Anglican Parish of the South Peace

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Parish of the South Peace Sanctuary Concerts welcomes Dr. Patricia Hoy to St. Mark's sanctuary on Saturday, March 5 at 7:00pm.

Patricia Hoy has gained attention and critical acclaim as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Canada, United States, Asia and India. Dr. Hoy has been featured as a soloist with such orchestras as the Montreal Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Quebec Chamber Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra and the Ventura Symphony. She has been a featured pianist on CBC, PBS and WQXR. As a chamber musician, Dr. Hoy is frequently invited to collaborate with musicians in performances of the standard repertoire as well as exploring and recording new compositions. Dr. Hoy has been a faculty pianist and program coordinator at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts and a member of the UBC faculty of music. Dr. Hoy was a scholarship student of the eminent teacher John Perry at the University of Texas at Austin and at the University of Southern California, where in her first year she won the coveted first prize in their concerto competition. Awarded a Graduate Fellowship, Dr. Hoy went on to obtain her Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Piano Performance. She was recognized as the top graduating doctoral student and in the same year was named the most promising young artist in Los Angeles by the Armand Hammer Foundation. In 2008, Dr. Hoy was appointed Artistic Director of the Coral Wind Chamber Music Festival in Ucluelet, B.C.

Listen to her play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js67OpB1ryY

Tickets will be available Friday, January 21st. ($20.00)

More information to follow.

Parish of the South Peace Sings Silent Night

2010-12-10T10:12:00.002-08:00

St. Mark's and Christ Church along with many friends sang Silent Night at our Talent Auction evening on November 27th.

Here is the You Tube link to view our stellar performance; we raised $125+ towards the Military Chaplancy project!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvsv2KZdMrE&feature=player_embedded

Coming Events

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Sunday, December 12 at the 11:00am service at St. Mark's will feature the Sunday School Christmas Pageant with lunch following hosted by the Sunday School and Youth Group.

Saturday, December 18 is the Open House at the Rectory from 3:00pm - 5:00pm.

A Busy Weekend

2010-11-29T21:11:00.005-08:00

The Parish of the South Peace had a very busy weekend over November 26 - 28.

First was Friday, with the latest of the Poor Boy Luncheons with a delicious Chili Lunch.

Saturday afternoon was our Christ Church Bazaar and Tea at the Pouce Coupe Legion. The community comes from far and wide to seek the baking, preserves, knitwear and gifts then stays to enjoy fresh, hot scones and tea. Thank you to all our volunteers who worked so hard to bake and work the Bazaar. Thank you to our knitting friends in the south who send us their knit goodies every year.

Saturday night was the grand Parish Talent Auction at St. Mark's. Beginning with a pot luck dinner...for we all know that Anglican's do food so well...the bidding got under way quickly on all the goods displayed. From jewellry to baked goods, puzzels to books and gift baskets; there was so much to choose from! We took a short break before the fun really got under way and everyone filed into the church to sing Silent Night for the Armed Forces Chaplancy. (We raised an additional $125.00 during our singing for that good cause too!!)
This year featured a very talented live auctioneer, Ted Pilozow (also known as the husband of the Presbyterian Pastor Barbara!) and everyone loved him. We auctioned off a set of Rage tickets, dinners, very nice painted milk cans and even people as labourers and A PUPPY! Puppy went to a nice new home where he will be well loved.

Sunday evening brought the weekend to a close with the Ecumenical Advent Lessons and Carols service at Notre Dame Catholic Church. The Ecumenical Choir sounded as lovely as ever and had more than 30 members this year!!! The service was well attended...it's getting bigger every year. Our town Ministerial representatives took turns in readings and prayers and final blessings. The evening's offering goes to the local food banks; Salvation Army and the Ecumenical Food Bank which is hosted at St. Mark's Church.

Thank you one and all for all your hard work this weekend; we couldn't do it with out you!

Lots of new pictures are on our web album at http://picasaweb.google.com/stmarksanglican

Men's Bible Study Group

2010-11-18T13:29:00.003-08:00

There have been a few variations in the night the men meet for their study group; due to a few conflicts, the men's group is meeting every other Tuesday until March!!
Please check with Fr. Greg if you haven't been attending and wish to join so you can confirm where and when the next meeting is.

