June 2023 Archives - Faith Tides

“The Holy Spirit was present” – Synod 2023

Eric Partridge — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:49:21 +0000

Our 101st synod was held on Friday, May 12 and Saturday, May 13, 2023. On the first night, we celebrated the eucharist in person at our diocesan cathedral and Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee gave the homily which served as her charge to synod. She reminded us that “the future will not look like the past, and […]

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Resiliency for the way forward — Clergy Conference 2023

Lon Towstego — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:49:05 +0000

We rolled into beautiful Parksville on Monday, April 24. Various clergy started arriving to check-in at the conference facility, the Bayside Inn. Great reunions began even at this early stage as many that hadn’t seen each other for a long time, embraced and caught up. Some met for the first time. In person and interactive […]

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Trust among strangers

Wally Eamer — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:48:25 +0000

On the ninth anniversary of my heart attack, the cardiologist who operated on me early that May 2014 morning, and has supervised my heart since, called for his yearly check up. By chance, the next morning, my wife and I were starting an early stage of a long, summer bicycle ride of 1,500+ kilometres […]

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Walking together in a shared future

Jan Horner — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:47:22 +0000

Holy Trinity, North Saanich has for over 20 years had a Companion Journeying ministry with our First Nation neighbours. We have hosted dinners for the parish and First Nations, and we have collaborated with First Nation education, health, and community workers to develop a Trinity Time program to provide support for programs and weekly get-togethers […]

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Comox Earth Day event (April 22)

St Peter's Green Team — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:46:45 +0000

“Earth Day gives us an opportunity to rejoice in creation. God, in his infinite compassion, lovingly formed our planet and all that lives within and upon it. He declared his creation good and entrusted us to care for it and each other. But our compassion is finite and we often forget our responsibility to care […]

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Trust

Ryan Turnbull — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:45:04 +0000

From May 4 to 6, the University of Victoria’s Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, in partnership with the Anglican Diocese of Islands and Inlets, presented a special edition of the John Albert Hall Lecture Series entitled Land, Law, Religion and Reconciliation: A Colloquium. This event brought together theologians and legal experts to discuss […]

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The golden thread: an Anglican’s reflection on the coronation of King Charles III

Kieran Wilson — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:38:56 +0000

For as long as I can remember, I have always sought out what I like to call the “golden thread,” a thread of meaning, of holiness, and — dare I say — of enchantment, that runs through the tapestry of human thought and culture from its earliest dawn to the present day. Throughout my […]

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Leading the liturgy of the word — Lay Leadership in Worship course this fall

Ingrid Andersen — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:37:05 +0000

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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A Christianity to Call Home (Aug. 6-12)

Christine Conkin — Mon, 01 May 2023 13:16:04 +0000

For more information about A Christianity to Call Home and other summer programs at the Sorrento Centre, please visit: https://sorrentocentre.ca/events/a-christianity-to-call-home/ https://sorrentocentre.ca/summer-programs-2023/

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Seeking clergy artists for a research project

Faith Tides — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:23:01 +0000

The Rev. Dawn Léger, a PhD candidate at Martin Luther University College, is conducting research on creative practice and sense of vocation among Anglican Church of Canada clergy (deacons, priests, and bishops). She is seeking clergy who regularly engage in a creative practice (at least 30-60 minutes a week or 2-4 hours a month on […]

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