It’s been a great week getting ready for the Garage Sale this Saturday, May 2nd. Thanks to everyone who has supported this event in so many ways – especially by bringing in donated items for sale and helping to sort and set everything out in such an organized and attractive way. Thanks as well to everyone who has signed up to work at the Sale on Saturday.

It will be a great day and we hope to see you and your friends and neighbours on Saturday from 9 am to 2 pm.

We invite you to join us at 5 pm this Saturday in the Chapel for a service of deep prayer and worship, sacred darkness, and the singing of chants in candlelight.

This Sunday is Battle of the Atlantic Sunday when we remember and pay homage to those who have lost their lives at sea in the allies' defence against Germany during WWII. 

To those who are currently serving or retired, you are invited to attend the service in uniform.

Join us for our next Community Coffee Social held on Wednesday May 6th from 9:30 to 11 am in the hall.  

We warmly welcome you to come and spend some time in a relaxing and social environment. Bring your friends too! 

If you have recently joined Anglican Church of the Advent and haven't attended a Parish Coffee Welcome, you are warmly invited to meet at noon in the St. John's Room after church on Sunday, May 17th. Get to know each other and learn more about the parish. We hope you can join us!

Members of Parish Council and other lay parish leaders are warmly invited to join us and to wear their name tags.

Join us on Sunday, May 24^th at 7 pm for our next Jazz Vespers service that will feature accomplished pianist Karel Roessingh and double bassist Joey Smith. Karel and Joey have played together ever since Joey moved to Victoria over 35 years ago.  They have accompanied many singers and instrumentalists, recorded together, and played in clubs, festivals, with orchestras and big bands, and in many other circumstances, but have rarely performed as a duo.  They'll play well known and original songs related to togetherness, support, love and friendship.

Please join us out on the church lawn after the 10:00 service on May 31st for our end of the year Sunday School picnic!

Bring along your camping chairs and sun hats to join us for games and lunch.

Sign up sheets will be out in the Narthex soon, so stay tuned!

The May/June/July Forward Day by Day Devotionals are available now. Because of the Garage Sale setup, they have been temporarily placed in the church but will be out in the Narthex next week. Please consider leaving a small donation for your copy.

The small bookcase in the narthex, which is the usual location for the Top Shelf display, the catalogue binder, loan and return slips, the Library box, and the Inspiration section (novels and poetry), and the table that contains the children’s books are currently in use for the Garage Sale boutique.

The Inspiration section has been moved temporarily to the large bookcase in the St John Room. The children’s books remain inside the table, but are not expected to be readily accessible this week. The binder, loan & return slips, and the box marked Library, are on the main library shelves outside the parish office.

Although there is no display, adult books remain accessible, and if you looking for something new to read this week, you are invited to browse them. The Anglican, Bible, Bible Resources, and Reference sections, and, for this week only, the Inspiration section, can be found in the St John Room. Sections from Celtic to Young Adult are in the main shelves outside the parish office. Among those recently returned from loan are Rachel Held Evans’ Inspired (BBLR EVA) and Wholehearted Faith (BIOG EVA2); Jen Hatmaker’s The 7 Experiment (CHLF HAT2); Max Lucado’s A Love Worth Giving (CHLF LUC3); the First Nations Version (IND FNV); Rhonda Mawhood Lee’s Seek and You Will Find (PRAY LEE), and Barbara Brown Taylor’s An Altar in the World (SPT TAY).

COMING SOON

Library arrangements will return to normal next Tuesday, 5 May. There will be a week-long display of books for Rogation Sunday on 10 May, to be followed by several weeks of the New Book Corner; watch this column for reviews of these new-to-our-library books.

To borrow any book, fill out a green slip from the small bookcase in the narthex, and put it in the pink box labelled Library. To return a book, fill out a yellow slip and put it in the box, then leave the book beside or under the box.

All are welcome to join us on Thursdays for our relaxed, lively and interesting Zoom online Bible Study, to discuss the readings for the upcoming Sunday. The readings are posted in this newsletter.

No experience or prior knowledge is needed.

Time: 6 PM - 7 PM.

Zoom Link:  https://bc-anglican-ca.zoom.us/j/88378461340?pwd=cU9wSUNEZG02M3h3bGVrUmpyMjRNZz09

Meeting ID: 883 7846 1340
Passcode: 4743031

Readings for this Sunday's services:

ACTS 7:55-60

PSALM 31:1-5, 15-16

PETER 2:2-10

JOHN 14:1-14

Read Sunday's readings online:
1. Go to https://lectionary.anglican.ca/  
2. Select next Sunday's date in the space at the bottom.
3. Click "Link to full text for this day".

May 2 Garage Sale Day, 9 am - 2 pm

           Taize Service, 5 pm

May 6 Community Coffee Social, 9:30-11 am

May 9 Funeral & Reception for Bernie Chandler, 2 pm
           Family Board Games Night, Hall, 6 pm

May 13 Ladies Guild Meeting, 1:30 pm

May 17 Parish Coffee Welcome, St. John's Rm, 11:30 am

May 19 Book Club, St. John’s Rm, 10 am

May 23 Spanish Service & Potluck, 6 pm

May 24 Jazz Vespers, 7 pm

May 27 Community Lunch, 12 pm

May 31 8:30 Breakfast, Room C
              Sunday School Picnic, 12 pm         

Jun 6  Taize Service, 5 pm

Jun 10 Community Coffee Social, 9:30 am-11 am

Jun 12 Strawberry Tea Prep Day

Jun 13 STRAWBERRY TEA & CRAFT SALE, 10 am – 3 pm

Jun 16 Book Club, St. John’s Rm, 10 am
            Parish Council Mtg, St. John’s Rm, 6:45 pm

Jun 25 Prayer Shawl Mtg, St. John’s Rm, 10 am

Jun 27 Spanish Service & Potluck, 6 pm

Jun 28 8:30 Breakfast, Rm C

Jul 11 Agnes Richardson Funeral 2 PM

Sunday
 8:30 AM - Traditional Eucharist, Book of Common Prayer
(no choir) Chapel

10:00 AM - Contemporary Eucharist, Book of Alternative Services,
with choir 

First Saturday of the Month
5:00 PM - Taize service with singing  Chapel (First Saturday of every month at 5 PM, except January, April and August.)

Fourth Saturday of the Month
6 PM - Spanish Language Anglican Eucharist Service.
            There is no service in December.

For any issues to report concerning the condition/maintenance of the church building and grounds, please email the parish office directly at admin@colwoodanglican.ca, or record them in the maintenance logbook that is located on the parish office door.

Office hours are Mondays  - Thursdays
from 9 am until noon.