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The Rev’d Tory Byrne has been appointed Regional Dean of Chignecto, effective September 1, 2009.
Bishop Sue
Thurs., Aug. 27th - Fri., Aug. 28th = Days Off
Sun., Aug. 20th = Pastoral Visit: Parish of Timberlea-Lakeside (Deconsecration of St. Luke’s Church)
Mon., Aug. 31st = Reading & Writing
Tues., Sept. 1st - Wed., Sept. 2nd = Appointments/Meetings in Office
Bishop Ron
Thurs., Aug. 27th = Reading & Writing
Fri., Aug. 28th = In Office
Mon., Aug. 31st - Fri., Sept. 4th = Vacation
There are no openings posted at the present time.
Job site of Anglican Church of Canada: http://www2.anglican.ca/jobs/index.php
Synod Office Staff Summer Vacations:
Bishop Ron Cutler - August 31-September 4; Oct. 5-9
Peter Flemming - August 24-27; week of August 31st
Patrick Pearse - week of September 14th
Gordon Redden - returning August 31st
Janice Roby - returning August 31st
Kathy Saunders - August 31-Sept 4; Sept 17-18
On Sunday, September 13, 2009 TEC will be hosting an Open House at the Diocesan Centre on College Street. That's the same place that the TEC weekends are held. It will start at 5 p.m. and go to ... later. We will have pizza and stuff and will be the perfect opportunity to reconnect with your team mates, your table mates and old friends. It is also the perfect time to submit an application for the TEC 16 team. We will also be holding elections for various Steering Committee positions and if you are unable to commit to a weekend, this may be the way for you to stay involved. Also, for those of us who are on the Steering Committee, there will be a short Steering meeting following our get together. Yours in Christ TEC Steering
“DivorceCare” Program at St. Timothy’s
Find help and healing for the hurt of separation and divorce or the break-up of a relationship. DivorceCare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through oneof life’s most difficult experiences. Don’t go through separation or divorce alone.
Starting Tuesday, Sept. 8th at 7 p.m. in St. Timothy’s Hall, this group meets Tuesday nights weekly to help participants face these challenges and move toward rebuilding their lives.
Each DivorceCare session has two distinct elements: a video teaching seminar
with experts, including top experts on divorce and recovery subjects; And a
support group with focus including discussing what was presented in the
seminar and what is going on in the lives of group members. Open to everyone
in the community (whether they were married or not). Supported by Mental Health
Foundation of Nova Scotia. For more information: Cheryl Rafuse, 852-3859 or
email:mike_cheryl@ns.sympatico.ca
New! Depression Group beginning Friday, Sept. 11, 9-10 a.m. The group will meet weekly at St. Timothy's Hall, 2320 Prospect Rd., Hatchet Lake. Facilitators are Registered Psychologist Carol Shirley & Rev. Cheryl Rafuse. No Charge and no church affiliation necessary. For more information phone 852-4580 or email: cherylrafuse@gmail.com
On September 12, 2009
10:00 AM – noon
at Trinity Church, 321 Main Ave, Halifax
Essentials Nova Scotia invites you to come to hear about
“The Agape Project”
with guest speakers Rev. David Harris and/or Mr. Michael Edward
The following descriptions taken from other sources may help you understand what will be presented during the morning.
Led by the Rev. David Harris and others, this is a mind-blowing project aimed at communicating the Gospel of Jesus Christ, especially to people under 40. Huge effort and expertise are being poured into this project.
This is a new, practical initiative to promote the understanding and exploration of authentically Anglican Christianity in ways that particularly reach, recruit and deploy younger Anglicans across the country through networking and personal encounter.
While promoted and supported by the Federation, the proposed Anglican Project would
operate at arm’s length from it, with an independent board whose membership would reflect the modes, channels and expertise of constituencies such as recent graduates and “Generation X,” melded with the experience of seasoned advisors and regional leaders.
Light lunch and time for fellowship will follow the meeting.
