st. francis-in-the-wood spring / summer 2010 newsletter

Summer Newsletter 2010

St. Francis-in-the-Wood Anglican Church

IN THIS EDITION • Reflections on the Pilgrimage to Assisi • Crosswalk • The Parable of the Pew Cushion • St. Francis Job Shop • Cabaret! • Youth Guatemala Mission - August 3rd - 12th • Parish Picnic • Strawberry Tea • The Twelve Apostles • Youth Ministry at St. Francis • Upcoming at St. Francis: Evening for Intercessors Retreat with Bonnie Thurston Salmon Barbeque Good News According to Mark Parish retreat to Rivendell

W elcome to the Summer 2010 edition of the St. Francis-in-the-Wood Newsletter! Inside this issue you’ll find reports and pictures from our recent events; both at St. Francis and further afield including our parish's recent pilgrimage to Assisi, and the forthcoming youth mission to Guatemala. You can also find out about what’s happening at St. Francis in the summer and the Fall. We’re always on the lookout for feedback and contributions. Contact

the St. Francis Office:

St. Francis-in-the-Wood 4773 South Piccadilly Road, West Vancouver,

V7W 1J8 604 922 3531; [email protected]

http://www.stfrancisinthewood.ca

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San Damiano, Assisi

FROM THE REGISTERS AT ST. FRANCIS

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Aivery Elizabeth Marshall Cassandra Carolyn Strang

Sadie Amabel Strang

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Adam Arthur Goodeve Martin Sarah Elizabeth Moignard

Alexander Otto Schmid-Koemmerling Steffan Alexander Jaager Roy Honor Mildred Patterson Rozee

Evan Leigh Thomas Karston Jakob Voth

WeddingsWeddingsWeddingsWeddings Jennifer Lynn Allard & Chad Alan Danard

Celina Michaela Otterstein & James Andrew Hutton Gillian Grace Barber & Grant Richard Lawrence

Marina Christina Ellis & Jonathan Patrick Hawkeswood Cecilia Eveyn Jasmine Lama & Angus Stewart Murray

Shannon Melissa Rodgers & Daniel Christian Richardson

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David Allen King Barbara Joyce McMillin Herbert George Osterbauer Robert Patrick Leonard

Confirmations at Christ Church Cathedral

PILGRIMAGE TO ASSISI REFLECTIONS FROM THOSE WHO WENT ON THE ROAD WITH ST. FRANCIS Our first pilgrimage from St. Francis-in-the-Wood to Assisi in Italy, the home of our patron saint, took place April 18-25 this year. The eight participants made their own way to Assisi and back; that way they were able to use their air miles etc. and plan various side trips. That worked well except for the Icelandic volcano that erupted just five days before we were due to arrive in Assisi…. Sadly this meant that two people were unable to get there, one never left Canada, and one got stranded in the UK; as it was, our intrepid leader had to do what he always seems to do in these situations: rent a car and drive. Despite these challenges in even getting there, the pilgrimage was a great success for our small (but perfectly formed) band of pilgrims, and everyone had a good time. Here are some reflections and photos from those who took part… Gene Quan writes: The Assisi trip was an excellent travel and spiritual experience. Angus put so much content into the pilgrimage program that he literally ran us into mild

exhaustion. One day trip, he "forced" us to hike in the cold and rain up La Verna, a mountain top (about 50 miles east of Florence) where St. Francis spent much time and where he received his stigmata marks. Of course, the many bottles of excellent vino delle casa helped to ease Angus' physical demands of us. He also "made" us (he said it was "optional") attend prayer services three times a day - before breakfast, before supper, then before bed. It was déjà vu church camp. Angus fully honoured his undertaking that he offered at his first Vestry meeting at St. Francis-in-the-Wood about leading a pilgrimage on St Francis to Assisi. I wear his St. Francis necklace with pride. Where I finally "got it" - at Rivotorto. For myself, I felt that the Assisi sights and sites were overwhelmingly touristy, I could not feel connection to the life of St. Francis until we went to the church of Santa Maria of Rivotorto. There, rebuilt and entirely enclosed within the edifice of the church were these animal sheds built to simulate the animal shelters where St Francis and his followers first lived. Seeing this - although still another tourist like structure - finally enabled me to better understand how major an influence St. Francis was to the Church during those and his times.

