The Community Sings!

We mark the end of summer with a special service of favourite hymns with scripture readings.

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Here's how our autumn is shaping up ...

(Stay tuned for details.)

Every Week

• Bible Study Tuesdays 7 pm-8:30 pm. Sign up and sampler package available,
• Community Musical Jam Wednesdays 7 pm-8:30 pm All welcome.
• Knotty Club Thursdays 1 pm to 3 pm. Making crafts for the Christmas Fair.
• Singing Group still working out the details

Upcoming Events

• September 7th Welcome Back Sunday / Bishop's Visit
• October 4th Food drive 9 am until noon (parking lot)
• October 25th Chief and PO’s Band in support of Wounded Warriors (Memorial Hall)
• November 15th Christmas Fair 10 am to 2 pm (Church)
• December 14th Christmas Carol Sing-a-long beginning 2 pm

Special Sunday Celebrations

• Thanksgiving Oct 12th
• Remembrance Day Nov 9th
• Advent begins Nov 30th

Parish Council Meetings

• September 11th in person 7:00 pm
• October 9th on Zoom 7:00 pm
• November 13th on Zoom 7:00 pm
• December to be determined

The Rev. Gail’s Calendar

• September 18-24 Holidays (The Ven. Penelope preaching and presiding Sep 21)
• October 20-23  Preaching conference
• November 14 Clergy conference
• November 16-29 Holidays

Come and join Esquimalt United Church as we celebrate the 100th Birthday of the United Church of Canada with a block-party street dance. Kick up your heels to the rhythms of Brooke Maxwell and Friends. Bring the family. This is a free all-ages event with snacks, children's activities, and toe-tapping music. All outdoors – we’re blocking off Lyall Street from Admirals to Constance. 

More information: www.esquimaltunited.com/events/birthday-bash-street-dance  
Esquimalt United Church, 250-384-3031, esquimaltunited@shaw.ca 

We Together is our regular (once every other year) diocesan conference to remind us of the ways we are connected; we are stronger together. We are bound in countless ways, in our structures, in our prayers, and through the stories we tell. We are each other's concern, and we are each other's gift.

This year the theme is God is not Elsewhere: The God of our scriptures and stories, the God of our traditions and rites, the God who whispers through music and poetry, is the God moving here and now. Not just in times and places long ago and far away, but within our places, our communities and our people. This years We-Together will highlight the gifts of a selection of people from our diocese, as we reflect together on some of the ways that the God who is in our midst is stirring and calling us on our journey together. We will eat and laugh, we will learn and be challenged, and together we will be nourished for our journey. 

The conference will begin on Friday evening November 14th with an evening banquet at St Paul's in Nanaimo followed by an opening address. On Saturday we will gather at St. Paul's for a full day of workshops featuring our speakers John Thatamanil, Jonathan Thomas, Jenny Replogle, Brendon Neilson, Christine Conkin, Gordon Smith, and Denise Doerksen.

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Next Friday at St. Philip 

September 20 - AbbeyChurch

Registration deadline is September 5.