The bulletin for the 10 am service for October 27th is posted below.
To read or download bulletins from previous weeks, click here to go to the Bulletins page.
THIS WEEK’S PARISH NEWS – October 27 – November 3 (**New Items, *Revised Items)
**St. Luke’s Celebration Sunday Lunch after the Service – Please stay for lunch after today’s service.
A Big Thank You from the Shelbourne Community Kitchen for the Thanksgiving food donations they received from St. Luke's. Our donations totalled 211 pounds of food for the Kitchen Pantry Program. Tyler, the Shelbourne Community Kitchen Pantry Coordinator, says, “We were grateful to receive this generous donation!" The church looked beautiful with all of the food donations as well as the Thanksgiving flowers. Thanks to everyone for bringing food items to the church, to the Altar Guild for decorating the church and displaying the produce so beautifully, and to Ray Lett and Rick Saville for delivering the food items to The Kitchen.
St. Luke’s Book of Saints – During Sunday services in November, we will be reading names of our saints who have passed away in the last 5 years. If you have names you would like added to the list, please add their name on the sheet at the back of the church.
**Synod 2024 Opening Service – Diocesan Synod 2024 will open with an All Saints' Day Service at Christ Church Cathedral on November 1st at 7 pm. A reception will follow. All are welcome. If you cannot attend in person, the opening service will be livestreamed via the Cathedral website.
**Victoria Shows Love – Syrian Refugee Fundraising Concert: Saturday, November 2nd 6:30-9:30 pm, Fernwood Community Centre, 1240 Gladstone Avenue. A fundraiser for the sponsorship group who are raising money to bring Alex, his wife and two young children from Lebanon to join his sister Sasha here in Victoria.This concert features an outstanding line up of world music performers including Jordie and Habbous (oud and vocals), Anne Schaefer (vocals and Greek lyre), Doug Galbraith (Senegalese kora), Doug Hensley (oud) and Niel Golden (percussion) as well as a belly dance performance by the Bashirah Middle Eastern Dance Company. Finger food by Syriana Restaurant, licensed cash bar, and live and silent auction. For more information, please visit www.victoriashowslove.ca/
**Daylight Savings Ends Next Sunday, November 3rd. Don't forget to put your clocks back one hour before going to bed next Saturday night. Otherwise you'll be early for church on Sunday morning!
**Our next Fantastic Friday will be Friday, November 8th from 4:30 to 6:30 pm in St. Luke’s Hall. Invite your friends, neighbours, children, and grandchildren to join in the fun and find out why these Fridays are fantastic! For more information or to offer to help (always greatly appreciated!), please talk to Tara Poilievre, Barb Prescott, Sharon Hallsor, or Claire White.
**Save the Date - Sunday, November 10th will be a Service of Remembrance at 10 am. The service will start in the church and then we will move outside to honour the more than 170 veterans in the cemetery.
*Donations in your Special Purpose Envelopes – Unfortunately, 2024 so far has been a very expensive year for our buildings. To date we have spent around $20,000 more on our buildings than we had budgeted for this part of the year. The expenses have been for safety reasons, not cosmetic repairs. Expenses have included replacing the rotten deck at South Island Centre ($3,600), replacing the stage floor - asbestos tiles were breaking ($4,100 less $2,000 paid by the Players), repairing the cottage bathroom ($5,000), putting windows in the Sunday School rooms in the church ($800), repairing the dishwasher ($1,800), new faucets for the kitchen and a new toilet for the preschool washroom ($800), repairing the heat pump at South Island ($4,900 less $2,000 paid by South Island Centre), and repainting the kitchen – the paint was flaking off ($3,200). If you are able to make an additional donation in your Special Purpose Envelope (above your regular donations) to help cover these unexpected expenses, your donation would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your donations from September 1st to date, which now total $4,305.75.
The Compassionate Resource Warehouse Needs: Sewing notions (buttons, measuring tape, pins, needles, thread, trims, elastic, sewing scissors, Velcro, needle threaders, thimbles, small tins), crochet cotton, knitting wool, and embroidery supplies (embroidery kits, cloth, floss, hoops, large embroidery needles). If you have extras of these items, please bring them to the church or the church office. A basket for these items is at the back of the church. Their bins are empty of these items and they have requests for these supplies for their next couple of loads. Thank you for helping!
"Help Wanted” for Sunday Morning Coffee Times including baking, set up, and clean up. Volunteers have a choice to just set up or clean up or both. Baking is always welcome and thoroughly enjoyed at Coffee Time. Our Coffee Times after the 10 am services have become very popular and we can only continue if we have enough volunteers. If you can help, please email Heather Simpson, Rector’s Warden (hsimpson@stlukecedarhill.ca) or chat with her on Sunday. Dates are from the beginning of October to the end of December.
Save the Date for St. Luke’s Christmas Bazaar, Saturday November 23rd from 10 am – 2 pm. Now is the time to think of items you could make for the sale, such as craft items, jams and jellies, or baking which could be frozen. Thank you in advance for your help with this exciting fundraiser and community event.
**Jewellery for the Christmas Bazaar – Now is a good time to sort through your jewellery to gather any pieces you are no longer wearing, which you could donate for the Christmas Bazaar. Time will be set aside the week before the Bazaar to accept items for sale. If you have any questions, please talk to Barb Prescott or Sandra Lindberg.
Extra Parking Space Needed - Seeking an extra parking space to park a classic car over the winter. Do you have an extra parking spot in your driveway or parking garage? Happy to make a donation to St. Luke’s in exchange for the use of a parking spot. Please contact Sean Tiernay via the Church Office.