Thursday, May 20th - Staff Check in, Dartmouth Regional council (evening)

Friday, May 21st - Virtual Meetings

Sunday, May 23rd - St. Paul’s, Halifax

Monday, May 24th - Victoria Day

Tuesday, May 25th - Reading and Writing Day

Announcements

Bishop Sandra has appointed the Reverend Kristin MacKenzie as Team Lead for the Youth and Family Ministries (YFM) Vision, Strategy and Support Team, effective immediately. 

Financial Director & Executive Director (HR & Governance)

Further to last week's announcement, we have now placed ads on our Diocesan website and the National Church website for the positions of Financial Controller and Executive Director (HR & Governance). We hope to attract excellent candidates for these positions and would appreciate your help in distributing the ads to your family, friends, and networks. The position ads can be found at here.

Refugee Sponsorship Coordinator

The Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island is seeking a fresh thinking, energetic and empathetic part-time Refugee Sponsorship Coordinator to take over our Refugee Ministry.

The Refugee Sponsorship Coordinator is responsible for coordinating, promoting and ensuring the overall effectiveness of the refugee sponsorship program for the Diocese.

 The position requires:

The ability to understand the urgency of task completion, deadlines and communicating in a manner that instills confidence and caring.  The successful candidate will have a demonstrated awareness and knowledge of refugee issues, international development and\or global social justice concerns.  This opportunity will be of interest to you if you have a degree in social work, political science, legal studies or international relations. Work experience in a comparable setting would be an asset.

For a more detailed description please visit our Career Postings page here.   The deadline for applications for this position is June 4, 2021.

Staff have been spending these past few months becoming familiar with and inputting data into our new internal database.  

As you can imagine having all this data in one spot will improve information management, enhance and streamline communication.

To make sure we have everyone in correctly and before we start to use the database for communication to you - we wish to run a test. Jana will be sending out an email to all clergy tomorrow morning from our new database. She asks that if by Friday you have not received the email (and have checked your junk folder) please send her an-email at bishopsoffice@nspeidiocese.ca so that she may follow up with you. Doing this step will hopefully avoid any issues in any future communication from us.

Once the office receives all the 2020 Parish Information forms and they are all entered into our system, she will be sending a test as well to Treasurers and Wardens.

Thank you so much for your continued patience and support.

Covid-19 update - NS

Current restrictions will remain in place throughout the province until the second week of June and will be reassessed before then. For up-to-date information please go to:  Coronavirus (COVID-19): restrictions and guidance - Government of Nova Scotia, Canada

Covid-19 update - PEI

All interprovincial travel should be avoided at this time. Post circuit breaker measures are in place until further notice. The measures will be reassessed throughout.  Faith gatherings are permitted in PEI following provincial government protocols. For up-to-date information please go to: COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Prince Edward Island | Government of Prince Edward Island

SIGN UP NOW!   Be inspired, learn practical approaches and share ideas to create mission-shaped churches. Our Diocesan Book Clubs resume again this year in a relaxed, low-key small group discussion weekly in Zoom sessions. Join with friends (lay and clergy) as a popular resource is explored,  2 chapters/week.    

CHEBUCTO REGION

May 23, 2021

The Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Reverend Very Reverend Paul Smith, Dean, and Frances

The Reverend Heather MacEachern, Deacon

The Reverend Ray Carter, Deacon, and Heather

The Reverend Dr. Helen Ryding, Assistant Priest, and David Lyttle

The Reverend Dr. Davena Davis, Honorary Assistant

The Reverend Ronald Harris, Honorary Assistant, and Gwyneth

The Reverend Canon Fred Krieger, Honorary Assistant, and Janet

The Reverend John Swain, Honorary Assistant

The Reverend Canon Keirsten Wells, Honorary Assistant, and Tony Barresi

The Reverend Canon Lisa Vaughn, Honorary Canon, and Bret Chezenko

The Reverend Canon Brenda Drake, Honorary Canon

The Reverend Canon Dr. Paul Friesen, Honorary Canon, and Janet

Author Allen Stanton says "rural churches are uniquely positioned to be agents of change within their communities. Most are trusted long-term community stakeholders, and on any given Sunday people from a wide range of occupations and life circumstances are sitting in their pews."  Published by the Lewis Centre for Church Leadership.

