Schedule

Thursday May 16 – Monthly meeting with Youth and Family Ministry Coordinator; Staff Meeting; Appointment in office and meeting with St. John the Evangelist Confirmands (evening)

Friday May 17 – Appointments in office

Sunday May 19 – St. Stephen’s Chester – Parish Visit

Monday May 20 – Victoria Day, Office Closed

Tuesday May 21– Appointments in office

Wednesday May 22 – Appointments in office

Announcements

Bishop Sandra is pleased to announce:

The appointment of the Rev’d Marian Conrad as Interim Priest-in-Charge of the Parish of Timberlea (1/2 time) has been extended until September 30, 2024. Rev’d Marian’s appointment as Interim Priest-in-Charge with the Parish of St. Nicholas Westwood Hills (1/2 time) has been extended until December 30, 2024.

The appointment of the Rev’d Julia Ford as Interim Priest-in-Charge of the Parish of Annapolis has been extended to April 30, 2025.

Bishop Sandra has accepted the resignation of the Rev’d Nicholas Hatt as Rector of the Parish of Saint George, Halifax, effective August 30, 2024. At this time Fr. Nick will take up an appointment as Incumbent of the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in the Diocese of Toronto.

The pandemic taught us that our parishes can listen to the Spirit, learn and adapt in order to do ministry in a constantly changing era. We are also discovering new ways to share leadership and reach out to our neighbours.

READ, The Church Needs Innovation Instigators, an article written by Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes, published for Alban at Duke Divinity.

The church needs innovation instigators | Faith and Leadership

After 10 wonder-filled years, we hosted our final Vital Church Maritimes conference (May 9 to May 11).

Special thanks to all those who participated, presented and organized.
Resources, including exercises, models, liturgies and video recordings, will be shared on the Diocesan webpage shortly.

Recognizing the emerging ministry landscape that lies before us, and the ways God is calling us to respond creatively, faithfully, and courageously as disciples of Christ in this diocese, Bishop Sandra has expanded the scope of the Parish Vitality Coordinator’s portfolio. The Rev’d Canon Lisa Vaughn is now the Director of Mission and Ministry Development. Canon Lisa is part of the senior leadership team in our diocese and has taken on increasing responsibility to prepare and equip parishes and leaders for new forms of ministry, including Ecumenical Shared Ministry arrangements and Collaborative Ministry Arrangements. The redevelopment of her position recognizes this and supports our ongoing recognition of the need for transformative change in our ministry structures. The change in title and scope reflects what has already been happening on the ground under Canon Lisa’s leadership and is long overdue.

We thank her for her ongoing commitment and dedication and offer our congratulations as she officially takes on this new role.

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

Rector, Full--time, for the Parish of Lunenburg, NS. Deadline for receiving applications is May 22nd at 5:00 pm.

St. John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia is in search of a full-time Rector to help lead us in the journey to an engaged and invigorated parish. In 2018, we created a Shared Vision through a highly inclusive process under the umbrella of the vision statement … “We are a Christ centered, caring community shaping our future, preserving our heritage and living our faith word and deed.” However, much has changed in the world in the past 6 years, and we look forward to working with a new Rector to revisit, refresh and/or rewrite our Shared Vision as we pave a positive path forward together.

For more information click HERE.

The Growth for Ministry Fund provides for development and/or expansion in new growth areas at the parish, regional or diocesan level; to provide seed monies for experiential and/or new forms of ministry; to provide seed money for projects that foster engagement with the wider community and the gospel; to provide funding for Outreach Ministry which touches the lives of those in need in society in general.

Deadline for applications has been extended to May 17th, 2024

Application can be found HERE and can be sent to The Growth for Ministry Administrators c/o Jana Gauthier, 1340 Cathedral Lane Halifax NS B3H 2Z1 bishopsoffice@nspeidiocese.ca

The next round of Anglican Foundation Grant applications will be reviewed at the next Diocesan Council meeting.  

They must be in to the Executive Secretary of Synod by May 27th, execsecsynod@nspeidiocese.ca

For information on applying for a grant please go to https://www.anglicanfoundation.org/apply/

Every year the Church of England kicks off a campaign of mission-edged prayer called, Thy Kingdom Come. It is a global ecumenical prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray from Ascension to Pentecost for more people to come to know and experience Christ. This 'global wave of prayer' starts May 9 and runs until May 19.

This is a great way to energize long-time parishioners to PRAY, LISTEN and DISCERN how God is at work in our local neighbourhoods. There are a variety of resources, especially for community engagement, private or small group devotion and Sunday worship times. INCLUDES a free downloadable Novena Devotional, and MORE! 

Thy Kingdom Come | Thy Kingdom Come

The Diocesan Environment Network (DEN) is seeking a passionate and organized Local Assistant to join our team for the Healthy Coast Project in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia.

About the Project: The Healthy Coast Project is a collaborative effort to monitor the Sheet Harbour coastline. This project will involve working with local communities to collect and analyze data on the coastal environment.

About the Role: As the Local Assistant, you will be the first point of contact for informing and resolving doubts within the Sheet Harbour community regarding the Healthy Coast Project.

