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Services this week6 April 2025 - Fifth Sunday in Lent 8am Holy Communion 9am Community prayers downstairs in the youth room 9.30am Eucharist, in-person and live streamed via Facebook Live [LINK]
Please join us downstairs in the hall for coffee and fellowship after the 9.30 service. 8 April, Tuesday 10.30am Contemplative Prayer 10 April, Thursday 10am Holy Eucharist |
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Children on Palm SundayPalm Sunday (13 April this year) is the last Sunday before Holy Week. It commemorates the procession of Jesus into Jerusalem, and his reception by the Passover crowds in the city, as related in Matthew 21 and John 2, and fulfilling the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9. There is a long tradition of having children take leading roles in Palm Sunday processions and other parts of the liturgy on this day, because Matthew's Gospel tells of "children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David." (Hosanna in Hebrew means "save now" or as used in the Gospels "honour to the one who saves" and indicates that the crowds were hailing Jesus as the Messiah.) This year at St Philip we specially invite children and their caregivers to attend the 9.30 service on Palm Sunday! and for those who want to, to take active parts in the liturgy. This could include:
If you're interested, please contact Fr. Allen ahead of time, either at church on a Sunday morning or any time HERE
Photo by Zach Lucero on Unsplash Header Photo by Avel Chuklanov on Unsplash |
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Asking for a Frond...Everyone is invited to bring something long and leafy from their gardens for Palm Sunday! Do you have pussywillows, or forsythia starting to bloom? A rosemary bush? Or maybe you or a neighbour might even have a palm tree with a spare frond or two? If you're able, please bring an extra frond for someone without access to suitable greenery. Image: surut wattanamaetee from Pixabay (palm) and Agata from Pixabay (forsythia & pussywillow, rosemary) |
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Easter flowersStarting this Sunday, April 6th and 13th, a member of the Altar Guild will be in the narthex following the 8am and 9.30 services to collect monetary contributions for flowers to decorate the church for Easter. It is so joyful walking into a celebration of flowers and colour! - Karen Fenimore Photo by Sheelah Brennan on Unsplash |
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St. Philip’s Finances – March 2025Here is a summary of Parish income and expenses for March 2025: Income: $23,200, of which:
Expenses: $23,800, of which
Balance: ($600) Note that this accounting reflects the date of bank deposits or cheques cashing, rather than when the expenses occurred or donation was made. The ‘Other’ income line was the quarterly interest on the parish’s trust fund. Notable ‘Other’ expenses included $1,500 for fittings associated with our sound system upgrade, and $1,500 for our ongoing website and social media work. - Mark Laidlaw, Treasurer |
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Holy Week and Easter - schedule of services13 April Palm Sunday: 8am and 9.30 Eucharist, procession with palms 17 April Maundy Thursday:
18 April Good Friday: 10am family and youth friendly service of meditations and music with Stations of the Cross 20 April Easter Sunday:
Christ Church Cathedral's Holy Week and Easter schedule includes a Tenebrae (Shadows) service on Wednesday evening and the Easter Vigil on Saturday night: CLICK HERE |
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Do you have what it takes to light the New Fire?Fr. Allen is looking to borrow a portable fire pit / fire bowl / barbeque suitable for burning wood in, outside in the parking lot at the early morning service on Easter Sunday. If you have one you would be willing to lend, please contact Allen.
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FREE Toddler’s Play Bus looking for a new route!If you know of a family, organization, or clinic waiting room who would be able to use this play bus, please contact Joan Sedgwick (joansedgwick@shaw.ca). Dimensions are 45”(l) x 29”(h) x 29” (w). |
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Contemplative PrayerPlease join us on Tuesday mornings, 10:30 - 11:30, meeting in the choir area of the nave (at the front of the church), for a 20 minute contemplative sit with a time of prayer following.
