Issue date: April 21, 2010

INDEX
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE BISHOPS' OFFICE:
WHERE ARE THE BISHOPS:

NOTIFICATION OF OPENING:

NOTICES:   SYNOD  OFFICE

NOTICES:   YOUTH

NOTICES:   2010 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

NOTICES:   GENERAL
WORSHIP & CONCERTS:

MARRIAGE PREPARATION:

AS WE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER:
UPCOMING EVENTS:

SOCIAL JUSTICE:

MEETINGS:
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST:

IRVING OIL PLAN RATE:

STAY IN TOUCH:

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FROM THE BISHOPS' OFFICE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE BISHOPS’ OFFICE

The Rev’d Dawn Leger has resigned as Rector of the Parish of Three Harbours, effective July 11, 2010.  At that time, Dawn will transfer to the Diocese of Toronto where she has accepted appointment as Associate Priest/Children and Youth Ministry Coordinator at Trinity Anglican Parish in Aurora.

On Saturday April 17, the Diocesan Council passed a resolution calling for a review of the Non Stipendiary Ordained Ministry program.  This comprehensive review of NSOM priesthood will include: the theological, ecclesial, pastoral and administrative assumptions and practices of the program; the standards of discernment, formation and education; the current relationship with Stipendiary Ordained Ministry; and its future role in ministry within the diocese.  The report of the review is to be provided to Diocesan Council no later than the fall of 2011. During the period of the review there will be no new admissions accepted into the NSOM priesthood stream. This moratorium will be effective from the fall of 2010 until Diocesan Council acts on the results of the review, no later than April 2012. This moratorium will not have any effect on those people currently in discernment or postulancy in the NSOM program.

The membership of the review group will be announced by mid-May.

SERVICE of ORDINATION

We are pleased to announce that the following persons will be ordained to their respective Offices: 

Diaconate

• Juanita Barteaux
• Judi Phillips
• Rebecca Sample

Priesthood

• Gary Giles
• Norma Mitchell
• Marilyn Murphy

The service is set for Thursday, May 13th, the Feast of the Ascension, 7:00 pm in the Cathedral Church of All Saints.  Clergy, Lay Readers and Postulants for Ordination are welcome to robe and process ... the liturgical colour will be White.

Please uphold the ordinands in your prayers and in the Prayers of the People as they prepare for this significant chapter in their lives in Christ.

WHERE ARE THE BISHOPS 

Bishop Sue

Thurs., April 22nd (afternoon) - Fri., April 23rd = In Office

Sun., April 25th = Parish of St. John’s, North Sydney

Mon., April 26th = Reading & Writing

Tues. April 27th = Day Off

Wed., April 28th = In Office

Bishop Ron

Thurs., April 22nd - Fri., April 23rd (morning) = In Office

Mon., April 26th = Day Off

Tues., April 27th - Wed., April 28th = In Office

Executive Director, Gordon Redden

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Mondays to Thursdays = Regular Office Hours

Fridays = Project Day (will be unavailable barring exceptional circumstances)

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NOTIFICATION OF OPENING

Rector:  Parishes of Petite Riviere and New Dublin, N.S.

In accordance with Diocesan Canon 25, The Right Rev’d Sue Moxley is inviting applications for the position of Rector of the Parishes of Petite Riviere and New Dublin, Nova Scotia.  The Parish Profile is on file with the Bishops’ Office and may be reviewed by any prospective applicant.  If you wish to be considered for this position, the profile and application form may be obtained by contacting – in advance – Kelly Appleton at bishopsoffice@nspeidiocese.ca or phoning 902-420-0717.

The deadline for receiving applications is Friday, May 14, 2010.

Rector:  Parish of All Saints, Bedford, N.S.

In accordance with Diocesan Canon 25, The Right Rev’d Sue Moxley is inviting applications for the position of Rector of the Parish of All Saints, Bedford, Nova Scotia.  The Parish Profile is on file with the Bishops’ Office and may be reviewed by any prospective applicant.  If you wish to be considered for this position, the profile and application form may be obtained by contacting – in advance – Kelly Appleton at bishopsoffice@nspeidiocese.ca or phoning 902-420-0717.

The deadline for receiving applications is Friday, April 23, 2010.  

Rector:  Parish of St. Stephen’s, Chester, N.S.

