PRAYERS REQUESTED
A former diocesan Indigenous Ministries Coordinator,
Sherry Small, has requested your prayers. Sherry has just been diagnosed with breast cancer and is preparing for surgery on March 12. Please keep our sister in your prayers.
LENTEN RESOURCES 2019 - A Select Menu
This Lent, choose from a number of recommended resources to take the journey from Ash Wednesday to Holy Week (March 6 - April 14, 2019). Whether it's a small group gathering or an individual study, online or in print, we hope there's something here for you.
Follow this link to the diocesan website.
DIOCESAN SYNOD REGIONAL INFORMATION MEETINGS
In preparation for Diocesan Synod’s consideration for proposed revisions to our Diocesan Constitution, Canons and Regulations, four regional gatherings on two Saturdays,
March 16 and 30 will be convened to present the current materials for information, comment, consideration and questions.
RENEWAL OF VOWS - CHRISM MASS
On Tuesday, April 16 at 12:10pm in Christ Church Cathedral the Archbishop will preside as we make our annual renewal of vows and the blessing of Chrism. The Dean will preach.
Following the Mass and distribution of Oils a light lunch will be served. Following the lunch in the Cathedral Chancel, Father Martin Brokenleg will give a brief address on the spirituality of Holy Week, beginning at 1:45 and ending by 2pm. All are welcome.
A reminder that the Mass is open to all to renew their baptismal vows and to the clergy to renew their ordination vows.
The liturgical colour is
red
.
RETREAT HOUSE
The Revd Brian Heinrich, Vicar of St Aidan and St Bartholomew, Gibsons, and Nathan, his partner, welcome those wishing to take some time away for retreat. Their retreat house -
The Consolation of the Theotokos - is minutes away from the Langdale terminal.
To date, it has been used for three diocesan pre-ordination retreats, Corpus Christi Chapter of the Society of Catholic Priests (SCP), and several parish and individual retreatants.
Nathan and Brian are able to provide (spectacular!) meals, as well.
REPORTING BACK FROM THE RECENT EDNP PILGRIMAGE
At the invitation of Bishop Brent Alawas, the Archbishop, with seven others from our diocese, visited our companion diocese of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Philippines.
They attended Diocesan Convention (read 'Synod'), visited companion parishes and learned about the ministry in EDNP.
The pilgrimage was supported by the Bishop's Friends.
The participants will be sharing their stories, photos and learnings with our diocese on two occasions:
Saturday, April 6 from 9:30 for 10am to 12noon at St Christopher, West Vancouver
Sunday, April 7 from 2 - 4pm at Holy Trinity Cathedral, New Westminster
Come and see.
DIOCESAN STEWARDSHIP DAY, MARCH 16
Celebrating Generous Communities
- Practical tools for Encouraging Giving is the title of the Stewardship Day 2019 taking place March 16. Annual Campaigns (St. Faith); A Culture of Stewardship (The Rev. Tellison Glover); constructing a Narrative Budget with members of the Parish of St. George, Maple Ridge and treasurer, Dawn Parrott . And, you'll get to plan your Stewardship Campaign for 2019.
Click this link for more information and links to registration and fee information.
PARISH DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
The grant process for 2020 funding has now opened! Parishes can apply for funds for a 1 – 3 year period to support projects which help their development into healthier, more faithful, and more effective communities of faith. The process begins with the completion of an
Intent to Apply form
, and these forms are due on April 5, 2019. More details on the criteria and process for Parish Development Grants
can be found
on this page of the diocesan website
or by connecting with
the Revd Tellison Glover
at the Diocesan Offices.
CARE+SHARE CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The Standing Committee on Mission and Ministry Development is now receiving proposals for ministries which will share in the funding from the Diocese of New Westminster’s voluntary giving program: care+share in the years 2020 & 2021.
Mission and Ministry Development Committee recommend recipients for the next cycle of funding to Diocesan Synod.
Ministries included in care+share do not receive 'diocesan funding'; they receive voluntary contributions made by parishes and individual Anglicans, sent to the Diocesan Office which is forwarded, several times a year, to the care+share ministry groups.
The ministry proposed as a care+share recipient must be an operating project (not a pilot), undertaken in partnership with other organizations (one of which is an Anglican parish), that addresses at least one of the current Diocesan Strategic Priorities. More details and the application
can be found on this page of the diocesan website
or by connecting with Phil Colvin at the Diocesan Offices.
Applications
are due on March 29
th
, 2019.
DIOCESAN SYNOD - MAY 24 & MAY 25, ITALIAN CULTURAL CENTRE
from Frances Fagan, Synod Planning Committee Chair:
The theme for Diocesan Synod 2019 (May 24 & 25) is
Love One Another: Christ’s Body, the Church
(John 15:12). It is both the gospel lesson for the day and the beginning of the verses our Primate, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, uses as foundational scripture to his work, The Heartbeat of the Church. We are fortunate that our Primate will be with us at our 119th Synod, preaching at Morning Prayer and speaking to us about our church’s ministry and witness nationally and globally.
The theme,
Love One and Other: Christ’s Body, the Church
, draws our attention to our Diocesan Vision Priority “
Our God entrusts us with the stewardship of our lives and our communities.”
One bread, one body
One Lord of all
One cup of blessing which we bless
And we, though many
Throughout the earth
We are one body in this one Lord
[Common Praise, #73]
As one faithful body we embrace the opportunity to learn about the remarkable work taking places in ministries around our diocese and the revision and updating of our Constitution and Canons. Interactive presentations, table discussions and feed-back will be used to encourage an atmosphere or learning, discovery and discussion.