Friday Lunches

2010-11-18T13:13:00.008-08:00

Anglicans always have food and our Friday lunches have been very popular!!

January lunch is back to regular schedule with Pulled Pork sandwiches, sides, dessert and beverage on Friday, January 28. Lunches run from 11:30 - 1:00pm...bring a friend, or two!

Sans les Enfants Christmas

2010-11-18T13:05:00.006-08:00

Sans les Enfants will gather for their Christmas celebration Pot Luck dinner and gift exchange on Saturday, December 4th at 6:00pm at the home of Eric and Nora Smart.

Bring your full 'lucky pot' and a generic gift under $10.00.

Christ Church Bazaar and Tea

2010-11-18T12:54:00.002-08:00

Christ Church Pouce Coupe will hold its annual Bazaar and Tea on

Saturday, November 27th. Doors open at 1:00pm.

Great knitwear and gift items, delicious baked goods and wonderful hot tea and scones.

A small entrance fee is charged; which gives you the chance to win a great door prize. Come one, come all...and bring a friend!

Talent Auction Date Change!!!

2010-10-29T16:35:00.003-07:00

The date of the Talent Auction and Pot Luck has changed due to conflicts in schedules and too many things on the same weekend for everyone to take part!!

The NEW DATE is Saturday, November 27th, with the pot luck dinner beginning at 6:00pm!

YES...this IS the same date as the Christ Church Bazaar!!

Let Fr. Greg know how talented you are and what you are adding to the auction items soon.

We are anticipating a great LIVE auction this year!!

Lots of fun and laughter; this event is not to be missed!

Remember...it's a Pot Luck Dinner...beverages are provided.

Grace has arrived!

2010-10-29T16:30:00.002-07:00

What's So Amazing About Grace - the new book for the ladies book study group has arrived and can be picked up at Reads Books.
The next Study Group meeting is Monday, November 8 at 7:00pm at Jacquie's.
If you've not joined us before, please do so; all ladies are welcome!

Turkey Pie Luncheon

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Turkey Pie and Salad Luncheon

Friday, November 19th

11:30 - 1:00pm

Operation Christmas Child

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UPDATE:

Thank you to everyone who donated towards the goodies or shipping of the boxes and for all the packing time - we packed 48 boxes this year!!

What great work and what great gifts 48 children will receive! Thank you!

The youth are once again gathering donations for the Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to be shipped to children who would otherwise not have a Christmas.

Our Sunday School Superintendent, Valerie, says that they now have lots of boxes (which were in short supply) and generous donations for the shipping. Now they just need all the goodies to go into the boxes!!

The boxes are made for a girl or a boy aged 2-4, 5-9 or 10-14,

so any items good for these age groups can be gathered such as

- school supplies (pencils, crayons, note pads, picture books)

- toys and gift items (small musical instruments, stuffed animals, toy jewelry, hair clips or ribbons, t-shirts, socks)

- and personal hygiene products (cake soap, wash cloths, toothbrush, comb)

- loose, individually wrapped hard candy in a sealable bag

You may include a note in the box to the child that receives it, add a picture of yourself if you wish.

Please do not include any used items, toothpaste, crumbly candy, food or gum, anything that might freeze, break or leak (lip balm, mirrors, creams or lotion) and nothing that might scare a child (war toys, knives) or playing cards.

Thank you from the Sunday School...and the recipients of the shoeboxes!!

Upcoming events...

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Sans les Enfants (our adults social group) will enjoy Octoberfest, a fundraiser for KPAC, on Friday, October 22. If you wish to join the gathering please let Fr. Greg know so we are sure to have enough tickets!

The Harvest Dinner will be served on Sunday, October 24 from 5:30 - 7:00pm. You can never have enough turkey with all the fixings!

The next Poor Boy Luncheon will be held on Friday, October 29 from 11:30 - 1:00pm. What a great way to end the work week...join your friends for lunch!

