Our Sunday Morning Service is in-person.  Come and experience God's blessings in the community.  Masks are available if you wish to use them.

Families with children of all ages are welcome. There is a corner with comfy sofas, and Sunday School is available.

Our Sunday school program welcomes children of all ages and abilities. Bible stories, games and crafts keep everybody busy.  We've got something that works for everyone.  

Tomorrow's Readings are:

Numbers 21:4-9  •  Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
Ephesians 2:1-10  •  John 3:14-21 

Faith Tides is the official publication of the Anglican Diocese of Islands and Inlets. It is a space where people of faith and doubt can share their stories, challenge their perceptions and grow together.

In this issue: Existing for the sake of our neighbours by Bishop Anna; Clara Plamondon installation; St Andrew, Sidney serves 100,000th bowl of soup; A journey like no other; and more!

Read it here!

For decades we’ve been wondering and worrying about our young people leaving our beloved church. For 4 Wednesday mornings this Lent, join Bishop Anna and Christine Conkin to explore the social, spiritual, religious and theological movements of the late 20th century. What happened in the wake of the great optimism of the 1960’s? Why haven’t any of the many approaches we’ve tried to engage young people over the decades worked in the long term? And finally, what are some of the emerging ideas and practices of 21st century Christianity and beyond? Where might we go from here?

Dates: Wed. Feb 28, March 6, 13, 20

Time: 9:45am - Coffee and light snacks; 10:00-11:30am program

Where: St George's Cadboro Bay

Zoom option available here.

Speaker Series on Your Health

• Feb 21st: Peter Scales — Maid and Dying. Recording found here.
  

Zoom Link for the following events: https://bc-anglican-ca.zoom.us/j/86041845481

• Feb 28th: Amanda Wills — Exercise as Medicine. Recording found here. Passcode: =d51XN!w
  
• Mar 6th: Audriano Montiero — Pain Management. Recording found here. Passcode: ^v^1F9A9
  
• Mar 13th: Haley Vecchiaelli — Understanding Dementia
• Mar 20th: Don Anderson — Understanding Parkinson's Disease
• March 27th: Dr. Alida Moonen — Cancer survivorship

Kairos and Boradview United Church invite you to participate in a Pilgrimage for Peace, a Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage. They are also looking for volunteers to help with the event.  Please find more information in the attached pdf and on their Facebook Event Page: https://bit.ly/3unrWpX.

For more information about this global invitation to walk, please check out the website.
https://www.gazaceasefirepilgrimage.com/

"While the length of Gaza is 41km or 25 miles, the circular route we are planning is half that. This, we are imagining would be a 7-8 hour walk, the length of a pilgrim’s day! For those participants who might be keen they could walk the entire distance of Gaza by walking the route twice.

Since we know that some pilgrims might choose to walk a shorter distance. we are envisioning stopping points built in every 5 km or so. These pauses will be opportunities to reflect, to enjoy refreshments and to pass the banner for a new group to carry. Some faith communities might have people walking in a relay doing 5 km each, whereas others might join and walk as far as they feel possible together."

TO REGISTER FOR THIS PILGRIMAGE, GO HERE: https://form.jotform.com/240515845361253
ROUTE MAP: https://bit.ly/49DsXcw

Potluck Supper at 6:00pm.

Free ranging spiritual discussions at each table.

The Junior Youth Group (grades 5-8) meet on the first Friday of the month.  We play games, go bouldering, go to sports games, play sports, watch movies - nothing is off the table.  Primarily we are about building community, and ultimately paying attention to our relationship with God through Jesus.  (We tend to be light on religion and heavy on fun.)

Everyone is welcome to Messy Church.  Join us for dinner and family focused fun for kids, including crafts, music, story time, games, etc.

We Together is our regular (once every other year) diocesan conference to remind us of the ways we are connected; we are stronger together. We are bound in countless ways, in our structures, in our prayers, and through the stories we tell. We are each others concern, and we are each others gift.

This year we are continuing to focus on our context, building on the "here in this place" theme from We Together 2022 we will be looking at what it means to serve and minister in the most non-religious context in North America. We have unique challenges, and unique opportunities.

The conference will begin on Friday evening April 12th with an evening banquet at the Baumann Centre followed by an opening address by our Executive Director, Brendon Neilson. On Saturday we will gather at St. John the Divine in Victoria featuring our keynote speaker John Thatamanil, our Diocesan Theologian. John will be presenting two sessions with small group dialogue following each. We will end our time with the celebration of the Eucharist with Bishop Anna preaching and presiding.

Go here for more information: We Together 2024

The Women's Spring Retreat will take place from April 19–21, 2024 at Camp Pringle (Shawnigan Lake). This year's facilitator will be the Most Rev. Archbishop Linda Nicholls and the spiritual director is the Rev. Lynn Mills. Registration is now open.

Registration is for the entire weekend or Saturday only. 

Single Room Full Weekend Registration: $290

Shared Room Full Weekend Registration $245

Saturday only: $140

Please note: The number of private rooms available is very limited. There is a lot of shared accommodation available with no more than 3 to a room. 

To register for this event, please fill out the attached form and email it to: birish@shaw.ca or mail it to:

Brenda Dhaene
2291 Calais Road
Duncan, BC V9L 5V2

Jeremiah 31:31-34  •  Psalm 51:1-12

Hebrews 5:5-10  •  John 12:20-33