Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis, Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 28th, 2009
In his letter, the Venerable Bruce Bryant-Scott implied that Rev. Ron Corcoran, in his sermon and in other parts of the service of Feb 22, used the theme of “be not afraid” to be an “encouragement to not be afraid of schism”. In other words, as an encouragement to join ANiC. In actual fact, Rev. [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Feb 27th, 2009
Received via email. Caution; the spin starts here: Dear Friends: Today, Thursday February 26th, 2009, I accepted on behalf of the Bishop the following resignations: ♦ The Reverend Canon Ronald Corcoran, as Rector of St. Matthias, Victoria, and as a Diocesan Canon and priest of the Diocese of British Columbia. ♦ The Reverend Rodney May [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Feb 26th, 2009
David gets into the Telegraph. The Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC) has published a Lenten reflection that portrays Jesus as a racist who saw the error of his ways after being challenged by the Canaanite woman in Matthew’s Gospel. The ACoC was long ago taken over by politically correct bores but, as Anglican Samizdat notes, [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Feb 26th, 2009
From the Journal Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has thanked his Burundian counterpart, Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi, for the Anglican Church of Burundi’s stance against cross-border interventions, notwithstanding its opposition to more liberal views on homosexuality in some churches in Canada. “I am very grateful for the position that the Anglican [...]
Posted in Church Year on Feb 26th, 2009
The Anglican theologian and scholar E.B. Pusey wrote this prayer for Lent: God, give us grace, this coming Lent, so to lay to heart our ways, that we may weary of all which is not His, from Him, to Him: and may, through Him, the Living Way, by new love and obedience, attain to Him, [...]
Posted in Prayer on Feb 25th, 2009
A newly ordained friend of mine is officiating at his first funeral tomorrow afternoon. The funeral is for a one week old baby. Please pray for him, the family, and his congregation.
Posted in Church Year on Feb 23rd, 2009
From churchyear.net: Suggestions For Your Lenten Fast Many churches have disciplines regarding Lent fasting. Orthodox Christians have a strict fast. Western Catholics are expected to abstain from meat on all of the Fridays during Lent, called days of Abstinence. Meat is defined as the flesh of warm-blooded animals. On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, official [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Feb 22nd, 2009
From SF: Memorandum To: Diocesan Clergy, Members of Diocesan Council From: Bishop Michael Ingham Date: February 19, 2009 Subject: New Activities of the Network Dear Friends in Christ: Throughout the centuries, Anglicanism has held together evangelicals, liberals, and anglo-catholics in a single church. Such is our ethos and mysterium. It is this historic tradition the [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Feb 20th, 2009
By email, from the latest ANiC newsletter. The diocese has refused to negotiate with the congregation of St Mary’s Nanoose Bay despite the specific request issued from the recent Primates Meeting in Egypt that mediation be pursued to resolve disputes. The people of St Mary’s have been ordered by the bishop’s commissary, Bruce Bryant-Scott, to [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Feb 19th, 2009
Just read David’s post, here, and it’s hard to see this as much more than earth worship vaguely dressed in Christian garb. Makes me think of GK Chesterton – “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing — they believe in anything.” Don’t get me wrong, there’s a place for stewardship of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 19th, 2009
Hat tip to the Occasional Christian I find this absolutely fascinating. Do you suppose they really want to know what we think? Federation members especially, I would encourage you to participate in this, en mass. Their email address is: vision 2019@national.anglican.ca Here is the link to the Vision 2019 main page. Here is the “Tell [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Feb 18th, 2009
From the ANiC website. An Open Response to “Patient Endurance – On Living Faithfully in a Time of Troubles” Dear Philip, Christopher and Ephraim: I greatly appreciate your contribution on the subject of how to remain faithful in these times of challenge for the Anglican churches in North America. It is an urgent and a [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion on Feb 16th, 2009
Hat tip to Stand Firm. Asking someone to leave their belief in God at the door of their workplace is akin to asking them to remove their skin colour before coming into the office. Faith in God is not an add-on or optional extra. For me, my trust in God is part of my DNA; [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Essentials on Feb 16th, 2009
I saw this notice at the latest news page of the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and I’m wondering if anyone has any information about it. Essentials Nova Scotia invites all interested to their meeting at Trinity Church, 321 Main Ave, Halifax Saturday, February 14th 10 AM to Noon, with light lunch [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis, Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 13th, 2009
The Diocese of British Columbia’s predictable spin – wherein the “swearing of oaths” has more import than following Jesus – on St. Mary, Nanoose Bay. For reality go here. From VOL Dear Colleagues in Ministry: Yesterday, February 11, 2009, as Commissary to the Bishop, I received the resignation of the Rev. Guy Bellerby as Rector [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 12th, 2009
is here ANiC legal defence fund needs your support The legal team needs your ongoing prayer and financial support. With a three-week trial beginning May 25 in New Westminster, and with ongoing pressure in the diocese of Niagara, financial support designated for the legal fund is critically important to our efforts to preserve church buildings [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 12th, 2009
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 12th, 2009
A baby girl was baptised at St. Hilda’s ANiC this morning [this was written a few weeks ago]. Her mother is a young Christian woman who has been attending St. Hilda’s during the last year or so. A little less than ten years ago, every Friday lunchtime she used to walk from the high-school she [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 12th, 2009
From Stand Firm. Read the whole thing here. I want to thank you for the comments you made on a recent thread. I have been greatly blessed by my participation in the Stand Firm forum and so many people there have been wonderfully kind and gracious towards me. You are by no means the least [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 11th, 2009
Vancouver Island parish joins Anglican Network. Requests mediation. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11 February 2009 The congregation of St Mary’s Anglican Church, in Nanoose Bay, British Columbia voted overwhelmingly on Sunday, February 8, to come under the episcopal oversight of Bishop Donald Harvey, Moderator of the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC), and under the Primatial authority [...]
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