The service and reception for Marlene Reitlo is to be held at the Church of the Advent on Saturday March 8th at 11 AM, followed by a reception in the hall.

Here is the link for the livestream on YouTube:

https://youtube.com/live/3V0e6OzQlOA

Do you enjoy boardgames? Feel like getting together with friends for some games, snacks and plenty of laughs?

Then join us for the first of many Church of the Advent Family Boardgame Nights. Whether you’re a classical purist who digs Risk and Monopoly, or you’re into trying something new like Settlers of Catan or  7 Wonders; there will be tons of games for everyone. Party games, strategy games, dice, cards…you name it! We will also have a rules explainer available, so you don’t have to plug through an instruction manual for 20 minutes to figure out the games. Feel like sharing your favourite game with friends? Bring it along!

Did we mention snacks and drinks? That’s right! In true boardgame café style, we will have bowlfuls of snacks, popcorn, and drinks available to keep tummies from grumbling. All proceeds will go to the Coffee Fund.  So come feeling ‘snacky’!

Come out and enjoy the spirit of fellowship mixed with a little healthy competition and plenty of fun this Saturday March 8^th starting at 5pm. See you there!

Don't forget that clocks spring forward this Sunday!

The Peninsula Youth Group meets again March 9th at 2:00 PM at St. Michaels and All Angels to engage in a spring planting activity - both indoors and out.

Marnie will be in touch with the parents for whom they have contact information. Other folks interested in joining are most welcome!

The hardcover books of Bishop Budde's book How we Learn to be Brave have arrived, and cost the Church of the Advent $40 including tax. Please purchase your book ($40) on Sunday or on Tuesday evening. 

The Book Study comprises 7 sessions, and will be held on Tuesday evenings, from 7pm - 8 pm, in the St John's room on the following dates:

March 11, 25
April  1, 8, 22, 29
May 6

To attend online, please use this link: https://bc-anglican-ca.zoom.us/j/86314562121 

Don't be concerned if you cannot attend every session - read the book and attend the sessions you can.

Connection Point Resource Centre in Langford on Goldstream Avenue is a welcoming landing place where people feel safe and can find encouragement, hope, and love, regardless of where they may be on their spiritual journey.

This location officially opened in 2021 as a familiar place for the Westshore community. The centre offers a bread shelf, a free fridge, and access to case workers for anyone in the community. During the freezing temperatures we recently experienced, Connection Point opened as a warming Centre.

For the month of March, we will be collecting hamper items for the Centre. Thank you for your support.

We are thrilled to welcome award-winning jazz pianist Attila Fias as our feature musician for the next Jazz Vespers on Sunday, March 16^th at 7 pm.

The Ladies Guild host their next Community Lunch on Wednesday, March 26^th at noon. Come and enjoy a delicious lunch of soup, sandwiches, and desserts with coffee/tea, all for only $10 per person!

The Ladies Guild also offers luncheon tickets. These tickets are perfect for gift giving, have no expiration date, and can be used at any regular luncheon. To purchase them, please contact Jose or the Parish office.

We are very excited to announce that we will be starting a brand-new monthly event called "Community Coffee Social."

The Coffee Social will be held the second Wednesday of each month from 9:30 to 11 am in the hall and is for anyone from the community and parish to gather socially. We recognize a real need within the community for more opportunities to connect with one another. Our Compassion in Action liaison, Jeannine, is working with a small group to launch this ministry. We warmly welcome you to come and spend some time in a relaxing and social environment. Bring your friends too! Our first Community Coffee Social begins on April 9th. Hope to see you there!

Readings for this Sunday's services:

DEUTERONOMY 26:1-11

PSALM 91:1-2, 9-16

ROMANS 10:8B-13

LUKE 4:1-13                                                                                                                                          

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".

Last week’s book selections on preparing for Lent will remain on the Top Shelf for a second week.

Books borrowed for Lent will not be due back until the end of April.

To borrow a book, please fill out a green loan slip from the small bookcase in the narthex, and put it in the pink box labelled “Library.” If you have a book due for return, please fill out a yellow return slip instead, and leave your book beside the box.

Mar 8 Funeral & Reception for Marlene Reitlo, 11 am

          Family Games Night, 5 pm

Mar 12 Ladies Guild Mtg, 1:30 pm

Mar 15 Parish Council Retreat, 9 – 1 pm

Mar 16 Jazz Vespers, featuring Attila Fias

Mar 18 Parish Council Mtg, 7 pm

Mar 26 Ladies Guild Lunch, noon

Mar 29 Spanish Service, 6 PM

Mar 30 8:30 Breakfast

Apr 5 Taize Service, 5 PM

Apr 9 Community Coffee Social,

           9:30-11 AM (hall)

Apr 17 Agape Meal & Maundy Thursday

Apr 9 Community Coffee Social, Hall,

           9:30-11 AM

           Ladies Guild Mtg, 1:30 pm

Apr 17 Agape Meal & Maundy Thursday

Apr 18 Good Friday

Apr 19 Easter Vigil Service, 6 pm

Apr 20 Easter Sunrise Service, 6 am 

             at Esquimalt Lagoon

             Easter 8:30 & 10 am Services

Apr 23 Ladies Guild Lunch, Noon

Apr 26 Messy Church, 10 am

              Spring Potluck, 6:30 pm

Apr 28-30 Garage Sale Prep Week

May 3 Garage Sale Day

All are welcome to join us on Thursdays for our relaxed and interesting Zoom online Bible Study, to look at the readings for the following Sunday. No experience or prior knowledge is needed.

Time: 10 AM - 11 AM.

Zoom Link:  

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

Meeting ID: 883 7846 1340
Passcode: 4743031

Church of the Adavent is developing stronger partnerships with the Colwood Community Gardens Association as well as ReImagine West Shore, to strengthen our food security and community gardens ministry.

In collaboration with Flourish! School Food Society, ReImagine is proud to announce this year's Seedy Saturday!

Converge with local farmers, seed vendors, gardeners, and agricultural groups to celebrate our growing community. We CAN (and should!) grow more of our food at home!

A retreat is exactly what we need this Lent to not spiral out of control spiritually. Instead let’s retreat together to spiral towards transformation. Let’s see just how possible it is to integrate loss and change into our spiritual journey’s and find new energy for our lives.

Your guide and facilitator, Denise Doerksen will present you with several spiritual exercises to aid you in this personal journey. It will be a day of entering into the difficulties we have traversing the known pathways of our lives and what is unknown, and finding a way to integrate, grow and be transformed in the process. 

• Gather in the parish hall at 10am for introductions and refreshments.
• Instruction on each of the Spiritual Exercises will occur in the hall as a group and then you will be given personal time to explore these exercises in the church and/or in the gardens.
• Lunch will be provided
• Donations gladly accepted

Register with Rev. Denise at incumbent@holytrinityns.org

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 (except August and January)

Fourth Saturday of the Month
6 PM - Spanish Language Anglican Eucharist Service  

Office hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays

from 9 am until noon.