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Synods — Easy as 1, 2, 3 — General, Provincial, Diocesan

by Pat Drummond

In conversation a week or two ago, I mentioned to a friend that I was going to General Synod in Halifax this week. (June 3-11) “Oh, really,” he said, “but why in Halifax? Isn’t Synod usually in New Brunswick?” This led me to think that there was room for an article on our three different synods. Read the story.

Paul Jeffries to visit Sept. 1 - Oct. 18
The Rev. Paul Jefferies, our missionary priest serving as principal of Bishop McAllister School in Uganda, will be in this Sept. 1 through Oct. 18 and will be glad to speak to interested groups. Contact information to follow.

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Clergy Conference
The 2010 Clergy Conference will be held August 30-Sept. 1 at Rothesay Netherwood School in Rothesay. Speaker is the Rev Dr. Gary Nicolosi, a Congregational Development Facilitator. Register on-line

Retirements

The Revs. Karman and Valerie Hunt are retiring from the Parishes of Cambridge and Waterborough and the Parish of Gagetown. A retirement farewell service is scheduled for St. John's Church, Gagetown on Sunday, June 27 at 11 a.m. and a farewell open house will follow at the Gagetown Legion Hall from 2 - 4 p.m.

Chaplain for Camp Medley
Camp Medley seeks one more individual to serve as a chaplain for the week of July 18-23 (Junior Teen II). This is a great opportunity for you to invest the lives of our youth. Contact the assistant director Shawn C. Branch <shawn at campmedley.ca>.

Prayer for Clergy College 2010

Prayer for Availability and ability to attend Diocesan Clergy College
Almighty God, the source of wisdom and understanding: We ask you to bless this Clergy College, that knowledge may be increased among us, and all good learning flourish and abound. Bless those who teach and all who learn that we may bear the light of your truth to those we meet and minister to; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Download the brochure. Apply to register online.

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)

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 committee chair chair Jack Walsworth <jwals at nbnet.nb.ca>.

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RCL Lectionary (Year B)

Sunday, June 6

Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10) (Green)
Propers 360; 1 Kings 17:8-16, (17-24); Psalm 146 ; Galatians 1:11-24; Luke 7:11-17; Preface of the Lord's Day.

Cycles of Prayer
Pray for La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico, the Most Rev. Carlos Touche-Porter, Presiding Bishop of La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico and Bishop of Mexico.

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

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A bulletin insert for June is available.

Exceptional organ recital at Christ Church (Parish) Church

Gerald Wheeler (a former organist at Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal) and his daughter Jane Wheeler (an accomplished professional actor) will present a concert at Christ Church Parish Church in Fredericton on June 9th at 7 p.m. They will perform a recently composed award winning work by George Akerley titled “A Sweet for Mother Goose.”  It is based on rhymes selected from the Mother Goose collection of nursery rhymes. No pre-existing tunes are used; new music was composed for each rhyme based on the formal structure and character of each to create this duet of organ and the spoken word. The narrator becomes part of the musical texture through musical and dramatic interpretation. Dr. Wheeler will also play a number of popular classical works arranged for organ including Elgar's “Land of Hope and Glory” and Schubert's “Marche Militaire.” Organists Alice Boyd and Peter Waterhouse will play an organ duet arrangement of “The Stars and Stripes Forever." A large screen at the front of the church will show the organist at work on the large, three manual and pedal organ. The concert will last about an hour.

Choir School
Registration forms (four pages) for the 53rd Annual Diocesan Choir School — July 4-11 at Rothesay Netherwood School are available for download now! <www.choirschoolsite.com>. Junior choristers please print, fill in, and send all four pages to the registrar. Adult choristers need only complete page one, and add page two if appropriate.

Clergy College
10th Annual Clergy College featuring Eric Beresford, Brian Walsh and Gary Thorne

June 13-10, Hugh John Flemming Forestry Complex, Fredericton. Brochure.   On-line registion.

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June 1, 4:30 - 7 p.m.  Finance Committee, Synod Office board room.

June 1, 7 - 9 p.m.  Fredericton Archdeaconry Greater Chapter meeting, St. John the Evangelist new church hall, Main Street, Fredericton (Nashwaaksis).

Jue 3-10  General Synod, Halifax.

June 5, 6 p.m. Barbecue chicken dinner & silent auction at St. Luke's Church Hall, corner of Metcalf St. and Lansdowne Ave., Saint John. Special guests: Kara and Nelson Mejia. Dinner provided and prepared by Saint John Y's Men. Tickets $20 each - phone 693-4152 or email <stlukesportland at rogers.com>. All funds raised will support the Mejias ministry in Honduras.

