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In this week's Crossroads, you will find information on:
Lenten Night Prayer Livestream
Annual General Meeting
Lenten Hymn and Prayer for March
Collection to Palm Sunday
2021 Garden Sale Fundraiser
Karren Stinson Bursary
Felipe's drawing
COVID-19 Immunization Plan
Continuing Education courses online
Flower Chart for 2021
Calling and Caring
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Covid-19 Update
Holy Communion
Continuing Ways to join worship on-line
Read ahead
This Week at Church of the Cross
The deadline for all Crossroads submissions is Wednesday at noon. Thank you.
Please visit our website for more information about us and our events.
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L enten Night Prayer Livestream
Thursdays in Lent, 7 PM PST
Beginning February 25
Available on the regular platforms: lutheranvictoria.ca, Facebook Live, YouTube
We will be using the Night Prayer rite from Evangelical Lutheran Worship (pp. 320-327). We will provide on screen text and you can follow along in worship books at home if you have one available.
An opportunity for finding comfort and rest in prayer and music.
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Annual General Meeting this Sunday, March 7 at 11:30 AM on Zoom
 Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend the AGM of Church of the Cross this Sunday at 11:30 AM on Zoom. A Zoom invitation has been sent out. If you did not receive an invitation and would like to join, please email pastorlyndon@shaw.ca or pastorlyle@shaw.ca or call the church office. Everyone may join starting at 11:15 AM. The Annual Report to the Congregation is available here.
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Lenten Hymn and Prayer for March
Join ELCIC National Bishop Susan Johnson each day through Lent as she shares a hymn and prayer, inviting you to sing and pray with her.
Here is the hymn and prayer for today: (updated to Mar. 5)
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Collection to Palm Sunday
Collection boxes are available in the church foyer for the annual collection of coats, blankets and sleeping bags which Church of the Cross has traditionally gathered for Our Place up to Palm Sunday which is on March 28th this year.
The warm clothing that was collected up to the end of February was taken to Our Place Therapeutic Recovery Community on Talcott Rd off Watkiss Way near VGH on the recommendation of the Dandelion Society as neither they nor CoolAid were currently accepting items.
Social Justice Committee
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2021 Garden Sale Fundraiser for Shelbourne Community Kitchen
Spring is just around the corner so let’s do it again this year! Let’s have an informal Plant Stand at the end of my driveway at 3597 Thistle St like we did in 2020 when our Annual St Aidan’s Garden Sale was cancelled due to Covid. Last spring we made over $3500 for the Shelbourne Community Kitchen in the two months between May 1st and July 1st and we did it together from this little plant stand.
What is needed to set up the Plant Stand is:
- perennials from your garden (labelled)
- seedlings that you have started (labelled)
- plastic pots, ceramic pots, useable tools and fun garden art
- indoor plants
So go wild like you did in 2020 and let’s donate even more $$$ to the Shelbourne Community Kitchen in 2021! The stand will open May 1st so please have some garden donations to me by then and just keep the goodies coming until the end of June and together we will support the good work of the Shelbourne Community Kitchen. Call the number below if you wish to arrange for pick-up of your donations. Covid protocols will be adhered to.
Thanks,
Vivian Skinner
3597 Thistle St.
250 595-0543
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 The Karren Stinson Bursary Committee is happy to announce the two successful applicants who received the bursary for the 2020 year. Each applicant received a cheque for five hundred dollars. We congratulate Rebecca Yeo who lives in central Saanich, B.C. and is attending the Vancouver School of Theology. She is starting in the MA Indigenous and Interreligious Studies Programme and hopes to graduate with both an MA and an MDiv. A lifelong Anglican, she hopes to pursue ordained ministry, either in a parish or as a chaplain. We also congratulate Christel Federow who is starting the first year of the BSN program at Camosun College. She leaves her job as a registered veterinary technician to embark on a nursing career. We wish them well and God’s blessings as they work toward their goals. Peace be yours. |
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Felipe's drawing
#LentenKit2021
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Presentation & Conversation with Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda
Climate Justice: Faith Active in Love
Saturday, March 13, 2021
9:15 AM – 11:15 AM PST over ZOOM
And who is she?
Cynthia Moe-Lobeda has lectured or consulted in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and many parts of North America in theology; ethics; and matters of climate justice and climate racism, moral agency, globalization, economic justice, public church, eco-feminist theology, and faith-based resistance to systemic oppression. Her Resisting Structural Evil: Love as Ecological-Economic Vocation (Fortress, 2013), won a Nautilus Award for social justice. She is author or co-author of six volumes, and her published articles and chapters number nearly 50. Currently she is on staff at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and Church Divinity School of the Pacific.
