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Bishop Sandra's ScheduleMarch 31 - April 7, 2021 ScheduleWednesday, March 31st – Meetings in office and Mission to Seafarers Annual Meeting Thursday, April 1st – Bible Reading Marathon (Diocese of Athabasca); University of King's College Board of Governors Meeting Good Friday, April 2nd – Parish of Western Shore Holy Saturday, April 3rd – Easter Vigil, Cathedral Church of All Saints Monday, April 5th – Day Off, Easter Monday Tuesday, April 6th – Meetings in Office Wednesday, April 7th – Meetings in Office For more infomation visit:
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NOTICE OF OPENINGSCareer Postings We now have a dedicated page for Career Postings, under our About section. You may view the page by clicking on this link; https://www.nspeidiocese.ca/pages/433 For more infomation visit:
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Update on Covid-19
Covid Update – NSNo changes from last week. For detailed information go to: Coronavirus (COVID-19): restrictions and guidance - Government of Nova Scotia, Canada Covid Update – PEIPost circuit breaker measures are in place until mid April 2021. The measures will be reassessed throughout. These restrictions override all other existing sector specific public health guidance. For detailed information go to: COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Prince Edward Island | Government of Prince Edward Island
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SIX-MINUTE STUDY #245NEW LIFE: CONNECTING WITH GOD Next week theEaster season begins, spring is sprung, and people are longing to be outdoors. These are three good reasons to encourage parishioners and the faith-curious to discover the Divine outside. Whether it's in small groups or as individuals, offering spiritual guidance to assist in communing with the Creator can nurture people in faith formation. Read Beth Norcross's article from Lewis Centre for Church Leadership, called Helping People Connect with God through Nature. Check out her free podcast too! htthttps://www.churchleadership.com/leading-ideas/helping-people-connect-with-god-through-nature/ps://www.churchleadership.com/leading-ideas/helping-people-connect-with-god-through-nature/
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HOW SHALL WE FORGIVE?
For more infomation visit: http://nspeidiocese.ca/events/how-shall-we-forgive/2021-04-09
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CYCLE OF PRAYER
EASTERN SHORE REGION
April 04Ecum Secum, Nova Scotia St. Barnabas’, Ecum Secum St. John’s, Necum Teuch St. Paul’s, Ecum Secum West
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Diocesan Heating Oil ProgramFurnace Oil price this week... Diocesan Heating Oil ProgramThe 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 March 27-April 2, 2021, for: Nova Scotia $0.7084 plus applicable taxes Prince Edward Island $0.6937 plus applicable taxes For more infomation visit:
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A Video Easter Message
Primate Linda Nicholls and the ELCIC’s National Bishop Susan Johnson have prepared a video message for Easter. The video is available on the Full Communion website, https://anglihttps://anglicanlutheran.ca/2021-joint-easter-message/canlutheran.ca/2021-joint-easter-message/ . You are invited to include the message in upcoming services or events; or to share it on your own (i.e., as a standalone video). Various formats are available for download, depending on data and bandwidth capabilities in your communities or regions. Have a blessed Holy Week and Easter! For more infomation visit: http://nspeidiocese.ca/events/a-video-easter-message/2021-03-24
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Do you have good news to share?Provincial Synod meets in June, 2021 via Zoom Provincial Synod meets in June, 2021 via Zoom with Anglican lay and clergy representatives from across the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada (Atlantic Canada and Quebec). We’ve been asked to share some of our experiences and lessons learned through the pandemic. Is there something you or your Parish or ministry has experienced through all of this that is a cause for joy? Have you begun a new ministry or revitalized an existing one? Have you learned new ways to communicate with your parishioners? Or to deepen relationships with them? Or to reach out beyond your Church doors? Or to worship together (either in-person or online?) How has the pandemic changed the way you understand or experience ministry? Send us some of your stories (a short paragraph is fine) and we’ll pass them on (please be sure to maintain confidentiality as appropriate). We need to receive these by mid-April to prepare our Diocesan report to Provincial Synod. Here is a prayer from the Diocesan Environment Network. Praying for our Environment: Patient God, Carole Aylard, The Church of St Andrew and DEN Communications Officer: For more infomation visit:
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Liturgical GuidelinesFor Holy Week and Easter A number of clergy and parishes have been asking whether there may be a way to lift restrictions on the administration of wine to members of the congregation during the celebration of the Eucharist. As Holy Week approaches, there are also questions about preparing and distributing Palm crosses, whether a service of foot-washing can take place on Maundy Thursday and how to offer Easter communion to parishioners who are worshipping from their homes. A sub-group of the Bishop’s Advisory Council (Archdeacons) is working on Liturgical Guidelines and will issue those prior to Holy Week. If you have questions you’d like answered in these guidelines, please forward them to: bishopsoffice@nspeidiocese.ca by Monday, March 15th. For more infomation visit:
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Atlantic School of TheologyNew tenure-track faculty appointments I am pleased and excited to announce three tenure-track faculty appointments at Atlantic School of Theology, effective in the coming months. These three outstanding educators and scholars will help advance AST’s mission of shaping faithful and effective leaders, and will themselves assist in leading AST into the future for years to come. Dr. Evangeline Kozitza Dean httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sr4MKlpOaUs://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sr4MKlpOaU Rev. Dr. Susan MacAlpine-Gillis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWvG9Kd2t_0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWvG9Kd2t_0 Rev. Dr. Andrew O’Neill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUTBV9pYoos
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Atlantic School of TheologyField Notes: Ministry Innovations in the Midst of a Pandemic - Thursday, April 22, 2021 A Virtual Lunch and Learn Series
http:http://www.astheology.ns.ca/con-ed/2021.html//www.astheology.ns.ca/con-ed/2021.html For more infomation visit: http://nspeidiocese.ca/events/atlantic-school-of-theology/2021-04-22
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Services for the month of April 2021
The following are the Services for the month of April 2021, 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….
