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Setting SailWeek of 3 March 2024 -- INSIDE THIS ISSUE -- AGM Official Notice Coffee and Conversation Lent 2024: “Where did all the young people go?” Request for Housing HANGING BASKET TIME AGAIN Holden Evening Prayer and Community Dinners Intersections: A Lenten Program Community Events Fund PWRDF Gaza Hospital Emergency Appeal February Outreach: South Island Counselling Image: Con Brio by Mark Hearld from his exhibition Raucous Invention: The Joy of Making
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Territorial Acknowledgment
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. |
Sunday Worship
8am and 10am services are in person. Click here to view this week's bulletin Meeting ID 10am - 939 7445 8594 --- 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. |
This Week at Saint George's
Monday - Friday, 8AM - 5PM Arts Calibre Academy **Sage is on vacation this week. Office will be closed**
Sunday 3 March 8:00 AM - Holy Eucharist (BCP)
Monday 4 March 4PM - Centering Prayer - Chapel 4:30 - 8PM - Irish Dance - Hall
Tuesday 5 March 4PM - 6:15 - Victoria Children's Choir - Church
Wednesday 6 March 9:30 AM - 12PM - Wonderful Wednesdays - Church 5-7PM - Holden Prayer - Church 6:30 - 8PM - Girl Guides - Lower Hall
Thursday 7 March 10AM - 11:30AM - Prayer Shawl Meeting - Zoom 5:30-7:30PM - Irish Dance - Hall 7 - 9PM - Choir Practice - Church
Friday 8 March 3:45 - 7:45PM - Victoria Children's Choir - Church
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Sage Away
Sage will be out of the office on vacation from Tuesday March 5th to Wednesday March 13th. |
Coffee and ConversationSaturday, March 2, 2024 This group offers a time to explore ideas and foster relationships among women. Light refreshments such as muffins, cheese, crackers and fruit is provided. We will be meeting next, in the Narthex, on Saturday morning March 2 at 10:00 am. This month we will share one or two books we have been reading lately. For more infomation visit: http://stgeorgecadborobay.ca/events/coffee-and-conversation--706/2024-03-02
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Lent 2024: “Where did all the young people go?”Wednesday, February 28, 2024 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 To access the Zoom event, click here. For more infomation visit: http://stgeorgecadborobay.ca/events/lent-2024-where-did-all-the-young-people-go/2024-02-28
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Request for Housing
The St. George’s Refugee Community has received the great news that the application for our Eritrean refugee Ruth Afeworki and her husband Tesfalem Asefa has finally been approved. After a fifty-four month wait fraught with domestic strife in Ethiopia, COVID and bureaucracy, we have been advised that they will be arriving within seven to twelve weeks. A blessing! With this in mind, we are now looking forward to helping to settle Ruth and Tesfalem in a new home in the Victoria area for March 31. Might you know of available housing? Could you reach out to your community connections? We are seeking accommodation in the greater Victoria area, close to bus routes and (ideally) close to Ruth’s brother and co-sponsor Ermias Afeworki, who lives in the North Park community. Please reach out to any member of the Refugee Committee (Jennifer Handley, John Sager, Ros Soares, David Stuart and Peter Rowand) if you have suggestions. As we prepare for their arrival, we’ll be reaching out to the community for contributions of household items, technology (computer and cell phone) and time - please stay posted! Thank-you for your support of this ministry! |
HANGING BASKET TIME AGAINSPRING IS COMING! Prices are:- Sun 12" $42.00 Shade 12" $42.00 Sun 10" $32.00 Shade 10"$32.00 Mixed Pot Sun 8" $20.00 Mixed Pot Shade 8" $20.00 Strawberry Pot 10" $26.00 Strawberry Basket 10" $26.00
Prices include 12% taxes. Place your order by contacting Susan Grant at 250.477.7035 Or Sheila Jones at 250 294 1054 We are not asking for payment until later, just as many orders as we can get now.
PLEASE TELL A FRIEND! |
Holden Evening Prayer and Community DinnersWednesdays in Lent - February 21, 28; March 6, 13 and 20, 2024 Holden 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. For more infomation visit: http://stgeorgecadborobay.ca/events/holden-prayer/2024-02-21
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March Outreach: PWRDF
“Working towards a truly just, healthy and peaceful world.”
For a wealth of information please go to the main web site and explore at: St George’s Social Justice and Outreach Team asks for your support, prayers and donations for this Anglican development agency. This support will enable PWRDF programme partners to continue serving vulnerable people around the world. For more infomation visit: http://stgeorgecadborobay.ca/news/social-justice-outreach-for-july-threshold-housing
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Community Events FundFood. Fun. Friends. More food.
FUN FACT: This spring, for SEVEN (7) weeks in a row, 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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PWRDF Gaza Hospital Emergency Appeal
PWRDF is a long-time partner of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital. On Tuesday, October 10, PWRDF announced an allocation of $30,000 to support additional staff needs during the war. Then on Sunday, a bomb strike seriously damaged the Ultrasound and Mammography wards on the upper floors. The funds were being transferred yesterday as news of the most recent attack was unfolding. To support the work PWRDF is doing in Gaza, click the link below. For more infomation visit: https://pwrdf.org/needs-mount-at-gaza-hospital-as-conflict-continues/
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Office Information
Office Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 am-3 pm. Incumbent: Rev. Christine Conkin (she/her) Parish Administrator: Sage Dunn-Krahn Wardens: Barbara Colebrook Peace, Jennifer Handley & John Oldale |
Looking for the daily/weekly lectionary?
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! |
More Events and News on Our Website!
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! |