In accordance with Diocesan Canon 25, The Right Rev’d Sue Moxley is inviting applications for the position of Rector of the Parish of St. Stephen’s, Chester, Nova Scotia.  The Parish Profile is on file with the Bishops’ Office and may be reviewed by any prospective applicant.  If you wish to be considered for this position, the profile and application form may be obtained by contacting – in advance – Kelly Appleton at bishopsoffice@nspeidiocese.ca or phoning 902-420-0717.

The deadline for receiving applications is Friday, April 23, 2010.

A copy of Canon 25 can be found on our website at: http://www.nspeidiocese.ca/diocese/canon/documents/CANON25-2006.pdf

The Right Reverend Sue Moxley

Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

5732 College Street      

Phone: 902-420-0717

Fax: 902-425-0717

Email: smoxley@nspeidiocese.ca

Web: http://www.nspeidiocese.ca

Job site of Anglican Church of Canada:  http://www2.anglican.ca/jobs/index.php

Summer Employment Opportunities for Clergy (Deacon or Priest, M. Div)
Once again the Cadet Summer Training Centres are starting to gear up for
July - August 2010.

A vital role to the success of the Training Centres is that played by
the Chaplain (or Padre). One of the duties of the Chaplains is to lead
"life skill" sessions dealing with issues like; Self Esteem, Decision
Making, Conflict Resolution, etc. with the Cadets (age 12 to 18). Also,
an important aspect is assisting Cadets and Staff in adjusting to life
in a camp setting with as many as 600 others..or more. Coordination (not
necessarily conducting) of worship services is another key role the
Chaplains play. Meals and accommodations are available; as well as a
fair and just wage are provided. This opportunity repeats each year.
Interest in future years welcome.

For more information on the vibrant ministry please contact Padre Lt(N)
Leonard Bednar at" Leonard.Bednar@forces.gc.ca  

Deadline for 2010 application: April 30th

Helpful links:  http://www.cadets.ca/content-contenu.aspx?id=49317
click Atlantic Region / Cadet Summer Training or Parents / Summer
Training Guide

 

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SYNOD OFFICE NOTICES:

VOLUNTEER for General Synod 2010!

Less than two months to go! Have you submitted your application yet?

Online registration is available at http://www.nspeidiocese.ca/gs2010/

As the opening of General Synod draws closer, the Local Arrangements Committee is working hard to identify all the details that go into to making an event of this magnitude run smoothly. On Friday, May 21 (10am - 4pm) we need helping hands at the Diocesan Centre (Kingston Room) to assemble 500 registration bags. If you are able to help, please contact the volunteer coordinator.

Questions?  Contact the volunteer coordinator, Kathy Petite at:

synodvolunteers@nspeidiocese.ca or call 902-883-2898

TEC 16 - Teens Encounter Christ

Candidate Applications now being accepted

What:     TEC is an Anglican based weekend for youth ages 16-21

                to gather together for fun, learning and fellowship.

                Through a series of talks, discussions,

                and through lively worship we learn about and experience Jesus Christ.
When:     May 22 to 24, 2010
Where:     Anglican Diocesan Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia
How much: Fees for the weekend are $60 (including a $30 deposit that is due with the initial registration form)

More Questions   Contact Carl Fraser  (902) 794-7371  or cfgmf@eastlink.ca

Applications can be downloaded from the from the Diocesan Website

http://nspeidiocese.ca/min_prog/tec/documents/TEC16CandidateApplicationForm.doc

 

Please print out the application, fill it in and return it before May 7, 2010 with a $30 deposit to:
Sue Fung, 14 Stokil Drive, Lr. Sackville, NS   B4C 2W5
email: susan.berryman@ns.sympatico.ca

Please make checks payable to Teens Encounter Christ.
The remaining payment of $30 is to be paid at time of registration.

Applications will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis.

Please get your applications in quickly.

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WORSHIP & CONCERTS IN OUR PARISHES

Anglican Church of Canada

COME PRAY ON OUR ISLAND…

Rev. Andrew Mortimer – 853-2524

Parish of Alberton/O’Leary,  Prince Edward Island

Sunday, April 25, 2010

9:30am Worship at St. Peter’s Alberton, 11:15am, St. Luke’s, O’Leary.