Check out the Events listing in the right side menu for other things happening at the Parish of the South Peace.

Lots on the go....

2010-10-17T09:56:00.011-07:00

So many things have been happening in the last month or so and there are many events being planned - it's been hard to keep up!!

I've posted a number of pictures in our album at http://picasaweb.google.com/stmarksanglican
for you to take a look at from several functions that happened in September...but I'll add a couple here too!

First, on September 12 we had to say good-bye to one of our Lay Readers, Brenda, as she moved to Oliver with her husband Dwayne. We baptized her grandson Nathan the same day as the farewell. We wish Brenda and Dwayne all the best in their new home!

Then, on September 19, we had the Stew and Bannock Luncheon; a fundraiser for Council of the North. We raised $271 from the luncheon!! We also celebrated Jen's 89th Birthday the same day!!

Back to Church Sunday on September 26 saw several new and returning faces join us at both St. Mark's and Christ Church - Welcome!! (No pictures!!) A grand lunch and fellowship followed worship!
Sunday School was also back in full swing with the new curriculum and some new faces.

The Fun(D)raising Committee was hard at work during September planning our regular Poor Boy Lunches (next on on October 29 at 11:30am), a spring dinner and a spring concert among other things!

And we also acquired a 'new' organ which now graces the sanctuary. The necessary placement of the organ has caused a bit of shuffling of our altar and decisions to be made around what's best for the layout and celebration of communion. We are trying a few variations and will see how people feel before the final decision is made.

Keep an eye out...lots of things still to come between now and Christmas and beyond - never a dull moment at Parish of the South Peace!

Peace
v

Welcome Back to Church Sunday!

2010-09-21T10:24:00.005-07:00

Sunday, September 26th is Back to Church Sunday in the Anglican Church.

Back to Church Sunday is a time to invite past members we haven't seen for a while, and invite others who have never been to join us in worship so they can see who we are and may decide to join us in regular worship as new members. We know (statistically) that many people don't go to church because they've never been invited!

Back to Church Sunday began in the Church of England and now takes place in churches across denominations in countries around the world; Scotland, Wales, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Argentina and continental Europe. This is the first year it has been celebrated Canada wide and promoted by the House of Bishops.

The Parish of the South Peace invites you, friends old and new, 'Back to Church', on September 26. We'll have chance to chat and get to know each other better during lunch following worship.

We'd love to have you join us...once...or every Sunday!

Stew and Bannock

2010-09-21T10:21:00.003-07:00

A hot stew and bannock luncheon was enjoyed following worship on Sunday, September 19th.
Moose, bison and beef stews along with several varieties of bannock and biscuits were served
and consumed by hungry parishioners raising $250 for Council of the North projects.

Thanks to all who cooked, baked, ate and donated!!

Unfortunately, we were too busy enjoying to remember to take pictures!!

Parish Picnic

2010-06-30T16:59:00.003-07:00

The Parish Picnic was held on Sunday, June 27 at the Ashwell Residence following worship at Christ Church. A grand BBQ feast and water games were enjoyed by all. See the photo album for more shots http://picasaweb.google.com/stmarksanglican

Many thanks to the Ashwell's for hosting the party again!

View our Picasa Photo Album

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We have a photo album online with a number of photos from events over the last few years. I'll be adding more as I have time to sort them out.

Take a look at what we have so far...

http://picasaweb.google.com/stmarksanglican

2010 Order of St. Mark

2010-06-14T12:17:00.004-07:00

Rupert Kirk, Fr. Greg and Lena Malony

We had a joyful worship service on Sunday, June 13 to celebrate St. Mark's 80th Anniversary! Our Christ Church congregation (second point in the parish) joined us for the day.
During the service, the 2010 Order of St. Mark was bestowed on Lena Malony and Rupert Kirk, two long serving members of the church.
Lena has been a member of St. Mark's and head of the Altar Guild longer than she can remember! Our Rector, Greg Gilson, commented that he thinks she lives at the church sometimes because we can find her there almost anytime doing something; in the kitchen getting food ready, cleaning silver, ironing linens, at choir practice, with the ACW or Sunday School or any of the other various things Lena always does without being asked.
Rupert is a long time Lay Reader, member of parish vestry and alternate Lay Delegate to Synod. He is also one of the people that is regularly called on to 'take a look at..." and willingly grabs his hammer at the first opportunity as needed.
Members of the Community Ecumenical Choir also joined our regular choir for the service and the choir provided a wonderful leadership in music. In addition to two anthems they also provided a special antiphone for the psalm and participated with regular worship music.