(Above) View of Assisi from the guest house (Right) Angus celebrating the Eucharist at Carceri


Angus' Eucharist service atop the Carceri Hermitage on the slopes of Monte Subasio was most memorable. The sun broke out and celebrating an outdoor Eucharist with Friar Tom, Brother Ambrose and a young couple from Rome, made it a special experience. Magical. Some mental snapshots from Janet Durrant: Arriving at the beautiful hillside town of Assisi and imagining St. Francis living there all those years ago. In my mind I view the whole, beautiful town spread up the hillside, with its clean, creamy pink stone buildings and winding streets and steps. The great location of the guesthouse with wonderful views over town and valley, and when we arrived seeing the statue of St. Francis with the birds in the olive grove in the grounds. The serenity and kindness of the nuns, and being able to use their lovely chapel. The open air Eucharist high on the ledge at Carceri, with Father Tom and Brother Ambrose, plus 2 young Italians was very moving and memorable. I was amazed at the tiny, lonely caves where St. Francis and his brothers spent time alone meditating, and everywhere the amazingly beautiful views.

The simple shrine in the trees of Pian d'Arca where Francis preached to he birds, the beautiful, fertile Rieti Valley, and the contrast with the great churches that have been built over St. Francis' other places of note. The easy friendliness of all the group was very special to me. And from Roger & Mary Ann Sweeny: The usual uncertainties of standby air travel, compounded by volcano-induced airl ines pandemonium, served as a stark reminder that we were committed on a journey of faith (you'll arrive when you arrive, get home whenever. Have faith: It'll all work out). Perfect introduction to a week in the footsteps of our Saint! Fruit of deep research and detailed planning by our leader Angus was the seemingly laid-back way in which he enticed us (as though with a feather) to walk with him back into the story of St. Francis.

Cont. overleaf

(Left) Francis dejected

statue at the basilica

(Right) Street of Assisi

(Below) The

Assisi pilgrims


CROSSWALK

T his Easter, St. Francis-in-the-Wood joined three other West Vancouver Churches in interdenominational co-operation to promote Holy Week, through a series of four 30 minute services. As well as Rev. Angus Stuart at St. Francis, the other three churches and leaders involved in Crosswalk were Rev. Ross Lockhart, of West Vancouver United Church, Rev. Jane Swatridge from West Vancouver Presbyterian and Rev. Peter Quek at West Vancouver Baptist Church. Each morning service, at one of the four different churches, allowed members of different congregations to experience each other’s worship while still being part of a cohesive journey through Holy Week. That journey culminated with the sunrise service in Caulfeild Park on Easter morning, which was led by both Angus and Jane Swatridge. Ross Lockhart brought the idea of Crosswalk to the West Coast from Nova Scotia, and as he commented to the North Shore News, it helped to demonstrate the power of connections between the West Vancouver denominations:"Members of my own church would bump into people that they know from business, clubs or kids' sports," said Lockhart. "It has an overall strengthening effect in the community."

Each daily adventure, each flight of steps, each rocky path, each question discussed brought us a tiny bit closer to that extraordinary young man, though a full understanding of him will forever remain beyond our reach. All we know for sure is that he chose poverty and service to others over his inheritance; that despite physical frailties he must have been tough as nails to survive as long as he did the untold hardships of the 13th Century, let alone the harsh additional self-imposed constraints; that there was no hatred in him, only love, and that his profoundly simple message has resonated with the wealthy as well as the masses ever since. Francis, too, knew the beauty of the Reiti Valley in springtime, and we must have walked in his steps down that wildflower-strewn trail among the olives below San Damiano. We were such a compatible group! Good accommodations. Lots of discussion. Daily prayers and the two Eucharists set the tone for all we did. Great food. Wine. Laughter.

