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At the crossroads...
Turn back! It's not too late! This is an Advent warning of hopefulness.
Welcome all!
Sunday Worship with Holy Communion at 10:00 am
Everyone is welcome here!
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 Season of Advent
Thank you to everyone who participated and brought food for the reception at last Sunday’s Advent Words and Songs with Lorna Crozier together with St. Luke’s Anglican. And thank you to members of the Choirs and Brian Wismath, Susanne Ruel-Zastre and Karen Johnson-Lefsrud for the wonderful music.
Everyone is also encouraged to join in Advent Candlelight worship on Thursdays, December 5, 12, 19, 7:00-7:30 PM using Holden Evening Prayer. All are welcome! |
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 Angel GiftsThank you to everyone who was able to provide an Angel Gift for a member of the Our Place family. The gifts and recipients will be blessed as part of our worship this Sunday, December 8.
Thanks for putting a smile on someone’s face this Christmas!
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Prayers and Anointing for Healing – this Sunday, December 8, in Worship
Three or four times a year as part of Sunday Worship we offer those who wish, prayers and anointing for healing during Holy Communion. The prayers offer God’s blessing for healing and wholeness and a tangible expression of that blessing with the sign of the cross with oil on our foreheads. A prayer for healing is not the expectation of a miraculous cure, but trusting that God brings wholeness and peace in all circumstances. There will be two places to receive the prayers – at the font and the prayer wall. Feel free to go before or after Communion. All are welcome. If you have any questions, please speak with Pastor Lyndon or Pastor Lyle.
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 Thank you on behalf of the Shelbourne Community Kitchen, I would like to share our sincere gratitude and appreciation for the donation of $475 that we received from your Advent collection last Sunday. Your continued support, collaboration and kindness is truly a blessing for us. Thank you! December is a wonderful time at the Kitchen. Our holiday programs invite participants to share in traditions and activities that help to make the season bright. Our Kitchen leads host multiple Christmas cookie baking sessions and special canning sessions for gift giving. We set up a Christmas card station and our gardeners plan wreath and centerpiece making workshops. New additions this year are our 'How to plan and make a turkey dinner' program and our 'Holidays From Around the World' family night. Special programs like these are possible because of your support and we are grateful. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Kim Cummings, Program Coordinator |
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 Gingerbread House Building
Saturday, December 7th at 3:30 PM in the Church Lower Hall
The whole family (absolutely no age restriction) is invited to share an Advent celebration of building and decorating gingerbread houses. |
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 Christmas Baking for those who are at home and
Harrison PlaceThe Deacons will be providing a poinsettia and some Christmas baking to members of our congregation who are unable to attend church and Women in Faith are providing gift bags with baking to the women of Harrison Place. Please bring items to the church by Sunday, Dec. 8th.
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Christmas Gift Options
What Gift do You Give to Those Who Have Everything? How about giving healthy food for their community?
The Shelbourne Community Kitchen has specially designed celebration cards to enable you to make a donation in honour of someone’s birthday, anniversary, to give at Christmas, or any other occasion. Celebration cards for donations of $20.00 or more are available at the Shelbourne Community Kitchen (3541 Shelbourne Street) or through the offices at the Lutheran Church of the Cross, St. Luke’s Anglican Church, St. Aidan’s United Church and St. George’s Anglican Church.
For more information visit the Kitchen’s website or contact the above churches.
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 How about giving safe housing for homeless youth?
THS: Threshold Housing Society provides safe and stable housing for homeless youth ages 16-24. Any night in the last year over 150 youth were homeless in the Capital Region.
THS provides housing and programing to assist the youth to become independent
persons and prevent them from joining the adult homeless population.
THS is selling gift boxes of 12 Silk Road tea bags for $20.00 per box. The teas in the box are both black and herbal. Don Storch (250 686 9947) is a Director with the THS Board and will have Tea Boxes for sale after worship on Sundays December 8 and 15. Or you can contact THS at www.thresholdhousing.ca/products/tea or directly at 250-383-8830 and pick up tea boxes at the THS office at 1524 Fort Street. Thank you for helping to end youth homelessness. |
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 Canadian Lutheran World Relief Gifts of the Heart Catalogues are now available.
Canadian Lutheran World Relief catalogues offering options for gift giving to provide relief and development gifts to others, are available in the entranceway, near the mailboxes and online at: https://www.clwr.org/news-events/gifts-from-the-heart. Consider offering this wonderful gift of hope to those in greater need this Christmas. |
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Weekly Bible Discussion – Mondays, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
The discussion focuses on the upcoming Sunday’s Bible readings and the connections and meaning for our time. No prior knowledge of the Bible is necessary. All voices and perspectives are welcome. If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Lyle or the Church office. The next study is on December 9th.
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 Living in Technicolor presented by
Voices in Motion
December 8th at 3:00 pm at
St. Aidan’s United ChurchVoices in Motion is a multi-generational choir for adults with memory loss, their caregivers, students and friends. Join us after the concert for snacks and ask us why singing in this dementia -friendly community has become the highlight of our week.
