The 2025 Order of the Diocese of BC investiture service will take place at Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at 10:30am - 12 noon. All are welcome to attend. 

The primate, Archbishop Shane Parker, will also be attending the service. Archbishop Shane will be preaching and will present the Anglican Award of Merit. 

The purpose of the Order is to honour and give special recognition to members of the diocese (and in the case of honourary awards, those not part of the diocese) who have given outstanding service over a significant period of time in their baptismal ministry. 

The service will be livestreamed. To watch the livestream CLICK HERE.

We Together, the bi-annual diocesan conference, is taking place on November 14-15 at St. Paul's, Nanaimo. The second, full day will feature a series of workshops. In the morning, We Together attendees will have the choice between workshops with Denise Doerksen and Gordon T Smith. Find our more about their workshops below.

Art Can Save Us! with Denise Doerksen

The loss of the presence and practice of art is a loss of a spirituality that impacts everything truly valuable in life. What might it mean to reclaim our generative potential for being co-artists with God as Divine Artist? This and other questions will be the foundation for presentations, discussions and artistic exercises. 

The Rev. Denise Doerksen is currently serving as the incumbent at Holy Trinity Anglican Church in North Saanich. She is also a textile and fibre artist.

Hopeful Realism and the Call to Mutual Encouragement with Gordon T Smith

We need to cultivate the capacity to name reality while sustaining a resilient hopefulness. Can we do this? We must: for the sake of the church and for each parishioner. To this end, we cultivate the capacity to be a means of encouragement to others.

Gordon T Smith is the executive director of Christian Higher Education Canada and a Teaching Fellow at Regent College, Vancouver. 

The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia seeks a full-time incumbent for the parish of St. Mark’s, Qualicum Beach. 

The parish profile can be obtained from the Rev. Canon Jenny Replogle, Canon for Lay-led Parishes and Parishes-in-Transition at jreplogle@bc.anglican.ca. Deadline for applications is November 1. 

www.stmarkqualicum.ca