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FROM THE BISHOPS' OFFICE:

The Rev’d Evelyn Knorr has been appointed Rector of the Parish of Strait Chedabucto effective April 1, 2011.

WHERE ARE THE BISHOPS

NOTIFICATION OF OPENING

In accordance with Diocesan Canon 25, The Right Rev’d Sue Moxley is inviting applications for the position of Rector of the Parish of Blandford, 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 – Jana O'Neil at joneil@nspeidiocese.ca or phoning 902-420-0717

If you/your parish sends notices, advertisements, etc. for inclusion in the Anglican NetNews, here is a very important email address you absolutely need:

Beginning March 16th, any notices not submitted to this email address cannot be included in the widely-read electronic newsletter. Why, because more people are involved in the compellation and distribution of the ANN and this email is the go-to address for everything to be included. Don't be left out. Add netnews@nspeidiocese.ca to your contact/address book now.

A Retirement Seminar for Clergy will take place on March 29 at St. Thomas Fall River. Those within 10 years of retirement have been notified. If we missed you, or you are younger and would like advanced warning, you are welcome. You must contact Kathy Saunders [ ksaunders@nspeidiocese.ca ] to register to ensure that we will have personalized information for you from the pension office.

Planning is well underway for the second annual PEI Youth Retreat. This promises to be a fun faith-filled time together for grade six to twelve students and their leaders. For more information contact the Rev. Cathy Pharo.

Attention all campers! Did you have a great experience at a Christian camp last summer? Are you willing to share these with others around the Diocese? Please send your letters and children's drawings to the Synod Office, attention Susan Naylor.

Keep in mind that your parishes may elect (or appoint) youth for the Synod coming up on May 26, 27, and 28. Youth who are communicant and regular attenders and at least 16 years old but not yet 22 years old at the time of the election are eligible to be youth delegates. Do you have advice for what would make Synod a good experience for the youth and adults? Please forward your ideas to Susan at: youth@nspeidiocese.ca

SOCIAL JUSTICE:

Health Promotion Clearinghouse, ending poverty is not only possible, it is necessary. "The report outlines the positive impact that ending poverty would have for everybody," says Caroline Ploem, Executive Director of the Health Promotion Clearinghouse. "Our conference in October of 2010 was the largest poverty conference ever held in Nova Scotia. We brought people together from all over Nova Scotia, heard from impressive speakers, and engaged in stimulating conversation."

Ploem says there are many lessons from the report but the most important may very well be that ending poverty is within our reach. "The first step is awareness regarding the total cost of poverty and the realization that we cannot afford to ignore poverty. Anyone interested in the report can locate it on our website."

Eggleton, co-author of the Canadian Senate Committee's report In From the Margins: A Call for Action on Poverty, Housing and Homelessness, and Dr. Christine Saulnier, co-author of The Cost of Poverty in Nova Scotia, which estimates that poverty costs our province at least over $1 billion a year in terms of higher health care costs, high school drop-out rates, crime, and lost productivity. Also among the experts were 60 people with direct experience of living in poverty.

Nova Scotia, as with the rest of Canada, has witnessed an increase in the depth of poverty and inequality over the past decade. According to the Honourable Ed Broadbent, there is a growing gap between the rich and the poor, and most Canadians are worse off now than they were at the end of the 1990s. Reducing poverty, he says, results in, among other benefits, healthier citizens, longer lives, a better economy, and less crime.

While most people understand the moral arguments for ending poverty, said Senator Art Eggleton, they don't realize how poverty is costing each and every one of us. It depresses the economy, increases health care costs, and leads to alienation and crime. Ending poverty is doable, he explains, noting that we do not need to spend more money, but that we need to spend smarter, more efficiently and effectively. Eliminating poverty would mean improving our common fiscal situation.

