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The Rev'd Dr. Robert Crouse died peacefully at his home in Crousetown, Lunenburg County this past Saturday. On Wednesday, January 19th at 2 pm, the King’s and Dalhousie community held a Requiem Eucharist at the King's Chapel and on Thursday, January 20th at 1 pm, there will be a Requiem Eucharist at St. Mary’s in Crousetown for parishioners in Lunenburg County. A Requiem Eucharist and Celebration of Father Crouse's life, to which all are invited, will take place at St. George's (Round) Church in Halifax, 2222 Brunswick Street on Sunday, June 26th at 7 pm, just before the Atlantic Theological Conference. This service will provide an opportunity for all of Father Crouse's friends, musical, academic and church colleagues and others to come together, remember him, and give thanks for his life. Obituary and a letter from The Primate linked here. Requiescat in pace
NEW VISION FOR THE LONG PASTORATE Conference |
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Of Particular interest for Clergy in a parish for 5-7 years or more! |
April 4-7, 2011 Debert Hospitality Centre |
Mail-in registration only, accompanied by registration fee firm deadline - March 14, 2011 plan now! |
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Bishop Sue and Bishop Ron extend an invitation for three consultations that will be taking place in the new year. These consultations are to help define the major areas of responsibility in the proposed new Diocesan structure. Each event will take place on a Saturday from 10am to 3pm. The consultations will look at work now being done and new initiatives that the Diocese needs to undertake in these areas, how priorities can be set and how the work can be coordinated.
Consultation: Healthy Congregations
Date: February 12, 2011
Location: St. Peter’s Church Hall, Birch Cove (corner of Bedford Highway & Kearney Lake Rd.)
RSVP: by Thursday, February 3rd to: ksaunders@nspeidiocese.ca
Consultation: Mission, Outreach & Justice
Date: March 12, 2011
Location: St. Margaret of Scotland Church Hall, 3761 Robie St., Halifax
RSVP: ~ deadline to be announced ~ to: ksaunders@nspeidiocese.ca
Attendance at the consultations is open to those who have an interest in shaping the mandates for these ministries.
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| Thursday, Jan 20 | Chebucto Regional Itinerary |
| Friday, Jan 21 | Chebucto Regional Itinerary 4pm King’s University Honorary Degrees Meeting |
| Sunday, Jan 23 | Parish Visit, All Saints, Bedford |
| Monday, Jan 24 | Writing Day 5:30pm Mission to Seafarers Board Meeting |
| Tuesday, Jan 25 | Day Off |
| Wednesday, Jan 26 | Mothers’ Union Installation Service, St. George’s, French Village Parish |
| Bishop Ron | |
| Thursday, Jan 20 | appointments in office |
| Friday, Jan 21 AM | in office |
| Sunday, Jan 23-Thursday Jan 27 | On Retreat |
Executive Director, Gordon Redden
Mondays to Thursdays = generally, regular office hours
Fridays = Project Day (will be unavailable barring exceptional circumstances)
In accordance with Diocesan Canon 25, The Right Rev’d Sue Moxley is inviting applications for the position of Rector of the following parishes:
- Digby-Weymouth, N.S.
- Port Hill, P.E.I. (Half-Time)
- Strait-Chedabucto, N.S.
The Parish Profiles are on file with the Bishops’ Office and may be reviewed by any prospective applicant. If you wish to be considered for any of these positions, the profiles and application form may be obtained by contacting – in advance – Jan Connors at jconnors@nspeidiocese.ca or phoning 902-420-0717.
* Clergy from outside the Diocese of Nova Scotia and P.E.I., must present confirmation that they are a priest in good standing and have their bishop’s permission to seek employment opportunities outside their own diocese.
The deadline for receiving applications is Monday, January 31, 2011.
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
6017 Quinpool Road
Halifax, NS B3K 5J6
Phone: 902-420-0717
Fax: 902-425-0717
Email: smoxley@nspeidiocese.ca
Job site of Anglican Church of Canada: http://www2.anglican.ca/jobs/index.php
Part-time Job Opening
Faith and Spirituality Program Development Coordinator
Tatamagouche Centre
Interviews will begin March 22, 2010 until a successful candidate is appointed.
Please send applications to:
Margaret Tusz-King, Program Director
Tatamagouche Centre
RR # 3, Tatamagouche, NS, B0K 1V0
Phone: 902-657-2231 Fax: 902-657-3445
Email applications welcomed at: margaret@tatacentre.ca
Instructions for Writing Diocesan Synod Resolutions linked here.
