Please bring any flower or flowers of your choice to church on Easter Sunday for the Cross.

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For anyone who would like to contribute, we invite parishioners on Sunday to bring along hot cross buns (sliced and buttered if possible) to share during coffee hour after the 10:00 service.

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Prepare for Easter by joining us for some thought-provoking opportunities for learning and spiritual growth. Each event takes place in the chapel for an hour, beginning at 6 PM.

Monday

Reflections in Poetry on the Passion of the Christ - Canon John Steele.

Deepen your Lenten  journey with verse and song in a time of prayer and contemplation.

John Steele served eight years as a Naval Officer, thirty-eight years as a priest which included service in Yukon, Vice Principal of the theological college in Burundi and in the Diocese of BC. He represented the ACC at the World Council of Churches and the Canadian Council of Churches in addition to serving on CoGS, PIM, and FWM. He was a Primary Reserve Chaplain for eighteen years - 5 Rd Rgt, 39 CBG and Deputy Divisional Chaplain 3 Div.

Tuesday

The women of the crucifixion and resurrection story and their depiction in religious art. - Jessica Ziakin-Cook

Join artist and art historian Jessica Ziakin-Cook for a look at how the Women at the cross and the tomb, especially Mary Magdalene, are depicted in Western art and Eastern Orthodox iconography. How are we to interpret religious these images, and in particular, what might these images say to us today about the role of women in the church?

Jessica Ziakin-Cook researches the relationships between Christianity and art in the late modern period. Her work considers how curators in the 1990s shifted the conversation on art and spirituality, and how religiously-inflected artworks impact individuals and societies by creating community and posing critical yet essential questions about the nature of spirituality and art. She is a doctoral student in Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Victoria, where she also earned an MA Art History and Visual Studies and a BA in “History in Art” and Psychology. 

(image: William Blake: The Three Marys at the Sepulchre)

Wednesday

A Lectio Divina meditation on the account of Jesus' betrayal and arrest in John 18. - Terry Mikkonen

Jesus is betrayed, and the disciples are scattered in the darkness. Join Terry Mikkonen in a time of prayer, visualisation and meditation as she explores verses 1-12 of chapter 18 of John's Gospel by means of Lectio Divina.

A Maundy Thursday Agape Meal & Eucharist service will be held in the church at 6 pm this evening at 6 pm.

If you haven't signed up but would like to still attend, please do join us. You are welcome to bring either buns or bread, fresh or dried fruit, or nuts. These foods will accompany the soup that is being provided. There will be a vegan option. This is for all ages!

We ask that everyone please bring their own cutlery, plate, glass and bowl.

If you are able to stay afterwards to move the tables out and re-set the chairs, we would be grateful.

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Join us at 10 AM on Good Friday for a 90-minute time of prayer, song and meditations on the last words of Christ on the cross.

The Easter Vigil Service is one of the oldest and most beautiful ways to begin Easter. We are delighted to be able to share this experience on Saturday at 6 PM, with Sr. Ingrid and Fr. Dimas, in both English and Spanish - with a bulletin in your language of choice.

Do join us for this beautiful and traditional Easter service. Following the service is an informal potluck in the hall.

Image: Claudio Schwartz, Unsplash.

Join us for a very special Easter morning sunrise service at the Esquimalt Lagoon at 6:30 am.

To find the exact location at the beach, look for the sandwich board placed on top of Sr. Ingrid's car.

Jill and William Dolan invite all children to participate in an Easter Egg Hunt following the 10:00 Easter Day service. Thank you, Jill and William for hosting this special and very fun event!

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Monday Mar 30             Reflections in Poetry on the Passion of the Christ - Canon John Steele, Chapel, 6 PM

Tuesday Mar 31            The women of the crucifixion and resurrection story and their depiction in religious art - Jessica Ziakin Cook, Chapel, 6 PM

Wednesday April 1        A Lectio Divina meditation on the account of Jesus' betrayal and arrest in John 18. Terry Mikkonen, Chapel, 6 PM
    
Thursday April 2            Maundy Thursday Agape Meal and Eucharist
                                       Service, 6 PM
                                        
Friday April 3                 Good Friday, Church, 10 AM      
                                       (Meditation on the final words of Jesus)
    
Saturday April 4             Easter Vigil  (Spanish & English) @ 6 PM
                                       (followed by potluck dinner)

Sunday April 5                Easter Sunrise Service, 6:30 AM
                                        Esquimalt Lagoon
                                        Easter 8:30 AM Service
                                        Easter 10 AM Service 
                                       (followed by children’s Easter egg hunt)