Installation of Canons and Collation of Archdeacons
On Sunday, Jan. 17 at 4 p.m., six new canons will be installed and two new archdeacons will be collated by Archbishop Claude Miller at a service of Choral Evensong at Christ Church Cathedral in Fredericton.
The Rev. Richard Steeves will be installed as a canon and collated as Archdeacon of Chatham and the Rev. Canon Patricia Drummond will be collated as Archdeacon of Fredericton.
The Rev. David Staples of Fredericton will be installed as an honourary canon.

The Reverends Kevin Stockall (Sackville), Keith Osborne (Pennfield), Patricia Craig (Saint John Hospitals) and Bruce McKenna (New Maryland) will be installed as active canons.

Appointments
The Rev. Wendy Amos Binks was appointed supervising priest in the Parishes of Hillsborough and Riverside, and St. Andrews, Sunny Brae on a half-time basis on Jan. 1.
The Rev. Garth Maxwell is appointed associate priest at Christ Church (Parish) Church in Fredericton.

Condolences
Condolences to the Rev. Douglas and Gwen Barrett (Derby & Blackville) on the death of their daughter Angela Marie on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010. Her funeral was held from Holy Trinity, Blackville, this morning. Please keep her parents and her brothers David and Robert in your prayers.

Parish Returns

2009 Parish Return and 2010 Officers and Contacts working forms have been posted to the Diocesan web site, available for download as a package or as separate files in PDF format. Please remember that Returns are due by 15 March 2010. Visit the Diocesan Information Managment System (DIMS) login page for those links.

View An up-to-date list of diocesan appointments and announcements.

Temporal Transactions

View an up-to-date list of property transactions within the diocese.

Open incumbencies

* Appointment process status:
     H - On hold
     P - In parish profile preparation
     E - Accepting expressions of interest
     I - In the interview process
     A - Awaiting appointment

Diocesan openings

The Nominating Committee currently invites nominations for the following positions:

    • Investment sub-committee (one member)

• Human Resources Committee (two lay positions)
• Nominating Committee Member (one lay and one cleric)

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RCL Lectionary (Year C)

Sunday, Jan. 10
First Sunday after Epiphany(White)

Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29; Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15–17, 21-22. Baptism of the Lord

Pray for the Church of Bangledesh, the Rt. Rev. Paul Sishir Sarkar, Moderator, Church of Bangladesh and Bishop of Kushtia.

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

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New permanent home for Fredericton campus ministry
At last, Campus Ministry at UNB (Fredericton) has a new permanent home in the newly refurbished and renamed C. C. Jones Student Services Centre (formerly Jones House). The office is Room 016 (lower floor), the phone number remains 453-5089. The Anglican chaplain for both UNB (Fredericton) and Saint Thomas University, the Rev. Canon George Porter, D.Phil., is on campus most Tuesdays from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. He is available at other times through email at either <porter at unb.ca> or <george.porter at Anglican.nb.ca>, by phone at 506-459-1801 extension 4. (Please remember that the UNB Campus Ministry phone message service is shared by all chaplains and not confidential.) The grand opening of the new centre is Feb. 11 at 3:30 p.m. and an open house will follow on Feb. 12 February. BUT George will be in the office starting Jan. 13.

CLAY 2010
Registration for Hands On, the Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth Gathering in London, Ontario, Aug. 19-22 has begun! Get your Home Teams together and send in your forms before capacity is reached! Everything you need is on the website.

Canadian Council of Christian Charities Seminars
CCCC will offer seminars on Ministry Employment Relationships and on Serving as a Board Member on March 25 at Lewisville Baptist Church in Moncton. The cost per seminar is $35 for CCCC members and $45 for non-members. Register here.

Marriage Courses
St. James the Less in Rothesay offers the Marriage Course and the Marriage
Preparation Course beginning Sunday evening, Jan. 24th. Information and registration to sign up online.

Work and Creativity Retreat
The Companioned Spiritual Formation Team invites you to this retreat led by retired Bishop Bill Hockin at Villa Madonna Retreat House in Rothesay March 5-7. Registration is $168 single, $248 double, contact Canon John Cathcart <john.cathcart at anglican.nb.ca>. Bursaries are available (contact Canon Neville Cheeseman <neville.cheeseman at nb.sympatico.ca>. The event begins with supper at 5:30 p.m. on Friday evening and ends with lunch on Sunday.

Anglican-Lutheran Biennial National Worship Conference

Taking Care of the Neighbourhood: Worship as Public Work for the Common Good with speakers Dr. Sallie McFague, Mr. Douglas Todd, Bishop Mark MacDonald, and Pastor Karen Ward. July 4 - 7, 2010, Vancouver School of Theology, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Jan. 7, 1 p.m.  Communications Committee, Synod Office board room.

Jan. 10 After church and running all afternoon, the 2nd annual Epiphany Open House and Sliding Party at the rectory, 2227 Route 820, in Upham. Bring your sled or come and just "hang out." Kids are welcome to bring adults.

Jan. 12, 2 p.m. Council Parish Support Team, Synod Office board room.

Jan. 13, 1 p.m. Council Youth Team, Church of the Resurrection, Grand Bay-Westfield.

Jan. 13, 2 p.m. Companion Diocese Committee, Synod Office board room.