A journey of faith indeed, and a great adventure. We arrived home feeling enriched and privileged. It all worked out. Thanks for many happy memories!

Contributed by the Assisi pilgrims: Angus Stuart, Gene Quan, Janet Durrant, David

Hutchinson, Roger Sweeny and Mary-Ann Sweeny

(Right) Leo’s Cave at Carceri


THE PARABLE OF THE PEW CUSHION “I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old…” (Psalm 78:2) There is a certain sense of irony that I feel each time I sit down for Morning or Evening Prayer during the week on the pew cushion on the front left pew in church. Irony because I have that niggling feeling that perhaps I might be colluding in a tendency that we sometimes have in the Anglican Church, including at St. Francis, of becoming a church-of-the-comfortable-pew. T h e C h u r c h - o f - t h e -Comfortable-Pew is the church where we come for comfort rather than challenge; more to rece ive than to g ive. Sometimes of course it’s OK to receive, but that doesn’t work for all the time; we need to be giving too. And the Church-of-the-Comfortable-Pew is the church we come to when we feel like it, when we don’t have anywhere else we’d rather be… A spiritual comfort blanket, mostly for Sundays only, just enough to reassure us but not so much as to encroach on our everyday lives too much. This begs the question: “What do you come to church for?” It’s a deceptively simple question, in some ways it’s a trick question. It’s easy to think in terms of what we get out of coming to church (to receive) rather than to what it is that God might have called us together for (to participate). But the more I think about it the more I realize that the question, “What do you come to church for?” is really a question about who we want to be and become. Why do I say that? Because our motivation for participation in the church and our level of commitment reflects who we are – the type of church we are – and who we are becoming as a community of faith. And who do we want to be and become? St. Francis-in-the-Wood is known as a lively and active church, a community that cares for one another and is generous to those less fortunate than ourselves. But sometimes it may seem that there are just so many needs and

demands out there that it is easy to feel overwhelmed. The temptation then is to close-in on ourselves, to shutdown and turn our backs on all those needs. But this is something we must not do if we do not want to become the-church-of-the-comfortable-pew. God has entrusted us with so much, and I believe that our

blessings are a sign of God’s faith in us to be generous and outward looking people, channels of God’s blessing for others. There are many areas in the life of the church in which we can participate – something for everybody, so we all can contribute in some way – and you can read about some of them opposite, on our Job Shop page. And it’s not just about Sundays… If you are around in the daytime, have you thought of trying the midweek Eucharist and Bible Study (when it starts again in September)? If you are a woman, have you thought of joining one of the monthly women’s spirituality groups? If you are a man, have you thought of making the Men’s

Breakfast a priority when it happens? When the house group starts up in September, will you be planning to go? When we next have a midweek educational course, will you sign up for it? How about joining me for Morning or Evening Prayer during the week – we have nice comfortable pews! Personally I love the pew cushions, but not just because they look great and are comfortable; for me they are a parable too, an ironic warning and reminder not to become the church-of-the-comfortable-pew. If we ever became such a church it would be Game Over for us, and for the Anglican Church. Our future lies in seeking to find out what God wants of us and to respond to his call on our lives.

Angus Stuart Rector


ST. FRANCIS JOB SHOP!

