Featured - November 2024 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/featured-november-2024/ News from the Diocese of Islands and Islets in the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 20 May 2025 21:32:27 +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 - November 2024 Archives - Faith Tides https://faithtides.ca/tag/featured-november-2024/ 32 32 207835967 ‘God is indeed making all things new’: Bishop’s charge to synod https://faithtides.ca/god-is-indeed-making-all-things-new-bishops-charge-to-synod/ https://faithtides.ca/god-is-indeed-making-all-things-new-bishops-charge-to-synod/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:13:28 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=175460 The following is the text Bishop Anna prepared for her charge to synod. To see the recording of the charge please go to the recorded service. “Behold, behold I make all things new, beginning with you and starting from today. Behold, behold I make all things new, my promise is true for I am Christ […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/god-is-indeed-making-all-things-new-bishops-charge-to-synod/feed/ 0 175460 Synod 2024 — ‘Together on the path’ https://faithtides.ca/synod-2024-together-on-the-path/ https://faithtides.ca/synod-2024-together-on-the-path/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:12:26 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=175463 On Nov. 1–2, 2024, the Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia met for the 102nd Synod. That mouthful is our full, official name, which is why a few years ago we filed with the BC Business Registry an official operating name: The Diocese of Islands and Inlets.  On Friday, Nov. 1, all were […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/synod-2024-together-on-the-path/feed/ 0 175463 Photo gallery: All Saints Synod 2024 opening worship https://faithtides.ca/photo-gallery-all-saints-synod-2024-opening-worship/ https://faithtides.ca/photo-gallery-all-saints-synod-2024-opening-worship/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:11:26 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=175509 Below is a gallery of images from the opening worship service for Synod 2024, held on Nov. 1, the Feast of All Saints. It is a day when we celebrate the thin veil between life and death, and remember those we love and see no longer. For the service, brightly coloured flags were hung above […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/photo-gallery-all-saints-synod-2024-opening-worship/feed/ 0 175509 Jonathan Thomas installed as dean of the diocese and rector of Christ Church Cathedral https://faithtides.ca/jonathan-thomas-installed-as-dean-of-the-diocese-and-rector-of-christ-church-cathedral/ https://faithtides.ca/jonathan-thomas-installed-as-dean-of-the-diocese-and-rector-of-christ-church-cathedral/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:10:59 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=175389 Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 marked the 95th feast of the dedication of Christ Church Cathedral. A fitting day, then, for the installation and induction of Jonathan Thomas as the dean of British Columbia and rector of Christ Church Cathedral during choral evensong at the cathedral. Jonathan comes to the Diocese of Islands and Inlets from […]

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]]> https://faithtides.ca/jonathan-thomas-installed-as-dean-of-the-diocese-and-rector-of-christ-church-cathedral/feed/ 0 175389 How to be salt and yeast https://faithtides.ca/how-to-be-salt-and-yeast/ https://faithtides.ca/how-to-be-salt-and-yeast/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:09:10 +0000 https://faithtides.ca/?p=175476 In my September reflection in Faith Tides, I mused about whether it might be possible for the church to learn how to be small but mighty. I argued that we need to recover the ancient metaphors of smallness that Jesus routinely employed, salt and yeast being the most prominent. Both are examples of tiny things […]

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