May 2021 Archives - The HighWay

SYNOD 2021 – “Behold, I am doing a new thing”

Lynne McNaughton — Sat, 01 May 2021 20:59:51 +0000

As you know, the 64th session of the Synod of the Diocese of Kootenay is called to meet May 13 through 16, 2021, with opening worship Thursday evening, May 13, Ascension Day, with the business of Synod on Saturday, May 15 and Sunday May 16, 2021.

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Editorial – May 2021

John Lavender — Sat, 01 May 2021 20:52:52 +0000

By now, based on our demographic, most of our readers would have received the covid-19 vaccine. I have to say that psychologically I feel somewhat relieved: a stress has been lifted.

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Sorrento Centre – Planning the Impossible?

Michael Shapcott — Sat, 01 May 2021 20:50:36 +0000

At the Sorrento Centre, we are pre- paring for a summer season that we hope will include some old favourites, as well as engaging new events. It’s not just in-person gatherings. At the Sorrento Centre, our on-line events are growing in numbers and variety.

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Camp Owaissi – Heading Toward Another Summer

Ian Dixon — Sat, 01 May 2021 20:45:21 +0000

As we head towards another summer, Camp Owaissi is looking forward to welcoming youth from all over BC for an unforgettable experience in nature. This year the camp will celebrate it’s 71st year of impacting the lives of many campers within our community.

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A Vision in Green

Leon Rogers — Sat, 01 May 2021 20:40:31 +0000

I grew up the dirt under my fingernails. My maternal grandfather Burkett was the head gardener for Lady Dobie before he met my North-Eastern Grandma in a military hospital during the Second World War.

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Being Church in a Pandemic

Yme Woensdregt — Sat, 01 May 2021 17:00:40 +0000

Earlier this year, three churches in the lower mainland brought a lawsuit claiming that BC’s restrictions on in–person worship violated their Charter rights to gather. They claimed that while Scripture requires them to obey civil authorities, that duty “ends when they command that we engage in behaviour contrary to God’s Word or when they prohibit what God commands us to do.

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Sacred Creation

Martha Fish — Sat, 01 May 2021 16:58:47 +0000

There are many forms of prayer. There is prayer that uses words: liturgical prayer, intercessory prayer, prayers of praise and adoration. There is spontaneous prayer, that springs to our hearts and lips when we are deeply moved, or when we feel overwhelmed.

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Justice Makers

Christine Ross — Sat, 01 May 2021 16:55:46 +0000

The Diaconal Programme of this Diocese says clearly that Deacons are called (among other things) to be justice makers, so I thought we might talk about what one can do to be a justice maker.

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The Aramaic Lord’s Prayer

David Mitchell — Sat, 01 May 2021 16:50:57 +0000

Jesus taught the Lord’s prayer to his disciples in the Aramaic language. This comes as a surprise to some folk who think Jesus taught in Hebrew or in Greek. But all the evidence is that Aramaic was Jesus’ own tongue.

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PWRDF to bring solar power to 50 more Mozambican clinics

Janice Biehn — Sat, 01 May 2021 16:40:21 +0000

In the Mogovolas District of Mecutamala, Mozambique, the nurses who work in the maternity wards have seen the light. Solar-powered light, that is. In 2016, solar panels were installed on the roofs of 30 health clinics in the region. The panels are connected to a device known as a solar suitcase, a wall-mounted unit that opens like […]

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