Tickets $12.00, available at voicesinmotionchoirs.org/events
or phone : 250-361-6291 or contact a choral member
Other dates: December 14th at 3:00 pm at Victoria Christian Reformed church
December 15th at 2:00pm at Gordon Head Recreation Centre Auditorium
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 ‘Zhindagee’ - Celebrating One Hundred Years Since South Asian Women were Permitted to Settle in Canada - Monday, Dec. 9th, 2019, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Sikh Youth of Victoria to hold talks and debuting an Exhibition in Victoria, BC, underscoring the city’s significance as a Welcoming City.
Talks and an exhibition highlighting the struggle of South Asian women to join their male family members in Canada, called ‘Zhindagee’ will be debuting in Victoria, BC, as part of a one year plan to celebrate the passing of the Privy Council Order PC2498 on Dec 24th, 1919, which finally permitted South Asian women and children to migrate to Canada. Prior to this, families were split, to ensure South Asian families could not settle within Canada.
The talk, by Mahinder Kaur Doman Manhas, and exhibition are complimentary and will be held on Monday 9th December 2019, 5:30 - 7:30pm at The Antechamber, Victoria City Hall, 1 Centennial Square, Victoria, BC.
Please RSVP below to confirm your attendance. We look forward to celebrating this important milestone with you. You're welcome to use the following link too to confirm attendance: https://bit.ly/37ZlyoQ
*RSVP *Jatinder Singh - email: sikhyouthofvictoria@gmail.com or call 250.589.2751 |
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 Joy of Life
Tuesday, December 10th @ 7:00 PM
Award-winning Tenore, Daniel Lapp's Joy of Life choir and gospel singer, Charlotte Martin - will be bringing it on with their festive Community Christmas concert at First Metropolitan United Church Dec. 10th @ 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:15 pm. Always a heart-warming addition for concert goers at Christmas time, Tenore‘s powerhouse vocals are now sought after across North America and around the world. Add to that the amazing sounds of Daniel Lapp's Joy of Life Choir and the sizzling red hot gospel vocals of Charlotte Martin and you will not want to miss this concert. Admission is by free voucher only, available at Ivy’s Books, Christian Book and Music, St Philips and St. Johns Anglican churches, First Met, Cordova Bay, Centennial and Oak Bay United churches. A free will offering will be taken. Get your vouchers now as they will go fast! |
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 The Victoria Native Friendship Centre (VNFC) is hosting a Winter Artisan Market every Friday
until December 13th from 10:30am to 3:00pm.
We have a range of Artisans, Cultural leaders, Traditional Medicine teachers and Elders on hand to bring their gifts for our extended community.
VNFC Elders fundraising ~ Silent Auction and Hand Crafted Gifts daily 9:00am -4:30pm (displayed outside the Community Room)
Indigenous Elders are having so much fun, they want to keep being able to have local adventures and ongoing programming at VNFC. Help us fundraise with our Silent Auction and purchase hand crafted gifts from Indigenous Elder Artisans, and items donated by community. We humbly ask for help to raise enough for community Elders to get to the Butchart Gardens fieldtrip to see the light display. |
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 Wine Before Supper at UVic,
an ecumenical Holy Communion for students –
We will be hosting the meal in the new year and will need 2 crock pots of vegetarian soup and some vegetables for the student meal. If you are able to help with the meal, January 15, February 12, March 11 - please sign up on the bulletin board or contact
Pastor Lyndon, Pastor Lyle or the church office. Thank you! from the students. |
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 Youth Group Meetings are held at St. George’s Cadboro Bay.
High School Youth Group meets every other Sunday, 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
Middle School Youth Group meets Wednesday, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
For more information, please Pastor Lyndon or Pastor Lyle or the church office. |
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 As winter settles in we are experiencing a surge in requests for warm apparel. Gloves are in especially short supply, as are winter coats, socks and cosy sweat pants, particularly extra large and 2X sizes for men and women. Donations can be dropped off at 919 Pandora front reception 7 days a week, 6:30am-8:30pm. Your generosity warms bodies and souls. Thank you!
Walk with us February 22, 2020! For the third straight year, we are participating in Canada's National Walk for Homelessness. Coldest Night of the Year is a family-friendly walk that raises awareness and raises money for charities serving hungry, homeless, and hurting people in our community. Circle the date - The website to register is https://cnoy.org/location/victoriapandora .There will be an information session on Friday, December 6th at 4:00pm at 919 Pandora Ave, Victoria in our second floor chapel for more ideas about how to create your team and invite your friends to participate. |
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Flower Chart for 2019
If you would like to bring flowers for worship for a special occasion or remembrance,
please sign up on the Flower Chart, posted on the bulletin board.
A reminder will be emailed to you as your date approaches.
If you have any questions, please call the church office.
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 The Shelbourne Community Kitchen
As we go about our weekly shopping, let us consider our blessings. Add an extra item or two to our shopping carts, and donate them to the Shelbourne Community Kitchen.
Items will be picked up from the Church of the Cross regularly.
Thank you for your generousity but please know that we cannot accept items passed the date of expiration.
Thank you for helping our neighbours as you are able.
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