This is the month we collect baby items for the Thelma Wynne Project which operates out of St. Matthews Church. Volunteers create bundles from all the donated items the project receives and distribute’s these to needy moms. A basket will be set up in the Nave for the next three weeks. Your contributions will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks from the Friendship Circle.
“We shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” Matthew 4.4
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8:00am | ROMEO’S Breakfast
Pete’s Place on Main Street
12 Noon | Friendship Circle
10:00am | Bible Study
7:30pm | World Day of Prayer
Held at St. Anthony of Padua, 250 Burin Ave
This year’s service has been written by the women of Malaysia.
Please join us!
9:00am | Choir Rehearsal
12:30pm | Sides-People/Greeters Mtg.
The annual meeting of the parishioners of the Parish of St. John’s Cathedral will be held in the John West Hall.
All members are entitled to attend and to vote.
by Ali Symons, General Synod Web Writer
February 23, 2012
We’re creating an open place for Anglicans to get together and talk about life in the church.
The Community is the Anglican Church of Canada’s dedicated social network, a place for people to discuss mission today. Today it launches with a hub for lectionary readings, forums, and topical blogs on children’s ministry, French language ministry, liturgy, and technology.
“It’s pretty simple,” said the Rev. Jesse Dymond, General Synod’s online community coordinator. “We’re creating an open place for Anglicans to get together and talk about life in the church.
“Parishes and dioceses from across the country have both need and experience; why not bring the two together? Most of us already connect with our family and social circles online. Now we can do the same with Canadian Anglicans.”
For many Canadian Anglicans, the first draw of The Community will be the online lectionary readings, featuring the Anglican Church of Canada’s adaptation of the Revised Common Lectionary.
This is the first time that a standard set of these readings is available in one place. Readings are automatically updated online and are available for rss subscription.
Members can join the conversation in a number of ways: they can comment on the lectionary readings, start a new topic, or join in the core blogs, written weekly by leaders on the ground across the Anglican Church of Canada. More sections will be added but the current selection includes:
Children’s ministry with Fiona Brownlee, communications officer for the Council of the North and writer of the Virtual Church School curriculum
For the section guides, The Community is an opportunity to share their expertise and invite others into the conversations they care about.
“I want us to ask different questions that might help us see what congregational development is about in a healthier way,” said Mr. Koyle, who has 22 years of parish ministry experience and has recently written a book on discipleship and the catechumenate.
He thinks The Community can be a good place for the church to bring together the old and the new.
“[The Community] becomes another forum where we can come to terms with understanding what it means to be church in the current day in a way that’s faithful to our past and the future God has in store for the world.”
Mr. Griffin, who has worked in a variety of liturgical settings, sees the benefit of linking people in the broader church. He remembers how a former parishioner was transformed after attending a national General Synod meeting. He thinks The Community could offer a similar perspective.
“I think this has tremendous potential, both to identify gifts and to bring out new ideas,” he said.
“For a lot of Canadian Anglicans, what they do in their parish church is normal and anything else isn’t. What we’re going to see [in The Community] are other parts of the church, other stories, and the forums are going to let us participate together.”
The idea for The Community emerged from the church’s strategic plan, Vision 2019, which gathered input from Anglicans across Canada. Vision 2019 identified the need for “a national communication platform, integrated and accessible at the parish, diocesan, and national levels.”
Mr. Dymond notes that this dedicated space allows Canadian Anglicans to customize their social networking experience apart from the corporate interests of Facebook or Twitter, where privacy is often a concern.
As online community coordinator, Mr. Dymond’s role will be to work in and among The Community, encouraging participation, and connecting members. Some of his work will also involve in-person visits at synods or with others who are interested in how The Community might strengthen ministry in their areas.
“As I make connections with people across the country, it becomes quite easy to see this community as something like a parish, but different,” he said. “It’s definitely a fresh expression of what it means to be church.”
As Christians, we have established meaningful traditions in our worship. In doing so, we have built “fortresses” around ourselves, in order to keep these traditions alive. For some the fortress is their church, for some it is their faith. We carefully guard our fortresses (with open doors – not closed doors), but we all feel safe and secure in our personal Fortress.
What happens when we leave our security, and move out into the community and witness our faith?
But what happens when we go Beyond our fortress. What happens when we leave our security, and move out into the community and witness our faith? Do we hide or guard the fortress, to make sure that nothing will change and our traditions are kept strong. How can we make worship more interesting and inviting and draw more people in? This has always been a topic at the forefront of discussions in the Church. It’s now more urgent than ever.
Come join us at the Conference to discuss with fellow Worship Leaders how to be comfortable beyond the fortress, and explore what happens when we move out and profess our faith to all who will listen.
The National Worship Conference is a biennial conference sponsored by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and the Anglican Church of Canada. The Conference welcomes participation by clergy and laity of these two churches as well as clergy and laity from other churches who seek to build up the life of the Christian community through our worship so that we might serve the world God loves.
Find out more about the The National Worship Conference or register.
“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” Matthew 17.5
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7:00pm | Ash Wednesday Service
Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes
12 Noon | Friendship Circle
10:00am | Bible Study
9:00am | Choir Rehearsal
12:30pm | AGM
The annual meeting of the parishioners of the Parish of St. John’s Cathedral will be held in the John West Hall. All members are entitled to attend and to vote.
Connecting with and supporting those in our churches who have someone on the ‘inside’ and encouraging those who visit people in remand or one of the correctional institutions.
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
600 Cambridge Street (Cambridge & Corydon)
Winnipeg, MB
If you or a loved one is, or has been in prison, if you do prison ministry, or have an interest in visiting those inside Bishops Elaine Sauer and Don Phillips welcome you to participate in this free event.
Please RSVP by March 13th to:
Tom Collings 204-772-2892 or tomjulie at mts dot net
or Ken Kuhn 204-885-2821 or kenkuhn at mts dot net
St. John's Anglican Cathedral 