An archdeacon views Synod
Diocesan Communications
January 19, 2018
by Suzanne Craven Synod — any year — I just love it! I’m there early (also to find parking) and I love to watch as the space slowly fills
by Suzanne Craven Synod — any year — I just love it! I’m there early (also to find parking) and I love to watch as the space slowly fills
The 2018 Niagara budget should result in a small net surplus of $29,648, Chair Andrew Clinkard of the Finance Budget subcommittee predicted in presenting the
After three years of work, a simpler, clearer and fairer formula determining each parish’s DM&M (Diocesan Mission and Ministries) was approved at the 2017 Niagara
by Michelle Boomgaard I attended my first-ever synod in the Anglican Church of Canada in November. As someone who worked for decades in the Episcopal
Believing reconciliation to be a spiritual practice, Melanie Delva, the Anglican Church of Canada’s Reconciliation Animator, invited members of synod to engage deeply with the
From 1992 to 2017, the Anglican Church of Canada has funded 710 projects at a cost of $8,114,896, Esther Wesley of the Healing Fund told
by Alicia Armstrong During Synod, we had the opportunity to hear from a few different people who were all working within the Anglican Church to
“Synod is not just a political meeting but a gathering under the guidance of the Holy Spirit to worship and pray, to listen and discern,
“As the world in some places moves in the direction of inward focus, protectionism, xenophobia, racism and other closed-minded attitudes, we are continuing to seek
Smudging began Synod and sprinkling began the exodus into the world as Synod members left Christ’s Church Cathedral Hamilton to take their messages and actions
The desert can be a place of fear and desolation, as well as a place where God meets people and calls them to a new
In 2018, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity runs from January 18 to the 25. In many parts of the world, people are invited
by David W. T. Brattston What is Christian unity in the Biblical sense? Jesus called for unity among Christians, but did not say what Christian
For the future and wellbeing of our Church today, we need leaders educated in the field of Progressive Christianity to help us in Niagara to
Your article (October 2017) “Who is Jesus to me”— and your Facebook friend’s comments — go to the heart of what ails us as Anglicans. You have captured
by Rebecca Clifford, Caledonia The star which [the Maggi] saw in the east went before them, till it came and stood over where the young
“At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release … therefore, I command you, you shall open your hand wide.” “The spirit
O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by. Yet in thy