Christmas Pageant 2010

What a wonderful Christmas pageant! This was the best ever!

Christmas Time Is Here

Our Advent and Christmas Season bring many different events to the church. Please join us!

First Week of Advent Intergenerational Service--Nov. 28, 10:00am

An all-age service where everyone stay upstairs for our time of learning and fellowship.

Second Week of Advent--Dec. 5, 10:00am

Advent Carol Service with our Adult Choir and Musical Notes Youth Choir

Outside Christmas Decorating--Dec. 11, 9:30am

Come help put up Christmas lights to get the church ready for Christmas!

Toddler Service--Dec. 11, 3:00pm

A special, short church service specifically for young children (2 to 10ish) and their family and friends. We will be explaining the true meaning of Christmas through the retelling of the Christmas story and singing popular Christmas carols. All young families are invited!

Third Week of Advent--Dec. 12, 10:00am

Christmas Lessons and Carols

ACW Christmas Party--Dec. 13, 6:00pm in the Annex

Join the Anglican Church Woman for their annual Christmas Party!

Christmas Decoration Making--Dec. 14, 1:00pm in the Annex

Come help make Christmas decorations for the church

Christmas Decorating--Dec. 18, 9:30am

It's time to prepare the church for Christmas. Come out and help decorate!

Fourth Week of Advent--Dec. 19, 10:00am

Our Annual Christmas Pageant with the Sunday School and the Eighth Notes Children's Choir

Christmas Eve Service--Dec. 24th, 7:00pm and 10:00pm

Join us for our 7:00pm Family Christmas Eve Service with our Musical Notes Youth Choir and for our First Communion of Christmas at 10:00pm

Christmas Day Service--Dec. 25th, 10:00am

Jesus is born! Come celebrate with us.

Regular Church Service--Dec. 26th, 8:00am and 10:00am

New Year's Eve "Games Night"--Dec. 20th, 7:00pm

Bring in the New Year with Dinner and Games. Turkey will be provided but please bring another dish and games to share!

Fall Beginnings

St. Dunstans has had a really busy fall. Here are some events to look out for in the coming months!

Fall Fair--Sept. 25, 2010, 9:00am-1:00pm

Our annual Fall Fair was a great success. There was a great feeling of fellowship at the event. Thanks to everyone who turned up!

Pumpkin Carving Festival--Oct. 30, 2010, 7:00pm

Come to St. Dunstans to enjoy a night of carving pumpkins with the faces of your favourite Saints!

Family Potluck--Oct. 17, 2010, After the 10:00am Service

Join us for a Family Potluck Luncheon after the Sunday morning worship service. Everyone is welcome! Bring your family, friends and a dish to share.

Passion 2010--Nov. 5, 2010, 6:00pm

Are you a university student between the ages of 17-25? Come to PASSION 2010!

WHAT: A Christian conference for University aged students
WHEN: Friday Nov. 5th, 2011 from 6:00pm - 10:30pm ish
WHERE: Rogers Arena (Formally known as GM Place).
COST: $15
WHO IS GOING TO BE THERE?: Louie Giglio, Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin, David Crowder Band, Christy Nockels
MORE INFO: http://www.268generation.com/wt2010/new/r/index/nav/vancouver

Roots Among the Rocks Theatre Collective

We are very excited to be hosting 'Roots Among the Rocks', an Anglican-Lutheran theater group. Finishing their tour across Canada, 5 young adults and their leaders bring us a collective creation about the church of today. With rave reviews from coast to coast, we are very excited to see them at two venues in Victoria.
We hope to see you there!

July 25, 10:00am--St. Dunstan's Anglican Church
Excerpts from the play will be presented during the Sunday morning service.

July 25, 7:00pm--St. Mary's the Virgin, Oak Bay
Waged--$10
Student/Senior/Unwaged--$5

For more info, please visit their Blog at http://rootsamongtherocks.blogspot.com/

"Roots Among the Rocks seeks to share stories from the people who make up the church in Canada. Based on interviews with Christians from coast to coast, the show brings the Body of Christ home to itself, and asks the question: Who is Church? Characters tell their stories around a kitchen table, friends whisper is church pews, some choose to leave and others choose to stay. Music, poetry, dance and drama combine to explore just what it is that brings us together. Journeying through the themes of Sunday Morning, Identity Crisis, Resilience and Grace, Confession and Absolution, and Finding Home, come hear the stories and meet the characters that make up the church we call home."


"I have never cried at a theatre performance before."

"It was extremely professional."

"Everyone will see something of themselves in this play: rural/urban, anglo-catholic, evangelical - everyone will see their story somewhere in this play."

"That is the most profound theology I have heard in a very long time."

"There are so many parts that are SO funny!"

"Absolutely BRILLIANT. Well done, the entire audience was mesmerized. So very many thanks to you all."

"There are no words."

Refugee Families Sponsorship

Our Dioceses has decided to sponsor 3 Palestinian refugee families. As a church, we are holding many different events to provide the money necessary for these families to start a new life in Canada.

CHRIST THE KING CHOIR FROM UGANDA--
Friday July 16, 7:30pm
We were very excited to host Christ The King Choir from Uganda. It was a great evening of food, music and dance.
Of the $1200.10 made from the concert, half will go towards supporting our refugee families.
Thanks to everyone who came out. It was a great night!


MUSICAL NOTES YOUTH BENEFIT CHOIR CONCERT-- Friday June 4, 7:30pm
The Musical Notes had a great end of year concert! They raised over $600 to go towards sponsoring the refugee families. Thank-you to everyone who came out and supported our youth and their cause!

YOUTH GROUP CAR WASH--Saturday May 16, 1:00am-2:00pm
The Youth Group Car Wash was a great success! Everyone worked vary hard to reach a final total of $640! Thank you to everyone who helped out and to everyone who came with their dirty cars! With the money raised, the youth group is going to be filling backpacks with supplies for the 10 children of the refugee families.

St. Dunstan's Youth Group Feast or Famine Awareness Event

Thank-you to all who supported the youth during their Feast or Famine Awareness event. We had a great turn-out and an excellent response to the evening's activities.

The evening began with an ice-breaker game, and an opportunity to view projects on under-developed countries made by the youth members.
As guests entered into the church basement, they chose a bean at random to decide if they would be representing someone from an under-developed country, developing country or developed country.
70% of people were from under-developed nations. Forced to sit on mats on the floor, their dinner consisted of rice and water. They had to line up to receive their bowl of rice, and their water was available to them in the annex kitchen (representing the long walks which many are forced to do to reach clean water).
20% of people were from developing nations. With a simple table and chairs, these people were given tortillas, beans, lettuce, tomatoes and water.
10% of people were from developed nations. These people were served a full-course turkey dinner, including yams, green beans, mashed potatoes, and fruit punch.

With slide show presentations, a clip from Rob Bell's Nooma episode 'Rich' and an eye-opening quiz, the evening was very powerful.
We finished by sharing the rest of the turkey dinner and dessert, reminding us that we must all share with those less fortunate than ourselves.

A very inspiring event, the youth reached their goal to raise money to fill a stable through World Vision. Their final total was $1 305.

Thank-you so much to everyone who prepared, organized and participated in the event!

St. Dunstan's Spirit--January 2010

Please take a look at our January Newsletter for information about our parish and events in the community!

St. Dunstans's Spirit--January 2010