The Provincial School for Congregational Development is a two-year program offering training in congregational and organization development. Supporting congregational teams of lay and clergy leaders, the provincial school helps equip congregational leaders with needed knowledge, practices, skills, and tools to become healthier, more faithful, and more resilient in their ministry. As a collaborative initiative of the Ecclesiastical Province of BC & Yukon, the school facilitates relationship-building amongst leaders throughout the province. You can find out more about the school and dates for the coming year here.

We are currently inviting new participants to join the program in the fall. Parishes typically send teams of 2-4 people, including clergy and laity, though the number of people who can participate each year is limited. If this is something you and your parish are interested in, contact Executive Archdeacon Jenny Replogle at jreplogle@bc.anglican.ca.

It is with mixed emotions that Bishop Anna has accepted Stephanie Wood’s resignation from her position at St. Peter, Campbell River so that she can accept an appointment as Incumbent of St. John, Cobble Hill. Stephanie has had a fruitful ministry with the good folk of St. Peter's. She looks forward to being closer to family and to all the exciting new possibilities in Cobble Hill. Please pray for Stephanie, St. Peter's and St. John the Baptist.

Vancouver School of Theology is hosting "Encountered by the Holy," the 2026 O’Driscoll Forum on Preaching and the Arts, on June 14-15, 2026. 

This two-day gathering will explore how encounters with the holy shape preaching, worship, music, storytelling, and public life through worship, lectures, conversation, and artistic practice. 

The forum features Craig Barnes and Julian Davis Reid, founder of Notes of Rest®, alongside guest sages including Will Willimon, Sally A. Brown, Paul Scott Wilson, James Henry Harris, and Stephen Farris. 

Two free public events are also open to the wider community: 

• Sunday, June 14 at 7 pm - Notes of Rest® Concert with Julian Davis Reid
• Monday, June 15 at 7 pm - Seeking Beauty and Truth Public Lecture with Craig Barnes 

Learn more and register CLICK HERE. 

The collation of the Rev. Helen Lingham to Archdeacon to Deacons will take place at St. Paul, Nanaimo on Monday, June 15 at 7pm. All are welcome! 

If you are a clergy member and you would like to vest and process, please REGISTER HERE. Please vest in cassock, surplice, and tippet if possible. Green stoles or albs are also welcome.