December 2021 Archives - The HighWay

Advent and Hope

Lynne McNaughton — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:55:25 +0000

As I prepare to write about Advent, I seem to be collecting quotes about Hope, perhaps a recognition that Hope is not something we can drum up ourselves, in the cold darkness of this season; now more than ever, after the prolonged trauma and uncertainty of the pandemic and the ever present underlying anxiety of […]

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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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Twenty-Five Years of Locally-Trained Priest Ministry – Part 1

Jeff Donnelly — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:26:10 +0000

Twenty-five years ago, Archbishop David Crawley took a bold and visionary step in the ministry of the Diocese of Kootenay. Innovation and creativity have always been characteristic of this diocese.

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St Saviour’s, Nelson, Receives Funding for Major Heating Upgrade

The HighWay — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:22:29 +0000

“The Church mouse was very cold and the boiler was very old! “ So started the campaign kickoff in 2012 to replace the aging boiler and heating system in St Saviour’s Anglican Pro-Cathedral.

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A Meditation for Advent

David Tiessen — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:20:48 +0000

One fall day in October I took note of this solitary mushroom outside my front door, growing among the fallen leaves and the detritus that collects along the fence line.

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Celebrating the Light

Yme Woensdregt — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:19:31 +0000

The bright lights come out in December, wonderful cascades of light making neighbourhoods more beautiful. Icicles hang from gutters and brilliant dioramas on lawns give the illusion of movement as the lights flicker off and on in wondrous patterns. In picture windows, we see Christmas trees garlanded with strings of coloured lights.

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Recharging our Batteries

Martha Fish — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:18:10 +0000

I am writing this column in mid-October, when the red and golden leaves on the hillsides are so colourful. it is as if they give a glorious visual shout of joy. You will be reading this in early December, when the leaves have fallen, and the early snows have started.

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Deacon in the Narthex

Richard Simpson — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:13:00 +0000

Diakonia – The Greek word diakonia means ‘service among others.’ In the Anglican Church of Canada the Order of Deacon is sometimes a transitional one (i.e. a stepping-stone to the priesthood), but there are also those who are called to be ordained to life-long vocational diaconal ministry.

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What is Community?

Andrea Brennan — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:11:08 +0000

As we have been walking through the pandemic, we have seen a seismic shift in “the Church”. Those beloved century plus buildings have been empty, some are still empty, as the congregation navigates the complexities of capacity limits, vaccination status, COVID compliance and all sorts of other things we never imagined we’d need to include in our Worship supplies budget; such as tongs for distributing Eucharist, disposable masks and hand sanitizer by the litre.

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Say Yes! to Kids proposals total more than $500,000!

Michelle Hauser — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:07:48 +0000

The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) has received an unprecedented wave of applications from across Canada in response to the Say Yes! to Kids Request for Proposals (RFP). “In the history of AFC, we have never seen anything like this kind of energy around a grant cycle,” says The Rev. Canon Dr. Judy Rois, Executive Director. “We asked people to imagine more for children and youth in a post-pandemic world, and that is exactly what they did!”

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