One Voice CD
One Voice – a magical double CD set of inspiration and celebration from some of Canada’s top names in music, created to help raise funds for The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF)
One Voice is a unique gift for Anglicans to proudly share with friends and family members. The CD sets will sell in Anglican churches for $20 each, and it is strongly recommended that parishes order early to avoid disappointment. Shipping will begin in early September 2009: the minimum order will be 10 CD sets (one case) plus shipping and handling. Contact Carolyn Vanderlip, PWRDF 50th Anniversary Program Facilitator, at cvanderlip@pwrdf.org or 416.924.9199 ext. 266.
One Voice is a PWRDF 50th anniversary initiative, with 100% of the proceeds going to support the work of PWRDF – sustainable development, relief, refugees, and global justice.
Join us in bringing our voices together as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of PWRDF!
Disc 1: Celebration
1 Waiting for a Miracle • Bruce Cockburn
2 Never-Ending Road (Amhrán Duit) • Loreena McKennitt
3 Je T’aime • Roxanne Potvin
4 Ever Present Need • Steve Bell
5 Higher • Tara MacLean
6 Finger Lakes • Blue Rodeo
7 Just Another Day • Serena Ryder
8 Lovely Irene • Lucie Idlout
9 Let Me Be • Elizabeth Shepherd
10 Delivery Delayed • Stan Rogers
11 A Miner And A Miner’s Son • The Men of the Deeps • composed by Tony Aucoin
12 McNabs • Ashley MacIsaac
13 Dizzy Nest • Oliver Jones
14 A Better Place • Julie Crochetière
15 I Travelled • Jully Black
16 I’ll Never Understand (featuring Bernadette Kabango) • ShadDisc 2: Inspiration
1 Amazing Grace • Chor Leoni Men’s Choir • arranged by Robert Sund
2 Can You Imagine? • Vancouver Children's Choir •composed by Rupert Lang
3 Hymn To Freedom • Oscar Peterson Trio • composed by Oscar Peterson
4 Inverness • Joe Sealy • composed by Joe Sealy
5 Balm in Gilead • Vancouver Chamber Choir • arranged by Jon Washburn
6 O Vivens Fons • Elektra Women’s Choir • composed by Hildegard of Bingen
7 Hymn Of The Cherubim • The Choirs of St. Thomas’s • composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff
8 Os Justi • Pro Coro Canada• composed by Anton Bruckner
9 Ave Maria • CapriCCio Vocal Ensemble • composed by Anton Bruckner
10 Eternity • Hamilton Children’s Choir • composed by Michael Bojesen
11 Alleluia (from Exsultate Jubilate) • Rachel Snow • composed by W A Mozart
12 Abide With Me • The Three Cantors
13 Chorale Prelude On St. Columba • Angus Sinclair • composed by C V Stanford
14 The Cuckoo and the Hawk • Nathan Hiltz • composed by Nathan Hiltz
15 Evening Hymn • The Parish Choir of St. John’s Elora • composed by H B Gardiner
16 Hail, Gladdening Light • University of Alberta Madrigal Singers • composed by Charles Wood
17 The Ballad of Skipper Knight • Shallaway • composed by Stephen Hatfield
Attachment Size
PWRDF One Voice Order Form (pdf) 341.2 KB
PWRDF One Voice Promo (pdf) 960.83 KB
Christine Hills
Communications Associate
The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund
The Anglican Church of Canada
80 Hayden Street
Toronto ON M4Y 3G3
416-924-9199 x 325
chills@pwrdf.org www.pwrdf.org
PEI
Everyone is baptized to ministry! If you are interested in learning more about the Bible, Anglican Tradition and Anglican Church History, how we engage the culture with our faith, and theological reflection, the 4 year EFM Program may be for you. On Prince Edward Island an EFM group is planned for Friday mornings, 9:30 - 12:30, at St. Luke's Church Hall in O'Leary ...or St. Mary's Church Hall in Summerside... starting Friday October 2, 2009 and finishing Friday June 4, 2010. Advance registration is required. For more information contact Janet Mortimer at 902-853-2524 or by email: janetvmortimer@gmail.com
2010 Stoles - Those interested in ordering a stole must do so before October 30th by contacting Davena Davis. The cost is $50 each - cash of cheque payable to the "Diocese of NS & PEI". The stoles will be ready for the 2010 Service but an exact date is unknown at this time.
