Eric Partridge, Author at Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca News from the Diocese of Islands and Islets in the Anglican Church of Canada Thu, 07 Nov 2024 20:30:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://faithtides.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-Faith-Tides-Icon-32x32.png Eric Partridge, Author at Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca 32 32 207835967 Synod 2024 — ‘Together on the path’ https://faithtides.ca/synod-2024-together-on-the-path/ https://faithtides.ca/synod-2024-together-on-the-path/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:12:26 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=175463 On Nov. 1–2, 2024, the Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia met for the 102nd Synod. That mouthful is our full, official name, which is why a few years ago we filed with the BC Business Registry an official operating name: The Diocese of Islands and Inlets.  On Friday, Nov. 1, all were […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/synod-2024-together-on-the-path/feed/ 0 175463 “The Holy Spirit was present” – Synod 2023 https://faithtides.ca/the-holy-spirit-was-present-synod-2023/ https://faithtides.ca/the-holy-spirit-was-present-synod-2023/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:49:21 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=173228 Our 101st synod was held on Friday, May 12 and Saturday, May 13, 2023­. On the first night, we celebrated the eucharist in person at our diocesan cathedral and Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee gave the homily which served as her charge to synod. She reminded us that “the future will not look like the past, and […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/the-holy-spirit-was-present-synod-2023/feed/ 0 173228 Addressing parishioner loneliness through gratitude https://faithtides.ca/addressing-parishioner-loneliness-through-gratitude/ https://faithtides.ca/addressing-parishioner-loneliness-through-gratitude/#respond Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:29:52 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=172406 A while ago, I was talking with a senior parishioner. She’s involved in three ministries in the church, often drives others to appointments, and has a group of dear friends she sees many times a week. But as we talked, she told me, “I love my life during the day, but when I go home […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/addressing-parishioner-loneliness-through-gratitude/feed/ 0 172406 “I had no more excuses” https://faithtides.ca/i-had-no-more-excuses/ https://faithtides.ca/i-had-no-more-excuses/#respond Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:26:11 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=172419 When I was in my teens living in Baltimore, I was very involved in the Episcopal Church. At that time, I felt called to be ordained, and my bishop told me that after I finished undergraduate studies, he would recommend me to seminary. But while still in university, I began to wonder whether another vocation […]

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