Cowichan Anglican

10/31/2024

Dear Fellow Parishioners,

Below are the readings for this coming Sunday The 24th Sunday after Pentecost.

Ruth 1:1-18
Psalm 146
Hebrews 9:11-14
Mark 12:28-34

Readings are at:
https://www.lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Pentecost/BProp26_RCL.html

Time change - please remember to change your clocks before bed on Saturday night. Fall back one hour.

Pot Luck Lunch is on for this coming Sunday, right after the service! Great food and Great fellowship!
Bring along one of your favorite dishes and your appetite! It's always soooooo amazing!

Our Fall/Christmas fair is scheduled for November 30th. This is a wonderful event for our Parish and the Community. Stay tuned for details.

News from the Diocese is at: https://bc.anglican.ca/news

Quote - “There are two businesses in life, my business, and none of my business" Karen Casey

See you soon.
Ken

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion; they....

02/23/2023

Dear friends of the Parish of St. Christopher and St. Aidan in Lake Cowichan

This Sunday, February 26 marks the beginning of Lent. Rev. Selinde Krayenhoff will lead worship in our church sanctuary, followed by tea in the hall.

The readings this week all speak to the curious intersection between our free will, God's vision for the world, and the struggle between good and evil in our own lives. Here they are:
Genesis2:15-17; 3:1-7 Psalm 32 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11
The readings are on our website at:
https://www.cowichananglican.ca/news/lent-i


Curiously, the story from Genesis tells of how not listening to God "opens the eyes" of the first humans, as they realized the weight of evil. At the same time, there is an affirmation in the story of Jesus' wrestling with the devil, for our own struggle to find the pathway of truth, beauty, and wholeness: the choice to turn our hearing again towards God's voice is always present for us.

Next Sunday, March 5 I will lead worship, before we share at our First Sunday of the Month Pot-Luck lunch. If you are able, please bring a dish to share. But whether you can bring anything or not, do come and join in the festive gathering.

Following the lunch next Sunday we will hold our Annual General Meeting, discussing our parish journey over the last year, and looking ahead at the year to come. If you have a report to share, please send me a copy by email so I can print enough for everyone.

Our parish tradition is that the Annual Meeting is a time of affirmation, great participation by everyone, and a shared anticipation of the path ahead. Please do plan to be there!

Remember too that Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee will be with us at worship on March 26, speaking in our worship service, and leading a congregational conversation/consultation afterward. We do hope for a good turn-out: please be there if you can.

Warm greetings to one and all. May God rescue our world from war and financial distress, and the displacement of people from their homes and routine lives.

sincerely,
Eric

02/17/2023

Dear friends

One of the choirs in which our good friend Brad Bergen is fully involved, the Medford Singers, will be presenting a performance in our sanctuary this Sunday, Feb 19, at 2pm.

Please let others know and bring them with you, as you plan to join in this wonderful opportunity to delight in the blended voices of an excellent choral group, in our own church!

A big thanks to Brad for organizing this concert for us.

warm greetings to one and all
Eric