Crosstalk - September 2015

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BISHOP’S MESSAGE

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THANK YOU - FROM THE DIOCESE OF SASKATCHEWAN

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COMMUNITY MINISTRIES

GROWING IN FAITH: A LOOK AT THE DIOCESAN YOUTH CONFERENCE

SEPTEMBER 2015 A SECTION OF THE ANGLICAN JOURNAL

ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF QUEBEC • DIOCÈSE ANGLICAN DE QUÉBEC The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa

A Section of the Anglican Journal / September 2015

All Canadians Have a Stake In Indigenous Justice National Aboriginal Day

BY ART BABYCH

Christ Church Cathedral hosted a National Aboriginal Day “Sacred Concert” June 21 that included a smudging ceremony, Aboriginalthemed music and drumming, and a reflection on truth and reconciliation from Bishop Mark MacDonald, National Indigenous Bishop for the Anglican Church of Canada.

The concert marked the end of the national church’s call for 22 days of prayers and actions between the clos-

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National Indigenous Bishop Mark MacDonald and Chief White Owl of the PontiacOutaouais Algonquins receiving guests from the Sacred Concert, June 21. ing event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and National Ab-

original Day. The initiative is aimed at promoting healing and reconciliation with Can-

Creating Worship Experiences That Are Authentic, Accessible & Relevant

BY ZACK INGLES

Worship. We toss this term around so often in our churches. Ask ten people in your parish, “What is worship?” and you’ll receive ten different answers. Though their answers may have some commonalities, worship is a very subjective experience, even in the midst of our communities. So how then do we approach cultivating meaningful worship with its many definitions, in communities that serve so many? Here are three things to consider:

ada’s Indigenous people and is seen only as a beginning.

Chief White Owl of the

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I. A Common Voice Who is your community? What is worship in your community? What inspires worship in your community? What inhibits worship in your community? Communities that know and own their common identity are a force to be reckoned with. They are not static, but a dynamic collective that allows each new voice it welcomes in to energize and influence the larger whole.

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II. Accessibility Accessibility simply means: easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use. How approachable is your community? Can an outsider or non-believer enter and understand what’s going on or do they need a manual? Accessibility isn’t just about creating an place where all feel welcome. It is allowing those you welcome See STORY, p. 12

See STORY, p. 6

UN Commission on the Status of Women

BY CAROLINE SEABROOK

DYC Participants taking part in worship.

Pontiac-Outaouais Algonquins welcomed the congregation to unceded Algonquin territory and conducted a smudging ceremony for Bishop MacDonald, Bishop John Chapman, Dean Shane Parker, the Rev. Canon Catherine Ascah (Cathedral Vicar), the Ven. Mavis Brownlee (Archdeacon of West Quebec) and Matthew Larkin (Cathedral music director).

Recalling the struggle for justice faced by AfricanAmericans in the United States, Bishop MacDonald told the gathering the “I have a dream” speech of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. came at “a very critical point.” At the time, he said, people thought it would

What does women’s work look like in today’s world?

Well, we know that women are working in all kinds of different occupations today and that it would appear that women have made great strides in terms of education and are making their way up the ladders of success in a range of fields (particularly in developed countries such as Canada).

However, we are aware we still have a long way to go before gender equity is realized. Women still often make less than men for equal work, they tend to make less over their lifetimes, they are overrepresented in domestic work and lower paying

jobs and they face what is often called the ‘motherhood penalty’ --the price they pay for bearing children and staying home to raise them. Once they step back into the work force it is next to impossible for them to make up the lost seniority and revenue. In addition, women at all levels of the work force (including highlevel professionals) continue to experience sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Take into consideration that things are often more dire in developing countries and overall the report card is not stellar for women’s progress towards gender equity in the world today.

See STORY, p. 18

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FROM THE BISHOP

Stop and Marvel

By The Rt. Rev. John Chapman At time of writing we are in the “dog days of summer.” Not a time of year to consider weighty matters that involve hours of work preceded by deep thought.

Not a good time to consider our very busy autumn when we will give even greater attention to Embracing God’s Future, which I have spoken about at length (perhaps too lengthy) in the last two issues of Crosstalk.

But it is a good time free of tasks, work and change to consider Jesus.

It is a good time, thanks to our ever-helpful liturgical calendar, to consider today’s feast, the Feast of the Transfiguration (August 6). We read today from Matthew: Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white … Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

While he was still speaking, sud-

denly a great cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, “This is my Son, the beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!”

Normally, I find myself preaching on this story when it appears in the Sunday lectionary, the Sunday before Ash Wednesday. At this time in the church year it is appropriate in the sermon to focus not only upon the actual transfiguration experience when the disciples gaze in wonder at our Lord, but upon Jesus’ commission to Peter, James and John to not build “tabernacles/dwellings but to get themselves back down the mountain and engage the mission of God enabled by the knowledge they now have.

Since we are not addressing this story just before Lent but rather in the “dog days of summer,” I will put my sermon aside. May I suggest instead that we not worry so much about getting down the mountain to embrace God’s mission but rather take some time on the mountain marveling at our Saviour, our Christ, our Lord, our Emmanuel? Not building “dwellings,” that would

take too long, but taking sufficient time to at least contemplate and marvel upon our transfigured Jesus in all of His wonder and glory without rushing to gospel work. The gospels speak often of Jesus stopping. I often think that this transfiguration story calls us to stop and pay attention to where we are and whom we are with.

How often do we hear elderly people holding a grandchild lament that they wish they had taken more time to marvel over their own children?

They were too busy “doing.” Now, in retirement and free of pressure, the warmth and touch of a grandchild remind them of a missed opportunity and they feel the pain of the loss. We hear people who have been long in the work force wonder why they allowed in their early years, for their work to own them and force them to live in a manner that was not healthy or appropriate; why they made the choices they made.

How often we hear elderly people saying, why didn’t I spend more time when I was younger with Jesus in wonder, in appreciation, in grati-

Ontario Provincial Synod Convenes The Provincial Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario will meet October 14-16, 2015, in Toronto.

We gather with the theme Re-imagining the Church in the Public Square.

Provincial Synod is a time when we review the work of the past three years. Some of our ongoing work includes: • Overseeing the ACPO (Advisory Committee of Postulants for Ordination) as part of the discernment process for those feeling called to ordained ministry • Supporting and promoting the work of OPCOTE (the Ontario Provincial Commission of Theological Education), which gathers representatives from around the province who are engaged in theological education • The Provincial secretariat. Unlike other ecclesiastical provinces, our seven dio-

Moosonee, Niagara, Ontario, Ottawa, and Toronto.

Representing the Diocese of Ottawa will be:

ceses reside primarily in the civil province of Ontario.

This allows us the opportunity to focus on the needs of the province, and work directly with members of the legislature to help shape the policies and services that our government supports.

Provincial Synod is also the time to enter into conversations about the next three years, and begin to formulate what areas of mission and ministry we would like to focus on in 2015-2018.

This body meets every three years, and its membership includes representatives from Algoma, Huron,

Bishop: • Rt. Rev. John Chapman Chancellor: • Sally Gomery Youth: • TDB Clergy: • Rev. Laurette Glasgow • Rev. Brian Kauk • Rev. Kathryn Otley • Ven. David Selzer Laity: • Irene Barbeau • Stephanie Boyd • Caroline Fitzpatrick • Michael Perkin [For more information on the Ontario Provincial Synod, please read their fullpage insert]

tude and in longing?

Sometimes, my brothers and sisters, we are so impatient to get off the mountain saying, “Ok ok, saw it, it was great, now what can I do?”

The transfiguration story calls us to much but it begins by calling us to the mountain, to stop and marvel!

We are blessed with so many deeply committed hard working clergy, volunteers and leaders in our diocese and in our parishes.

I only need to ask. So it is even more appropriate that I

also ask our faithful people to take appropriate time on the mountain so that your heart is filled with the wonder of Jesus before picking up the important task at hand.

Praise the Lord all you nations; Laud him, all you peoples.

For his loving kindness toward us is great, And the faithfulness of the Lord endures for ever.

Hallelujah!

Psalm 117 † John

Clergy News and Updates Rev. Robert C. Assaly voluntarily relinquished the exercise of ministry according to the terms of Canon XIX of The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada; effective May 23, 2015.

Very Rev. Kenneth Davis has been appointed Incumbent of the Parish of Perth; effective September 07, 2015.

Rev. Deacon Christine Jannasch has been appointed as a parttime pastoral associate at Christ Church Cathedral; effective September 01, 2015.

Rev. Jim Kirkpatrick has been appointed Incumbent of St. Paul’s Church, Renfrew; effective July 01, 2015.

Rev. Catherine McCaig has been appointed Incumbent of Emmanuel Church; effective July 01, 2015.

Rev. John Organ will be inducted as Incumbent of St. Martin’s Church on Monday, September 14, 2015, at 7:00pm. The Rt. Rev. John H. Chapman will celebrate and preach. Clergy are invited to robe and the colour is red.

2120 Prince Charles Rd. Rev. Ken Spears has been appointed Incumbent (half-time) of St. Columba’s Church, Ottawa; effective July 01, 2015.

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NEWS

Anglican Ecumenist to Lead CCC

By Anglican Communion News Service A new chapter of the Rev. Canon Alyson BarnettCowan’s lifelong ecumenical engagement has begun with her installation as the new president of the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) on May 14.

The current Interim Secretary General of the Anglican Communion and its former Director for Unity, Faith and Order, she was unanimously elected to a threeyear term as CCC president by the council’s governing board. She succeeds Lt-Col. Jim Champ of the Salvation Army.

A priest of the Anglican Church of Canada, for which she served several years as ecumenical officer, Barnett-Cowan had previously served a term as one of CCC’s vice-presidents. She brings with her a wealth of ecumenical experience, having been engaged with various inter-church dialogues and councils of churches at the local, regional, and international level.

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“I am delighted and honoured to have been chosen for this important voluntary position. It is wonderful to be able to put the experience I’ve gained working for the ecumenical life of the Anglican Communion to use in the service of the Canadian churches,” Barnett-Cowan said of her appointment.

“The CCC is one of the broadest ecumenical bodies in the world, and has much to offer to the Canadian landscape at this time,” she added.

Anglican Editors Gather in Regina

By Stephanie Boyd In June, Art Babych and I travelled to Regina as Anglican Editors gathered from across the country for their Annual General Meeting.

Over several days, members of the Anglican Editors Association met to discuss items such as membership, privacy, and the introduction of Communication Officers within several diocese.

It was a great opportunity

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The Rev. Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan shakes hands with predecessor, Lt. Col. Jim Camp.

for me, as the new editor of Crosstalk, to meet with my colleagues, hear about their challenges and successes, and learn new technical skills during the various workshops that were presented.

The Editors, as well as the Anglican Foundation, formally acknowledged the hard work and dedication of Art over his years as Crosstalk editor and shared their best wishes for his retirement.

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Member of the Anglican Editors Association during their recent gathering in Regina.

The Canadian Council of Churches is the largest ecumenical body in Canada, representing 25 churches of Anglican, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Protestant, and Roman Catholic traditions.

Barnett-Cowan will conclude her short-term appointment as the Anglican Communion’s Interim Secretary General in June.

See more at: www.anglicanjournal.com

Thank You

By Bishop Michael Hawkins, Diocese of Saskatchewan Tiniki! The Diocese of Saskatchewan would like to thank Anglicans across the country for the support, prayers and donations as we have faced some of the worst wildfires in our history.

Through PWRDF, the Anglican Foundation, the Anglican Church of Canada and gifts from individuals and congregations, nearly $35,000 was raised to support those who were evacuated and to assist those whose homes and possessions went up in flames. Anglicans and Roman Catholics in the communities of the Pas, Flin Flon and Opaskwayak Cree Nation gathered an entire trailer load of supplies for those who were displaced by the fires.

With all of these gifts the Diocese was able to purchase more than $1100 in water, support evacuees in Ahtahkakoop and Little Red, pay for clergy travel to

Obituaries Dorothy Cowan A celebration of the life of Dorothy Cowan, wife of Rev. Canon Kenneth Cowan, was held at Christ Church Bells Corners on May 09. A devoted member of the Anglican Church, supporting her husband’s ministry, Mrs. Cowan will be lovingly remembered by Kenneth, their children; Terry, Peter, Collen, Philip, and Keith; as well as their 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Helen Mary Davis A Requiem Eucharist was held May 16 at Christ Church Cathedral for Helen Mary Davis, wife of the late Archbishop William Davis, Archbishop of the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Ms. Davis passed away peacefully on May 11 in her 98th year. She was predeceased by her husband Bill, brothers Gordon and Russell and step-son Bob. She is fondly remembered by her many step-grandchildren and great grandchildren.

A friendly woman with many friends, Ms. Davis took part in church and diocesan activities until her mid-90s. Inurnment was to be held this summer at St. John’s Cemetery in Halifax.

Edith M. Hobbs A celebration of the life of Edith M. Hobbs, mother of the Ven. Dr. Peter John Hobbs and widow of the late Very Rev. Harry Hobbs, was held at Christ Church Bells Corners on June 17.

Ms. Hobbs passed away at the age of 87 on June 14 surrounded by love. As well as mother of Robert Henry, Charlotte Anne, Sharon Elizabeth and Peter John, she was the proud and cherished ‘Mumsie’ of nine grandchildren; Luke, Maria, Dereck, Benjamin, Samuel, Emma, Hannah, Mary Grace, and Rachel.

Interment was at Boyd’s Settlement Cemetery, Lanark.

visit elders, help with some extra needs of evacuees in Cold Lake and make sure that they had some necessities to make the seven-hour trip back home to La Ronge.

The remainder of funds will be distributed to assist those who lost their homes and belongings in the fires.

Thanks also to the Bishop of Edmonton, the Rt. Rev. Jane Alexander, and the folks of St. John the Evangelist, Cold Lake who provided support for those evacuees, put on a Vacation Bible School at the last minute, and welcomed Bishop Adam and me as we visited evacuees there.

