Sharing space

Office mates Jeremy Mills and Margaret Fryer.

BC Christian News has a ground floor office at 1284A Gladstone Avenue, across from Belfry Theatre.

Jeremy Mills, who directs the sales and distribution activities of the newspaper group, has occupied the office for close to three years.

Now Margaret Fryer of Pioneer Pacific Camp (PPC) has taken up duties at the other end of the office, to provide a capital city presence for the popular InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Thetis Island recreational facility.

Jeremy is still reachable at 250.592.6071 or island@canadianchristianity.com.

Margaret can be contacted at 250.382.9613. Her email is info@pioneerpacific.ca.

Friendship directors

Friendship Baptist Church in Central Saanich has two new children’s ministry directors, each working in a half-time capacity. They are Tammy Cowley and Laura MacDonell, who joined the pastoral staff this summer.

Their colleagues are senior pastor Spencer Stadler, associate pastor Byron Knight and youth ministry director Katrina Well. The church is located at 7820 Central Saanich Road, Saanichton. The church website is at telus.net/friendshipbaptist.

Tiger Lily Christmas

Tiger Lily Farm, near Parksville, is encouraging Vancouver Island families to share the Christmas story – as it is acted out, complete with live animals, running from December 20 to Christmas Eve, at its popular location on the road from Parksville to Englishman River Falls.

Dubbed ‘Christmas in the Country,’ the experience has become an annual pre-Christmas activity. Hay rides or sleigh rides – depending on the weather – will culminate in hot chocolate.

There are donkeys, lambs and other Christmas-related animals on hand. And the Christmas story itself can be shared in the farm’s reading area. More info, including the cost of admission, is available at tigerlilyfarm.ca.

Gala means business

A Christmas Gala, sponsored by the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship International (FGBFI), Victoria chapter, is set for December 15 at 7 pm, in Kitty’s Hideaway Restaurant, 3020 Douglas Street in Victoria.

Info on the gala highlights and tickets are available from Ray Jansen, 250.721.5217. Cost for this event is $18.

The FGBFI holds Marketplace Luncheons every Tuesday, also at Kitty’s.

Fair Trade fete

One of dozens of Ten Thousand Villages fair trade festivals across Canada will take place December 6 and 7 at Gordon United Church, located at 935 Goldstream Avenue in Langford.

Times are 10 am to 4 pm on the 6th and noon to 4 pm on the 7th.

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Ten Thousand Villages is a Mennonite Central Committee initiative, providing ‘fairly-traded’ products and crafts from villages throughout the world.

The stores and festivals are increasingly supported by churches of a variety of denominations besides Mennonite. Info about the festival and other Gordon United activities can  be found at gordonunitedchurch.ca.

Cridge staff honoured

Combining their total service at 185 years, 16 staff members at The Cridge Centre for the Family were honoured in late September at the annual meeting of the society under which The Cridge operates.

Noted the Centre’s Family Newsletter: “The staff team at The Cridge are such a remarkable asset to the organization . . . We love to have the opportunity to shine the spotlight on their dedication and professionalism.”

The personnel are (with length of service prefacing each set):

• 20 years – Patricia Bailey, executive assistant; and Janine Davies, Higgins House nursery.

• 15 years – Anita Berisha, Hill House volunteer coordinator; David Gavora, maintenance supervisor; Marianne Jacques, daycare; Tunde Lesage, daycare nursery; and Linda Zwick, financial comptroller.

• 10 years – Mark Fournier, Macdonald House; Rhys Hibbert, Cridge daycare; Barbara Middleton, accounting specialist; Candace Stretch, children’s school age coordinator; and Nancy Studiman, Higgins House nursery.

• 5 years – Florinda Dicamillo, Higgins House nursery; Jennifer Jennings, daycare; Kimberly Paulo, children’s pre-school teacher and Eliezar Quinones, Macdonald House.

– Lloyd Mackey

December 2008