Tue, Apr
14th, 2009 - 4:13PM
 Anglican
church services were held in Sooke, B.C. as early as
1873. From 1911, services were held monthly in the Sooke
School House, and then in the first Sooke Hall. The
congregation consisted of 26 people. In 1912 a church
building committee purchased a piece of property for
$250 and Holy Trinity Anglican church was built.
On April 4th, 2005 a fire destroyed the 92-year-old
building.
The parishioners of Holy Trinity Sooke carried on,
proving that a 'church' is the people not a building.
The congregation meet at first at the nearby Roman
Catholic Church and then the Seventh Day Adventist
Church. On December 15th, 2007 a special service was
held to consecrate the New Holy Trinity Church.
After the fire the Phoenix Rising from the Ashes banner,
shown right, was made and gifted to Holy Trinity church
by local quilter Eileen Searle.
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