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Diocesan Council “Meet and Greet” Nelson Administrators

John Lavender — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:42:49 +0000

Bishop Lynne McNaughton along with the Kootenay Diocesan Council participated in a “Meet and Greet” on Monday, April 27, at St Saviour’s, Nelson. The mayor and her council along with leaders of Nelson’s social agencies were invited to a film-screening and panel discussion of “No Fixed Address: The White Cart Memorial” at St Saviour’s, Tuesday, […]

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Further up, and Further in

David Burrows — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:20:41 +0000

This past month, I traveled to Terrace, in the Diocese of Caledonia, for my last in-person training for the School for Congregational Development of the Province of British Columbia and the Yukon. Bishop Lynne invited me to take a team from the Parish of Kokanee, in order to learn new models for ministry and their […]

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Easter Baptisms

The HighWay — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:40:26 +0000

Around and About the Diocese St Saviour’s, Penticton All Saints, Vernon Rev Canon Chris Harwood-Jones baptised Kate Mulikow (adult) on April 4, 2026 and Henry John Hevenar (infant) on April 12, 2026.

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Still Hungry? Good!

Catherine Ripley — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:56:48 +0000

“… I think worship — good worship — should make you hungry.” This idea from Thomas McKechnie, an M. Div. student at Emmanuel College, stuck with me long after we at Kimberley Shared Ministry had finished up this year’s Lenten study. (Bless Break Share / Recipes for Faithful Living, Alydia Smith, editor. 2025, p. 70) […]

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Computer Connections

David Tiessen — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:19:32 +0000

There are so many and various ways in which creation care is possible, and yet also so many and various ways in which it feels like an overwhelming task in a world that is constantly advancing the new, departing from the old, and leaving heaps of waste behind. The scale of human impact upon the […]

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Revisiting The Book of Alternate Services

Norene Morrow — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:47:08 +0000

You may be asking yourself, “Why is this columnist writing about the Book of Alternative Services? It has been around for so long.” Answer: Because it has been around for so long…. 41 years to be exact. Many more people have joined or grown up in the Anglican Church since its publication and only know […]

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WORSHIPPING OUTSIDE!

Lynne McNaughton — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:56:52 +0000

When Gerald and I led Pilgrimages to Holy Sites in Europe, we would often hold worship outside: In the ancient ruins of Riasc, a sixth-century monastic community on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland, overlooking the ocean. In the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire with swallows darting in and out of the windows as […]

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Wondering Together as a Province Inbox

Andrew Stephens-Rennie — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:40:03 +0000

Provincial Summit Convenes in Kelowna In July of this year, the Provincial House of Bishops and Provincial Council are gathering in Kelowna, BC, to discern faithful next steps in sharing work and witness throughout the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon. This work began in earnest with a Provincial gathering in November 2023. When […]

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Nora Nitz, Citizen of the Year

The HighWay — Mon, 11 May 2026 08:32:46 +0000

Tyler Harper wrote a feature article entitled “No hungry mouths: Nora Nitz is Nelson’s 2025 Citizen of the Year.” The following is a shortened version of the original feature article published in the March 19, 2026, issue of the Nelson Star. “Few people knew about the Food Pantry when it opened on February 8, 2000. […]

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Around and About the Diocese

The HighWay — Sat, 09 May 2026 08:22:33 +0000

Palm and Passion Sunday, St. Andrew’s, Trail On Palm/Passion Sunday service at St. Andrew’s Trail we had over 50 people from 3 congregations. Led by Fr. John Ruder. Rev Juliet Thondhlana, Rev. Martha Fish and Deacons Margaret Sherwood & Nicholas Bone. Submitted by Marth Fish. St. Patrick’s Potluck, Holy Trinity, Grand Forks On Saturday night, […]

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