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AT ST GEORGE'S

Sunday Worship

This week at Saint George's

August Outreach

Shelbourne Community Kitchen

Holden Prayer

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Summer @ Sorrento - A Christianity to Call Home

DIOCESE

Discover the Cathedral

Fall Women's Retreat

Job Posting

AT OTHER CHURCHES

Running in the Spirit

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day Event

Reading and Running Day Camp

Spare Sweater or Sunscreen

(This week's image: Book of Daniel and the Apocalypse by Henri Dunant, 1890. ) 

St George’s Cadboro Bay respectfully acknowledges the land we stand and pray on. The soil here holds the history and footsteps of the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples. On the traditional territory of the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples, we uphold the hopeful and healing spirit of reconciliation. We promise to walk with truth and love in those footprints that connect and ground us.

8am and 10am services are in person. 10am is available by Zoom:

Click here for the 10am Zoom link

Click here to view this week's worship

Meeting ID 10am - 939 7445 8594

 St George’s Social Justice and Outreach Team has chosen to support this worthy agency during the month of August. Full information can be found on the website.

TAPS is one of the largest providers of free, face-to-face legal advocacy for people with income assistance, disability benefits, employment standards, and tenancy issues. They help over 7,000 people in Victoria each year! 

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To donate to this month's Outreach: give directly online here and select taps. 

·  if you have an envelope number through St. George's, please mail in or drop off your blue outreach envelope any time to: 3909 St. George's Lane, Victoria, BC, V8N 4E3. 

·  or there is a collection plate at the in-person services on a table near the welcome area.

We have heard from the Shelbourne Community Kitchen that the demand for food supplies continues. Their request for the month of July can be found in this flyer, and our ongoing support is much appreciated by the Kitchen. Below are a few words from their latest message to the larger community.

“It has been a wild first half of the year here at the kitchen with us seeing record numbers of folks receiving food support each month. Our supplies are dwindling so I am going to get back into sending out our most needed items each month. For the month of July we are seeking TUNA and INSTANT MEALS”.

Your Social Justice and Outreach Team [SJOT] appreciates your prayers and support, and will continue to deliver your donated food items throughout the Summer.

We continue our summer Holden Prayers Services on 15 August, 5PM! This will be the final Holden Prayer service of the summer. The service will be followed by a community BBQ on the front lawn. All are welcome to one event or both. 

Find all the past homilies on our youtube page! You can view the latest here.

August 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 20^th 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.

Office Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 am-3 pm. 
Closure for lunch between 12:30-1 pm.

Incumbent: Rev. Christine Conkin (she/her)
Email: incumbent@stgeorgecadborobay.ca 
Office number: 250-472-2090
Direct Line:(incl. pastoral emergencies): 250-940-7343

Parish Administrator: Sage Dunn-Krahn
Office number: 250-472-2090
Email: admin@stgeorgecadborobay.ca

Wardens: Barbara Colebrook Peace, Jennifer Handley & John Oldale
Email: wardens@stgeorgecadborobay.ca

Click this link to access the Anglican lectionary. It will default to the current day. If you want to look for future readings, select a new date by clicking where it will say the current date i.e. "2021-08-20"  and it will pop up with a calendar to click on a new date! 

There are more events and news than we could include in this newsletter. Please check out our events and news page on our website that lists everything going on in our community and beyond!

Click here to be directed to our EVENTS page.

Click here to be directed to our NEWS page.

Tour our grand Gothic cathedral and hear the tales of how it was created and the history of the people involved.

We will have tours that explore the highlights of the nave and chapels, offering an insight into everything from flying buttresses to war history. The cathedral has one of the best stained glass collections in the country.

The first tour is on Tuesday, August 1 at 10.30am.  Tours take place regularly in August and September.  Tickets available HERE.

The Fall Women's Retreat will run October 13-15, 2023 at Camp Imadene. The facilitators will be the Right Rev. Logan McMenamie and Kirsten Horncastle-McMenamie.

