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Honouring Herb O'Driscoll

Safe Church training

The 4 Gospels: A Book Club

Men's Breakfast

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Orange Shirts

Contemplative Practices & Spirituality Workshop

Blessing of Animals

Exciting Update from the Refugee Group

Monthly Outreach

Jazz Evensong @ St Mary's

Taizé Prayer at St Philip Oak Bay

Messy Church - St. Peter's Lakehill

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.

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Meeting ID 10am - 939 7445 8594

Monday - Friday, 8AM-5PM ArtsCalibre Academy - Upper & Lower Halls

Saturday 21 September

Sunday 22 September

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

12PM - Safe Church Training - Narthex

Monday 23 September

4-5PM - Centering Prayer - Lady Chapel

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

6:30-9:30PM - Allegra Singers Rehearsal - Church

Tuesday 24 September

3:45-6:15PM - Victoria Children's Choir - Church

7-9PM - Parish Council - Narthex

8-10PM - Historical Combat Collective - Upper Hall

Wednesday 25 September

9:45-11:30AM - The 4 Gospels Book Club - Church Library

6:30-8PM - Girl Guides - Lower Hall

Thursday 26 September

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

7-9PM - Choir Practice - Church

8-10PM - Historical Combat Collective - Upper Hall

Friday 27 September

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

A celebration of life for our dear friend Herb O'Driscoll will be held at Christ Church Cathedral on the afternoon of Saturday, October 5. (Details HERE)

St. George's will be involved with the reception following the service.

Please contact Jayne Postuk ASAP (jaynepostuk@mac.com; 250-516-4652) to indicate your interest and availability to provide some baking and/or volunteer help on the day to assist with the hospitality.

The Safe Church program provides training to both clergy and lay volunteers to ensure our churches are places of safety from the harm of misconduct that can occur in situations when there is an imbalance of power. All employees and most volunteers in the diocese must complete Safe Church training every five years. 

Parishioners who must now complete this in-person hour-long training are being contacted directly. If you are not on the ‘must’ list but would like to review the training or are just curious, you are very welcome to attend either on September 22 in the Narthex after coffee following the 10 am service. You will watch a 35-minute video and then fill in a couple of forms, one of which is an authorisation for a mandatory Police Information Check (Criminal Records Review).

To register or for more information, please email Jeanette Muzio at safechurch@stgeorgecadborobay.ca

We hear a Gospel passage every Sunday. We worship our way through the story of Jesus each year. We don't often read the whole of Jesus' story, however, as told in the 4 canonical Gospels. How is the story of Jesus unique in each of the gospels? What passages are less familiar? How does reading a gospel like we would any other story impact our understanding or experience of Jesus?

You are invited to join in conversation about each of the canonical Gospels, every other Wednesday. This will be a time of discussion, not presentation. Please read the "Gospel of the day" in its entirety, per the schedule below, and join in the discussion, as you might for any other book club.

NEXT UP: Matthew - September 25

October 9: Luke

Octorber 23: John

9:45am - coffee, tea and snacks

10am - discussion 

The Men's breakfast that takes place the third Saturday of each month will instead be on September 28th.

If you plan on attending, RSVP Bruce Winter @ labs4ever@gmail.com so we can be sure to prepare enough food.

Image: Leti Kugler

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is nearly upon us. As a diocese we have a responsibility to repent and mourn our role in and benefit from the dispossession of land, lifeways and culture. On this day we remember the Survivors and generational Survivors of the residential schools on these islands and inlets.

You're encouraged to join local nations in remembering and in celebrating the resistance and revitalization that is taking place.

ReconciliACTION Oak Bay Network
September 30, 9am at Oak Bay High School at the foot of the Sno’uyutth Welcome Pole

South Island Powwow
September 30, 10am at Royal Athletic Park, 1014 Caledonia Ave, Victoria
For more information, CLICK HERE.

Cedar Weaving Workshop
September 28, 9am–5pm at Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss St, Victoria 
For more information and to book tickets, CLICK HERE.

