Pictured (left) are (l-r) Brendon Neilson, executive director; Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee; and Jenny Replogle at Jenny’s collation as executive archdeacon. And (right) St. Michael and All Angels, Chemainus serves up fluffy pancakes, very berry compote, sizzling sausage and decadent desserts at a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper.
A woodworking Fantastic Friday
Words and photos by Barb Prescott
Fantastic Friday is St. Luke’s version of Messy Church. We start with a craft or activity, have “chapel time,” which includes a story and songs and finish with a communal dinner. On Feb. 6, St. Luke, Cedar Hill held a woodworking Fantastic Friday. Children, youth and adults enjoyed making creations using scraps of wood. Many children and adults don’t get the chance to work with wood, and it is always fun to see what they produce.
As Claire White, St. Luke’s people’s warden, commented: “The woodworking flowed into our theme during chapel, as we talked about Jesus learning to be a carpenter when he was 12.”
For this Fantastic Friday, we invited members of St. Luke’s Players to take part. St. Luke’s Players are based in St. Luke’s hall and produce four plays per year, including the ever-popular pantomime at Christmas time.
Two of St. Luke’s Players’ set-builders came and helped with the woodworking at Fantastic Friday. Dave Hitchcock, one of the set builders, commented, “It was a lot of fun hearing about their enthusiastic woodworking projects and then suggesting how they might go about making them.”
As the pictures show, this was a very successful and enjoyable Fantastic Friday.