June 6, 3-5 p.m. Saint John Seafarers' Mission 30th anniversary barbecue, 92 Tilley Lane, Saint John. RSVP <seaf at nb.aibn.com>. Come and celebrate 30 years of service to the seaferers who visit the Port of Saint John.

June 6, 7 p.m. U2 - Horizons, a church service using the creative work of the rock band U2 in worship at St. Augustine's in Quispamsis. Details.

June 7, 4 p.m. Companioned Spiritual Formation, Synod Office board room, Fredericton.

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Le Tour de PWRDF comes to Fredericton June 14
Suzane Rumsey, PWRDF staff member and cyclist extraordinaire and her bicycle Olive will be in Fredericton on Monday, June 14 as she cycles from Halifax (the site of General Synod) to to Montreal to promote the work of the Primate's Fund. The Christ Church Cathedral Mission committee will hold a bicycle parade and picnic supper in her honour beginning at 5 p.m. at Cathedral Memorial Hall on Church Street in Fredericton. Suzane will speak following the picnic. Everyone is welcome to all facets of the event. The bicycle parade will last just 10 minutes and the supper begins at 5:15. If you plan to attend the picnic supper please bring a picnic-type food to share — cold meat, salads, fruit, cheese, drinks or sweets.

Le Tour de PWRDF Bulletin inserts 

Visit the Diocesan PWRDF or PWRDF National

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June 9, 7 p.m. An exceptional organ recital at Christ Church (Parish) Church in Fredericton featuring Dr. Gerald Wheeler and his daughter, actress Jane Wheeler, will present A Sweet for Mother Goose, a unique presentation of nurser rhymes through organ and the spoken word. Local organists Alicy Boyd and Peter Waterhouse will perform an organ duet.

June 12, 10:30 a.m. NB Cursillo Secretariat meeting, small hall, Church of the Good Shepherd, 668 Manawagonish Rd. Saint John.

June 13, 1- 5 p.m. Camp Medley open house to see the new facilities, talk to management and some staff, swap Medley memories and enjoy the free-will offering barbecue.

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.

June 19, 6:30 p.m. Camp Medley Staff House/Administration Building Grand Opening at the camp on Gunter Hill Road, Upper Gagetown. A barbecue will follow the opening. Everyone is welcome. Free will offering for the barbecue appreciated.

June 27, 11 a.m. Farewell retirement service for the Revs. Karman and Valerie Hunt (Parishes of Cambridge and Waterborough and the Parish of Gagetown) at St. John's, Gagetown. A farewell open house will follow at the Gagetown Legion Hall from 2 - 4 p.m.

June 27, 2 - 4 p.m. Miramichi Ultreya, St. Mary's Church, Willington Street, Chatham.

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

Aug. 30- Sept. 1  Clergy College at Rothesay Netherwood School featuring the Rev Dr. Gary Nicolosi, Diocesan Congregational Development Facilitator, Anglican Diocese of British Columbia.

Sept. 21, 10 a.m. St. Andrews Archdeaconry Clericus, Campobello.

Sept. 25 & 26 Diocesan Mothers' Union overnight meeting at Camp Medley.

Oct. 5, St. Andrews Archdeaconry Clergy Retreat Day, St. Andrews.

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Student Employment
Trinity Church, Saint John, seeks summer students to act as tour guides and possibly do some historical research. Candidates must be graduating from high school this June or already be in university. Students should be friendly, outgoing and comfortable working with the general public. Contact <trinsj at nb.aibn.com>.
 
Job listings for the Canadian church.

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Anglican Journal launches new website
Commentary, videos and slideshows added to Synod news coverage
Anglican Journal
May 31
The Anglican Journal has launched a new website to better deliver up-to-the-minute news and views from General Synod 2010. The triennial meeting of the Anglican Church of Canada takes place in Halifax from Jun. 3-11. With new features such as commentary, blogs, slideshows, videos, the Journal has also assembled a team of reporters to deliver continuous coverage 24/7 with news stories, commentary and analysis, photographs and short video interviews throughout the day. Read the story.

Dr. Holland Hendrix resigns
Executive director of philanthropy leaves General Synod
Anglican Journal
May 28
The executive director of the department of philanthropy for the Anglican Church of Canada has resigned, effectively immediately. Dr. Holland Hendrix was appointed executive director of General Synod’s new philanthropy department in October 2008. “…this morning the Primate (Archbishop Fred Hiltz) and I accepted the resignation of Dr. Holland Hendrix as executive director of philanthropy …,” said Sam Carriere, acting general secretary of General Synod, in a statement. “We wish him well in future endeavours.”

Follow General Synod online
Anglican Church of Canada
May 28, 2010
All are invited to follow the General Synod meeting through a communications hub, which will launch June 3. The hub offers many ways to keep up with the event. Get the details.

