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Saying Goodbye…

It’s been a difficult season for us, and we’ve needed to say our goodbyes to some beautiful folks who have been a part of our community. If you haven’t seen them, you may want to read these obituaries:

Tony Huntjens

Carol Anne Wiebe

Nancy Warren

May your spirits rest in the Presence of God, as we cherish the memories of your time with us.

Aug 20 2025
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Finance Update – 6 Months into 2025

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Here is a link to an update on where things are six months into 2025. Whereas last year’s giving covered our expenses without too much prompting, this year we are slipping a bit behind. As always, we are so grateful for the financial support that enables the shared work of St. Croix Church. Please continue to give generously, and we hope that we can this around before year end!

If you have any questions about finances at SCC, please talk with Walter, Jess or Rosie anytime, and you can check here for some different options for giving.

Remember: the easiest ways to give is to e-transfer to givetoscc@gmail.com.

New: SCC Blog

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A Compassionate Consent to Reality

: OK, this is it. Tomorrow, I start to share, via (free) Substack, the ideas that will be building blocks for my main writing project: an exploration of the phrase, “a compassionate consent to reality,” and how I think the phrase can describe a contemplative pathway for healing and maturing. As…
Some ruins and a Celtic cross and the sea beyond
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“Send us on our way with your peace” – Parting Blessings

Our main liturgy has used a beloved version of St. Patrick’s Breastplate (from the Northumbria community) for many years now as a blessing prayer before the closing. It seemed hard to imagine that we could find something different for the Alternate Liturgy that had a similar depth and beauty. Then…
Communion is celebrated under olive trees
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“Welcome to the Table” – A focus on participation in love

(Exploring the Alternate Liturgy, Pt. 5) The centrepiece of the Celtic Service is a weekly time of Communion (or Eucharist). In both our main and alternate liturgies, we’ve avoided the standard “words of institution” just as we’ve avoided hierarchical and formulaic means that may be supposed to determine any “validity”…

The St. Croix Courier posted an article on SCC:

“St. Croix Church Offers Non-Traditional Christianity”

 

In early December, Jess and Walter were interviewed by Jake Boudrot, expecting a paragraph in an article on “churches in the area” and were pleasantly surprised by this article on SCC as an example of “non-traditional” Christianity. Give it a read and let us know what you think!

 

[We trust that the Smiths and Josh Hyslop won’t mind that the Courier dug up an old pic from the Bonfire Music Festival to represent us 🙂 ]

Zach Smith, Andrew Smith and Josh Hyslop sing at Bonfire

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A Birthday and Transitions - A Key Memory from 2022

October 9, 2022

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out to help celebrate our 30th Birthday last week. It was a special gathering all around, and we had a chance to share our immense gratitude and appreciation for Peter and Mary Ellen Fitch who have led us these past 30 years.

Now, we’d love to see you joining us as we take a step into a new season as a community.

30th party

Join Us As We Leave - Making a Statement as We Make Our Exit from the Vineyard Movement

Update

We’re grateful to all who joined us for our leaving (from the Vineyard). We were asked to leave in early 2022, and we wanted to ensure that we communicated the harm and the loss that was associated with the Vineyard’s decision not to accept congregations that affirmed LGBTQ+ folks. We no longer maintain the website with the 1300 signatories who joined us in solidarity as we left, but here is a letter  (Jan. 27, 2022) that was sent to all those who joined with us at that time.