Featured - December 2025 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/featured-december-2025/ News from the Diocese of Islands and Islets in the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:30:03 +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 Featured - December 2025 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/featured-december-2025/ 32 32 207835967 Responding to the rising tide of homelessness in our communities https://faithtides.ca/responding-to-the-rising-tide-of-homelessness-in-our-communities/ https://faithtides.ca/responding-to-the-rising-tide-of-homelessness-in-our-communities/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:28:51 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176667 In Montreal in October, I had the privilege of participating in and being on a panel at the national conference of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. Over 2,300 people participated in this conference and it was fascinating to see the breadth and depth of experience and knowledge among people working to turn the tide […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/responding-to-the-rising-tide-of-homelessness-in-our-communities/feed/ 0 176667 Nobody wants to sleep out in the cold https://faithtides.ca/nobody-wants-to-sleep-out-in-the-cold/ https://faithtides.ca/nobody-wants-to-sleep-out-in-the-cold/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:19:17 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176669 “I don’t want to sleep in the cold,” I confessed sheepishly to our team of volunteers as we discussed ways of keeping the idea of an extreme weather shelter in Sidney front and centre in the community member’s minds. Recently, a motion that would have seen a shelter open this winter was defeated.  Our church […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/nobody-wants-to-sleep-out-in-the-cold/feed/ 0 176669 Order of the diocese investiture honours faithful service https://faithtides.ca/order-of-the-diocese-investiture-honours-faithful-service/ https://faithtides.ca/order-of-the-diocese-investiture-honours-faithful-service/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:18:36 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176672 On Saturday, Oct. 25, the investiture service for the Order of the Diocese of British Columbia was held at a packed Christ Church Cathedral.  This was the fourth investiture service since the Order was established by Bishop Logan in 2018 to honour laity in the diocese who have shown faithful service over an extended period. […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/order-of-the-diocese-investiture-honours-faithful-service/feed/ 0 176672 Crafty St. Philip’s parishioners make quilts for women in recovery https://faithtides.ca/crafty-st-philips-parishioners-make-quilts-for-women-in-recovery/ https://faithtides.ca/crafty-st-philips-parishioners-make-quilts-for-women-in-recovery/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:17:33 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176676 St. Philip’s Anglican Church in Cedar is home to the Angel Sewers and Crafters, a group of around eight parishioners who meet once a week to quilt, crochet, knit and sew.   The group started out in 2021, when St. Philip’s parishioner Susan Dobson heard through Facebook about a group of women who were making […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/crafty-st-philips-parishioners-make-quilts-for-women-in-recovery/feed/ 0 176676 Lay leadership in worship course to run in spring 2026 https://faithtides.ca/lay-leadership-in-worship-course-to-run-in-spring-2026/ https://faithtides.ca/lay-leadership-in-worship-course-to-run-in-spring-2026/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:16:08 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=176679 Many of the parishes in the diocese are “in transition” and do not necessarily have a priest to celebrate the eucharist each Sunday. Additionally, parishes are rediscovering the daily office and considering ways to have lay-led weekday services. Lay-led services are an opportunity for renewal: to encourage lay people to live into the vows they […]

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