Archbishop calls for more courageous engagement
By Marites N. Sison
May 27
Anglican Journal
It’s time for the Anglican Church of Canada to get innovative about the ways in which it engages the rest of the world, says Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate. Delegates to General Synod 2010 can expect to be “challenged to stop looking inward,” according to Archbishop Hiltz. “We’re focusing on mission,” he told the Anglican Journal. Archbishop Hiltz explained that the church needs to “start looking out to the world in very courageous ways…the Gospel calls us to be the church in the world.” Read the story.

Confessions of a General Synod junkie
By Marites B. Sisson
Anglican Journal
May 27
General Synod 2010 will be her 10th and last as staff, but Margaret Shawyer is already setting her sights on coming back as a volunteer, or better yet, as a delegate. A self-confessed “General Synod junkie,” Shawyer, 64, knows the ins and outs of the triennial meeting of the Anglican Church of Canada’s governing body like nobody else. She began by staffing the information desk at her first General Synod in 1983. Since then she has coordinated the last four meetings, including General Synod 2010 in Halifax. “I love General Synod,” says Shawyer, who will be retiring this December after working for the national church office since 1965. “It’s a great place to work and meet people. I will miss it.”
Still, it’s time to pass the baton, she admits with a laugh. “I don’t want to be, ‘Oh, that old lady over there. Why doesn’t she go?’” Read the story.

A missional Primate?
Anglican Church of Canada
May 26, 2010
What is the Primate's role in the Anglican Church of Canada? Over the past three years, the Primatial Role Task Force explored this question through historical research and consultation with active Anglicans. In the latest General Synod web forum http://www.ministrymatters.ca/settingsail/a-missional-primate-2/post, task force member Norah Bolton explains what they learned about the Primate's role and mission. "There was a strong consensus that Anglicans want their Primate to be prophetic and inspiring," she writes, "able to listen and care, as well as to be visible both within the church and beyond it." Read the story.

'Ultimately, I had a blast!’
Justice camp a quality learning experience
By Leigh Anne Williams
Anglican Journal
May 25, 2010
“Live the change you want to see.” That was the theme of Community Justice Camp hosted this year by the diocese of Niagara in Hamilton, Ont. from May 9 to 14. And according to participants, the event was inspirational and also gave them practical advice on how to live that change. About 80 people from several provinces gathered at McMaster University for the fifth annual justice camp. On the first day they heard from keynote speaker Karri Munn-Venn, a socio-economic policy analyst with the Ottawa-based Citizens for Public Justice, about the ecumenical organization’s federal anti-poverty campaign. Canon Maylanne Maybee, eco-justice co-ordinator for the Partnerships department of Anglican Church of Canada, gave a workshop and led discussion on shifting perceptions away from charity and toward justice. Read the story.

New Anglican-Lutheran ministry celebrated
By Journal staff with files from Maria Kiernan-Smith
Anglican Journal
May 25, 2010
The Rev. Brad Mittleholtz has been officially appointed as priest for a newly combined Anglican-Lutheran parish in the Bruce Peninsula. This new expression of the Full Communion relationship between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and Anglican Church of Canada was celebrated at a service at Trinity Anglican Church in Wiarton on April 26. Read the story.

TRC update covers healing fund, KAIROS, more
Anglican Church of Canada
May 25, 2010

This third installment http://www.anglican.ca/rs/trc/003-May-25-2010.htm in a new series of updates covers the Anglican Church of Canada's ongoing journey towards healing and reconciliation with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples. Prepared by Archdeacon Jim Boyles, these occasional updates focus on the church's work during the term of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on residential schools. Read the story.

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Follow General Synod on-line

Spring 2010 MinistryMatters now online

graffiti on the blackboard

My Role in the CFDS

Changed and added documents to the General Synod Convening Circular

Info! News from General Synod

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Three levels of giving:

1. giving because you have to (taxes)

2. giving because you should (corporate responsibility / doing my share; what should I give? - don't answer that)

3. giving because you want to, out of thanksgiving. You no longer ask "How much should I give," but "how much can I give?" (It happens somewhere around the 10% level.)

Going from level two to level three there is a psychological breakthrough.  

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

Department of Philanthropy, Anglican Church of Canada

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The strongman at a circus squeezed the juice from a lemon between his hands. He then said to the audience, "I will offer $200 to anyone in the audience who can squeeze another drop from this lemon. A thin scholarly looking woman came forward, picked up the lemon, strained hard and managed to get a drop. The strongman was amazed. He paid the woman and asked, "What is the secret of your strength?"

"Practice," the woman answered. "I was the treasurer of an Anglican church for 32 years!
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