From here: Parishioners who broke away from an Anglican church in Nanoose Bay two years ago have little desire to reclaim the building they once worshiped in, says the reverend at Christ’s Church Oceanside. Saint Mary’s Anglican Church was reduced to just 14 people when the majority of parishioners, led by Rev. Guy Bellerby, split [...]
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In Winterpeg, um, Winnipeg. If you want information please contact the blog email, aecbloggers [at] gmail [dot] com, and we will forward your request to Daryle. Do You Have Questions about the Anglican Communion? Wondering where it is all going? Exploration of remaining in the ACoC Or Exploring ANiC? Date: Friday, January 21st Speakers for [...]
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From the Diocese of New Westminster The growing community of worshippers who attend the Sunday, 8am Eucharist in the Parish Hall of St. Matthew’s Abbotsford were eager to have the opportunity to celebrate Christmas together. The Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) congregation currently using the St. Matthew’s buildings did not accommodate the Anglican Church of [...]
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From here: A Year in the Life of the Diocese of Pittsburgh – 2010 Given as the Sermon at the Convention Eucharist on November 5, 2010 at St. Stephen’s Church, Sewickley. Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, [my Father] takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may [...]
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From here: On October 19, Archbishop Duncan addressed attendees of Lausanne 2010 in Capetown, South Africa during a session devoted to global Anglicanism. October 18, 2010 Scattering the Proud and Lifting Up the Lowly Luke 1:46-55 By the Most Rev. Robert Duncan, archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church in North America Scattering the Proud [...]
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From the St. Alban’s, Ottawa website: The Rt. Rev’d Michael Nazir Ali, recently retired Bishop of Rochester, England, will be in Ottawa November 3-7 to participate at our ANiC Synod and to be with St. George’s for their 125 Anniversary celebration. This articulate and courageous man will speak at a variety of venues open to [...]
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Archbishop Duncan Discusses E100 from David Trautman on Vimeo.
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It’s a shame it has to be about this: (CNN) — A private religious school in Texas has denied admission to the daughter of a lesbian couple who wanted to enroll the child in preschool, citing its “clear teaching of the Christian faith” for the refusal. In a statement e-mailed to CNN sister network HLN, [...]
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The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) has announced to all ACNA clergy that one of its founding partners, the Anglican Mission in the Americas (formerly known as AMiA and now known as “theAM”) has changed its status with ACNA. Assuming the move is approved at the ACNA Provincial Council meeting in June, theAM will [...]
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Originally from the Church of England Newspaper, George Conger writes: Predictions of the death of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) appear to have been premature, as the leaders of the third Anglican province-in-waiting in North America report that in its first year of operations it has added 106 congregations. Archbishop Robert Duncan, the [...]
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From the ANiC newsletter, read the whole thing here: ….It is also important to notice that the Communiqué “upholds” Archbishops Anis, Orombi, and Ernest in their criticisms of the current state of institutional structures. Archbishop Ernest’s decision to cut off conversation with TEC and the Anglican Church of Canada until there is a genuine demonstration [...]
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From ACNA: “When we began, I issued a challenge that we plant 1,000 new churches in the five years of my service as your Archbishop. It is wonderful to see how much progress has already been made,” said Archbishop Robert Duncan. New Anglican congregations are springing up all over North America. Since the church’s founding [...]
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From the Times and Transcript: Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church, New Brunswick’s first member congregation of the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC), held its first service on Sunday and is moving forward. Rev. Don Hamilton says about 30 people attended the first service, held at the Moncton Wesleyan Church building on St. George Boulevard. Service [...]
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“Go make the tomb secure…” Pilate invites Jerusalem’s leaders to “secure” the tomb of Jesus [Mt.27.62-66]. They “secure” the tomb with a stone, sealant and soldiers. As if these could contain our Lord… Their efforts prove inadequate. Their materials and means turn out to be no match for the One through whom all things were [...]
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From Christianity Today: After modernity, we are told, people crave community. Modernity disconnected us. We all need an us. But, after modernity, we have seen not just a revival of community but also a resurgence of tribalism. When us turns into us vs. them, serious danger lies ahead. Religious communities divide when their sense of [...]
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This occurred in the US, but I fear it could be a harbinger of what we might face in Canada if ANiC loses the legal battle. From the The Saint Barnabas’ Blog: The ongoing saga of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Binghamton, New York has much to tell us about the spiritual health [...]
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