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St. George's Anglican Church, Cadboro Bay
Setting Sail - Week of 2 March 2025
Setting Sail

Setting Sail

Week of 2 Mar 2025

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Tax receipts are ready

Community Conversations

Hanging basket orders 2025

Coffee and Conversation

Shrove Tuesday

Ash Wednesday

Wonderful Wednesdays: What Do You Believe?

Monthly Outreach

World Day of Prayer @ Broadview United

Diocesan Book Club

Soul Space Lenten Retreat @ St. John the Divine

Reflections with Cellist, Elena Antontceva @ St. Luke's

Steve Bell - Solo Concert @ Lambrick Park Church

Foundations of Community Organizing Training

Image: Anonymous "Transfiguration" (mural, San Francisco, CA) (link)

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.

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Meeting ID 10am - 939 7445 8594

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This Week at Saint George's

This Week at Saint George's

Monday - Friday

8AM-5PM - ArtsCalibre Academy - Upper & Lower Halls

 

Saturday 1 March

10AM-12PM - Coffee and Conversation - Narthex

 

Sunday 2 March

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

2-4PM - Fran Rehearsal - Church

 

Monday 3 March

4-5PM - Centering Prayer - Lady Chapel
4:30-8PM - Irish Dancers - Upper Hall

 

Tuesday 4 March

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

5:30PM - Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner - Lower Hall

8-10PM - Historical Combat Collective - Upper Hall

 

Wednesday 5 March

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

 

Thursday 6 March

10-11:30AM - Prayer Shawl - Narthex

5:30-7:30PM - Irish Dancers - Upper Hall
7-9PM - Church Choir Practice - Church
8-10PM - Historical Combat Collective - Upper Hall

Friday 7 March

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

Tax receipts are ready

Tax receipts are ready

Please come pick up your tax receipts at the church on Sunday. They will be put in the mail next week.

Image: Declan Sun

Community Conversations

Community Conversations

Summary of Discussion from February 19th

Our Community Conversations continued on Wednesday, February 19th after the Holden dinner. You can find the summary of our discussion by clicking HERE.

Hanging basket orders 2025

Hanging basket orders 2025

Now is the time to order your hanging baskets! Prices remain the same as last year:

12" Sun - $42

12" Shade - $42

10" Sun - $32

10" Shade - $32

8" Mixed Pot Sun - $20

8" Mixed Pot Shade - $20

10" Strawberry Pot - $25

10" Strawberry Basket - $25

Please contact Susan Grant at 250-477-7035 or email isrebelx@hotmail.com.

No money is needed before the end of April but ALL orders must be in before March 15th.

Thank you for your support!

Image: Darla Bethea

Coffee and Conversation

Coffee and Conversation

Saturday, March 1st - 10am

This group offers a time to explore ideas and foster relationships among women. Light refreshments such as muffins, cheese, crackers, and fruit are provided. This month Marion Strohschein will lead off on the questions "How has your life unfolded? What gifts has life brought us?" Hope to see you there.

Image: Leticia Alvares

Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday

Pancake Dinner - Tuesday, March 4th - 5:30pm

You are invited on Shrove Tuesday, March 4 at 5:30 pm to the Lower Hall for our Annual Parish Pancake Dinner. Bring your 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 

Image: Ash Craig

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday

Holden Evening Prayer meets the Imposition of Ashes - Wednesday, March 5th - 5pm

We enter Lent on Wed. March 5 at 5:00pm with a combined service of Holden Prayer with the Imposition of Ashes in a contemplative style. We gather to lament the many difficulties in our lives and in our world, and to reflect on the uncertainty and frailty of human life alongside the freedom we know in God's great love. Join us for this time of prayerful reflection.

Wonderful Wednesdays: What Do You Believe?

Wonderful Wednesdays: What Do You Believe?

Wednesdays March 12th, 19th, and 26th - 9:45am

What Do You Believe?

There is the story of Charles Blondin, a tightrope walker who asked a crowd if they believed he could safely walk a wheelbarrow across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Most of the crowd said they did believe he could do this. Then he asked who was willing to get in the wheelbarrow. 

For these three weeks we will explore what it is that we actually, personally believe. Questions like do you believe in miracles, and if so, what do they look like? Who, really, is God?  What parts of the Bible do you believe? What happens when we die? Is there a heaven and if so, what is the entrance exam? And many more.

No right answers, no wrong questions. We are all on the journey. Come to any or all of the sessions.