Another common theme among speakers and participants was that collaboration was key and that the way forward was for all of us to understand and take action on the changes we are best suited to make. The report, Building Wellbeing and Prosperity Together: Taking Action on Poverty in Nova Scotia references collaboration in terms of individuals, governments, businesses and the non-profit sector. It also provides tangible activities that are occurring in various parts of the Atlantic region.

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GENERAL NOTICES:

REGISTRATION FORM

! Diploma in Youth Ministry (part time) Now Available at AST !

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Does your parish have someone who wants to lead a youth group, but isn’t sure where to start? What about someone who’s keen to take young people swimming or camping, but not so confident with ‘Bible stuff’?

Consider supporting them in taking the Diploma in Youth Ministry! Atlantic School of Theology offers this part-time (and mostly online) program of study designed for leaders of youth who wish to deepen and broaden their skills for ministry with young people. The Diploma in Youth Ministry provides timely, effective, faith-based training for leaders of youth in the Atlantic region and beyond. Participants in the Diploma are given opportunities to build skills and confidence as well as networks of learning and support

Find out more at http://www.astheology.ns.ca/youthministry/ or contact Tanya Moxley, the Program Director:

T: (902) 423-1314
E-mail: youthministry@astheology.ns.ca

The Annual Symposium on the Conservation of Religious Buildings and their Settings sponsored by Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia will take place on Saturday, April 16th, 2011, 9:00 am—4:30 pm at the Atlantic School of Theology Chapel, 634 Francklyn Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Once again Musique Royale is collaborating with Heritage Trust. At 3:15 pm, Barbara Butler and Chris Norman will reflect on concerts in churches, exemplified by a concert of Scottish and baroque-rooted music by the Musique Royale duo Chris Norman and David Greenberg starting at 3:30 pm.

A highly qualified array of speakers will give presentations on the following topics:

The privilege of heritage ownership

The new Heritage Properties Act

Building conservation

Barrier-free strategies

Energy conservation

Cemeteries

History of NS churches

Historic church restoration

Structural restoration of timber and masonry

Rural church inventories

Why are pews empty?

Pipe organs

Concerts in churches/religious buildings, followed by the Musique Royale concert by Chris Norman and David Greenberg.

Early registration costs $50 before March 1st, regular registration $60 before April 8th. The fee includes lunch, refreshment breaks and the Musique Royale performance. This Symposium is open to all persons interested in preserving their religious built heritage but space is limited.

For a poster, registration form, and/or Symposium program, please visit the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia website (www.htns.ca). Inquiries may be directed to Peter Delefes, President, Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia at 902-826-2087 or by e-mail to president@htns.ca.


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A Lenten Pilgrimage: Meditations on Bonaventure's The Journey of the Soul to God. Copies of reading can be emailed or mailed to participants or purchased: "Text: Bonaventure: The Soul's Journey Into God (translated by Ewert H. Cousins, in the Classics of Western Spirituality series, pages 53-116)"

March 19, 2011 9am-5pm at King's Edgehill School
Morning Prayer at 9am in chapel, addresses to be held elsewhere on site

$10 registration fee- includes lunch and photocopies of reading

Please register by March 13 by phone or email to Jane Neish at 902.405. 6652 or janeneish@yahoo.ca; or to Elizabeth Curry at 902.877.1150
registration fee can be paid to Jane on March 19th.

NS Leadership prayer breakfast is April 14, 2011. This event brings leaders together for prayer, inspiration and fellowship in the Spirit of Jesus Christ. This event is run by friends of Feed NS including Bruce Havill and David Finlayson [dfinlayson@eastlink.ca] . The Lieutenant Governor and the Premier speak at the event, while the guest speaker is the CEO of Investors Group.

The website is: www.nslpb.ca

ADVANCE NOTICE

Jesus said, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest awhile”

(Mark 6:31)

You are invited to the

ANNUAL DIOCESAN CLERGY RETREAT

Monday, June 6 – Friday, June 10, 2010

Belcourt Retreat Centre, South Rustico, P.E.I.

