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Bible Study and Seasonal Programs
Bible study – Offered to dive more deeply into the weekly Sunday service readings. Guided by our priest, the study is modeled on a Lectio Divina method, where participants prayerfully discuss the readings, exploring topics that arise. Participants journey together in their faith, encourage each other in the way of Christ, and support a sense of curiosity.
Seasonal Programs – Formation offerings throughout seasons such as Advent and Lent which may include: group discussion, book studies, meditation, interactive activities such as the clay nativity building, advent wreath making, and other gatherings.
- Our current program is a Lenten prayer group beginning February 26. Please form small prayer groups (4-5 people) and meet weekly with your group.
- A Lenten children and youth prayer group is being offered on zoom, Tuesdays 3:15pm. Please contact the office for zoom link to join.
Please contact the church office for more info regarding when these take place.
Service Ministries
If you are interested in being a part of our Choir, Altar Guild, Flower Guild, Greeters, or Street Ministry, please contact the church office and they will connect you to the right leaders.
Outreach
Our current outreach project is a ministry to help send youth to the Diocesan Anglican Camp OAC in the summer. There are many who cannot afford to pay camp fees. We are trying to support the youth by collecting refundable items such as cans, pop bottles, liquor, and wine bottles, anything that will give a refund. Please contact the church office if you are able to help with this.
Social Justice/ Development
Here at St. George, we partner with The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF). This is the Anglican Church of Canada’s agency for sustainable development and relief. With the support of Anglicans across Canada, PWRDF partners with organizations working to increase healthy pregnancies and births, reduce gender inequality, relieve hunger, and break the cycle of poverty in the world’s most vulnerable communities.
Truth and Reconciliation Ministry
At St. George, we acknowledge and give thanks for our worship on the traditional and unceded lands of the Syilx/Okanagan people. One of the things that excite us is a will to live into our commitments to the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and we hope to find creative ways to do this in our community. Indigenous Ministries support the Indigenous Peoples of Canada (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) spiritually, socially, economically, and politically. We recognize that the purity of the land base provides for all our needs. As active participants in the life of the church, we strive for reconciliation with the Anglican Communion and work towards Indigenous self-determination.
Anglican Journal
The Anglican Journal is the national newspaper of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is published 10 times a year and carries 19 regional newspapers that provide important local information for Anglican dioceses. It has been recognized with hundreds of journalism awards for news, features, editorial, and column writing. Check it out; lots of great articles plus ways to get further involved in Anglican church initiatives.
Our Diocese
The Diocese spans five valleys in Southern BC from the Okanagan Valley through the west and east Kootenays. The Diocese lives faithfully, joyfully and celebrates it supportive clergy community. Find out more at this link.
Our Newsletter
The Kootenay Contact Diocese Newsletter will help give an idea of where the Diocese is going and what we are up to, plus offer a special note from the Bishop.
The Highway
The HighWay is the official news publication for the Diocese of Kootenay, in the Anglican Church of Canada. It is published 10 times per year (September – June) and connects churches and communities in central British Columbia by offering news, events, opinions, and ideas to people in southern BC from the Okanagan Valley through the west and east Kootenays.
Education
The Kootenay School of Ministry – runs courses to prepare locally trained Preists, Deacons and liceneced Lay Ministers for ministry work. However these courses are open to anyone who is interested; they are valuable for any Christian. Ordained clergy may find them especially useful as a form of continuing education. All high-quality classes function at a seminary level and are designed to be accessible to people with a variety of educational backgrounds. Faculty are qualified and expert in their respective fields and are excellent teachers. Our time together is meant to be fun, and it’s also a solid learning experience.
Education for Ministry (EfM)
Education for Ministry (EfM) is a distance learning program of theological education for lay people. There are four years but participants commit for one year at a time, meeting in small groups for study and practice to aid them in discovering and nurturing their call to Christian service. EfM helps the faithful encounter the breadth and depth of the Christian tradition and bring it into conversation with their experiences of the world as they study, worship, and engage in theological reflection together.