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The AbbeyChurch Worship - tomorrow (Sunday) - for Indigenous Day of PrayerJoin us in house at Quadra and Balmoral (the former First Met building) to online at 4pm on Sunday for worship. Sermon from Murray Still - Chief Golden Eagle Man from the Bear Clan, Cree member of Peguis First Nation (pre-recorded) including histories of both the UCC and ACC apology processes to Indigenous communities/peoples. Music inspired by the indgenous gospel jambouree - old timey gospel galore led by Jen, Matt and Rob! Michelle Slater serving at Jesus' table of welcome... Reba chooses a poem... Barbara on Prayers... Children / Teens welcome to stay in this week with self-guided art carts and side table...
There will be bread and wine. Come.
The leaflet to follow along is available here. You can watch live on youtube here (direct link)
Image: a still from St. John Old Masset - Haida Gwaii |
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Summer Worship ScheduleAs an intentional act of Sabbath and regeneration, The AbbeyChurch will move to an 'every other week' worship schedule for July and August. Here is the schedule: Summer Worship Schedule June 23 & June 30 - worship at 4pm July 7 - off week - join us at the Pride Parade July 14 - worship at 4pm - with POTLUCK July 21 - off week July 28 - worship at 4pm August 4 - off week August 11 - worship at 4pm - with POTLUCK August 18 - off week August 25 - worship at 4pm September 1 - worship at 4pm @ Willows Beach - Season of Creation begins September 8 - worship at 4pm at Abbey Church - return to weekly |
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Camp SpiritCamp Spirit is happening from July 8-12.
Cost is $175 for the week (includes t-shirt, lunch, program, supplies, snacks) and there are bursaries (25% 50% 75%) available at check out.
If you need a full bursary let us know. More about Camp Spirit - run by the United Church of Canada here: https://www.campspirit.ca/ and click the 'register' button to register!
We can also use some of the following supplies:
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AbbeyChurch to partner with QomQem and NPNAAbbeyChurch is excited to announce a partnership with QomQem Coastal Connections - Indigenous Harm Reduction and Health Services - and the North Park Neighbourhood Association on a Sunday evening food outreach program. On Sundays, starting on July 14 at 5:30pm and continuing at least through March, QomQem and friends from NPNA and AbbeyChurch will be preparing meals in our kitchen. AbbeyChurch and Emmaus folk are welcomed to help prep after church is done and QomQem folk will take the food out for distibution in the neighbourhood that evening. Please let Rob know if you're able to stay and help. We will also be creating a list of needed food supplies that folks are welcome to donate and bring to church. QomQem is a grassroots Indigenous-led outreach program that developed in partnership with Peers Resource Society. They offer harm reduction and health care services to Indigenous peoples who are unhoused, precariously housed, and who may be using substances and/or alcohol. As a team that celebrates diversity, they welcome our relatives and allies from diverse backgrounds, sexualities, genders, abilities, beliefs, and identities. |
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Emmaus' 10th Anniversary!!!Two weeks ago we celebrated 10 years of the Emmaus Community. Rob preached, the band praised and a great gathering came together for worship and (of course) potluck. Art: Sarah Fuller art - love never fails - support the artist! (note: Sarah's design will be incorporated into our new hoody habits - coming soon) |
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Communion / Eucharist at Our PlaceFor the summer (June, July and August) these will be monthly on a Monday - June 24 and July 15 (August TBA). Feel free to join us for our smaller, weekly informal communion at and with Our Place. Worship is facilitated with the support of Our Place Spiritual Care. All are welcome! Contact us for more details and to come along. |
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Chainsaw Anyone?A large branch has fallen from the 100 year-old heritage 'sacred chestnut' in our courtyard. We'd like to save some branches for art projects and firewood. Does anyone have access to a chainsaw they could loan us early this week? If so, please do drop us a line. |
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Weekday Prayer ScheduleMondays at 9am - Morning Prayer with Centering Prayer @ AbbeyChurch office (off the Balmoral parking lot, metal stairs up) - in-person only. Our Place Eucharist monthly on Mondays for the Summer on Pandora - see more details here. Tuesdays at 8:15am - Morning Prayer hybrid zoom/in-person at Lynn and Phill's Near Castle Hardware. Thursdays at 8:15am - morning prayer - chapel / hybrid zoom Fridays at 8:15am - morning prayer - on-line zoom only Sundays at 10am - Spanish Anglican Eucharist at Quadra/Balmoral Chapel. Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe - Misas Todos Los domingos a las 10: 00 de la Mañana con Fr. Dimas Canjura
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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Burning Hearts Housing Co-op UpdateMembers of the Emmaus Community registered the Burning Heart Housing Cooperative in 2020 with the hope of creating a monastic residental hub for our members to live 'from temple to table daily'. We're actively looking for a piece of land or a multi-unit complex on Southern Vancouver Island to build or adapt. We're also seeking partners who might wish to collaborate on this. If you have ideas, possiblities - or are interested in this in any way, please email us: admin@emmauscommunity.ca. image: East Van Cohousing (not us, yet!)
