from the Scriptures for next Sunday
"Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you--unless you have come to believe in vain." [I Cor 15: 1,2]
The purpose of this website is to give a glimpse of our journey of faith here at St. Michael’s. Click on the items under “Information” at the right to start. You may want to check “Calendar” on the left for coming events, and "Our Church" talks about people and buildings. Roll over the topics at the top of this page to see the contents of each. Under-twenty-five? Don’t miss Generations in the column on the right. (more of Welcome!)
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The Readings for next Sunday
Isaiah 6:1-8, (9-13);
Psalm 138;
1 Corinthians 15:1-11;
Luke 5:1-11
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See "Site Development News" on this page
The plans have been approved unanimously by the City Advisory Planning Commission. The full 3'X4' detailed architectural plans are available to view at the church office.
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St. Michael's
Annual General Meeting
Sunday, February 21, 2010
following the 10:00 a.m. service.
Note that the 9:15 and 11:00 services are combined at 10:00 that day, followed by lunch, then the meeting.
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Birth and Re-birth
"Several years ago I was told a story about a three-year-old girl. She was the firstborn and only child in her family, but now her mother was pregnant again, and the little girl was very excited about having a new brother or sister. Within a few hours of the parents bringing a new baby boy home from the hospital, the girl made a request: she wanted to be alone with her new brother in his room with the door shut. Her insistence about being alone with the baby with the door shut made her parents a bit uneasy, but then they remembered that they had installed an intercom system in anticipation of the baby's arrival, so they realized they could let their daughter do this, and if they heard the slightest indication that anything strange was happening, they could be in three baby's room in an instant.
So they let the little girl go into the baby's room, shut the door, and raced to the intercom listening station. They heard their daughter's footsteps moving across the baby's room, imagined her standing over the baby's crib, and then they heard her saying to her three-day-old brother, "Tell me about God - I've almost forgotten."
The story is both haunting and evocative, for it suggest that we come from God, and that when we are very young, we still remember this, still know this. But the process of growing up, of learning about this world, is a process of increasingly forgetting the one from whom we came and in whom we live. The birth and intensification of self-consciousness, of self-awareness, involves a separation from God."
Borg, Marcus; The Heart of Christianity(2004);p. 113 |
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Anglican Church of Canada - www.anglican.ca
Anglican Journal - www.anglicanjournal.com
The Church of England - cofe.anglican.org
The Episcopal Church - www.ecusa.anglican.org
The Anglican Diocese of Kootenay - www.kootenay.anglican.ca
The Anglican Communion - www.anglicancommunion.org
ReJesus - www.rejesus.co.uk
Kelowna Inn From the Cold - www.innfromthecoldkelowna.org
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - www.elcic.ca
Anglicans Online - anglicansonline.org
Okanagan Anglican Youth Camp - www.campoac.com
The Center For Progressive Christianity - www.tcpc.org
Who decides in the howling storm
to make a small sleeping carpenter
their captain? www.ship-of-fools.com
A Progressive Christianity site (incl. Rev. Nissa Basbaum's writing)
www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=50
Not all of these sites necessarily reflect the views of St. Michael's Cathedral or the Anglican Church of Canada, but they may be helpful or interesting.
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