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Services of Ordination
Marilyn Murphy will be ordained to the Diaconate by Bishop Sue Moxley on Monday, January 18, 2010, the Confession of St. Peter. The service will take place at St. Thomas’ Church, Musquodoboit, 7:30pm.
Gary Giles will be ordained to the Diaconate by Bishop Ron Cutler on Monday, January 25, 2010, the Conversion of St. Paul. The service will take place at St. Andrew’s Church, Cole Harbour, 7:30pm.
Clergy, Lay Readers and Postulants for Ordination are welcome to robe and join in the procession ... liturgical colour for both occasions is white.
Bishop Sue
Thurs., Dec. 17th = Bishops’ Planning/Appointments
Fri., Dec. 18th = Day Off
Sun., Dec. 20th = Pastoral Visit: Parish of All Saints Bedford
Mon., Dec. 21st - Wed., Dec. 23rd = Reading & Writing
Bishop Ron
Thurs., Dec. 17th = Bishops’ Planning
Fri., Dec. 18th = Appointments in Office
Sun., Dec. 20th = Pastoral Visit: Church of the Holy Spirit, Mount Uniacke
Mon., Dec. 21st = Day Off
Tues., Dec. 22nd - Wed., Dec. 23rd = In Office
There are no parish openings at the time.
Job site of Anglican Church of Canada: http://www2.anglican.ca/jobs/index.php
Christmas Closure:
Please note that the Synod Office will close at 5pm Wednesday, December 23rd and reopen at 9am on Monday, January 4th, 2010.
ANGLICAN NETNEWS '09
A 'light' version will be distributed on Wednesday, December 23rd, and there will be no NetNews on December 30th.
About 30 completed surveys have come in - a minimum of 100 are needed for reliable information. The deadline is December 31, because first talks about the nature of the 2011 budget begin in February. Cut more? Hold? Restore lost ministry? Diocesan Council is asking for guidance from Anglicans across the Diocese.
Consultation 2009 survey
What Do We Seek?
Say What You Think About Finances and Ministry in our Diocese.
How should we use money?
Last June, Diocesan Council discussed allotment rate and other financial factors, and made cuts of about $100,000 in ministry from the 2010 diocesan budget.
Council has asked for input from Anglicans all over the Diocese before thinking about budgets and ministry for 2011 and beyond.
Your opportunity to have a say as an active Anglican comes in the form of a survey. You can comment on the importance of the various central ministries, and offer suggestions. Your Rector or Priest-in-Charge will have copies, or print one out here: [pdf] [Word].
The deadline is December 31st, 2009.
Click on this poster to go to the web page with all available items
Theatre Tour 2010
Roots among the Rocks
We are auditioning young people (18+)
with both performance and faith experience
Live in community to write and rehearse a theatre collective
Engage the wider church in story, music and vision
Tour and perform across Canada during the summer
Paid salary, room and board, expenses covered
May 1–31, 2010, Theatre Creation
June 1–August 26, 2010, Theatre Tour (3 weeks off mid-summer)
Apply through www.generation.anglican.ca
The Institute for Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary has a variety of podcasts that may be of interest to youth leaders. The most recent series is about Youth, Church and Culture. There are podcasts about vocation, Taize, family and even a podcast about the popular Twilight series. To download the podcasts go to www.ptsem.edu/iym.
Hands on C.L.A.Y. is a conference for Anglican and Lutheran Youth from across Canada. Youth who are at least 13 years old and no more than 18 years old on December 31, 2009 are eligible to attend. Check the website for more information at: www.clay2010.ca
Registration forms and information about transportation will be circulated in December. Anyone interested in attending is encouraged to sign up on the Facebook group called 'CLAY East'.
Interested in Youth Ministry? Set aside February 6th (storm date February 13th). Youth, youth leaders, and all those interested in youth ministry throughout the Diocese are invited to gather. More information to follow.
New Anglican Military Ordinariate website
A new website describes the work and ministry of the Anglican Military Ordinariate (AMO) in Canada and throughout the world. The ordinariate includes all Anglicans who serve in the Canadian Forces, including regular and reserve forces in the air, maritime, or land force commands.