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Celebrating Epiphany
By Debra Fieguth
Christmas is over. The shopping, the wrapping, the giving, the receiving, the visiting, the feasting, the carolling – all are finished. But wait. There’s one more thing. One more visit before we can say the season has concluded. When Christians celebrate Epiphany each January 6, we remember the magi, or wise men, who visited the Baby Jesus, presenting him with precious gifts and worshipping him. They recognized Jesus as the Incarnation of God. (The word “Epiphany” – from a Greek root – means “appearance,” or “manifestation,” and refers to God coming to Earth in human form.) Read the story.

Visit the Diocesan PWRDF or PWRDF National

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Jan. 30, 7 p.m. Dessert reception and silent auction fundraiser for the Cathedral Belize mission team at Cathedral Memorial Hall, Church Street, Fredericton.

March 5-7, Work and Creativity Retreat led by retired Bishop Bill Hockin at Villa Madonna, Rothesay. Registration $168 single, $248 double, contact Canon John Cathcart <john.cathcart at anglican.nb.ca>. Bursaries are available (contact Canon Neville Cheeseman <neville.cheeseman at nb.sympatico.ca>.

April 20-22, 2010, Clergy Spouse's Conference, Villa Madonna in Rothesay. Please reserve these dates.

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Camp Medley Director
The Bishop of the Diocese of Fredericton invites applications for the position of Camp Medley Director beginning 01 March 2010. This is a term contract position. Applicants please provide a detailed resume and covering letter outlining qualifications in reference to the Position Profile available HERE. 

Apply by e-mail <claude.miller at anglican.nb.ca> or in writing by 15 January 2010.

The Bishop of Fredericton
115 Church Street
Fredericton NB E3B 4C8

Camp Brookwood Counselors

The Board of Camp Brookwood is accepting applications for counselors. Four counselors to cover arts/crafts, nature/outdoors, activities/sports and lifeguarding are required. More information about Brookwood and applications for these positions are on the camp website.

Interim Provost
Queen’s College, St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, seeks an interim provost for a two year term beginning July 2010. The successful applicant will be an Anglican priest who has enjoyed a successful parish ministry and earned a graduate degree, preferably at the doctoral level. Applications and nominations should be sent with curriculum vitae by Feb. 15, 2010 to < assistant_dsown at nfiaibn.com>.

Rural Ministry Coordinator

The Diocese of Edmonton seeks a full-time priest to develop its rural ministry initiative under the direction of the bishop. Applications should be sent to Bishop Jane Alexander <bishop atedmonton.anglican.ca> by Jan. 31, 2010.

Job listings for the Canadian church.

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Primate urges creation of body to represent churches in Ottawa
Anglican Journal
Jan 1, 2010
Five-month-old William Sneddon and his family were among those who attended the primate's traditional New Year's Day Eucharist. In his address, Archbishop Hiltz said the recent cut of $7-million in CIDA funding for KAIROS, the ecumenical church coalition that includes the Anglican Church, "denies hope for millions of people throughout the world and damages our reputation among the nations."  Read the story.

Obama's 'olive-branch' Cairo speech named top US religion story
by Chris Herlinger
Ecumenical News International
Jan 1, 2010
New York: President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo in which he pledged a new U.S. relationship with Muslim countries, has been named the top religion story for 2009 by secular journalists who cover religion in the United States. The June speech in Egypt was seen as offering an olive branch to the Muslim world and was named the top story by more than 100 members of the Religion Newswriters Association.  Read the story.

Report urging same treatment of Christian, Muslim Dalits hailed
Ecumenical News International
Dec. 31, 2009
Bangalore, India: Church groups have hailed the report of a federal commission recommending an end to decades of religion-based discrimination which excluded Christian and Muslim Dalits from affirmative action legislation and have also called for the laws to be changed. The report of the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities, presented in the national Parliament on 19 December, recommended de-linking of the official Dalit status from religion.  Read the story.

Nearly 70 percent of world faces religious restrictions, says report
Ecumenical News International/Religion News Service
Dec. 30, 2009
Washington, D.C.: About one-third of the countries in the world have high restrictions on religion, exposing almost 70 percent of the globe's population to limitations on their faith, new research shows. Read the story.

Zambian churches vow to fight violence against women
Ecumenical News International
Dec. 29, 2009
Lusaka: Churches in Zambia have joined together to fight the escalating problem of violence against women and children in their society. The pledge was agreed to by the southern African country's three main church umbrellas, the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia; the Council of Churches in Zambia, representing traditional Protestant and Anglican churches and the Zambia Episcopal Conference, representing Roman Catholic bishops. Read the story.

Car crash kills wife of General Secretary
Anglican Journal
Dec. 28, 2009
Gini Pollesel, wife of Archdeacon Michael Pollesel, General Secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada, was killed in a car accident on Sunday, Dec. 27, near Sudbury, Ont. Archdeacon Pollesel himself sustained a concussion and broken ribs, while his mother, Maria, sustained minor injuries from the accident, said Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, in an email circulated to staff in Toronto. They were taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Sudbury. Read the story.

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Final text of Anglican Covenant

Primate's New Year's Day Address

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Deuteronomy 16:17

"All shall give as they are able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you."

From the Ven. John M. Robertson, National Gift Planning Officer, Department of Philanthropy
Anglican Church of Canada

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A rector who always manages to insert a typo in the service PowerPoint didn't miss a beat this Christmas. As the Christmas Eve congregation sang Silent Night with candles lit and the PowerPoint lines guiding their words they encountered the inevitable typo in verse two: "Heav'nly hosts sign Alleluia!"

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