To register, please download the attached form and mail it along with your registration fee to Brenda Dhaene. Further information is provided on the registration form with regards to payment and registration.

If you have any questions, please contact Brenda directly at birish@shaw.ca.

The Anglican Diocese of Islands and Inlets is seeking a part-time (22 hrs/week) Receptionist & Administrative Assistant to support the office, located near Fairfield in downtown Victoria. This is a one-year term position with possibility of extension. The Receptionist & Administrative Assistant will work in the office Monday to Thursday from 9am to 3pm. Benefits listed below additionally include a flexible annual work schedule with opportunity to take extended unpaid leave for the entire months of July and August, as well as during the Christmas season. 

Salary: $23.00-$25.00 per hour

Join Running in the Spirit for the Royal Victoria Marathon 5k on Saturday, October 7, 9 AM start.

Running in the Spirit is an ecumenical and multifaith running group based at Multifaith Centre UVic, supported by Inclusive Christians at UVic and local congregations.

This is an opportunity to run with a group accepting of any running ability. Feel free to run/walk or fast walk the course. If you haven't run in awhile we will be offering some training runs to get people used to running shorter distances of 1-2 km and slowly working your way up. We can also help configure a training plan for you that you can do on your own schedule. Often it's being part of a supportive team and having a goal to stay motivated that helps staying focused. The 5k course time limit is 60 min. which is enough time for most runners and fast walkers.

Register now to secure the lowest registration fee. Sometimes races sell out as the race date approaches.

Registration link here: https://www.runvictoriamarathon.com/

When registering you can join our team by selecting "Running Groups" and "Running in the Spirit" when prompted to select a team name.

Others will also be racing longer distances on Sunday, October 8, including the 8k, half marathon (21.1 km), and full marathon (42.2 km). However longer distances require proper training, especially the half and full marathons. The 5k is suitable for kids and adults with moderate fitness who can slowly run, walk/run, or fast walk for 5 km. Races include cut-off times, to honour road closures, aid stations, and volunteers supporting the course.

We encourage people regardless of faith affiliation to join us for this community running opportunity!

Contact Pr. Lyndon at pastorlyndon@shaw.ca for more info.

Annual Hiroshima & Nagasaki Day Event will be held on August 6 at 7 pm( Lantern making), 7:30 pm program.

Blessings from Megumi Matsuo Saunders (Hiroshima & Nagasaki Day committee in Victoria)

Click on the file below to check out the stories we read in Day Camp. And to check out an opportunities for families running a 5k on October 7, 2023.

Contact us in the church office for more info about the running event: 250-477-6222 or e-mail Pr. Lyndon at pastorlyndon@shaw.ca

Dear St George's Anglican Church, 

The weather we are having in Victoria at the moment is beautiful isn’t it!

I do hope you’re having a wonderful summer.

Do you have a spare sweater or bottle of sunscreen feels like such a juxtaposition!

But for people who are living their life on and around Pandora Avenue they are constantly exposed to the elements. They can’t get out of the sun during the day and they can’t escape the cold at night.

As we chat to people on our weekly walk up and down Pandora Avenue we’re regularly being asked if we have any warm clothing. We hear how chilly it gets at night when your only shelter is a tent or worse no tent at all. However, we’re also seeing people who are sunburnt because there is little to no shelter from the sun during the day. 

So, I was wondering, do you have a spare sweater or bottle of sunscreen that you’d be willing to give to someone living their life on and around Pandora? I know every piece of clothing and every toiletry item is so gratefully received!

If you do and would be willing to drop it off to me, please send me an email or give me a call and we’ll arrange a time.

Thank you so much for your continued support!
 

May the Lord bless you and keep you,
 Deborah Moyo
Outreach Director
Street Hope Victoria

C - 250.880.7077 

deborah@thresholdministries.ca