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Spring Potluck This Saturday!This Saturday at 6:30 pm, we celebrate Spring with our very popular Potluck Dinner. Thank you to those who signed up to help. We do still need some extra hands for the take-down and clean up. Please sign up in the Narthex to tell us how many of you are attending, and what you are bringing. See you there! |
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Messy Church - learn about the women of power in the Bible!At Messy Church this time, we're learning about women of power in the Bible! Come to Messy Church on Saturday, April 26th (10 am to 12:30 pm) for crafts, activities, music, stories and lunch. |
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8:30 Service BreakfastJoin us in Room C this Sunday for the monthly breakfast after the 8:30 service, hosted by the Dolan family!
Photo by Olivier Darbonville on Unsplash |
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Election DayOn Monday, April 28th, our hall is being offered as a polling station for Election Day. After the coffee hour this Sunday, we invite parishioners to help prep the hall by ensuring that there are 17 x 5’ tables and 29 chairs left out and ready for elections volunteers to complete their specified set up later in the afternoon. Thank you in advance for your assistance! Photo by Pam Menegakis on Unsplash |
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May 3rd Garage Sale UpdateDrop-off of donated items starts this Tuesday, April 29 to Friday, May 2, from 9 am to 3 pm, and on Wednesday, May 30, from 6 to 8 pm. Please no computers, clothing, large furniture, mattresses, carpets, used travel mugs and bottles, and no books, movies or music (save these for the Book Sale in early October). Thanks to everyone who has signed up to work during the week to help sort and set out items. If you haven’t signed up but have an hour or two to spare, you’re welcome to drop by any day from Tuesday to Friday and help out. It’s a time of good fun and fellowship as well as preparation for the big sale day. Thanks to everyone who has agreed to help at the Sale on Saturday. Watch for an email next week to confirm when you have signed up to work and to give you some basic information. If you haven’t signed up yet but are able to help that day, the sign-up sheets are out on the entranceway table. Or you can Bill or Linda Van Sickle at 778 254 5347 and we’ll be happy to assign you a job. Finally, good unsold items will be going to Habitat for Humanity, Anney’s Closet and Salvation Army. We will need volunteers in the weeks after the sale to take some boxes of items, especially those for the Salvation Army. Thanks for all your donations of items, time and labour. Working together, this will be a great event for our parish and for our Westshore community. |
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Have you wanted to join our Bible Study, but you work during the day?All are welcome to join us on Thursdays for our relaxed, lively and interesting Zoom online Bible Study, to discuss the readings for the upcoming Sunday (see above). No experience or prior knowledge is needed. Time: 6 PM - 7 PM. Zoom Link: https://bc-anglican-ca.zoom.us/j/88378461340?pwd=cU9wSUNEZG02M3h3bGVrUmpyMjRNZz09 Meeting ID: 883 7846 1340 |
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'Death and Taxes' - a very useful workshopDoes your family know your wishes for your funeral? Will your wishes be honoured after you have passed? We don't often like to talk about the "last things" - advance directives, funerals, legacies. Lent is an ideal time for us to stop and to plan ahead. Join Sr. Ingrid, Diocesan Chancellor (lawyer) Isabel Weeks and Diocesan Treasurer Joel Hefty, as they talk about the realities of advance directives, the tax implications of how your will is set up, and how to support the ministry of our church community for the future. Sister Ingrid encourages you to take some times to plan the funeral service that YOU would like, so that we can celebrate your life in a way that you choose. It makes it easier for your family when that time comes. Please sign up in the Narthex, or at the link below. |
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Altar GuildYour Altar Guild is actively seeking new members. This is a wonderful ministry that can be done by two or three people. It involves a few hours split between Saturday and Sunday to set up the Altars and then clean up. If you have questions or would like to know more about this, contact Kathy Middleton at 250 474 6914 or kmm71.2025@gmail.com. |
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Daily Devotionals for May/June/JulyThe new Forward Day by Day daily devotions book for May, June and July is now available. Feel free to pick one up in the Narthex. |
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Bishop Budde Book study on CourageWe continue next week with our study of Bishop Budde's book How we Learn to be Brave. The Book Study comprises 7 sessions, and will be held on Tuesday evenings, from 7pm - 8 pm, in the St John's room on the following dates: April 29 To attend online, please use this link: https://bc-anglican-ca.zoom.us/j/86314562121 Don't be concerned if you cannot attend every session - read the book and attend the sessions you can. |
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Hearing DevicesWe've received a few queries about our hard or hearing devices with headsets. We are pleased to report that we now have 3 complete systems which will allow the parishioners to wear them and amplify the service including the sermon. If you would like more information, or instructions on the use of the system, please see Mike Armstrong or call him at 250-857-2225. |
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Readings for this Sunday's ServiceReadings for this Sunday's services: Acts 5: 27-32 Read Sunday's readings online: |
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From the Parish LibraryIn preparation for the Garage Sale on 3 May, the small bookcase in the narthex, which is the usual location for the Top Shelf display, the catalogue and loan slips, and the Inspiration section (novels and poetry), has been emptied of its usual contents. For now, you will find the Inspiration section on the bottom shelf of the large book case in the St John room. The black catalogue binder, the loan slips, and the library box are on the main library shelves outside the parish office. Children’s books that were on top of the table in the narthex seating area are now inside it. There is no display this week, but there are lots of good books to browse and borrow. Postcards from Babylon is back from loan and can be found in the Social Justice section (near the bottom of the main shelves, on the right hand side) at SOCJ ZAH. And for anyone who would still like to explore the concept of self-emptying (kenosis) mentioned by Sister Ingrid in her sermon on Palm Sunday, Cynthia Bourgeault’s excellent book, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind, is in the Jesus section at JESUS BOU. To borrow any book, please fill out a green loan slip from the small bookcase in the narthex, and put it in the pink box labelled “Library.” If you have a book due for return, please fill out a yellow return slip instead, and leave your book under the box. Thank you. |
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Mark Your CalendarsApr 26 Messy Church, 10 am (Church of the Advent) April 27 8:30 Breakfast April 28 – Election Day in Church of the Advent Hall Apr 29-30 Garage Sale Prep Week May 3 Garage Sale Day Taize Service, 5 pm May 4 Welcome Coffee Social, after 10 am service May 10 Death & Taxes Workshop, Church, 10 am - noon May 14 Community Coffee Social, 9:30 - 11 am May 20 Parish Council Meeting, 7 pm May 24 Spanish Service, 6 pm May 25 Jazz Vespers, 7 pm May 28 Ladies Guild Lunch, noon |
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Faith Tides: March & April 2025Faith Tides is the online, faith-based publication of the Anglican Diocese of Islands and Inlets (BC). Through news stories, reflections and feature articles Faith Tides aims to showcase the work God is doing through our churches. It is a space where people of faith and doubt can walk alongside one another, share their stories and grow together. This month, there is an article about our own Taylor Gossman and her Environmental Expo! To read the March/April issue online or download a PDF version, click READ MORE. |
