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AT ST GEORGE'S

Sunday Worship

This week at Saint George's 

Coming this Fall

Celebrate Fall

Coffee and Conversation

Orange Shirt Day

PWRDF Canada Emergency Response

Social Justive Outreach for September

Leslie Flynn and Lynn Mills Ordination

Celebrating Leslie's Ordination

Autumn Evening Prayer and Dinner

Intersections: A Dialogue Series

Safe Church

Evolving Faith

Shelbourne Community Kitchen

OTHER CHURCHES

Jazz Vespers

Taize Prayer

Lumina Youth Choir

DIOCESE

Discover the Cathedral

Fall Women's Retreat

Explorer's Weekend

The Ven. Craig Hiebert's Collation

(This Week's Image: Kobayashi Kiyochika Views of Japan Autumn leaves in Sangoku. 1914.)

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.

Click here to access 10AM Zoom

Click here to view this week's worship

Meeting ID 10am - 939 7445 8594

 Monday - Friday, 8AM - 5PM Arts Calibre Academy - Upper and Lower Halls

Sunday 10th September

8:00 AM - Holy Eucharist (BCP)
10:00 AM - Holy Eucharist – Church and Zoom

11:30 (after church) - Fall Celebration - Church

Monday 11 September

10AM - 2PM - Victoria Quilts - Narthex

4:30 PM - 8PM - Irish Dance - Upper Hall

Tuesday 12 September

4Pm - 7:45PM - Victoria Children's Choir - Church

Wednesday 13 September

3PM-5PM - SGHS Board Meeting

Thursday 14 September

5:30PM - 7:30 PM - Irish Dance - Upper Hall

7PM - 9PM - Church Choir Practice - Lower Hall

Friday 15 September

3:45 - 7:45 - Victoria Children's Choir - Church

Saturday 16 September 

2-4 PM - Penrhyn Street Strata Meeting

September 9th: Coffee & Conversation with Jannie Hofmeyr

September 10th: Celebrate fall after church with hot dogs and ice cream!

September 20th:  Holden Prayer + dinner

September 23rd: Safe Church Training

September 27th: "Intersections" course begins

October 13th - 14th: Evolving Faith Conference

October 18th: Holden Prayer + dinner

October 28th: Safe Church Training

October 29th: Shelbourne Community Kitchen Benefit Concert

November 15: Holden Prayer

November 26th: Shelbourne Community Kitchen Benefit Concert

THIS Sunday, September 10, we will celebrate the arrival of the fall program season with hot dogs, ice cream and "picnic" games in our "front yard" after our 10am service. Donations of finger foods to share would be welcome.  Anyone who would like to help can contact Joy at 250 889 7000 or joyandterrycarroll@gmail.com

See you there! 

 The Women’s group will meet on Saturday, September 9 in the Narthex at 10.00 am. Our speaker will be Jannie Hofmeyr who will talk about Comparative Religion. This was what he taught at university in South Africa. We have light refreshments, muffins, cheese, crackers and fruit. This is a time to build relationships. Please join us.

Orange Shirt Day: Orange Shirt Day is Saturday, September 30. We will be celebrating this day on Sunday, September 24th. We suggest you wear your orange shirt. If you do not have an orange shirt, we will be selling them on Sunday, September 10 and September 17. The cost is $25.00 in cash only. Each shirt says “Every Child Matters”. Phyllis Webb proudly wore her new orange shirt to Residential School on her first day as a young child. Her grandmother had purchased it for her. It was taken from her and she never saw it again. It represents the hurt and abuse children experienced at Residential School.

• The VNFC is a non-profit Indigenous-led organization located on Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, on the traditional lands of the Lekwungen speaking People of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
• The Centre comprises over 125 compassionate staff members, building and delivering over 75 programs working to further innovative solutions to improve socio-economic conditions for urban Indigenous peoples.
• Our goal is to stitch the fabric of Indigenous traditions into everything the VNFC does, and to greet each other and the natural world in a good way every day.

The VNFC agency and all it offers can be learnt about through their website:

https://vnfc.ca/about/

Your Social Justice and Outreach Team [SJOT] are highlighting this worthy agency during the month of September, and request your prayers and support, especially on Sept 30^th for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee will ordain Leslie Flynn and Lynn Mills to the Sacred Order of the Deacon (transitional) on September 14th, at 7pm at Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria. All are welcome to attend. 

This event will also be livestreamed from the Christ Church Cathedral website. 

