Primate’s New Year’s Day Address
What follows is the text of an address by Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. As is traditional, the Primate’s New Year’s Day address was delivered at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa.
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Silent Night video a Christmas gift to the world
Christmas Eve 2010 marks the launch of Silent Night, a documentary featuring clips of Anglicans singing the carol across Canada and the world. More than 500 videos were sent in, and all received by Dec. 14 were included in this 10-minute compilation video, now available online.
Advent Hope: Growing gardens and confidence in Sri Lanka
In Modarapiliwell, a small town in southern Sri Lanka, a woman named K.H. Chandima Pushpakumari knows how to make a garden grow. The petite wife and mother of two climbs and prunes the trees in her three-quarter-acre plot. She makes fertilizer. She builds dirt barriers to retain rain water. She diagnoses and treats diseases and infestations in her crops.
Christmas greetings from the Primate
So you think you can sing?
We can, and we have been!
Throughout Advent, Canadian Anglicans have happily participated in the “Silent Night” Project anchored by Anglican Video. There have been almost 500 submissions from coast to coast to coast and far beyond. A compilation video will be posted on our National Church Website on December 24th.
Advent Hope: Oji-Cree translators make church language their own
In most Anglican churches, the word “warden” refers to a parish leader, but in Oji-Cree the word “warden” doesn’t exist. When a group of seven Oji-Cree speakers gathered to translate the Diocese of Keewatin’s church regulations and laws (canons) last September, this was one of the many obstacles they encountered.
Anglican, Lutheran church leaders celebrate gift of music
In their 2010 joint Christmas video, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC), and National Bishop Susan Johnson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) celebrate and share the gift of Christmas music.
Advent Hope: Helping Pacific partners adapt to climate change
“Preparations for eventual resettlement of South Pacific Island communities must begin now rather than later.” -Pacific Conference of Churches Climate Change and Resettlement Program
With these words and the actions that follow, the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) is emerging as a leader in the ecumenical climate justice movement. As rising sea levels force migration and threaten the livelihoods of South Pacific people, PCC is increasingly sought after by regional and national churches and civil society groups to advocate for the rights of people marginalized by climate change. PCC’s work in this area includes not only human and economic rights advocacy but also disaster risk reduction programs at the community level.
Last chance to sing "Silent Night"; videos due Dec. 14
This Sunday is your last chance to incorporate “Silent Night” into your church service, film it, then upload or mail in your video to General Synod by Dec. 14. The Silent Night Project is designed as a fun and festive unity-building activity, and all videos will be incorporated into a documentary, to be put online by Christmas as a gift to the world.
Advent Hope: Online program equips Sunday schools
Marion Dennis felt a little overwhelmed when she was asked to lead her church’s Sunday school several years ago. The Dryden, Ont. woman had just come back to the church and was already juggling several volunteer gigs. She served as president of the Newfoundland club, sang in a praise group, and on top of this she worked full time at a busy government centre that serviced her northern community.
A Major Role
by the deployed captain-chaplains of TF 1-10 A system of differing roles and responsibilities is nothing new to Anglican’s within the church or the military; but sometimes the question is posed “just what does the chaplain who is a Major do?” The Afghanistan Roto Task Force 1-10 (TF 1-10) chaplain team leader, Major the Reverend … Continued
Suicide Prevention Project receives $28,000 grant
A $28,000 grant from Allchurches Trust Limited will boost the Council of the North’s Suicide Prevention Project, and support suicide prevention training for approximately 25 people.
Advent Hope: Nova Scotia man takes creative LEAP for faith
Spiritual development can be hard to track, but Gary Cox of Dartmouth, N.S., can show you a stack of journals with 19 years of his daily reflections. Flip through and you will see scripture, prayer requests, and illustrations that show his growing faith. Now the 52-year-old has gathered his insights into a book called LEAP for Faith: Understanding the Process of Faith Development, forthcoming from Bryler Publications in spring 2011, and supported in part by the Anglican Foundation.
Praying for change in Myanmar
“We believe in change and ask that you continue to pray for us.” This was the message an international team of church representatives heard again and again, as they visited people and churches in Myanmar recently.
Remember to sing "Silent Night" this Sunday
Already General Synod has received “Silent Night” videos from country singers, Sunday schools, and soldiers in Kandahar. Now the question is, what contribution will your community make to the Silent Night Project?
Anglican Church of Canada launches online gift guide
The Anglican Church of Canada is pleased to announce the online launch of Acts of Faith: A Guide to Supporting the Ministries of the Anglican Church of Canada. The gift guide is a joint initiative of the departments of Philanthropy and Communications and Information Resources, and represents, within its pages, all the partners and charitable entities within the national church.