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Parroquia: Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeParroquia: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe / Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a ministry / expression of AbbeyChurch for and by the Spanish / Latin American community in Victoria led by The Rev. Dimas Canjura.
Misas en Espanol domingos a las 10: 00 de la Mañana
NOTE: For July and August worship will happen every other week the same weeks as AbbeyChurch (July 14 and 28, August 11 and 25).
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Our Spotify PlaylistDid you know that we have a spotify playlist that we're constantly updating (now over 700 songs) that reflects the same eclectic music at AbbeyChurch. Check it out here. |
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Community Events
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Jesse Robertson to Preach at Anglican Cathedral SundayJesse is preaching at Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, BC tomorrow at 10:30am and will be speaking about the historical research he's been doing for the past year and a half, inviting listeners to remember how land, colonization, and dispossession have shaped our life as a worshipping community in lək̓ʷəŋən territory. Far from novel, these are tensions that go to the heart of the biblical tradition. All are welcome to join in-person or via livestream @ 10:30 am PT: https://www.christchurchcathedral.bc.ca/
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Pride EucharistJoin our Anglican friends from for a Pride Eucharist to rejoice in the fullness of love and diversity in God’s family. Regardless of how you identify, or how you relate to the divine, you are warmly invited to join us, knowing that all sexual orientations and gender identities will be affirmed and proudly celebrated. Wednesday, June 26, 7pm at Christ Church Cathedral The service will feature guest preacher - our AbbeyChurch Poet-in-residence Rebecca Yeo (they/them). The Rev'd Canon Jeannine Friesen, Priest in Charge, will preside at the Eucharist. Mark McDonald, Assistant Director of Music, will be directing a pop-up choir (see details below!). The service will be in person and livestreamed. It will be followed by a reception with refreshments in the nave. All are welcome! Come and join us!
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Victoria Pride ParadeThose marching will meet earlier around 10 AM. The parade begins at 11 AM. If you are arriving late, you’ll have better chance catching the parade near the end of the route leading into James Bay. There is a Pride Festival immediately after the parade at MacDonald Park in James Bay, where the parade ends. Rob and Matt will have their cells on them - Rob's is 778 977 7562 if you're looking for us! |
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Prayer in the Way of TaizePrayer in the style of Taize 6pm - September 20 October 18 November 15 St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church (Emmaus / The AbbeyChurch will be hosting this in early 2025) |
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About The Emmaus Community and the AbbeyChurchThe Emmaus Community is a neo-monastic intentional community of ordinary people who commit ourselves to following Jesus in ways akin to the monastic life. We have a "Rule of Life" with commitments to prayer, presence ands simplicity. The AbbeyChurch is a Sunday worship 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! The Emmaus Community and the AbbeyChurch acknowledge that we worship and pray on the stolen territory of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, the Lək̓ʷəŋən peoples'. |
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Shared MinistryAs a witness to unity and diversity, we are an affirming and 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. |
