Welcome to our weekly newsletter. 

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We are saddened to hear the loss of Betty Moyls a very dear member of St. George's for many years. Betty was our loyal office volunteer and a beloved friend of many. She passed away on February 2nd.

Eternal rest grant to her, O Lord; and let light perpetual shine upon her.

Online, Zoom worship for 8am service this week. 

Presider & Preacher: Rev. Canon Jeannine Friesen

Click here for the 8am Zoom link

Meeting ID 8am - 999 7477 9081

Click here for the 8am order of worship.

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Online, Zoom worship for 10am service this week

Presider & Preacher: Rev. Canon Jeannine Friesen

Click here for the 10am Zoom link

Meeting ID 10am - 939 7445 8594

Click here for the 10am order of worship.

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If you would like to phone into the worship service rather than use a computer, tablet or smart phone use the following directions:

1. Call 1 (778) 907-2071

2. It will ask for the Meeting ID: 

(For 8am service:  999 7477 9081)

(For 10am service: 939 7445 8594)

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. 

2 KINGS 2:1-12; PSALM 50:1-6; 2 CORINTHIANS 4:3-6; MARK 9:2-9

In response to the BC provincial health officer’s extension of the COVID-19 health order, the diocese of British Columbia is suspending all in-person worship, meetings, events and community gatherings until at least April 12.

Continue to watch our website and the provincial government website for updates as this situation develops. Download a copy of the February 5 letter from the bishop to the parishes of the diocese below.

Join us for a social hour on Fridays at 4pm (every other week). Pour yourself a drink, warm or cold, and join us on Zoom! The next date is Friday, February 12th (today!)

Register for Social Hour here (we will email you the link).  

Join us for our online Ash Wednesday service. It will be a Service of the Word style service at 7pm on February 17. 

Preacher: Rev. Canon Peter Parker

Presider: Rev. Canon Jeannine Friesen

Click here for the Order of Worship

Click here for the Ash Wednesday Zoom link 

To join by telephone....

1. Call 1 (778) 907-2071

2. It will ask for the Meeting ID: 973 9970 0798

3. If it asks for participant ID: enter #

4. You will be connected to the worship service via your phone! 

Wednesday, February 24 at 10am

Any monetary donation that you provide helps go towards honoraria for our valued speakers throughout the WW series. To make a donation towards Wonderful Wednesdays, you can do so by dropping off/mailing a cheque or cash to St. George's, or you can donate online with a credit card by clicking here (there will be a drop down option called "Wonderful Wednesdays" to choose from). Contact the Church Office with any questions.

Registration

Registration is required for this event in order to be sent the Zoom link. If you are planning to call into the Zoom session to listen to the speaker, please call the Church Office at: 250-472-2090.

Registration deadline for this event is 9am the morning of the event.

To register for Maryse Neilson, click here.

To register for Rev. Canon Dr. Martin Brokenleg, click here.

To register for Mary-Clare Carder, click here.

To register for Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee, click here. 

Beginning on Ash Wednesday until Palm Sunday, you are invited to start a daily spiritual practice of walking while you pray.  This can be done individually or with another person (while maintaining safe distancing of course!).  Each day choose a route and an amount of time that you are able and willing to walk.

Journal/Reflection Guide

A few options will be offered to use this guide. There will be a full work booklet available for pick up at the parish office, or you can choose to download/print a smaller version that you can use along side a notebook or journal you have at home. The booklet/guide is available to download at the red button link below!

Circulation of Vestry Reports to come (more on that next week). 

Voting at the meeting will be conducted through the polling function through Zoom. Practice sessions will be held after the 8am and 10am services leading up to the AGM.

Thank you for supporting the December/January clothing drive for The Dandelion
Society.

We are happy to say the project went well and many thanks goes to Marjorie for
coordinating and delivering items to Rev Al, to David and Christine for monitoring the
outdoor box, and to Vicky for making sure it all ran smoothly, and especially to all of
you for participating with donations.

We know Rev Al was most appreciative, particularly at this time of year.
****We collected 4 packed boxes of warm coats, rain coats, gloves,
toques, as well as several blankets and a sleeping bag. ****

Thank you for reaching out and helping this local agency.
Blessings from the Outreach Team.

• Stabilizing at-risk youth to actualize their plans.
• Safe, secure housing
• Ready-to-rent training
• Assistance finding sustainable work.
• Mental health assistance
• Community resource access and education
• Threshold supplies the largest number of long-term transitional housing units for
youth in the Capital Regional District.

February 17 marks the beginning of the 40 days of Lent. The word "Lent" can be traced to an Old English word "lecten" which is related to "lengthen" referring to the lengthening of days in the Spring season. It's a time for spiritual renewal and what some call a "spiritual spring." So we offer you this series, "Renew" consisting of eight short (2-minute) reflections by Bishop Anna Greeenwood-Lee during these 40 long days before Easter. The videos will be available on Twitter, Facebook and in the media section  of the website beginning Wednesday, February 17 and each Wednesday after that during the season.

Our environment, economy, societies, cultures and institutions are changing dramatically - too often for the worse. Without radical new approaches, our planet will become poorer, more violent, more authoritarian.

Thomas Homer-Dixon offers an argument for reinvigorating our cognitive strengths and belief systems to affect urgent systemic change, and renew hope in a positive future for everyone on earth.

Thomas Homer-Dixon is Director of the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University, and University Research Chair in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo. He specializes in the use of complexity science to examine threats to global security. His latest book is Commanding Hope.

Looking for a list of this week's events? Check our the event section of our website!