NOTE: Is there anyone interested in serving as usher for this service? Contact admin@stgeorgecadborobay.ca

We look forward to celebrating Leslie and the occasion of her ordination to the sacred order of deacon. She has done much hard work, in her studies, in this parish of  St. George and beyond, to get to this moment.

If you would like to contribute to a gift and purse for Leslie, we will collect cash in the office. You can also donate online here, ensuring you click on "gift for Leslie." As this type of gift is not tax-receiptable, please don't include it as part of your regular envelope giving.

We will have a reception for Leslie after church on Sunday, September 17.

Holden Prayer continues this fall on the 3rd Wednesday's, next on the 20th September, 5PM. Join us for a sung service followed by a community meal. All are welcome to the service, meal, or both. 

Intersections: A Dialogue Series is an opportunity to engage with Challenging Racist ‘British Columbia’: 150 Years and Counting (CRBC). Produced as part of the commemorations of 150 years since BC joined Canada, this open-access, multimedia resource documents how the recent cycle of anti-racist activism in this province is part of a broader history of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities challenging white supremacy for over 150 years. This seven-week series brings people together in intentional conversations to:

• encounter our collective past
• locate ourselves as participants in the ongoing story of this place
• explore how to respond faithfully to the truths we find together

...so we can participate with God in restoring creation and affirming the dignity of all people.

A team of trained moderators from across our Diocese will offer will offer each of the seven sessions which are based on the information covered in the CRBC project, using video, song, prayer, self-refection exercises, readings and group discussions.

Dates: 

27 Sept, 11 & 25 Oct and 8 Nov, 10AM at Saint Mary's 

4 & 18 Oct, 8 Nov, 10 AM at St George's

Do you need to renew your safe church? St. Georges will be offering two in person training sessions, September 23^rd 10am-12pm OR October 28^th 10am-12pm in the Narthex. If you are unsure if you require Safe Church, please check with our Safe Church Liaison Leslie Flynn. To register for one of the sessions please email lflynn@bc.anglican.ca.

You’re invited to our beautiful, diverse, and messy table in the wilderness!

Save the Date for The Evolving Faith Conference October 13^th-14^th 2023 at St. Georges.

This two-day live conference will be streamed to St. Georges as we gather in person for a weekend of storytelling, songs, poetry, and community.

Join us for an incredible lineup of speakers and artists including Barbara Brown Taylor, Krista Tippett, Date Stewart and Nadia Bolz-Webber.

https://evolvingfaith.com/conference

Watch for more information including how to register soon!

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

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

Office Closed Tuesday 5 September for Labour Day.

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.

 7.30pm

Diane Pancel Vocals

Attila Fias Pianist Extraordinaire

Ryan Tandy Acoustic Bass

Bob Watts Drums

Admission by donation ($20 suggested)

2928 Eastdowne Rd, Victoria BC V8R 5R8

Prayer in the style of Taizé resumes FALL 2023

at St Andrew’s Cathedral Parish, Blanshard at View

6pm on the 3^rd Friday of the month: September 15, October 20, and November 17. 

Come, you are wanted among us.  

‘Feeling we are not alone can strengthen our life.’ www.taize.fr

Enquiries

Do you love to sing? Ensemble Laude Choral Society is proud to be launching the Lumina Treble Youth Choir in September 2023. Lumina is a choir for Soprano and Alto singers between the ages of 15-24. Under the direction of Christina Banman (B. Mus, B. Ed) and Dr. Elizabeth MacIsaac (DMA, Choral Conducting), Lumina will be a high-calibre, innovative choir that reimagines the choral performance through its use of movement, choreography, and contemporary choral compositions.

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.

Every year, VST gives an opportunity for people who are seriously considering degree-level (Diploma/Master) coursework in ministry and theology to experience a little bit of the school through the annual VST Explorer’s Weekend event. Over the weekend, they will attend class and worship, interact with current students, staff, and faculty, and have some personal-communal discernment time on the beautiful UBC campus.

During the event, VST will provide hotel accommodations and meals to those who are traveling from a distance. If needed, some travel reimbursements can be provided as well.

This year, the #EW2023 event will be held on October 5-7, 2023. 

To register, CLICK HERE.

For more information, please visit the website by CLICKING HERE.

Question can be directed to Sam Andri at sandri@vst.edu.

Please join us for the collation and installation of The Ven. Craig Hiebert as Regional Archdeacon of Greater Victoria. The service will take place at Wednesday, September 27th at the 5pm Evensong at Christ Church Cathedral.

We invite you to join the celebration. There will be a reception after the service.  

If you are Clergy, an Officer or a Canon, and would like to process for this event, please RSVP by clicking on the button below. The deadline to RSVP is September 15th.