PERSPECTIVES
STUDY PROGRAM
Begins Sept. 9th 2009
Do you know what God is doing in the
new millennium?
("Perspectives is absolutely essential for anyone interested in missions!") GEORGE VERWER, Operation MobilizationWhat is Perspectives?
Perspectives Study Program on the World Christian Movement is a dynamic 15-week discipleship course taught by a variety of veteran missionaries, influential strategists and professors, each an expert in their respective area.
Discover what God is doing around the world and consider your part in His purposes. Perspectives Study Program will help you understand God’s plan for our world – and possibly for your life – as you explore the following topics:
It is Biblical What does God’s Word reveal about His plan?
Discover God’s often overlooked yet unchanging purpose as it’s revealed from Genesis to Revelation.
It is Historical How has God been working throughout history?
You’ll be challenged and encouraged as you learn about the unlikely people and surprising events God has used throughout history in the spread of the Gospel.
It is Cultural How does culture fit in God’s global plan?
Do missionaries destroy or enhance cultures when they plant churches? Learn the keys for communicating the Gospel to people with different world views and cultures.
It is Strategic What role could you and your church play?
What are ‘unreached people groups’ and why are they so important in the completion of God’s eternal purpose?
Perspectives Study Program is for…
… You!
Where & When
Location:
Birch Cove Baptist Church
50 Donaldson Ave.
Halifax, NS
Time:
Wednesdays, Sept 9 to Dec 16
7pm to 9:30 pm
Contact:
Rob Flanigan
454-9665
Jim Nickle, Registrar
or Register online at www.perspectivescanada.org
Small Group Leaders & Helpers Training
Are you planning a Bible study or other adult small group program?
Do you need training or a refresher for your lay leaders?
St. Timothy's Anglican Church in Hatchet Lake is hosting a training session for Leaders and
Helpers for adult studies and support groups. This two-part program includes:
Our priorities in programming include excellence in hospitality, trust, respect and friendship.
Churches, organizations or individuals interested in participating in this training, may contact
Rev. Lisa Vaughn (852-4580 or lgvaughn@eastlink.ca). There is no cost. Registration required.
Training is Friday, Sept. 11th - 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
and Saturday, Sept. 12th. - 9 a.m. to 12-noon.
Location: St. Timothy's Hall, 2320 Prospect Road, Hatchet Lake.
(15 minutes from Halifax’s Armdale Roundabout)
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DYC 2009 is now accepting applications to "Come and Discover the Kingdom"! - October 23-25, 2009 at AST. Participant applications can be found here (please link to attachment) and leaders applications are available by e-mailing diocesanyouthconference@yahoo.ca Registration deadline for participants is September 18th, 2009. NO late applications will be accepted this year so get them in ASAP. See you there! |
Click on the brochure to the left to be directed to the Clergy Area where you can link to the complete brochure.
Click above to receive an on-line registration form. But don't wait. Yes, the Conference is in October but rooms and and registration must be booked by the beginning of SEPTEMBER!
AST BEST PRACTICES INSTITUTE’S
MORE READY THAN YOU REALIZE: EVANGELISM IN THE EMERGING CULTURE
IS COMING SOON!
Featuring BRIAN MCLAREN, internationally renowned author, speaker, and leadership mentor recognized for his ability to provoke, inspire and equip us to reach out and relate the Gospel for people today.
When: Friday, September 18, 2009, 7 – 9:30 p.m.
Where: St. Andrew’s United Church, Coburg Rd & Robie St, Halifax, NS
Cost: $20.00
Bring a group from your church of 5 or more for just $80.00!
Register by: September 11 or at the door
For more information and registration: http://www.astheology.ns.ca/bpi/ChangingCongregationalDNA.html
Or contact: Janet Marshall, Facilitator, Best Practices Institute
bestpractices@astheology.ns.ca(902) 423-6939
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWR&DF), St. John’s Anglican Church, Westphal is holding a Gospel Concert on Saturday September 19th, at 7:30 pm. in their hall at 1215 Main St. (corner of Main St. and Lake Major Road, Dartmouth). Four local groups will be performing; with a light lunch following the concert. Tickets are $8.00 and all proceeds go to the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund.
