The Forgotten Kingdons

Archives Corner

Most people know that John Medley was the first and longest serving bishop of this diocese. Books, theses and articles continue to be written about him and various aspects of the Medley episcopacy here in Fredericton. Despite the passage of time, the Medley years still arouse scholarly interest. Many people also know that Bishop Medley’s wife’s name was Margaret and while research on her is limited, stories abound. Just recently, the archives acquired its third identified photograph of her. Names of the Medley sons are also familiar. By contrast, other than his unusual name, Hollingworth Tully Kingdon, comparably little is known about the man who shared duties with Medley as coadjutor and became Fredericton’s second bishop following Medley’s death. Read the story.

Dedication of the Church of the Resurrection

On April 19 at 4 p.m., Bishop Claude Miller will dedicate this new church in Grand Bay — the Parish of the Nerepis and St. John. The entire diocese is invited to this grand celebration of the new thing God is doing in our midst.

Coming Soon — Choir School 2009
The 52nd Choir School takes place July 5-12 (adult choristers from July 9-12) at Rothesay Netherwood School. Look for brochures in your parish this Sunday or visit Choir School's newly enhanced website for all the details.

Upcoming Greater Chapter meetings

in preparation for Synod 2007, June 4-6 in Saint John

St. Andrews  April 25
Kingston/Kennebecasis May 12

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Condolences to the Rev. Wilfred Langmaid and family on the death of his mother, Sheila. Visiting at the St. George Funeral Home this afternoon 2-4 and this evening 7-9. Her funeral is tomorrow morning (April 15), 11 o'clock at St. Mark's Church, in St. George with the Rev. Mary Anne Langmaid officiating, assisted by Canons David Genge and John Matheson.

Synod 2009
Latest information on the 130th Synod of the Diocese of Fredericton

Prayer for Synod
Almighty and everliving God, source of all wisdom and understanding: be present with those who take counsel at Diocesan Synod in Saint John in June 2009 for the renewal and mission of our parishes, diocese and your Church in this place and beyond. As your disciples, teach us in all things to seek first your kingdom to your honour and glory. Guide us to what is right and grant us both the courage and patience to pursue it and the grace to accomplish it; through Jesus Christ our Lord, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

The Bishop's 2009 Deanery Visitation Schedule (tentative)
St. Andrews — April
Fredericton/York — May
Fredericton/York — June
Kingston/Kennebecasis and Saint John — September

Appointments and Announcements
View An up-to-date list of Bishop's appointments and announcements.

Temporal Transactions

Open incumbencies

* Appointment process status:
     H - On hold with interim or particular circumstances
     P - In parish profile preparation
     E - Accepting expressions of interest
     I - In the interview process

Diocesan openings
The Nominating Committee currently invites nominations for the following diocesan positions:

• Diocesan / Synod Nominating Committee (chair)
  
• Investment (sub) Committee (member)
  

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RCL Lectionary (Year B)

Sunday, April 19

The second Sunday of Easter (White)
Propers 336; Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 133; 1 John 1:1 — 2:2; John 20:19-31 or Mark 16:1-8; Preface of Easter.

Cycles of Prayer
New York — (Province II, USA) The Rt. Rev. Mark Sean Sisk,

Assisting Bishop of New York —(Province II, USA) the Rt. Rev. Egbert Don Taylor

Suffragan Bishop of New York — (Province II, USA) the Rt. Rev. Catherine S. Roskam.

Visit these links:
Anglican Cycle of Prayer
Provincial Prayer Care
Diocesan Intercessions

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The Healing of Life’s Hurts
Healing Mission, sponsored by the Fredericton chapter of the Order of St. Luke, May 1-3 (begins at 7 p.m. on Friday) at St. Margaret’s Church, Forest Hill Road in Fredericton. Missioners the Rev. Paul Ross and Dr. Charles Lakin. Register with Betty Bushell (506/457-0712) by April 24. There is no registration fee, a free-will offering will be accepted. Everyone is welcome.

WANTED:
Clergy willing and able to conduct a 3 p.m. Evening Prayer service at St. Mark's Chapel of Ease, Kings Landing any Sunday between June 14 and Oct. 4. Archdeacon Walter Williams is making a schedule, please contact him at <stlukes at nb.aibn.com> and advise him of the dates you are available.

CURSILLO REVISTA

Connecting in a Disconnecting World— Revisit the joy and inspiration of your Cursillo weekend with Cursillesta Bishop Bill Hockin, May29, 30, 31 at the Saint Thomas University Conference Center, Fredericton. Registration, accommodation, & meals – $90.00 per person. For information contact Allen Gilliss at <aandh at nb.sympatico.ca>.

