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Services this week28 April Easter 5
Prayer team is available during Communion at the 9.30 Sunday service, and please join us for fellowship and coffee after. 30 April Tuesday 10.30am Contemplative Prayer 2 May Thursday 10am Morning Prayer & book study - Fr Allen is at Clergy Conference this week |
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Preschool Biking in the parking lotPlease watch out for zooming scooters and bikes in the parking lot on Thursdays mornings 10.30-12ish in May (except the 2nd) as the Gonzales Preschool kids brush up on their summer cycling skills! |
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Helping a Family from Gaza Come to SafetyMany of you will remember Robert Oppenheimer of Emanu-el Synagogue in downtown Victoria. He came to speak at St. Philip a year and a half ago along with Fatima Haidari to seek support for bringing her sister and family from Pakistan. They are Afghan Hazaras who had fled the Taliban takeover. The family has since arrived and settled in Victoria. In the wake of last October's attacks and the war that followed, Robert started a Jewish-Palestinian dialogue group here in Victoria. The group is now assisting with fundraising to help Omar Omar, a Palestinian man in Vancouver, who is trying to bring his extended family of twenty people from the Northern part of Gaza to the Lower Mainland. Omar's family would come under a Canadian government family reunification program. It is comparable to the one which allowed Ukrainians to come on short notice on a temporary basis without going through the whole refugee process. Like the Ukrainians, they are technically not refugees. The government is not providing any financial support for the Gazans, only an expedited process so they could arrive in a few weeks rather than years. Because it is not a refugee sponsorship through a charity, Omar is raising the money through a Go Fund Me campaign, and there is no charitable tax receipt. He is trying to raise $100,000 but Robert thinks he will eventually need $200,000. Robert and Omar will come to St. Philip on Sunday, May 5th and speak during announcement time. Below is a link to Omar's Go Fund Me page with detailed information about his family’s situation etc. - Dave Conway |
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Book reading, signing & celebrationYou are warmly invited to: A READING, CELEBRATION & SIGNING with Rosaline Christensen Coffee/tea and cookies will be served 2-4pm on May 4, 2024, at Camosun College Please email me via the form linked below if you plan to come, as Camosun needs a head count. Thanks. |
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Newcombe Singers spring concertCentred around a rich choral arrangement of the timeless Japanese folksong “Sakura” (cherry blossom), the Newcombe Singers' spring program also features madrigals, ballads, and other soaring choral monuments to the timeless beauty of Spring. Music by John Rutter, Imant Raminsh, Orlando Lasso, Larry Nickel, Akiko Kondo, Clara Schumann, Bob Chilcott, Cait Nishimura, Ro Ogura, Ramona Luengen with poetry by Joy Kogawa. Featuring the children’s choir of the Victoria Japanese Heritage Language School, the Furusato Dancers, and Vannophat Kaploykeo, cello Concert Dates: Wednesday, May 1, 7pm, – Sidney, St Elizabeth Church, 10030 Third St, V8L 3B3 and Sunday, May 5, 3pm – Victoria. St Mary’s Anglican Church, 1701 Elgin Road. Tickets: $30. Children 12 and under free. - Liz Vickers |
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This week in prayerReadings and prayers for Sunday 28 April and the following week: click here |
Useful links
The Welcome pew leaflet, weekly parish news, current Anglican Journal, & Faith Tides, recent Parish Council minutes and more are all available in print in the narthex. Please let Anna know if more print copies are needed, on Sundays or for sharing with those who don't use email. News items for the bulletin are always welcome - deadline Thursday noon. More parish, diocesan and community notices on the News and Events sections of the parish website.
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Rector: Rev. Allen Doerksen
email incumbent@stphilipvictoria.ca, cell 236-508-2928 Rector's day off: Friday
Wardens: Larry Anthony lanthony@stphilipvictoria.ca and Ceal McLean cmclean@stphilipvictoria.ca
Office Hours: Mon 1-4.30, Wed & Thurs 9-4.30
250-592-6823
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