Please respect Holy Week
do not schedule meetings March 28 through April 4.

Appointment
The Rev. Robert Barry is appointed honorary assistant in the Parish of Derby and Blackville, under the direction of the Rev. Douglas Barrett.

Condolences
To the Bockus family on the death of Dorothy Bockus, widow of Canon Walter Bockus, who died on Friday, March 19, 2010. Her funeral was held from Brenan's Funeral Home, West Saint John, this morning at 11.

Resignation
The resignation of James Chandra as Diocesan Refugee Coordinator for the Diocese of Fredericton is accepted with regret.

Legacy Gifts Initiative
In partnership with the Anglican Church of Canada, the Diocese of Fredericton will launch a Legacy Gifts Initiative in May. It is an opportunity for the diocese to enter into a deeper relationship with those donors who express an interest in planned giving. See the 22 March 2010 media release.

Cursillo
Cursillo Grand Ultreya, March 27, 9:30 a.m. at Christ Church (Parish) Church hall, Parish of Fredericton, Westmorland and Charlotte Streets, Fredericton, for the appointment (by Archbishop Claude Miller) of a new diocesan Cursillo secretariat. Bring finger foods to share at lunch. Everyone is welcome. NB Anglican Cursillo online.

Prevention and Response Involving Sexual Misconduct
PRISM workshop
9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24
Cathedral Memorial Hall, Fredericton
Register on-line by 21 April 2010

Diocesan Policy B-3: Sexual Misconduct Policy and Procedure calls for all parish leaders (lay and ordained) to attend a PRISM workshop to obtain a certificate of compliance in this important area of administration, ministry and responsibility.

Camp Medley
Find a slide show of the new construction at Camp Medley.

Companion Diocese
See the photos taken in our Companion Diocese of Ho by members of the delegation who traveled there in November.

Appointments and Announcements
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 (one lay position)
• Nominating Committee Member (one lay and one cleric)

See a current listing of Diocesan Roles, Elections and Appointments on the diocesan web site.

To make a nomination or express interest in a position, contact the pro-tem nominating committee chair Archdeacon Geoffrey Hall <geoffrey.hall at anglican.nb.ca>.

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RCL Lectionary (Year B)

Sunday, March 28

Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday (Red)
Liturgy of the Palms: 297; Luke 19:28-40; at the Procession: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; At the Eucharist: 299; Isaiah 50:4- 9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 22:14-23 or Luke 23:1-49; Preface of Holy Week.

Cycles of Prayer
PRAY for the Bishop of Jerusalem— (Middle East) the Rt. Rev. Huheil Dawani.

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

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Powerful Prayer
Mothers' Union Spring Rally
9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday May 15
St.Mary's and St.Bartholomews Church

646 Westmorland Road, Saint John
Registration $10 through Deanna Morrison <dbmm at nbnet.nb.ca> by May 7

Choir School 2010
Time to dust off the vocal chords and get ready for Choir School 2010
July 4-11, Rothesay Netherwood School
Registration forms and job applications on-line soon. Keep checking.

A Celebration of Faith in Diversity
April 8, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Kinsella Auditorium, McCain Hall
St. Thomas University, Fredericton
Students from the Religious Studies department with Fredericton's Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian, First Nations, Islamic, Jewish, Hindu, Unitarian and Quaker communities will gather to talk of their lived experiences of faith in Fredericton. Following a pot-luck lunch there will be an afternoon of celebrations, including prayer, music and dance.
For further information, please contact: Dr. Alexandra Bain <faithindiversity at stu.ca>.

Transformational Leadership for Mission and Ministry
A conversation with Canon George Kovoor,
principal of Trinity College, Bristol, UK
Tuesday, June 1, 10 a.m - 3 p.m.
At Taylor College
105 Mountain View Drive, Saint John
Registration $15 (includes lunch) through <info at taylorcollege.ca>
Presented by
Anglican Communion Alliance
(formerly the Anglican Essentials Federation)
& Taylor College

The Scott Clarkson Educational Scholarship
A bursary for agriculture students with preference given to residents of the Parish of Stanley. Application deadline May 31.

The Hall Music Bursary
The Hall Music Bursary is for students active in the discipline of Christian Church music with preference to applicants from the Anglican Parish of Woodstock. Application deadline June 1.

