St. Marys' Metchosin | Anglican Church in Victoria, BC

St Mary's Metchosin invites your family to participate in our Messy Church. Join us the second Friday of each month for a shared meal, a creative biblical reflection, music, and family time.

Families of all shapes and sizes are welcome; grandparents bring your grandchildren; children bring your parents. Activities will be friendly and enjoyable for all ages.

Join us at 5:30pm at St Mary's Metchosin, for dinner, singing, activities and connection.

Our focus for this month is The Easter Story: what is it and what does it mean? Our songs, meal set up and stories will offer a deeper understanding of the relevance of the Easter Story in our time.

We will share a meal of build your own pasta with garlic bread and salad outside - gf options available. If it is a rainy evening we will eat inside.

We start around 5:30 and finish around 7:30 and hope you can join us.

Please RSVP so I can make an educated guess for food and supplies! nicolehergert@gmail.com

St. Mary’s Metchosin Challenge
This year, for the first time, we are having a non-secular topic, exploring modern religion. We are still reaching out to the whole community, not just Anglicans. We are trying to look at the religions around us from different perspectives. What are some of the issues, different forms of worship and big issues facing us.

The challenge is running Tuesday nights during Lent from March 11^th to April 15^th at 7 pm at St Mary’s Metchosin Church at 4125 Metchosin Rd across from the Golf Course. All but one of the presenters will be there in person but we offer a Zoom option as well so those not in Victoria can attend. Here is the zoom link. https://vst.zoom.us/j/89279807957?pwd=ITcX9fLKiSCEhVJj7mAJHoC8bMLitz.1

Schedule:

March 11^th: The Venerable Dr. Lon Towstego will look at religion as community and in the community. View recording HERE

March 18^th: Margaret O’Donnell will present on the Taizé way of being together by many types of Christians.

March 25^th: The Rev Dr. Ross Lockhart will speak on how the very secular Pacific Northwest is different from the rest of the continent and the challenges that it brings. He is from St Andrew’s Hall and Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, so will be presenting on Zoom. View Recording HERE.

April 1^st: The Rev Dr. Travis O’Brian will speak on Mystery in the Church; the draw and the role of it in modern faith. View Recording HERE.

April 8^th: Patricia Lane, a lawyer who challenges the churches to be the leaders in the climate and environmental struggles. Patricia will present on how the Canadian Churches can or should respond to President Trump.

April 15^th: Our own Dean Jonathan Thomas will talk about what is spirituality. So many people say that they aren’t religious, but they are spiritual. They usually try to end the conversation this way, but what are they saying? What is spirit anyway?

St Mary’s is hoping that other congregations will join us in-person or by Zoom and listen to the ideas and participate in the conversations around them. There are some of the other presentations from other years on our web site, if you are interested in listening to these. We are hoping all of this deepens our thoughts and enlivens our conversations and maybe even propel action in some people.