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Changing Church — Part 8

Neil Elliot — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 08:59:27 +0000

The Living Vine — Regions & Structure As I write this I have just spent two long days discussing the future shape of the West Kootenay region with colleagues, and as you read this we will be preparing for a day, looking at the proposed shapes, with a large group of leaders from our area. […]

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Changing Church — Part 7

Neil Elliot — Mon, 02 May 2022 03:10:36 +0000

Zoom Three years ago most people would have thought a “zoomer” was someone who read the magazine for older Canadians. Today we are all zoomers. We are all connected by the technology which allows us to have meetings and even services on-line. We are familiar with “zoom – bombing” (technical glitches) even if we haven’t […]

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Changing Church – Part 6

Neil Elliot — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:50:23 +0000

Data Projectors & Screens One change that we put to use in our church in the fall of 2021 was to use our data projector every week. We have used a data projector occasionally for a few years, and our hall has needed to have one to allow our users to show slides and movies. […]

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Changing Church – Part 5

Neil Elliot — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 03:09:37 +0000

On-line Night Prayer For the Bishops of the past it would seem like a fantasy: the ability to draw the whole diocese together for prayer every evening; to have the ability to beam into every Anglican’s home; to lead prayers and to share concerns; to be able to have those virtually attending the service share […]

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Changing Church – Part 4

Neil Elliot — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:35:31 +0000

Last month Jeff Donnelly wrote the first of two excellent articles on the Locally Trained Priest (LTP) ministry. This has definitely been one of the major changes in the church in the last few decades, and one way in which our diocese is leading the Anglican Church in Canada.

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Changing Church – Part 3

Neil Elliot — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 17:55:46 +0000

The green book, or the BAS, is the second huge change which many of us have lived through. Many grew up with the BCP in its various Canadian guises. Whilst the Canadian BCP underwent some changes in 1918 and 1962 they were not substantive.

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Changing Church – Part 2

Neil Elliot — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:40:33 +0000

Ordaining Women She stood out in her red tartan mini dress as she walked through the staid sleepy cloisters of St Albans Abbey in England. But then I saw the dress had a clerical collar and I realised she was a priest. It was all I could do to keep my mouth closed and my […]

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Changing Church – Part 1

Neil Elliot — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 17:02:23 +0000

Today I am starting a new series of articles for The Highway. Let me start with a joke… “How many Anglicans does it take to change a light bulb?” You probably know the answer “Change? We don’t do that!”

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