on this week's readings by Herbert O'Driscoll |
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This Week at Saint George'sMonday - Friday, 7 am-5 pm - Arts Calibre Academy Monday, Dec 19, 4 pm - Centering Prayer - Lady Chapel Monday, Dec 19, 4:30 pm – 8 pm - Irish Dance - Upper Hall Tuesday, Dec 20, 4:00–6:15 pm - Victoria Children's Choir - Church Wednesday, Dec 21, 5 pm - Advent Evening Prayer - Church Wednesday, Dec 21, 6 pm - Draping - Church Thursday, Dec 22, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm - Irish Dance - Upper Hall Thursday, Dec 22, 7–9 pm - St. George's Parish Choir - Church Friday, Dec 23, 10 am - 12 pm - Hutchings Birthday Party – Upper Hall Friday, Dec 23, 4:15–7:45 pm - Victoria Children's Choir - Church Friday, Dec 23, 4:15–6:15 pm - Victoria Children's Choir - Lower Hall Saturday, Dec 24, 4pm - Family Service - Church Saturday, Dec 24, 7pm - Festive Eucharist - Church |
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Christmas servicesChristmas is coming! We will celebrate: Christmas Eve, Sat. Dec 24, 4pm - A family-friendly service moving and singing through the Christmas story (like a pageant!), including communion and candles. Christmas Eve, Sat. Dec 24, 7pm - A festive celebration of light and love for all, including communion and candles. Online zoom option available for this service. Click here for the link (same as Sunday services). Christmas Day, Sun. Dec 25, 10am - A casual service of word and sacrament. Please note there is NO 8am service today. New Year's Day, Sun. Jan 1, 4pm - A beautiful, contemplative service of evening prayer to begin 2023, followed by a wine & cheese social. You are welcome to bring your favourite bottle to share or donate; other refreshments provided. Please note there are NO morning services today. |
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Christmas Office ClosuresIf you have submissions for Setting Sail on December 30, please get these to the office by TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22nd. Thank you! We wish you a blessed Christmas with family and friends! |
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Advent Evening PrayerJoin us for a beautiful and quiet time of prayer and reflection in song on Wednesday evenings in Advent. 5pm - Nov 30, Dec 7, 14, 21 A wide variety of Advent devotional resources can be found HERE. |
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ADVENT PROJECTAs we know our local community has many areas of need, and your Social Justice and Outreach Team recently contacted The Cool Aid Society to ask in what way we could help. With women’s clothing being well supplied, and socks covered by other sources…. Their reply was that they were really in need of all sizes ….. · Men’s Gloves · Men’s Warm Jogging Pants · Men’s Hoodies · Men’s Winter Coats **We will start collecting these clothing items for The Cool Aid Society starting on the First Sunday in Advent** Your Social Justice and Outreach Team would like to see many of these items placed around the Narthex Christmas Tree over the Advent Season! If you are unable to participate in the clothing project, we will also have Cool Aid as our December outreach agency. Monetary donations can be made in the usual way, by placing the blue Outreach envelopes in the Offertory plate, or accessing the Church website and using Tithe.ly. Your Social Justice and Outreach Team will be taking the collected clothing items to Cool Aid at the end of Advent. Thank you for your support and prayers for this worthy cause.
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December 2022 OutreachCool Aid's vision is a simple one... A community where no one is forced to sleep on the street or go hungry and everyone has the dignity that comes with home, health and connection. Cool Aids Guiding Principles are… Meet clients where they are at. Commit to anti-racism, decolonization and cultural humility. Approach each client with empathy. Practice integrity and mutual respect in all our relationships. Advocate for those we serve. Cool Aid has 19 properties in Victoria, Saanich & Langford. They provide more services, for more people who have been homeless or who are at risk, than any other organization in the CRD. For more in depth information about this agency please look at the website which is found above, and from which this information has been taken. The Social Justice and Outreach Team ask for your prayers and donations to support this worthy agency during the month of December. ************************ We will also be collecting clothing items to support Cool Aid during the Advent season. Further details can be found in Setting Sail.
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Wonderful Wednesdays - Coming in 2023!For 3 Wednesdays in January (11, 18 & 25), you are invited to explore Christian faith in-person and/or online. At 9:45am, we gather at St. George's with tea, coffee and muffins, before engaging in faith-related discussion inspired and provoked by various contemporary Christian voices. This month we'll meet and reflect with speaker, writer, activist and artist Lisa Sharon Harper. No preparation required! At 6:30pm, join us online to discuss Brian McLaren's book, Do I Stay Christian? A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned, in partnership with the Wisdom Centre. The book delves into contemporary Christian identity, combining "his own experience with that of thousands of people who have confided in him over the years to help readers make a responsible, honest, ethical decision about their religious identity." CLICK HERE to see a video introduction and to register (for free) and receive the zoom link. |
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Poinsettia Memorials |
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Coffee and ConversationThe Women’s Group will meet on Saturday, January 7 at 10:00 am in the Narthex. Please bring one or two books you have been reading to share with the group. This is a time to build and strengthen relationships. We have light refreshments, muffins, cheese, crackers and fruit. Please join us. |
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Bring food donations this Sunday!The Kitchen is focusing on healthy proteins with this round of item requests. They are asking St. George's to try and gather canned meat on their behalf. Turkey, chicken, and ham are all excellent but corned beef and spam are especially popular and work for many of the diverse folks they serve at the Kitchen. Thank you for anything you can help out with. |
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Reflections by Herbert O'DriscollGreetings all, I just thought of a wonderful poem of Madeleine L’Engle that you might like to have for the season, if you don’t already know it. Meanwhile, things are about to get busy for us all. Blessings for this Holy and Joyful season. Herb |
