What if the most meaningful life is one no one claps for

We continue our sermon series Following Jesus in Real Life and this week take a quiet detour from the lives of St Peter and St Paul to spend time with someone whose story is easy to overlook

Her name was Tabitha and she lived a life of steady faithfulness sewing clothes caring for widows doing good in ways that didn’t seem extraordinary unless you knew what the world around her actually valued. She didn’t live that way because it was expected but because she belonged to Jesus and that kind of belonging changes what matters. If you’ve ever wondered whether a quiet life of love and obedience counts for anything it does and maybe it always has.

Join us at 10am this Sunday There’s space to think to breathe and maybe to see your own life with new eyes Coffee and conversation to follow We’d love to connect with you

Celebrant:

Rev. Seth Enriquez

Readings:

Acts 9:36–43; John 10:22–30 (Read now)

Hymns:

Holy Holy Holy (Listen now)

In Tenderness (Listen now)

Christ Be In My Heart (Listen now)

What songs are shaping your faith right now? Take a listen to the ones we're singing this season on our church playlist on Spotify!

Dear Parishioners,

Get ready for a blooming summer at St. George’s! We’re thrilled to announce the return of our Flower Power Budget for Spring/Summer 2025 and we need your help.

Let’s come together to plant an array of beautiful flowers at the front of our church, transforming St. George’s into a welcoming and joyful sight for everyone who passes by. With your support, we can make our church shine with the beauty of nature this summer.

To give directly to the flower budget, you can use any of the online giving tools on our Giving Page (click the button below), or contribute by cash or cheque in the offering plate. Just include a note in the memo line or on your envelope so we can designate your gift to the flower fund.

Thank you for helping St. George’s bloom!

What a wonderful evening together. Huge thanks to Chef Paul for the cheesy bean burritos, to our volunteers for their steady care, and to Banff Food Rescue for the sweet treats.

We served 206 meals and received $309.93 in donations! Thank you for making this possible.

Special thanks to Lori and Marika for sharing about mental health and local supports. To learn more, visit seethesigns.ca.

Click here to donate and help us continue to serve our Banff Community!

What if the real barrier between you and God isn’t your mess, but the quiet certainty that you’re fine without Him?

In this opening sermon of our Eastertide series Following Jesus in Real Life, Rev. Seth explores two stories - one of pride, one of regret - and what happens when Jesus interrupts both with grace that wounds and heals, names and restores.

There is a moment in Boyz n the Hood that has never really left me. Furious Styles takes his teenage son and his friend to a street corner in Compton, where a sign offers to buy local homes for cash. Around them is the aftermath of systemic neglect: liquor stores, gun shops, poverty, and gang violence. Furious explains how gentrification works, not just the displacement of people, but the erasure of a culture. And then he delivers a line that feels less like dialogue and more like diagnosis: The best way to destroy a people is to stop them from reproducing...

Dear St. George’s Parishioners,

Our Parish Administrator, Ji Won, will be away from the office from May 3 to May 17, 2025.

Join us on Monday, May 18 at 7:30 P.M. for our first thought-provoking book study of C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters. We'll explore the many shades of a Christian life, and the power of evil versus good through the eyes of a senior demon. Come out and share with your hearts and minds, as we discover more about each other and ourselves. Registration is below! 

- The Dark Night of Disenchantment offers a thoughtful reflection on finding God's presence not in extraordinary signs, but within the ordinary and disenchanted moments of our daily lives. 

- Why We Doubt Everything is a thoughtful reflection on why Gen Z struggles with trust, and it invites us to consider how faith can still flourish in a culture of constant doubt.

 - These excerpts from David Bently Hart's The Beauty of the Infinite invite us to contemplate how the boundless love of God is revealed in Christ's suffering and resurrection, offering a transformative perspective on human brokenness and divine grace.

 - Faith Torn Down to the Studs offers a compassionate guide for those supporting loved ones through faith deconstruction, emphasizing the importance of empathy and patience in navigating doubt.

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