This summer we are combining our Diocesan Youth Conference with the Canadian Lutheran and Anglican Youth Gathering for one jam-packed weekend of fun, learning, worship, and friends. We're still fine tuning the details, but for now be sure to save the date!

I had the pleasure of Ministry in the Diocese of the Windward Islands in the first 6 months of 2010.  I was assigned to a four point parish in Grenville, Grenada ( The Parish of St. Andrew’s).  During my time I spent 3 days in St. Vincent for a clergy conference with Bishop Leopold Friday.  Part of the time included a tour of the island.  A number of my clergy friends in Grenada were actually from St. Vincent.

We are delighted to invite you to participate in summer courses, all delivered online. You will be learning alongside graduate students, but as a Continuing Education participant you can enjoy the fun of theological learning and discovery without any essays or exams to write. (Click the link below to see courses offered)

All Continuing Education programs listed are $250 per person. These programs will be offered via internet. 

Learn more about our Continuing Education Programs
http://www.astheology.ns.ca/con-ed/2021.html

AST has a part time employment opportunity and we are encouraging all our partners to distribute the posting through their networks. 

Our Recruitment Coordinator will be an integral part of our admissions process as well as working with you and other identified areas of interest in expanding our reach for new students. 

Please find here the posting as well as the Job Description.

Thank-you for your continued support in our efforts to shape faithful and effective leaders. 

Please forward your resume and a compelling cover letter (as one single document) to Linda Moxsom Skinner at lmoxsomskinner@astheology.ns.ca by Friday May, 29, 2021. All qualified candidates will be considered however only candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.

Roast Beef Dinner:

Emmanuel, Spryfield, will have a Roast Beef Dinner (take out) on Saturday, JUNE 19TH, with pick up in the church hall parking lot (322 Herring Cove Rd.) between 4:30 and 6:00. Dinner includes roast beef, mashed potatoes, peas, gravy and Lemon Delight dessert. Cost $15.

Call Liz for tickets (you need a ticket) or more info, 902-477-7992. 

The workshops will be held on Zoom on Monday, May 31, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. ET and Friday, June 4, 2021, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. ET.

The community cleanup and fundraiser for Say Yes! to Kids is May 23 (Pentecost) to June 13.  Wondering about a date? Don’t forget that June 8 is World Oceans Day. Why not go for a beach clean-up?

Join the diocesan team by completing a participant page at:  

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CONTACT INFORMATION:

The Reverend Katie Taylor Flynn

St. James Anglican Church

2668 Joseph Howe Dr.  Halifax, NS  B3L 4E4

Office: (902) 477 6770
Cell: (902) 483 2055

https://www.stjamesanglicanhalifax.com/

Greetings from the Divinity Associates Executive of Trinity College, Toronto. 

I’m writing to invite you to an upcoming free, Zoom-based webinar: “Anglicanism Online: Covidtide and Beyond” on Wednesday, May 26 from 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT).  

With presentations, a panel discussion, and Q&A, the keynote speakers will be The Most Rev’d Mark MacDonald (National Indigenous Archbishop), The Rev’d Dr. Eileen Scully (Director of Faith, Worship, and Ministry of The Anglican Church of Canada), The Very Rev’d Ansley Tucker (Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria), and The Rev’d Garfield Wu (St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Palermo and Anglican Chinese Missioner for the Oakville area). 

We will explore the reverberations of the pandemic felt in our life together from the perspectives of theology, liturgy, pastoral care, evangelism, and administration, with an eye on future developments. Dr. Scully will introduce us to the newly-published volume Eucharistic Practice and Sacramental Theology in Pandemic Times.

The link for registration is here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/150032678781 

Please consider spreading the word about this online event in your network, and by sharing the Facebook event page (https://fb.me/e/2o52uJlWU). A sample bulletin notice is found below, and poster attached. While word-of-mouth and forwarding is helpful, if you have oversight within a diocese please consider reaching out directly to one or more people with interest in liturgics and/or technology. 

If you have any questions, I’m available by email at matthewkieswetter@diohuron.org

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

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 May 15-21, 2021,  for: 

Nova Scotia                     $0.7460 plus applicable taxes

Prince Edward Island        $0.7313 plus applicable taxes

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