Retreat Leader:

The Right Rev. Ron Cutler

Suffragan Bishop

Retreat begins Monday, June 6thth , 5:00 p.m. –

(with Evening Prayer and supper).

It ends on Friday, June 10th after breakfast.

The retreat will have extended periods of silence, and

times of quiet conversation in designated areas

so as to honor those who wish complete silence.

The Centre caters to special dietary needs and

provides some ground floor accommodations.

Cost: $190.00 plus your transportation

Pre-registration: $30.00 (non-refundable)

(To save on expenses consider car-pooling)

Retreat Co-Ordinator:

Rev. Frances Boutilier: francesboutilier@eastlink.ca

(902)530-5176

The spring Cursillo weekends are coming fast! The men's weekend is May 5-8 and the women's is May 12-15. Both weekends will be held at St. James Kentville. To sponsor someone, first talk to God, then talk to your friend. All forms can be found on the Cursillo website http://nspeicursillo.chebucto.org/ or contact the PreCursillo Director, Dawn Purcell at sdnm.purcell@ns.sympatico.ca or 852-3046.

WORSHIP & CONCERTS IN OUR PARISHES

MESSIAH AND MORE! Music for the Lenten Season - Sunday April 17, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. at St. Luke's Anglican Church, Annapolis Royal - Presented by A ROYAL CONSORT - Tickets are $10 (adult), $5.00 (students/under 16) - Available at Westside Studio, St. George St., at the door or from choir members.

Musique Royale presents Lunenburg’s own Ernst Family Singers on Saturday, March 26 at 7:30 pm at St. John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg.

The Ernst Family performs a mix of Renaissance, classical, traditional sacred, spiritual, and folk music. A vocal ensemble consisting of nine members, aged nine to adult, they sing mostly unaccompanied, everything from solos to eight-part harmony. The genetic similarity of the voices gives a harmonious blend rare in unrelated voices.

The ensemble currently consists of parents Gregg (bass) and Jennie (mezzo), and children Joshua (tenor), John (tenor), Peter (baritone), Elijah (bass), Eva (alto), Ruth (soprano), and Esther (alto). Seven year old Nathan and five year old Samuel enthusiastically take part on occasion. The family has appeared on national television programs and toured the Maritimes, eastern US, and Ontario. Their first CD, For the Heart, was released in 2004. Two more CDs, Give Me Jesus and A Touch of Folk, were released in the fall of 2007.

The Ernst Family concert is presented in association with the Music Nova Scotia’s Bringin It Home Community Assistance Program. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at Fulton’s General Store or calling 634-9994. Students $10 at the door.

AS WE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER:

March 19    Wardens Day (FRED)
March 20    PWRDF Sunday (FRED)
March 22    Northumbria Region Visitation by Bishop Moxley (NSPEI)
March 23    Diocesan Council (FRED)

UPCOMING EVENTS:

MISSION TO SEAFARERS – Our Monthly Luncheon will be held on March 25th, 2011. 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.

MEETING ROOMS: Limited space is available for meetings at the new Synod Office location, 6017 Quinpool Road, Halifax during regular office hours (9am-5pm Monday-Friday). Our boardroom can accommodate 8 comfortably around the table; likely 12 would be maximum for that room. Email the Synod Office at: office@nspeidiocese.ca for bookings. Please note that there is no designated parking for anyone visiting the Synod Office for meetings or otherwise. Local street have some time-limited and all day parking provisions on a first-come basis.

The Canadian Diabetes Association is planning a free Diabetes public education event in Halifax called Get on the Right Path. This event features a special guest speaker, clinical psychologist Dr. Michael Vallis who will provide useful strategies to empower individuals to stay on track with their diabetes management.

