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Setting Sail-- INSIDE THIS ISSUE -- Sunday Worship This week at Saint George's Arts Calibre Academy Presents: Annie Jr! Tea Talk: Children and Spirituality Coffee and Conversation Wonderful Wednesdays Tigray Fundraiser John Albert Hall Colloquium Resurrect 2023: A Learning Party for Restoration and Inspiration April 2023 Outreach Parish Administration News Sage Yoga Reflections by Herbert O'Driscoll Summer @ Sorrento - A Christianity to Call Home Hanging Baskets New Books in the Library (This week's image: Miniature of St George and the Dragon. Verona, Late 13th cent.) |
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This Week at Saint George's
Thursday, April 27, 12PM - 2.30PM - Sage Yoga - Narthex
Friday, April 28, 8AM - 9.30AM - Sage Yoga - Narthex Friday, April 28, 4:15 - 7:45PM - Victoria Children's Choir - Church Friday, April 28, 4:15 - 6 :15PM - Victoria Children's Choir - Lower Hall |
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Arts Calibre Academy Presents: Annie Jr.Arts Calibre Academy Presents: Annie Jr!
Shows run at Saint George's from Wednesday, May 3rd until Friday, May 5th. Showtime is 6PM. Tickets are $5 each or by donation. More information and tickets can be found at www.ArtsCalibre.ca |
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Tea Talk: Children and SpiritualityJasmin O’Brian has a Master’s Degree in Philosophy and German Literature. She has four children and has worked at St. Barnabas Church for over 15 years as a Community Life Minister. Child care is available. Free, by donation. Baked goods and tea will be served. Please contact Jasmin at familylife@stbarnabaschurch.ca if you would like any other details. |
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Coffee and ConversationThe women’s group will meet on Saturday, May 6 in the Narthex at 10:00 am. Our guest will be Jannie Hofmeyr who will speak about Comparative Religions. We have light refreshments with muffins, cheese, crackers and fruit. This is a time for building and strengthening relationships. Hope to have you join us. |
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Wonderful Wednesdays: MayJoin us for 4 Wednesdays in May (3, 10, 17, 24) to take a little romp through the New Testament, with Lynn Mills as our guide. We will set the New Testament in its historical timeline, looking at what books were included in the canon, review various critical methods of biblical study, and see how they apply to the Gospels, Acts and letters. Bring your questions and your bible (if you have one)! We gather at 9:45am with coffee, tea and snacks and begin our study at 10am. Lynn Mills is a graduate of the Master of Arts in Theological Studies program at the Vancouver School of Theology and has completed a PhD at Trinity College Dublin, researching cleansing by water and spirit in the Dead Sea Scrolls and New Testament. She is currently in the ordination process in the Diocese of British Columbia. |
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Tigray FundraiserGreater Victoria Tigray Refugee Relief Society, a non profit organization, is proud to invite you to our fundraising food sale event on April 29, 2023, in support of the people of Tigray who are currently facing a humanitarian crisis due to conflict and instability in the region. We are cooking at Oakland community center Kitchen, and will feature a delicious variety homemade dishes, prepared by talented cooks from our community and will include meat, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. By enjoying the mouth-watering food, you can help to support the people of Tigray. The proceeds of this food sale will go directly towards assisting families displaced by the ongoing conflict in Tigray. Please help purchasing a delicious meal, “eat to feed”. We will be serving a Meat combo, a Vegetarian and Vegan combo. To order please call 250 217-9692 or email gvtig.ref.relief@gmail.com Price: $25.00 Cash at pick-up or e-transfer to gvtig.ref.relief@gmail.com Pickup location: 2827 Belmont Ave. |
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John Albert Hall ColloquiumThis workshop will explore the implications of the existential shifts in religious life for the stewardship of religious property in contemporary Canada. What are the moral and religious obligations of a religious community that has a lot of assets, deeply-felt religious and social commitments, but few congregants? Why (if at all) is it important for religious communities to honour the wishes of donors from generations past? Whose voices should guide decisions about the future management of institutional property? Where do tax considerations and registered charity status fit in? How are different religious communities responding to changing social realities in Canada in terms of their property use, and what can we learn from these experiences? There are talented scholars, clergy, religious institutional staff, and policy-makers working on these questions, and we will gather a cohort to explore and examine the intersecting issues they raise. We invite you to register for this exciting event of May 4-6, 2023, if you are planning to attend in person. Refreshments will be provided for in-person audience. |
