Welcome to St. Clement's!
Our service is on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m., and is a contemporary eucharist (Holy Communion) in the Anglican style. We sing a lively mixture of new and traditional hymns; sermons are based on that Sunday's Bible readings and applied to how we live in today's complex world. We are reverent and relaxed, not formal. Our worship offers praise to God and gratitude for the gift of life. The prayers give space and silence to voice concerns, for personal needs and for shared anguishes for the world.
We also have a lively and delicious coffee, tea and goodie social after every service in the lower hall.
There is always room for questions and wonderings, along with the joy that comes with walking the faith journey in community with others. Our congregation is diverse and inclusive; there is room here for everyone. We look forward to welcoming you!
Please click on the links above to learn more about what we do and who we are.
Want to walk through one of our typical Sunday morning services, and get a glimpse of why we do what we do? Please click right here to read our Welcome booklet, or dowload a PDF below.
Or, to learn about some of the history and meaning behind the prayers and practices in an Anglican communion service, you can click on this link. It takes you to our form of service, to which the Rev. Liz Hamel has added some explanatory annotations (thank you, Liz!).
If you are unable to attend in person, please join our Cloud Congregation and join us online for services and some events, or watch a previously recorded service here on our Facebook page.
We also have our very own Indigenous Cultural Sensitivity Leader, who can help walk you through and answer any questions you may have. Are you an Elder who would like to attend services? We can help with protocols and questions too! Please feel free to reach out to Jenn here.
St. Clement's is a Safe Church!
Safe Church: the commitment of the Anglican Communion to do our best to ensure that our churches are safer places for everyone. Safe Church work affirms the right of every person involved in a church to be safe from harm and abuse. In our Diocese of New Westminster, all clergy and lay leaders who work with children or vulnerable adults undergo Safe Church training and complete criminal record checks. For more information about our diocese's robust Screening in Faith expectations, please click here.
Why do we do Safe Church work?
a. Safe Church is a practical expression of the Gospel.
b. Jesus models respect and compassion.
c. Scripture challenges the abuse of power.
d. Violence and abuse are a global crisis needing a unified, global response.
e. We have listened to those who have experienced abuse in church contexts.
f. Abuse in church communities damages trust in the church.
g. The elimination of abuse in the churches of the Anglican Communion has been highlighted as a priority by all of our
Instruments of Communion.
Please contact us to learn more!
St. Clement's is an Accessible Church!
We have an accessibility ramp on the outside of the church, a stairlift on the inside, an accessible washroom downstairs that can be accessed via the chairlift or outside and plenty of parking. We speak many languages at St. Clements, including A.S.L and have a hearing loop-induction loop (t-coil) that is available for people with hearing aids. We would be more than happy to welcome you and make you feel at home here!
St. Clement's is a dog friendly church!
These are the “Best practices for dogs in church” adopted by the Parish Council in 2022. The best practices recognize two things: 1) the growing number of people in our neighbourhood for whom having a companion animal with them enables them to come to church and to worship (this is a very good thing); and 2) how welcoming companion animals into our worship space might affect the whole of the community, particularly those who are afraid or uneasy around animals.
Our best practices at St Clement’s include:
1. Keeping your companion animal on a leash at all times when on the St. Clement’s premises (indoors and outdoors)
2. Keeping your companion animal out of the aisles once inside the church
3. Meeting the rector to ensure the companion animal interacts well with people (children in particular);
4. A willingness to remove your companion animal from the church if and when they’re giving you those signals that they’re becoming distressed (e.g. barking, whining)
5. When your companion animal is interacting with someone, checking first to make sure that person is okay with dogs.
Finally, please consider the size of your dog when discerning whether they’re a good fit for church. If the pews are fuller than usual, please opt to leave your dog at home or in your vehicle (windows cracked for air) so there is adequate seating for people in the pews.
Thank you!