We are so grateful for your generosity, through which we have felt and seen the presence of Jesus as the fires raged around us.

May his grace and power strengthen us all as we continue to serve in his name.

In Christ, +Michael

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PARISH NEWS

150 Year Celebration

By Art Babych On Sunday, April 19, 2015, Bishop John Chapman joined parishioners to celebrate the 150th anniversary of All Saints’ Church in a worship service filled with pageantry, music, memories, and hopes for the future. It was a similar Sunday, June 15, 1865, which saw the

laying of the cornerstone of All Saints’ Church, located on the Richmond road in the emerging community of Skead’s Mills.

Since 1865, the parish has flourished and grown and been an important part of the life of Westboro. Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Jeff Leiper, who attended the

anniversary service, brought greetings from the City of Ottawa and from Kitchissippi Ward.

At the end of the service, the congregation processed onto the courtyard for a group photograph, and entered the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, the original building, to dedicate a calligraphic

scroll naming the clergy who have ministered at All Saints since 1865.

This event is just one of many celebrations which are being held throughout the anniversary year.

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Farley Mowat Celebrated

By Art Babych Described as one of the most brilliant storytellers in Canadian history, the life of author and animal lover Farley Mowat was celebrated at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa on May 12.

“Farley’s words, wit and wisdom opened countless eyes and minds to the diverse beauty of this land and all its creatures,” said Cathedral Dean Shane Parker in his welcome. “And I believe it’s true to say that his wit, his words, and his wisdom opened countless eyes and minds to the diverse beauty of life itself.” And for the gift of Farley Mowat, he added, “we give thanks on this day, the anniversary of the day he was born.”

A recipient of the Order of Canada and nine Honorary Doctorates, Farley Mowat died on May 6, 2014 at the age of 92. A private funeral was held a week later at St. Mark’s Anglican Church in his hometown of Port Hope, Ontario. His ashes were interred in a cemetery beside the church.

On hand for the celebration of Farley’s life at the cathedral were family, friends, writers, artists, and readers

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of some of the more than 40 books he wrote over a period of 63 years. Among those who read at the service was his wife of 48 years, Claire, who gave a reading from Psalm 104: 25-35.

Award-winning poet and novelist Margaret Atwood, accompanied by her husband novelist Graeme Gibson, read from “The Predator Day” sermon from her novel, “The Year of the Flood,” in honour of Farley.

Susan Renouf, a former vice-president of McCelland & Stewart and currently the principal of Abanaki Editorial and Consulting, read from Mowat’s “The Dog Who Wouldn’t be.”

Farley’s grandson, Justin Mowat, 19, recalled good

times spent with his grandfather, including their last visit together. That was when Farley said he had tried his best in life, but then corrected himself and said he had succeeded in life, did everything he wanted to do and could now die happy.

Canadian folk music singer-songwriter Ian Tamblyn played guitar and sang a solo in memory of Mowat, whom he first met on the Magdalen Islands.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May led the congregation in reciting the Lord’s Prayer. She had been a friend of Farley Mowat for many years and had shared their concerns about the environment.

Ryan Young, who was a cook with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, told the gathering that Farley “glowed with delight” when the environmental group renamed its flagship Ocean Warrior as the RV Farley Mowat. Mr. Young also referred to Farley as “the grandfather of the Canadian environmental movement.”

Written in the Order of Service was a quote from renowned Canadian naturalist and painter, Robert Bate-

“Farley’s words, wit, and wisdom opened countless eyes and minds.”

—Very Rev. Shane Parker, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral man. “Farley was not only one of the most brilliant storytellers in Canada history, his fighting heart pointed in the right direction to make our country a better place for people and especially for all other living things.”

Music for the service was provided by members of the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, and the Cathedral Girl’s Choir under the direction of Matthew Larkin and James Calkin.

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PARISH NEWS

By Gina Watson With a goal of raising enough money for one bicycle ambulance to transport women in labour to hospitals in developing countries, ten teens from the Church of St Bartholomew in Ottawa took part in a 24-hour famine on May 2-3, 2015.

With the support of the whole congregation, they raised $2,800 for the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) - enough to purchase three bicycle ambulances at $600 a piece and direct the remaining $1,000 to the Nepal earthquake relief fund.

And the fund-raising success was only the beginning.

During the weekend itself, the young people heard from speakers about refugee and development issues - such as hunger and scarcity of water.

They developed a sense of community through inter-active games, watching movies, and holding discussions while fasting for 24 hours.

They shared some of the things they learned with the congregation at the Sunday

24 Hour Famine

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The 24 Hour Famine Team from St. Bartholomew’s. morning service. This is what they took away, in their own words: “We did a worksheet on how much water we use each day and compared this to water usage in developing countries. We found that we use more water flushing the toilet than some people use in their whole day. We didn’t realize how lucky we are to have access to so much clean and plentiful water.

We did an activity to “Bring Water to the Well” by carrying small buckets of water three blocks to fill a large container on the front lawn

of the church.

It made us realize just how much work some people go through to get clean water, when all we do is open a tap.

We also watched a movie called The Good Lie. It was a powerful movie about the “Lost Boys of Sudan” – who were child refugees. They were lucky to come to the US but they struggled adapting.

We then heard from two members of the Ottawa Sudanese community who were actually child soldiers in Sudan. Hearing them speak made us realize all the hardships in the movie were

Almonte in Praise

By Deane Zeeman In the Spring of 2014, St Paul’s Almonte hosted the inaugural ecumenical Almonte in Praise event, which showcased the many ways in which Christians in Almonte praise God in song. This event is the brainchild of Doretha L. Murphy, noted Ottawa musician, vocalist and teacher, as well as organist and choir director at St. Paul’s Anglican Church Almonte.

On Saturday, May 2nd, Almonte United Church hosted the second annual Almonte in Praise! A mass choir, comprised of congregants from the local Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, United and Free Methodist churches and conducted by Ms. Murphy, presented a variety of works: Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine; How Can I Keep from Singing Your Praise? with Praise Him! Praise Him!; Wounded, a poignant composition by gifted local composer Ian Douglas; and Michael Barrett’s jazzy God Is!. Wounded featured Cellist Steve Smith and vocal soloists Anika-France Forget, Soprano, and Bruce Reside, Tenor.

“In addition to great music, old friendships were rekindled, and new friendships were nurtured” The capacity audience was also blessed by music presented by local church choirs and praise teams. Each of the participating six groups shared their own flavours of Christian worship. Among the offerings were a jazz-style invitation to walk with Jesus by the Almonte United Senior Church Choir; 4-part a cappella singing of psalms by the Reformed Presbyterian Church Choir; a moving rendition of The Proclaimers’ Sunshine on Leith which highlighted its spiritual message from the Almonte United Church Folk Choir; and a

modern setting of The Magnificat by Holy Name of Mary Catholic Parish Choir.

St Paul’s contribution to the concert was comprised of two complementary parts. St Paul’s praise team showcased contemporary music representative of their 11 a.m. services, including a song with a chorus taught on the spot, which allowed everyone present to join in lustily. The 9:15 choir’s three anthems demonstrated the breadth of sacred music they offer: Hal Hopson’s arrangement of The Lord Is Our Refuge from Bach’s Cantata Denn du wirst; the tender This We Pray by Jay Althouse; and, the exuberant neo-spiritual Great Day A-Comin’ by David Lantz III. The event was a resounding success. In addition to great music, old friendships were rekindled, and new friendships were nurtured among the members of the mass choir.

Musicians and audience alike came away with a renewed understanding and appreciation of our unity in Christ.

real. They had to trek thousands of miles on foot with little food or water. They lost friends and loved ones along the way.

They faced the danger of soldiers coming to shoot at them or recruit them as child soldiers.

Peter and Paul were both recruited as child soldiers and Paul even showed us his gun wound. They both made it to Kenya but many of their friends did not.

Paul worked very hard at his studies going to school for the first time at a grade six level at the age of 14.

His message on educa-

tion was very clear. School is so important and yet we take it for granted here. He is extremely lucky to have immigrated to Canada where he continued his education and graduated university. He now wants to go back to Sudan to give back by helping to build a school and to teach children.

We clearly heard his messages – to appreciate everything we have here, to take our education seriously, and not to be ignorant about things going on around us in the world. These things are real – not just the subject of movies.”

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Watching “The Good Lie” before speaking with members of Ottawa’s Sudanese community about their experiences as child refugees.

Members of St. Alban’s Big Give Team.

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NEWS All Canadians Have a Stake...

- Continued from page 1 be decades and across generations before justice would be achieved. But what Martin Luther King Jr. did in that one moment, he said, was “spectacular” because he illustrated that “God had planted in the beginning of that nation – in the hearts of people who did not even believe that African-Americans were human – he had planted in them the seeds of a better future.”

Said the bishop, “I’d like to suggest that that’s our moment now (and) that we are in a position where we can begin to understand that the seeds of hope were planted in the very beginning. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 today reads ”like a very progressive manifesto of the way that people can live together with honour, respect and justice,” he said. The Royal Proclamation, initially issued by King George III, is a document setting guidelines for European settlement of Aboriginal territories in what is now North America.

What is needed is for Canadians to understand the stake they have in Indig-

enous justice, said Bishop MacDonald. “What is being born in us today is something that is so great and so wonderful and it will bless you and it will bless all of Canada.”

Bishop MacDonald concluded, “I cannot begin to describe how moved I am that the cathedral in our nation’s capital will welcome us here for this ceremony.”

There is so much in this day that is just the beginning, he added, “and I hope you will have hearts open and big enough to receive the blessing that God has for us in these things.”

The 22 days theme came about through a meeting of the deans of cathedrals where national Truth and Reconciliation events had been held. “Picking up on one of the closing event’s themes that the ending of the TRC is only the beginning, they decided to encourage cathedrals to do some specific things during the 22-day period between the beginning of the event and National Aboriginal Day,” Dean Parker told the Anglican Journal.

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Amelia Hayes, Epiphany Anglican Church, takes part in the 22 Days bell ringing as churches around the country united to ring their church bells, throughout 22 days, in honour of Murdered and Missing Aboriginal Wormen.

For the Full STORY, visit www.22days.ca

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Thousands of people took part in the walk for reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians in solidarity with survivors of Indian Residential Schools May 31.

Churches Promise to Heed TRC’s Call to Action

By Andre Forget Acknowledging that their apologies for harms done at Indian residential schools “are not enough,” Anglican, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic and United church leaders on June 2 welcomed the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), which they say will offer direction to their “continuing commitment to reconciliation” with Indigenous peoples.

“It is clear that Indian Residential Schools, in policy and in practice, were an assault on Indigenous families, culture, language and spiritual traditions, and that great harm was done,” said a joint response read, on behalf of the churches, by Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.

While noting the “good intent and care of many who worked” as staff in these federally funded, church-run schools, the churches admitted that “those harmed were children, vulnerable, far from their families and communities,” and that “the sexual, physical, and emotional abuse they suffered is welldocumented.”

The response was made after the TRC released its final report that offered 94 “Calls to Action” on issues around Aboriginal spirituality, education, health, missing residential schools children, justice and language, among others.

The churches—all signatories to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement—responded to some of the TRC’s recom-

mendations that were directly addressed to them. “We are committed to respect Indigenous spiritual traditions in their own right,” they said, a promise that was met with loud applause.

The TRC report specifically calls on churches as well as other faith groups to “formally recognize Indigenous spirituality as a valid form of worship that is equal to their own” in order to address the “spiritual violence” committed in the schools.

“As individual churches and in shared interfaith and ecumenical initiatives…we will continue to foster learning about and awareness of the reality and legacy of the residential schools, the negative impact of such past teachings as the Doctrine of Discovery, and the new ways forward found in places, such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,” the churches also vowed.

They also promised to continue funding “community-controlled initiatives in healing, language and cultural revitalization, education and relationship-building, and self-determination.”

The statement also committed to involving the churches in “Calls to Action that include our members as citizens and residents of Canada,” such as the call to establish a National Council of Reconciliation.

The statement was signed by the Rev. Stephen Farris, moderator of the Presbyterian church; the Rt. Rev. Gary Paterson, moderator of the United Church; Fr. Peter

Bisson, Provincial of the Jesuits in English Canada, and Archbishop Gerard Pettipas, President of the Catholic Entities Parties to the Indian Residential School Settlement, all of whom were present for its reading.

Pettipas proceeded to read a statement from the Roman Catholic entities involved in residential schools, which reiterated a commitment to healing and reconciliation.

But the statement did not address the TRC’s call for the Pope to issue an apology “for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the spiritual, cultural, emotional, physical and sexual abuse of First Nations, Inuit and Métis children in Catholic-run residential schools.”

In addition to the churches, there were also responses from the survivors, represented by former Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Phil Fontaine (who was instrumental in negotiating the Indian residential schools settlement agreement that launched the TRC); the federal government, represented by Aboriginal affairs and northern development minister Bernard Valcourt; the AFN, represented by national chief Perry Bellegarde; and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, represented by National Inuit Leader Terry Audla.

Originally published for the Anglican Journal,

For the more about the TRC, visit www.anglicanjournal.com

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NEWS

5 Lessons for the Church from Justice Tour 2015

By Joe Gunn, Executive Director of Citizens for Public Justice In April and May a delegation of leaders was hosted by ecumenical committees in eight cities across Canada, including many CPJ members. They had three goals: to share information about poverty in Canada and climate justice; to listen to local reflections on engagement and advocacy, and prepare their Church Leaders’ Pastoral Statement to be developed later this summer.

The traveling church leaders included Susan Johnson, National Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Canada, Rev. Willard Metzger, Executive Director of Mennonite Church Canada, and Rev. Karen Hamilton, General Secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC).

I was honoured to accompany the Justice Tour throughout the country, speaking in some venues and moderating events in other centers.

The Tour visited Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Kitchener, Halifax, Montreal and Ottawa.

The church leaders heard from dozens of experts, local politicians, and church members passionate about public justice issues, at events attended by over 700 individuals. At the risk of simplifying this tremendously rich experience, it could be said that

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Justice Tour 2015 makes a stop at Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa. the leaders heard five main messages repeated over and over again.