Parish register supplies at Anglican House

Please note that refill pages for parish registers and extra binders are now
available only at Anglican House, Saint John. They are no longer available
at the Synod Office. Replacement sheets are $4 for a package of 10.
Binders are $30.
<angbk at nbnet.nb.ca>

Partnered in prayer

The archdeaconries in the Diocese of Fredericton are partnered in prayer with parishes in our Companion Diocese of Ho. The rationale for the partnership as well as the list itself is available on this page of the Companion Diocese page of our website.

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April 14, 7 p.m. Bishop Bill Hockin Easter Series at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Fredericton. The Empty Tomb: What really happened? With music by soprano Sally Dibblee and friends.

April 15, 11 a.m. Synod Agenda Committee.

April 15, 7 p.m. Bishop Bill Hockin Easter Series at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Fredericton. Living the Good Life: A second opinion. With Gospel music by The LaPointes.

April 16, 12:30 p.m. Nominating Committee, Synod Office board room.

April 16, 11 a.m. Pastoral Code Committee, Synod Office board room.

April 16, 12:30 p.m. Nominating Committee, Synod Office board room.

April 16, 3 p.m.  Human Resources Committee, Synod Office board room.

April 16, 7 p.m. Bishop Bill Hockin Easter Series at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Fredericton. All Dressed Up: And somewhere great to go, music by the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, director Dr. Willis Noble.

April 17, 7:30 p.m. The Seven Last Words of Christ, a concert of sacred music and poetic readings in the St. Columba Chapel of the Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax. General admission $20; students, seniors and the unwaged, $10.

April 19, 4 p.m.  Integrity Fredericton's regular, third-Sunday Eucharist and Fellowship, Unitarian Fellowship Centre, 874 York Street, Fredericton.

April 19, 4 p.m. Dedication of the Church of the Resurrection, Grand Bay. Bishop Claude Miller will officially open and dedicate the new church in the Parish of the Nerepis and St. John. The entire diocese is invited to this grand celebration of the new thing God is doing in our midst.

April 21-23 Clergy Spouses Conference, Villa Madonna.

April 21, 1 p.m.  Parish Support and Development.

April 21, 7:30 p.m. Recital at Christ Church Cathedral in support of Farraline Place featuring Sally Dibblee, Dr. Willis Noble, Dean Keith Joyce, Mr. John Thompson and friends. Admission by donation.

Visit the Diocesan Web Calendar of Events

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Parish Mailings

Information on PWRDF 50th Anniversary events and resources was mailed to all parishes at the end of March. If you are the PWRDF Parish Representative, you should have yours by now. Included in the package are a printed copy of Worship Resource and liturgical materials. Please use the liturgical materials in your congregation when you want to highlight and promote the work of PWRDF. There are also displays and materials to complement your worship. The emphasis of these materials is "upon the sure and certain promises of God, recognizing that our efforts through PWRDF are an anticipation of the time when the justice and peace of God's Reign will be fully realized."

More PWRDF links

PWRDF blog

justgeneration.ca.

Diocesan PWRDF

PWRDF National

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April 22, 7:30 p.m. The Keramion Trio (Paul Halley, Nick Halley and Jon Suters) in concert at the Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax. It's an evening of soul-stirring music for piano, percussion, guitar and organ.

April 25, 10 a.m. Camp Brookwood annual meeting, Trinity Church, Andover. Everyone is welcome. The meeting will end with a pot luck lunch, so bring something to share.

April 25, 10 a.m-2 p.m. St. Andrews Archdeaconry Greater Chapter meeting in preparation for Diocesan Synod, St. Mark's Church, St. George.

April 26, 7 p. m. Sing Into Spring at St. Luke's, Main Street, Saint John with the music of Kevin Langford and his Rotary Boy's & Girl's Choirs plus guest soloist Paul Bustin. A free-will offering will be collected with 10 per cent going to the Joyce Lumb Music Fund and the remainder to help with St. Luke's ministries.

May 1-3 Order of St. Luke Healing Mission at St. Margaret’s Church, Forest Hill Road, Fredericton. Missioners the Rev. Paul Ross and Dr. Charles Lakin. Register with Betty Bushell (506/457-0712) by April 24. No registration fee, a free-will offering will be accepted. Everyone is welcome.