Although not a diocese, the ordinariate has its own Bishop Ordinary to the Canadian Forces, Peter Coffin. The ordinariate also includes 45 regular force chaplains and 35 reserve chaplains—totalling 22 per cent of the Canadian Forces chaplaincy.
The new AMO website includes a history of Canadian military chaplaincy, articles from the ordinariate's newsletters, and information about the Bishop Ordinary Trust, a foundation that supports the AMO’s ministry.
Bishop Coffin, who has served as Bishop Ordinary since 2004, commends the website as “a window into our life and ministry.” He encourages Canadian Anglicans to visit and learn about “another unique ministry of our beloved church….We are proud to be a part of the ministry of the Anglican Church of Canada and to be in touch and to be mutually encouraged is a blessing.”
Interested in learning more about the AMO, or sending a word of encouragement? Get in touch with the leaders online.
Ministry Sunday
January 24, 2010
Celebrating Ministry of all people
Celebrating Ministry of all ages
Celebrating Ministry of all forms
By virtue of our baptism we are all called to minister. But, as in all callings whether in the church or medicine or law or wherever, we are called to not only minister but to do it the best we can. On Ministry Sunday we celebrate theological education that is the cornerstone for deepening our faith and sharpening our abilities to be witnesses to the Light of Christ whether as a member of the congregation, a lay reader or clergy. Come let us lift up theological education; taste and see that it is good.
Committee on Ministry is organizing a list of guest preachers… who will be available to travel to Your parish …for this Sunday.
For more information please contact Susan Crouse
A VERY SPECIAL YEAR FOR THE PARISH OF ANNAPOLIS
The year 2010 is a very special one for the Parish of Annapolis and indeed for the whole Diocese. It is during this year that we commemorate 300 years of continuous Anglican worship in this place. Because of events that happened in Annapolis Royal, or Port Royal as it was named before that time, the Diocese in which we now live and worship came into being.
It is hard to imagine what it can have been like for those early people of our Anglican communion. They were few in number. The English were mostly soldiers drafted to fight in an ongoing series of battles far from their homeland. Around them in a land, vast and untamed were a small number of Acadian farmers and the Native peoples, who had hunted and fished here for hundreds of years. Far away in Europe the great powers made treaties and sent troops to enforce their rule and, as always happens, the ordinary people, soldiers, farmers and fishermen were caught in the middle. Money and provisions were scarce, tempers flared easily and there were deceptions, false promises and families divided.... Read the entire article here at: http://nspeidiocese.ca/2010/annapolis.htm
CATHEDRAL ORGANS AND ORGANISTS
A booklet on The Organs and Organists of the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax, Nova Scotia
by James Burchill has recently been published. Copies, in aid of the Cathedral Music Endowment Fund, are available from the Cathedral Office at $12 [plus postage].
100th ANNIVERSARY BURSARY
The Nova Scotia Board of Anglican Church Women annually offers a bursary of $200.00 to an Anglican Female Mature Student (5 years or more post formal schooling) qualifying in one of two categories: (1) Continuing Education at community schools, community colleges, technical institutes or other recognized institutes of learning; or (2) University Continuing Education courses - credit or not-credit courses. Application forms can be picked up at the ACW Room, 5732 College Street, Halifax, NS B3H 1X3. As the ACW Room does not have regular open hours, you can also leave a message by phoning the ACW Room at (902) 423-8697. Completed forms must be received at the above address by December 31st, 2009. The bursary is awarded early in the new year. |
Christmas Shoe Box Campaign
This year we are looking for Men’s Items Only. Due to last year’s quotas, we do not require any Women’s Items this year.
Each year during the holiday season the Mission to Seafarers distributes gift boxes of much needed items to seafarers who arrive at the Port of Halifax. The Mission depends on the support of Churches and the Community. Many groups/individuals ask what to include in the shoe boxes. Here is a list to guide you: - Hat- Scarf- Mitts/Gloves- Socks- Personal Care Items, such as: - Soap- Deodorant- Shampoo- Shaving Cream- Disposable Razors- Tooth Brush- Tooth Paste- Hard Candy (no chocolate or cookies)- a small memento (optional)- Greeting Card (optional)
- Note Paper- Envelopes- Pen- Post Cards.
