Digest 2008-01-01 08 January 2008
Diocesan News
From the Bishop's Office
Readings and Intercessions
Resources
The Current Calendar
Camps Campaign Update
PWRDF
Advance Notice of Events
Employment Opportunities
News of the Wider Church
National Resources and Updates
On the Web
Stewardship Quotable
Heavenly Humour
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Youth & Campus Ministries Discernment Day
A recent youth ministries discernment day revealed two priorities: as a diocese we must explore ways to engage youth in worship (as also identified in the past two youth consultations); and we must provide occasions for further networking opportunities among diocesan youth leaders.
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Bishop's Itinerary
Jan. 8 office
Jan. 9-10 Halifax
Jan. 13 Parish of McAdam
Jan. 14-16 office
Open incumbencies
Bright
Campobello
Fredericton Junction
Lakewood
McAdam
Musquash
Salisbury and Havelock (Jan. 15, 2008)
Simonds
Diocesan positions now vacant or pending vacancy
Indications of interest or nominations to any of the listed positions are welcome. Please direct inquiries or seek additional information as to terms of reference or other details to the Secretary of Synod.
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Jan. 13 RCL Lectionary Year A
The Baptism of the Lord (HD) (White) (Proper 1)
Propers 348; Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17; Preface of the Lord's Day III.
Pray for the Anglican Church of Australia, the Most. Rev. Phillp John Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbaneand Primate of Australia.
Provincial Prayer Care
Diocesan Intercessions
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From Canon for Youth George Porter:
Bullying remains a major issue for many children and young people. Some Bathurst youth have set up a website called BullyingCanada.ca for youth to explore issues around bullying. It’s worth checking out!
Ten THousand Villages
Anglican House
Diocesan Resource Centre
116 Princess Street
Saint John, NB E2L 1K4
angbk at nbnet.nb.ca
Online Resource Center Listings
• At Ten Thousand Villages all table lamps are 25 per cent off the regular price -- watch for other in-store specials too.
• At Anglican House save on a a large selection of children's Christmas books, and continue to save 50 per cent on Christmas cards, wrap, ornaments, calendars, Ideals and Friendship books.
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Jan. 12-13 The Rev. Dr. George Sumner of Wycliffe College (Toronto) is in New Brunswick to connect with Wycliffe’s friends, alumni/ai, supporters, students and potential students. Meet him for dinner in the Parish of Rothesay (6 for 6:30 on the 12th at St. Paul's on Rothesay Common) RSVP to Albert Snelgrove (albert.snelgrove at anglican.nb.ca). On the 13th he preaches (10 a.m. service) at the Church of the Resurrection in the Theatre of River Valley Middle School in Grand Bay, an opportunity for fellowship and conversation follows. For dinner that day (again 6 for 6:30) he will be at St. John’s Church, Parish of Douglas & Nashwaaksis, Main Street in Fredericton. Following the meal he will give a brief update about the work and ministry of Wycliffe College. RSVP to Bill MacMullin (william.macmullin at anglican.nb.ca).
Jan. 16 2 p.m. Clergy College planning, Synod Office board room.
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More good news coming soon.
PWRDF Refugee and Emergency Relief Programs
On every continent there are communities in crisis where people's lives have been severely or totally disrupted; where people have been forced to leave their homes and live as inernally displaced communities or as refugees.The causes of these disruptions include natural or human made disasters and/or oppressive, unjust or ill-advised socio-economic, political and environmental policies and practices. The consequences of such disruptions are hardest on impoverished and marginalized peoples. PWRDF provides emergency relief to world-wide humanitarian disasters that severely disrupt peoples lives and negatively impact on their ability to cope.
INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE PROGRAM
• National Council of Churches Kenya (NCCK), Kenya
• organization for Eelam Refugees Rehabilitation (OfERR), India and Sri Lanka
• Refugee Egypt All Saints Cathedral, Egypt
• Refugee Consortium of Kenya, Kenya
• Department for Service to Palestinian Refugees, Palestine
CANADA REFUGEE PROGRAM
• Canadian Council for Refugees
• PWRDF Refugee Network
Find more PWRDF stories here.
PWRDF is the Anglican Church of Canada's agency for international development, relief, refugees and justice issues.
Thank you for giving to the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund.
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Feb. 26-28 Second Annual Conference on Anglican Church Planting at St. Paul's, Bloor Street in Toronto. Details to come.
March 7-9 Companion Spiritual Formation weekend .
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Chaplaincy in a correctional milieu
Women and men who are incarcerated need chaplains to journey with them as they reclaim the dignity of a renewed life and prepare to return to community. Are you called to respond to this challenge in relation to your incarcerated sisters and brothers?
The Atlantic Region of Correctional Service of Canada has need for a Roman Catholic or Protestant chaplain to provide service in English at the
Atlantic Institution in Renous.
Deadline for submissions is Jan. 31, 2008.
Guidelines for Submissions and Requirements
Information available by e-mail (ChaplaincyG at csc-scc.gc.ca)
The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa and the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada each have a full-time position available in a shared ministry in Ottawa. This is the first joint Lutheran/Anglican project of its kind and an opportunity to build a church from a blank slate. For details contact Ann Day (ann-day at ottawa.anglican.ca) or the Rev. Guenter Dahle (gdahle at elcic.ca). Application deadline is March 1.
Job listings for the Canadian church.
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Building project responds to Brooklin's rapid growth
(New building will be the first Anglican church in the diocese to be heated and cooled using geothermal energy, which is generated by heat stored beneath the Earth’s surface. This energy is safe and environmentally friendly, because it reduces reliance on fossil fuels.)
By Henrieta Paukov
Toronto Anglican
Jan. 7
St. Thomas, Brooklin, is breaking new ground this year, in more ways than one. First came an actual groundbreaking on Jan. 6, when Bishop Michael Bedford-Jones dug the first shovelful at the spot where the parish will build new worship and program space this year.
Narrative budget for 2008 is now available
ACC News
Jan. 6
In Worship and Action is both a key phrase from the Mission Statement of the Anglican Church of Canada, and the title of the annual Narrative Budget produced for 2008 by the Communications and Financial Management departments of General Synod.
Primate's New Year message focuses on church unity and mission
by Marites N. Sison
Anglican Journal
Jan. 3
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has urged Canadian Anglicans to remember that while there is “great tension” in the church over issues of sexuality, “there is far more that draws us together than can ever tear us apart.”
Taizé leader urges young people to promote unity between churches
Ecumenical News International
Jan. 2
Geneva – The leader of the Taizé community urged tens of thousands of young Christians from Europe who gathered in Geneva at the New Year to organize “vigils of reconciliation” for unity between churches that are divided from each other.
New Year's Day sermon by Archbishop Fred Hiltz,
Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
ACC News
Jan. 1
Find the text of a sermon preached on New Year’s Day by Canadian Primate Archbishop Fred Hiltz at Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa. This follows a tradition that the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada preaches in the cathedral in the nation’s capital on the first day of the year.
Faith and politics top religion news story of 2007
Anglican Journal
Jan. 1
Religion’s role in the upcoming U.S. presidential election topped the list of religion news stories of the year, according to the Westerville, Ohio-based Religion Newswriters Association.
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VIM: Christmas and New Year doings
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Learn about the season of Epiphany
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“Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”
An interesting story on the parable of the talents.
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During a bad snowstorm in Moncton the airport was closed for hours. The passenger agent was desperately trying to reschedule a long line of weary travelers. Finally a priest found his way to the head of the line.
"What is your final destination?" asked the agent.
"Heaven, I hope," said the priest. "But today I'll settle for Toronto."
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