At St. Francis-in-the-Wood you are invited not only to come Sunday by Sunday to sit in our comfortable pews and hear challenging and stimulating sermons, but also to get involved in many aspects of our life together. Most are fairly simple and straightforward tasks, the main requirement of which is to turn up, but all are important in our life together. Here are just some of the areas that you might like to consider offering your energies… If you are interested in any of these opportunities please contact Angus Stuart in the first instance (604 831 3531, [email protected])

CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER CARE MINISTRY COORDINATOR After a number of years of quietly and efficiently coordinating the Care Team, Sara Eilers has stepped down from this role, so we are looking for someone to fill her shoes. The Job: coordinate a team of volunteers who have offered help to people in temporary need in our church community. Such help includes providing pre-cooked meals when someone is unwell or just home from hospital or when a close family member has died; offering rides to / from doctor’s appointments etc. This help is practical in nature. The coordinator’s role is to be a point person to receive requests for help via the parish office and/or

the rector and to communicate with volunteers by phone/e-mail to fulfill the request. The Care Team Coordinator also reports to Parish Council once or twice a year. WEST VAN CARE CENTRE PIANIST Each month, on the fourth Thursday at 10.30am, Angus leads a service at the centre with the support of St. Francis parishioners. The team is looking especially for a pianist who can play for the service each month, which is greatly enjoyed by the residents. CHILDREN AND YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER

There is a perennial need for volunteers to join our wonderful team of Sunday School teachers. This is one of the most valuable (and hard to fill) areas of ministry. It can be frustrating with fluctuating attendance but is potentially highly rewarding. Training is available. Please speak to Angus or Christine Stuart if you are interested. HOSPITALITY GREETERS Imagine coming to Church and having no one there to say, “Welcome” and to hand you a bulletin … imagine if you were a visitor or someone looking for a church and there was no one here to welcome you. Greeting people at the door as they come into church and making them feel welcome is crucially important as we seek to make St. Francis-in-the-Wood open and accessible to all. It is not a difficult job, but we do need plenty of people so that we can share the load. It’s one of those roles where we should be asking ourselves not “Should I be a greeter?” but “Why should I not be a greeter?” AFTER CHURCH COFFEE TEAM This is another of those jobs that is very easy and straightforward, like Greeters, but is crucially important in offering hospitality after our 10am Sunday service. Admittedly it requires a little more work than Greeters, but if you are a member of St. Francis and enjoy Coffee Hour, ask not “Should I be doing this?” but “Why am I not doing this?”

Blessing of confirmation candidates at St. Francis, May 2010


TREASURY COUNTERS Can you count? Do you count? There is a small-but-dedicated team who count the collection each week and deposit it in the bank. This is one of those behind the scenes jobs that is vitally important but because it is out of sight it is often out of mind, so you have may not have thought to offer your energies in this area. As with all these things, the more people involved, the lighter the burden for all. THE SANCTUARY AND THE ALTAR SACRISTANS Have you ever wondered about who sets the altar for the Eucharist each week and then clears away afterwards? Possibly not, yet this is another of those unseen jobs that enables everything to flow smoothly. Some training is necessary and will be given, but it is not a difficult job. Sacristans also change the colours of the altar hangings etc. at the appropriate times, and look after other things to do with the sanctuary. FLOWER ARRANGING Each week (except in Lent) the church is decorated with flowers – usually a main arrangement at the front of church and sometimes a smaller arrangement at the back; when there is a wedding there are two bouquets at the front. If you like flower arranging, perhaps this is something you would enjoy doing from time to time. WORSHIP SERVICES READERS We already have a large team of people who like to do the readings for the 10am Eucharist each week plus other services that take place during the year, but there is always room for more. So if you would like to participate in this please speak up! INTERCESSORS We have a small number of people who lead the intercessions week by week, and we would very much like to see this number grow. It is not something that everyone can do, so if you are able