• First, it was clear that people in the Canadian churches really care about poverty and climate change.

Many people are involved in ministries addressing these concerns in myriad ways, and they called for moral leadership and even risk-taking from their faith leaders as well as substantive action from their governments.

• Secondly, people clearly see links between climate change and poverty concerns, with an overlay of acknowledgement that Indigenous rights must be addressed as we respond. It was often remarked that poverty has many faces, including the faces of Indigenous peoples and newcomers to Canada, but it is the poor that suffer most from climate disruption.

We heard that the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor are one and the same, or in another’s words, “nature is the new poor.” In addressing both issues, it is climate justice and justice for the poor that is required, rather than limiting our churches to charitable responses.

• Third, the leaders heard a communal lament due to the breakdown of relationships: with God, with creation, and with each other. Canada, it seems, has changed, but there is a yearning to revitalize communities. It was recognized that faith communities can and must play aAnglican role in changing the Ad:Layout domiGIFT GRANTS nant discourse and allowing the bridging of cultures, re-

establishing hospitality and re-creating community.

• Fourth, the church leaders were also firmly invited to work in partnerships.

This included working with other denominations and other faith groups as well as engaging partners in civil society. While acknowledging that collaboration makes our voice stronger, there were numerous calls to avoid dominant structures but to proceed by always including people with lived experiences of poverty and climate injustice in our efforts.

• Finally, the leaders always discerned the presence of hope. People were not giving up, but rather accompanying all the analysis there was urgency in the need for action for change. Justice Tour participants focused on the CCC’s two priority issues (climate justice and ending poverty in Canada), because the 25 members of the CCC firmly believe Psalm 24: “the earth is the Lord’s and all that’s in it, the world, and those who live in it.”

Drawing on what was learned during the listening tour, a Church Leaders’ Pastoral Statement on Climate 2 7/25/14 1:37 PM Page 1 Change and Poverty in Canada will be developed and

shared this summer for study and response from church constituencies, candidates for political office and the public.

Locally-led engagement activities will follow the Statement, resulting in various local engagement and advocacy plans, such as meetings with candidates, reflections/ prayers/hymns and liturgical activities, etc. Canadian church leaders will participate in, and report back from the UN meetings with international faith-based partners. A federal election resource, including sections on these two priority issues, has already been prepared for use by ecumenical committees.

Church leaders received these many challenges in good faith during the Justice Tour 2015, offering their valuable time and engaged attention to the many concerns expressed. The ecumenical participants and the many concerned persons who inhabit church pews are now invited to pick up the causes of poverty in Canada and climate justice and make them their own.

For the Full STORY, visit www.cpj.ca

OUR IM IS TO SUPPORT VIBRANT MINISTRIES

GIFT Grants Committee is now accepting applications.

It is vital that we work together to grow stronger. The Diocese of Ottawa aims to strengthen our parishes, with their partners, as they start up new projects or enhance existing ones consistent with a GIFT Case for Support. All parishes in the Diocese of Ottawa are eligible to apply for GIFT funding.

Visit the GIFT website at growinginfaithtogether.ca for more information about the granting process and for the following documents: • • • •

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TRC Commissioner Marie Wilson, Governor General David Johnston, Sharon Johnston, TRC chair Justice Murray Sinclair, Commissioner Chief Wilton Littlechild and a number of their grandchildren plant paper hearts on Rideau Hall grounds.

For the Full STORY, visit www.kairoscanada.org

Grant Application Grant Committee Policies Grant Application Evaluation Sheet FAQs

Deadlines for submissions for 2015 are: • January 31 • May 31 • October 31 For more information, please reach Andy Moody, Chair, GIFT Grants Committee at gift@growinginfaithtogether.ca

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COMMUNICATIONS

FROM THE EDITOR

Tech Tips Google Forms; A Free Resource

By Stephanie Boyd Many people are aware of Google as an online search engine. However, in the past years, Google has evolved from simply being the goto search tool for which it is known. Google now provides several business solutions online, one of which is Google Docs. Google Docs allows you to access free, online, collaborative word processing documents, spread sheets, slide show presentations, as well as forms.

These are great tools that are free and easily accessible ways to help parishes communicate.

For the purposes of this article, I am on going to focus my attention on Google

Forms.

Google Forms are a free, and easy to use solution for online forms and surveys, allowing users to collect and organize information simultaneously.

As a form and survey creator, you can choose from simple, ready made themes, or can create your own from scratch; allowing for easy use regardless of your skill sets.

After designing your form and survey documents, Google will collect the submitted information and automatically organize it, creating spreadsheets and graphical charts for you.

Beyond the organizational features of Google Forms, one of the great highlights is that it encourages collaborate efforts. If you’re a part of

team, Google Forms allows you to work together to build your survey with your fellow colleagues at the same time.

The Congregational Resource Day Planning Team recently created a Google Form to collect workshop proposals for the Spring 2016 Resource Day. Take a look for yourself: http://bit.ly/1OV0ijl I urge you to consider using Google Forms in your parish to design on-line registration forms and surveys.

Once you design your form, you can send the link to it in a parish newsletter or post it to your website.

By Stephanie Boyd In response to Embracing God’s Future, I was hired by the Diocese to be your new Communications Officer and Crosstalk Editor.

Having been hard at work since my start on April 1st, I am happy to announce that you can now follow and connect with the Diocese online through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr (see links on p.20).

It has been an honour and a priveledge to have worked with Art Babych before his retirement. Art, as you all know, is a wonderful editor and photographer; he is a wealth of knowledge and inspiration to many.

Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions or concerns in regards to communications, or if you are interested in writing for Crosstalk. stephanie-boyd@ ottawa.anglican.ca (613) 232-7124, ext. 245

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STEWARDSHIP

Big Give Provides Community with Sense of Home

By Erica Howes Laurie browsed through the great selection of houseware filling St. Albans yard for the Big Give event on June 6, and said she was “speechless” with the treasure she found. Laurie left with a table and chairs for her new apartment; something she said means a lot more than just a piece of furniture.

“When I moved from Thunder Bay to Ottawa, I had nothing,” she said.

“Now, I have this nice solid table and two chairs…and I’ll probably be doing a lot of homework at that table,” she added with a smile.

Laurie will be going back to school in September with high hopes of becoming a teacher or medical personnel in the future. Laurie said this table is one step closer to making her new apartment feel more like a home.

Laurie was one of about 150 people who stopped by St. Albans to browse through the kitchenware, furniture, paintings and children’s toys the community had collected to give away for free.

St. Albans was among 50

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The community at home during the Big Give at St. Alban’s other churches in the city parcommunity and provided ticipating in the annual Big some great outreach,” she Give on June 6. People were said. “It offered a wonderful lined up outside the front way for us to bless the people gates of St. Albans an hour in our neighbourhood and before the 10am opening and interact with people in the within a couple hours, the community we don’t normalyard was lined with empty ly get to interact with.” tables and cheerful people Parr said she and her volenjoying a community barunteer team advertised the beque. Jennifer Parr, orgaevent through neighbournizer of the St. Albans event, hood shelters and partnered said it was a great success with Centre 454, whose cliand from the feedback she ents came and were greeted received, she said she expects by many familiar faces of the Big Give to be annual for volunteers. the church.

Haig McCarrell, warden “It engaged the St. Albans at St. Albans and long-time

volunteer in the neighbourhood, said the target for the event was people who have a place to live but not too much to make it a home, something he said he’s seen first hand.

“I visited someone who had just moved into housing from a shelter and he invited me in and we ended up having a meal together and I realized how little he had.

What I see around here is really practical articles,” he said, gesturing to the kitchenware and appliances on nearby tables. “Nearly all the stuff is gone so obviously it is connecting with people’s needs.”

Carina Parnham volunteered at the event and said looking through items to donate, she realized how much stuff she had.

“You see a lot of people who could really use it and it’s great to be able to give directly, where you see the people who are benefiting. I like the idea of just giving, you’re not asking, it’s not about identifying needs it’s just come and take,” she said.

Parnham said after talking with people like Laurie, it’s clear the event “gives people

dignity, and it’s a nice way to connect in the community.”

As Laurie made her way out of the St. Albans yard, now with sparsely filled tables and people enjoying the barbeque, she thanked and chatted with volunteers. She waved at people she knew walking by and took any opportunity to tell them about the treasure she had found.

“It’s hard for me to express how happy I am that I’m getting this table, it’s really beautiful,” she said, beaming. “My apartment is finally coming together.”

Helping Canadian Anglicans Do More Grant application deadlines: April 1st and September 1st www.anglicanfoundation.org

REFLECTIONS

The Courage to Listen

By Rev. Canon Stewart Murray The Old Testament readings over the summer have focused on the role of Solomon, David and Israel’s relationship to God. I have been especially intrigued with the personality and role of David that emerges from the readings. I took advantage of being on holidays to reread I and 2 Samuel and the beginning of I Kings in a variety of versions to expand on the short readings used on Sunday. I wanted to get a better sense of the context of the readings and to experience the flow of the story of David, the shepherd boy who became King.

The first image that is so vivid, perhaps because of pictures from my childhood, is of the young shepherd boy who slays the mighty Goliath with his slingshot, to the amazement of all. Another one is of David as the sing-

er and composer of psalms dancing before the Ark of the Covenant. Another is David weeping over the death of his closest friend Jonathan. For many the reign of King David is seen as a golden age for ancient Israel; the time when the nation had emerged from a time of turmoil to a period of stability under his reign and prosperity.

However, it becomes clear from the readings, that like us, David is a complicated man. He is blessed with so many talents and abilities,

and yet he also often stumbles and betrays the love of God and of his people. It is the same singer of psalms and mighty warrior who covets his neighbour’s wife Bathsheba and arranges for the death of her husband Uriah on the battlefield. We see a man struggling to reconcile his love for the God of Israel with the power and wealth of a King. Yet in spite of his many failings, he is the person God had chosen to lead Israel.

The story of David is one that still has the power to speak to us today. Like David we are living in the midst of great change in the Church and in Society. In our Diocese we are looking at new and creative ways of living the Gospel. Some Parishes are looking at closure and new ways of offering ministries in their communities.

Others experiencing growth and renewal are finding new

ways of supporting and challenging their members in being disciples of Jesus in the 21st century. The Good News in the midst of this exciting and exhausting time of transition is that God is in the midst of it all, if we but have the courage to listen. Just as in David’s time, God will raise up men and women to give leadership and inspiration to His people. This leadership may emerge from the most unlikely places. David was thought by his father Jesse to be too young and only a shepherd; how could he be the next King of Israel? The challenge this brings is that the established leadership models and the way things will be questioned; examined and where needed changed.

It calls for heartfelt prayer and listening to God, as he speaks through His Word and through His people. It challenges each of us to look at our own understanding of

living the Gospel and sharing it in conversations with our sisters and brothers. It invites us to look at how we, as Parish communities, seek to be faithful to our vocation as the Body of Christ in the world today. The challenges before us are immense and at times frightening, but with a lively faith and trust in God, all things are possible. Let each of us have the courage to ask ourselves and God where in this exciting time of change can we contribute, and perhaps discover that at times in the process we are called to be like David and show courage and leadership. Let all of us pray for the guidance of God the Holy Spirit to be poured out on the people of our Diocese that in all things we may seek the wisdom and will of the living God in our midst.

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EMBRACING GOD’S FUTURE

Anticipating Climate Change Motions at Synod

By Lenore Fahrig, Professor of Biology at Carleton University A group of Synod representatives from several parishes in the Diocese will present motions on climate change at the upcoming Synod meeting. The first of these motions will call for the Diocese to divest (sell off) its investments in fossil fuel companies. In passing this motion, the Diocese will take a public, moral stand on climate change. This will be the first, most important, step.

Other climate change actions will be outlined in the next issue of Crosstalk.

“The climate change crisis is the most urgent moral issue of our day.” This is the conclusion of an international group of Anglican bishops, including two Canadian bishops, who met last February in Johannesburg to discuss the Church’s response to climate change. In their report, The World is Our Host, the bishops urge Anglicans to support “environmental sustainability and justice by divesting from industries involved primarily in the extraction or distribu-

“Will you strive to safeguard the integrity of God’s creation, and respect, sustain and renew the life of the Earth?

I will, with God’s help.”

—Addition to the Baptismal Covenant General Synod 2013

tion of fossil fuels.”

Why do the bishops say that climate change is the most urgent moral issue of our time? Because it would be immoral to allow the widespread environmental and social destruction that climate change will entail, given that we know how to avoid it. If we continue burning fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas), the extreme hurricanes, floods, and droughts we have seen over the past 5 years will pale in comparison

to those to come. Within the next few decades more than half of the world’s people will be living in areas of severe food and water shortages due to intense, persistent drought. If we let this happen, there is no going back.

But we can still stop it before it becomes catastrophic. This will require a rapid shift completely away from the fossil fuel-based economy, and towards an economy based on renewable energy.

Why do the bishops urge

the Church to divest from the fossil fuel extraction industry? Because the fossil fuel industry is obstructing the transition to an economy based on renewable energy.

To avoid catastrophic climate change, annual emissions of carbon dioxide need to start declining within the next 5 years and then drop precipitously, reaching zero within this century, and leaving 80% of fossil fuel reserves in the ground, never to be burned.

Despite this, the fossil fuel extraction industry continues to spend more than $500 billion per year looking for more fossil fuels. And, the International Monetary Fund estimates that in 2015 the world’s taxpayers will provide the fossil fuel industry with $5.3 trillion, or more than $10 million per minute, in government subsidies. Publicized divestment from the fossil fuel extraction industry makes the moral statement that this situation is wrong, and has to stop.

Some may worry that divestment from the fossil fuel industry will lower returns on the Diocese’s investments. In

fact, the opposite is almost certainly true. Data compiled by analysts at Greenchip Financial show that in 7 of the last 10 years, returns on the TSX without oil and gas companies are higher than returns with the oil and gas companies included, and this is true for each of the last five years. Divestment from fossil fuels and re-investment in renewable energy makes good financial sense.

