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If you attend in person on Sundays, a special parking rate is available at the Park Place Parkade. The parking code for 2025 is 20254630. Rate details are available here. 

New Parking Rates (Effective August 1, 2025)

You can watch past live-streamed services on our YouTube channel — click to watch the ones you missed or rewatch the ones you enjoyed!

Rev. Areeta: away July 7–27

Rev. Christian: away July 15–August 5

Dean Chris, Rev. Clare & Neil (Music Director) at Sorrento: July 20–26. Dean Chris will be back on July 29. 

Effective August 1, 2025, TLT will increase from 24% to 29%, as approved by the TransLink Board of Directors under the 2025 Investment Plan.

As a result of this change, all Park Place parking rates will be adjusted accordingly. The new weekend flat rate will be $5.25, and the Monday to Friday rates will $4.25 (hourly 6:00 am to 6:00 pm) and $18.75 (Daily max until 6:00 pm) starting August 1st.

Please note that this change is part of a regional initiative to fund public transit services through 2027 and reduce operating deficits. You can find further details in the official announcement from TransLink here.

Last meal is Friday, July 25. 

We will see you again on Friday, September 5. 

Images counter-clockwise from the top left:

1. Our Public Lecture - a fireside chat

2. Our Morning Prayer choir

3. With grandson Charles

4. Our music team

5. At the end of Tuesday's hike. Tappan Co-Op ice cream ... a small!

Saturday, July 26, 2025, 10am – 1pm

The City of Vancouver has organized both a Pop-up Recycling & Free Swap Event taking place this Saturday at: King George Secondary School, 1755 Barclay St Vancouver, BC V6G 1K6

There are three ways to participate in the free swap:

(1) Swap it. Drop off items for others to choose from and then pick out new-to-you items dropped off by others.

(2) Donate it. Feel free to donate items without taking home anything new.

(3) Take it.

Nothing to donate? No problem! Everyone is welcome to take items home – there are plenty of great finds to go around. General guidelines: Items will be accepted from 10am-12:30pm. Size – each item will fit in a regular size reusable bag – think grocery bag. Condition - in clean, good working order. Quantity - bring 1-2 items, take as many as you like.

What to do when you arrive...

Rev. Richard R. Topping (Professor of Studies in the Reformed Tradition at Vancouver School of Theology) is teaching a class on Christian Theology this fall on Thursday afternoons. This is a great class for people interested in the basics of the Christian faith. It runs for 11 weeks every Thursday afternoon, starting September 11. We follow the Apostles’ Creed phrase by phrase, to discuss the faith Christians confess.

Topics like: what does it mean to be human, what is life for, what can we hope for and who is God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Many lay people have taken this course in the past and enjoyed it. The course is available on zoom and easily available to all.

Summer is here – or at least school is out! 

During the summer, our Sunday school (I'm still working on finding a good name for it) is on a summer hiatus. Sunday school will be on a summer hiatus starting on Sunday July 6 and will be back on Sunday August 31. 

We will have the mats in the Nave (where the 10.30am church service takes place) with quiet toys and books, where children and their grownups are invited to sit.

In the Anglican Church, we have a phrase: "lex orandi, lex credendi" – meaning the law of prayer is the law of belief. In terms of children's ministry and spiritual accompaniment, we believe that worshiping together teaches children lots of things about praying together and we also believe that children teach us about their place in worship when they worship with us. 

May your summer be a time of renewal, of slowing down, with moments of leisure. God bless you wherever your summer journeys lead.

Your friend in Christ, 

Areeta+

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Morning Prayer on Zoom | Monday to Friday | 9:30am to 10:00am

Fellowship for Parishioners of African Descent | Last Saturday of each month | 5:00 to 7:00pm

Summer Hiatus for Upper Zoom Bible Study - Resumes September 4, 2025  

As summer begins and some of us may be longing for some time to unwind, your Upper Zoom is also taking a break for a few weeks. After an amazing year studying our Sunday readings as well as the Book of Psalms, it is time for me to get ready for what comes next, and for you to enjoy the long expected summer.

Thank you for your presence week after week. Thank you for the knowledge and spiritual insights you shared through our conversations. The depth of this ministry comes from the group as a gift from God. We pause for the summer, but the Upper Zoom Bible Study will be back on Thursday, September 4, 2025.

In the meantime, the references for the Sunday readings are published online through our Canadian lectionary. Feel free to reach out to share your thoughts and questions through the summer. My email is claude@thecathedral.ca.

Blessings,

Claude

The Cathedral office is open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Staff contact information is available here. 

REGULAR SUNDAY SERVICES

Holy Communion | 8:00 a.m.

Choral Eucharist | 10:30 a.m.

St. Brigid’s Eucharist | 1:30 p.m.

Sundays@4 Choral Service | 4:00 p.m.

Compline | 8:00 p.m.

WEEKDAY SERVICES

Holy Eucharist | Monday—Friday
12:15 p.m.

Holy Eucharist | Thursday
7:30 a.m. (with breakfast following)

Rite of Reconciliation (Confession) | 4th Wednesday
11:00 a.m.—Noon

Healing Prayers & Anointing | Wednesday
Following the 12:15 p.m. Eucharist

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Those seeking prayers for themselves or others may email the Cathedral Prayer Link at prayerlink@thecathedral.ca to have their name added to the list.

Please Note: Unless otherwise requested, names are removed from the prayer list after three weeks. The Prayer Link ministry sincerely appreciates any updates on recovery or changes in circumstances.