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Worship for Sunday July 12th!Join us for worship Sunday as we dive into the parables of Jesus and the mystery of the Kingdom of God! There will be bread and wine. Christ's Table is set and you are invited! Come ...
This church would not survive without member participation. To sign up for scripture reading or other helping roles, please click here or chat with Margot, our rota coordinator. |
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Pride 2026 - an invocationThe AbbeyChurch seeks to be Public, Intentional, and Explicit in our full affirmation and love of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Conscious of the harm the Church has caused on so many precious lives, we seek a more faithful witness of Christ loving commitment to each and every one!
We received this beautiful invocation from friends at the Kirkridge Retreat Centre in PA. Written by their formation director lacey hunter, it was offered as part of pride celebrations in Slate Belt, PA, USA. Check it out below or to hear it read click here.
Today is a sacred day, as we gather at Slate Belt Pride Come Queer One, Gay One, Unnamed One Come Fluid One, Changing One, Ever-expanding One Today we are possible because of one another Because there is a love that we cannot be separated from Because you, God, see and taste and know and call us, “My Delight.” Come Lover, Beloved and Be Love
Today is a holy day, as we gather at Slate Belt Pride come Compassionate God, Courageous God, Tender God, Today, surround us in your heart. Make this a place where community thrives. Where joy overflows. Where all who enter feel your grace. Come Lover, Beloved and Be Love
Today is a holy day, as we gather at Slate Belt Pride Come God of skin and bone, God of breath and stone, God of here and now, Today is a day made for pride. Where silence has been demanded, let your people shout for joy. Where love has been shamed, let your people know their goodness. Where hatred has spread, let your people come together in power. Come Lover, Beloved and Be Love
Today is a glorious day. Come Dreamer, Liberator and Healer Come Rainbow-Maker, Riot-Shaker, and Pride-filled Waker Today the table is wide And the people are ready Ready for our love to be music, Our names to flow down like waters Our bodies to be free Our communities to know justice, know peace Come One Who Formed Us, Whose Form is Us and Who Transforms Us Come Lover, Beloved and Be Love Amen. |
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Pride Parade 2026Come and march with friends from Broad View United and our United Church contingent in the 2026 Victoria Pride Parade!
The parade is tomorrow - Sunday, July 12 at 11 am. Organized by the Victoria Pride Society, this vibrant event typically features up to 140 parade entries and welcomes more than 80,000 spectators from across the region.
Marching together is an opportunity to celebrate the diversity of our communities, affirm 2SLGBTQIA+ people, and demonstrate The United Church of Canada’s faith and commitment to inclusion, justice, and love.
Please email janiena@broadviewunited.com and/or complete this form (https://form.jotform.com/261485709372061) to get updates on precise meeting location! |
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Pride Evensong 7pm Sunday July 12You are invited to join in a yearly tradition at St John's since 2016 - Pride Evensong. Join in the traditional choral evening service at the conclusion of Pride Week, celebrating and affirming all sexual orientations and gender identities, and mindful of the struggles that have been and are still being faced to bring inclusion and equality to Queer folk everywhere. Choral Evensong is an expansive and contemplative service offering beautiful music, and space to think, to pray, and to listen. An address will be given by Niall Barnard, the Venerable Alastair Singh-McCollum will officiate. Music, sugn by the Choristers of St John the Divine, will include Grace Coberly's setting of the responses, Joanna Forbes l'Estrange's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, and 'The God who sees me', by Sarah Rimkus, as the anthem. |
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AbbeyChurch Summer 2026 Worship Schedule(grab a card for your refrigerator - available in the back of the Church.) |
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Sermons page recently updatedRob has been hard at work getting sermons from previous weeks uploaded to our Youtube page. Check out the link to catch up! |
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North Park Hampers : volunteer opportunityWe've at Emmaus and AbbeyChurch have been a part of helping out on hampers for a while. If you can help out somewhat regularly, please do drop them a line!
If you would like to give to support the work NPNA does in serving food to our neighbours you can do so at this link. |
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Weekday Morning Prayer : *Summer schedule*NOTE: We are meeting less often during the summer months, and all are warmly welcome to join us! + Mondays at 9am - Morning Prayer with Centering Prayer @ The Upper Room (aka AbbeyChurch office - off the Balmoral parking lot, metal stairs up) - in-person only. There is not usually AM prayer on holiday Mondays. + Fridays at 8:15am - Morning Prayer - online on zoom only. Our weekday common prayer is liturgical in nature and based on ancient monastic practices. It's open to all who wish to join in-person or online. We sometimes chant the psalms, listen to a reading or readings assigned for the day, have a short period of silence, sharing and intercessory prayer.
The liturgies and psalter for weekday prayer are posted here. Please do email for a zoom link if you are joining online. |
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About UsThe Emmaus Community is a neo-monastic intentional community of ordinary people who commit ourselves to following Jesus in ways akin to the monastic life. The AbbeyChurch is a Sunday worship expression of the Emmaus Community. Not all AbbeyChurch folks are part of Emmaus - you're welcome to be a part of AbbeyChurch regardless of connection to Emmaus! As a witness to unity and diversity, we are an ecumenical shared ministry of The United Church of Canada and The Anglican Church of Canada. We intentionally draw on the 'jewels' of these traditions, as well as the wider church. The Emmaus Community and the AbbeyChurch acknowledge that we worship, take action and pray on the stolen territory of the Songhees and Xwsepsum (Esquimalt) Nations, the Lək̓ʷəŋən peoples'. |