But the argument for divestment is not a financial one; it is a moral one. The logic is simple. In our baptismal covenant we promise to “safeguard the integrity of God’s creation.” Climate change is destroying the integrity of God’s creation, and if we have investments in the fossil fuel extraction industry, we are complicit in this destruction. Any other action we might take on climate change will ring hollow if we continue to hold investments in fossil fuel companies. As Ellen Dorsey says, “If we own fossil fuels, we own climate change.”

and ways that parishes can get involved in food security.

She works at the centre but is also doing a city-wide antipoverty project for the Coalition of Community Health and Resource Centres of Ottawa. “For the last few years we’ve been focussing on access to healthy, affordable and culturally appropriate food for communities in our city that are vulnerable and are living in poverty,” she said.

Food insecurity is when a household’s access to food is inadequate or precarious because of insufficient income,” said Kaitrin. Those affected by food insecurity in Ottawa include social assistance recipients, indigenous communities living off reserve, people of colour, renters, recent immigrants, families with children, and single mothers,” she said. “One in 10 households in Ottawa are

food insecure.”

The anti-poverty project is led by the Poverty and Hunger Working Group of the Coalition of Community Health and Resource Centres. Its first initiative was the Good Food Markets Project whereby healthy food is sold by volunteer-run markets at low prices. “The difference between the markets and farmers’ markets is all of the goods are sold at cost, so we’re not for profit,” said Kaitrin.

NEWS

Hunger for Justice with PWRDF

By Art Babych Food security issues were high on the agenda at a workshop at St. Stephen’s Ottawa April 18 hosted by the diocesan PWRDF Working Group.

Among the presentations was a talk by Valerie Maier, entitled “Striving for Sustainability,” based on her food security visit to Cuba in March with other diocesan PWRDF representatives. “I now feel the title should have been ‘Hungry for justice, transforming lives and communities,” she said, because the church in Cuba was way more than about agricultural sustainability.” Valerie wrote an article for Crosstalk upon her return from Cuba, which was published in the May issue.

Philippa Jones, of the Creation Matters Working Group, spoke about ways to cultivate food locally and

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Kaitrin Doll, RideauRockcliffe Community Resource Centre proposed the development of community gardens in Ottawa. “There are 75,000 people in Ottawa who are experiencing food insecurity so it’s not just people in Cuba and Africa but it’s here at home as well,” she said.

A parishioner of All Saints’ Westboro in Ottawa, Philippa told of her “personal and spiritual journey” working in the area of food security. “During a sleepless

night, I had a spiritual experience where I felt I was being called to promote community gardens in Ottawa,” she said. Philippa became more involved with the community garden on the grounds of All Saints and with the Creation Matters Working Group. “Together we developed a joint plan to promote the cultivation of food on faith properties more broadly and on an interfaith fashion,” she said. Philippa concluded by inviting those attending to consider developing a vegetable garden or planting a fruit tree on their faith properties. “I know many have already started to do this,” she said. “It’s a very visible way for churches and faith groups to show they care about this issue.”

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Participants from Diocesan Youth Conference See STORY, p. 12

Reimagining the Church in the Public Square Provincial Synod Special Insert

Provincial Synod 2015

‘Our baptismal vows include a very public dimension’ Archbishop Colin Johnson

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hank you for learning more about the Ecclesiastical Province and Provincial Synod of Ontario.

This insert will give you a brief overview of what we do as the Anglican Church beyond your diocese in this part of Ontario and Quebec.

I’ve been the Metropolitan of the Province, or senior bishop, for six years, chairing the triennial Synod, the twice-yearly Executive Council and the House of Bishops. Because of a closer alignment of civil and church boundaries than most of the other ecclesiastical provinces, we have taken a very active role in engaging with the civil government on a number of issues, ranging from policies on human rights regulations, water, heritage buildings, accessibility, and oversight of cemeteries, to advocacy for poverty reduction, social housing and chaplaincy services. We have developed a good rapport with our elected officials and civil servants, in cooperation with other major denominations, not only for our own benefit but to contribute to the wellbeing of the people of our province.

A key strategy has been to find ways of cooperating across diocesan boundaries to share resources and avoid duplication.

Communications, training programs, theological education, human resources, financial management, and

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uch like diocesan synods, Provincial Synod gathers to review what we have already done

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legal expertise are areas of consultation. The Province’s bishops also consider together strategic issues facing the Church today and take considerable leadership in bringing these before the national House of Bishops.

The triennial Synod of the Province meets in Toronto this year, with the theme “Reimagining the Church in the Public Square.” The Anglican Church has always been engaged with its wider community, both formally in its connections with the civil leaders but also through our members who have served on countless boards, agencies and acts of service that have helped establish and maintain the well-being of our society. For a time we were a dominant, sometimes even dominating, voice. Recognizing the changes in our culture, we both voluntarily drew back, and sometimes were sidelined, in an attempt to accommodate the growing and look forward to what more we are called to do.

Much of our work is to continue ...

• facilitating a sharing of resources and ideas, for the benefit of our dioceses, so those engaged in specific ministries in their diocese can benefit from the experiences of others.

• overseeing the Advisory Committee of Postulants

multifaith complexity of our province. For a while, equal treatment of faith traditions was achieved by studiously ignoring religious views in public discussion. But that can’t be done. Religious values undergird and inform the very heart of how people of faith understand the world and our place in it.

Our baptismal vows include a very public dimension: “Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbour as yourself?

Will you strive for justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of every human being? Will you safeguard the integrity of creation and respect, maintain and renew the face of the Earth?”

So this year we will look at the theological background to our call to engage in the welfare of our society. We will hear politicians’ take on it. We will explore ministries that are actively involved in direct service, policy development and advocacy.

We will learn how the seven dioceses engage in their own setting. And we will pray for our neighbourhoods to God who “by your holy prophet taught your ancient people to pray for the welfare of the cities in which they lived” (BAS p. 690).

Archbishop Colin Johnson is the Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario. He is the bishop of the dioceses of Toronto and Moosonee. for Ordination, as part of the discernment process for those feeling called to ordained ministry.

• supporting and promoting the work of OPCOTE (the Ontario Provincial Commission of Theological Education), which gathers representatives from around the province who are engaged in theological education.

The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario includes the dioceses of: • Moosonee • Algoma • Huron • Niagara • Toronto • Ontario • Ottawa

Triennial Provincial Synod: what is it exactly?

Provincial Synod performs a lot of work on your dioceses’ behalf such as bringing stakeholders together around the table.

OPCOTE The Ontario Provincial Commission on Theological Education (OPCOTE) meets twice a year. It brings leadership from the theological colleges and dioceses together to discuss mutual concerns. Provincial Synod provides significant grants to the theological colleges of our Province.

SHARING IDEAS AND RESOURCES In the past three years, we have hosted meetings of executive officers, financial officers and communications officers to share ideas and resources and to develop recommended policies and procedures.

ADVOCACY & REGULATION Provincial Synod Council meets twice a year and hears reports and makes recommendations on a number of matters affecting the Anglican Church in Ontario. This has included advocacy on issues of justice, government legislation and regulation on chaplaincy, cemeteries, heritage matters, and water usage.

INTER-GOVERNMENTAL Provincial Synod employs two executive officers who do much of the inter-governmental work between meetings of the Council and Synod. The Provincial Secretariat is an important group with representatives from each of the political parties in the legislature.

It works with the Provincial Synod’s executive officers to ensure that matters of concern to the church are directed to the appropriate government officials.

In the last provincial election, Provincial Synod facilitated the “I’m Voting for a Poverty Free Ontario” campaign. This included lawn signs, press releases and social media postings.

• working with the provincial secretariat, a small body with representatives from each of the political parties in the legislature, who engage in issues of justice and to help them stay connected with the grassroots.

Provincial Synod also serves as a forum for delegates to reflect on where we focus our time and

energy over the next three years.

With its theme of “Reimagining the Church in the Public Square,” synod will have no shortage of ideas and conversations as to where we believe the Spirit is calling us to go.

The Rev. Canon Rob Towler is Prolocutor of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario

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Priorities:

Provincial Synod prepares to set agenda for next three years Ven. Dr. Harry Huskins

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he Provincial Synod meets every three years.

The work done between those sessions is guided by the priorities set by the Synod and its Council. From 2012 to 2015, those priorities were:

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Advocacy

Social Advocacy Housing and child poverty have been our key areas of focus.We have continued our long-standing work of building relationships in the area of social advocacy with government and other groups working to better our society. Our partner in this has been the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC), to which we provide one of our largest funding grants. We are represented on this coalition of more than 20 Christian churches and faith groups by Murray MacAdam.

Government Relations Decisions made by the Ontario government and its agencies touch the lives of our parishes and ministries every day. Wherever possible, our discussions with government have been done in collaboration with the Lutheran, Roman Catholic and United churches in the Province. Examples of these

discussions with government include: • the Ontario Human Rights Commission and its re-writing of its policies on creed and conflicting rights; •the government’s reorganization of cemeteries and the creation of the new Bereavement Authority of Ontario and our representation on it; • the Ontario Heritage Trust and how its policies affect our buildings and what we can do with them; • the new College of Psychotherapists and how much control it will have over what our clergy and laity do in our pastoral work; • on-going conversations with all three political parties about other matters of concern to Anglicans in Ontario.

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Education & Vocations

Our Commission on Theological Education (OPCOTE) brings together representatives of our theological colleges, dioceses and bishops and enables them to work collaboratively to improve the quality of

theological education in Ontario. The commission has donated more than $350,000 to our colleges over the last three years from money contributed by our dioceses.

We are continuing to help our dioceses in their work of encouraging Anglicans to undertake new lay and ordained ministry. The national church’s Advisory Committee on Postulants for Ordination (ACPO) plays a central role in this. ACPO enables those studying for ordination and trained assessors to come together for weekend discernment sessions that provide the candidates, dioceses and bishops with guidance about these potential ordained ministries.

These ACPO sessions take place once a year in the rest of Canada, but our Provincial Synod provides $12,000 of funding to enable these to take place twice a year in Ontario. This is our single largest program expense.

Sharing of 3 Resources There are seven dioceses in our Province and every day they deal with many of the same opportunities and problems. Our Provincial

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Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13-14

Synod helps them work together on many of these so that they are more effective in what they are doing and can lower the costs involved.

Over the last three years, we have: • brought our bishops and senior diocesan staff together to talk about and plan this kind of cooperation; • brought our diocesan human resources staff together to discuss how best to help each other in their work and to discuss this with lawyers who specialize in this

field. As a result, our smaller dioceses that cannot afford their own human resources staff can now consult with the fulltime experts working in our larger dioceses; • brought the senior diocesan staff together twice a year to talk about new ideas that are working to strengthen and develop our ministries and solutions to the common problems they are facing.

The Ven. Dr. Harry Huskins is Executive Officer, The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario.

STREET TALK: what does ‘Reimagining the “I

envision a church engaged with the culture and context that it finds itself in. We need to join where God is already at work in the world. We serve the world God loves. We don’t hide from it.”

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— The Rev. Jon Martin (Diocese of Ottawa) [Not a delegate to Provincial Synod]

— Erica Howes (Diocese of Ottawa) [Not a delegate to Provincial Synod]

see the church’s community expanding to include whole neighbourhoods and the church’s building as a foundation all people associate with acceptance and belonging.”

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s Anglica world, th can sometimes non-Anglicans a A revisiting pro involve changin rather how our are received by the church cent clear and focuss prayerful comm

— Meg Stewart [Not a delegate

SEPTEMBER 2015

ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE AND PROVINCIAL SYNOD OF ONTARIO

COMMUNICATIONS

better sharing of resources

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HIGHLIGHTS

DID YOU KNOW: Moosonee

Our last Provincial Synod session reorganized the Diocese of Moosonee. This has been very successful, bringing renewed vitality to its mission and ministry along with financial stability.

Theological Education

Rev. Canon Andrew Chisholm

T

he Provincial Task Group on Communications was asked to consult with the individual dioceses, and then consider and make recommendations on matters such as: • the future of our diocesan newspapers and the potential for developing shared regional newspapers; • social media policy; • public relations.

The task group has meet three times. The members are: Algoma: Kelly Baetz, Huron: Rob Towler, Moosonee: Deborah Lonergan-Freake, Niagara: Bill Mous, Ontario: Mark Hauser, Ottawa: Stephanie Boyd, Toronto: Stuart Mann, Chair: Andy Chisholm.

The complete report and other documents can be found on the Provincial Synod Website at http:// province-ontario.anglican. ca/communications.htm.

Anti-spam legislation We discussed new federal anti-spam legislation and circulated in our interim report a document previously shared with the House of Bishops on this matter. Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) requires all organizations that send “commercial electronic messages (CEM)” to obtain either express or implied consent of the recipient.

The legislation is not of significant concern as most messages our churches send do not fall into the CEM category, but advertising for an event or selling a product or service would normally fall within the definition of a CEM. Many free electronic newsletter services are available to help meet these requirements of the legislation, with MailChimp being among the most popular and used by many faith groups, like the Anglican Church of Canada and KAIROS for their monthly communications.

Social media policy We spent considerable time

on social media policy. We discussed best practices as well success stories in our dioceses. Some dioceses and bishops are active in social media (Algoma, Moosonee, Niagara, Ontario, Toronto), some dioceses and bishops make almost no use of social media (Huron, Ottawa). A summary is below. There are a number of social media policies for dioceses available online. We found the Toronto policy for Synod Office staff to be helpful as well as the Diocese of Bath and Wells guidelines for parishes and individuals.

These are posted on Provincial Synod website communications page.

We also provided a summary of what each of the dioceses were doing in using social media.

The Rev. Canon Andrew Chisholm is Communications, Honorary Clerical Secretary, and Web Manager for Provincial Synod.

Our seven theological colleges work together with our dioceses to provide some of the best lay and ordained education and training in the world, through our Ontario Provincial Commission on Theological Education (OPCOTE).

