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Setting Sail-- INSIDE THIS ISSUE -- Sunday Worship This week at Saint George's Office Closure New Ministry Developer! Spring Showcase Centering Prayer Cancelled Letter from Bishop Anna Wonderful Wednesdays May 2023 Outreach: Anglican Indigenous Healing Fund Pantry Program for May Summer @ Sorrento - A Christianity to Call Home Student Looking for Housing Amazing Journey Day Camp Flower Dedications Reflections by Herbert O'Driscoll Commissioning Event (This week's image: Mural of Christ ascending to heaven on a graffiti wall in Bristol, England. Artist Unknown.) |
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This Week at Saint George'sThursday, May 25 5.30 - 7.30PM - Irish Dance - Upper Hall
Friday, May 26 4:15 - 7:45PM - Victoria Children's Choir - Church 4:15 - 6 :15PM - Victoria Children's Choir - Lower Hall
Saturday, May 27 1PM - Spring Showcase - Front Lawn |
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Spring ShowcaseJoin us for a spring showcase of the talented young artists who use Saint George buildings every week. At 1:00pm on May 27, on the Saint George's front lawn, there will be an Art Walk and Sale, presented by students of Arts Calibre Academy. Beginning at 2:00pm is a performing Arts Showcase featuring Arts Calibre Academy, O'Brien School of Irish Dance, Victoria Children's Prelude Choir, and Miss Mame's School of Music. Drinks and light snacks will be provided. Please contact Joy Carroll (250-889-7000) to help with our hospitality. Hope to see you there! |
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Bishop Anna's Letter in the Time ColonistBishop Anna's Letter on the Land, Law, Religion and Reconciliation Colloquium, which explores the future of land and the Anglican Church, can be read here. "When we talk of land and law, we bring with us the baggage of the doctrine of discovery and Terra nullius that created this thing we call Canada that is 89% ‘crown land.’ We bring assumptions about land as property and law as something that protects both property and the rights. We bring the history of an Indian Act that banned Indigenous people from being lawyers or even, until the 1950s, being able to hire a lawyer in this country." |
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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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Anglican Indigenous Healing FundAnglican Indigenous Healing Fund For more than 25 years, the Anglican Healing Fund has financially supported local, community-led healing projects. We have taken the following words directly from the website to give you concise information. “The Healing Fund was founded as a response to the on-going legacy of the residential school system.” “Grants from the healing fund are made to encourage and initiate programs that help healing of language loss, cultural abuse and other forms of hurt and oppression.” “Join us in renewing our commitment to healing.” Please use the following link to read about the most recent programmes that have been funded: “Language School, Cradle Board Making, Reclaiming Ancestral Roots, The Buffalo Sundance, Native Men’s Residence, NEECHI Circle and Music for the Spirit.” https://www.anglican.ca/healingfund/projects/recent-projects/ More information about Indigenous Ministries can be found at this link: https://www.anglican.ca/im/ The work of the Anglican Indigenous Healing Fund is a commitment, as well as an acknowledgement, of the pain and loss suffered by Indigenous people throughout Canada. Your prayers and donations are much needed for this national healing programme. From your Social Justice and Outreach Team, with thanks. |
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The Shelbourne Community Kitchen has a special request for May….The Shelbourne Kitchen tells us…… "Summer is when our donations dip to the lowest all year but it's also a time when many families access our services whose children would normally receive school meals throughout the week. Last year we launched this campaign and encouraged local schools to collect donations for The Kitchen with great success. This year we are encouraging schools as well as community partners to participate.” |
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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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Student Looking for HousingA Message From Sophie Gurski: "My name is Sophie Gurski and I am psychology major at UVic! I started my first year this last January and will be finishing it this year. I am currently on the search for housing, but have run into road blocks everywhere! I attend Lambrick Park Church and I am an avid member of UCM (University Christian Ministry; on campus) . I love the Lord and my faith plays a huge role in my life. I was wondering if you’d be willing to place a flyer somewhere in your church perhaps, to advertise my search for housing? " |
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Registration is Now Open for the 2023 Amazing Journey Day CampThe theme for this year's Amazing Journey Day Camp is Superheroes. The Camp will held July 10th to July 14th, in the mornings, 9 am to noon at St. Luke's. Children born January 1, 2012 to June 30, 2019 are eligible to be campers. We are also looking for Middle School students to be Leaders in Training and High School students to be Small Group Leaders. Children with special needs may attend with an assistant. Early Bird Registration is now open. |
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Reflections by Herbert O'DriscollGreetings all,
Blessings on your ministry. |
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Commissioning EventRecognizing Brendon’s faithfulness in the work of the Gospel, and in serving the Diocese, first as Vision Animator and now as Executive Director, the Bishop intends to appoint and commission Brendon Neilson to the dignity of HONOURARY LAY CANON OF THE DIOCESE. All are invited to attend this special Evensong service on Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 4pm at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria. |