Photo by Dawid Zawiła on Unsplash |
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Thursday Eucharist scheduleThe book study following Thursday Eucharist will resume in May with Fr. Allen leading a "deep dive" into the Ignatian practice of Daily Examen Prayer. Thursday services coming up:
Photo by James Coleman on Unsplash |
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Staying Grounded in Times of ChaosIn today’s video, Craig Hiebert, incumbent at St Mary's Oak Bay, speaks about the Ignatian Examen, the practice of prayerfully paying attention. In the video, Craig mentions:
Header Photo by Kathryn Tyler on Unsplash |
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St Peter Lakehill: Sasha Luchkov, PianoAdmission by donation - cash or credit. Sasha Luchkov is a Ukrainian refugee, currently in his second year studying piano at UBC. Sasha is an extremely talented young artist, and a gracious and engaging young man. It is a delight to welcome him, support his educational goals, help foster a growing support network, and encourage him on a very promising career path. St Peter Lakehill, 3939 St. Peter's Road, Victoria, British Columbia, V8P 2J9 |
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The Restoration of Notre-Dame de ParisA talk and visual presentation by Philippe Villeneuve, Lead Chief Architect of Notre-Dame de Paris - Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 6pm Christ Church Cathedral, 900 Burdett Ave. This event will also be livestreamed on the Cathedral website.
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Gareth Higgins - two events in Vancouver1) VST and Allard School of Law Co-Host Guest Lecture Supported by SSHRC 2) Experiential workshop - Lisa Alexander |
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Community Art & Storytelling: Orca ChiefSharing from our neighbours at Oak Bay United: Please join Oak Bay United Church as we celebrate Earth Day 2025 through a community art & storytelling event! This all-ages event will feature author Robert “Lucky” Budd telling the traditional Northwest Coast legend Orca Chief in the church sanctuary. Budd is a gifted oral storyteller who collaborates with renowned Indigenous artist Roy Henry Vickers to preserve and share traditional stories.
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Where We Live: Critical PerspectivesEach year the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at UVic collaborates with colleagues at the Anglican Diocese of Islands and Inlets to offer programming of interest to both scholars and members of the local community. This year our day-long workshop will involve scholars and professionals in a moderated public conversation about crises that beset the natural and built environments. |
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Faith Tides: March & April 2025Faith Tides is the online, faith-based publication of the Anglican Diocese of Islands and Inlets (BC). Through news stories, reflections and feature articles Faith Tides aims to showcase the work God is doing through our churches. It is a space where people of faith and doubt can walk alongside one another, share their stories and grow together. In this issue
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News Roundup on the websiteplease share with Shaw & Hotmail subscribers - New feature on the website: news roundup, all the newsletter items together, published on Fridays. This is mainly to help those whose Shaw email still isn’t letting the e-newsletter through. If you are still not receiving the weekly St Philip e-newsletter on Fridays, PLEASE CHECK THE PARISH WEBSITE Most news and events items in the newsletter are routinely posted on the News and Events sections of the website first. You can always catch up with past e-newsletters HERE Photo by Natalia Łyczko on Unsplash |
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Issues with Shaw emails not receiving weekly newslettersIf you, a friend, or someone in your household use(s) a Shaw email address, and you haven't been receiving weekly newsletters recently, please be aware that Shaw email suddenly started rejecting all - or most - messages sent from St Philip in early February. The other Anglican parishes on the Island, and probably other organizations, are having the same problem. Everybody’s email program will have different settings, but here are some things you can do: 1. check junk/spam mail folder and keep checking it regularly, mark as "Not Junk" any legit emails that get in there 2. adjust Shaw spam filter settings 3. add sender to whitelist and Contacts list 4. forward a previous newsletter e-mail to reportnotspam@shaw.ca 5. as a last resort, resubscribe with a non-Shaw email. Others don't seem to be affected, except some Hotmail users. You may need to do these more than once before it takes effect. It seems to affect a majority but not 100% of Shaw users, and is not 100% consistent for those it does affect. Others with the same problem report that they were able to use these instructions in Shaw Webmail . - Anna Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay |
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 Judith Armstrong jarmstrong@stphilipvictoria.ca
Office Hours: Mon 1-4.30, Wed & Thurs 9-4.30
250-592-6823
admin@stphilipvictoria.ca Thank you for avoiding scented products at church.
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