Thelma celebrates with cake!

Nora and Valerie (the other one!)

A crowd for the celebration lunch!

80th Anniversary Celebration

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Join us

Sunday, June 13

11:00am

in celebration of

80 years

of faithful worship in the community

St. Mark's Anglican Church

The Order of St. Mark will also be presented

Everyone welcome - lunch to follow!

Follow General Synod 2010 from Halifax

2010-06-03T14:23:00.004-07:00

General Synod is finally here!!

More than 500 people, including 300 delegates/members will gather at the 39th General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, which runs from June 3 to 11 at St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The theme for this years (triennial) gathering is Feel the Winds of God Today - Charting a New Course.

The General Synod opening service is this evening at 7:30AST or 3:30PST for those of us on the west coast of Canada.

You can follow GS2010 online with daily updates, blogs, live webstreaming, photo albums and video at

http://www.anglican.ca/gs2010

http://www.anglican.ca/index.php

if you are on Facebook, search for Anglican Church of Canada to receive updates.

As our brothers and sisters in Christ gather to discern the future of the Anglican Church in Canada, let us pray:

A Prayer for the Church:
Holy God, navigator of our souls, hear us as we uphold The General Synod of our Church. Be with us in our yearning to chart a new course together, inspired by the presence of your Spirit. Give courage to our Bishops, our Diocesan Synods, and all our leaders as we move forward with your blessing. For all we do, we do to your glory, in Jesus’ name.
AMEN

A Prayer for General Synod:
Sovereign God, we gather in your name in Halifax for the 39th General Synod of our Church. We ask your continued blessing on Fred, our Primate, on the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, on Bishops Sue and Ron, and on all who work together to welcome the Synod to their home. Give us the gift of your Spirit, to inspire and lead us, to help us be buoyed up in your gentle breezes, so that, together. We may offer you worship and praise as we plan together for a new future. All of this we ask in the name of Jesus, our chief Shepherd.
AMEN

Also, keep our General Synod delegates in our prayers as they take the Diocese of Caledonia to the east coast: Bishop William Anderson, Rev. Ernest Buchanan, (our) Rev. Dr. Gregory Gilson, Lay Delegates Ken Ponsford, Desiree Read and Youth Delegate Lisa Smart.

Thanks be to God!
Valerie

2009-11-04T13:05:00.005-08:00

South Peace Parish Talent Auction

This year's talent auction is taking place on Friday, November 20th. We will begin to gather at 6:00pm for dinner and the silent auction will begin at 6:30.

This is always a fun evening with lots of good natured fights for the wonderful talents offered.

There is sure to be lots of baking ~ like Bobbie's deep dish pie and Jan's butter tarts. Sewn items, books, treasures...even wine and an already laden Christmas Tree!

The live auction is always fun ~ auctioning off Rupert and Brent ~ not to be missed!!

Too many great things to mention, you have to come and check it out for yourself.

And don't forget to let Fr. Greg know soon what you are bringing to put into the auction so he can be well prepared for Friday night!

If you need more info, please give him a call ~ 250-782-1015.

2009-11-03T15:56:00.010-08:00

Symphony in the Sanctuary

St. Mark's Anglican Church

presents

acclaimed Pianist, Greg Caisley, and Violinist, Yi Zhou

in a 'wild and fun' concert

Thursday, November 26 at 7:00pm

Limited tickets available now by calling

250-782-1015 ~ 250-782-0100 ~ 250-784-5591

or purchase at

Kadziolka and Smart Optical or The Olde Creek Store

$20.00

A fun(d)raiser for St. Mark's new Petrof Grand Piano

Pianist Dr. Greg Caisley

Violinist Yi Zhou

--

Sponsorship in part by

Aspen Grove Property Services
Anne Clayton and Elvin Gowman

Bringing accuracy and integrity

to all your real estate decisions
250-782-8043 or 250-219-4843

Further information:

Dr. Caisley will also be taking appointments for lessons while he is in town.

