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Church House welcomes new editorial supervisor

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Published on 
March 19, 2019

Matthew TownsendMatthew Townsend has been appointed as the Supervisor, Editorial, with the General Synod of The Anglican Church of Canada.

Matthew will be providing the Anglican Journal with day-to-day leadership until December 31, 2019.

He has worked in editorial, journalistic, and web development roles with a variety of organizations, including the The Living Church, the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, NY, and the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida. He is a member of Episcopal Communicators and has consulted with a variety of ecumenical organizations, including Atlantic School of Theology, the Presbyterian Endowment Network, and the Associated Church Press.

Originally from Florida, Matthew has a degree in magazine journalism from the University of South Florida and has taken courses from Trinity College, Toronto, and the M.K. Gandhi Institute in Nonviolence, Rochester. He is an active parishioner at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Halifax.

The General Synod looks forward to Matthew’s involvement with the Anglican Journal during a period of re-visioning.

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Acknowledging the land and God’s creation

This acknowledgement is crafted in light of the Principles of Reconciliation by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, as we seek to live faithfully in Christ and in right relationship with all. 

We give thanks to the Creator for this land, its waters, forests and all living beings, and for the abiding presence of Christ among us. From coast to coast to coast, these have been cared for and nurtured by First Nations, Inuit and Métis through countless generations. 

We honour the enduring relationship Indigenous Peoples have cultivated with these lands and waters, and the treaties and agreements that reflect these sacred bonds. We acknowledge the harms caused by colonial expansion, through frameworks like the Doctrine of Discovery and structures like the residential school system. We recognize our past failures as a Church, including disruption of connections to the land and suppression of Indigenous spiritualities. 

Guided by the gospel of Jesus Christ, we confess our need for healing. We commit ourselves to seeking truth, pursuing reconciliation and nurturing harmony with all creation. We place our trust in Christ, through whom all things are reconciled to God. 

May God strengthen us to live faithfully as stewards of the Earth. Let us walk in love, justice and reconciliation, joining in God’s work to restore all creation.