Synod at SPPC

 The links for this weekend's worship services are here.

  -- Friday evening 

  -- Saturday morning

 --Sunday morning

Whew! What a weekend. The Synod of B.C. of the Presbyterian Church met at Saanich Peninsula Presbyterian Church this weekend. Representatives of all the congregations in the Presbyterian Church in B.C. send representatives to meet, worship and conduct the business of the church. Pretty straightforward.

What SPPC did, as host congregation was much more colourful and tasty! The hall, sanctuary and narthex were resplendent with flowers. Thanks to Pam, our resident expert, for creating such beautiful arrangements.  

On Friday evening, there was a beautifully arranged table groaning with meats, cheeses, muffins, fruit, chocolate . . . well, you had to be there.

veggies and dip formed as flowers

Of course, the food did not appear by magic-- many, many hands made it happen.

Taking a break

  

Goodie bags - never go hungry!

A little behind the scenes chaos

The finished product was stunning

That's Lorna and Jerusha and Linda and Norma and Darlene and Joan -- some of the heavy hitters in the kitchen.

But, that was only Friday, then there was coffee and snacks on Saturday, culminating with a feast on Saturday evening. 

Our friends from Jesus is Lord Congregation helped serve

A professional chef at work in the kitchen.

probably enough food!

The food came out piping hot.

What a pretty setting

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On Sunday morning we had a full sanctuary for worship. Many of the presbyters stayed over and the congregation of Knox Presbyterian, Victoria, joined us. You can hear some glorious congregational singing by clicking the link at the top of this page. Rev. Dale Wood was our guest preacher. If he ever seeks a second career, he might consider being a stand-up comic. During a thoughtful, scripture-based sermon, quoting the apostle Paul, he still had the congregation chuckling.

It was a very full weekend, lots of work for many people, especially, Rev. Irwin, Darlene, and Roy at the organizaational level of things. It was great to see their smiling (relieved?) faces during coffee hour on Sunday morning. Praise God for using this building and these people to serve Him.