Resources for home prayer
To help keep you connected with prayer, faith and community in times of physical distancing, the General Synod (national office) has compiled a number of resources.
Resources
The Resource Centre is a centralized online hub containing links to resources produced by the Anglican Church of Canada. New resources are uploaded on a regular basis and may be viewed by topic, keyword and/or audience.
The varied collection of church resources available through this web page includes liturgical materials, prayer and worship texts, policy documents, committee reports, ecumenical and interfaith resources, and information about the church and its different ministries. Scroll down to browse different topics or find what you’re looking for in the search bar below.
This section of the website is currently under development. We welcome your questions and comments at [email protected].
Popular Resources
Liturgical Texts Online
The Book of Alternative Services (BAS) and supplementary resources are now available for download. In 2009, the Council of General Synod authorized the online publication of these texts. The goals are to assist liturgy planners and to encourage future web-based work of liturgical text development.
“Healthy Congregations”: A resource hub of the Diocese of Toronto
“(The Church) is about building communities of hope and compassion through building healthy, sustainable, vibrant parishes. We have identified seven aspects of healthy churches that flow into one another as people enter the traditional model of church. Each aspect is supported by congregational development research and knowledge.”
Online lectionary
Daily BAS and BCP Bible readings from the Anglican Church of Canada’s adaptation of the Revised Common Lectionary.
Job Listings
Current job listings for the Anglican Church of Canada, complete with search function. Ability for associated organizations to post positions.
Handbook of General Synod
Current Constitution, Rules of Order, Canons of General Synod, with Appendices. Current edition: 18th, Published 2016.
Texts for trial use and feedback
The General Synod of 2010 mandated Faith, Worship, and Ministry to establish a Liturgy Task Force to work on the revision of our contemporary language liturgical texts.
Forms of Address for Anglican Clergy
Brief notes on the forms of address of clergy, intended as a quick reference for individuals.
A Disciples Prayer Book
Disciple’s Prayer book for the Anglican Council for Indigenous Peoples. Published by the Indigenous Theological Training Institute in Minneapolis, MN.
Dioceses and ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada
A listing of Canadian dioceses, bishops with addresses, web sites, and phone numbers
New Resources
Ecumenical Shared Ministries Handbook
Updated in 2019, these guidelines prepared jointly by the Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and United churches in Canada to help establish and support ecumenical shared ministries at the congregational level.
Did You Ever Wonder
Narrative resource to support local/grassroots engagement with international Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogues
New Stories to Tell: Living Ecumenism Today
Narrative resource to support local/grassroots engagement with international Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogues
Statement of Mutual Affirmations and Commitments of the Anglican-United Dialogue in Canada
An ecumenical statement affirmed by General Synod 2019
A Common Word Canada
A Canadian resource hub for promoting Christian Muslim dialogue according to the model proposed by the international movement “A Common Word Between Us and You”
Resources for home prayer
To help keep you connected with prayer, faith and community in times of physical distancing, the General Synod (national office) has compiled a number of resources.
Mission Action Planning (MAP); Mission: Learn; Mission: Do
WHAT IS MISSION ACTION PLANNING? A process that helps parishes vision, plan, decide and act for growth.
Mission: Learn — resources to help you learn about mission.
Mission: Do — resources for doing mission.
Revive
Revive is a discipleship program to help active lay leaders—wardens, property and finance officers, committee chairs, vestry members, church school teachers, youth ministers, pastoral visitors, and liturgical ministers—grow in confidence as spiritual leaders. In just 10 months, this small-group program transforms leaders of practical church ministry into confident spiritual leaders who love God and participate in Christ’s ministry.
“Healthy Congregations”: A resource hub of the Diocese of Toronto
“(The Church) is about building communities of hope and compassion through building healthy, sustainable, vibrant parishes. We have identified seven aspects of healthy churches that flow into one another as people enter the traditional model of church. Each aspect is supported by congregational development research and knowledge.”
Anglican-Lutheran Cycle of Prayer
A year-long calendar of petitions with which to hold up our full communion partners in congregational and personal prayer.