“Observe a Holy Lent” Praying the Psalms

Diocesan Office Announcement – March 2021

The diocesan office can seem like a black box. Things go in and things come out and no one is really sure what happens inside. ...
Winter clothing and personal care drive.

Go before us O Lord in the power of your Spirit…

When we used to gather in the vestry before worship, the altar party at St. Andrew’s would begin to pray by saying, “Go before us ...
The Rev. Andrea Brennan’s desk during Zoom meeting.

What Does Community Look Like?

There was a time when my diary would be full of meetings. Come to think of it, my diary is still full of meetings, but ...
The Rev Canon Chris Harwood-Jones leads onLine service. Photograph and text from All Saints, Vernon Facebook page.

E-Church All Saints, Vernon

Our worship broadcasts have obviously been a primary focus for our church since it has been unsafe to gather.

What Hope Looks Like

On January 20, the world heard Amanda Gorman speak at the Inauguration of President Biden and Vice–President Harris. She stole the show as she spoke ...

AFC thanks donors for overwhelming response to annual fundraising effort

The spirit of generosity remains high among Canadian Anglicans as the Anglican Foundation of Canada thanks donors from coast to coast to coast for an ...

Am I the Keeper of Others During Covid Times?

What can we learn from COVID? What has been painful? What has caused joy? Is there joy in COVID?? If we pause to reflex on ...
Watching an amaryllis bulb grow.

One Step at a Time

As I sit to write, it is the month of January, we are in the midst of a virulent second wave of the pandemic, vaccine ...

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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