September 2021 Archives - The HighWay

Letter to the people of Kootenay Diocese

Lynne McNaughton — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:55:04 +0000

As I write this I have just finished the closing worship for a week of OAC, Okanagan Anglican Camp. When the kids were asked to yell out a word of Thanksgiving this morning, many of them said “the smoke clearing”.

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Two New Priests

Joy Sauter — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:54:20 +0000

Holding their breath while this photograph is being taken are Archbishop Lynne McNaughton and newly ordained priests Helen Christine Hall and Paul Russell Martinson. The service took place in The Cathedral Church of St. Michael & All Angels, Kelowna, on the Feast of St. Barnabas, June 13, 2021. It was a very beautiful and moving […]

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Rev Canon Roger Cooper’s Retirement Party

The HighWay — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:52:58 +0000

The parish of St George, West Kelowna had a socially distanced event for him in the parish parking lot on April 25. It was a walk-by drive-by event. Over 40 people attended. Roger gave each person who attended a carnation.

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West Kelowna has a New Deacon

Cathy Haig — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:50:32 +0000

On Wednesday July 21, the Parish of St. George, West Kelowna, joyfully celebrated an historic event as our Archbishop, the Most Reverend Lynne McNaughton, Bishop of Kootenay and Metropolitan of the Province of BC and the Yukon, consecrated the Reverend Jacqueline Susan Graham to the sacred order of Deacon (Transitional) in the Church of God.

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Everyday Christians

Donald (Mac) MacDonald — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:45:46 +0000

Every day Christians strive to follow Jesus and to live out the teachings of God’s Word. Jesus encourages us to be His disciples, follow His footsteps and shine God’s light where there is darkness.

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Discerning a Way Forward

Yme Woensdregt — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:40:46 +0000

As I write this, wildfires are raging all over the province, smoke casts a pall over everything, and thousands of people are being displaced. It feels like an exclamation point on an arduous year.

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Surprised by the Spirit

Jane Bourcet — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:35:42 +0000

Over the course of the pandemic, it has been painfully obvious to us how different our experience of the church has become. We are deeply aware of what we have lost- Eucharist, singing, worshipping together, passing the peace, coffee hour and on and on the list goes. We have, however, captured glimpses of “good stuff” over this year and a half.

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The times of a deacon in today’s context

Elizabeth Lewis — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:30:25 +0000

One of the commitments taken on by a Deacon at the time of ordination is ‘you are to interpret to the Church the needs, concerns, and hopes of the world’.

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