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Invoices, Reimbursements for 2010: Items dated Jan 1-Dec31st 2010. Please accept this as notice that we will gladly reimburse any of the above, if received in the Synod Office by January 28th, 2011. We are not able to process any 2010 items after that.
Payments/Cheques: Any items that were not received in our Office on or before December 31st, 2010 have been posted in 2011.
Attention Rectors, Wardens and Treasurers:
This week (likely mailed on Friday, January 14th), a hard copy mailing will be sent to the Rector / Priest-in-Charge of each Parish. Please watch for it; it contains:
The deadline for submitting completed forms 1-3 is no later than Thursday, March 31st, 2011. Please be attentive to this deadline as so much depends on our receiving the information by this date.
Also, these forms are posted to the Diocesan website under Forms.
Spiritual Coffee House at St. Margaret of Scotland Anglican Church, 3751 Robie Street, Halifax, Saturday January 29 at 7:00pm. Youth Music Ministry will feature Dunnery Bond and other young musicians. Bring your own instrument and share your gift of music.
http://nspeidiocese.ca/min_prog/index.htm#ACW
Training for
Youth & Children’s Ministry
with
Susan Naylor – Diocesan Youth Coordinator
St Margaret of Scotland Church
3751 Robie St Halifax
Saturday Feb 5th – 10 am to 3 pm
Strategies for supporting families and keeping youth connected through the teen years
Please RSVP by Tuesday Feb 1st to nana2jc@hotmail.com
Sponsored by Chebucto Regional Council
Ski Church - The Anglican Parish of Northumberland will offer a short worship service at The Eagles Nest at Ski Wentworth at 10 a.m. on Jan. 23. Everyone is welcome to attend. No strings attached. Come as you are.
The Eagle's Nest is at the top of the hill, accessible by lift. Ski back to the base.
This is arranged through the spiritual development committee of the Parish of Northumberland. The parish is comprised of churches in Oxford, Pugwash, Wallace, Middleton Corner and River John.
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 over Christmas and during the month of January, 2011, at St. Edward the Confessor Anglican Church, 1650 Highway No 1, Clementsport, Annapolis County. |
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Sunday 23rd January Sunday 30th January |
1000 Hrs 1000 Hrs |
Holy Eucharist Holy Eucharist |
BCP BCP |
Epiphany 3 Epiphany 4 |
The complete January through March Diocesan 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
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND REGION
JANUARY 23
Port Hill, Prince Edward Island
The Reverend Andrew Mortimer, Priest-in-Charge, and Janet
St. James’, Port Hill
St. John’s, Ellerslie
St. Peter’s, Lot 11
St. Paul’s, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Archdeacon John Clarke and Theresa
The Reverend Madonna Fradsham, Deacon, and Clar
The Reverend Jay Macdonald, Assistant Priest, and Carol
The Reverend Lorraine Quinn, Assistant Priest, and Milfred
PROVINCIAL PRAYER CARE
Ecclesiastical Province of Canada
23 January Diocese of Fredericton
Archbishop Claude Miller
January 18-20 Chebucto Region Visitation by Bishop Moxley (NSPEI)
January 19-21 Anglican/Roman Catholic Bishops Dialogue – Pickering, ON (MTL)
January 20 Service of Celebration of a New Ministry of The Revd Michelle Eason at St Michael
and All Angels Anglican Church. (MTL)
January 22 Diocesan Council (FRED)
January 23 Ecumenical Service for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (MTL)
January 26 Service of Celebration of a New Ministry of The Revd Canon Joyce Sanchez at
Trinity Memorial Anglican Church. (MTL)
In JANUARY,
LET US GIVE THANKS FOR:
PLEASE PRAY FOR:
| THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT PRIME RIB ROAST BEEF DINNER
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Flea Market Sat. 29th January 2011 8:00 – 1:00 Parish of Clements Hall 639 Hwy 1, Deep Brook $5.00 / table rental Space limited, book early !!!! Call : 902-638-3384 or Email - bmosher5@bellaliant.net Refreshments on site; lots of parking Proceeds for Anglican Parish of Clements |
Robbie Burns Night with the Firemen’s Pipe Band, Fine Tuners, Wendy MacIsaac and other Scottish musicians at St. Margaret of Scotland Anglican Church, 3751 Robie St., Tuesday, January 25 at 7:00pm. Cuisine including Haggis following the concert. Free Will offering at the door.