CLICK HERE for more information and events across the island.

In preparation for Truth and Reconciliation Day, otherwise known as Orange Shirt Day, coming later this month, we have orange shirts available for purchase. There is a good selection of sizes, from toddler to adult, and 2 designs for adults are available.

Prices are $26.25 (children and youth); $28 (adult B&W); $33.60 (adult pink). Cash only! They will be available the next couple of Sunday mornings, as well as during the week in the office.

To learn more about the meaning of Orange Shirt Day, click HERE.

Mary Clare Carder has created this 4-part workshop, open to anyone of all ages. Whether you are new to the contemplative path and wish to learn more, want a refresher, or would simply like to spend time with others on the contemplative path.

The workshop fee for all 4 parts is $80 and “paying from the heart” (paying whatever you can) is welcome.

The workshops are via zoom from 7-8:30PM PDT on the first four Wednesdays of October: 2^nd, 9^th, 16^th and 23^rd. The workshop will be recorded for those who cannot attend.

Session 1 will offer an introduction to the contemplative path and the practices of centering prayer, chanting, and lectio divina will be taught/shared.

Mark Sunday, October 20, 10am on your calendars today!

You are invited to bring your pet(s), your friends, your children and grandchildren, to our regular 10am service for a wholly wild time of celebration and remembrance with our furry companions. We will also create space to honour the pets we have known and loved in our lives, who have already crossed the rainbow bridge into eternity. Feel free to bring a picture or other memento.

Join us for special, memorable and fun time of worship.

The refugee group are excited to announce we have an official arrival date and time for our young refugee couple travelling from Addis Ababa to Victoria! Their suite near the University has been given a refresh, and their kitchen is stocked!

We would like to give thanks for all the prayers, love, and support that have sustained us all over the 5, yes 5 years, as Ruth, Tesfalem and family have been waiting for this day!

We will be there at midnight to greet them at the airport, as they arrive at their new home!

Please hold Ruth and Tesfalem in your prayers as they journey to arrive TODAY!

The Healing Fund helps former residential school students, their families, and communities to regain and enhance their traditional knowledge and engage in the healing processes.

Projects focus on natural worlds, cultural arts, outdoor activities, traditional knowledge, and healing circles.

 The Social Justice and Outreach Team [SJOT] ask for your prayers and support through the month of September for this important Anglican funded programme. For more than 25 years, the Anglican Indigenous Healing Fund has financially supported local, community-led healing projects.

Join St Mary’s for a unique blend of exceptional jazz rooted in the context of meditation and prayer. Music provided by the Shanna Dance Quartet, honouring Ella Fitzgerald. All are welcome!

A collection will be taken in support of this ongoing series. Suggested donation $20.

The service of Evensong is an opportunity to put the events of the past day into perspective, to ground one’s body, mind and spirit in preparation for the restorative night of sleep; when in our dreaming, our subconscious will continue the creative work of making sense of our experiences.

All are welcome to St Philip Oak Bay for a candlelit service of song, silence, and contemplation, in the style of the Taizé Community. The first will be September 26.

Location: St Philip Anglican Church, 2928 Eastdowne Rd (at Neil)

Calling experienced singers: Judith Slimmon (our music director for Taizé Prayer) and the existing Taizé ensemble at St Philip would like to invite you to join them in singing this beautiful, prayerful SATB music.  It is helpful if you can sight-read music and hold one part while others are singing different parts.  They are easy melodies to learn.  There will be one or two rehearsals prior to the September service and one rehearsal before each of the following services.  All parts are welcome!  Contact Judith via the parish office admin@stphilipvictoria.ca or call 250-592-6823.

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. "2024-07-21"  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.

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

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: Amanda Unrau (she/her)
Office number: 250-472-2090
Email: admin@stgeorgecadborobay.ca

Wardens: Jennifer Handley, John Oldale & Sheila Hofmeyr
Email: wardens@stgeorgecadborobay.ca