April 2024 Archives - Faith Tides

St Peter, Comox team raises $4,700 in CNOY walk

Catherine Porter — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:04:22 +0000

On the evening of Saturday, Feb. 24, seven members of the St Peter, Comox parish joined with 40,900 other walkers across Canada in the annual Coldest Night of the Year walk to support and serve individuals and families experiencing hurt, hunger and homelessness in our community. This is the fifth year that St Peter has […]

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Garden gives hope in Lantzville

Naomi Racz — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:03:22 +0000

The current St Philip by-the-Sea church building was completed in 2000. When it first opened, its unique architecture and beautiful garden were clearly visible from Lantzville Road — a major road through the Lantzville area. The church grounds became an attraction for the local community. A stream flowed through the property via a pond where […]

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The road to Notch Hill

Herbert O’Driscoll — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:02:52 +0000

We usually drive far more highways than we do roads. Roads are intimate and local. Roads meander. Roads pause for things. They run under deep groves of trees and let the shadows play on their surfaces. Roads go down by small rivers, even streams. Really intimate and quiet roads sometimes give way to a stream […]

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St Luke, Cedar Hill offers words and music to calm your spirit

Barb Prescott — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:01:54 +0000

St Luke, Cedar Hill is offering a monthly service, called Reflections. Enjoy music in the beautiful candlelit ambiance of St Luke church in the late afternoon. The readings, prayers and music of this special reflections time will calm your spirit and soothe your soul. Offering a combination of inspirational poems, thoughtful prose passages and untraditional […]

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Colonialism to creation care: ninety minutes for justice

Ken Gray — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:00:26 +0000

I am now into my third year of retirement from parish ministry. While casting around, wondering what to do now, I read a blog and then consulted with a colleague, Maylanne Maybee, and Partnership as Mission: Essays in Memory of Ellie Johnson (Eugene, OR, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2023) was born. This uniquely Canadian […]

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