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AT ST GEORGE'S

Sunday Worship

This Week at Saint George's

Coming this Fall

Remembering Ruth Brown

Men's Breakfast

Evolving Faith

Calendars

PWDRF Christmas Cards

Social Justice Outreach for October: Anglican Awareness

Advent Book Study: "Freeing Jesus"

Shelbourne Community Kitchen

Phishing in the Diocese

Pie Making

WELCOME to the ARC

2023 August 31 Year-To-Date parish Finance Report

Intersections: a dialogue series

Office Information

Looking for the daily/weekly lectionary?

More Events and News on Our Website!

DIOCESE

ORDER OF THE DIOCESE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

AT OTHER CHURCHES

Memorial Hall Centennial Gala

St. Dunstan's Fall Fair

Reel Time – Social Justice Films and Discussion

Vaughan String Quartet - Chamber Music Concert

Victoria Choral Society Concert

Solidarity and Prayer Vigil:

Hymns of Thanksgiving

Jazz Evensong @ St Mary's

Meeting the Challenge of the Toxic Drug Crisis

(This Week's Image: Morning Tree. Woodblock print by John Amoss. )

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.

Click here to access 10AM Zoom

Click here to view this week's bulletin

Meeting ID 10am - 939 7445 8594

 Monday - Friday, 8AM - 5PM Arts Calibre Academy - Upper and Lower Halls

Friday 13 October 

4PM - 8PM - Emerging Faith Conference - Lower hall

Saturday 14 October

7AM - 5PM - Emerging Faith Conference - Lower Hall

___AM - Men's Breakfast - Narthex

3 PM - Ruth Brown Memorial Service - Church / Narthex

Sunday 15 October

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

Monday 16 October

4PM - Centering Prayer - Chapel

4:30 - 8PM - Irish Dance

Tuesday 17 October

4PM - 6:15PM - Victoria Children's Choir - Church

Wednesday 18 October

4:30 - 7:30 - Holden Prayer - Church

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

Thursday 19 October

10-11AM - Prayer Shawl Meeting - Zoom

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

7PM - 9PM - Church Choir Practice - Church

Friday 20 October

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

October 13th - 14th: Evolving Faith Conference

October 14th: Ruth Brown's memorial service

October 14th: Men's Breakfast

October 18th: Holden Prayer + dinner

October 21st: "Order of the Diocese" Investiture

October 29th: Shelbourne Community Kitchen Benefit Concert

November 15: Holden Prayer + dinner

November 26th: Shelbourne Community Kitchen Benefit Concert

Rest In Peace

**CHANGE OF DATE, NOW 14th OCTOBER 9:30AM**

There will be no guest speaker at our meeting. This will be a time to get together and discuss the plans for the coming session.

A light breakfast snack will be provided as well as tea and coffee.

Please RSVP to Bruce Winter (labs4ever@gmail.com) so we can know how much food to prepare.

Look forward to seeing you.

Bruce

If you are interested in ordering a Candian Church Calendar, contact Sage in the office at admin@stgeorgecadborobay.ca. St George's is considering putting in an order for calendars along with St Luke's. Calendars are $6.00 each unless we get more that 20 orders, in which case they are $4.00 each. You can see the calendar design here: 

https://www.bbroughton.com/product/ST/ccc24/canadian-church-calendar-2024-anglican. 

Contact Sage at admin@stgeorgecadborobay.ca if you are interested in  ordering Christmas cards. 

The Anglican Church of Canada works and assists communities across Canada and beyond. Below are just a few of the ministries supported. This includes the commitment to work in partnership for creation care and social justice.

 Please go online to see much more information about these important programmes.

• https://www.anglican.ca/ https://www.anglican.ca/publicwitness/

The Social Justice and Outreach Team ask for your prayers and support for our Anglican agency during the month of October.

Who is this Jesus whose birth we anticipate? How do we experience Jesus through the course of our lives?

Join us for 4 weeks this Advent to discuss Diana Butler Bass's recent book "Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Saviour, Lord, Way and Presence." Written as "memoir theology," it is an accessible and engaging exploration of Jesus over the course of a life.