to help in this way we would very much like to hear from you. A training session will be taking place over the summer, so if you are wondering whether or not this might be an area in which you could contribute then please sign up for it. CHALICE ADMINISTRANTS These are the people who administer the cup at communion each week and at special services during the year. This is the one job that you have to be licensed by the Bishop in order to do it, but it is always good to have some new names to put forward as people step down from this, or move away, over time. Training is required and will be given before new people are licensed. SERVERS/CRUCIFERS In recent years we have had a number of teenagers who have fulfilled these roles – sometimes both in the same service – but most of these are beginning to move on as they leave school. However, this is a good way for a young person to participate in the service. If you have a son or daughter (or if you are) aged 12-16 please think about and talk about whether this is something they (or you) might like to be involved in. RESOURCES LIBRARIAN Our Church Library in the Parish Lounge has recently been reorganized and many new books have been categorized and added. We need someone who would be willing to make sure that the shelves are kept in order, re-shelving books that are returned and adding new books, disposing of old books that are no longer used. ARCHIVIST For a number of years Susan Dirasser has been the Church Archivist keeping a record of all parish documents and records both at the church and liaising with the Diocesan Archivist at VST where older archives are stored. We are looking for someone to work with Susan assisting her initially with a view to taking over as our Archivist.


Clockwise from below; The Skit Girls, The History of Music, Three Silly Sausages, Magda and Alvaro, MC Mark Ballard and Giving the Vicar a Call

CABARET!

O ne of the most popular St. Francis events took place on May 1st when entertainers young and old gathered for Cabaret Night at St. Francis. Our talented congregation read poems and stories, sung ballads and performed skits for their delighted

audience. And throughout the evening the choir performed in a number of show stoppers, including The History of Music in just a few short minutes! Special thanks go to Caitlin Bradley, Mark Ballard and Louise Selby for putting the whole thing together along with a cast and crew of dozens!

Phil Colvin


YOUTH GUATEMALA MISSION August 3rd - 12th

T his summer, a group of four youth along with Rev. Angus Stuart and Phil Colvin from St. Francis-in-the-Wood will be travelling to Guatemala to join Rev. Emilie Smith. For the past eight months, Emilie has been living and working in the town of Santa Cruz del Quiché where she was commissioned to found a new congregation. Since January she has been turning an old crumbling colonial house into the K’aslemal Joromil Ja, the Peace House. It is here that the mission team will be travelling to spend ten days meeting and sharing stories with the community of the Peace House, working to help build the church and connecting with the larger story of Guatemala. What will the youth team be doing? Arriving in Guatemala on August 3rd, the team will travel to Santa Cruz del Quiché stopping off on the way to visit the Mayan ruins at Iximché. We’ll also be v i s i t i n g n e a r b y Chichicastenan where Emilie has been serving as priest-in-charge. The team will meet and share with local womens’ and youth groups. We will also be working around the Peace House. With a largely unfurnished, dilapidated space, the Peace House needs work in several areas including painting, clearing rooms and helping to establish a community garden in the central courtyard and on the roof. Working alongside local coordinators and volunteers, the team will get our hands dirty helping to beautify the Peace House. We will also visit the CCDA coffee plantation; which is where the fabulous coffee beans you’ve been buying to support Emilie’s mission come from! We’ll learn about what a difference fairly traded produce makes from the farmers themselves. We will also visit Guatemala City, and learn about the ‘children of the disappeared.’


