[ Perpetual Information and Notices]

Rainbow Club EVENTS 

Tickets for the Farewell Dinner for Rick, Mary and family on May 30th are going fast. Everyone attending must have a ticket (no charge). Please see Glenda Lightbody after the 7:45 and before the 9 and 11 services to obtain your tickets, or call her at 656-4421. 

Abbeyfield
Abbeyfield residents invite you to join with them Thursday, May 15th at 2:30 p.m. for an afternoon of gospel and old favourites with Paul Foster. Refreshments provided. 

Coffee Ministry
A volunteer to prepare the Coffee Volunteers Schedule and distribute it is urgently needed. An amended schedule for May to August is in the Coffee mailbox at the back of the church. If interested, please phone the office as soon as possible. 

Relief of Myanmar
If you wish to donate to the PWRDF for the relief of Myanmar, please send your cheques to the Diocesan Office at 900 Vancouver Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3V7. 

 Readers
Please pick up your Service Schedule for the month of May in the Readers' mailbox at the back of the church.

Threshold Housing Society
Affiliated with the Anglican Diocese of  BC, is a social housing program for youth at risk of homelessness on 
Vancouver Island, The Annual General Meeting will be held Thursday, May 15th at 7:00 p.m. in the Lounge of St. John the Divine, 1611 Quadra St. Refreshments provided, We look forward to share our excitement about Threshold's work in the diocese, Membership dues of $20 will receive a 'charitable donation receipt'.

  Abbeyfield
Needs a cook for 2 weekends a month. Must have Food Safe Certificate, Contact Gwen 655-7056.

 New Church Windows
The celebration of the 100th anniversary of St. Andrew's Church will take place in 2010. Already, we are preparing for this event by renovating. the church building. Included will be repair and/or replacement of 9 diamond pane windows.· These are leaded glass which usually have a life of 75 to 100 years and are now becoming a safety issue. 

We have contacted Mercer & Schaefer, a firm of stained glass designers who have presented a plan to combine some elements of the present windows with newly designed additional windows. 

There are a number of  'Memorial' opportunities before us. 

1. Commission a window to be designed in stained glass. The cost would be determined by the size and the complexity of the design. 
2. Donate a symbol to decorate the smaller upper windows (approx. $500). There are many appropriate symbols to choose from. 
3. Make a donation to the Memorial Fund specifying 'Church Windows: 

We expect the work to be completed by spring of 2010. Please contact Rev. Rick Root, Jan Bergink (656-0877) or Stephen Hives (6564586) for further information. 


Updating our Church History
As our 100th anniversary approaches, updating our photo albums and history books with pictures of parish life becomes somewhat of a priority. Do you have any photos? Photographs of home groups, Sunday School, Rainbow Club, Neighbours Lunch, Outdoor Services, Camp Columbia, etc. would be much appreciated. Please pass them on to Norah Cook (656-2415) 

Book Room
Thank you for the wonderful donations and support we receive. We are sorry that we cannot handle large hard-cover books as we do not have the room. All suitable religious books are put in the Narthex and people may borrow them. We do need help on Saturday mornings 9:30 AM to 11 :00. Anyone interested, contact Jean Scott. 

 

2008 Contribution Envelopes
Please pick up your 2008 contribution boxes in the narthex. The boxes are displayed in numerical order; alphabetical lists are available to locate your number, if needed. Please report any change of address to the office. If you would like a box for your 2008 contributions or automatic withdrawals from your account, please contact the office or Ruth Simpson
(652-1109).

Receiving Communion
Anyone wishing to have communion brought to them in the pew during the service, please talk to the sidesperson on duty or talk to Rev. Root.