Services lead by Lay Reader DeeDee Rayner

ALL WELCOME

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 March 2010, at St. Edward the Confessor Anglican Church, 1650 Highway No 1, Clementsport, Annapolis County……

Sunday 25th April

10:00 AM

Holy Eucharist    BCP

Feast of St Mark

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MARRIAGE PREPARATION:

The regional Marriage Prep course for Chignecto region will be held on Saturday, May 1 from 9:30 - 4:00 at St. John's Hall, Truro. We can accept some folks from outside the region on a first-come-first serve basis.  Folks can register by calling St. John's (897-0566) or by email at stjohnstruro@ns.sympatico.ca.   Cost of the course is $25.00.

 

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AS WE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER:

 

DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER

DARTMOUTH REGION

April 25

Christ Church, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

The Reverend Stephen Laskey and Jos

St. Andrew’s, Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia

The Reverend Katherine Bourbonniere and Brian

The Reverend Walter Beazley, Assistant Priest, and Brenda

The Reverend Gary Giles, Transitional Deacon, and Dawn-Marie

Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia

The Reverend John Ferguson and Carolyn Tomlin

The Reverend Stephen Croft, Assistant Priest

            St. Peter’s, Eastern Passage

PRAY FOR THE ATLANTIC SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY CONVOCATION,

MAY 1ST

Pray for 'Celebration 2010' events taking place in the Regions and the Diocese. 

PROVINCIAL PRAYER CARE

Ecclesiastical Province of Canada

25 April             Province of British Columbia and the Yukon

                          Archbishop John Privett and Provincial Council

April 20-22         Clergy Spouse Retreat (FR)

April 24              Layreader’s Day with Bishop (FR)

April 27              Archdeaconry Greater Chapter Meeting (FR)

April 28              Clergy Day (FR)

April

Let Us Give Thanks For . . .

• The Diocesan ministry of Spiritual Direction (CNL)
• The ministry of our Regional Deans (CNL)
• The outreach ministries of our congregations (ENLL)
• Parishes in the Archdeaconry of Trinity/Conception (ENLL)
• The ministry of layreaders (FR)
• Shared ministry in the Upper St. John River Valley (FR)
• The Triumph of the Cross (MTL)
• Fresh Start and Fresh Expressions programmes in the Diocese (MTL)
• Hospital and Prison chaplains (MTL)
• The Resurrection of our Lord (NSPEI)
• Ministry of ACW and Men’s Groups (NSPEI)
• Confirmations throughout the diocese (QC)
• Diocesan Working Committees (WNL)

Please Pray For . . .

• Bishop as he travels to Labrador Parishes (ENLL)
• Deanery of Woodstock Bishop’s visitation (FR)
• Ongoing – The Search for a new Dean of Montreal and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral (MTL)
• Discernment, training and formation of candidates to ordained ministry (NSPEI)
• Phase II and Property Redevelopment (NSPEI)
• New Parish Clusters (WNL)

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A prayer for General Synod

Loving and Gracious God,

you call us ever to new life in Jesus your Son.

As we reach out to feel your winds stirring in our lives,

be with all members of your beloved Church

as we prepare for General Synod in Halifax in June.

Grant us a spirit of generosity and excitement

as we prepare to gather together under your

gentle leadership, for yours is the course our souls

are charting, and we glorify you through your Son,

in the power of the Spirit, now and always.

Amen.

from the General Synod Times.

~  Other prayers for General Synod and the Church  ~

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2010 Council of the North Prayer Cycle now available!

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A Canadian Supplement to the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, 2010

This weekly prayer guide is designed to accompany the Anglican Cycle of Prayer from February 21 to May 16, 2010. It provides stories, background, praise, and intercessions for every diocese in the Anglican Communion.

Download “Praying with Our Partners”:

• Single pages
• Printer spreads
• Black and white / no images single pages

• Previous issue downloads:printer spreads, and black and white

 

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

The St. Nicholas Ladies Guild is sponsoring an April Take-Out Dinner

Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010 

Place:  St. Nicholas Anglican Church – 29 Westwood Blvd - across from the Rink, Upper Tantallon 

Time:  Pick up is between 4 and 6 PM at the Church 

Menu:  Baked Ham and Potato Salad, Roll, Lemon Tart 

Price:  $8.00 

To Order: please call the Church at 826-1156 and leave your order or see our website at www.StNicholasWestwoodHills.ca

Treat you’re family to a great home- cooked meal specially made for you by our Ladies

St Francis by the Lakes 192 First Lake Dr Lr Sackville

Friday April 23 $8.00 11:30-1:00

Fish Chowder (no Shellfish) or Homemade Hamburg Soup

With Homemade Biscuit & Gingerbread

Bring your friends & Neighbours

DINNER THEATRE

St. Philip’s Anglican Church

Proudly presents

St. Peter’s Players in

“Trapped”

St. Philip’s Anglican Church

Corner of Bayers Road and

Connaught Ave. Halifax

Saturday, May 8, 2010

3 Course Dinner

Salad / Chicken Cordon Bleu / Dessert

Reception 6:00 p.m.

