Sunday, September 13th, 2026

Link to the Book of Alternative Services

Document with this Sunday's Order of Service is available below.

Hall booked all day for event - fundraiser for Kitchen Reno. $20 per ticket. Poster below.

Joel Hefty (Diocesan Treasurer) and Isabel Weeks (Diocesan Chancellor) coming to do a presentation on estate planning and donation of securities. Guest accountant - Pieter de la Rey.

In the parish hall at 1pm. See poster below.

Image Attribuation: Pix4free.org - link to - https://pix4free.org/

The Garden Appreciation Club meets in the parish hall at 2pm on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. New members are always welcome. 

Naughty Knots: meet on the 2nd & 4th & 5th Tuesday of each month at 1pm in the hall. Join us for crafts & fellowship. Bring your favorite project to work on. Contact Andrea Davis for more info.

Please join us 3:30pm on Tuesday's (via Zoom) for our weekly parish bible study "The G.I.G." (The Group Investigating God). We use the Lectio Divina method to prayerfully and thoughtfully engage with scripture. 

The link is: https://bc-anglican-ca.zoom.us/j/96137290644?pwd=UFhJY2NyQ0VIcnBtNHAwcTRkSEtRdz09

Read the September 2026 issue of Faith Tides 

In this issue

Bishop's Column: The terror of the coast and the beauty of a month at sea

'Hopes and dreams and visions’: St. Mark, Qualicum celebrate 100 years

St. Luke’s a ‘beacon in the community’ for seniors, youth and children

Final Accessible Camino pilgrimage brings lessons and miracles

From the Archives: Geneva Bibles illuminate an era of reformation and radicalism

Ripples: September 2026

Canon Lisa: The work of translation

My Journey: ‘It’s an exciting time to be a deacon’

“Donations of gently used mens and ladies clothing are needed for our Blessings Boutique. Donations can be dropped off at St John the Divine between 9am and noon Monday through Friday.”

ITEMS NEEDED:
-CANNED MEAT, CANNED SOUPS, BAKED BEANS
-PEANUT BUTTER, JAM, HONEY, SYRUP
-FRUIT JUICE / CRYSTALS
-GRAINS (RICE, NUTS, CEREAL, GRANOLA, ETC)
-CANNED VEGETABLES & FRUIT
-LUNCHBOX ITEMS: DRINK BOXES, GRANOLA BARS, PUDDING, FRUIT CUPS
-PASTA, KRAFT DINNER, MR. NOODLES
-SNACK ITEMS: POPCORN COOKIES, CRACKERS, CHIPS
-FLOUR, CANNED MILK

PLEASE ONLY NON-PERISABLE FOOD ITEMS.

The church now has the ability to accept Interac e-transfers!  E-transfers can be sent to the email address:  givings@sjtdcourtenay.ca

For donations, please include your envelope number if you have one.  

If you do not have an envelope number, please include your name and full mailing address, if you would like to receive a receipt at the end of the year for your donation.

If your donation is to be designated, please include this information also.  If there is no designation, the donation will go into general income.

If you have any questions, please send an email to admin@sjtdcourtenay.ca and someone will get back to you.

Rector:  Rev. Alastair Hunting; ahunting@bc.anglican.ca
Deacon: Rev. Marion Edmondson;  medmondson@bc.anglican.ca
Rector's Warden: Cary Davis; wardens@sjtdcourtenay.ca
People's Warden: Marj Aitken; wardens@sjtdcourtenay.ca
Treasurer: Nancy Booth;  treasurer@sjtdcourtenay.ca
Parish Council Secretary; Kathy Coulthart-Dewey; pcsecretary@sjtdcourtenay.ca

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We acknowledge with thanksgiving that we have gathered on the Unceded traditional territory of the K’òmoks First Nation. As a part of the Anglican Church of Canada, a church of Settlers and First Nations, we commit ourselves to a journey of truth and reconciliation between the Indigenous peoples of this land and the non-native peoples of Canada.