February 20th ENews
SUNDAY SERVICE
Sunday, February 22nd at 10:30am
This Lent, we follow Jesus from wilderness solitude to life-giving community, discovering who we are and who we belong to.
Presiding/Preaching: Rev. Sandra Nixon
FOR YOUR ATTENTION & ACTION
Saturday Feb 21 at 2pm: An Invitation from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation
Join a group from Trinity Grace at St. Andrew’s Wesley!
The waters of the Burrard Inlet are under threat. A proposal to dredge near the Second Narrows Bridge would disturb the sea floor and sea life to move even more oil through this channel. Rueben George of Tsleil-Waututh Nation is inviting people to come pray for the waters of the inlet and discuss how we can take action together to keep the inlet safe from dredging.
TGUC’s Pledge as an Apartheid Free Community includes “… to join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Aparthdi regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation” One way to do this - Support Boycott and Divestment Actions (click on image above for more info about BDS).
During Lent, we will provide examples of both successful and on-going BDS campaigns. This week:
Successful - Scotia Bank
Reason for Boycott: large investment in Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer. The armaments it manufactures are “field-tested” on Palestinians.
On-going - Chevron
Reason for Boycott: Chevron extracts fossil gas claimed by Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean, and by its payments to Israel helps finance Israel’s war chest and apartheid.
IN MEMORIAM
Make it stand out
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Please keep Shadia Qubti, our Community Engagement Animator, and her family in your prayers. Shadia’s father passed away earlier this week, and Shadia has gone home to be with her family.
Shadia asked that we share the bereavement announcement (left) on her behalf. Translation:
“I am the resurrection and life, whoever believes in me, even if dead, shall live”. The local Baptist Church in Nazareth; Rhadia, his bereaved wife: Samir, Sammy, Bashir and Shady, his sons; Bushra and Shadia, his daughters, and all Qupty and Shurush; and their relatives here and abroad mourn the death of their beloved Qubti clan elder, Elia Jaber Qubti - 86 yrs old.
UPCOMING AT TGUC
UPCOMING
ONGOING
FARM 2 PLATE MARKETPLACE
Every Thursday 5:15-6:00pm.
Support local farms! TGUC is the Pick Up location - order online
For more information click here
RECOMMENDED
Sunday, Feb. 22nd, 11am PT (register to receive the recording if you can’t make the call!)
Join a special Community Call live from Palestine! We will hear directly from contributors to the Kairos II document: “Moment of Truth - Faith in a Time of Genocide”. We will also share how we all can faithfully respond to this prophetic text.
The call will feature ASL interpretation, and a recording of the call will be sent to all registrants. Click here to register
March 8, 2-4:30pm - Interfaith Concert
This FREE concert welcomes everyone! The venue is wheelchair accessible, and light refreshments will be provided. Seats are limited — first come, first served! Please register by February 27, 2026 (click here to register)
Voices for Gaza: A Benefit Concert
Feb 27, 2026 - 7:30pm
Canadian Memorial United Church - 1806 W. 15th Ave.
Come together, to listen to beautiful music, and to gather in our shared humanity, grief, and hope. All Proceeds go to Palestinian-led initiatives in Gaza.