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Resurrect 2023: A Learning Party for Restoration and InspirationA Learning Party is a gathering designed to highlight all the things you love about a conference - interaction, connection and collaboration with other liked minded leaders, community connectors, church planter-starters and/or spiritual entrepreneurs. If you are a person with a hunger for a new way of being church, save the date and come on to Victoria to spend some time in praying, worshipping, singing and listening and learning with your people! For more information, click HERE |
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First Nations Emergency Services Society (FNESS)Last year, we made a contribution to the Nooaitch Reserve following the catastrophic flooding in November 2021. The swollen Nicola River took out two bridges, washed a log house down the river, threatened and undercut 12 houses making them uninhabitable, washed away farmland, put the cemetery at risk, and washed away much of Highway 8. One of the members of the Social Justice and Outreach Team visited the Nooaitch Three new modular houses have been erected to replace three of the uninhabitable houses. Standing above the banks of the Nicola River which were small in August, but had filled a great expanse of river-washed rocks right to the top, it was hard to believe how that river was raging in November. It was a warm day but there was a lovely breeze blowing along the river. There were ponderosa pines among the houses on the reserve and dry golden grasses everywhere. Click HERE to read more about the goals of the Nooaitch The Social Justice and Outreach Team appreciates the support you can offer to this our April agency. |
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Sage YogaStarting January 19th, Sage Dunn-Krahn be teaching four yoga classes at St. George’s Anglican Church in Cadboro Bay, Narthex. Cost: Sliding scale according to financial means - $10, $15 or $20. Time: Monday 8 AM-9AM, Thursday 12-1 PM. Thursday Seniors Yoga (free) 1:30 - 2:30.Friday 8 AM-9AM & 9.30 AM -10.30AM Contact: Please email sage.dunn.krahn@gmail.com with your name and the times you want to come to register (preferred). Drop-ins also welcome. Bring a mat and wear stretchy clothing. Sage Dunn-Krahn (he/they) is a yoga teacher, artist, and student of medieval history. |
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Reflections by Herbert O'DriscollReflections on the readings for Sunday, April 23, 2023 Greetings all, There is someone I would like you to meet. Her name is Ursula King. Check her out on the web. She is retired from the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies in the University of Bristol. She has written a fascinating and very readable book that I think you would find well worth checking out. As the term “spirituality" became more and more widely used I found, even as I began to use it myself, that I would often wonder what we all meant by it! The source I am most grateful to as a response to that question is Dr. King's book The Search for Spirituality. I would like to introduce you to the book over the next few weeks just by putting a series of passages from it into this “Greetings…" section of these scripture notes. Blessings on your ministry. Herb
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A Christianity to Call HomeAugust 6-12 (Week 5) Recent census data reveals that over half of the population in BC identify as ‘no religion.’ People who have spent some or all of their life in Christianity feel less and less at home there. For 60 years, many have imagined that Christianity isn’t so much dying as going through a once in an epoch shift. Join Bp Anna and Rev Christine for a week of theological exploration towards A Christianity to Call Home. We’ll revisit some of the progressive theological texts of the 20th century (Religionless Christianity, Secular City, Honest to God, Comfortable Pew) to see what they have to say to us 60 years later. We’ll also tune into some of the theological voices of our own age (Richard Rohr, Ilia Delio, James Smith, Christina Cleveland, Kate Bowler and others) to see what new life-giving theology is emerging in these turbulent 2020s. CLICK HERE for registration information for this and all of Sorrento programs. |
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New Books in the LibraryThere are six new books in the Library.
We welcome you dropping by the library. |
