WH AT ’S UP AT S T. JOHN’S PIONEER CAMP VOLUNTEERS Do you have a week or more to serve this summer? Would you like to spend that week on Thetis Island which is located in the beautiful Gulf Islands? Pioneer Pacific Camp is desperately needing more helpers for their weekly camps. They are looking for helpers in the capacity of kitchen helpers and cabin leaders. Please contact Andrea Gall agall@ pioneercamp.ca or camp@pioneercamp.ca. OUT & ABOUT JUNIOR EDITION | AUGUST 19 After the 10:00 am service on August 19 we are planning to eat lunch together in the church courtyard, picnic style, then head over to the Kerrisdale Play Palace at 5670 East Blvd in Vancouver (the Kerrisdale Ice Rick facility). For more information visit sjvan.org/events. COMMUNITY GROUPS DIRECTOR We are looking to hire a new Community Groups Director for August. This person will oversee community groups at St. John’s. For more information, and a detailed job posting, visit sjvan.org/jobs. The application closes on July 31. MISSIONS LUNCH | TODAY We will be hearing from Jeremy and Krista Curry about what God is doing in Nepal! Lunch will be held in the fellowship hall after the 10:00 am service ends. The cost of the meal is $5/individual or $10/ family.
HELPING POINT - MISSIONS TRIP Do you like curry? Are you up for an adventure? Do you have a desire to see and participate in God’s work in another part of the world? Read on… The deadline for applications for the 2018 Helping Point Missions trip has been extended to Aug. 5th, 2018. The exact dates of this trip will be determined by the team once formed. Team participants will have the opportunity to work to their strengths as a group. Activities may include visiting various projects, attending church services, playing games and teaching songs to the children, encouraging staff members, teaching sessions in the school, etc. If you would like an application to join the team please send an email to team@sjvan.org. Questions about the trip can be directed to Jamie Turner at jturner@helpingpoint.org. For more information on their work, visit the Helping Point website at www.helpingpoint.org.
NEXT WEEK SUNDAY SERVICES JULY 29 | 1 Corinthians 6:12–7:5 8:00 am Holy Communion 10:00 am Morning Prayer 6:00 pm Evening Holy Communion Get our weekly email with all events happening in our community by subscribing to the parish email list at sjvan.org
ARTIZO UPDATE FROM DAVID SHORT Dear Friends, It is a delight to announce the appointment of Reverend Ben Roberts as the new Director of Training for the Artizo Institute. Artizo is an initiative to raise up and train young men and women who have gifts for ministry, and we have had the great privilege of having many Artizo Interns at St. John’s who have gone on to ministry elsewhere. It is an immersion, apprenticeship programme where young people learn ministry by doing ministry in the congregation. The focus of the training is the communication of God’s word with integrity, passion, and clarity. Ben is an Artizo alumnus himself, one of the first to be ordained priest in ANiC (the Anglican Network in Canada). He is a teacher and trainer who well understands ministry, as he has worked for six years with Sean Love at St. John’s Richmond. He is very well known in ANiC and ACNA (the Anglican Church in North America), chairing a couple of ongoing active committees. He will be an invaluable addition to St. John’s Vancouver in the role of Artizo Director of Training and is very well placed to bring depth and clarity to the Artizo training program. Ben will start in this position on August 6 and we will welcome Ben and Karyn and their three children, Adelaide, Ambrose, and Olive in October. Ben will be on staff at St. John’s Vancouver and will be responsible for training Artizo interns. Please pray for Ben and Karyn in this transition and for the work of Artizo which is seeking to raise up workers for the harvest.
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