For the safety and security of the Mission to Seafarers and to protect prospective seafarers all Alcohol and Sharp Knives (Jack Knives, etc.) are prohibited by law. Please do not wrap the Shoe Boxes. The Christmas Wrap for the box can be folded and placed inside the box, if you wish. Once they are received by the Mission, each shoe box is then inspected and wrapped according to the Canadian Customs Procedures and Regulations. Shoe Boxes may be dropped off anytime between now and Christmas -- although it would be nice to have them by the mid December -- directly to the Mission at 844 Marginal Road, Halifax. Should you require additional information, please contact (902) 422-7790.
ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
COME PRAY ON OUR ISLAND…
Parish of Alberton/O’Leary, Prince Edward Island
ALL WELCOME!
Ecumenical BLUE CHRISTMAS – St. Peters, Alberton
Wednesday, December 16 at 7PM
Sunday, Dec 20, 2009
Rev Andrew Mortimer
902.853.2524
Parish of Alberton/O’Leary, PEI
St Peter’s, Alberton 9:30am
St Luke’s, O’Leary corner 11:15am
Music and Meditation
St. John’s Anglican Church
81 Cumberland St., Lunenburg
Judith Burdett, soprano; Barbara Butler, piano/organ – Wed. December 23 at noon
Cathedral Event Update for December |
| Twelfth Night The show runs through December 23. There is no show on December 20. All performances start at 7:30 p.m. Performed by LunaSea Theatre Shakespeare’s Epiphany play of mistaken identity and hapless love Call Martha at 454-6367 or the Cathedral Office at 423-6002 for information. |
| Children’s Christmas Pageant Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. Greening of the Cathedral |
Celtic Harpists Ardyth and Jennifer are back by popular demand for their Longest Night Concert on Monday, December 21st, 7:30pm at St. James' Anglican Church corner Main St. and Prospect Avenue, Kentville Tickets $10 in advance by calling 678-3123 or at the door. |
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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 December 2009, at St. Edward the Confessor Anglican Church, 1650 Highway No 1, Clementsport, Annapolis County…… Sunday 20th December 1000 Hrs Holy Eucharist BCP Advent 4 Thursday 24th December 1030 PM Holy Eucharist BCP Christmas Eve Sunday 27th December 1000 Hrs Carols/Lessons BCP Christmas 1
THE CHRISTMAS PLEDGE
Believing in the true spirit of Christmas, I commit myself to:
* Remember those people who truly need my gifts
* Express my love in more direct ways than gifts
* Examine my holiday activities in the light of my deepest values
* Be a peacemaker within my circle of family and friends
* Rededicate myself to my spiritual growth
--By J Robinson & J Coppock Staeheli
The complete October through December 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
CHIGNECTO REGION
December 20
Pugwash and River John, Nova Scotia
Glenn Eason, Priest-in-Charge, and Terry Lea
The Reverend Bill Cook, Assistant Priest
The Reverend Kathryn Cook, Deacon
St. George’s, Pugwash
St. John The Baptist, River John
St. Andrew’s, Wallace
All Souls, Oxford
Holy Trinity, Denmark
St. John’s, Truro, Nova Scotia
The Reverend Lori Ramsey and Robert Cullen
The Reverend Gary Yetman, Assistant Priest, and Diane
Pray for all people and their ministries in our Companion Diocese of Moosonee, particularly:
St. James Memorial, Geraldton
The Reverend Hal Graham and Margaret
St. John-in-the-Wilderness, Longlac
St. Mark's, Kapuskasing
St. George's, Nakina
St. Andrew's, Ogoki
St. Paul's, Collins
Jellicoe
Widow:
Mrs. Marion Maybee, Moose Factory
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
20 December Diocese of Western Newfoundland
Bishop Percy Coffin
December 17 Bishops’ Planning Day (NSPEI)
December 23 The Bishop’s visit to the Fulford Residence for the Christmas Eucharist (MTL)
December
Let Us Give Thanks For . . .
Please Pray For . . .
