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Submitted byStella Walsh

Gander

The Riding Rev. The Reverend John Watton, the Rector of the Cathedral Parish of Gander.

Priest takes Ride for Sight

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SEPTEMBER 2013

On Sunday, June 23rd, Reverend John Watton, Rec-tor of St. Martin’s Cathe-dral in Gander, skipped the morning service and went off on his motorcycle. And on this particular Sunday morning he had a good rea-son. Reverend John went to have “church” in a parking lot and bless the bikes and riders at the annual Ride for Sight 2013.

Approximately one thousand people showed up for the blessing before the annual parade around the town of Gander. There were motorcycles and rid-ers from all walks of life; people in all age ranges and bikes in all price ranges. At a time when the mere sight of a motorcycle makes many people suspicious, it was en-lightening to learn that most of these riders are just peo-ple and families who enjoy being part of a group that

shares a common love. They get together to share their interests and lives, support-ing each other, and very of-ten supporting worthwhile causes and charities.

When Reverend John first came to town eight years ago, he was ap-proached by the organizers of the Gander leg of the Ride for Sight to continue the tradition of blessing the bikes and riders. If you ask him why he agreed, he will tell you that it is simply because he was asked. As a mature Christian leader in the Church, he is fully com-mitted to the importance of bringing God’s presence to any gathering of people (ec-clesia). He is always willing to go out to meet people where they are, just as Jesus did when He came to “pitch His tent among us.” (John 1:14) And with a constant desire to imitate Jesus, Rev-erend John is prepared to go out onto the highways and byways to gather people into the love of God.

Throughout the week-end, Reverend John spent time with the other riders logging kilometers on his bike to support the cause and getting to know the people involved. He also mingled with the riders be-fore the blessing, catching up with old friends and making new ones. When the blessing took place the riders gathered in front of the platform and respectful-ly gave Reverend John their attention. This group was made up mostly of New-foundlanders who come from a long tradition of church going. They wel-come and appreciate having their event blessed by an ordained member of the clergy.

Reverend John gave them an encouraging talk around his message of “ride, pray, hope, and expect,” and then prayerfully asked God’s blessing on the riders and bikes. And then, in true St. Martin’s fashion, he had everyone share a sign of

peace, with a handshake or hug, and preferably with someone new. Ashley Clancey, provincial chair for the event, says that the peo-ple always respond well to the authenticity and love in Reverend John’s messages.

The Ride for Sight also has a special place in Rev-erend John’s heart because last year he bought a new bike and participated in the parade for the first time. He said that buying the new motorcycle, and once again experiencing the joy of rid-ing, became a symbol of new beginnings for him. These new beginnings came after a lengthy battle with throat cancer, which led him to de-velop his message of “ride, pray, hope and expect” for those who ride, and also for those who suffer. Reverend John continues to live out this message and brings it to others whenever he is pre-sented with an opportunity to reach out in Christ’s love.

The BibleTrue or False?

Submitted byElridge ThorneNorman’s Cove

This book is the most remarkable piece of lit-erature ever written that has sold more copies than any other book in the his-tory of the human race. The Bible is unique. Most books are written by just one author over a period of 1 to 5 years; the Bible was written by 40 different authors from fishermen to tax collectors over a period of 1600 years. Most books are written in the form of one continuous story from chapter to chapter; the Bible is comprised of 66 separate books. The Bible was written in different locations, including the thrones of kings, and the dungeons of prisons, on three different continents and in three different lan-guages. In spite of this diversity, 66 books become one, and the main story is the same throughout. How could this be? Because it is by the hand of Almighty God himself.

And now for the real proof, which is in Bible prophecy and the accuracy of its fulfillment. Prophecy is history written in ad-vance by persons chosen by God to speak on his be-half. God knows the future, and he reveals it to us, read Isaiah 46:9-11.

Let’s look at some ex-amples of prophecies being fulfilled in Jesus’ 33 year life.

Isaiah 7:14 - “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign; the Virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”

This was written 700 years before Jesus’ birth by the Virgin Mary. The

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New Church on Bell Island

New Church - New Hope - New Beginning. The Church of St. Cyprian & St. Mary on Bell Island

prophet Micah lived about 700 years before Jesus’s birth. He wrote in chapter 5, verse 2, “Jesus would be born in Bethlehem.” Guess what! 700 years later, Jesus was born in Bethlehem.

The prophet Zechari-ah lived about 500 years before Jesus’s birth. He wrote in chapter 9 verse 9, “Your king comes to you riding on a donkey.” Right on again, exactly like it happened.

Isaiah 53:7 - “he was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, as a sheep before her shearers is silent, he did not open his mouth.”

700 years after this was written, Jesus said noth-ing in His defense before Pilate.

