“Water is everywhere around us and in us, tangible as sweat, visible as the high seas, invisible as the envelope of earth’s life-protecting atmosphere, and essential as blood. Water provides the matrix of our conception and our embryonic pre-natal environment. Breaking waters bring us to birth and water is the final elemental comfort we may ask for in dying. In the environment water has become a non-renewable resource because of its present rate of consumption, pollution and exploitation. Should it surprise us then that water has a central place in the story of God’s purposes for creation?”
 - Allen Goddard

For the third Sunday of the Season of Creation we worship the blessing of water. The biblical passages this week speak to the sacredness of water, and the curse of its scarcity. Come join us for worship Sunday at 10am. 

The image above is a beautiful watery image, a linocut by local artist Mary Anne Molcan. It is currently displayed in the Chapel Gallery exhibit HUMAN/NATURE which opens Friday evening from 6-8pm with artists talks at 6:30pm. All are welcome. A great opportunity to enjoy art and learn about the spiritual foundations of its creation from the artists themselves.

Nicky Rendell is also leading a meditative workshop on the artwork of Human/Nature next Wednesday at 1pm. More details below. 

This week we pay tribute to the life of Queen Elizabeth II. See below for details on in-person and livestreamed memorial services. We hold this loss in our prayers this week.  

Artists Marilyn Walker and Mary Anne Molcan have come together to present an art show rich in Season of Creation themes at the Chapel Gallery in St. Matthias Anglican Church. 

OPENING: Friday September 16 from 6-8pm. Artist talks at 6:30pm. 

Free and open to the public, this exhibition features their multidimensional prints, drawings, paintings and source materials. Molcan’s images depict the art of interbeing, where she blurs boundaries between human identity and the natural world. Walker’s multimedia art practice is a contemplative process. Her works focus on sentience and interbeing, where she portrays the consciousness in all living beings. The consciousness that links us all together. 

GALLERY HOURS: 12-4pm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays until October 2, 2022. 

On Monday, September 19 at 11:00am the Cathedral community will have the honour of hosting a provincial commemorative service for Queen Elizabeth II.

The service will follow a procession from the BC Parliament Buildings, which will begin at 10:15am. The commemorative service will be led by our dean and rector, the Very Reverend M. Ansley Tucker. It will be livestreamed at christchurchcathedral.bc.ca/live.

Public seating inside the Cathedral will be limited. A queue will be formed to the south of the main entrance. Please do not call the office to secure a spot. It will be offered on a first-come first-served basis.

Further details will be shared once finalized. 

Photo: GCPE, Government of BC

On Wednesday Sept 21 at 1pm Nicky Rendell, curator of the Chapel Gallery will be leading a free meditative workshop reflecting on the current exhibit HUMAN/NATURE.

This artwork by Marilyn Walker and Mary Anne Molcan is deeply tied to Season of Creation themes and speaks to our spiritual connectedness with all of life. 

In a practice called beholding, Nicky will invite participants to enter into stillness and meditative presence with the artwork. How does the work speak to you? 

Please bring a pen and notepad. 

Thursday morning worship at 10am with refreshments to follow. During this season, we will be using a Celtic liturgy: Small boat, great big sea. We will reflect on the journey and voyage of St. Brendan and his incredible trust in God.

All are welcome. 

Thursday communion will continue into the fall on a weekly basis so we invite to come everyweek or whenever you can.