HOLDING THEIR BREATH: Bishop Lynne, Rev. Trevor Fisher and Deacon Paul Martinson taken at the Ordination service on Sunday, February 14 in St Francis Anglican Church, Lake Country. The congregation of St Francis is very thrilled with the Ordination of Paul, a long-time member. Photograph by Joy Sauter.

Dr Lynne McNaughton New Metropolitan Archbishop of British Columbia & Yukon

What Hymn will you most miss singing in church this Easter?

Last year at the beginning of March, writing my column for the Easter issue of the HighWay, I invited you to participate as fully as ...

News from the Diocesan Office – April 2021

Most of you who have worked in an office environment know that much of what happens is day to day management: answering the phones, responding ...

The HighWay Report 2021

The HighWay has undergone a number of changes since the last Synod. The Publisher is the Rev. Dr. Lynne McNaughton who is also a columnist. ...
Elizabeth (Betty) Margaret (Forshaw) Talarico

Matriarch of Holy Trinity/St. Jude’s dies at 96 years of age

Boundary Country native, Betty Talarico passed into the Light in her Grand Forks home in the loving presence of her family on January 28, 2021 ...

Spirituality—Making Deep Connections

I’ve been writing columns for the local newspaper since 2004, just after I had moved to Cranbrook, some of which are reprinted in the HighWay. ...

Prayer Changes

Just like Jesus, bursting out of the tomb, we come to these days of spring with a fresh hope of bursting out of the restrictions ...
A patio service in Fruitvale during slightly better times and weather

A Time of Change

We read last week (Lent 1) of Jesus going into the Wilderness. I am sure that we all can imagine being lost in the wilderness. ...

PWRDF & Partners Battle Chronic Hunger with Knowledge

I think most of us would consider ‘international development’ up there with ‘mothers and apple pie.’ It’s good, of course, but maybe kind of ambiguous? ...

Epiphany Reflection: Daring Discipleship

The Beginning

What if this is only the beginning? While empires clash, while sea levels rise, while markets crash, and temperatures rise, how might we live if ...

Carols into January!

Well, it’s January, and the Christmas season has been over for quite some time … according to the secular commercial world. Going by their calendar, ...

Around and About the Diocese

98th Birthday Celebrated, St Margaret’s, Peachland A beloved member of St Margaret’s Parish in Peachland for some 68 years, Betty Sutherland, recently celebrated her 98th ...

Unfolding the New

2025 has come, and in the transition to this new year, many of us have embraced the ritual of the many familiar occurrences and cultural ...

In Memoriam

Kootenay Contact announced the passing of three retired priests in November: The Rev. Mark Mealing, the Rev. Brock Lupton, and the Rev. James Kiddel: May ...

It’s a Matter of Time

We live in a world filled with time. There’s not enough of it, or too much of it. We save it, or we waste it. ...

Epiphany 2025: All Through the Year!

  As we open our hearts to God’s presence around us and to the ways God speaks to our hearts in this liminal season of ...

Milestone Ministries

Michelle Collins is a Lutheran Deacon who offers a workshop sponsored by the North American Deacon’s Conference. With the transitions happening in our churches today, ...

God Bless the Diocese!

I am writing this article on the cusp of our new church year, and as you read it, a new calendar year is just beginning. ...

Whose Cloud? Which Light?

Back in 2021, the Rev. Canon Dr. Herb O’Driscoll (1928-2024) served as the speaker (by Zoom) to our annual clergy conference for the Diocese of ...
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