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Sunday, May 5, 11 am to noon at the Victoria Jewish Cemetery on Cedar Hill Road (south from Hillside Avenue), Victoria.

The Passover festival retells the Exodus story of the Israelites liberation from the bondage of Mitzrayim , Egypt.

Easter celebrates the fact that Jesus is still alive as a living spirit who touches people in many different ways. He has inspired people to be compassionate, kind, honest, fair, and friendly. We could all give examples from our own experience.

As you read this, Christians around the world are preparing for the celebration of Easter. The first service of the resurrection is held on Saturday night after sunset. Known as the Easter Vigil, it is the most ancient liturgy in our tradition.

The approach of Earth Day on Monday comes with a couple of alarming news stories ringing in our ears. One is that an international panel of scientists has declared that in order to keep the rise in the atmosphere鈥檚 overall temperature to less than 1.

A few weeks from now, an old brick pile on 91原创鈥檚 Downtown East Side will come crashing down to make way for a new development next to Pigeon Park.

I encountered Reverend Ann Pollock early in my formation as a minister. Going away to Naramata for a weekend, she鈥檇 left both service and sermon to me. I drafted and redrafted.

鈥淚 have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.鈥� Martin Luther King, Jr.

As I pulled up to the booth at Tsawwassen the sign changed: 鈥榁ictoria 鈥� 2 sailing wait.鈥� My heart sank. I was planning to do so much, and I had appointments I wanted to keep, and it was early morning on a Monday.

Perhaps no story from the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) is better known than the story of the Exodus --Moses leading the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt.