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Sunday Worship--- Connecting by phone to Zoom worship: 1. Call 1 (778) 907-2071 2. It will ask for the Meeting ID 3. If it asks for your participant ID: enter # 4. You will be connected to the worship service via your phone! 5. To mute and unmute yourself, hit *6. |
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This Week at Saint George's |
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AGM Official NoticePlease be advised that St. George Anglican Church's Annual General Meeting will be held in-person on Sunday, February 25th after the 10am service. The regular zoom link will also remain open so you can participate that way as well. All active members of the parish are welcome and invited to vote. **This is a great opportunity to ensure you are on the parish list (if you're newer to the parish and want to be able to vote)! Please contact Sage to add your contact details to the list. Watch this space next week for the AGM Reports and Agenda. |
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Community Events Fund
FUN FACT: Beginning next week, for the next SEVEN (7) weeks, you can have dinner at St. George's once a week!!!
From Shrove Tuesday pancakes (Feb 13), through weekly Wednesday night community dinners, and on to Maundy Thursday (March 28) when we commemorate the Last Supper, we have 7 different opportunities to eat together.
"How do we pay for all that?!?" You wonder?
Last year we initiated a funding model for our social and community events within and beyond the parish whereby we ask you to contribute to our "Community Events Fund" with a tax-receiptable gift. You may do so once per year, or on an on-going basis. This can be done by indicating so on your regular envelope or cheque, by using the "Community Events" envelopes (please include your regular envelope number) or online through the "donate" button on the website (please choose "Community Events" tab).
This approach allows us to offer generous hospitality to all who come through the doors and frees us from focusing our events on fundraising. Please invite your friends and neighbours to join us anytime, without asking for a little cash out of their pockets.
We are grateful for your presence and participation at St. George's, and we look forward to sharing a meal together.
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Shrove TuesdayYou are invited on Shrove Tuesday, February 13 at 5:30 pm to the Lower Hall for our Annual Parish Pancake Dinner. After dinner, we’ll burn our palm crosses from last year to prepare the ashes for the Ash Wednesday Service being held the next evening February 14. Please bring your palm crosses and a big appetite! Free for all! Please RSVP to admin@stgeorgecadborobay.ca so that we know how many people to cook for. Please include dietary restrictions with your RSVP. Men’s Breakfast “Kitchen Team” will be hosting. Volunteers: please contact Lawrence at lawrence.saracuse@gmail.com |
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Ash Wednesday, February 14 |
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Holden Evening Prayer and Community DinnersHolden Prayer continues this Lent at 5pm each Wednesday. Join us for this contemporary, sung service of evening prayer, followed by a community meal beginning around 5:30pm. All are welcome to the service, meal, or both. The simple dinner menus are thoughtfully prepared by our Hospitality Team. If you would like to contribute to the meal, you may consider bringing a salad or a dessert. Please coordinate with Signi (signi@telus.net) to ensure that we may expect and plan to include your contribution. There is no expectation of monetary contribution as we do this through our “Community Events” offerings. |
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Lent 2024: “Where did all the young people go?”For decades we’ve been wondering and worrying about our young people leaving our beloved church. For 4 Wednesday mornings this Lent, join Bp Anna and Rev Christine to explore the social, spiritual, religious and theological movements of the late 20th century. What happened in the wake of the great optimism of the 1960’s? Why haven’t any of the many approaches we’ve tried to engage young people over the decades worked in the long term? And finally, what are some of the emerging ideas and practices of 21st century Christianity and beyond? Where might we go from here? Dates: Wed. Feb 28, March 6, 13, 20 Time: 9:45am - Coffee and light snacks; 10:00-11:30am program |
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February Outreach: South Island CounsellingPlease join your Social Justice and Outreach Team by focusing your prayers and support towards this worthy agency, South Island Counselling, during the month of February.
There is much need for the conversation about mental health and this agency of South Island Counselling, is a team of Registered Clinical Counsellors, Canadian Certified Counsellors, Interns and Volunteer Counsellors who offer counselling services to individuals, couples and families in the Greater Victoria area. For more in-depth information please go to the website from which the above information was taken: https://www.southislandcounselling.org/ |
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Intersections: A Lenten ProgramJoin Christ Church Cathedral for an in-person offering of Intersections. These sessions will be facilitated by the Rev’d Canon Jeannine Friesen, Priest in Charge, and Dr. Martha McGinnis, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Linguistics at the University of Victoria, and Chair of the Cathedral’s Reconciliation Group. More information can be found HERE and below in the Introduction Video with Bishop Anna.
When: Tuesday evenings from 7-9 pm beginning February 13 and running until March 26. |
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Joint Appeal for GazaIn the media over these past few weeks, we have watched the ongoing armed-conflict between the Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups and Israel from afar. Archbishop Justin Welby (the Archbishop of Canterbury) paid a solidarity visit to Jerusalem this past weekend in the aftermath of the conflict erupting, and immediately following the bombing of (the Anglican) Ahli Hospital in Gaza. Together with Archbishop Hosam Elias Naoum (Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem) these two Archbishops have issued a Joint Appeal Letter, calling for prayers and donations not only for the hospital's vital work in Gaza, but also for the ministries throughout the Holy Land which are also being greatly affected by the war. To that end, please find attached a joint appeal letter. There is also a situation update and a recent photograph of the two Archbishops in front of St. George's Cathedral. Anglicans around the world have been asked to disseminate the appeal letter with their photograph as widely as possible. The PWRDF is also appealing for support of the hospital in Gaza. To learn more, CLICK HERE. Thank you for passing along this information and for your prayers and support. We continue to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and for security for all who dwell in its lands. |