Ordination Discernment

Some of the hardest decisions in our Christian life have to be made by those who feel called to the ordained ministry and the dioceses and bishops who have to decide who should be ordained and become members of our clergy. Our Provincial Synod makes its largest single funding grant to the Advisory Committee on Postulants for Ordination (ACPO), which plays a key role in this discernment.

Human Rights

Our Provincial Synod has taken the lead for the Anglican, Roman Catholic and United churches in discussions with the Ontario Human Rights Commissions in its first re-writing of its Policy on Creed and the Accommodation of Religious Observances since the policy was put into place in 1996. The Anglican Church in Ontario was one of the key movers in pressing for the establishment of the Human Rights Commission in 1961.

Heritage Buildings

Our Provincial Synod is in discussions with the Ontario Heritage Trust about its policies and their effect on our buildings. The Christian churches are the second largest holder of heritage-designated properties in Ontario. We are working jointly with the Lutheran, Roman Catholic, and United churches in these discussions that seek to preserve our heritage buildings for generations to come, while at the same time enabling us to adapt them to better ministry uses such as Out of the Cold, youth ministry, elder support and other programs.

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ans in a non-Anglican he language of church be overwhelming for and non-Christians. ocess doesn’t have to ng our parishes but identity and message y others. This will keep tered on ministry, sed liturgies, and munication.”

t (Diocese of Ottawa) to Provincial Synod]

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lthough it seems somewhat heretical coming from someone who has worked for the Anglican Church all of his life, I think that reimagining the church in our culture today requires us to come forward with what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ first and foremost - and only then a member of the Anglican Church”

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— David Embury (Diocese of Huron), Lay Member

— Canon David Ricketts (Diocese of Niagara), Lay Member

don’t think there is one answer to the question. It is going to depend on the circumstances that present themselves. Each situation is unique and may /will change depending on the issues in each parish and diocese. We need to be open to the Holy Spirit to see what that looks like. Some may close and others may thrive. I fear that some may see it only their way and not be open to the changes required.”

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REIMAGINING THE CHURCH IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE

Triennial Provincial Synod What it does and how you can get involved Rev. Canon Andrew Chisholm

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rovincial Synod does a lot of work on your behalf. One of the most important things we do is bring stakeholders together around the table.

The Ontario Provincial Commission on Theological Education (OPCOTE) meets twice a year. It brings leadership from the theological colleges and dioceses together to discuss mutual concerns. Provincial Synod provides significant grants to the theological colleges of our Province.

In the past three years, we have hosted meetings of executive officers, financial officers and communications people to share ideas and

resources and to develop recommended policies and procedures.

Provincial Synod Council meets twice a year and hears reports and makes recommendations on a number of matters affecting the Anglican Church in Ontario. This has included advocacy on issues of justice, government legislation and regulation on chaplaincy, cemeteries, heritage matters, and water usage.

Provincial Synod employs two executive officers who do much of the intergovernmental work between meetings of the Council and Synod. The Provincial Secretariat is an important group with representatives from each of the political

parties in the legislature. It works with the Provincial Synod’s executive officers to ensure that matters of concern to the church are directed to the appropriate government officials.

In the last provincial election, Provincial Synod facilitated the “I’m Voting for a Poverty Free Ontario” campaign. This included lawn signs, press releases and social media postings.

The Rev. Canon Andrew Chisholm is Communications, Honorary Clerical Secretary, and Web Manager for Provincial Synod.

How to Get Involved and Contact Information You can get involved in the Provincial Synod by speaking to your delegate about what you think our priorities should be as we move forward. You are welcome to contact any of the officers of Synod about matters of concern to you. For inter-governmental affairs, we recommend contacting the Ven. Dr. Harry Huskins, who does the bulk of that work on our behalf.

Metropolitan

The Most Rev. Colin Johnson, Archbishop of Ontario The Diocese of Toronto 135 Adelaide St. E., Toronto, ON, M5C 1L8 Telephone: (416) 363-6021/1-800-668-8932 ext. 250

MEETING INFORMATION

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he Provincial Synod will meet for its 35th session In Toronto from Wednesday, Oct. 14 to Friday, Oct. 16. The session will be held at St. Paul’s, Bloor Street in Toronto.

Registration will take place from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

The election of the Metropolitan (Archbishop) will take place on the Wednesday morning, with an installation service on the Thursday night.

The business sessions will include an update on the success of the reorganization of the Diocese of Moosonee and debate over what the priorities should be for the Synod’s work in the next three years.

Further information on registration, accommodation and the agenda can be found on the Provincial website: http://province-ontario.anglican.ca.

HISTORY

T

he Ontario Provincial Synod was created in 1912 when the old Province of Canada was divided in two, becoming the present day ecclesiastical provinces of Ontario and Canada. The old Province had come into being in 1861 and included the dioceses of Toronto, Huron and Ontario, along with Montreal and Quebec. The dioceses of Fredericton and Nova Scotia joined a few years later. The dioceses of Niagara (1875), Ottawa (1896), and Algoma (1873) were added later when they were created. The Diocese of Moosonee was transferred from the Province of Rupert’s Land to Ontario in 1935.

The focus of the old Province’s work was its Domestic and Foreign Mission Society and its Woman’s Auxiliary. With the establishment of the General Synod in 1893 and the transfer to it of this work, much of the reason for the old Province’s existence was lost. The dioceses in the civil Province of Ontario wanted to re-focus their efforts on social reform work at the legislature in Toronto but, understandably, the dioceses in Quebec and the Maritimes were not very interested in this. This tension led to the division of the old Province in 1912. Bishop James Sweeny summed this up in his Charge to the 1914 Toronto Synod: “The formation of the Provincial Synod of Ontario has made it possible for us to deal more effectively as respecting the Church in this Province.”

ELECTION OF THE METROPOLITAN

Prolocutor

The Rev. Canon Rob Towler Telephone: 519-743-0911 Email: robtowler@rogers.com

Executive Officers

The Ven. Dr. Harry Huskins The Ontario Provincial Synod Box 1168, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 5N7 Telephone: (705) 256-5061 Email: provsyn@soonet.ca The Rev. Susan DeGruchy The Ontario Provincial Synod 385 Lake George Road East, Echo Bay, ON, P0S 1C0 Telephone: (705) 248-1546 Email: micah6.8@vianet.ca

Communications, Honorary Clerical Secretary and Web Manager The Rev. Canon Andrew Chisholm Telephone: (613) 548-7254 Email: achisholm@ontario.anglican.ca

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he Metropolitan is the senior bishop of the Province and carries the title of Archbishop. The Metropolitan is the president of the Provincial Synod, its Provincial Council, and of the Ontario House of Bishops, and presides at the election of other bishops. Canon II of the Province’s constitution establishes a six-year term for the Office of Metropolitan, and only diocesan bishops are eligible for election.

Our present Metropolitan is Archbishop Colin Johnson.

Canon II provides that a present Metropolitan may be nominated for re-election by any member of the Synod. The election is by a secret ballot in two orders with the bishops and clergy voting together in one order and the laity in the other. A majority in both orders is needed for an election.

Social Media and Website Twitter: @ontanglicans

Website: Honorary Lay Secretary Mr. Garry Barker Telephone: (807) 622-1176 Email: gbarker@tbaytel.net)

http://province-ontario.anglican.ca/

CROSSTALK • September 2015 Page 11

COMMUNITY MINISTRIES

Counselling and Art Therapy at the Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre

By Sharon York, MA RP Executive Director OPC What a joy it is when I open the door to the Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre, and I hear the voices of children talking and playing at the reading table - children waiting to meet with Marijan Grobbink OPC Counsellor and Art Therapist. Our children’s voices need to be heard and when their voices falter or fall silent we can offer other ways to help them share their stories and their feelings.

In 2012, with the support from a GIFT grant the OPC began offering Art Therapy and Counselling to children and adolescents. Just like adults, children face many difficult life challenges: loss of a loved one, relationship and family crisis, depression

“You don’t have to be a child to come, just a person who wants to creat and explore.”

By Karen, Grateful Client of Cornerstone I was given up for adoption at birth, and at two months of age I was adopted by a married couple. For some reason, I’ve always felt disconnected from the world.

I suffered my first bout of depression at the age of eight spending most of my time alone. For 29 years I worked as a Certified Health Care Aide, devoting my life and compassion to the needy and sick. A while ago, I realized that while I was taking care of others, I was not taking care of myself. I felt lost, abandoned, rejected and unloved. By the age of 30, I had turned to drugs and my life took a downward spiral.

Eventually I began to let all of the things I truly loved go. By the time I turned 41, I hit rock bottom. I was fed up and knew I needed to surrender my past full of addictions and trauma. I decided to change my life and, in order to do that, I would need

to move.

I’ve been living at Cornerstone Shelter for Women for over a year now. My first goal was to sign up for addictions treatment. I graduated from an addictions program and have been sober ever since.

My creativity and passion have returned and I now embrace my art and poetry and have even started exercising again.

Like most people, I need support, and the counselors at Cornerstone are like Guardian Angels. They are the compassionate family I never had. I view my time here as a journey to healing and salvation. Today I strive to be a leader and a rolemodel. Life is not over when a woman becomes homeless.

She can regain her dignity, strength, hope, faith and will to live with sobriety and recovery. There are successful careers and promising futures ahead of each and every homeless woman.

and other mental health issues. Marijan explains, “The Art therapist relies on basic materials like paint, pastels, clay, puppets and genuine creativity. Children usually respond well to Counselling and Art Therapy. It gives them a chance to get a bit messy while they’re express-

ing their feelings and experiences within a supportive and therapeutic environment.”

The OPC Counselling and Art Therapy program is also open to adults. You don’t have to be a child to come, just a person who wants to create and explore. Counselling and Art Therapy is about learning to understand, express, and care for one’s self. “It’s a matter of getting people comfortable with the idea of expressing their feelings through art therapy and making a start with simple exercises. Art therapy can help us to re-connect with our creativity and ultimately to work through issues that are troubling us,” says Marijan.

The Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre is one of the Diocese of Ottawa’s five

Community Ministries. The OPC’s confidential and professional counselling services have been woven into the fabric of the Diocese for over 45 years. Through its focus on mental health care the OPC is committed to making a difference in the lives of those whom we serve. The next time you meet us ask about the OPC Counselling Support Fund. A fund sustained through ongoing charitable givings that ensures that the most vulnerable in our community can access professional counselling.

This Fall please ask us about the many different ways that the Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre, Cornerstone, The Well, Centre 454 and St Luke’s Table are reaching out to build relationships, create community

and speak hope to God’s world. Join us in supporting the Community Ministries of the Diocese of Ottawa.

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SAM LAPRADE

Sharon York, Executive Director OPC, with Marijan Grobbink, OPC Counseelor and Art Therapist.

Karen’s Story of Hope Cindy Finally Feels Like She Belongs

Crosstalk Submission Deadlines: October - August 25 November - September 25 December - October 25

By Shea Kiely, Executive Director St. Luke’s Table Cindy was completely isolated in her apartment.

Neighbours were very worried about Cindy as she was dealing with some mental health issues.

Although hesitant Cindy walked through the doors of St. Luke’s Table and it was life changing for her. Staff greeted Cindy and welcomed her into our community. Her first experience was so positive - she finally felt like she belonged!

Cindy now comes to St. Luke’s Table every day.

She has become incredibly close with the staff and participants. Developing friend-

“Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.”

—Anthony Burgess

ships, volunteering and participating have been very beneficial for Cindy’s mental health.

Cindy’s story is not unique.

We meet people daily at St. Luke’s Table who are

alone and in need of support.

When men and women come to St. Luke’s Table they leave with full tummies and even fuller hearts.

We cannot do this alone.

We rely on the generosity of donors in the Ottawa community.

With over 1000 visits a week, St. Luke’s Table is essential. Providing breakfast and lunch along with recreational activities, a writing group, hygiene supplies, supportive listening, and access to a variety of community supports – St. Luke’s Table provides a lifeline to our community’s most vulnerable people.

NEWS

Farewell

By Stephanie Boyd A Farewell Reception was held for Art Babych and Lisa Chisolm-Smith in Lauder Hall at Christ Church Cathedral.

During the reception, Art was gifted with bound copies of his 100 Crosstalk publishings, graciously collected by Glen Lockwood.

Lisa Chislom-Smith relocated to the Diocese of Ontario, and Art Babych is enjoying retirement.

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STEPHANIE BOYD

Art Babych, The Rev. Lisa Chisolm-Smith, with Bishop Chapman during their reception 24 June 2015.

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GROWING IN FAITH

We are ONE e are ONE Body and you all have gifts to contribute. The challenge we have moving forward from this space is how do we share the gifts we have, as if the people we meet at church and in the worl beyond are not so different, but part of ONE Body.”

“W

- Rev. Jean-Daniel Williams Listen to Rev. Jean-Daniel’s sermon online: http://bit.ly/1lCequ4

My Diocesan Youth Conference the activity about expressing your “Forfaithmeinpersonally, your community was very spiritual, because it

helped to see the good values in myself and how to share them with others. I want to thank Deborah, all the leaders at DYC and others who made this event possible.”

- Shane, St. Thomas

“I

was amazed at the young people who created a community together, and interacted so generously with one another. I enjoyed all of it, with particular glee to be woken very early Sunday morning by music coming form the “glen” — not the skirl of the pipes, but a loud electric guitar playing the opening riff from Smoke on the Water. What a splendid way to greet the Sabbath!”

- Deborah, St. Thomas

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Diocesan Youth Conference Participants

LEAH KUBANEK

See CALENDAR on p.20 for upcoming events!

Creating Worship Experiences…

- Continued from page 1 into to your community to influence and change it.