The Youth Guatemala team! (l-r) Mark and Emily Galvani, Giles and Derek Klaver

Rev. Emilie Smith with Guatemalan youth

Community group at the Peace House

How have the team been preparing for the trip? Over the past few months the team, along with help from some of the wonderful parishioners at St. Francis, have been involved in a series of events to raise funds, tell the parish what we’re doing and to ask for everyone’s help and prayers. On the Mother’s Day weekend, the team helped Alice Hutchison to sell dozens of plants at St. Francis, in aid of the gardening projects we’ll be undertaking at Peace House. A week later, the team joined a Dessert Extravaganza evening hosted by Jan and Mike Volker, where guests got to sample some fabulous desserts and take part in a demonstration of how to make them. On Trinity Sunday, we presented the Youth Guatemala Mission to the parish during the 10am service; which included special prayers for both the team and Guatemala itself (which has suffered multiple traumas recently, including volcanic eruptions and the start of the hurricane season.) The service was followed by the annual parish picnic, where burgers were cooked and sold in aid of the mission. As well as assisting with funds, other generous donors have helped the team to travel to and from Guatemala by donating air miles to purchase flights. At the end of June, the team will be hiking into the Garibaldi Highlands with Emilie for a two day retreat to prepare and to spend time together exploring our fears and expectations of the trip. What can everyone do to help the team? There are several things which everyone can do to help the Youth Guatemala Mission! Firstly; even if you’re not literally going to travel with us to Guatemala, take the journey with us by learning about the trip and by hearing from Emilie the story of her work so far in Guatemala. Emilie has already joined the Men’s Breakfast to talk about her experiences, and she will be at St. Francis for the two services on the morning of June 27th. Secondly, keep the mission team and the people of Guatemala in your prayers this summer; as we prepare for our trip, when we’re away and when we’ve returned. Our intention is for you all to become a part of the mission by us sharing our experiences with you!

Phil Colvin


The chapel in the Peace House

Santa Cruz del Quiché

Easter parade in Guatemala

STRAWBERRY TEA

T his really popular event was very well attended and while the weather forced us to be inside the Rectory there was room for everyone and the coziness of the atmosphere brought many favorable comments. While this

event mostly draws the ‘over 50’s’ it is open to all ages and since we are all young at heart anyway it sounded a little more like a pre school having their end of year party!

Louise Selby

PARISH PICNIC

T his year’s parish picnic was held after our special Youth Guatemala Mission service. Those who came, and their teddy bears, enjoyed

themselves on the patio, heartily tucking into hamburgers cooked by Graeme and Nigel Joyce, while the children enjoyed games run by Phil Colvin and Emily Galvani.


THE TWELVE APOSTLES If you have visited St. Francis-in-the-Wood since Easter, you will probably have noticed an incredible cross stitch of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper which now hangs in the church. This cross stitch was made by Louise Selby. Here, Louise describes what went into making the beautiful design. Some statistics... Working from a graph and using 34 Anchor shades and 36 DMC shades of silk thread on Lugana 28 count fabric this work consists of: • 170,436 cross stitches. • 113,684 of these are worked with double thread

over double weave of fabric. • Hair, face, hands and feet number 56,752 cross

stitches using a single thread over a single weave of fabric.

• Taking into consideration the threading and finishing off of each colour and at an average of 300 stitches per hour this piece took 568 hours over an 11 month period.

Any type of needle work is my passion, be it knitting or with needle and thread. “The Last Supper” is the

largest project I have ever undertaken. Creating something like this using new fabric, lots of colours

and working from a challenging graph has given me great pleasure. With Google as my source (therefore no guarantees) I am led to believe that from left to right the Apostles are:

Bartholomew, James, son of Alpheus

Andrew Judas Iscariot

Peter John. JESUS Thomas

James the Greater Philip

Matthew Jude Thaddeus Simon the Zealot

Judas, wearing green, clutches a small bag perhaps signifying the silver he was given to betray Jesus. Also, he is the only one with his elbows on the table traditionally a sign of bad manners.

You can see The Last Supper on display in the sanctuary at St. Francis-in-the-Wood.


YOUTH MINISTRY AT ST. FRANCIS

T his year, youth groups at St. Francis have gone from go karts to the Ukraine, from spirituality to Olympic endeavors and this summer we prepare for one of our biggest journeys to date! On Mondays during our regular drop-in nights, we have featured YouLead sessions devised and co-led by members of the youth group. Chris Moignard, who has just returned from a placement in the Ukraine with Canada World Youth, shared his experiences of the program as well as life in Eastern Europe. And Mark Galvani talked us through the life and culture of Cuba; where we also enjoyed some spicy chicken and black beans. Ilyana Voth led an hilarious night of

Improvisational Comedy, while Luke Galvani put us through our paces with Quiz Show Night! Meanwhile, our Ignite senior youth study group this term was dedicated to preparing seven of our grade 8 and 9 students for confirmation. Over the course of three months we talked about personal identity (and designed our own baptismal robes!), the role of baptism and the Eucharist in church as well as figuring out what we think of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The series concluded on May 2nd, where we blessed the seven candidates during our morning worship, and then journeyed with them to Christ Church Cathedral where they were confirmed by Bishop Michael.