Camp Medley Registration
Camper registration is now available for this summer. Brochures with applications are in the mail to last year's campers and on-line applications are also available. Check out the exciting new programs on the Camp Medley website and register early and save.

Natural Church Development Training
National Church Development (NCD) seminars are designed to enhance the skills of your clergy and lay church leadership. Morning plenary sessions are followed by meetings with Bill Bickle, an Anglican layman, management consultant and international liaison for NCD in Canada. He has some good news for parishes struggling to translate analysis into action.
THIS PROGRAM IS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR PARISH SELF-EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDED AS AN ALTERNATIVE BY THE NICODEMUS PROJECT.

Registration $75 (includes materials and lunch), deadline April 1. Choose the location and date best for you:
Halifax, Monday, April 12
New Beginnings Baptist Church, 26 Cherry Brook Road
Moncton, Tuesday, April 13
Highfield Baptist Church, 290 St. George Street
Fredericton, Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Nashwaaksis Baptist Church, 104 Edgewood Drive

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March 23, 4:45 p.m. Investment Committee, Synod Office board room, Fredericton.

March 26, 7 p.m. Stations of the Cross each Friday in Lent, St. Mary's, York, McEvoy Street, Fredericton.

March 27, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  Fredericton Archdeaconry Greater Chapter meeting, St. Mary's, York.

March 27, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Cursillo Grand Ultreya at Christ Church (Parish) Church hall, Westmorland and Charlotte Streets, Fredericton, for the appointment (by Archbishop Claude Miller) of a new diocesan Cursillo secretariat. Bring finger foods to share at lunch. Everyone is welcome.

March 29, 7 - 9 p.m. Inaugural meeting of the Atlantic Theological Society (ATS) at King's College Chapel in Halifax. Everyone is welcome. The ATS mission is to study orthodox Christian thought through the lens of living a Christ-inspired life in the 21st century. Its aim is to facilitate theological inquiry and reflection. Keynote speaker Dr. David Deane, Associate Professor of Theology at the Atlantic School of Theology, will address the topic, “Why Orthodoxy, Why Now?”

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A Dinner Invitation
Interfaith Leaders and the G8 – A Call for Action You are invited, with other Anglicans, other Christians and other people of faith to host a dinner (betweennow and June 20) in your community and to invite your Member of Parliament. And when you gather to break bread, you are invited to talk with your interfaith neighbours and your MP about what unites you as people of faith and what message you want to send together to the Prime Minister in anticipation of the G8 and G20 summits. The G8 and G20 summits meet this year in Canada, from June 25-27, 2010 in Huntsville and Toronto, Ontario.
In the week leading up to the G8/G20 summits, from June 21-23, 2010, faith leaders will meet at the University of Winnipeg, with leadership from Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, to discuss ways to communicate with world leaders and press them for action on the 2010 Interfaith Statement, A Time for Inspired Leadership and Action, released in October 2009. 
The statement requests world leaders to:
1.  Address poverty;
2.  Care for our earth;
3.  Invest in peace. 
Your involvement in hosting or participating in an interfaith dinner, meal or reception in your community, and the message you send to your Member of Parliament, will be a public act of commitment to the Millennium Development Goals and to the values we deeply hold as Anglicans and Christians.  It will show your support for the Primate in his leadership role and will help to pave the way toward stronger interfaith collaboration in the future.  If you and others in your community decide to host a dinner, there is a resource kit with guidelines and everything you need to know on-line at www.faithchallengeg8.com. Let us know your plans!  It will help us track these events across Canada and help the Primate and General Synod know how many Anglicans are involved.  You may send word to Meagan Blais at mblais@national.anglican.ca.

Visit the Diocesan PWRDF or PWRDF National

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April 2, 7 p.m. Stations of the Cross, St. Mary's, York, McEvoy Street, Fredericton.

April 2, (Good Friday) 8 p.m. Handel’s Messiah Parts II and III, the Easter Messiah, presented by the Fredericton Choral Society and the Fredericton Chamber Orchestra at Wilmot United Church, King and Carleton Streets, Fredericton. Tickets $20 adults, $15 seniors and students, $5 children. Available at Westminster Books, from choir members and at the door.

April 11, 2:30 p.m. Christian and inspirational music by Tracy Friars and Steve Bell at the Imperial Theatre, Saint John. Tickets on sale March 8.

April 13, 6 p.m. Chatham Archdeaconry Greater Chapter meeting, St. George's Church, Bathurst. 