III. Relevancy Is our worship relevant to and influencing how those in our community live? Is how we worship universal, or is it only relatable to a specific group of people? Relevant communities grow because they meet people where they are at. Want to honestly know if your church service is relevant? Ask yourself and your community: “What did I (you) learn today, and how does it affect and influence who I am (you are)?” ___________ What I love about working in youth ministry is the openness of teens to try new things. Now, you might be

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DYC ‘CAPUTURING THE ESSENCE OF GOD’ PARTICIPANT

Christie Lake, during the afternoon worlshop Capturing the Essence of God; where participants learned the basics of digital photography and were tasked to become image makers while looking for God in new ways. thinking, “I’d love to meet the youth you work with, because getting our youth to do anything new is like pulling teeth.” But, here’s a secret, the youth I work with, are the same youth you have in your parishes. Consider the three previously mentioned points.

Is the new thing you’re asking them to try: Part of the their common voice? Relevant to who they are? And accessible to where they’re at?

I think what we often forget about our youth, generation Z, is that they are deeply intrigued and awestruck by spir-

itual things. Though some may not profess to have a faith of any particular kind, they all have questions and are very willing to seek out answers in places that are safe to do so.

At our Diocesan Youth Conference this year we sought to call out these questions and entertain this curiosity. Whether it was asking questions about other faiths and spirituality during our Faith Leader’s Hot Seat or participating in workshops ranging from slam poetry and photography, to sexuality and your faith community, the teens seized the opportunity. We even explored new expressions of worship, lead by our worship band. And through all of our experiences, explorations, and interactions at DYC we worshipped.

I talked to one teenager who put it this way,

“You know, I often feel I’m treated like I don’t know much about anything in church. But, here I feel like I’m treated as an equal. I have as much to contribute as I do to learn.”

Isn’t that what we are all searching for, worship that we can contribute to as much as we can learn from?

As we begin a new season of ministry in our parishes, my encouragement to you would be to press onward and seek out a deeper, a more relevant, and a more accessible worship experience in your community. And in so doing, may you discover your common voice; our collective voice.

For more DYC Reflections from Zack visit: zackingles.com

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GROWING IN FAITH

Faith Leaders in the Hot Seat A chance to ask any question you have to leaders of Jewish, Muslim, abd Christian faiths. Questions could be on religion, beliefs, the world, favourite super heroes…

Anything you’ve been dying to ask a faith leader!

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LEAH KUBANEK

Rabbi Maranta, Imam Jebara, and Rev. Williams; enjoying a laugh .

Who were the Faith Leader Panelists?

• Imam Dr. Mohamad Jebara, Chief Imam abd Resident Scholar at the Cordova Spiritual Education Centre.

• Rabbi Anna Maranta, CSpiritual Leader of The Glebe Minyan, as well as a life coach and counsellor.

• Rev. Jean-Daniel Williams, Ecumenical Protestant Chaplain at McGill University (United Church and Anglican).

What Were They Asked?

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hat does this mean to you: “W‘Your body is the temple of

ow do you respond to Atheists who confront you about your religion?”

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God’?”

an anyone come to worship with you or do they have to be of your religion?”

See them again at Faith Leaders in the Hot Seat 2.0. Saturday, 21 November 2015, at St. James, Manotick from 6-9pm.

Contact Donna Rourke for deatils: youth@stjames-manotick.org

NEWS

By Art Babych Bishop John Chapman dedicated the newly built Great Hall of Christ Church Cathedral to the glory of God, on Pentecost Sunday, 24 May 2015.

Accompanying the Bishop were the Very Rev. Shane Parker, Dean of Ottawa, and members of the Cathedral Hill Joint Venture Project from 2006 - 2015.

The dedication of the Great Hall was made following the Choral Eucharist and confirmation in the church of 18 individuals from five parishes in the Diocese.

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ART BABYCH

Confirmands from Pentecost Sunday 2015.

Confirmands: Christ Church Cathedral: • Ezra Jacobs • Cyrus Chan All Saints Westboro: • Anthony James • Michael James Hew Jones

St. Barnabas, Deep River: • Bradley Audet • Eric Birchall • Isaac Birchall • Asa Dillenbeck • James Dillenbeck • Chloe Stuart • Alexander Wray

St. Matthias, Ottawa: • Noah Hofstatter • Rebecca Laffin • Matthew Lyall • Jeffrey Alan Grant Wheeler (Reaffirmed)

St. Richard, Ottawa: • Elizabeth Whittaker • Claire Parker • Liam Parker

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Ten. Ten plagues sent out over Egypt. Boils and frogs, gnats and flies, blood and darkness, plagues proving that sometimes, you need a little darkness before liberation.

Nine.

Nine fruits of the Holy Spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

Hold them like a dove in your hand. Let them go into the world.

Eight.

There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years. And he said, get up, roll up your mat, and walk, Jesus Christ has healed you as he heals all of us. Jesus haunts hospital rooms, holds hands. Jesus heals the sick and hurting, comforts those whose hearts are too heavy to be held by their ribcage alone.

Seven.

Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.” Because this is the power of our religion, the gift of being forgiven, the power of god’s love.

Six. Six days of creation, God shaping the earth in hands so large that they’ll catch you every time you fall. Six days of “let there be light”, of life sparkling out of void, And the birds sing praises and the fish swirl in calculated patterns that mirror the murmurations of starlings and angels in heaven.

Five.

Five loaves and two fishes feeding five thousand, because from the beginning, our religion was about feeding the hungry, helping the hurting, sharing the blessings we have.

Four.

Four gospels – gospels that are dissected and criticized, shared and glorified, but in the end are about our lives, and the life of our god. From birth to baptism, parables to miracles, crucifixion to resurrection to ascension.

Truth.

Three.

Three days passed as our saviour lay dead in the tomb.

Three days of grief and three days of sorrow, three days spent hoping that tomorrow will bring life again, and when the third day did such joy was felt as may never be felt again, because right then, we were freed.

Two. Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. it doesn’t matter why they’re there. it doesn’t matter who they are. It doesn’t matter where. all that matters is that they care, they care that god is among them. It could be two fishermen up at four in the morning, spoon-feeding prayers to the sunrise. it could be two children, lacing praises in with hopscotch chalk lines. it could be two teenagers, drunk on the kitchen floor at midnight, hoping something will come along and save them.

One. Because, though many, we are one body, and we share in one bread, we believe in one God. Because even though we have ten plagues nine fruits eight years paralyzed seven sins forgiven six days of creation five loaves of generosity four books, our history three days of grief two gathered together we are, and always will be, one.

- Kiera Sandrock, DYC Participant

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NEWS

Military Chaplains Have Three Lines of Accountability

By Padre (Major) Mario Gaulin, Senior Chaplain to 4 CDSB Garrison Petawawa Did you know that your unit chaplain is not only accountable to the military Commanding Officer but also to the Royal Canadian Chaplain Service chain of command and to his/her religious denomination? Before people can become military chaplains, they have to meet the education requirements and also receive an accreditation from a denominational group. If they lose their religious accreditation, they lose their job as a chaplain!

This religious accountability is monitored by a denominational representative on the Interfaith Committee on Military Chaplaincy (ICCMC). This committee supports the Royal Canadian Chaplain Service in its mission.

• acts as a direct link between chaplains and their respective civilian faith group authorities, • is the common channel

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CHANTAL DUBE, CHAPLAIN SECRETARY

Rt. Rev. Peter R. Coffin, Anglican Bishop Ordinary to the Canadian Forces, recently made a pastoral visit with the Anglican Chaplains at Garrison Petawawa. Backrow from left: David Egers (Bapt), Bill Hodson (CMA), Michael Gagne (ACC), Shaun Turner (ACC), Ray Smith (Wly Meth), and Wayne Sollows (Bapt). Front row from left: James Lee (Bapt), Mario Gaulin (Bapt), Bishop Peter Coffin (ACC), and Liam Thomas (ACC).

Seven other chaplains working in Petawawa were absent. between the faith groups of Canada and the Government of Canada, and with the Office of the Chaplain General, • ensures that the integrity of all faith groups within the military is respected and that

reasonable provision, subject to operational requirements, is made for the practice of their faith, • exercise religious oversight of the ministry of chaplains,

• sets the academic, spiritual and professional standards required and to assist in the selection of chaplains and to assume responsibility for endorsement and, if needs be, withdrawal of the

same, • consults with the Chaplain General on the appointment of Principal Chaplains (Roman Catholic) and (Protestant), and other (Jewish/ Muslim/Orthodox), • assist in the exercise of pastoral care for the chaplains and their families, and • provides advice and assistance in the areas of worship, religious education, pastoral ministry, Chapel Life and all other areas of religious and moral import.

On 25 March 2015, the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) Representative to the ICCMC, Bishop Peter Coffin, had a pastoral visit with our ACC Chaplains (Padres Liam Thomas, Shaun Turner, and Michael Gagne) here at Garrison Petawawa. He also had a courtesy visit with the 4 CDSG Commander, Colonel Gagne. Your ACC chaplains are doing well; no worry! But then, all your chaplains in Petawawa appreciate your prayers so that they can keep on ministering effectively.

Foundation Work in The Diocese

By Art Babych The future for the Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) is looking good as it approaches its 60th anniversary in 2017, members were told at the organization’s annual general meeting in Ottawa May 27.

2014 was a “strong year for the Anglican Church of Canada thanks to the generosity and vision of a revitalized Anglican Foundation,” said AFC Executive Director Judy Rois.

Created by a motion from General Synod in 1957, the foundation is now in the latter stages of a robust phase of a strategic plan adopted a few years ago that included re-branding and a plan of action to push its message across the country, she added. “We are continuing to move from being unknown as an organization, to being recognizable, Rois said.

“We’re moving from hidden, to visible, and we’re moving from reserved to accessible. “ The foundation’s stated aim is “to provide abundant

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ART BABYCH

Judy Rois, AFC Executive Director resources for innovative ministries, Anglican presence, and diverse infrastructure projects across the Canadian Church.”

In presenting the financial report for the year 2014, Dr. Alex Faseruk, chair of the finance committee, said the Anglican Foundation gave out almost $730,000 through a total of 105 grants, compared to $450,000 in 2013.

“We did distribute much more money (in 2014) and that is a sign of financial success,” he said. Over $300,000

of the money was for Innovative ministries, Anglican presence and Infrastructure projects. “We’re very good at giving money away, which of course, as a foundation, we love to do,” he said. “So what we do is go and get more money, so it’s a vicious circle we’re quite pleased to be a part of.”

The foundation’s surpluses are also improving, said Faseruk. “We have about $17 million in assets and that been steadily increasing.”

The foundation’s annual meeting was held in Cathedral Hall following Evensong in the church. Dean Shane Parker is a member of the Anglican Foundation’s board of directors. The primate, Archbishop Fred Hiltz is chair of the board.

In his comments, the primate said of the Anglican Foundation, “We are no longer a slot machine run by a few people, we are no longer just supporting bricks and mortar, far more.” The foundation is supporting people and ministries and is looking

at bricks and mortar projects from the point of view of seeing churches and parish halls as facilities for God’s mission, he said. “I know from traveling this church of ours that in many northern, rural, remote isolated places, all the other churches have gone and the Anglican church of Canada is still there.

The Ven. Dr. PJ Hobbs, Director of Mission for the diocese, brought greetings to the gathering from Bishop John Chapman, who sent his regrets. Hobbs also gave several examples of “important initiatives” in ministry that have been enabled in the diocese of Ottawa by grants from the Anglican Foundation, including the newly renovated diocesan Archives.

“So we, as a diocese, are incredibly grateful for the work of the foundation and we’re delighted not only to be a member but a community and a diocese that benefits from this work,” he said.

The Ven. Bruce Myers, who is General Synod’s Coordinator of Ecumenical and

Interfaith Relations, spoke to the group about the impact of the bursary provided to him through a foundation grant for his Doctor of Ministry studies at Saint Paul University in Ottawa. The Catholic university has had a fully integrated Anglican Studies program since 1981 as part of its ecumenical commitment, he said. “The Anglican Foundation’s grant covers the majority of my tuition and expenses for an entire year of my D. Min studies and for that I am deeply grateful,” he said.

Through its funding of ecumenical research and its encouragement of interfaith collaboration the foundation is giving “tangible expression to that most Canadian contribution to the Anglican Communion’s Marks of Mission, the fourth,” he said. It is the mark that “exhorts us not only to transform unjust structures of society but to challenge violence of every kind, and also to pursue peace and reconciliation.”

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DIOCESAN ARCHIVES

Arnprior Deanery Gothic into Queen Anne.

By Glen Lockwood The original Saint Mark’s Church at Pakenham, Upper Canada was built circa 1839 on land donated by William McAdam. Prior to 1826, Church of England services had been held only occasionally in Pakenham. A burial ground was obtained in 1839. By 1844, the congregation attending the original house of worship comprised the central station of what came to be known as the Mission of Pakenham.

A parsonage was built in 1863 on land donated by Owen McCarthy.

From 1862 to 1869 Pakenham was in the Mission of Fitzroy & Pakenham along with Fitzroy Harbour, and locales known as the Fitzroy Drill Shed from 1867, and Fitzroy 9th Line from 1867.

In this last year, the mission’s name reverted back to Pakenham. By 1870, the mission consisted of Pakenham, Pakenham 11th Line, and a congregation on Fitzroy’s third concession line.

A second Saint Mark’s

Church - the house of worship we see here - began building in 1876, with funds donated by one Reverend Dr. Bailey. The cornerstone was laid on 2 August of that year and the church was consecrated by Bishop John Travers Lewis on 5 January 1883. This church seems not to have been located exactly where its predecessor had been, as material from the old church was sold off in 1885. From 1874 to 1900 Pakenham parish included churches at Pakenham, Antrim, Fitzroy 9th Line, and Mohr’s Corners (from 1879 to 1881).

As built in the 1870s, Saint

Mark’s Church was a High Victorian Gothic Revival house of worship, as were most Anglican churches in that day. What made Saint Mark’s stand out were the horizontal string courses of white brick in the red brick walls and the flared lower edge of the main roof that projected rain water out beyond the masonry buttresses and walls.

