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Lifelong learning

Educational Trusts Board administers education grants for clergy and laity Over the past two months in the Post, we’ve been telling you about one of ...
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Streamlining to stay strong

This regular column reports on the activities and decisions of Diocesan Council, the “synod between synods” of our diocese. Download monthly meeting minutes at www.bc.anglican.ca/diocesan-committees/diocesan-council. ...
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Four Books

New anti-racism resources added to the diocese website

In the summer of 2020, with the killings of multiple Black and Indigenous people in the United States and Canada at the hands of police ...
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Feeding the Hungry

Shifting trends in clergy transitions

For the parish whose minister has retired or moved away, finding a replacement isn’t as easy as posting a “help wanted” ad on Kijiji. While ...
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Diocesan Council Zooms along

This regular column reports on the activities and decisions of Diocesan Council, the “synod between synods” of our diocese. Download monthly meeting minutes at www.bc.anglican.ca/diocesan-committees/diocesan-council. ...
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Salt Spring Island church

Surviving on Salt Spring

Those of us in the Gulf Islands face fewer challenges with Covid than many city dwellers.  Social distancing is more easily achieved. At the same ...
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Acting together for change

“If people don’t think they have the power to solve their problems, they won’t even think about how to solve them.” – Saul Alinsky The ...
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Church plots thicken

Pioneer Churches of Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea: An Explorer’s Guide by Liz Bryan. Victoria, Heritage House Publishing, 2020. No Better Land: The 1860 ...
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John Albert Hall

John Albert Hall and his legacy

A generous benefactor, a long tradition, a continuing evolution As promised, this is a continuation of last month’s article about the John Albert Hall Lectures, ...
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Hello/Goodbye

A new editor begins at the Post Goodbye from Susan Down During almost three years at the helm of the Diocesan Post, I have come ...
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Photos by Susan Down

Reaching Out

If you tried to join the February 7 livestreamed service from Christ Church Cathedral, you weren’t alone. In fact, so many tuned in to hear ...
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2021 Budgeted Income

Budget

Forecasting anything amid the uncertainty of a pandemic can be a difficult task. In January, diocesan council passed a $1.8 million budget for 2021 with ...
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New Bishop

New bishop leads the diocese

Masked clergy, hand sanitizing stations at the altar and a required address to the congregation spoken to empty pews were notable indications that the recent ...
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Black pioneers in the church

In honour of Black History Month, the Diocesan Post offers this excerpt from Go Do Some Great Thing: The Black Pioneers of British Columbia, Third ...
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Gabriola Island: getting through together

On March 13, 2020, the council of Christ Church Gabriola (CCG) exchanged a flurry of emails in support of closing the church building prior to ...
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