April 20-22, 2010, Clergy Spouse's Conference, Villa Madonna in Rothesay. Tuesday evening: Diocese of Ho presentation by Heather Miller and the Rev. Jasmine Chandra; Wednesday, counselor Judith Davids; Thursday, Archbishop Claude Miller. (If clergy spouse mailing address has changed in the past year, please notify Carol Anningson <evangel at nbnet.nb.ca>.

April 21, 11 a.m. Church of England Institute Annual Meeting, Anglican House, 116 Princess St., Saint John. Everyone is welcome.

April 24, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Prevention and Response Involving Sexual Misconduct (PRISM) Compliance Training, Cathedral Memorial Hall, Fredericton. On-line registration.

April 24, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Layreaders' Retreat Day with Archbishop Claude Miller, St.Mary's Church, Parish of Chatham. Details.

April 24, L'Arche Saint John's McKim House will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a fundraising dinner at the Wesleyan Church, 399 Boars Head Road in Saint John. Guest speaker is the New Brunswick Lieutenant-Governor, the Hon. Graydon Nicholas. For information contact  Jocelyn Worster, 672-6504.

April 27. 7:30 p.m. Kingston and Kennebecasis Archdeaconry Greater Chapter Meeting, St. Paul's, Rothesay.

May 1, 11 a.m. Atlantic School of Theology Convocation at The Cathedral Church of All Saints, 1340 Tower Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Renowned Canadian writer David Adams Richards of Fredericton will deliver the convocation address.

May 4 & 5 ACW annual meeting, All Saint's Church, St. Andrews.

May 6-9  Growing in Kingdom Service, a School of Spiritual Healing sponsored by the Order of St. Luke and the Parish of St. Margaret's at St. Margaret's Church, 775 Forest Hill Road, Fredericton, with the Rev. Dr. Jack Sheffield and Anne Marie Sheffield of Deep River Ministries, San Antonio, Texas. Registration $50. Contact Elizabeth (Betty) Gayley <egaley at nb.sympatico.ca>

May 7, 5:30 p.m. Reception and Dinner in thanksgiving and celebration of the appointment of Archbishop Claude Miller as Metropolitain of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada. Tickets $50, available from Synod Office, 115 Church St., Fredericton and from territorial archdeacons.

May 8, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Deacons Retreat, St. Luke's Church, Woodstock. The first of what will be an annual, community-building retreat. Two new aspirants, Barbara Haire and Agnes Scott, will be welcomed and congratulated.

May 14-15 North western New Brunswick Shared Ministry Vestry Retreat with the Ven. David Edwards at Lakeside Lodge and Resort, 596 Gillespie Settlement Road. Take Exit 88 from the Trans Canada (Route 2) near Grand Falls.

May 15, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Powerful Prayer, the Mothers' Union Spring Rally at St. Mary's and St. Bartholomews Church, 646 Westmorland Road, Saint John. Registration $10 through Deanna Morrison <dbmm at nbnet.nb.ca> by May 7.

May 20 — June 2  2010 Atlantic Theological Conference, Moncton, will focus on "Knit together in one communion: Anglican Identity and the Challenge of Diversity."

June 1, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Transformational Leadership for Mission and Ministry, a conversation with George Kovoor, principal of Trinity College, Bristol, UK. Registration $15 (includes lunch) through <info at taylorcollege.ca> Presented by Anglican Communion Alliance (formerly the Anglican Essentials Federation) & Taylor College.

June 18-20, Weekend Spring Retreat at Villa Madonna, Rothesay, and led by the Rev. Philip Chircop, an internationally known retreat master, public speaker and artist. The theme is Sacred Presents: Simple Gifts for Living with passion, Purpose and Grace. Registration $190 single, includes meals and accommodation; $115 for commuters (meals only). Non-refundable deposit of $75 required by May 15. Register on-line.

July 4-11 Choir School 2010, at Rothesay Netherwood School. Watch this page for registration and job application forms.

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Dean and Rector
The Diocese of Montreal seeks a dean and rector for Christ Church Cathedral in the city of Montreal, one of the world’s most liveable cities. Find a detailed job posting and parish profile on-line. In addition to a Curriculum Vitæ, all applications should include a statement that provides an explicit response to the Parish profile. Applicants from outside the Diocese of Montreal, with a letter of permission from their Bishop, may contact Bishop Barry Clarke <bishops.office at montreal.anglican.ca>.

