December 2024 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/december-2024/ News from the Diocese of Islands and Islets in the Anglican Church of Canada Mon, 09 Dec 2024 21:46:57 +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 December 2024 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/december-2024/ 32 32 207835967 Historical St Stephen’s a hidden gem https://faithtides.ca/historical-st-stephens-a-hidden-gem/ https://faithtides.ca/historical-st-stephens-a-hidden-gem/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2024 07:43:24 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=175648 We acknowledge that this church property is on the ancestral lands of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Coast Salish peoples. As you enter the five-acre grounds of St Stephen’s Anglican Church, off Mount Newton Cross Road, Saanichton, you immediately feel that you are in a special historical place—a place of peace and serenity. The St Stephen’s church […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/historical-st-stephens-a-hidden-gem/feed/ 0 175648 All Saints by-the-Sea celebrates 30th anniversary https://faithtides.ca/all-saints-by-the-sea-celebrates-30th-anniversary/ https://faithtides.ca/all-saints-by-the-sea-celebrates-30th-anniversary/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2024 07:42:59 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=175660 For Anglicans on Salt Spring Island, this year’s season of Thanksgiving was the perfect opportunity to share with the community their celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the dedication of All Saints by-the-Sea. The service of blessing held on Oct. 9, 1994, for their new church, was remembered and embraced in October 2024 over two […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/all-saints-by-the-sea-celebrates-30th-anniversary/feed/ 0 175660 On Scrooge, the prophets and God’s love https://faithtides.ca/on-scrooge-the-prophets-and-gods-love/ https://faithtides.ca/on-scrooge-the-prophets-and-gods-love/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2024 07:41:49 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=175666 For years, Alastair Sim in the 1951 A Christmas Carol has been so dear to my heart that Christmas does not feel complete unless I’ve watched it (at least once)! Many of us smile while watching Scrooge’s joy at his redemption. One year, a friend asked, “Why does Scrooge have to be threatened?” A good […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/on-scrooge-the-prophets-and-gods-love/feed/ 0 175666 Acting Primate signs letter to PM on Gaza, Canadian Christian declaration on antisemitism https://faithtides.ca/acting-primate-signs-letter-to-pm-on-gaza-canadian-christian-declaration-on-antisemitism/ https://faithtides.ca/acting-primate-signs-letter-to-pm-on-gaza-canadian-christian-declaration-on-antisemitism/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2024 07:40:56 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=175669 Acting Primate Anne Germond and National Bishop Susan Johnson have co-signed a letter (see below) to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling for “a full and sustained ceasefire, for the release of all captives, for the immediate flow of lifesaving food, water, aid, fuel and humanitarian assistance for the millions of Gazans suffering at this time, […]

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