Update on Fr. John Bingham in YT and Men's night this Friday

Mat. Anna Bingham sends this post--MatD. 

This is (finally) a short update for Spruce Island, concerning Fr. John's Whitehorse adventures.

For those who do not know, Fr. John drove up to Whitehorse, arriving on May 6 and managing to dodge all the buffalo, moose, etc along the way. I am most thankful for that! He is serving liturgy, Saturday night vespers and holding a mid-week teaching/discussion time. All three  have been attended by a faithful few, and he is still hoping and praying for some new faces as well. John and Sharon Gryba are presently in Ottawa, returning this coming Saturday; in the meantime, he has had to do the set-up by himself, which is a fair bit of work as everything is set up and then stored away each week. But perhaps the physical aspect of the process is kind of satisfying, in a way.

As most will know, I am here in Langley until the end of June when my teaching year is finished. Then I'll fly up to Whitehorse, and Father John and I will drive back down to Langley to stay until sometime in early August. I am presently staying at the Mountains' home.

Many have asked me about Father John, and I will try and pass on news via Spruce Island periodically. He and I are in touch daily, and so I pass on your greetings to him as requested. Please pray for him, for endurance and encouragement in the Lord. I know he really appreciates this.

Also, Andriy  asked me to ensure that his/their address was on Spruce Island for the men's breakfast on Friday. It is 6123 - 216 Street, Langley. A sign on the property says Ground Effects Nursery.

Blood Money

Passing on this link from Wendy M. to a new pro-life movie project

Change of Date for Youth Night

Youth night will now be  

THIS FRIDAY 

May 21st at 7 pm. 

Location TBA, 

please contact Magdalen or Seraphim for details. 

**Men's night is still NEXT Friday May 28th 7 pm at Andrij's.

ASCENSION Vesperal Liturgy this Wed. May 12th

Festal Vesperal Liturgy

Wednesday May 12th 

7 pm

Eve of Ascension 

Fast from noon before receiving communion

bring FESTAL food to share at the meal afterward

Wednesday-Friday Fasting begins again on Friday May 14th.

Kelsy's blog

About her volunteer visit to Romania can be found here.  


It is also now in the blogroll with other blogs by Spruce Islanders in the sidebar to the right as you view the screen. Like all of those feeds, whenever a new post is added, the blog will appear at the top of the blogroll.

St. Arseny 2009 from victoria jordan on Vimeo.

May Calendar & newsbulletin this weekend

Correction to the May calendar:

Ascension is on Thursday May 13th, with vesperal liturgy on the eve, Wed. May 12th,

not the previous week as in the calendar distributed last Sunday.

Corrected calendars, as well as the May news bulletin, will be available at church this weekend.

May-Day Strawberry Social!

Dear Ladies and Lady-Friends of St. Herman's!

It is with great pleasure that you are invited to a May-Day Strawberry Social!

Come with a strawberry-inspired treat to enjoy the company of your friends and family.

This event will be hosted at Macrina's house on 68th Avenue in Langley, on Saturday, May 8th from 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm.

(Carpool arrangements may need to be made as parking in the area can be a challenge.)

As this is a ladies event, you are welcome to leave the children with the men-folk, however wee ones are more than welcome (I'll be sure to confine the dogs).

Looking forward to treats and chats!

May is on the Horizon....

Hey Ladies-- I am making up the May calendar. Do you all think it's time we had a women's event again? what, where, how? 

Let me know what you think!

Pilgrimage pictures

Hi all!

Most of you know that I just got back from Jerusalem. I would like to share my pictures and impressions if anyone would like to know them. I've set up a blog at www.jerusalempalomnik.blogspot.com. Please feel free to peruse at your leisure. Just don't skip ahead to the Holy Fire part because that would be cheating.

Love to you all,

Paul Graham

Looking for workshop space

Hello Saint Hermanites and friends. I'm looking for some space to rent for a workshop for personal projects. Does anyone have (or know of) an available garage, large shed, or anything else that might be suitable in the Langley/Aldergrove area? It would need to have a power source and be lockable. Please give me a shout (my number is in the St. Herman's directory) or let me know at church.

thanks,
Dan

Corrections to last Sunday's announcements! Men's Breakfast, Youth night.

Sorry to bump down Vic's wonderful slide shows-- if you haven't seen them, please scroll down to the posts below! However, it is necessary to correct the announcements from last Sunday:

The paper calendar and the online calendar are both correct, and these are the dates and times, NOT the times announced last Sunday:

Men's Breakfast is THIS FRIDAY, Apr. 16th, at 7 pm, Dn. Gregory's.

Youth night is FRIDAY APR. 30th 7 pm at Macrina & Peter's.

blessed to be a witness...

(photos are on myflickr)

North Van Apartment

i know this probably isn't the place for this but i'm hoping for some help...i'm trying to rent my apartment in North Van and i'm not getting any interest from online sites. i thought i'd see if anyone knows anyone looking for a really nice apartment.

let me know. i can send you the details if you think of someone.

thanks!

muryn

Bright Saturday

Christ is Risen!

just a reminder that the calendars for April are avilable at Church, and the same info is in the sidebar here on Spruce Island and on the home page at saintherman.net.

Please take particular note of the men's 'breakfast' Friday night next week, April 16th 7 pm at Dn. Gregory's.

Also you will notice we have a new template for Spruce Island. Blogger is also offering pages like a WordPress blog now...perhaps we will think of a way to use that feature in future. Meanwhile, I have edited the page with the intent of making it clean and easy to read. If anything you are looking for has gone missing or you find anything about the new layout that isn't user-friendly, please let me know. It's easy to change.

Fantastic View

Christ is Risen!

Dear friends;
I am hosting a "Fantastic Mr Fox" viewing at my parents' home in Langley this Bright Friday.
the screen will be a wall.

Time: 7pm
Location: 21780 18Ave. Langley
Bring: good cheer, liquid solid or spirit.

RSVP if you're interested: manorthey[at]gmail[dot]com

Love;
-Mark Basil

I love my home

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Thanks for everyone's contribution this Holy Week and Pascha.  

Truly, it was remarkable.

Happy Pascha!

do you mind?

Friends.  Might I be so bold to suggest that if you happen to pass your local save on foods today...and you happen to have some extra save on more points are your card... and you happen you see some white tulips might you buy them and bring to the church for me.... either tonight ... or Saturday.  I have pretty much cleaned out my neighbourhood - walnut grove and fort langley.