May 5 & 6 ACW Diocesan Annual Meeting, St. Luke's Church, Main Street in Saint John. Guest speaker, Padre Malcolm Berry. Dinner tickets $15. By April 20 send a stamped, self-addressed envelope plus a cheque payable to St. Luke's Senior Branch ACW to Pauline Long, 11 Wasson Court , Saint John, N.B. E2K 2K6.

May 12-14 3rd annual Atlantic Spring Training Institute, Mt. St. Vincent University, Halifax. The Rev. Dr. Ed White, Alban Institute, is consultant and facilitator on the topic of Creating Disciple-Making Communities: Congregational and personal transformation go together. Sponsored by Concilation Services Canada.

May 12, 7 p.m. Kingston/Kennebecasis Archdeaconry Greater Chapter meeting, St. Augustine's Church, Quispamsis.

May 29, 30, 31 Cursillo Revista with Cursillesta Bishop Bill Hockin at the Saint Thomas University Conference Center, Fredericton. Theme — Connecting in a Disconnecting World— Revisit the joy and inspiration of your Cursillo weekend. Registration, accommodation, & meals – $90.00 per person. For information contact Allen Gilliss at <aandh at nb.sympatico.ca>.

Visit the Diocesan Web Calendar of Events

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Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator
The Canadian Foodgrains Bank — A Christian Response to Hunger, seeks someone with training and/or experience in results-based management and other specific skills. Applications will be accepted until April 20.

Bishop Gregory Kerr-Wilson of Qu'Appelle seeks applications for the position of Executive Archdeacon and Assistant to the Bishop, beginning Sept. 1. Please send your resume and application to <bpgregory at sasktel.net> by April 30.

Job listings for the Canadian church.

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Former residential school student gives settlement money to shelter
by Marites N. Sison

Anglican Journal

April 9, 2009

A former student of the Elkhorn Indian Residential School, set up by an Anglican missionary in 1888, has donated $50,000 – $40,000 of which was his entire settlement from the revised residential schools agreement – to an inner city homeless shelter in Winnipeg. Read the story.

Theology and liberation forum gives Anglican participants 'greater sense of mission'

Anglican Journal

April 9, 2009

Two Anglicans who attended the Third World Forum on Theology and Liberation in January said they emerged from the meeting with a greater sense of looking at mission and transformation from within their Canadian context. Read the story.

Covenant Design Group issues communique and latest draft text
Anglican Communion News Service

April 8, 2009

Representatives from around the Anglican Communion have gathered several times to develop a proposed Anglican Covenant, which would define the relationships between the provinces of the Anglican Communion. The Covenant Design Group (CDG) met most recently in Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and issued the latest covenant draft. Read the communique.

Church wants choice on proposed accounting rule changes
by Leigh Anne Williams

April 7, 2009

The General Synod office of the Anglican Church of Canada is leading what it hopes will be a co-ordinated response with dioceses and parishes across the country commenting on proposed changes to the rules governing the way they report their financial information. Read the story.

Churches urge NATO to end nuclear reliance
Anglican Church of Canada
April 7, 2009

Four church councils, representing Christians in member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), have urged Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other NATO leaders to end the reliance on nuclear weapons.  Read the story.

SMALL is Big

By Jane Harris Zsovan
Anglican Planet
April 1, 2009

Rural Anglican priests have to be jugglers.

Rev. Ranall Ingalls, Rector of the Parish of Stanley, New Brunswick, is a rural Anglican priest. He and his wife, Sherry, juggle three children, a three-point parish that “migrates” each Sunday, services in the adjoining Parish of New Denmark, and Ranall’s job as Assistant Professor in Philosophy at St. Thomas University. “We stay out of trouble,” laughs Ingalls. Read the story.

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What's new and updated

Update: Archives in the Anglican Church of Canada

Mission & Justice news: Mission & Justice news: Common Easter Prayer of the Churches of North and South Korea

Mission & Justice news: Vision of a World without Nuclear Weapons

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“We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that has been granted to the churches of Macedonia; for during a severe ordeal of affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.”
2 Corinthians 8:1-2.

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An elderly woman walked up to the door of a country parish church. The friendly sidesman greeted her and helped her up the flight of steps. "Where would you like to sit?" he asked politely.
"The front row please," answered the woman.
"You really don't want to do that," the man said "The rector is really boring."
"Do you happen to know who I am?" the woman inquired.
"No," said the man.
"I'm the rector's mother," she replied indignantly.
"Do you know who I am?" asked the man in turn.
"No." she said.
"Good," he answered.

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