Please contact Merrill Flewelling at 250-784-5591 for information and scheduling.

Stew and Bannock

2009-10-15T19:33:00.007-07:00

The Parish of the South Peace celebrated the work of the Council of the North on Sunday, September 27 by partaking of a Stew and Bannock Luncheon following the 11am morning joint worship service at St. Mark's Dawson Creek. Christ Church Pouce Coupe joined us in worship so to have the opportunity to also feast on stew. Visitors hearing of the lunch offering also dropped by to join us. Bison stew, or beef stew for those who like it a little less wild, were steaming and ready when the final amen was heard. Fresh bannock, biscuits and bread were served alongside for dipping in the stew - so as not to miss a delicious drop!

Thanks to all the cooks for the delicious stews and for the assorted accompaniments. We raised $251 for Council of the North; Thanks be to God!

Serving up the steaming stews.

Line up!!

Enjoying the feast.

A Successful Culinary Journey

2009-10-15T19:13:00.003-07:00

St Mark's Centre became Greece on October 3rd to host 'The Culinary Journeys of St Paul'. Complete with towering pillars, artwork and ancient pottery it felt like a true Grecian gathering.

A delicious feast created by Anne and Jacquie and cooked up with the assistance of a number of volunteers was something to see and taste! Kabobs, roasted veggies, pilaf, fresh hummus and pita bread, wine and of course...mmm...Baklava!

St Paul himself, in the form of Archdeacon Greg Gilson entertained the sold out crowd with stories of St Paul journeys and the origin of the ingredients in the food prepared for the feast.

Belly dancers invited specially for the feast also entertained the crowd and enticed some to join in ... as evidence are the attached pictures!!!

Thanks to all who worked so hard to make this event such a success for the Parish of the South Peace!

Our Sunday School leader Valerie!

The crowd enjoys the dance entertainment.

Culinary volunteers Wendy and Lena

Joining in and learning to dance!

Culinary Journeys of St. Paul

2009-09-22T10:29:00.004-07:00

You won't want to miss the great feast, educating entertainment and fun of the Culinary Journeys of St. Paul.
On Saturday, October 3rd St. Mark's Centre will be transformed into a great Grecean hall and you will want to partake of the delightfull tastes and sounds of St. Paul's Greece.
Call Jacquie at 782-9668 or Fr Greg 782-1015 for tickets.
Everyone welcome...with or without costumes!

Parish of the South Peace Cook Book

2009-09-22T10:23:00.002-07:00

The Parish of the South Peace is publishing a new cookbook in time for the Talent Auction and Bazaar shopping. What a great Christmas gift, and so easy to ship to loved ones living away.
Recipes are now being accepted with the final deadline on November 1.
Family favourites and all time best in many categories...if there isn't a category for your recipe we'll find one!

Name the cookbook!!
Winner of the cookbook naming contest will receive the first copy hot off the press!

Send recipes to Valerie Gilson, or for more information 782-1015.

Sunday School Picnic 2009

2009-07-14T23:02:00.004-07:00

Water, water everywhere and n'er a drop to drink!!

Following morning worship at Christ Church, the South Peace Parish children, youth and adults alike all enjoyed a beautiful sunny day with a BBQ at the Ashwell residence (thank you Ashwells!). Water before lunch in the form of swimming was followed not long after lunch was finished with a water fight. Even Pat wanted in on the action and got back at one or two who doused her!!

Order of St. Mark's

2009-07-14T22:52:00.004-07:00

Chris Broad and Pat McLeod have faithfully served St. Mark's Church and the needs of the wider community for many years. On Anniversary Sunday, celebrated on June 21 with Bishop Anderson in attendance, they were presented with the first Order of St. Mark.