For more information or to register, please call 1-800-326-7712 or email: NSinfo@diabetes.ca

HRM Volunteer Services is offering the following workshops free to people who volunteer in the community. Please pass along the information to any contacts or networks you deem appropriate. To register, email hrmvolunteerservices@halifax.ca or call 490-1946

Imagine if meetings were more exciting than going to the movies for two hours. Using Lenconi’s book, Death by Meeting, as a backdrop we’ll look at how to have productive meetings where people leave more energized than when they came. Topics include the chair’s role, team building, decision making, mining for conflict and having different meetings for different purposes. Rules of order will not be discussed.

Learn about how volunteering is changing and the state of the voluntary sector. We will discuss how to use these trends affect organizations and to better recruit new volunteers.

A Strategic Plan sets the direction of an organization for the next year or two. All important decisions are based on the plan. Learn the importance of strategic planning, how to create a plan, tips and how to implement once complete.

For parishes on the Irving Oil Plan, the furnace oil price for the period of March 12th to 18th, 2011 is $0.8933 per litre. The Commercial Account Manager for the Diocesan Oil Program is Mr. Cory Hiscock. You may contact him by phone at: 902-220-1045, 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.

To subscribe or change your email address for the Net News, please e-mail us at office@nspeidiocese.ca. Tell others about the ANN!

Bishop Sue
Thursday, March 17th	Funeral of Father-in-law, James Douglas Moxley in Pickering, Ontario.
Friday, March 18th	Return from Ontario
Sunday, March 20th	Parish Visit with Confirmation Trinity Church, Halifax
Monday, March 21st	am Funeral Eve Meeting Parochial Committee New Ross
Tuesday, March 22nd	Day Off
Wednesday, March 23rd	am Synod Arrangements Meeting pm Northumbria Regional Visit
Bishop Ron

Thursday, March 17th	Appointments in office
Friday, March 18th	PEI Youth Retreat
Saturday, March 19th	PEI Youth Retreat
Sunday, March 20th	Integrity Eucharist, Cathedral
Monday, March 21st	Day Off
Tuesday, March 22nd	Appointments in Office, Discernment & Formation Committee
Wednesday, March 23rd	Appointments in Office

We would like to invite/encourage any whom might be visiting in the Annapolis/Digby area to join us for any of the following Services during the month of March 2011, at St. Edward the Confessor Anglican Church, 1650 Highway No 1, Clementsport, Annapolis County.
Sunday 20th March	1000 Hrs	Holy Eucharist BCP	Lent 2
Sunday 27th March	1000 Hrs.	Holy Eucharist BCP	Lent 3

Anglican Netnews

Issue date: March 16, 2011

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

NOTIFICATION OF OPENING:

NOTICES: SYNOD OFFICE

NOTICES: GENERAL

SOCIAL JUSTICE:

MARRIAGE COURSES:
WORSHIP & CONCERTS:

AS WE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER:
UPCOMING EVENTS:

MEETINGS:
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST:

IRVING OIL PLAN RATE:

STAY IN TOUCH:

FROM THE BISHOPS' OFFICE:

WHERE ARE THE BISHOPS

NOTIFICATION OF OPENING

SOCIAL JUSTICE:

WORSHIP & CONCERTS IN OUR PARISHES

AS WE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER:

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Anglican Netnews

Issue date: March 16, 2011

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

NOTIFICATION OF OPENING:

NOTICES: SYNOD OFFICE

NOTICES: GENERAL

SOCIAL JUSTICE:

MARRIAGE COURSES: WORSHIP & CONCERTS:

AS WE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER: UPCOMING EVENTS:

MEETINGS: OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST:

IRVING OIL PLAN RATE:

STAY IN TOUCH:

FROM THE BISHOPS' OFFICE:

WHERE ARE THE BISHOPS

NOTIFICATION OF OPENING

SOCIAL JUSTICE:

WORSHIP & CONCERTS IN OUR PARISHES

AS WE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER:

UPCOMING EVENTS:

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

MARRIAGE COURSES:
WORSHIP & CONCERTS:

AS WE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER:
UPCOMING EVENTS:

MEETINGS:
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST: