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August 2 Worship Services8:30 am Traditional Eucharist 10:30am BAS Eucharist Readings Genesis 32:22-31; Psalm 17:1-7, 15; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:13-21 Please remember to click the button below if you are able to volunteer for either of the Sunday services, there are openings still unassigned.
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COMBINED SERVICE and WELCOME on SUNDAY, August 23Save the date for a special combined worship service on
Sunday, August 23, at 9:30 AM.
To bring our entire community together, for this day, we are merging our standard schedule into a single service. As a result, the early service will start one hour later than usual,
and the late service will begin one hour earlier.
Following the combined service, there will be a gathering at the church hall to welcome Reverend Francis and his family. Please join us for refreshments, fellowship, and a warm community reception
as we celebrate this new chapter together.
We look forward to seeing everyone united under one roof for
this wonderful day of worship and welcome.
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Important Parking Notice: Plan Ahead for Nautical Days This SundayThe annual Comox Nautical Days celebrations are taking place this weekend, which means town parking will be extremely limited for our upcoming Sunday services. Several streets near the church will experience heavy traffic.
To ensure you find a parking space and make it to the service on time, we highly recommend leaving home early and aiming to arrive fifteen to twenty minutes ahead of your usual schedule. For those driving from further away, carpooling with other parish families
is an excellent option.
Thank you so much for your patience, cooperation, and understanding as we navigate these community festivities together.
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St Peter's WalkersThis Sunday, there will be no walk so everyone can enjoy
the Comox Nautical Days Festival.
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Give Your Gently Used Items a Second Life at Blessings Boutique!Our beloved Blessings Boutique is running low on inventory, and we need your help to restock our shelves. What We Need Most:
By donating your items, you directly support local families and individuals who rely on our boutique for affordable, high-quality essentials. |
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Donations for Food ShelfRight now we'd particularly appreciate donations of pasta sauce, peanut butter, body wash and shampoo. We are also in need of rice, jam, canned food items, such as vegetables or fruit, cookies or crackers and snack food. Thank you to everyone who's been stopping by with food! |
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Parishioner's CornerMaria
Do you stretch your hands to me Maria?
Eyes pleading within furrowed face
Of fifteen years,
With unkempt pigtails and ragged shawl,
A child yourself with wheezing baby
Selling chiclets on the Avenida Madero.
What dispensation thrust upon your wraith-like form
Those tyrannies of hunger and despair
At such a tender age?
To hold you captive in their cruel grasp;
A bird in darkened cage
Without hope of a new day dawning.
You do not ask for much Maria.
No more than dog or cat would of their patron seek;
A little human warmth.
Yet here you stand barefooted and forlorn,
Pleading for compassion to deaf years,
And hearts long turned to stone.
idris rees hughes.
*Note
The Avenida Madero is one of Mexico City’s most vibrant pedestrians only streets. Despite its upscale atmosphere it is also
frequented by the poor.
‘Las Marias’ refers to the many indigenous women and girls who sell their traditional handmade dolls and crafts and sometimes
chewing gum to the tourists.
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Partners in Mission for JulyAlongside Hope has been connecting Anglicans in Canada to people in need since 1958. Once named for the Primate, the head of the Anglican Church in Canada, in 2024 the membership approved our new name. Alongside Hope is the Anglican Church of Canada’s agency for sustainable development and relief. Since 1958, they have worked hand-in-hand with trusted partners in Canada and around the world on a journey of positive change. Together, we are improving health, food security and livelihoods where needs are greatest. Alongside Hope receives donations from people across Canada – Anglicans as well as non-Anglicans – and also receives funds from other sources, including Global Affairs Canada and institutional donors. Their volunteers promote Alongside Hope programs in churches and communities, to raise money and awareness about the needs of vulnerable people around the world. The staff in Toronto are careful stewards of these funds and work to ensure that development and relief programs are as efficient and effective as possible. Alongside Hope is committed to working in diverse communities and does not proselytize in its work. |
