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Cursillo at 25
The Cursillo community on Vancouver Island marked 25 years of activity September
25, with a celebration at St. Peter’s Quamichan Anglican Church in Duncan.
Cursillo is an international movement, found mostly among Catholics and
Anglicans in Canada. It is committed to “equip Christians to be the church wherever they are, in whatever stream of
tradition or theology they resonate,” according to Kathy Fitzsimmons, Cursillo BC lay director.
A major focal point is a Cursillo Weekend Event – a short course concentrating on the experience of open relationship with God
and others and a simple method for “living the gospel,” Fitzsimmons adds.
Info: cursillobc.com.
Coastal Missions at 30
Coastal Missions, too, had an anniversary – their 30th. They marked it with a barbecue at Calvary Baptist Church in
Chemainus, attended by 300 supporters.
Oldtimers will remember the Shantymen, who used to traverse the west coast of
Vancouver Island with their Messenger ships, bringing spiritual help and social fellowship to people in remote
communities.
When the Shantymen packed it in, Coastal Missions took over the role, building a
new ship, called Coastal Messenger. They expanded the range of their ports of call to include Washington and Alaska.
Adelle Wickett, editor of Island Insight’s predecessor, Sunday Magazine, attended the event.
She reports: “Everyone was issued a navy blue t-shirt with the CM logo. There was a great
concert in the big tent, MC’d by a lady who is a news broadcaster from Los Angeles and did a fabulous job.
“The music was a great mixture of songs by former members of the Ambassador’s quartet, an opera solo from the girl who grew up next door to the mission
house and is now studying in Paris, bagpipes by a Chemainus dentist and some
ragtime on the piano.”
Info: coastalmissions.ca.
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Religion and psychology
A series of ‘Psychology and Religion’ seminars, facilitated by Jack Larson, who studied with the Menninger
Foundation.
They will occur twice a day each Wednesday from October 13 to November 10 at
First-Metropolitan United Church in downtown Victoria.
Among the topics: ‘Religion: Curse and Blessing,’ ‘Parent Image and God Image,’ ‘The Religious Factor in Personality and Development’ and ‘Some Psychological Factors in Church Life.’
Info: firstmetvictoria.com.
Taize – Victoria, Duncan
Downtown Victoria is the location of three services of prayer in the style of
Taize this fall. Two remain: October 16, November 19.
Each service is from 6 – 7 pm, at the Anglican Church of St. John the Divine.
The services are arranged by the Downtown Churches Association of Victoria
Their spokesperson says that all musicians and singers are welcome to attend a
choir practice prior to the services, beginning at 5:15 pm.
A Taize worship service will also be held at Duncan United Church, on the first
Sunday of each month, 7 pm, from October to May.
Another regular event takes place each Friday from 10 – 11 am, September to June.
The ‘Third Place’ Wondercafe is intended to help build relationships with people who often drop
by Duncan United.
Info: 250.746.6043.
Leadership simulcast
November 5 and 6 are the dates of the next Global Leadership Summit simulcast,
with Saanich Baptist Church the Victoria venue.
Speakers will include Bill Hybels, T.D. Jakes, Jack Welch and Andy Stanley.
The Summit is one of several each year put together by the Kelowna-based
Leadership Centre Willow Creek Canada.
To register: growingleadership.com.
– Lloyd Mackey
October 2010
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