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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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Terry Mikkonen retires

A longtime finance employee at the synod office has put down her spreadsheets and retired after more than 30 years in the job. Terry Mikkonen, ...
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Three Presenters

Values for a new world

The John Albert Hall Lectures reach new audiences online The story in last month’s Post about a generous bequest to the Lay Training Funds, administered ...
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Constance Isherwood

Constance Isherwood remembered

When she entered law school at the University of British Columbia in 1948, Constance Isherwood (then Holmes) was one of only eight women in a ...
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Mark and Jane Hird-Rutter

Messy Church now offers takeout

If restaurants can switch to takeout service, so can church programs. Due to COVID-19, when the Messy Church program couldn’t be offered in person anymore ...
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Bishop leaving cathedral

Episcopal trousseau

A modern bishop’s attire and accoutrements, such as the crozier, pectoral cross and ring, are the traditional symbols of episcopal office. The pectoral cross, made ...
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2021 Budgeted Expenses

2021 Budget

Our budgeted income and expenses for 2021 can be represented in the following two charts:
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