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This Week at Saint George's |
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Men's BreakfastThis month's speaker will be the Executive Director of the Shelbourne Community Kitchen, Kim Cummins. Kim will provide an overview of the kitchen and its outreach in our community. St George’s generously gives to the kitchen on a weekly basis with food donations. A light breakfast will be served. Looking forward to seeing you. Please RSVP Bruce Winter @ labs4ever@gmail.com if you are planning to attend. Image: Zen Chung |
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Holden Evening Prayer And Community DinnerHolden Prayer continues at 5pm. Join us for the contemporary sung service followed by a community meal. All are welcome to the service, meal, or both. |
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Monthly OutreachDuring the month of May your Social Justice and Outreach Team [SJOT] will be bringing focus on the North Island Ministries. This was the focus of Bishop Ana during her December Fund Raising Dinner. The Bishop spoke about what she had seen in her travels across the Diocese. She shared some stories about churches in the north of the island, which have a particular charisma for outreach and reconciliation. All funds raised from that evening were directed to ministry in the north of our diocese. Following are a couple of sites to visit on the Diocesan website: https://faithtides.ca/gwasala-nakwaxdaxw-nations-building-hope-for-the-future/ https://bc.anglican.ca/diocesan-ministries/reconciliation-beyond “As a Diocese we seek to live out our baptismal covenant to respect the dignity of every human being and to safeguard the integrity of God's Creation. We understand ourselves to be at the beginning of the long road to Truth and Reconciliation. Our churches seek to welcome all of God's children as beloved.” St George’s Social Justice and Outreach Team asks for your support and prayers for this Diocesan Ministry. |
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Join the Board at Shelbourne Community Kitchen!Are you looking for a meaningful way to give back to your community? The Shelbourne Community Kitchen Society is currently inviting new members to join its Board of Directors -a team of dedicated individuals who help guide programs that make a real difference in the lives of hundreds of local families. In 2024 alone, The Kitchen distributed over 70,000 pounds of groceries to more than 1,600 adults and nearly 700 children, prepared almost 1,900 meals, and harvested over 10,000 pounds of fresh produce from its community gardens. Behind all of this is a small staff team and over 200 incredible volunteers—plus a Board that ensures every decision reflects dignity, inclusion, and compassion. We’re especially looking for people with skills in accounting (Treasurer), nonprofit administration (Secretary), human resources, board governance, grant writing, or experience in food service and business management. But most importantly, we’re looking for people who care. Please send expressions of interest to Nicole Kilburn, |
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GVAT Presents: Our Shared Future - Discernment AssemblyTwo weeks after we heard from our community with the Building Communities of Care: Listening Action event, GVAT Delegates will gather to report on the past few years of work, share what we have learned together in our listening, and establish Action Research Teams around the problems we’ve heard. This will be an engaging opportunity to learn more about how GVAT operates, and for members to have their say in how we Act Together. Click below to register. |
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Vintage Fashion Show and Tea @ St. Luke'sIn honour of St. Luke’s 165th anniversary, Vintage Fashion Showcase will present Local History Through Fashion from 1860 to 1980. Afternoon Tea will be served, featuring a selection of delicious baked goodies. There will be door prizes. Tickets are $25 per person, purchased in advance by e-mail from events@stlukecedarhill.ca. |
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Deconsecration AnnouncementAfter much discernment about the path forward for St. Dunstan’s, Gordon Head, the Parish Council has taken the hard, holy, and faithful step of asking the bishop to deconsecrate the building in preparation for its sale. On Saturday, June 7, Bishop Anna will lead a service celebrating the decades of vibrant ministry at St. Dunstan’s and deconsecrate the space for its use for other purposes. We know that God is not contained within any of our parish buildings, and at the same time, they are places where we have encountered God in both ordinary times and special days, in worship and in one another. We encourage all members of the diocese to join with the people of St. Dunstan’s in this day of celebration and grief. The service will take place at St. Dunstan’s at 11:00am and will be followed by a catered lunch (registration required). Clergy are invited to vest and process. The color for the day is white. Please register if you wish to attend the lunch so we can make sure there is enough food provided for all. Registration is not required to attend the service. The deadline to register for the lunch is May 19th. |
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St George's Housing Society AGMSt George's Housing Society 2025 Annual General Meeting will be held in the church at 3:00PM Wednesday 28 May, 2025. Coffee, tea and snacks will be available after the meeting. All members of St. George's parish and all Orchard residents are welcome to attend. |
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The Turbulent 2020s: A Midterm ReportBishop Anna Greenwood-Lee and The Rev. Christine Conkin, will be hosting a week of intentional reflection at the Sorrento Centre this summer (July 27 - August 2). The week will explore and incarnate life-giving theology and practice in this turbulent decade. The 2020s... we know how they started. How are they going? Climate crisis. Racial reckonings. Institutional church decline. Trump is back. The future is uncertain. How does our theology help or hinder us as we navigate the turbulence of our times? How do we hold fast in these chaotic and changing times? Together you'll look at some of the theological voices of our time and explore their insights to dig into some of the issues of our day. Prices vary depending on the meal package and accomodation type selected. Young adults (19–39) will receive $325 to be applied to their registration. Funding is distributed on a first come, first serve basis and is limited. Funding is also available from the Educational Trusts Board. For more information, CLICK HERE. For more information and to register for this event, click REGISTER below. |
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Abbeyfield St. Peter's, VictoriaAbbeyfield St Peter's is a small family-style Independent Living seniors’ residence centrally located in a quiet residential neighbourhood of Victoria at 1133 Reynold's Road (behind St. Peter's Anglican Church), walking distance to shops, medical care, churches and bus service. Currently accepting applications. For more information tel. 250-590-9330 or check out the website at http://abbeyfieldstpeters.org/ |
