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

PWRDF 50th Anniversary Celebration--Sunday Dec. 13th 10am

Join us in fellowship and celebration as we raise awareness for The Primates World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF).

With guest speaker, Sheila Flynn, addressing us during the service, you will hear about all the work of the Primate's Fund and how much we can help as a rich, developed nation.
Following the service, we will be hosting a Palestinian luncheon to raise money for the three refugee families our diocese has agreed to sponsor.

With displays, food and celebration, this day is not to be missed. See you Sunday!



For more information about the organization, please visit http://www.pwrdf.org/

Toddler Time Pre-Christmas Party--Dec. 11th

Toddler Time will be holding its pre-Christmas party (our last gathering for the year) in the annex on Friday 11th December at 9:30am

As always, all caregivers along with their children (ranging from babies to kindergarteners) are welcome, even if you have never been to Toddler Time before. We are planning to jingle bells, sing, eat Christmassy snacks, tell the Christmas story and have lots of fun. If you have a craft or song or story or some special Christmas food you would like to share, please let us know (stdunstanstoddlertime@gmail.com) so that we can incorporate it into our morning's activities.

As we did last year, we will also be collecting items for the Human Exchange (for more information see www.humanx.org), so we will have a collection box available for non-preishable food items and household items if you wish to donate to this cause. We hope you can make it.

Toddler Time will restart after Christmas on Friday 8th January 2010.

St. Dunstan's Spirit--December 2009

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

St. Dunstans's Spirit--December 2009