Capella Regalis Choirs is a Canadian charity offering free choral music education in the Anglican choral tradition for interested boys and girls in the Halifax metro (HRM) area. They rehearse weekly at Saint Andrew’s United Church and regularly sing Choral Evensong and perform concerts at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax. 

As part of its efforts to be fully accessible to all children interested in joining the choirs, Capella Regalis runs a Transportation Program to help children who would not otherwise be able to participate get to and from weekly rehearsals. The need has recently grown, as more would-be choristers requiring transportation assistance express an interest in joining Capella Regalis! More drivers are needed to expand the Capella Regalis Transportation Program. Please consider whether this is a ministry you can offer. 

The time commitment is 1 – 2 hours a week. The rehearsals are Tuesday and Friday afternoons at St. Andrew's United Church, corner of Coburg and Robie, so pick-up is in the late afternoon of these days in the HRM. A criminal record check and proof of $2 million liability insurance are required. Please feel free to e-mail Vanessa (vhalley@capellaregalis.com) to learn more about the Capella Regalis Transportation Program in support of a fully accessible choral program for boys and girls. 

Living together in peace is all about accepting  and honouring differences; it is about having the ability to listen to, recognize, respect and appreciate others, as well as living in a peaceful and united way. Anglicans Powering Potential is all about promoting and supporting ministry that emphasizes our essential humanity and our baptismal covenant to strive for justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of every human being.  

The UN General-Assembly, in its resolution 72/130, declared 16 May the International Day of Living Together in Peace, as a means of regularly mobilizing the efforts of the international community to promote peace, tolerance, inclusion, understanding and solidarity. The Day aims to uphold the desire to live and act together, united in differences and diversity, in order to build a sustainable world of peace, solidarity and harmony.

Learn more about the United Nations International Day of Living Together in Peace here: https://www.un.org/en/observances/living-in-peace-day

We’d like to invite you to a space of nurture for those in rural congregations and for the communities in which they live. Rural Routes is a gathering with time for both structured and informal conversations, worship, education, play, prayer, and table fellowship. We’d like to share our stories and to hear yours; what is working well and what you lament or long for, what brings you joy and who is your neighbour. We’d like to imagine together ways in which members of small, rural congregations might remain grounded in and able to share the Gospel despite sometimes challenging circumstances.  These resources may also help

When: Thursday, June 13th at 10:00 to Saturday, June 15th at 2:00

Where: Orchard Valley United Church, New Minas, NS

Theme: Beautiful to Behold: Broken Open Church

Theme Presenter:  Rev. Dr. Catherine Smith

Follow the link below to register

APP understands that a sense of belonging is a fundamental human need and a key support for physical and mental health. It helps build resilience, allowing any of us, whatever our age, to cope more effectively during challenging times. Building resilience is one of the key desired outcomes of the Community Roots Day Camp. Children from within and beyond the parish community benefit from all that the day camp offers them. Here is how you can Say Yes! to our Community Roots Day Camp. It is easy to contribute on line - just follow the directions at: https://www.anglicanfoundation.org/sytkdonate/  

However, if you are more comfortable giving by cheque, here’s how: A cheque is payable to the Anglican Foundation of Canada, with SYTK Community Roots Day Camp in the memo line; mailed to the Anglican Foundation of Canada, 80 Hayden Street, Toronto, ON   M4Y 3G2.

Created for families with elementary-aged children, this summer children’s magazine explores the theme of diversity! Exploring scripture through stories, mini-devotionals, crafts and prayer activities, this magazine emphasizes how we are ALL made in God’s image! This was created by a United Church minister in New Brunswick, and is definitely worth checking out: https://www.jesusglueandglitter.ca/product/discover-diversity/

You can be part of Say Yes! To Kids this year by marking Say Yes! To Kids Sunday in worship! The Anglican Foundation put together a liturgical resource, which you can download here, and we’ve taken that and created a resource specifically for family services – download that one here.

Dear Neighbors,

We are excited to announce the grand opening of our new community fridge! This fridge aims to reduce food waste and provide free food access to anyone in need.

Community Fridge Grand Opening
When: Saturday,  June 1st from 12-2pm
Where: The Eastern Passage Community Fire Hall

Please join us to celebrate this new community resource! The grand opening event will include:

- Ribbon cutting ceremony at 12:00pm
- BBQ Hot-Dogs and refreshments
- ​Music
- Information on how to donate food or get involved

The community fridge will be stocked with fresh produce, packaged foods, and other meal items. Anyone is welcome to donate extra food or take what they need, no questions asked.

This fridge belongs to all of us. Its success depends on everyone pitching in when they can to keep it stocked and maintained. Together, we can reduce food waste and make sure no one in our community goes hungry.

We hope to see you at the grand opening! Spread the word and let's make this a true community effort.

Sincerely,
Samantha Galvin
Eastern Passage Food Security Society

St. Paul’s Anglican Church will be hosting The Heavenly Feast – A Divine Fundraiser Gala Dinner 

May 16 from 6:30–8:30 pm (with doors open at 6:00 pm). St. Paul’s “angels” will treat guests to a three-course meal featuring a succulent stuffed pork roast in a heavenly venue (a transformed parish hall).

