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Around and About the Diocese April 2024

thehighway — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 08:40:51 +0000

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“Jesus is Risen!”

Lynne McNaughton — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:59:19 +0000

Easter Message John 20: 11-18 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look[a] into the tomb, 12 and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. 13 They said to her, […]

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Implementing Thriving Communities

Andrew Stephens-Rennie — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:58:06 +0000

Over the past number of months I have been quietly working with regions and congregations to roll out the new Thriving Communities process our diocese approved at Synod last May. A part of the Structures Working Group’s Implementation Plan, and emerging from the Diocese of Kootenay’s provisional Values, Vision, and Mission, the Thriving Communities process is […]

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Hallelujah! What’s Next?

David Burrows — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:49:14 +0000

Hallelujah, Christ is risen, the Lord is risen indeed! After we sing these responses in the liturgy, often I am overwhelmed with feelings of weariness and exhaustion. The Lenten sojourn takes much energy, as we engage minds, hearts, and senses in acts of mercy, service and worship during the forty days. Now in our journey […]

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Finding Common Ground In Our Hymn Singing

Norene Morrow — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:48:09 +0000

In my February article, “Understanding Our Hymn Preferences,” I made a comparison between traditional and contemporary hymns, also referring to a middle area where congregations might find some common ground. I said I would write about that at another time, and that time is now. Up to and throughout the 1960s hymns sung in churches […]

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Shrove Tuesday Celebration — Holy Trinity, Grand Forks

thehighway — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:47:54 +0000

Around the Diocese Members of Holy Trinity, Grand Forks, preparing and consuming pancakes for their Shrove Tuesday celebration. The Rev Simon Shenstone with the spatula. Photographs by Juno Shenstone.

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Music & Divine Love — Hildegard of Bingen

Kristy Arndt — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:30:13 +0000

Hildegard of Bingen was a nun, medieval mystic, abbess, and prophet who lived from 1098-1179. She experienced visions throughout her life. At the age of 8, she entered a hermitage attached to the Benedictine monastery of Saint Disibod, in the German Rhineland. In 1136, she became abbess of the order. She was granted sainthood in […]

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Modelling Jesus Love

Christine Ross — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:28:31 +0000

Servant’s Heart from the Desk of a Deacon Our Lord said, “he came not to be served but to serve.” That is a large statement; we have all heard it before, but I am not sure that we have defined clearly the service that is needed in our communities and in our world. It seems […]

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Concerns In Our Neighbourhood

David Burrows — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:25:50 +0000

Kokanee Concerns – February 2, 2024 Issue It has been a little over three weeks since we published an edition of Kokanee Concerns. In this new year, we have adjusted our regular pattern and rhythm of ministry in order to be present to immediate emerging concerns in the local area. This past month, much of […]

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Kootenay Diocese and Residential Schools 3

Kathryn Lockhart — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:20:18 +0000

First Steps Toward Reconciliation, Part 3 of 3 Survivor testimonies were gathered at seven events held in various Canadian cities between 2010 and 2014. Archbishop Hiltz joined Anglican and other church leaders in attending all seven events. Archbishop John Privett of Kootenay attended a regional event in Victoria in 2012 and a National event in […]

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