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Welcome to St. Catherine's!Greetings friends,
Thank you to all who attended the Saint Catherine's Vestry last Sunday (Feb 23rd) - all motions were carried. The Wardens also made the announcement that Rev. Dr. Angus Stuart will be starting as Interim Priest-in-Charge on March 16th, 2025, when I step down and into the role of Property Development support.
This Sunday is the last Sunday in the season of Epiphany - it is the Feast Day of the Transfiguration. Disciples of Jesus are working out what it means to live in a real world while embracing spiritual experience.
NOTE: Even though this Sunday is the first Sunday of the Month, there will NOT be Soul Food Sunday. We will be celebrating the first Sunday of Lent on March 9th, 2025 with a Soul Food Sunday.
Tuesday night we will be joining Highlands United for Pancakes. Gillian Holland and Monica Macdonald will have tables set out to support the Emergency Food Program with grocery donations, and the Primates World Relief and Development Fund with cash donations. See more below.
On Wednesday there are three opportunities to receive Ashes for Ash Wednesday - 10 am (at AMICA); noon and 5:30 pm at St. Catherine's.
May you know Christ's abiding presence and peace this week,
Sharon
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Presider and Preacher: Rev. Sharon Smith
Our Musician is Hyejung Jun and Choir The service will also be livestreamed. A copy of the bulletin is here: Sunday March 2, 2025 The Service livestream can be found here: St. Catherine's Website Services Page Previous livestreamed services, and sermon notes can be found here: |
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Pancake Supper - Shrove TuesdayThis year we will once again join Highlands United Church in their Gym (3255 Edgemont Blvd, North Vancouver) for Food, Fun and Funds. Doors Open 5:30 pm and Food starts at 6 pm. With a suggested donation of $10.00. This year we are encouraging folks to empty their pockets (small change for PWRDF - world relief initiatives - link here) and their pantries (items for the Saint Catherine's Emergency Food Program - listed below). Be great to see you there. Food items to bring: pasta or curry sauces, noodles, canned meat, tuna or salmon, oatmeal, canned soup, or other one can meals, canned fruit, cereal, granola or power bars, juice in tetra packs, honey or jam toothbrushes, soap, personal care items |
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Ash Wednesday ServicesWe will honour Ash Wednesday with two short (30 minutes) services - prayers, readings, poetry and signing ashes in the shape of a cross on our foreheads. We use the words: from dust we are formed, and to dust we shall return. Services will be in the Saint Catherine's Anglican Church at noon and 5:30 pm. What is Ash Wednesday?
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Lenten Study 2025All are invited to participate in a LENTEN STUDY following the Church Service on 4 Sundays: March 16 – April 6 (Come to one, any or all the sessions please register) Bring your own bagged lunch. Please register at scadmin@shaw.ca by March 14, 2025 The Study will focus on The Revelation to John 1 - 2 Session 1 Introduction - Ephesus - abandonment of Love – Session 2 Smyrna – to not fear suffering & Pergamum – issue with some teachings Session 3 Thyatira – They tolerate Jezebel and her teachings & Sardis – Awake from your spiritual sleep – Session 4 Philadelphia – They have kept God’s word even though they have little power and have shown patient endurance & Laodicea – You are neither hot or cold “Behold I stand at the door and knock”
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Good Friday: Hope in Troubled TimesGood Friday this year is on April 18th, 2025. It has been our practice since COVID to offer sacred art for the Saint Catherine's community and wider neighbourhood. Rhonda Garton, Lynn Spence, Heather Luccock and Rev. Sharon are putting together a photo and prayer exhibit, and we are seeking assistance from the community. As we look towards Good Friday, we remember the words that Jesus spoke from the cross. In particular: Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing, and My God, My God why have you forsaken me? These words are said by a person in anguish. And this anguish is the raw reality of our world at this time. We watch the devastation that comes from war and civil unrest. Yet we also remember two of Jesus’ other sayings from the cross: Behold your son, behold your Mother, and I thirst (with the accompanying response of a compassionate person). These words invite us to a picture of human care and Christ’s identification with humanity. These are more hopeful pictures of human resilience in troubled times. We are inviting any photographers in the Saint Catherine’s community to submit images that capture something of the theme: Hope in Troubled Times. For example you may have a photo from your travels that depicts the devastation of war, or a place of remembrance like a memorial site. Or you may have an image that epitomizes human compassion and care - children laughing on the street, a grandmother holding hands with a child or a mother and baby in front of a stark landscape. We are inviting you to submit 8 x 10" prints (unframed, and not your original) to the St. Catherine’s office by March 21st, 2025. Rhonda, Heather, Lynn and Rev. Sharon will be creating an exhibit for Good Friday where the community and neighbourhood can view images, read poems, scripture and pray for our world. Not all photos will be singled out in the main display, some may be in a collage format. Please note: this is not an opportunity to showcase family photos. Please speak to any of us if you have any questions. Photo: Father and son at Vietnam Memorial photo by Timothy J (Creative Commons) |