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192 First Lake Dr Lr Sackville Chowder or Hamburg Soup Friday Jan 21, 2011 11:30- 1:00pm |
Sat Feb 5th 4:30 - 6:00pm St Francis by the Lakes 192 First Lake Dr Lr Sackville Baked Beans wieners brown bread tea coffee & dessert eat in or takeout |
Baked Bean
& Ham
Take Out Supper
Friday Jan 28th
4:30-6:30pm
St Timothy’s Church Hall
2320 Prospect Road
Hatchet Lake
Baked Beans, Ham,
Brown Bread, Dessert
$8.00
Pick up in the hall
For information or delivery (in the local area) call
852-2332 for info previous to the 27th
852-3007 Friday Nov 27 4:30-6:30pm
Are ya board! Are ya game!
Come out for Games Night at St. Peter’s Anglican Church,
Alberton, P.E.I.
…every Friday night at 7PM
Cards/Crokinole/Cribbage – bring whatever game you want for an
evening of fun with your neighbours and friends.
(some games supplied)
Light refreshments…freewill basket at the door…
St. Peter’s Church, Main and Church Streets,
Alberton
Come Play on our Island!
MISSION TO SEAFARERS – Our Monthly Luncheon will be held on January 28th, 2011. Time 12:00noon til 1:00pm. Cost $10, Seniors $7.50, this includes main course, dessert, (Tea/Coffee).
We are located in Halifax, behind the Westin Hotel, across from Pier 24.
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.
The play "A Man for All Seasons" will be staged on Friday Jan. 28 from
7.00 pm to 9.00 pm at St. Paul's Church, Charlottetown. Tickets $5.00 each. Actors
include Victoria Playhouse's Bill McFadden. Bill is also a Lay
Reader. Also in the cast are Jack MacAndrew and Bill and Shirley's
daughter Ferne, who is studying theatre. Promises to be a grand
evening. Tickets reserved through Bill McFadden 836-3626
billmcfadden@excite.com.
You are invited to attend an information session for the Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR) Program, organized by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) in collaboration with Nova Scotia Office of Immigration (NSOI). The information sessions are meant to be an introduction to the PSR program for interested members of the public.
“I came to Canada as a refugee. Forty-five years later, for me, Canada is a refuge still”.
Joe Schlesinger (journalist, Member of the Order of Canada)
Opening Ceremonies, Vancouver 2010 Olympics
A refugee is a person who, "owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country (the formal definition of Convention Refugee according to article 1 A(2) of the 1951 United Nations Geneva Convention).
At the information session, you will hear from a representative of the Refugee Sponsorship Training Program (RSTP), stories from a formerly-sponsored refugee and a former sponsor, as well as have an opportunity to ask questions you may have about the PSR program.
The sessions will be held in Truro and Halifax:
TRURO, NS: Lecture Room (3rd Floor) of the Colchester Historical Museum at
29 Young Street, Truro, NS. January 26, 2011 5:00 – 7:00pmHALIFAX, NS: Ceremony Room (downstairs) of the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) office at 1741 Brunswick Street, Halifax, NS. January 27, 2011 5:00 – 7:00pm
Everyone is welcome! No admission. Please RSVP your participation by January 15, 2011 to Awan.Mach@cic.gc.ca or call (902) 426-3168.
JANUARY
For up-to-date revisions, check out the “Calendar of Events” at: http://www.localendar.com/public/diocese
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.
A Unit in Clinical Pastoral Education is being offered at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital in conjunction with the Canadian Association of Spiritual Care. The theme of our Fall program is:
“Come Ceilidh With Us” -- Celtic Clinical Pastoral Education
Date: September 20, 2010 – April 20, 2011 (inclusive) (two days per week)
Students may take this course for academic credit through Atlantic School of Theology and Acadia Divinity College. It is a Masters level course and can also be transferred as a Bachelor’s Credit from Acadia University.
Deadline for application: September 3, 2010 (or as soon as possible)
To obtain an application form or if you have any questions please contact:
Rev. Sandra Morrison Director, Pastoral Care Cape Breton District Health Authority 567-7293 |
Note from the Synod Office: The notice below does not give any preference to this supplier. It is posted only in case it is helpful...and as an alert that parishes need to be thinking about ordering palms, from whichever supplier, very soon.
Orders for palms (bundles of 100) must be submitted before February 18.
Prices are not yet available, but should not be much different from last year's.
In making your order include name, address and telephone number.
Address your order to:
Veritas1546 Barrington Street, Halifax, B3J 3X7
(902) 429 7216.
Email: info@veritasbooks.ca
For parishes on the Irving Oil Plan, the furnace oil price for the period of January 15th to 21st, 2011 is $ 0.7419 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.
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...