Land for a new cemetery was purchased in 1898. The addition of a tower, spire and transept around 1901 completed the fabric of Saint Mark’s. While the Gothic Revival theme was maintained in the new additions,

especially in the use of white brick string courses, the new larger composition reflected the popularity of the Queen Anne Revival in domestic architecture.

Rarely used in churches, the Queen Anne Revival was an architectural style prevalent in late nineteenth century Britain and North America that featured a romantic reinterpretation of the early 18th century Queen Anne style, incorporating details and elements of many other styles such as Flemish, Romanesque, Adam style, and Second Empire. United States and Canadian examples included exuberant wood shingle, stone, stucco, and clapboard buildings with bold multi-colour schemes.

Some have described it as a style that added anything that looked good.

Here we see Saint Mark’s Church in a photograph printed on a postcard dating from 3 September 1948. By the mid-twentieth century it was not an easy building to photograph because of the numerous trees surrounding it. Saint Mark’s is located at the top of a hill in the village

of Pakenham, but an entire stranger to the vicinity would be unable to gather from this photo just how dramatic a view the church commands.

By 1900 the parish included Pakenham, Antrim for the years 1900 to 1906, and White Lake (later known as Waba) from 1912, and Cedar Hill until 1908. From 1970 to 1998, the Parish of Pakenham was made up of the churches in Pakenham, Antrim, Galetta and Waba. An addition to the burial ground was purchased in 1983. ___________ The Diocesan Archives (613 232-7124, ext. 234) collects service bulletins and leaflets for all regular and special events in each church.

If you would like to help the Archives preserve the records of the Diocese, why not become a Friend of the Archives? Your $20 membership brings you three issues of the Newsletter, and you will receive a tax receipt for all further donations above that amount.

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NEWS

Mission Trips Close to Home...

Confirmation Service at St. Vincent’s Hospital

Inspiration from St. John the Evangelist Youth Group (Hamilton, ON)

By Leslie Giddings I hosted St. John’s Youth Group on Canada at the Synod office on July 1st.

They used our space as starting point for their Random Acts of Kindness during the Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill. Here are some key insights and inspiration that I took from my time with them.

When I asked them why they wanted to do their mission trip in Ottawa, Emily Hill their volunteer coordinator explained that in the past they had travelled to the USA but that staying in Ontario had many benefits.

Firstly, it was accessible cost wise for everyone to participate. The cost for the trip was born by the group and paid for by their fundraising efforts as a group. These efforts gave a focus and a goal for the group throughout the year. No one was excluded due to lack of financial support at home.

Secondly, it was important

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St. John the Evangelist Youth Group, Hamilton, Onatrio to see the needs that exist not so far from home. The group volunteered at two of the Diocese’s community ministries: The Well and St. Luke’s Table. They learned about how the ministries work and it was easy for them to make connections to their own communities.

Thirdly, they made connections here in the Diocese that will continue beyond their mission trip. They met the F.A.I.T.H team from St. James, Manotick and connected with one another about the experience of going to the Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth (CLAY) gathering in August 2016.

Emily comments that her group was inspired to consider CLAY for 2016- embarking on another journey they had never tried before!

My take away from the experience was that this was a trip organized by a team of volunteers and the parish priest- not a paid youth leader. There were many people invested in the Christian journey of these teens. I observed that the teens really cared about their leaders and that there was a true spirit of community. The theme for their group this year is, “Come and See”. I was so glad that I did!

Prayer Matters

By Paul Dumbrille Under the Banner of Prayer is Our Thing, Anglicans from across Canada gathered in June at Lavrock Camp and Conference Centre, a facility near St. John’s that is maintained by the Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador. The event was a consultation organized by the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer (AFP) where Diocesan Prayer Representatives (DR’s) from across Canada and the AFP Executive gathered to share their ministry of encouraging people to pray and to look to the future.

As the Representative for the Diocese of Ottawa, I was inspired by what God is doing through others, and the possibilities of what can be done in our Diocese to encourage people to pray in their daily lives, not just in worship services. The AFP Executive has pledged to concentrate on working to make AFP relevant in today’s fast changing, electronically connected, and busy world. Priority is being

“One size does not fit all.” given to: providing support to Diocesan Representatives; upgrading the ways we communicate to people across the country; and revising the financial structure to promote participation in the work of AFP. Each day of the gathering started with a Gospel Based Discipleship (GBD) exercise which offered the thirty plus participants an opportunity to reflect and to share with each other what the Lord was saying to each of us, and calling us to do as a result of reading a passage of scripture. GBD is a form of biblical reflection based on the practice of many of our indigenous people.

Music played a crucial role during the consultation, not only in our times of praise but also as our primary form

of prayer. By concentrating on the words and tunes of music, both became a prayer; reminding us that the one who sings, prays twice.

The challenge for me, is to take the excitement, ideas and suggestions that emerged at the gathering and apply them to our Diocese. It seems to me that the best basis for furthering the work of encouraging prayer throughout our Diocese is to work with both clergy and lay people at the parish level to provide leadership, education and resources that suit local needs.

One size does not fit all. To that end I will be doing my best to contact parishes and seek out those who will help in the vital ministry of inspiring people to pray to God through Jesus Christ, in the ways that work best for them.

I encourage anybody who believes that Prayer Matters to feel free to contact me and/or look at www.anglicanprayer.org, which we hope will be upgraded and improved in the days ahead.

By Art Babych On Monday June 8, at 11 am, an unprecedented service of Confirmation was held at St. Vincent’s Hospital, in which Bishop John Chapman confirmed longtime Hospital resident Jane Scott.

This Confirmation service took place as part of the regular monthly Anglican Eucharist which is celebrated at St. Vincent’s Hospital on the second Monday of every month, as it has been for a great many years.

In the course of Canon Box’s weekly ministry to the patients, Jane Scott, who has lived at the Hospital for over ten years, asked to be confirmed, and Canon Box arranged a pastoral visit by Bishop Chapman. Several of Jane’s family from outside Ottawa were able to be present for the event.

This happy occasion was followed by a festive reception enjoyed by all, with a cake and flowers provided by the volunteers. There were many guests and friends present for the service, including previous volunteers who had long known Mrs. Scott.

The Anglican team at St. Vincent’s Hospital consists of Rev. Canon Allen Box, the Anglican chaplain to the Hospital, Frances Macdonnell, Organist and Choir Director, a choir of seven

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Rev. Canon Allen Box, Jane Scott, and Bishop John Chapman, at the Confirmation Service singers including long-time volunteer Garth Hampson, and a faithful team of Anglican volunteers led by Sheila Ruban. The cost of Canon Box’s ministry for 2015-2016 is supported by a Diocesan GIFT grant.

Nursing care support from St. Vincent’s Hospital is co-ordinated by Rebekah Hackbusch, Co- ordinator of Spiritual and Religious Care, Bruyère Continuing Care.

The volunteers for this ministry take the patients, all of whom are in wheelchairs, to and from their rooms before and after the monthly service. If you are interested in joining this team of volunteers, please contact Rebekah Hackbusch at: rhackbusch@bruyere.org

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NEWS

Daily Bread Project

By Mariya Lupandina, Summer Student The Daily Bread Project sites have been buzzing with action through out the 2014-2015 school year. From cutting out fruits from grocery store flyers to create a shopping list for a fruit salad at Great Gatineau to preparing a spectacular spaghetti dinner for the whole community at Poltimore, it truly was a busy one! Here we have a few letters/cards from students sharing their favorite activities and memories with the Project. Thank you for another fantastic year!

Anglican Diocese, our whole school is very thankful that you could “Dear help 400 people have a wonderful day filled with learning for our future”

- Lana appreciate you for giving us food every morning. You never know if somebody is hungry” - Luke, Grade 2

super fun becazuse you get “It’sto learn “I how to make the dishes.

We made shepherd’s pie and taco pizzas!”

- Karina

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hank you for the food at Great Gatineau school. Everybody loves it and it helps me concentrate on my work.”

- Adrian, Grade 2

day I forgot to eat. My “Oneteacher said, “Go to the snack

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healthy. It helps us be able to have a healthy lifestyle and be able to plan a healthy meal. Kids are able to learn how to make healthy food and how to clean up after making the food. It helps kids build teamwork by working together” - Cameron

PARISH NEWS

These Are a Few of Our Favourite Hymns…

By Laurel O’Connor The music of worship is an integral part of the Anglican service – and the singing of hymns is a particularly beloved part of our tradition.

What is a hymn? Most simply, it is a song of praise – but hymns are structured, with rhyme schemes and metrical verses. There are thousands of them. Leaf through a hymn book and you will see that each hymn has its own name.

Hymnals contain treasures from the earliest centuries of Christianity, with outpourings through the years of creativity and beauty in prayerfulness, praise and passion.

Hymns ancient and modern continue to inspire new texts, and musicians compose fresh music for new, rediscovered and translated texts.

From Canada’s west coast to the east, from twenties to seventies, here are the thoughts of some who love hymns, each asked to name their favourite.

Jennifer, twenty-six, an intermittent churchgoer, relishes the early American Southern Harmony melodies. She

finds them unpredictable and mysterious, tilting between major and minor keys. Best, for her, are the ones that can be learned and sung easily, with no false accents caused by poor alignment of music and text. Her favourite of the Southern Harmony hymns is Come, You Sinners, sung to the tune Restoration, with the haunting refrain, ‘In the arms of my dear Saviour, O, there are ten thousand charms’.

Violinist Michael Shirlaw of Oshawa says that his favourite hymn is Abide With Me. Henry Francis Lyte, poet and Anglican divine, wrote the words in 1847, some months before he succumbed to tuberculosis. William Monk composed Eventide for the poem in 1861.

Michael chose Abide With Me because it holds spe-

cial memories for him, and because of the meaningful words. “Last year,” says Michael, “for a Remembrance Day service, I was asked to choose a piece to play on the violin during a peaceful moment. Immediately this hymn came to mind.”

Chorister Julie Cross’ favourite is What Wondrous Love is This. Julie learned this hymn in Common Praise just fifteen years ago, though she already had an eager ear for any Southern Harmony hymns from her time at a Methodist Church in Vermont in the 1980s. Text and music were published together in 1811 as a shape-note hymn from the American South. Several sets of lyrics had been sung to this tune – attributed to the English folksong The Ballad of Captain Kidd – before it became

associated with the sacred text. The words reference Exodus 3: 14 and John 3: 6 and make use of the singular pronoun “I”. Julie says that “the words place the individual at the crossroads of relationship between the Creator and Christ. The last verse is about eternity: the singer, freed from death, keeps singing on. For me, there is mystical dimension and concreteness enough in this image to hold me up even on my most limited days.”

Cynthia, from Victoria, says her favourite hymn is In the Garden, a gospel song

by American songwriter C. Austin Miles, published one hundred and one years ago.

“The first time I heard it,” she remembers, “I was about three. My family’s home in Nepean had a large lot, much of which was given over to various types of gardens. Whenever I heard the hymn, I would get a mental image of my dad working in the flowerbeds. It was a safe and welcoming feeling. My memories of the song are of myself as a small child walking hand in hand in the gar-

den with my father.”

Since childhood, I have considered many hymns to be old friends. My favourite hymn has long been Old 100th (so named because of the music’s association with the 100th Psalm). All people that on earth do dwell is a paraphrase of Psalm 100 and comes from the AngloGenevan Psalter of 1561.

The music also dates from the mid-16th century. Old 100th is a noble tune, measured, and assured. It has set by many composers, including Parry, Britten and Vaughan Williams. A beautiful and unique setting was created in 2003 by Rohahes (Iain Phillips) (1954-2006) in his composition ‘Ron wa son na iens/A Creation Hymn of Praise’. The genius is in the meeting of classical Western music and First Peoples’ music. The old hymn is sung in alternating verses in English and Mohawk, blending with solo chant, flute, rainstick, drums and the traditional Great Thanksgiving prayer orated in Mohawk.

Has a particular hymn been a friend to you?

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ANGLICAN CHURCH WOMEN

United Nations Commission …

- Continued from page 1

An except from Rev. Carolyn’s address to the Annual Meeting of the ACW. Because our lives are interconnected and interdependent our liberation is caught up in the liberation of others.

In a sense, we are each only as free to the extent that our sisters are free. So regardless of what occupation we, as women, undertake today… we must all work towards upholding the dignity of every woman and striving for the empowerment of each and every woman in the world.

And this isn’t only the work of women in terms of it being a ‘women’s issue’ but gender equity is a human rights issues that needs to include the voices and commitment of men and boys and even be championed and spearheaded by them. No country in the world has achieved gender equity … it seems to elude us.

But we are not without hope.

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Rev. Carolyn Seabrook shares an intersting point at the annual ACW meeting.Carolyn recently joined a group of Canadian women at the UN, as they were discussing women’s past progress and setting future goals.

Drawing together at an event like the UN Commission on the Status of Women (as I was blessed to be able to do with the help of the sponsorship of the ACW) reveals the suffering and inequality that exists but also shines light on the signs of hope that emerge

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through the work of many faithful and committed people throughout the world.

It’s important for the Church to be familiar with the UN Development goals (both the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that just wrapped up and the upcoming Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will be approved at the UN Summit this September and implemented in January 2016). We need to look at the big picture and ensure that the Church is part of the solution (at all levels and in all geographic areas), working in tandem with the deep needs that have been identified, knowing that when one person is diminished we are all diminished in some way.

I encourage all of us to keep informed about the work of the International Anglican Women’s Network, the Anglican Alliance, the Canadian Council of Churches and the work of our own Diocese on the topic of ‘Engaging God’s World’.

The vision found in the

MDGs was of a world without extreme poverty and hunger; where everyone has access to basic education; where women and men are genuinely equal; where mothers have more immediate and professional medical care; where children can start their lives in good health; where all people have access to the means to prevent and treat diseases; where environmental sustainability underlies all of our development activities; and where we all can work together as part of a global partnership for development. …that vision sounds very similar to the vision of God’s kingdom.

May we continue to pray and work together for God’s Kingdom to come.