This workshop has been organized for anyone who cares about climate change and wants to make the connection with their faith walk. It is all about faith in action, love in action, as it relates to climate justice.
What do you need to do?
Well besides not wanting to miss this opportunity please spread the word. Here are the details.
Please pre-register by emailing barbsmart2@shaw.ca no later than Friday, March 12.
You will receive your invite to this ZOOM gathering and links to chapters from Dr. Moe-Lobeda’s book Resisting Structural Evil: Love as Ecological-Economic Vocation . All are encouraged to read these pieces prior to the session.
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Continuing Education courses online
The Lutheran Theological Seminary Saskatoon (LTS) is offering Continuing Education courses online. The courses being offered are the following:
"Queer Theologies" (SL349DL) - April 12-16 by the Rev. Dr. Kayko Driedger Hesslein
The last forty years had seen a rise in theologies from Christian LGBTQ+ communities. This course will study the works of lesbian, gay and trans theologians, and will explore their contributions to the proclamation of the gospel.
"Creation and sub-creation: Social and Religious Themes in J.R.R. Tolkien's Fiction" (SL331) - May 10-21 by the Rev. Dr. William Harrison.
Are you a Tolkien fan? Or interested in why everyone reads him and sees the movies? J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is among the most famous English-language literary works of the 20h century. Intriguingly, Tolkien was an active and committed Christian, but his longest and bestselling work shows almost no sign of religion. We will read a variety of Tolkien's fiction and his own reflection on the work of writing, in order to investigate the ways he related religion to fiction. This course will be of special interest to people who are interested in addressing faith issues in a secular world.
To register for these courses, please visit the "Occasional Non-Program" page of the LTS website. The link to the application form is at the bottom of the page.
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Flower Chart for 2021
If you would like to bring flowers for worship for a special occasion or remembrance, please email or call the church office to 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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Calling and Caring
 During COVID-19, we continue to find ways to connect as a congregation. We have a group of people dedicated to calling and touching base with others in the community. Thanks to those who have volunteered. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Scott Constantine at 222scott@gmail.com or the church office. Scott will fill you in on the details!
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Covid-19 Update
The orders of our BC Public Health Officer were updated on February 5, extending the current restrictions indefinitely but to be reviewed. These require that the Church remain closed to all in-person worship and public gatherings. We will continue our current practise of livestreaming our worship and meeting remotely until the restrictions change. Thank you for everyone’s patience and understanding. The Covid-19 Leadership Team will continue to provide updates as needed. We give thanks that administering the vaccine continues. We look forward to it being widely available to everyone. Here is the link to the government of BC information: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-preparedness-response-recovery/covid-19-provincial-support/restrictions
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Holy Communion continues every Sunday
As worship includes Holy Communion every Sunday,  those who wish to join in celebrating Holy Communion at home are invited to prepare a small amount of bread and wine (or grape juice if required) on a plate and in a cup, prior to worship. You may also wish to light a candle(s) as part of worshipping at home. At the time of Holy Communion, you are invited to have the elements in front of you, join in the words of thanksgiving and to lift the bread and wine at the same time as the presiding minister. At the time of Communing, share the bread with yourself or with one another with the words: “The body of Christ given for you.” and “The blood of Christ shed for you.” After Communing, or following worship, please consume the remaining bread and wine. This invitation is for those who wish to and feel comfortable joining in Communion at home during worship. Those who do not feel comfortable are welcome to observe Holy Communion celebrated at the church as we trust in God’s Spirit and gifts of grace offered to all as and where we are. If anyone has any questions or concerns, please contact Pastor Lyndon or Pastor Lyle.
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Continuing Ways to join worship on-line:
Sunday Worship Livestream, 10 AM PST:
Go to website: www.lutheranvictoria.ca and click on the livestream link.
Copies of the bulletin/worship order for each Sunday are available for download, and printing if you wish, on the website.
View past worship videos by visiting “About/Videos” tab of the website:
https://www.lutheranvictoria.ca/about
View Sunday School videos and activities here:
https://www.lutheranvictoria.ca/kids-youth-students/childrens-ministry-sunday-school
Tuesday Morning Prayer continues each week at 8:30 AM PST
On Facebook Livestream and www.lutheranvictoria.ca
you can view past videos here:
https://www.facebook.com/lutheranvictoria/
You do not need a Facebook account to view the church page.
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Read ahead: Third Sunday in Lent
- Sunday, March 7, 2021 Exodus 20:1-17
Psalm 19
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
John 2:13-22
Worship Bulletin: CLICK HERE for Worship Bulletin
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This Week at Church of the Cross
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