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National Worship Conference Registration Deadline June 15
Are you involved in worship leadership in your parish? Have you registered for the National Worship Conference being held in Victoria July 16-19 2018? If not, time is running out! For more infomation visit: http://bc.anglican.ca/news/national-worship-conference-registration-deadline-june-15
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Don't Forget to Register for a Stewardship Seminar Near You!
On June 26 & 27 we will be hosting three seminars in locations across Vancouver Island to introduce the diocese to the national stewardship program "giving our thanks and praise". It's not too late to register. Email Brian Evans to add your parish delegation to the list. More information available on our events calendar. For more infomation visit: http://bc.anglican.ca/news/dont-forget-to-register-for-a-stewardship-seminar-near-you
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Looking Back at the Year of Reconciliationby Logan McMenamie This article also appears in the June issue of the Diocesan Post. For more infomation visit: http://bc.anglican.ca/news/looking-back-at-the-year-of-reconciliation
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Diocesan Council Prepares Financial Plan Ahead of Synodby Catherine Pate This article also appears in the June issue of Diocesan Post. For more infomation visit: http://bc.anglican.ca/news/diocesan-council-prepares-financial-plan-ahead-of-synod
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Summer OrdinationsFriday, June 29 at 4:00PM Join us as Bishop Logan McMenamie ordains Dyan Davison and Ruth Dantzer to the diaconate, as deacons in transition towards priesthood, and Rob Crosby-Shearer and Paul Schumacher to the priesthood. For more infomation visit:
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Elizabeth Northcott Appointed Incumbent, St Mark Qualicum Beach
The bishop has appointed Elizabeth Northcott incumbent at St Mark, Qualicum Beach effective September 24, 2018. Welcome to the diocese Elizabeth! For more infomation visit: http://bc.anglican.ca/news/elizabeth-northcott-appointed-incumbent-st-mark-qualicum-beach
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The Post Online: Set Ablaze by God's Love
by Phyllis Thompson Pentecost’s imagery is powerful: wind, fire and tongues of fire. Late poet, Madeleine L’Engle, in a reflection on Pentecost, leaves no doubt that the following words are true: “Indeed, our God is a consuming fire.” (Heb.12:29) Her poem, in The Irrational Season, is worth citing: For more infomation visit:
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The Post Online - Dismantling Racism: What the Island Taught Us
by Selinde Krayenhoff In 1994, my husband and I purchased a few acres of land on a small gulf island where about 30 families had summer homes. As we began exploring the island, we came across a beach known as “The Saltery.” Even though I had grown up in Vancouver, I knew very little about local history; so when we found little bits of blue and white pottery in amongst the sand and stone, I didn’t understand what I was looking at. For more infomation visit: http://bc.anglican.ca/news/dismantling-racism-what-the-island-taught-us
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Orange Shirt DaySunday, September 30 Join us in our diocesan-wide support of the 6th annual Orange Shirt Day and help raise awareness of the need for First Nations, local governments, schools and communities to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope. On Sunday, September 30, wear an orange shirt to church to honour residential school survivors and the children who did not survive Canada’s painful residential school system. For more infomation visit:
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