When: Wed. Nov 29, Dec 6, 13, 20, 10:00-11:30am

Where: St. George's Church

Contact Sage in the church office to order you book

Deadline to order: Oct 31; Cost $25

The Community Kitchen continues to be very grateful to St Georges for the weekly food donations.

Thank you for continuing to support this worthy agency.

Keep alert for two forth coming Shelbourne Community Kitchen fund raising concerts, to be held at St George’s!

Phishing happens regularly here at St. George's, alongside an increase throughout our diocese.

Phishing is defined as the practice of sending emails or other messages purporting to be from reputable companies or people in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords, credit card numbers or to send e-transfers.

Any email can be given a display name of the creators choosing. For example, anyone can set up an email for themselves and make it look like it comes from Christine Conkin in your inbox. 

The church will never contact you asking for gift cards, credit card numbers or e-transfers of any kind. When in doubt, please always contact Sage or Christine (or whoever an email purports to be from).

Read more below. 

Several people have expressed interest in pie making in support of the Shelbourne Community Kitchen.   

Apple donations are greatly appreciated and we need volunteer workers .  The Lower Hall kitchen will be available Saturday and Sunday afternoons during October and early November.  I will organize a specific day(s) once I know who is available.

• Pastry - this has been done off site in the past.  If you are interested, there is a recipe for the famous St. George's pastry for you. Contact Signi signi@telus.net for further details.  
• Peeling, chopping and prepping apples.  Work party will happen in the kitchen Lower Hall.
• Rolling pastry and filling pies for freezing

At the March 26th meeting of Parish Council, a Motion was approved to establish a preliminary committee to begin gathering information on St. George's assets (buildings and land) and other information from the Diocese.  This is a follow-up to the August 2nd Information Session held at the church, where Brendon Neilson, Executive Director of our Diocese, came to speak about possibilities for St. George's into the future.  The full name of this committee is the “Asset Review Committee for a Sustainable Future” (“ARC” for short.)  Members of the Committee are John Oldale, Jennifer Handley, Marilyn Pattison, Leslie Glazier and Gary Fisher.  The ARC team will be reporting regularly on their work, which will include setting up opportunities for input from the St. George's community.  Stay tuned for future information!

This update covers the first eight months of 2023.  The September statement has not been compiled as yet.

TOTAL INCOME $210,486 vs Budget $210,183 for positive variance of $303.

TOTAL EXPENSE $221,950 vs Budget $223,867 for a positive variance of $1,916.  

NET OPERATING INCOME (Surplus/Deficit) at –($11,464) vs Budget of –($13,683) results in a positive variance of $2,219.  This is a good position at this end of summer point, when we are usually reporting a deficit position.

INCOME NOTES: #4300 Social/Community Events Donations – Although this account series is benefitting from Other Parish Fundraising through hanging basket sales and jigsaw puzzle sales, the Income here is short by $2,544 on Budget of $10,000. Donations beyond our original campaign to fund this area back in February/March are nominal. That said, the aligned Expense account of #7290 Fellowship & Meetings Expense is well underspent.

EXPENSE NOTES: There will be a re-allocation of $5,930 to Capital Expense from #7630 Equipment & Supplies Operating Expense for new Audio equipment and signage paid by that account.  That action will result in an even better Net Operating Income.

THANK YOU for your continuing support of St. George's many Ministries.

Yours in Christ,

Lawrence Saracuse, Treasurer

Intersections: A Dialogue Series is an opportunity to engage with Challenging Racist ‘British Columbia’: 150 Years and Counting (CRBC). Produced as part of the commemorations of 150 years since BC joined Canada, this open-access, multimedia resource documents how the recent cycle of anti-racist activism in this province is part of a broader history of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities challenging white supremacy for over 150 years. This seven-week series brings people together in intentional conversations to:       

• encounter our collective past
• locate ourselves as participants in the ongoing story of this place
• explore how to respond faithfully to the truths we find together

...so we can participate with God in restoring creation and affirming the dignity of all people.