2009 Council of the North Prayer Cycle now available!
The Advent-Epiphany (November 29, 2009 – February 14, 2010) issue of Praying with our partners – a Canadian Supplement to the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, is now posted on the Anglican Church of Canada’s website for use in all parishes.
Please visit the website at http://www.anglican.ca/mission/resources/pwop/index.htm to download this resource.
We are sending this email to Dioceses, to ask that you share this information with your parishes.
We maintain a mailing list of about 70 Anglican parishes throughout the Church, who have requested hard copies because of their inability to access the Anglican Church of Canada’s website, and we do hope that parishes that are able to download Praying with our partners will find it useful to incorporate into their weekly intercessions.
The celebration of the nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ!
DECEMBER
For up-to-date revisions, check out the “Calendar of Events” at: http://www.localendar.com/public/diocese
If your meeting isn't listed, please have the committee/subcommittee chairperson book space with the Cathedral Office (423-6002; cathedralchurch@eastlink.ca) AND email the Synod Office at: office@nspeidiocese.ca with details to have it added to this calendar.
Does someone you love have a drinking problem? You can see what it's doing to them......
But can you see what it's doing to you?
Al-Anon Family groups
We offer help & hope to friend & families of problem drinkers.
For meeting information: www.freewebs.com/alanonmaritimes or call 466-7077
New CNIB store sells products that increase independence, safety
More than 30,000 Nova Scotians who have significant vision loss will benefit from products sold at CNIB’s new consumer products and assistive technology store in Halifax, which officially opened today.
Shop CNIB is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and until 8 p.m. on Wednesdays; it is located at 2717 Gladstone Street, suite 112.
“Just in time for the gift-giving season, the store features products that can help blind and partially sighted people to confidently enjoy daily activities and pursue new skills and opportunities,” said Duncan Williams, CNIB’s executive director for the Maritime provinces.
Products include devices that tell when to stop pouring liquid into a cup, what time it is, who is calling, or what medication you’re about to take. Another product helps prevent falls during icy winter weather.
In a comparison with sighted people of the same age, people who are blind or partially sighted have two to five times as much difficulty with daily living, a greater number of medication errors and are at twice the risk of falling.
“If family members and loved ones are looking for something special to buy for someone who is blind or partially sighted, our shop features the top 70 best-selling products, including magnifiers, tactile watches, extra-long oven mitts and other devices that help improve independence and safety for persons with vision loss,” Mr. Williams said. “We also have a selection of leisure products, including a braille Monopoly game, large print and braille playing cards, large print bingo and a cribbage board – great gifts for family game night.”
Nova Scotia facts and stats about vision loss:
· 30,000 Nova Scotians have significant vision loss (630 are under 15, 12,400 are over 65)
· At least 60,000 residents will have significant vision loss by 2031
· 38,000 residents have some form of AMD
· 7,800 residents have some form of glaucoma
· 15,000 residents have some form of diabetic retinopathy
· 85,000 residents have some form of cataracts
Proceeds from CNIB’s consumer products and assistive technology store support programs and services that benefit Nova Scotians who are blind or partially sighted.
Shop CNIB products are also available by calling 1.866.659.1843 or visit: http://webstore.cnib.ca
CNIB is a nationwide, community-based, registered charity committed to public education, research and the vision health of all Canadians. CNIB provides the services and support necessary to enjoy a good quality of life while living with vision loss.
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For parishes on the Irving Oil Plan, the furnace oil price for the period of December 12th to December 18th, 2009 is $0.6010 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
The Anglican Net News is compiled weekly at the Diocesan Office, usually by Jan Connors. If you would like to submit material for consideration please send to netnews@nspeidiocese.ca or FAX (902) 425-0717. The next deadline is next Tuesday.
Don't forget, next week, December 16th will be the last full-edition issue of ANN for 2009. A 'light' version will be distributed on Wednesday, December 23rd, and there will be no NetNews on December 30th. We encourage you to hold notices for events in the new year for the first issue in January on the Feast of the Epiphany. If you really must get a notice in before December 31st, please send it to netnews@nspeidiocese.ca by Tuesday, December 15th. Thank you.
To subscribe or change your email address for the Net News, please e-mail us at office@nspeidiocese.ca. Tell others about the ANN!
Until next Wednesday...
