Notices for July 20th 2014

St. Catherine’s (Capilano) Anglican Church

July 20th, 2014

This Week

Sunday July 20th there will be a short gathering after the 10am service, to start thinking about this years’ Thanksgiving Dinner on October 11th.

Please come and get involved.

Vivian and Christine

Cookies for the Homeless: Please drop off any donations by noon on Tuesday July 22^nd in the kitchen.  Thanks!

Contemplative Eucharist in the Chapel on Wednesday July 23^rd at 10am            

Please Note:  The Parish Administrator will be away from her desk this week (July 21^st – 25^th)

We will be checking emails & phone messages regularly,

but please keep the hard questions till Aurora gets back!

If anyone would like to volunteer in taking a small piece of church furnishings and sanding it and refinishing it, please contact John Luccock.

Deanery Outreach – Please remember the deodorant for the North Shore Youth Shelter.

Healing Pathways -This is a ministry of prayer and healing. Do you feel anxious or worried about things? Are you suffering physically? Do you need a time of prayer and healing? Come & be soaked in prayer. This session will take place on the second and third Sunday after the service. Phone Tony Dodd for details at #604 985 7057

Food Bank – Non-perishable items such as coffee, canned fruit/veggies, Kleenex, dry soups, etc. are much appreciated. Please drop off donations in the box in the church lobby.

DIOCESAN COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

June 10, 2014

• First meeting of the “new and improved” Council, with 25 members (rather than previous 50+)
• Presented with an Overview of the New Canonical Regulations – membership, meeting procedures, email polling, committees (Mission and Ministry Development and Management, Finance and Property)
• Council will now meet 4-5 times a year, face-to-face, with a Steering Committee reviewing and prioritising all matters and determining how best they be handled.
• Council affirmed proposal to appoint a full-time Children and Youth Ministry Coordinator for 2014 and 2015, with the Bishop to extend the appointment upon receipt of suitable funding commitments
• Approved loan to St. Helen, Surrey and allowed St. Anselm’s to draw on CTF funds
• Approval of capital funding and grant for extension of Ministry support to St. Matthew’s, Abbotsford
• Approved Camp Artaban Society making 1 more payment (no less than $196,316) to Diocese and then, assuming compliance, Diocese agreed to forgive the balance of the Artaban debt.

Ian Thomas, Capilano Archdeaconry Lay Rep