For tickets call Pat at 433-0483, Vinie at 462-8225 and leave a message, or the Church office at 435-1880 and leave a message.
Anglican Church of Canada, PEI
WELCOMES YOU…..
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Rev Andrew Mortimer
Parish of Alberton/O’Leary
Combined service – Holy Trinity, Alma
11:00 am – Fellowship to follow.
Christ Church, Kildare Capes 7:00pm
Everyone Welcome!
COME PRAY ON OUR ISLAND!
COME AND WORSHIP ON THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH WEST COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA !!
THE ANGLICAN CHURCHES OF LOCKEPORT~BARRINGTON INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN US.
AUGUST 30TH: 9:30 LOCKEPORT
9:30 CHURCHOVER
11:30 JORDAN FALLS
SEPTEMBER 6TH: Celebration of Holy Eucharist with Rev. Holly Ratcliffe presiding.
11 a.m. Holy Cross, Lockeport.
CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AT www.lockeport-barrington.com
CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE FOR DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS BY TYPING "LOCKEPORT-BARRINGTON"
IN THE ADDRESS BAR ON YOUR COMPUTER.
(PRIESTS ARE WELCOME TO COME AND CELEBRATE THE EUCHARIST WITH US
PLEASE ADVISE REV. NORMA MITCHELL @ 902-656-2438, OF YOUR ATTENDANCE)
We would like to invite and encourage any whom might be visiting in the Annapolis/Digby area to join us in any of the following Services during the month of August 2009, at St. Anne’s Anglican Birch Chapel, 159 Harbourview, Smith’s Cove, Digby County
This is a wonderful opportunity to experience this Old Loyalist Church…. All are most welcome….
Sunday 30th August 1000 Hrs Holy Eucharist BCP Pentecost 13
Upcoming Companions on a Journey Events:
- New dates coming soon for Lunenburg, Annapolis Valley & Cape Breton.
The complete July through September Cycle of Prayer and Provincial Prayer Care are now available on the web site at: http://nspeidiocese.ca/diocese/cycle/cycle.htm
DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER
VALLEY REGION
August 30
Bridgetown, Nova Scotia
The Reverend Liz Earley and Mel
St. James’, Bridgetown
St. Mary’s, Bellisle
Clements, Nova Scotia
The Reverend Gordon Neish, Priest-In-Charge, and Nellie
St. Edward’s, Clementsport
St. John’s, Bear River
Birch Chapel, Smith’s Cove
Digby-Weymouth, Nova Scotia
The Reverend William Burt
Trinity, Digby
Church of the Nativity, Sandy Cove
All Saints, Rossway
St. Paul’s, Marshalltown
St. Peter and St. Thomas, Weymouth North
St. Matthew’s, Weymouth Falls
Pray for all people and their ministries in our Companion Diocese of Moosonee, particularly:
St. John the Baptist, Wemindji
The Reverend Capts. Rod and Lisa BrantFrancis
Honorary Assistant
The Reverend Samuel Hughboy, Wemindji
Pray for the preparations being made for 'Celebration 2010' in the Regions and the Diocese.
[click here for the Anniversary Prayer]
PROVINCIAL PRAYER CARE
Ecclesiastical Province of Canada
August
Let Us Give Thanks For . . .
Please Pray For . . .
30 August Diocese of Quebec
Bishop Dennis Drainville
2009 Council of the North Prayer Cycle now available!
New Anglican-Lutheran prayer cycle: The prayer cycle is available here (PDF):
http://www2.anglican.ca/faith/relationships/documents/cp2008-09.pdf
St. James Anglican Church in Herring Cove (Parish of Falkland) will be Saturday, September 12 from 4:00pm-6:00pm A bake table will open at 2pm. For more information, please call 446-8168. |
The Anglican Parish of the Resurrection, Sydney is planning a Dinner Theatre fundraiser, the musical comedy “Those Were the Days” on October 2 and 3, 2009.