Only 100 tickets will be sold at $100 each with a charitable receipt component. Tickets are available by email at stpauls@pei.aibn.com or by calling 892-1691. Cash, debit, and e-transfer are available. Tickets are going fast! Reserve yours today!

The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) invites Anglican churches across Canada to celebrate Say Yes! to Kids Sunday on June 2 (or another designated Sunday), and to pray for the health and well-being of young people in our churches, communities, and beyond.

There are worship resources available: https://www.anglicanfoundation.org/sytksunday/ If you don’t see what you need, or require help with customizing the files, please reach out to foundation@anglicanfoundation.org

This January, our primate Archbishop Linda Nicholls, issued an invitation to dioceses and parishes across the country to mark a Refugee Sunday at some point in the lead up to World Refugee Day (June 20) or at some other time in the year. 

Many parishes in our Diocese are currently participating in refugee sponsorship or have in the past. 

We invite all parishes to consider marking Refugee Sunday sometime in the coming weeks. You can choose a Sunday that works best for you.

PWRDF has put together a list of resources that can help get you started https://pwrdf.org/raise-awareness-and-support-for-refugees/

We look forward to seeing how parishes throughout Nova Scotia and PEI mark this important day!

Capella Regalis 50/50 Cash Raffle
Enter to win at rafflebox.ca
Draw date: June 1, 2024
Prize: 50% of total jackpot

Capella Regalis Choirs is a Canadian charity based in Halifax that provides excellent and accessible music training programs for youth in the Anglican choral tradition, and professional performances for the public. Proceeds from our 50/50 fundraiser will support FREE after-school music training programs, open to any child who is keen to learn music.

A world-class performing arts education usually requires money for private lessons, camps, and other intensive training experiences. Capella Regalis is committed to eliminating that financial barrier for families in Nova Scotia and to making musical excellence open to everyone.

Tickets are available online through May 31, 2024. Get one or a whole bundle for your chance to win 50% of the total amount raised! 2 for $5, 3 for $10, 20 for $20, 100 for $50. Must be 19 years or older and a resident of Nova Scotia to purchase raffle tickets. More info at rafflebox.ca/capellaregalis.

31 May at 7pm at Saint Paul's. Please come and support a growing youth ministry! Donations can be made on site or online: https://www.canadahelps.org/me/666Xe3Dy

Capella Regalis Choirs will present an end-of-season concert to showcase the full forces of the Men, Boys, and Girls Choirs, at the Cathedral Church of All Saints on Sunday, May 26 at 4 pm.

Expect a feast for the ears, including selections from the choirs’ Evensong repertoire this year, songs of the sea, and new arrangements by multi-Grammy Award-winning composer Paul Halley as well as Nick Halley for choir, organ, piano, and percussion. Part sacred, part secular, this year’s program offers an exciting mix of music inspired by the sea and its diverse seafaring peoples that a Maritime audience especially is sure to enjoy!

Get your tickets today at eventbrite.ca

or by phone at (782) 641-1811.

Please reserve your orders for our May 23rd TAKE OUT LUNCHEON between 11:30-1:00. 

Buttered Chicken, Basmati Rice, and Naan Bread, with dessert all for only $15.00. 

We thank everyone who donated to our Toast to Spring On-Line Auction as well as those who participated. Please pick up your items ASAP. Payment may be made by cheque, cash, https://www.missiontoseafarershalifax.ca/donate/ or by e-transfer directly to myself. 

Be sure to visit us at One Port Day on June 15th.  Thanks for the on-going support. 

We are gathering information about any and all summer PRIDE PARADES and events. If your congregation is organizing a float/group for the parade or another event, send details to netnews@nspeidiocese.ca

TRURO AREA: Pride Parade and Fun Day 2024 - Saturday, June 22nd.

HRM - Halifax Pride Parade is Saturday, July 20th at 12-noon. 

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Charlottetown’s Pride Parade is Saturday, July 20 at 12-noon.

PRIDE Parades are lots of fun and a powerful witness of Anglican inclusiveness in N.S. and P.E.I. 

For liturgies and other resources, visit our website:  https://www.nspeidiocese.ca/pages/worship-resource

After last year’s absence, Halifax Pride is back! And people from our Diocese are marching in the Parade, beginning at noon on the 20th of July.

More information will be coming your way in the next Net News; for now, please mark your calendars, so that you can join Proud Anglicans as we celebrate our Diocese’s commitment to diversity.

As religion is being weaponized against the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, in various places around the globe and within our own country, it is so important that we affirm, publicly, that ALL are created in the image of God! Contact person: the Rev’d Dr. Jane Magrath  jane.magrath@gmail.com

St. Paul’s Anglican Church, downtown in The Grand Parade is looking to hire a Parish Sexton to service both the church building (1749 Argyle St.) and the Parish House (1706 Argyle St.) across the street, (both interior and exterior).

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 11, 2024 - May 17th, 2024

Nova Scotia                    $1.0017

Prince Edward Island   $1.0132

Deadline for submissions is Tuesdays by 5:00 pm. Please Email Trisha at office@nspeidiocese.ca with your requests. 

Thank you.