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Vision Fund reports legacy

Ian Alexander — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:15:04 +0000

In late November 2020, the diocesan Vision Fund delivered its final report to the diocesan council. The fund was established by synod in the fall of 2015, to use a small portion of the reserve funds generated from disestablished parishes. The fund’s goal was to “faithfully seed local, regional and diocese-wide initiatives that give tangible […]

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The universal heart of puppetry

Tim Gosley — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 18:42:53 +0000

Before puppetry, my existence was tickled by an unfettered spiritual curiosity. I was born Anglican, but my spiritual foundation was poured during the long 1960s (1955 to 1973). We in the Me Generation created individualized belief systems by melding pop culture with a spiritual mashup of Zen, New Age, First Nations, Hindu, Wicca, and psychedelics, […]

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Mount Douglas Manor wins commercial building award

Peter Daniel — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 18:37:42 +0000

A seniors’ residence developed by the Mount Douglas Senior Housing Society has won the 2020 award of excellence in affordable housing from the Victoria Real Estate Board. The honour is presented at the annual Commercial Building Awards, held annually in November (the 2020 awards were on video). The award for this new project as the […]

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Education fund receives bequest

Susan Down — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:00:14 +0000

A long-time Anglican parishioner has left a generous bequest to help train lay ministers in the diocese. Elizabeth Hyde left $10,000 as a cash legacy to the lay training fund, administered through the Educational Trusts Board. Her daughter, Charlotte, said her mother was adamant that the funds were needed to support opportunities for training lay […]

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Underwriting the online revolution

Susan Down — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 13:23:34 +0000

Just as our church doors closed in 2020, some new doors opened as the parishes throughout the diocese explored other ways to reach out to the community. Fortunately, our diocese had already laid a solid communications foundation before the pandemic hit. A substantial investment in technology throughout the diocese allowed parishes of all sizes to […]

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