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Summer, 2003

Saturday May 31^st

- Church Walk & Lunch. Meet at Church at 10:00 AM

Sunday June 1^st

- Communion

Sunday June 8^th

- Pentecost Festival of Hymns

Sunday June 15^th

- Trinity Sunday

Sunday June 29^th

- Hymn Sing

Sunday July 20^th

- Church Picnic at the Fishers' farm after Church

May 28^th - August 6^th

- Alpha Course, 6:00PM Wednesday Evenings

August

- Rev. Don Isner on vacation

Please check your Church Bulletin, the Centennial website (http://www.cucvictoria.com) or call the Church office (384-6424) for further details.

Choir Report
Submitted by Toni Henderson and Charles Dool

The choir has had a busy and productive winter. Our Christmas services were generally well-attended, and many favorable comments were received from the congregation and guests. We are so fortunate to have our outstanding director, Ron McCormick, along with music by Robert Neufeld on occasion, and the special support of Rev. Don Isner.

Prairie Night was a huge success. The Police Choir was wonderful and we were royally entertained with music and fun. The choir also played a part in the entertainment and sang from our vantage point in the gallery. Manitoba took the honors for most representation for the first time, with Saskatchewan a close second

It's not the regular or average Sunday services that form memories of singing in the choir, so much as the SPECIAL occasions necessitating a little extra effort in rehearsing the music. There was the short lull after the Christmas music, but not for long, because we were looking at the Good Friday and Easter Sunday services that would be coming up soon. Allison, our soprano soloist on Easter Sunday, who sang "I know my Redeemer liveth" is another voice major at the University. The two trumpet players are also music students at the University.

In between, just before Easter, because of the Iraqi war, we held a Prayer for Peace service that included some special music. On that occasion Jamie Rose, tenor and Sheila Dool, alto joined to sing the Purcell 'Bell Anthem' - " Rejoice in the Lord alway." Jamie also sang an aria from Handel's Messiah.

On April 7/03, the choir attended at the celebration of the life of Bruce Barr, who passed away on April 1st and will be most sadly missed by the choir as well as the congregation for his long and faithful service. Again we say "Thank you Bruce". He was able to sing in the choir until three weeks before his death. A remarkable contribution!

The annual potluck was held at the home of Ruth and Jerry Gilliatt. From all reports, it was a great get-together - lots of good food and fun.

You are aware of our intentions to offer vocal scholarships for a Tenor and an Alto soloist. Many have been very supportive of this project by contributing to the fund, and for this we say "Thank You". When we first advertised, most who would have been available had already accepted these scholarships from other churches in Victoria; however, we do have some good news which we feel we can pass on to you now. JAMIE ROSE, the tenor mentioned above, has indicated he will be with us from June 1st to Dec. 31st. (He also said he is hoping to find an alto to come along too.) With these extra vocal resources, Ron will be happy to put them to good use. Bless him for pushing and stretching our capabilities! We are thankful for the new help coming into the choir.

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