The Rev. Carolyn Seabrook is Incumbent of The Parish of Kars-Osgoode, a member of the Engaging God’s World Task Force and of the Canadian Council of Churches Human Trafficking Working Group.

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By Leslie Worden Dear friends, As the ACW members continue to support our northern Anglican communities, you are invited to pray monthly for parishes in the Diocese of the Arctic.

At every meeting, please pray for the staff and people of the parish in iqauluit, and their clergy: Very Rev. Jonas & Meena Allooloo, Rev. Methusaleh & Martha Kunuk, as well as Bishop Paul & Abigail Idlout (retired).

Prayers are also invited for St. Jude’s Cathedral, Bishop David & Rita Parsons, Bishop of the Arctic as well as Bishop Darren & Karen McCartney, Suffragen Bishop.

Prayer Calendar:

September: • Great White River; Rev. Canon Tom & Marianne Martin • Inukjuak; Rt. Rev. Andrew & Mary Atagotaaluk • Puvirnituq; Rev. Moses & Iga Kalliraq • Akulivik October: • Salluit • Kangirsuk • Pangnirtung (All without clergy) December: • Ulukhaktok • Cambridge Bay •Tuktoyaktuk (All without clergy) January: • Qikiqtarjuaq; Rev. Loasie & Jeela Kooneeluisie • Clyde River; Rev. Jacobie Iqalukjuak • Pond Inlet; Rev. Caleb & Zippora Sangoya

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Leslie Worden

February: • Arctic Bay; Rev. Leah Qaqqasiq & Frank May • Igloolik; Rev. Tommy & Olassie Evic • Coral Harbour; Rev. Lucassie

& Nowyah Nakoolak March: • Baker Lake; Rev. Joedee & Vivian Joedee • Rankin Inlet; without clergy • Arviat; Rev. Lucy & Joe Netser April: • Aklavik; Rev. Stuart & Margaret Brown • Inuvik; Rev. Stephen & Michelle Martin • Fort McPherson; Rev. Hannah Alexie & Rev. Mary Teya May: • Fort Simpson; Jessie & Raymond Chaulk • Hay River; Rev. Vivial Smith • Fort Smith; Rev. Davis Lehmann June: • Yellowknife; Rev. Joseph & Jennifer Royal, Rev. Francis & Kassandra Delaplain, Rt. Rev. Chris & Rona Williams • Taloyoak; Rev. Ikey & ELizabeth Nashooriatuk •Kugluktuk; Rev. Paul Williams

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Great Expectations

By Arch Campbell A key factor of wellness is having work that fits one’s aspirations, satisfies one’s sense of contribution to society and is personally fulfilling.

Primary producers like farmers, actors, artisans, manufacturers, inventors, and high tech specialists find fulfillment in creating products that are needed, accessible, and timely.

The middle workers like brokers, wholesalers, negotiators and agents thrive while matching the right product with the right market.

Retailers find satisfaction in offering to the consumer the best product at the right price and at the right time.

Public servants and professionals find their reward in providing the best services and expertise to make life better for their clients.

Many, like medical and legal specialists, police and firefighters work to heal and protect their clients. And these people work within parameters defined by law, professional standards and society, as well as their own training, skills, and qualifications.

The expectations for all of the above are within the same parameters.

However, expectations placed on both clergy and their families, both those explicitly expressed or assumed, are not as clearly defined. We have been talking about the wide range of the expecta-

“Expectations are the root of all heartache.”

— William Shakespeare

tions of clergy at every meeting of the Bishop’s Advisory Panel on Clergy Wellness.

And there is no simple way to talk about them.

So, in an act of desperation, we decided to share with you something that does make the clergy chuckle.

The clergy job description: Clergy shall be all things to all people at all time. This includes family, congregations, the community, fellow clergy, the Archdeacon, the Bishop and God. In order to meet the requirements of the job description one must become the Ideal Priest.

Qualifications for the Ideal Priest: • is 28 years old with 30 years experience • is happy with a stipend of $40,000 a year and, in turn, tithes at least $22,000 • has a perfect family or is very devoted to the parental units. Where there is a clergy spouse, that spouse has a key but highly variable and somewhat vague role in the parish.

• spends at least eight hours a day visiting parishioners in their homes or at a hospital and is always in the office in case of need • sits on a minimum of five diocesan committees, panels or commissions and never misses a meeting • always attends community events and all performances of family members on stage or on the sporting fields • dresses well but only in sensible and long lasting styles nothing flashy • drives a nice car but never has the nicest car in the church parking lot • provides sermons that are always challenging but never disturbing and last less than eleven minutes. These sermons always fit tightly to the readings of the day • never has moods, is ever cheerful and full of dignified, but effective and instructive, humour • is a master of administrative matters; where all parochial and diocesan reports are prepared before they are due, any confusing or contradictory instructions are clarified, and as definitions or instructions change, the changes are documented for the use and guidance of future incumbents • when assuming leadership of a new parish no changes are made to confuse or bother anyone - this goes almost without saying as the previous Incumbent was also an

PARISH NEWS

Picnic in the Pontiac

By Susan Derby Wonderful day at annual Picnic in the Pontiac - Held at Gracefield Christian Camp, Sunday, July 12, 2015., with over 100 in attendance from different denominations in

the Northern Pontiac and Northern Gatineau Valley.

It was a day full of music, worship, drama by youth, healing stations, lunch with barbecue, swimming, games for the youth and all around PHOTO:

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fellowship.

The theme of this year’s service was Reconciliation.

Ecumenical service on the 12th of July - we’ve come a long way Baby!

Fr. Emile Etota, Kazabazua Roman Catholic Church; Pastor Joey Pawlikowski, Northfield Pentecostal Church; The Rev. Jim Collins (Northern Pontiac); Rev. Paula Mullin, United Church, Kazabazua. Also present were representation from our Algonquin brothers and sisters, the Kitigan Zibi Kikiamadinan school, Maniwaki, Quebec.

Ideal Priest If you would like to see other expressions of the Ideal Priest entry criteria, please play a bit on Google. There are denomination specific criteria. And a clergy family would easily be able to expand on our modest presentation. In fact, some families trot this out as a game from time to time.

But sharing this with you didn’t seem enough. So we took on a great folly and worked up a brief description of the Ideal Parishioner.

Qualifications for the Ideal Parishioner: • attends services every Sunday, New Year’s Day, Ash Wednesday, all Holy Week services, the Synod Service and either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day , or both; with the entire family • follows a meaningful Lenten Discipline and has a prayerful Advent • volunteering at the parish and diocesan levels is an obvious obligation • tithes at least 10% of gross income until the mortgage is paid off when the amount increases to 15% • is mindful of other opinions and calm in response, especially while at Vestry • is honest, truthful and never judges So there you have it. We all have expectations on

us and anyone outside our work or church worlds probably doesn’t get it. But clergy live in a fish bowl and are, dare we say it, observed and judged.

Is there anything we can do to clarify our expectations of our clergy? Yes. As in any personal relationship, and the shepherd / flock relationship is very personal, we can be honest and try our best to communicate.

Sometimes we have a deep interest in something not universally accepted. So, when the priest responds to your request for a sermon on the “ Rapture” with a statement that it would be very difficult to fit into the lectionary, accept it as a very polite “no”.

Also, respect the availability of clergy. Make appointments rather than drop in to discuss something.

Respect the privacy of the priest and their family. Just because your priest knows quite a bit about your life doesn’t mean that you have a right to know anything about their private life.

So our plea for caution to all is to be realistic in your expectations and respectful of the wide range of activity and obligations we make upon our clergy.

As chair of the Bishop’s Advisory Panel, I would be delighted to receive your feedback at: camba@rogers.com

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CALENDAR

September 10

Royal Evensong: At 6pm at Christ Church Cathedral.

Join us for a special evensong to mark the historic reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The service will be sung by the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys. Special guest, Kevin @. MacLaod CVO CD, Canadian Secretary to the Queen will be in attendance. All are welcome.

Putting Your Garden to Bed: At 1pm at Good Shepherd, Barrhaven, 3500 Fallowfield Rd., Unit 5. A talk on preparing your garden for the winter, presented

by Mary Reed of Master Gardeners Ottawa. Part of a monthly Speakers’ Series for Seniors.Admission is free.

Info: (613) 823-8118

September 12

Good Food Market: At Epiphany Anglican Church, 1290 Ogilvie Road, from 9-12. A not-for-profit market providing affordable food, free snacks, live music, used books, and local yard sales.

Come for the food, stay for the community.

Info: (613) 746-9278 www.epiphanyanglican.ca

September 19

Downton Abbey Tea: At St. James Anglican Church, Bridge St., Manotick. You are cordially invited to a traditional Afternoon Tea,

complete with finger sandwiches, scrumptious scones, and delightful desserts.

Seatings are 12:30-2pm and 2:30-4pm. Tickets are $15 with proceeds going towards parish initiatives in Inqaluit.

RSVP: (613) 692-2082 Annual Diocesan Altar Guild Meeting: At St. John’s, Parish of March, 325 Sandhill Rd., Kanata, from 9-3. Do plan to join us for a wonderful day of fun and fellowship. Please reserve your group by Septeber 12. $12 Including Lunch RSVP: (613) 562-4747 march@magma.ca

September 20

Choral Evensong: At 4pm at St. James the Apostle, Perth. Featuring the St. James Liturgical Choir with prelude and postlude by Debora Wilcox on piano and Helen Mogford on flute, music by Handel and Schumann.

Info: (613) 267-1163 www.stjamesperth.ca Evensong: At 7pm at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 70 James St., Ottawa. Sung by the Choir of St. Barnabas, directed by Wesley R. Warren. All welcome!

Info: (613) 232-6992 @stbarnanasmusic The Clash of Divas, St. Luke’s Recital Series: At 7:30pm at St. Luke’s Church, 760 Somerset Street West, Ottawa. St. Luke’s opens it’s 2015/16 series with a fun pot pourri of so-

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CALENDAR los, duets, and trios from the best dramatic operatic roles in La Gioconda, Lakme, Candide, and Der Rosenkavalier for a taste. Feat.

Hayley Swanton, Naomi Eberhard, and Jean-E Hudson with Nadia Boucher. Admission by donation.

Info: (613) 235-3416 music@stlukesottawa.ca www.stlukesottawa.ca

Good Food Market: At Epiphany Anglican Church, 1290 Ogilvie Road, from 9-12. A not-for-profit market providing affordable food, free snacks, live music, used books, and local yard sales.

Come for the food, stay for the community.

Info: (613) 746-9278 www.epiphanyanglican.ca

tee for conversations ans case studies about Stewardship and bring successes and challenges to the table.

Refreshments and lunch provided.

Info: jane-scanlon@ottawa. anglican.ca RSVP: info@ottawa.anglican.ca http://bit.ly/1Kl82Kd

Soul of the Arctic, Dessert Party and Movie Screening: At 6pm at St. Stephen’s Church, 930 Watson Street.

Join us to experience some of the beauty and challenge of life in the North, with the Rt. Rev. Darren McCartney, Bishop of the Arctic. Hosted by the Diocesan ACW. Freewill offering supporting the rebuild of St. Jude’s Cathedral, Iqaluit.

September 27

Tales and Tunes: At 2:30pm at Christ Church Bells Corners, 3861 Old Richmond Rd. Beloved stories of Stephen Leacock, with great music; feat.

Ottawa StoryTellers and NorthWinds Brass.

Tickets: $20, $15, $10 Info: laur.music@gmail.com @talesandtunes

October 04

September 25

Fish Fry Dinner and Silent Auction: At St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 2345 Alta Vista Drive. Eat In or Take out from 5-7pm. Tickets available in advance at the church office. $15 Adults $8 Children Info: (613) 733-0336

September 26

Antiques in the Hills Roadshow: At St. Mary Magdalene Church, 537 Route 105, Chelsea. Sessions begin at 10am and 1:30pm. Bring your antiques and collectibles for a verbal appraisal by renowned Ottawa Valley appraiser, Janet Carlile.

Info: (819) 459-1252 pamelascobie@sympatico.ca www.anglicansinthehills.ca

St. Luke’s Recital Series: At 7:30pm at St. Luke’s Church, 760 Somerset Street West, Ottawa. A variety of opera arias, duets, and lieder by composers such as Gluck, Mozart, Paisiello, Saint-Saëns, Delibes, Offenbach, Bellini, Elgar, etc. Feat.

Pauline van der Roest and guest singers. Admission by donation.

Info: (613) 235-3416 music@stlukesottawa.ca www.stlukesottawa.ca

October 05

Harvest Dinner: At St. Aidan’s Anglican Church, 934 Hamlet Rd. Sittings are at 5pm and 6:15pm. Tickets available at the church office. $20 Adults $10 Children 6-12 Free for children under 6 Info: (613) 733-0102 staidans@belnet.ca

Afternoon Tea with Garth Hampson: At 1pm at St. Thomas, Stittsville.

Hosted by the ACW, Garth will be giving a talk on life in the North featuring highlights from St. Jude’s Cathedral, Iqaluit. Everyone is welcome!

Info & RSVP: (613) 836-3803 (613) 831-1883 nortap@sympatico.ca

October 03

October 06

October 01

Youth Basketball: At St. Aidan’s Anglican Church, from 7-10pm. Info: swsibbald@hotmail.com Stewardship Cafe: At Good Shepherd, Barrhaven from 9:30-2pm. Join the Stewardship Subcommit-

Ottawa Anglican Youth Leaders: At 7pm at Epiphany Anglican Church, 1290 Ogilvie Rd. Join us for networking, fellowship, and a tap into Diocesan Events.

Info: leslie-giddings@ottawa. anglican.ca

Canadian Church Calendars Many thanks to all the churches who ordered calendars for 2016.

Note that if you ordered under 10, you will pay the same as those who ordered up to 99.

1-99: $3.90 each 100 or more: $3.80 each Please provide a cheque to Cynthia Greer when you pick up your calendars.

For more information on calendar collection or payment, please contact Calendar Rep. Cynthia Greer (613) 723-2680 greercynthia69@yahoo.com