Congregational Meeting - Today, immediately following the 10:30 service.  Update on the recommended changes from the Renovision Team

The team is also looking to have the designer present her presentation on Sunday, January 29, 2023 following the 10:30 service.

“Living With a Spirit of Abundance” was the theme of our intentional giving campaign last November. We set a goal of $262,500 for the campaign. As of January 11, members of St. Laurence have committed to give $266,652 in 2023, exceeding our goal by more than $4,000.

A big thank you to members of our St. Laurence community for your continuing support. This parish truly does live with a spirit of abundance.

For those using offering envelopes, new offering envelopes are available in the large Narthex for pick up. Please recycle all old envelopes. The new ones have no date, so please use them until you need more. If you would like envelopes, please let the office know.

are due in the office by January 29th.

If you are overseeing a ministry, please be sure to submit your report to the office.
If you have any questions, please contact Curt (office@saintlaurence.ca)

Alan Wallis and Sandy Hill will offer Dances of Universal Peace on Friday, January 27, between 7 and 9 pm in the church hall. Using phrases from the Christian tradition including some Christmas carols, we will sing and dance simple movements as a form of embodied prayer. 

All adults and teens are welcome.

We hope to offer the Dances on the last Friday of every month. Please contact Sandy Hill for ore information.

Please join us for the Women’s Retreat, March 10 -12.
Loon Lake Lodge & Retreat Centre.

It is coming soon so please let Heather Esposito or Erin Barr know if you are interested in attending.
More information soon!

The next drop off to the Mission to Seafarers is February 22. Any donations of clothes and magazines etc, please bring to the church by Feb. 19. Please put items in a bag marked Seafarers Mission.

For further info contact Derek dgwfotos@gmail.com or Frank Winters
f_b_w@shaw.ca.

St. Laurence together with St. John the Apostle in Port Moody will be welcoming a Syrian family of six sometime in the New Year. We are happy to provide the family with donated household items.

In the front narthex you will find a “Giving Tree” with tags on which you can write your name to donate the item on the tag. There are many small items, and some larger items.

Possible donated items include:

Kitchen Supplies and Dishes
Towels
Furniture
Cash Donations

If you are considering donating large items such as furniture, please take a picture and send it to Julie. Any furniture will need to be kept until we have a firm date for the families’ arrival.

For more information please contact: Julie Lemon
Email: juliecynthialemon@gmail.com
Ph: 604 552-2275

This Week: Friday, Jan. 27 - 7-9pm at GSL

Coming Events:

Winter Retreat - February 17-20
Youth 12-18 are invited to join for a wonderful weekend learning, playing, and worshipping together at Sorrento Centre in the Shuswap region. More info below.

Register for this incredible retreat-styled conference with guest speakers including

Dr. Bradley Jersak, author of A More Christ-Like God and Her Gates Will Never Be Shut,

Dr. Jason Byassee, author of Suprised by Jesus Again.

Cathy AJ Hardy, author of Love Breathes With Me, and her newest recording Unfinished Song.

A cross-denominational line-up of speakers, musicians, and spiritual practitioners will lead us in a weekend dedicated to awakening the love of God in our hearts and minds, including an Evening of Sung Prayers with Cathy Hardy and Friends.

If you are going through a transformation in your faith journey or looking for new ways to connect with God, this retreat-styled conference is for you.

The conference includes two lunches (Saturday and Sunday), weekend-long refreshments, ans spiritual practice kits.

We have a pay-what-you-can approach to events at the Centre for Spiritual Renewal.

Our registration fees are $200, $175, $150, and $125. By paying more you ensure someone else is able to come. 

REGISTER HERE

With thanks to our sponsors, the Ecumenical Unit of the Diocese of New Westminster, the Centre for Spiritual Renewal, and the Parish of St. Dunstan.