Job listings for the Canadian church.

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Joy and sadness greet news of Glasspool's ordination consent
Lambeth Palace calls the decision 'regrettable,' says further consultation now needed
by Pat McCaughan and Matthew Davies
Episcopal News Service
Mar. 19, 2010
Episcopalians across the church celebrated the March 17 news that Diocese of Los Angeles Bishop-elect Mary Douglas Glasspool had received the required number of consents from standing committees and bishops with jurisdiction to her ordination and consecration as bishop. Still others lamented the decision and predicted that the news, announced by the presiding bishop's office, would further strain relationships within the Anglican Communion. Glasspool was one of two openly gay candidates on the Los Angeles slate but maintained that her sexual orientation was "not an issue" in the election. She is the second openly gay partnered priest to be elected a bishop in the Episcopal Church. The first was Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, who was elected in 2003. Read the story.

Are you ready to join Earth Hour?
by Marites N. Sison
Anglican Journal
Mar. 19, 2010
Will you be joining nearly a billion people around the world in turning off the lights on Sat., March 27, at 8:30 p.m.? Kairos, an ecumenical justice organization, is urging Canadians to power down for Earth Hour 2010, an annual global campaign to show support for action on climate change. Read the story.

National fundraising initiative looks to dioceses
by Leigh Anne Williams
Anglican Journal
Mar. 19, 2010
The idea for a nationwide fundraising campaign has been changing, said Holland Hendrix, executive director of the philanthropy department in a report to the Council of General Synod (CoGS). CoGS met in Mississauga, Ont. from March 11 to 14. Read the story.

CoGS names five to receive the prestigious Award of Merit
by Marites N. Sison
Anglican Journal
Mar. 18, 2010
Two social justice activists, a passionate advocate for philanthropy, a lawyer, and a business administrator are this year’s recipients of the Anglican Award of Merit. The award is the Anglican Church of Canada’s highest distinction given to lay people who have contributed to the life and work of the church at the national and international level. Read the story.

Effort to rebuild Port-au-Prince cathedral gets a guide
by Mary Frances Schjonberg
Episcopal News Service
Mar. 18, 2010
A coordinated plan to rebuild the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti's world-famous Cathédrale Sainte Trinité (Holy Trinity Cathedral) in Port-au-Prince is getting underway. Haiti Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin has asked Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe Bishop Pierre Whalon to guide what is expected to be a multi-step, multi-year and multi-million-dollar effort. Read the story.

What are these Marks of Mission?
Anglican Church of Canada
Mar. 17, 2010
In the latest post on the General Synod web forum, retired Director of Partnerships Dr. Ellie Johnson introduces the Marks of Mission, five powerful statements that describe what the Anglican Church of Canada is called to do in the world. These marks will feature prominently at the next national meeting, General Synod, to be held June 3 to 11 in Halifax, N.S. Curious about specifics? You are invited to visit the web forum, where you can also post comments and join the conversation. Read the story.

CoGS prepares resolutions for General Synod 2010
by Leigh Anne Williams
Anglican Journal
Mar. 16, 2010
The Council of General Synod (CoGS) considered a number of resolutions for General Synod 2010 during a meeting March 11 to 14 in Mississauga, Ont. These resolutions include:
* a new strategic plan for the Anglican Church of Canada, called Vision 2019;
* the Anglican Communion Covenant;
* adding the two representatives from the Anglican Council of Indigeneous Peoples as full members of CoGS; and
* strategies to facilitate discussion of difficult issues such as sexuality among delegates to General Synod 2010. Read the story.

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Prayers for Lent

Healing Fund process guidelines

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Acts 20:35
In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

From the Ven. John M. Robertson, National Gift Planning Officer,

Department of Philanthropy, Anglican Church of Canada

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Why fire trucks are often red
Fire trucks have four wheels and eight firefighters, and four plus eight equals 12. There are 12 inches in a foot. A foot is a ruler. Queen Elizabeth is a ruler. Queen Elizabeth is one of the largest ships on the seven seas. Seas have fish. Fish have fins. The Finns fought the Russians. The Russians are red. Fire trucks are always rushin’. Therefore, fire trucks are often red.
If you think that explanation is nonsense, you should hear the reasons some people have for staying home from church on Sunday morning!

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