The mounted and framed medallion will be presented annually to those whose walk and act as Jesus in their outreach and faithful service to the church and those in need.

Sans les Enfants Lamb on a Spit

2009-07-14T22:45:00.005-07:00

The South Peace parish adult's group 'Sans les Enfants' gathered at the home of Kathleen and Bevin King in Pouce Coupe the end of June for their year end finale! Brad Manson took over the spit and grilled up a delectible lamb while everyone brought the fixings.
Bishop William was special guest for the evening and joined us for worship the next morning to celebrate St. Mark's anniversary.

Sunday School Christmas Pageant

2009-07-14T22:39:00.003-07:00

The Sunday School Christmas pageant is always an enjoyable event for both participants and audience. Here the children and youth presented for Christmas 2008.

2009-06-01T22:13:00.002-07:00

Diocesan synod was this past weekend in Terrace.

Elizabeth, Chris, Brent, Lisa and Greg attended on behalf of St Marks. Elizabeth, Lisa and Greg were elected to General Synod 2010 in Halifax.

Synod decided to renovate Camp Caledonia. If you are interested in being on executive or volunteering with Camp Cal please contact the synod office asap.

2008-07-02T15:52:00.004-07:00

Fathers Day Picnic at Ashwell's Home

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Henry 8th Feast Feb 23, 2008

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80 pound pig, 90+ guests, lots of food and drink, medieval warriors doing battle, pieing in the stocks, songs and games, the best serving wenches and fun for all

Photos

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http://picasaweb.google.com/stmarksanglican
Photos from Confirmation and the Christmas Pageant are now on the Picasa web album link above.

Confirmation November 4th, 2007

2007-11-04T17:13:00.000-08:00

Bishop William Anderson confirmed 5 youth and 1 adult was reaffirmed

Synod

2007-08-05T14:53:00.000-07:00

Please check out synoddiary.blogspot.com (there is a link at the very bottom of this page). It is a extention of this website I created specifically for online discussion of anything and everything related to General Synod. I just posted my "official" report and some photos. Please read it, post comments or email me with feedback and questions. It was SO hard to condense GS into a three page report, and I missed alot of issues. So please let me know what YOU want to know about and ask me!!!

Former Primate Andrew Hutchinson

2007-06-29T14:00:00.001-07:00

At the opening service participating in the smudging. (photo credit to Nicholas Pang)

With the youth at the farewell reception.

Synod...

2007-06-27T19:27:00.001-07:00

Well my plan of keeping you all updated while at synod failed, but the Anglican Journal has a great day by day newsletter that is avaliable online: http://www.anglicanjournal.com/index.php?id=456 and also check out the youtube videos called Synod on Demand: http://www.anglican.ca/gs2007/atsynod/ondemand/.
I have yet to put anything together myself but I plan on putting a report of sorts together in a week or two. But I will tell you all that I had an amazing time, I connected with Anglican you and made some great friends, and that I'm dieing to go back in 2010.
Until then, Lisa.

Garage Sale

2007-05-20T15:26:00.000-07:00

BBQ, Bake Sale and Garage Sale.
Saturday June 2nd 8am- 1pm.

Collection on Friday June 1st. Looking for donations of books, magazines, jewelry, knic-knacks, kitchenware, toys, tools, etc. Please bring items pre-priced. Please NO: clothes, shoes, broken items or items with missing pieces.

Bake sale needs pies and cakes as well as brownies, squares, cookies, etc that can be sold indiviually for snacking on.

Sign up for bake sale donations and volunteers at the church. Contact Nora or Valerie for more info.

Sans les Enfants

2007-05-13T22:17:00.000-07:00

Formerly known as the 20 plus group plan to meet

May 25th at Bob and Rose Hartwells
Hawaiian Luau theme

Hartwells will provide meat, bring salad, dessert, etc.
contact Nora 782 6476 or Valerie 782 1015 for more info

Henry the 8th Feast

2007-05-04T14:40:00.000-07:00

ITTY BITTY

2007-05-04T14:35:00.000-07:00

Henry 8th Feast

2007-05-04T14:24:00.000-07:00

Church Committee

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