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News from the Diocese of Kootenay

thehighway — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 23:24:21 +0000

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Archbishop Lynne’s Charge To Special Synod 2022

Lynne McNaughton — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:55:46 +0000

The Theme for our first Special Synod, our first since moving to an annual Synod, is continued from Synod 2021 “Behold, I am doing a new thing.” God speaking in Isaiah 43: 19-21. It is God’s enthusiastic utterance to the beleaguered exiles. God’s question conveys excitement, “Do you not perceive it?” Wake up! Hear this! […]

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What Are We Waiting For?

Andrew Stephens-Rennie — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:54:27 +0000

“What are we waiting for?” That’s the question with which my friend, the Rev. Andrew Wilhelm-Boyles began his last advent sermon at St. Brigid’s, a few months before the cancer he was being treated for finally overtook him, ending his life. “What are we waiting for?” my friend asked, rehearsing a question that he had […]

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Fear, Façades, and the Courage to be Free

Kevin Arndt — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:53:14 +0000

Prison Ministry “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the Living One. I was dead, and see, I am alive, forever and ever.” (Revelation 1.17-18) In 1912, the prolific architect William Ridgway-Wilson finished overseeing construction of the Anglican Church of St. John the Divine, in downtown Victoria, BC. In 1913, […]

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Mindfullness & Indigenous Law

Michael Shapcott — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:52:09 +0000

SERVANT’S HEART From the Desk of a Deacon “Our land gave us our language,” said Dr. Marianne Ignace, Secwepemc language and culture scholar at Simon Fraser University, to more than 100 participants in the Mindfulness and Indigenous Law event on Oct. 22, 2022, at the Sorrento Centre. “Our law professors are the animals, the birds, […]

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Happy Advent, Happy New Year

Marcella Mugford — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:51:49 +0000

Spiritual Development Happy New Year! How many “New Years” have you acknowledged in the last 12 months? Did your year start on January 1, according to the Julian calendar still in use? The Julian calendar was given to the world in Rome in 46 BC. Did your year begin when the first seed catalogue comes […]

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Three Advents

Yme Woensdregt — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:50:49 +0000

The season of Advent can be difficult to celebrate. All around us, the world is already celebrating Christmas. Carols play in an endless loop, and I confess that I also start playing carols earlier at home. Advent is a season of preparation, anticipation, and hope. It comes from the Latin word adventus, which means “coming.” […]

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Ballourieh, Baklava and Brownies

Sue Palmer — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:49:09 +0000

The Sweet Fusion of Church and Community What brings people together more than a good meal? An even better dessert! Over the last few months, the Lutheran Anglican Refugee Committee (LARC), its family churches, and the local Syrian community were baking up a storm in anticipation of our Syrian Sweet Social on Saturday, September 24 […]

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Order of Canada for Howard Soon

Charlotte Hardy — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:48:56 +0000

The Order of Canada is the highest honour to be awarded to a civilian. This award goes to select people who have made extraordinary contributions to our country. We (the diocese of Kootenay) have one very special man among us. Howard Soon. Howard Soon is a well loved member of St Michael’s Cathedral in Kelowna […]

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