This week we will not be following the usual pattern of a joint service on the fifth Sunday of the month.

8:30 am Traditional Holy Communion
10:30 am BAS Holy Communion

Readings
Jeremiah 2:4-13; Psalm 81:1, 10-16; Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16; Luke 14:1, 7-14

Rev Irene Gifford-Cole leads a weekly Compline service Wednesdays at 7:00 pm at her house. 

The office will be closed on Thursday, September 4. It will be open as usual the following Tuesday. 

Community lunches are back! This month Yvonne will be putting together a lovely pasta primavera. 

Friends, family, neighbours, and visitors are all welcome to join us. The lunch starts at noon.

Bible study resumes on Monday, September 8. It will take place on Mondays from 10:30 to 11:30 am, possibly as late as 11:45 am.

The women's study will be on Romans. 

The men's study will be on Genesis.

The search committee for a new Rector has been quite active throughout August and has completed a draft profile for St Peter's Comox which will next be reviewed by the Diocese and appended to an advertisement for the position of Rector for St Peter’s. At this early stage of our search, the profile is fairly concise and contains mostly general background information about St Peter's and the Comox Valley that might be of interest to a prospective applicant. We will include this profile in our parish newsletter soon once it has been published by the Diocese.

For the next phase of our search, we will invite input from each of you in a “discernment” process. This discernment process will be to help us better understand a) the qualities and ministry gifts that we hope for in a new Rector and b) our aspirations for St Peter's in the future. To launch this discernment process, Canon Jenny Replogle will visit St Peter’s at a combined service on Oct 5th to be followed by a luncheon and a workshop led by her in the church hall. Our goal is to complete the “discernment” process by the end of October after which our committee will prepare a companion document to the profile to share with you and that summarizes what we have been able to learn about ourselves and the Holy Spirit’s guidance for St Peter’s. This document, we hope, will be useful when it comes to evaluating the candidates for Rector.

At this stage we do not yet know how much interest there will be in applying to be our Rector. With that in mind, I encourage everyone to join us in praying for the person that God is calling to come and minister and worship with us at St Peter’s.

It was recently discovered that the answering machine in the office won't go to voicemail. We're very sorry if you have tried to call and been unable to leave a message.

This will hopefully be resolved after Sara returns from holidays. In the meantime, if you need to reach the office during non-office hours or while Sara's away, please send an email instead.

Alongside Hope is the new name of Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF).

Since 1958, they have worked to connect the Anglican Church of Canada with people in need in 32 different countries.