The show is being presented at Saint George’s Hall, 50 Nepean Street in Sydney. Tickets are $20.00 per person and are only available in advance. Tickets are available to the general public and may be obtained by calling Shirley Halliday at 562-5698.
~ click for larger for full size poster for Vervain Fair ~
Everyone IS Welcome
MISSION TO SEAFARERS – Our Monthly Luncheon will be held on August 28, 2009. Time 12:00noon til 1:00pm. Cost $10, Seniors $7.50; this includes main course, dessert, (Tea/Coffee).
Our Monthly Luncheons are held the last Friday of each month, unless otherwise specified. During inclement weather, please call Mission to Seafarers at (902) 422-7790; in case the luncheon has been postponed.
Justice Camp offered rich insights into poverty
Ali Symons, Anglican Church of Canada
August 26, 2009 - It maybe looked like a normal summer baseball game on Halifax’s grassy commons: people lobbing the ball and laughing, with a barbeque going on the side. But for those attending Justice Camp 2009, it was a holy moment, as they played alongside low-income people for an afternoon of fun.
It became the metaphor for what we learned,” said the Rev. Maylanne Maybee, General Synod's ecojustice coordinator, who attended. “It became a level playing field, where there was no donor and recipient, there was no rich and poor. We were just people playing ball and eating hotdogs.
This was one of many moments of “Finding Abundance,” the theme of Justice Camp, a week of hands-on learning about poverty held Aug. 9 to 15 in the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. More than 60 participants—Anglicans and otherwise, old and young, from around and afar—gathered in Halifax, then small immersion groups sp read out across the diocese to explore issues including urban poverty, cultural poverty, and disabled and marginalized groups.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are have-not provinces, yet the richness of their sense of community, sense of place, sense of history and care for others—that really came through,” said Ms. Maybee.
She said this Justice Camp offered insights about “friendship” as a third way of walking with the poor, beyond giving charity or fighting for justice.
Justice Camps are an initiative of the Anglican Church of Canada’s Partners in Mission and Ecojustice Committee, but the camp is organized by a dynamic—and decentralized—local coalition, led by co-chairs Katie Puxley and Andy Sharon, who often set up meetings on Skype. Ms. Maybee said communications vehicles at this Justice Camp offered a “huge breakthrough” and noted that several campers blogged, including Murray MacAdam, the Diocese of Toronto’s social justice and advocacy consultant.
The 2009 camp also welcomed an international visitor for the first time: the Rev. Francisco da Silva from the Episcopal Church of Brazil, who offered insights on poverty from his own context.
The Justice Camp momentum continues. Previous camps included Environment Justice Camp (Victoria, 2007); Advocacy Justice Camp (Ottawa, 2006); and Food Justice Camp (Winnipeg, 2005). The Diocese of Niagara hosts next, addressing “Live the change you want to see,” from May 9 to 14, 2010. For more information, contact Christyn Perkons, camp project manager by phone at (905) 527-1316 ext. 460 or email.
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Check out the “Calendar of Events” at: http://www.localendar.com/public/diocese
Thanksgiving In New York 8 Days/7 Nights November 22nd, 2009
Join Canon David Boston as you relive the magic of the Holiday Season during this trip to New York City for American Thanksgiving! Stay in the heart of Manhattan where you are just minutes away from top attractions, shopping, entertainment and restaurants. Enjoy breathtaking precision dance routines, elaborate costumes, and stunning stage effects of the world famous Rockettes during their Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall. See New York from the sky during a visit to the Empire State Building. Watch the beloved Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. No trip to New York would be complete without attending a performance on Broadway.
For further information please contact David by phone (902-445-9604) or by e-mail (dmboston@eastlink.ca)
For parishes on the Irving Oil Plan, the furnace oil price for the period of August 22nd to 28th, 2009 is $0.5932 per litre. The Commercial Account Manager for the Diocesan Oil Program is Mr. Cory Hiscock. You may contact him by phone at: 902-798-3061, or by e-mail: cory.hiscock@irvingoil.com
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