There is always plenty of representation from the Diocese of New Westminster at the Sorrento Centre during the first week of August. That’s a good thing for many reasons, but high on the list is that is the week that Jane Dittrich attends the Centre and takes along her trusty camera.
This is the third year in a row that Jane has shared with us all through diocesan communications some images from that particular week.
During this particular week, Bishop Michael Ingham and the Reverend Trevor Fisher of St. Stephen’s, West Vancouver, led a course called Spirit Links. This popular course has been offered for several years now and for 2013 it had 12 registered who participated in a week of five days of golf which incorporated spiritual conversations. Christianity is full of imagery and stories intended to help us better understand our spiritual nature and our relationship with God and the game of golf lends itself particularly well as a metaphor for the seeking of the divine through Jesus Christ.
The Reverend Andrew Halladay, Priest-in-Charge of St. Augustine’s, Marpole was the Worship Leader for the week of Morning Chapel services and the closing Eucharist and the Reverend David Taylor, Associate Priest at St. Mary’s, Kerrisdale was the Music Leader.
Other highlights included “Learning a New Landscape: Ministry in the Meantime” a course led by the Venerable Dr. Michael Thompson, General Secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada.
Images: Top, Bishop Michael and Jane. Upper right and homepage, Amanda Millar and Jane. (Amanda Millar is the granddaughter of the Reverend Canon Herbert and Paula O'Driscoll. Amanda served as the Youth Staff Coordinator at Sorrento Centre this summer. ). Lower left, Cara Ingham (Bishop Michael's daughter) and Jane (daughter of the Reverend Douglas and Jean Dittrich). The Ingham and Dittrich families first started attending Sorrento Centre in the 1970s. This Summer marks the 50th Anniversary of Sorrento Centre. Below, the Rev. David Taylor and the Rev. Andrew Halladay, and Dr. Christopher Lind, Executive Director of Sorrento Centre at the closing Eucharist of the week.