The bulletin for the 10 am service for February 2 is posted below.
To read or download bulletins from previous weeks, click here to go to the Bulletins page.
THIS WEEK’S PARISH NEWS – February 2 – February 9 (**New Items, *Revised Items)
Please stay for Coffee Time this Sunday after the 10 am service – Park on Synod Road for easy access via the side door of the hall. If you can help with the coffee set up in these first months of 2025, please let Barb Felsing know.
*Reports for the Annual Meeting package were due last Monday. If you haven’t sent in the report for your area yet, please send it ASAP.
**Fantastic Friday – Our next Fantastic Friday will be February 7th from 4:30-6:30 pm in the hall. Fantastic Fridays are held on the first Friday of the month through to June. Invite your friends, neighbours, children, and grandchildren to join in the fun and find out why these Fridays are fantastic! Dinner is included. For more information or to offer to help (always greatly appreciated!), please talk to Tara Poilievre, Barb Prescott, Sharon Hallsor, or Claire White.
*February Reflections Service – Next Sunday, February 9th at 4:30 pm. The September Reflections will feature Victoria-based One Wheel Band, three seasoned musicians who bring a fresh acoustic approach to classic folk, roots, blues and jazz tunes along with original compositions. The three spokes of the One Wheel Band are: Burke Rosen (vocals and guitar), Diane Taylor (vocals and bass guitar), and Mike Sampson (vocals and guitar). The each month's Reflections will feature music along with poems and prayers. Enjoy music in the beautiful candlelit ambiance of St. Luke's at dusk.
**Amazing Journey Day Camp Planning Meeting - Sunday, February 9th, 3 to 4 pm at St. Luke’s. This year’s Day Camp will be July 7th to 11th at St. Luke’s. Help us pick a theme and be part of planning this year’s camp. Are you interested in assisting with music, telling stories, or leading crafts? This meeting is open to everyone including high school students.
**Save the Dates for this Year’s Amazing Journey Day Camp – July 7th – 11th in the mornings, 9 am to noon. St. Luke's joins with Church of the Cross each summer for a week-long day camp hosted at one of the churches. This year's camp will be at St. Luke’s. If you have children, grandchildren, or friends with children ages 4 through 11, please consider reserving this week for them to participate in the day camp. Children born January 1, 2014 to June 30, 2021 are eligible to be campers. We will also be looking for Middle School students to be Leaders in Training and High School students to be Small Group Leaders. Questions? Please talk to Tara Poilievre, Sharon Hallsor, or Barb Prescott.
*Attic Treasures Vintage Market will be held in the hall from 10 am – 4 pm on Saturday, February 15th. The Market will feature a number of vendors renting space to sell their vintage items. St. Luke’s will also sell vintage clothing, accessories, jewellery, antiques, old collectible toys, home decor etc. Your donations can be brought to the hall basement on Friday, February 14th, or a pick up can be arranged with Carol Turnham. We will need help with set-up on the Friday and selling tickets to the public (admission tickets are $3) as well as selling items on the 15th. Please call Carol Turnham for more info and to offer your help. Thank you.
*This year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), also known as our Annual Vestry Meeting, will be on Sunday, February 23rd. The in-person meeting will be held in the hall after the 10 am service. Please bring a bagged lunch. Tea, coffee, cookies, and sweets will be available. The meeting will include a review of reports from 2024, voting on the budget for 2025, and the election of Parish Council members, Synod delegates, and the Leadership Team members. There will not be an 8 am service that morning.
Parish Council for 2025 – If you would like to serve on Parish Council or know someone who would like to be on Parish Council, please speak to one of the Nominations Committee members: Rick Saville, Heather Simpson, or Carol Turnham.
*Karren Stinson Bursary for Lutherans and Anglicans based in Western Canada – Application Deadline: March 31st, 2025 – The Karren Stinson Bursary Fund celebrates the life of a parish worker at Lutheran Church of the Cross, the late Karren Louise Stinson. The purpose of this Bursary Fund is to give financial assistance to Lutherans and Anglicans based in Western Canada who are currently involved in post-secondary education leading to a vocation of service. We invite applications for this year’s bursary of $1000. To apply for the 2025 Karren Stinson Bursary, please visit the News page and carefully follow the instructions given. The Bursary is scheduled to be awarded in the late spring of 2025.
Country Grocer Save A Tape Program Update – We have now collected another set of receipts, totalling $5,000, and have received another $50 gift card, bringing our total to date to $700 in gift cards, which have been sold to parishioners. Well done, everyone! Please continue to collect your Country Grocer receipts and turn them in to Neil in the Church Office, put them in an envelope in the mail slot, or in the Country Grocer box in the narthex.