Dinner 7:00 p.m.

Silent Auction

Tickets: $25.00 single

Tickets on sale now

Call Church Office

455-7142

St. Nicholas Anglican Church Ladies Guild are presenting a Mother’s Day Fashion Show, Tea and Bake Sale on Saturday, May 8, 2010 from 2-4 PM at the church  - 29 Westward Blvd., Upper Tantallon, NS (Westwood Hills – Across from the Rink)    

Fashions will be by ‘Jockey’, a Ladies casual wear line.

Tickets are $8.00 for Adults or $ 4.00 for Children 5-12 yrs. and are available through Guild Members, or by calling the Church @ 826-1156 or Gladys Keddy @ 835-3467.

Treat your Wife, your Mom, your Sister, your Daughter, your Granddaughter, your GrandMom, your Aunt, your Niece, and your Special Friends to a Tasty Mothers’ Day event.

All Welcome!!!!!!!! 

Everyone IS Welcome 

MISSION TO SEAFARERS – Our Monthly Luncheon will be held on April 30, 2010. 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. 

SOCIAL JUSTICE: 

The World is a Sacred Place – Celebrating Earth Day 2010

Saint Paul's Church, 1749 Argyle Street, on Grand Parade Square 

Earth Day- Thursday, April 22nd - 7:30pm

Presented by the Interfaith Coalition for Climate Justice

Join us to celebrate the Earth in ritual, song, and prayer from First Nations, Christian, Buddhist, Jewish and other sacred traditions.  With a guest performance by the Gaia Singers.

For more information, please contact Irene Lorch-Wauchope: irenelw@eastlink.ca; 876-8880

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MEETINGS:

April

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.

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST:

Alcoholism:  it can tear a family apart.  If someone in your family has a drinking problem, you can see what it’s doing to them, but you may not see what it’s doing to you.   Fact is:  you don’t have to drink to suffer from alcoholism.  In al-anon, people learn how to deal with the drinking of someone else—often someone close.  For more information about al-anon, call  our local number 466-7077 or visit al-anon Maritimes website:  www.freewebs.com/alanonmaritimes

The hallmark of fame movie, “when love is not enough-the Lois Wilson story” will appear on CBS television station April 25/2010 Sunday at 10:00 pm.

The movie, starring Winona Ryder, tells the story of Lois Wilson’s attempts to get her husband , Bill, sober.  Bill’s eventual success and Lois’s struggle led to the founding of alcoholics anonymous and the al-anon family groups.

Rev. Dawn Leger contributes this, for those interested:

Public Lectures and Conversations with

His Excellency Archbishop Elias Chacour Archbishop of Akka,

Haifa, Nazareth and All of Galilee of the Melkite Greek Catholic

Church

Theological Reflections on Peacemaking

Nobel Peace Prize Nominee. Forty years of experience seeking to

promote peace and reconciliation between Israelis and

Palestinians. An ambassador for non-violence who not only

preaches but lives the Sermon on the Mount. Keynote speaker for

the 2010 Canadian Theolological Students Conference: “Pax

Canadiana: Theological Reflections on Peacemaking, Armed

Conflict and Nation Building”

Lecture

7:30 pm Monday May 10

St. Andrews United Church, 6036 Coburg Road, Halifax

Lecture and Conversation

9:15 am Tuesday May 11

St. Columba Chapel at Atlantic School of Theology, 634 Francklyn

Street, Halifax

Lecture and Conversation

2:00 pm Thursday May 13

St. Columba Chapel at Atlantic School of Theology, 634 Francklyn

Street, Halifax

More information: www.ccforum.ca

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IRVING OIL PLAN RATE:

For parishes on the Irving Oil Plan, the furnace oil price for the period of April 17th to 23rd, 2010 is $0.6454 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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