Lent 2025

 We have put together a page on the Diocesan website with initiatives and services promoted in the diocese and beyond.

St. Michael and All Angels Cathedral Kelowna

• Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper -- Tuesday, March 4, 5-7pm. Hosted by the St Michael's Men.

• Ash Wednesday Imposition of Ashes with Holy Communion - Wednesday, March 5, 7am (said) and 7pm (choral)

• Wednesdays in Lent from Noon to 1pm: "The Priest Is In" - alongside the Open Church, Dean David and Pastoral Vicar Rita will set up a couple of 'conversation booths' and be present to talk about anything anyone might wish to drop in and talk about as part of their journey in Lent.

• Learning Event in Lent: Learning from the Mystics, with Bishop Lynne McNaughton speaking on St Julian of Norwich - Saturday, March 15, 9:30am Continental Breakfast available; 10am Session begins and goes till Noon. Tinker Room at the Cathedral.

Learning Event in Lent: On Medical Assistance in Dying: Questions of Faith and Pastoral Care with Dean David and Pastoral Vicar Rita -- Saturday, April 5, 9am-Noon. Tinker Room at the Cathedral.

St. Andrew Okanagan mission Kelona

• Patterns of the cross 
  Does your Lenten season hold intentional time away for nourishment? Or is it more of a sprint to Easter? Whatever your walk with God, whatever shape your ministry or servanthood takes, we all benefit from sabbath time.
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  As a fundraiser for Bringing the 14 Stations of the Cross to Life in fabric art, you are warmly invited to an intimate group setting that will feed your spirit and soothe your soul. Created and ably guided by internationally commissioned liturgical artist and licensed lay minister Karen Brodie Archibald, this retreat will include 7 hours of rest and prayer, as well as contemporary art and reflections from Karen's Stations of the Cross project. This is a 'Stations' devotional unlike any you've ever experienced!
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  Once again Karen is offering this retreat in an online format through Zoom. For the first time, the retreat will also be offered in an intimate in-person space: St. Andrews Anglican Church in Kelowna, British Columbia. In both spaces, Karen guides a restful, meditative experience in which you can journey closely with Jesus from the Garden of Gethsemane to resurrection joy.
  More info here.

Windermere Valley Shared Ministry 

Lenten Study on the book by Brian McLaren "Do I Stay Christian?" The book looks at reasons not to stay Christian (Anti-Semitism, Christian Violence, Crusader Colonialism, Institutionalism, Money, White Patriarchy, Toxic Theology, Lack of Transformation, Constricted Intellectualism, and Aging Demographics). Then, it looks at reasons to stay Christian. Then, it looks at how to do things differently.    

The book can be ordered (paperback or hardcover). It may be available through the Library system. The paperback version is $25.00. 

The study will be conducted online using the links below.

 It will be on six Wednesdays during Lent (March 12th through to April 16th). 

You can join either in the afternoons from 1:00 - 2:30 MT (noon-1:30 PT) or in the evenings from 7:00 - 8:30 MT (6:00 - 7:30 PT). 

 There is no charge to join other than getting the book.