Hitting piñatas for Mexican Night and playing in a traditional St. Andrews Festival game for Ukrainian

Night Our 2010 confirmation candidates: Sarah, Steffan, Adam, Evan,

Karston, Honor and Alex

Customizing baptismal robes during confirmation classes

Our junior youth group have also been forging their own identity. After talking about the earthquake in Haiti at the beginning of the year, the junior group decided they wanted to use our traditional Shrove Tuesday (or, this year, Shrove Sunday) event as a fundraiser to help the earthquake relief effort. After a mass session of baking and decorating, they sold $300 of cookies on Valentine’s Day! The junior youth also performed during this year’s cabaret; putting together a series of fabulous, funny skits. The youth band have continued to be a regular presence leading worship on Sunday mornings, combining traditional hymns with more modern songs at services for Easter and Pentecost.

Although youth groups have finished for the summer, we are busily preparing for our next major project: the Youth Guatemala Mission. Six of us will be heading to Guatemala in early August, and you can read more about what we’ll be doing on pages 10 and 11 of this newsletter. For the youth group, it represents the continuation of a social justice formation we’ve been a part of for almost three years, thanks to our continued association with the Lutheran Urban Missions Society. For the youth who will be going to Guatemala, many of whom graduate this summer, it’ll be an important experience in their lives and one they’ll never forget.

Phil Colvin

(Above) Selling cookies for Haiti at St. Francis… (Below)… and serving our neighbours on the Downtown Eastside

(Above) Sarah busy mixing cookie dough for the Haiti bake sale!

(Below) Go karting at TBC Racing


Monday, August 30 7-9pm

“Teach Us To Pray”

a training session

for people to lead the “Prayers of the

People” in church This will be led by

Deb Rollins

For further information and to register:

[email protected] or 604 922 3531

Saturday, September 4 9am – 4pm

One-Day Retreat at St. Francis-

in-the-Wood with Bonnie Thurston

Bonnie Thurston earned her Ph.D. in English and Religious

Studies at the University of Virginia and completed her Post-doctorate work in New

Testament Studies at Harvard Divinity School. She

was a Professor of New Testament at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Recent books include To Everything a Season: A

Spirituality of Time, Fruit of the Spirit, Growth of

the Heart and Preaching Mark. She also has

published The Heart’s Land, a book of poems in 2001. She edited Merton and Buddhism as well as the forthcoming Hidden in the Same

Mystery: Merton and Loretto (Fons Vitae 2010).

Details of cost and theme to follow. Contact the Parish Office to register your interest.

Places will be limited so it will be first come,

first served.

Sunday, September 12

Salmon Barbecue following the 10am service

Tickets: $10 adults

$5 children/seniors Can be bought from the Parish Office

COMING UP AT ST. FRANCIS-IN-THE-WOOD...

Saturday, October 16 7pm

“Testament of a Naked Man:

Good News According to Mark” Our Rector Angus Stuart spent a year committing the

Gospel of Mark to memory with a view to offering it for public performance. On

Maundy Thursday this year he gave a preview to a

select few by reciting the first thirteen chapters – the story ending just before the

passion narrative. In October Angus will give his first public rendition of the whole gospel from start to

finish. Proceeds from this special two-hour performance will go to our “Martha Fund” supporting a young woman in Africa to pay her

medical bills after a life-saving liver transplant.

Bookings: $10 from the Parish Office

January 27 - 30, 2011

“The Christ Within”

Parish retreat at

Rivendell, on Bowen Island.

$250

For further

information and to register: [email protected], 604 922 3531

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