Every Wednesday in March

Please join us for any parts of these evenings.  Feel free to come or go at any point.

~Table Fellowship: 6pm Please join us for table fellowship and good food.  No need to pay or bring anything.  We will have conversation that is facilitated to help us get to know one another better and enrich our community. In order to know how many people to expect for dinner, please register at this link: https://tinyurl.com/LentTable. If you need help registering, give Curt a call in the office.

~Vespers 7pm -7:20pm A quiet, reflective service to close the day.

~Book Study 7:30pm-8:30pm We will be reading Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg’s  On Repentance and Repair:  Making Amends in An Unapologetic World.    This book’s focus is on how to restore relationship when harm has been done.  It’s about the steps and stages one goes through to bring about reconciliation, whether in a personal relationship, or on a larger scale.  It’s relevant to our individual lives, to our journey towards Truth and Reconciliation, and to life in a culture where increasingly people are being publicly called out for harm they’ve done and cancelled.  This is a thoughtful and spiritually grounded approach.  Led by Eric Mason.

We will be reading chapters 4 & 5 for March 15th.

ALL WOMEN - Come join us for a fun and meaningful time of fellowship and friendship.

Tuesday, March 14th at 1:30pm
200 Newport Drive, Port Moody

Please contact Susan Burkett at 604-565-1139 if you have any questions.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of The Parish of St. Laurence, and we are looking for a small committee to plan a celebration event. If you would like to be involved, please email Sharon at sharon.taylor@saintlaurence.ca

For those members of St. Laurence who would like an individual or family photo included in the forthcoming parish community directory, Natasha Davidson will be at the church to take photos Sunday mornings, Mar. 19, 26, and April 2. 

If you would like a photo in the directory but are unable to be at the church one of those dates, you can send a picture in .jpg format to Curt at office@saintlaurence.ca.

The senior men meet once a month at Ricky's Country Restaurant, 100 Schoolhouse Street, for good food and conversation. Join them at 11:30AM on the third Thursday each month. Next date: March 16th with guest speaker Deb Taylor from Pacific Digital Photography Club

In order for the restaurant to know how many to expect for the lunch please call or text Derek Walmsley @ 604-833-8788 if you are planning on attending.

The next book group meeting is from 2:00-4:00 pm, Thursday, March 16, 2023. If the meeting is on Zoom, use ID 828 0993 7143, Pass code: 714995.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809937143?pwd=a1Jnb0dLWkZtTzREaTBtZ0t5dFlEQT09

The group will be discussing Freezing Order: A True Story About Money Laundering, Murder and Surviving Putin's Wrath, by Bill Browder.. The author chronicles how he became Vladimir Putin's number one enemy by exposing Putin's campaign to steal and launder hundreds of billions of dollars and to kill anyone who stands in his way.

Events Coming Up:

Mar. 24, 7-9pm High School Café at Hillside

Mar. 31- April 1  Make Way DYM sleepover @ Christ Church Cathedral

CLAY
Registration for this year's Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth gathering, August 10-13 in Waterloo, ON, is now open! Lots of information accessible HERE. Rachel and I will be handling registration for a team, so let us know if you are interested! We're excited to bring a group of youth to join in this incredible experience.

Jason Wood
Youth and Families Minister 
St. Laurence Anglican Church  |  Coquitlam, BC
Ph: 604-396-5391
E-mail: stlyouthandfam@gmail.com

So far the St Laurence Reno Vision Team has invested three years in developing a vision that will refresh and renew our current worship space, plus the two Narthexes. Receiving your feedback and keeping you informed have been important aspects of this process.

On February 12, 2023 our Interior Designer, Kathlene McGuinness, shared the vision in 3D format with the community.

I want to update you on our progress since that presentation.

Since the presentation the Reno Vision Team has made a very intentional effort to listen to the feedback from the community.

We want to thank you most sincerely for the encouraging affirmations you offered. We also want to thank you for the concerns and questions you raised. We have tabulated this information and used it as a basis for further thoughtful discussion. We are presently in communication with Kathlene about some of the issues raised and will work cooperatively with her on any further refinements to this vision.

Much work is going on behind the scenes. A number of people, including a construction expert, are now working together with Kathlene to finalize the budget for this project.

In addition, a new team called the Reno Vision Project Team has been established.

This team includes Mike Burpee as Facilitator along with Susanne Stockdill, Rev Eric Mason, Rev Carla McGhie, Vivian Donnan, Rick Barr, David Dennis and Curt Bruneski.

This Project team will focus on the practical steps that need to be taken in order to make the present Vision a reality. In carrying out their tasks the Reno Vision Project team will work closely with parish leadership.

They will establish a realistic plan and timeframe for the implementation of Reno Vision. This will include developing a financial strategy to cover the cost of the project, transitional plans for worship during construction and ways to involve the wider congregation in tasks that will enable the project to move forward.

On two separate Sundays (before the Special Vestry), there will be two meetings to share information about the financial costs for this project, as well as a proposed financial strategy to fund Reno Vision.

There will be a Special Vestry meeting in May to seek the approval of Vestry to proceed with Reno Vision including a recommended funding strategy.

We are moving ahead in a spirit of faithfulness, gratitude and courage. We are excited to be participants in a new vision for this community and pray we will continue to be open to the movement of the Holy Spirit and her call to us.

- Carla McGhie

This small service is Morning Prayer, Bible Study and Eucharist all rolled into one. A great way to begin your day! Everyone welcome.

PWRDF - Emergency Response .

PWRDF immediately responded to the earthquake which happened on the Turkish/Syrian border on February 6 by allocating $35,000 to it's partner ACT Alliance to support it's members working in the rubble caused by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. PWRDF is also responding by accepting further financial donations. You are also asked to keep the people affected by this devastating earthquake in your prayers. An update on PWRDF's response to the earthquake can be found on their website at https://pwrdf.org

How can you make a financial donation?

-You can make a donation to St. Laurence through an e-transfer, cash, or a cheque and clearly indicate you wish your gift to go to the Turkish/Syrian earthquake.
-You can donate directly to PWRDF online at https://pwrdf.org/give-today/
-You can also support PWRDF's response by going on line, by calling 416-822-9083 or toll free at 1-866-308-7973 or donating by mail sending a cheque to PWRDF, 80 Hayden St., 3rd floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4Y 3G2

St. Laurence together with St. John the Apostle will be welcoming a Syrian family of six soon. The Refugee Welcoming Committee would like to thank the people of St. Laurence for their generosity in supplying household goods. The donation list has been updated but there are still some items needed. Please check the hall for more information. We are asking everyone to please keep their items until we have notice of the family’s arrival date

Anyone wanting to make a financial contribution is asked to write “Refugee Fund” on the envelope and cheque or to note it when e-transferring.

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