Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jul 11th, 2011
From the National Post It was a historic moment in Ottawa as a subdued crowd of about 300 filed out of St. Alban’s Anglican Church on King Edward Avenue on Sunday, leaving behind a place where some have roots going back to Confederation. Founded in 1865, the church where Sir John A. Macdonald worshipped has [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Jul 10th, 2011
From Ed Hird’s blog: My previous congregation was St Matthew’s Abbotsford where I served from 1982 to 1987. They are a wonderful Christ-centered Spirit-filled congregation that are being evicted today from their premises. I honour their Rector the Rev Mike Stewart, their Bishop the Right Reverend Dr Trevor Walters, and their people for showing the [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Jul 5th, 2011
Thought you might appreciate a few photos from the inaugural service on Trinity Sunday of the newly formed ANiC Church in Calgary – Grace Anglican. We’re currently meeting at: New Life Community Church 7642 22 St. SE Calgary, Alberta T2C 0W8 Sundays 8.30am and 1pm.
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 27th, 2011
From the Ottawa Sun: A storied congregation has gone from worshipping in the same building as Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, to a makeshift altar inside a theatre where it’s BYOB: Bring Your Own Bible. “Ultimately, a church is people,” said Rev. George Sinclair. More than 100 worshippers gathered at St. Alban’s [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 26th, 2011
We walked today. The whole congregation, from all four services, met together at ten am and the church was packed. Bishop Charlie was with us. We had a beautiful liturgy, with elements from the modern service, the traditional services, and evensong. The choir sang an introit, Praise to God by Purcell. We had some congregational [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 26th, 2011
From the Ottawa Citizen (lots of photos and a video at the link): By Kelly Patterson, Ottawa Citizen It was a historic moment in Ottawa as a subdued crowd of about 300 filed out of St. Alban’s Anglican Church on King Edward Avenue on Sunday, leaving behind a place where some have roots going back [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 25th, 2011
From here: About 250 members of an Abbotsford church are preparing to leave their location, following a Supreme Court of Canada ruling last week. Much of the congregation and clergy of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, located at 2010 Guilford Drive, will now share space with the members of Grace Evangelical Bible Church, located at 2087 [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 25th, 2011
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 24th, 2011
ST. ALBAN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH WALKOUT ON SUNDAY JUNE 26 Background unique to Ottawa On Feb 16, 2008 at a specially called meeting of the parish, the church voted overwhelmingly to separate from the Diocese of Ottawa and realign with another branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The vote for the move was 79 in favour, [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 24th, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011 OTTAWA – Sunday will mark the final poignant day of worship for the congregation of St. Alban’s Anglican Church. The leadership of the church was sued by the Diocese of Ottawa in May of 2010. To avoid going to Court, a mediated settlement was reached. This settlement involves a division of [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 18th, 2011
Received by email: A PASTORAL LETTER FROM THE RIGHT REVEREND DONALD F. HARVEY BISHOP AND MODERATOR My dear friends in Christ Jesus: When the history of our Church is written, the date of June 16th will receive very special mention. It was on that day, nine years ago that a relatively few members of the [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 17th, 2011
A refreshing viewpoint, compared to the content of my last post: Before the decision was announced, David Short, Rector of St. John’s Shaughnessy (and Canon of St. Andrew’s Cathedral Sydney), released a pastoral letter to the congregation at St. John’s. “Friends, “The way we respond is a God-given opportunity to bear witness to Christ. As [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 17th, 2011
The responses are, to my mind, laying it on a bit thick. But it is to be expected I suppose, and I am only glad that they do not speak for me any more. First, Michael Ingham: Dear Friends in Christ: By now you may have heard that the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 17th, 2011
Anglican Network in Canada NEWS RELEASE Congregations Evicted from their Church Buildings FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 19 May 2011 Vancouver, BC – The trustees of four Vancouver-area Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) parishes are preparing to vacate their church buildings after the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed their case and awarded legal costs to the Anglican [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 17th, 2011
I haven’t had time to read the stories I’m linking to, but I thought it was important to get them up. Vancouver Sun story National Post story Anglican Journal Story
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 16th, 2011
From the Globe and Mail: The Supreme Court will not wade into a property fight between the Anglican Church and dissident congregations. Four British Columbia parishes broke away from the mainstream church over the controversial issue of same-sex blessings. The Anglican Church had asked the Supreme Court to end the legal squabble over who owns [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on May 27th, 2011
There was a very interesting documentary on CBC radio’s The Current this morning. (You can listen to it here). Briefly, the piece is about money given to the Roman Catholic church by Mexican drug lords. At the centre of the controversy is a new chapel near the Mexican town of Pachuca, about 90 kilometers from [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on May 21st, 2011
Read it all here: MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO – Dr. J. I. Packer, 84, of Vancouver, British Columbia, prolific author and professor of theology at Vancouver’s Regent College, will receive the twenty-third annual Leslie K. Tarr Award for outstanding career achievement. Named in honour of its first recipient, the late Leslie K. Tarr, a Toronto journalist, editor, [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Network in Canada on May 11th, 2011
The second page of the print edition of “Crosstalk”, the Diocese of Ottawa’s newspaper, contains the following announcement under “clergy news” (the online version is here, but I couldn’t get it to load): The bishop has appointed the Rev. Mark Whittall as the incumbent of the Parish of St. Alban’s Church effective July 3…[he will] [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Network in Canada on May 5th, 2011
From the ANiC Newsletter: Welcome to ANiC’s first parish in Calgary ANiC now has a parish in Calgary. The congregation of about 80 families held their first service May 1 in rented premises, leaving behind their former building. They will be taking some time to recalibrate their vision for ministry in their community and consider [...]
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