A team of trained moderators will offer will offer each of the seven sessions which are based on the information covered in the CRBC project, using video, song, prayer, self-refection exercises, readings and group discussions.

When

This series will take place on Wednesday mornings, 10am-noon, alternating between the churches of St Mary's in Oak Bay (1701 Elgin Rd), and St George's in Cadboro Bay (3909 St George's Lane), starting on September 27, 2023. There is no cost, but registration is required.

Register online here, by phoning St Mary's church office at 250-592-2212 (M-Th, 8:30am-1:00pm), or emailing info@stmarysoakbay.ca

An ONLINE version of this event will be held on Zoom for those that can't make it in person, register for that version here 

Office Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 am-3 pm. 
Closure for lunch between 12:30-1 pm.

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: Sage Dunn-Krahn
Office number: 250-472-2090
Email: admin@stgeorgecadborobay.ca

Wardens: Barbara Colebrook Peace, Jennifer Handley & John Oldale
Email: wardens@stgeorgecadborobay.ca

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! 

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.

Saturday, October 21, 2023

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria

All are welcome to attend the investiture service of the Order of the Diocese of British Columbia, which celebrates and recognizes lay people who have given extraordinary service to their parishes and the diocese.

The service will be live streamed on the diocesan and cathedral websites.

CLICK HERE to review the list of 2023 recipients, including our own Lawrence Saracuse and Peter Parker. For more information, read a Faith Tides article HERE.

St Dunstan's Fall Fair

Oct 14th
9:30AM to 1:00 PM

This fall, borrowing inspiration in part from the earlier Reel Thought Series, we are presenting four sessions on social justice issues, combining a short documentary film together with comment and discussion led by a guest or guests with expertise in the specific field covered. The sessions will run from one and a half to two hours.

Wednesday, October 4, 7.00 p.m. “Seven Sacred Laws” a film by Nihad Ademi with commentary and discussion led by John Borrows, Canada’s leading Indigenous legal scholar and Loveland Chair of Indigenous Law, University of Toronto.

Wednesday, October 25 and November 15, “What is Democracy?” an NFB film in two parts by Astra Taylor with commentary and discussion by our own Jamie Lawson, Associate Professor of Political Science at UVic and friends.

​SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 04th @7PM
ST. DUNSTAN ANGLICAN CHURCH
1806 San Juan Ave, Victoria, BC V8N 2H9

Works by J. Haydn, F. Schubert and H. Villa-Lobos

Victoria Choral Society Concert (Brian Wismath, Music Director) – 2:30 pm on Saturday October 28 at Christ Church Cathedral. With members of the Victoria Symphony, the VCS will perform Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi and the Canadian première of contemporary British composer Matthew Coleridge’s Requiem. Tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for students and are available at the door or online at victoriachoralsociety.ca/concerts.

Thursday, October 12, 2023, 5:30 – 6:30 pm

1 Centennial Square, Victoria BC V8W 1P5

Please join Congregation Emanu-El and the Victoria Jewish community at a fervent prayer vigil focused on bringing home safely all the hostages taken from Israel this past weekend, and on a halt to violence against all civilians no matter where they may be.

To prevent politicizing this event, we are asking for no other signs or placards — only candles*.

3rd annual Hymns of Thanksgiving with Organist Daniel Brown and Special Guest Pianist Breena Sulz. 

Friday, October 13th at 7pm in the sanctuary at St. Matthias Anglican Church. 

Join us at St Mary’s for a unique blend of exceptional jazz rooted in the context of meditation and prayer. This evening, the Pablo Cárdenas Quartet jazzes up pieces from Latin America, Cuba and the international classical repertoire.

Check out the full 2023-2024 series NEWS post

Evolving out of two ancient services of prayer as the sun is setting—vespers and compline—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.

There will be an opportunity to donate in order to support this ongoing series.

Understanding the Big Picture. Kim Toombs, Director of AIDS Vancouver Island, will provide a context for the current toxic drug crisis, how it evolved and what is being done to address the needs of those using toxic drugs.