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PWRDF Refugee Network moves heaven and earth

Refugee (noun): a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster (Oxford English Dictionary); someone ...
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Displaced

Clare Attwell is a textile and multimedia artist. Clare created Displaced, a hand-painted, hand-dyed print following the “heat dome” in June 2021. The piece is ...
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Ordination of Deacons

Meet the deacons

On Sunday, September 12, Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee ordained Marion Edmonson, Colleen Lissamer, John Thatamanil and Stephanie Wood to the sacred order of deacons. In this ...
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The need for deacons

Anglican Deacons Canada meets virtually to discuss the role of deacons in a pandemic-shaped world Anglican Deacons Canada (ADC) had its first virtual conference in ...
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Order of the Diocese of BC

Order of the Diocese of British Columbia Investiture

On October 23, Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee will invest 26 new members and 7 officers into the Order of the Diocese of British Columbia at Christ ...
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Spray Paint

We want to acknowledge, listen and learn

On the morning of Monday, September 13, I arrived at St. Philip, Oak Bay, to discover that the outside walls and all the signs and ...
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Miniature campgrounds

Amazing journey day camp

This year’s Amazing Journey Day Camp was different in many ways from our previous camps but many of the same elements were still there. St. ...
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Blessing Boutique

St. Peter, Comox, celebrates 130 years

History, stories and hopes for the future shared On September 11, St. Peter, Comox marked its 130th anniversary with a full weekend of activities, including ...
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Judith Coleman retires

If you’ve visited or placed a phone call to the synod office in the last fifteen years, then you will likely have spoken to Judith ...
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New council set to lead in liminal time

September 23 marked the first meeting of the new diocesan council. With 17 members, this represents a significantly smaller council than previously (up to 14 ...
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A red dress hanging from a tree outside St. Andrew, Courtenay. Photo by Marion Edmondson.

Remembering MMIWG

Red dresses in Courtenay to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Earlier this summer, on June 16, our parish displayed red dresses on ...
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Alert Bay

It all begins with healing

Taking down fences and building community “It all begins with healing, but we can heal ourselves,” Brian “Arnie” Wadhams indicated to me as we developed ...
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Then and Now

Coming together for 130 years

Celebrating a milestone anniversary at St. Peter, Comox, and launching a Blessings Boutique One hundred and thirty years ago, the world was a very different ...
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Meet our new regular contributors

Over the next few months, John Thatamanil will be contributing a regular column for the Post. As the new “Diocesan Theologian,” he will be writing ...
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Youth forum update

On April 25, 2021, Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee invited all the youth and youth leaders in the diocese to join her in a conversation via Zoom ...
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