In accordance with Diocesan Canon 25, The Right Reverend Sandra Fyfe is applications for the positions of the following:

Rector, Full-time, for the Parish of St. James Anglican Parish, Mahone Bay
Deadline for submitting applications is Friday, January 15th, 2021 at 5:00 pm.

Thursday Dec 10th - Office appointments & Committee Meeting
Friday  Dec 11th - Online Meetings
Monday Dec 14th - Management Team Meeting and office appointments
Tuesday Dec 15th - Reading and Writing Day
Wednesday Dec 16th - Day off

To reach Bishop Fyfe please email at bishopsoffice@nspeidiocese.ca  

Please note, due to the upcoming holidays, the submission deadline date for PAYROLL with regards to the pay date of December 30th will be December 17th.  Late submissions will be adjusted in the first pay of January or the last pay of January for Priest-In-Charge.

Please note, the submission deadline for PAR changes effective January 1st, 2021 will be December 17th. 

Tammy Cummins

Payroll Administrator

Please note that the Synod office will be closed for the Christmas Break from end of day Wednesday, December 23rd, reopening Monday, January 4th, 2021.

Diocesan Heating Oil Program

The Diocese of NS and PEI Heating Oil Program with Irving Oil offers Churches of the Diocese and eligible Diocesan Clergy and Diocesan Staff a discounted rate based on non-profit status. This rate is not offered to individual Anglican parishioners. For more information, please contact: The Centralized Commercial Account Manager for the Diocesan Heating Oil Program, Ms. Jennifer Bishop by name at 1-888-310-1924 or by email at Jennifer.Bishop@IrvingOil.com

The Furnace Oil price for the period December 05-11, 2020 for: 

Nova Scotia                     $0.6036 plus applicable taxes

Prince Edward Island        $0.5897 plus applicable taxes

JANUARY 3
 

As we come to the first Sunday of the New Year, we say special prayers for our Bishops and their families of our Diocese:

For Retired Archbishop Ron,, and Marianne

For Retired Archbishop Arthur, and Elizabeth

For Retired Bishop Sue, and Bruce

The following are the Services for the month of December  2020, all which will be held at St. Edward the Confessor Anglican Church, 1650 Highway No 1, Clementsport, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, all are most welcome to attend bearing in mind the Church is being fully sanitized/Social distancing is being respected…. Our Parish would like to wish all a most Blessed ChristmasTide

Christmas services:

3pm Christmas Eve Children's program. Walk through several scenes inside the church. Your family will laugh and learn their way through the Christmas story while maintaining COVID safe protocols. Register online or Drive in and register your family at the front step. You will be assigned a number and will wait in your car until your number is called. Come join our Christmas search for the greatest gift ever!

7pm Carols and Lessons Service. Drive in and tune in on your radio or join us remotely on Zoom through the church website (StNicholasAnglican.ca). We will sing a wonderful selection of Christmas tunes while hearing the development of the Christmas story.

10pm Evening Prayer with Caroling. Join us on Zoom through the church website  (StNicholasAnglican.ca). Light a candle, sing wonderful Christmas carols, hear the Christmas story and pray with us as we give thanks for the gift of Jesus - Love here among us.

NEED TO BE REVIVED?

Battle the winter blahs. Put the joy back into January. Join with friends online and explore the series REVIVE. 

This module with seven sessions is called Communicating with God and unpacks a variety of practical approaches to prayer. This is a safe, small-group setting, where participants will gain a refreshed perspective on spiritual disciplines and deepen their faith, as well as develop friendships with other like-minded people.

REVIVE was written by a Canadian Anglican with Nova Scotia roots. The Rev’d. Canon Dr. Dawn Davis designed this truly dynamic course to be a gift to long-time parishioners. She asks, “How do we go from doing ministry for the church to being in a relationship with this life-giving empowering God? ... Revive aims to provide a supportive structure and community to help that relationship reignite and come alive!”

REVIVE runs Wednesdays starting January 13, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the Zoom platform. 

The program is free. Registration is limited.  
INTERESTED? Sign-up now:  E-mail lvaughn@nspeidiocese.ca 

http://www.astheology.ns.ca/con-ed/2021.html  

More Than One Story

Date: January 12 from 3 to 5 pm AST

Facilitator: Peace practitioner and international mediator, Paul Hutchinson

In this interactive and practical workshop we will explore the challenge and liberation of multiple narratives.

Register below:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/leading-from-the-inside-out-facilitating-change-for-a-world-in-crisis-tickets-125011965153

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY IN DOWNTOWN HALIFAX PARISH:  

St. Paul's Anglican Church, (1749 Argyle St., Halifax, NS, B3J 3K4) is accepting applications for a part-time Parish Sexton.  The chosen candidate will be responsible for a variety of weekly tasks (sweeping, vacuuming, polishing, dusting, garbage removal) as well as general overseeing of the church building and Parish House under the general direction of the Property Manager.  Opening/closing of the buildings when necessary, and minor maintenance duties are occasional tasks as well as setting up for meetings (moving tables/chairs).  The position requires 16 hours/week with compensation of $14/hour. 

Please submit your resume & references to the parish office at our address noted above or email (office@stpaulshalifax.org).  You may call 902-429-2241 for office hours to pre-arrange a drop-off as well.

This year, Advent and Christmas promise to be unusual, so we at PWRDF challenged ourselves to think a little outside the box. This year's annual Advent resource is reminiscent of an Advent calendar. 

We will count down the days until Christmas, opening a window to PWRDF's work each day.  
 

There is sooooooo much news from the DEN, that we're adding this permenant spot in the Anglican NetNews for one stop access. Visit the DEN now at: /environment-network

Supporting Parents: Stories That Matter

There is a short, informative video on the Mothers’ Union’s Positive Parenting Program that is the focus of the Anglican Church Women Annual Project 2020/21. This video is available on both webpages for the Anglican Church Women and Mothers’ Union (Click on the Ministries tab of the diocesan website: www.nspeidiocese.ca to find both the Anglican Church Women (ACW) and Mothers’ Union webpages). The poster for Supporting Parents: Stories That Matter can be viewed on the ACW webpage.

Christmas Gift Basket Raffle

The St. Catherine’s Anglican Church Women Group for the Cathedral Church of All Saints is offering a Christmas Gift Basket Raffle to raise funds for its ministry / outreach projects. Tickets are available at $2.00 each, 3 for $5.00, or a book of 13 for $20.00 (that’s 6 free tickets!). The value of each of the 2 baskets is $300 plus. Draw Date: Dec. 20, 2020 @ 11:00 am, just in time for Christmas! Delivery of tickets can be arranged. Contact Margy at margy.rawdon@bellaliant.net or Cynthia at 902-858-2350 or cjp2320@gmail.com 

For information on this month's activities at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, click the EVENTS tab on the website: www.cathedralchurchofallsaints.com