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Holy Week Services, SpryfieldAll services are at the church unless otherwise noted - Sunday, March 28, 2021 Contact Information: 902-477-1783, emmanuelchurch@eastlink.ca
Holy Week Services: All services are at the church unless otherwise noted. They will also be livestreamed on our website (www.emmanuelanglicanchurch.net) and Facebook page, except those not held in the church. Palm Sunday, March 28, 8 am and 10 am Eucharist. If you wish to come to the 10 am, please pre-register
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MARRIAGE SUCCESS COURSE-Saturday, April 17, 2021registration deadline of 31 March 2021 For more infomation visit: http://nspeidiocese.ca/events/marriage-success-course/2021-04-17
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ACW BOARD - DIOCESE OF NS & PEI
A Lenten activity from the Anglican Church Women Diocesan Board.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y3vI91ieqQfZ21DeEkUu-Vmtxu5Sxeqr/view?usp=sharing
The Winter 2021 issue of Keeping in Touch, the Anglican Church Women Diocesan Board Magazine.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wE0XDV_hkmQSwdaRn_a46geR0BIL5uWU/view?usp=sharing For more infomation visit: http://nspeidiocese.ca/events/acw-board-diocese-of-ns-pei--269/2021-03-02
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Let’s Keep in Touch
For more infomation visit: http://nspeidiocese.ca/events/let-s-keep-in-touch/2021-03-16
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Christian Meditation Course
For more infomation visit: http://nspeidiocese.ca/events/christian-meditation-course/2021-03-10
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Climate Church, Climate World
Climate change is more than a science issue, it's a spiritual and moral issue too. Our churches have an important role to play. Join this discussion group to learn more about how to lead or support your community of faith in engaging to make a difference for future generations. To get a taste of the type of information and hope that you will encounter in the book, take a listen to Jim Antal interviewed by Laura Hunter, Minister for Justice and Mission at the United Church of Canada on her podcast “Making Hope Visible” . The book study will take place via Zoom on Wednesdays April 7 to May 19, from 11:30 to 1:00pm. Feel free to bring your lunch. This initiative is Sponsored by the Anglican Diocesan Environment Network (DEN) of the Diocese of NS and PEI and St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Fredericton, NB. All are welcome (this is not an Anglicans-only gathering). To register Email: endionspei@gmail.com The Rev. Marian Lucas-Jefferies Mobile - 902-483-6866 For more infomation visit: http://nspeidiocese.ca/events/climate-church-climate-world/2021-04-07
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Roast Pork Supper
For more infomation visit: http://nspeidiocese.ca/events/roast-pork-supper--273/2021-04-05
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DEN BOOK STUDYSaturday, April 17, 2021 DEN BOOK STUDY
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EARTH HOUR 2021Saturday, March 27, 2021
Why are we doing this? The five most important issues facing us are air pollution & climate change, deforestation, species extinction, soil degradation and overpopulation. Individually we can’t deal with all of these but we can make a difference by recycling, using less plastic, using less energy, etc. So, will we all join together for Earth Hour 2021 and help to protect this gift from God, our EARTH?
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Red Hymn BookExtra Copies - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 St. Margaret of Scotland in Halifax have extra copies of our red hymn book, a collaboration between our Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada. We have 50 or so, in good condition. Please call us if you can make use of them. Rev. Marian 902 455-2451 For more infomation visit:
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What's Happening at Our Cathedral
For information on this month's activities at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, click the EVENTS tab on the website: www.cathedralchurchofallsaints.com For more infomation visit: http://nspeidiocese.ca/news/whats-happening-at-our-cathedral
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