ATTACHED IS

  • the 30TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL INVITATION,
  • the FEBRUARY 2020 CALENDAR/READINGS, and
  • the AVM NOTICE and 2019 ANNUAL REPORT

We are trying to save paper, so if you can read the 2019 Annual Report online, that would help!  There will be a few hard copies available at the back of the church on Sunday. 


Thursday January 30th
4:45pm: Anniversary Dinner & FUN   - You are INVITED! 
Tickets on sale Sunday.  Invite your friends. Tickets are only 30 coins/person, so SAVE your change!   No coins?…$5 is worth 10 coins.  Lasagna and a no-alcohol fizzy beverage will be served, with a pasta-free option available for KETO fans.

FROM DEEP in OUR ARCHIVES - In the 1980s, to raise money for a building fund, the ladies held bazaars and bake sales, while Dennis Page and two other men worked for three months along with 12 prisoners and a guard from Brennan Lake Prison to cut, load and sell firewood using dead and fallen trees on the property. After the church building was moved to its current site, Dennis Page and Ken Thomas created the stained glass windows behind the original altar. 

Offering Envelope Users - Stay tuned for more information on what to do with your old offering envelopes. Should you want a set of envelopes for 2020 and do not yet have them, please contact our Envelope Secretary Barb Williams or email her.

A lovely brown, butterfly-motif duffel bag, purple coat, purple fleece and other outerwear was left at the church. Please let KAT know what we are supposed to do with it.

The rest of this week

Friday, January 24
12pm onwards – please come to help sort some of the yard sale items

Saturday, January 25
10am-1:30pm - Tumani Bottle Drive & Yard Sale 
Tell your neighbours and friends.  Please drop off all recyclables by Saturday.  

Sunday, January 26
10am Service and Marriage
Sue Foreman and Will Limerick are to be married

Next week

Monday, January 27              
10:30am    30th Anniversary meeting                                                                 
Deadline to let KAT know if you are coming to the 30th Anniversary Dinner 

Wednesday, January 29        
10:30am     HUB, Bible study, hymn sing and FREE lunch                                                               
12:30pm     Parish Council Meeting – library                                                               
12:30pm     Pet Memorial Garden Committee meeting – location TBD 

Thursday January 30            
4:45pm     30th Anniversary Celebration   

First week of February

January 31/February 1 – Rev. Dr. Pat Dutcher-Walls, one of Selinde's favourite profs from Vancouver School of Theology, will be speaking and leading a workshop on “New Eyes for Reading the Old Testament” at St. Paul’s, Nanaimo.  You don’t have to know anything about the Old Testament to be able to enjoy and learn. Poster in the hall. The Friday evening talk is FREE. The Saturday workshop costs $25 (come and speak to Selinde if $ is an obstacle to you attending). Register online www.vst.edu/vst-academy.  This is a collaboration of St. Mary’s, St. Philip’s, Lantzville and St. Paul’s.  

Tuesday, February 4                  
2pm      Care Team meeting

Wednesday, February 5            
10:30am     HUB, Bible study, hymn sing & FREE lunch                                                               
12:30pm     Parish Council Meeting – library                                                               
12:30pm     Transforming Futures Committee meeting 

Sunday, February 9                     
11:30     Annual Vestry Meeting
A simple lunch will be provided.  Your Annual Report is coming to you via email (a few hard copies will be available on church on Sunday).

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