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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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.