by Laurie Douglas and Trudy Lebans After 39 years of passionate and creative worship, outreach and spiritual practice, and despite a great desire to maintain
by Brian Janzen “We are living in a different time, and for this time we need to explore ways of being and doing that may
Niagara’s Youth Leadership Training Program (YLTP) equips young people to take active leadership roles in their churches, schools and communities. YLTP’s mission involves having fun
by Lance Wright Our theme verse for summer 2017 was 1 Timothy 4:12: “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but
Starting on Ash Wednesday, February 14th you can read in the Niagara Anglican Lenten meditations prepared by the College of Deacons in Niagara Diocese. The
On March 3, 2018 Niagara Diocese will elect a Coadjutor Bishop to succeed Bishop Michael in June. In December a slate of nominees was named
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