Hosted by The Ven. Eric Partridge

March 12, 19, and 26, 2025
9:45am, coffee
10:00am-11:30am, discussion

Monthly Outreach

Monthly Outreach

Alongside Hope (Formerly PWRDF)

PWRDF/ Alongside Hope partners with local organizations to foster a more holistic and inclusive approach to development and humanitarian efforts. This ensures that projects are effective, sustainable and respectful of the communities and people they aim to assist.

https://pwrdf.org

St George’s Social Justice and Outreach Team asks for your support, prayers and donations for this Anglican development agency. This support will enable programme partners to continue serving vulnerable people around the world.

For more infomation visit:

http://stgeorgecadborobay.ca/news/monthly-outreach--1176

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World Day of Prayer @ Broadview United

World Day of Prayer @ Broadview United

Tuesday, March 4th - 11am

BVU Church Women invite you to our World Day Of Prayer Service at 3703 St. Aidens St, Victoria. The Theme is I MADE YOU WONDERFUL, based on Psalm 139: 1-18. The service will be followed by a light lunch and a time of Fellowship in the Commons. We look forward to seeing you there!

For more infomation visit:

http://stgeorgecadborobay.ca/events/world-day-of-prayer-broadview-united/2025-03-04

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Diocesan Book Club

Diocesan Book Club

Thursday, March 6th, 2025

Diocesan Book Club 
Thursdays from 12-1:15pm via Zoom

March 6 - Week 1: Introduction to Catherine Keller with John Thatamanil
March 13 - Week 2: Dis/Closures of Democracy and Earth with Brendon Neilson
March 20 - Week 3: Power and Its Alternatives with Allen Doerksen
March 27 - Week 4: Love-tangles of Theology with Juli Mallet 

 

For more infomation visit:

https://bc-anglican-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/pSxHF3fkR6i-89zXSZv2wg#/registration

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Soul Space Lenten Retreat @ St. John the Divine

Soul Space Lenten Retreat @ St. John the Divine

Saturday, March 8th - 10am-1pm

A retreat by which to enter the season of Lent. Soul Space is an initiative of St John's that seeks to complement established ways of experiencing theology and scripture with an embodied approach that includes poetry, liturgy, visual art and reflection. Our theme for Lent this year is Courage. With our world experiencing uncertainty how might we cultivate a sense of hope, security, and trust?

Join us at St John the Divine (1611 Quadra St, Victoria) for this time of reflection, with a soup lunch to follow. Suggested donation is $10.

Click below for more information and to register.

For more infomation visit:

http://stgeorgecadborobay.ca/events/soul-space-lenten-retreat-st-john-the-divine/2025-03-08

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Reflections with Cellist, Elena Antontceva @ St. Luke's

Reflections with Cellist, Elena Antontceva @ St. Luke's

Sunday, March 9th - 4:30pm

March's Reflections service will feature cellist, Elena Antontceva. Enjoy cello music in the beautiful ambiance of St. Luke's in the late afternoon. The readings, prayers, and music of this special Reflection Time will calm your spirit and soothe your soul.

Click below for future dates and more information about this month's musician.

Donations to support this innovative venture and its continuance will be gratefully received at the door.
We thank you in advance for your donations.

For more infomation visit:

http://stgeorgecadborobay.ca/events/reflections-with-cellist-elena-antontceva--803/2025-03-09

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Steve Bell - Solo Concert @ Lambrick Park Church

Steve Bell - Solo Concert @ Lambrick Park Church

Sunday, March 9th - 7pm

Christian singer-songwriter Steve Bell will be in Victoria for a Solo Concert at Lambrick Park Church (1780 Felthan Rd.) Join us for an evening of story and song, featuring music from Steve’s latest album, “The Glad Surprise,” as well as Steve Bell classics and favourites.

Click below for more info & tickets.

For more infomation visit:

http://stgeorgecadborobay.ca/events/steve-bell-solo-concert/2025-03-09

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Foundations of Community Organizing Training

Foundations of Community Organizing Training

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

Greater Victoria Acting Together (GVAT) is hosting a Foundations of Community Organizing training session. This is an excellent opportunity to learn skills from an experienced organizer; skills such as building strong organizations, tools for relational organizing, creating alliances across differences, and understanding power in the world as it is.

If you have any questions, contact Izzy at izzy@gvat.ca.

Date: March 12th - 6pm-7:45pm
Location: Online, Zoom

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Date: March 15th - 9am-3pm
Location: In-Person, TBD
Cost: Free for members of member organizations (which we are as members of the Diocese) - by sliding scale donation for non-member participants

Click below to register.

For more infomation visit:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcsHbuvW_Q0QO3tOH0s0-OSReXvqRIj0Y3zQmROkOJ_gQvlg/viewform

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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! 

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!

Click here to be directed to our EVENTS page.

Click here to be directed to our NEWS page.

Office Information

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: David Stuart, Martha Stein Marriott, John Oldale & Sheila Hofmeyr
Email: wardens@stgeorgecadborobay.ca

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