September 2021

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Letter to the people of Kootenay Diocese

Written by

Lynne McNaughton

Two New Priests

Holding their breath while this photograph is being taken are Archbishop Lynne McNaughton and newly ordained priests Helen Christine Hall and Paul Russell Martinson. The ...

Written by

Joy Sauter

Rev Canon Roger Cooper social distancing with Archbishop Lynne McNaughton

Rev Canon Roger Cooper’s Retirement Party

The parish of St George, West Kelowna had a socially distanced event for him in the parish parking lot on April 25. It was a ...

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The HighWay

Consecrated to the sacred order of Deacon (Transitional) at St Georges, West Kelowna, the Reverend Jacqueline Susan Graham and The Most Reverend Lynne McNaughton.

West Kelowna has a New Deacon

On Wednesday July 21, the Parish of St. George, West Kelowna, joyfully celebrated an historic event as our Archbishop, the Most Reverend Lynne McNaughton, Bishop ...

Written by

Cathy Haig

Everyday Christians

Every day Christians strive to follow Jesus and to live out the teachings of God’s Word. Jesus encourages us to be His disciples, follow His footsteps ...

Written by

Donald (Mac) MacDonald

Discerning a Way Forward

As I write this, wildfires are raging all over the province, smoke casts a pall over everything, and thousands of people are being displaced. It ...

Written by

Yme Woensdregt

Surprised by the Spirit

Over the course of the pandemic, it has been painfully obvious to us how different our experience of the church has become. We are deeply ...

Written by

Jane Bourcet

Deacon, the Rev. Elizabeth Lewis, Fruitvale, at first celebration together for steak supper to celebrate all the missed birthdays, anniversaries of the past year.

The times of a deacon in today’s context

One of the commitments taken on by a Deacon at the time of ordination is ‘you are to interpret to the Church the needs, concerns, ...

Written by

Elizabeth Lewis

Epiphany Reflection: Daring Discipleship

Written by

Lynne McNaughton

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 ...

Written by

Andrew Stephens-Rennie

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, ...

Written by

Norene Morrow

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 ...

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The HighWay

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 ...

Written by

David Burrows

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 ...

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The HighWay

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. ...

Written by

Andrea Brennan

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 ...

Written by

Trish McCarthy

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, ...

Written by

Patricia Simons

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. ...

Written by

Catherine Ripley

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 ...

Written by

David Tiessen

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The HighWay is an online newspaper serving Anglicans in the Diocese of Kootenay, British Columbia. We acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples, the Ktunaxa and Kinbasket Peoples, the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Peoples, and the Sinixt (Arrow Lakes) Peoples.

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