Psalms 22, 16 and 18 states how his hands and feet would be pierced, and they cast lots for his clothes. Hundreds of years later, that is exactly the way it unfolded.

These are just a very small sample of proph-ecy written about Jesus hundreds of years before his birth, that we know today have proven to be true, exactly as predicted. There are hundreds more like it. In fact, the Bible is more than 30% prophecy, of which 70% is already fulfilled.

One hundred percent accuracy spanning hun-dreds of years, how is all this possible? There can be only one possible answer. This book we call the Bible is truly the word of God, just as if it had been writ-ten by his own two hands. As stated in 2 Timothy 3:16, “Scripture is inspired by God, and is useful for teaching the truth, reput-ing error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living.”

Because of the truth in thousands of prophecies having been fulfilled to date exactly as predicted, there is good reason to as-sume that those prophecies relating to the future will also be fulfilled exactly as predicted.

True or False?

Submitted byReverend Ron Lee

Bell Island

The Anglican Parish of Bell Island, Newfound-land and Labrador, has started the construction of a new church — the Church of St. Cyprian and St. Mary. This project will consist of a church and a parish hall.

The parish hall will be made available for a variety of community socials all under the one roof — church and hall.

This structure will be about 8,000 sq. ft. The hall capacity will be about 200

people and the church will house about 100 peo-ple.

The structure will cost $450,000 and it is hoped it will be ready for Christ-mas services this year.

This is a huge under-taking.

The feedback we are receiving is very positive and the support is great.

As with any project of this size and magni-tude, we need financial support not only from Newfoundlanders, espe-cially Bell Islanders, living here in Newfoundland and Labrador, but from Bell Islanders living in

Cambridge, the Greater Toronto Area and other cities in Ontario, western Canada and indeed all across Canada and any-where else around the world.

We invite you, we want you, to be a part and to play a role in this church project. The walls are completed, the roof trusses are up and the roof has been sheeted up with plywood.

The windows, siding and doors will soon ar-rive. The shingles have already been installed.

Mr. Ron Reid, project manager, the crew of Billy

Bickford, Johnny Dobbin, Johnny Littlejohn, Teddy Mitchell, Bobby Peddle, Gerald Bickford and Gord Clarke are doing fantastic work.

They are totally ded-icated and committed to the construction of our church.

Also, we must not for-get the dedication and hard work of our volun-teers and working com-mittees. This is greatly appreciated.

As I mentioned ear-lier, we need help and our parish wants to give everyone an opportunity to be a part of this church project.

The parish needs to raise more funds to com-plete our dream, our new beginning and new hope into the future.

We need your finan-cial support. Please sup-port us. For details on making donations, call 709-579-9227 or 709-727-4449.

Our prayer is, “May this place be worthy of Thy Holy name and we ask that you move the hearts and wills of all to give and serve until our purpose is accomplished, to Thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”

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Priest celebrates his 80th and receives prestigious award

Submitted byMary HorlickMount Pearl

Father Michael Horlick. Known for his infectious enthusiasm and dedication to his commu-nity, Father Horlick has supported veterans and their families for several years by organizing commemorative ceremonies honouring Canadian heroes. With great compassion, Father Horlick has regularly visited veterans in their homes, in hospitals and in palliative care cen-tres for veterans. Pictured above left to right: Governor General His Excellency the Rt Hon. David Johnston, Father Michael Horlick, and Lt. Governor the Hon. Frank Fagan. Photo by Cpl Roxanne Shewchuk, Rideau Hall

There was a large gath-ering at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Mount Pearl on Friday, May 10th, 2013 to celebrate the 80th Birthday of Father Michael Horlick.

The evening began with a celebration of The Holy Eucharist at which Father Michael was the Celebrant assisted by Father Sam Rose, Parish Priest at the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, St. John’s and Archdeacon Geoff Peddle, Rector of the Parish of the Good Shepherd, Mount Pearl. Paul Mercer, a long-time friend of Father Michael, was the Eucharistic Assistant.

Gerald Horlick, Mount Pearl, brother of the octoge-narian, read the Lesson and brother Bill Horlick, visiting from Sutton, Ontario, read the Prayers of the People.

The gifts of Bread and Wine were brought to the Altar by sisters Joan Hatfield and Olive Horlick of St. John’s and Lorraine Horlick visiting from Calgary.

Guest Organist for the occasion was Virginia McNeil, a close friend of Father Mi-chael. During the Ablutions, Charlene Mannings, a MUN student from Ontario and a member of St. Michael’s choir, sang Schubert’s Ava Maria to

the delight of all present. Also in attendance was

Bishop Cyrus & Mrs. Pitman and Bishop Donald & Mrs. Harvey, together with a num-ber of fellow priests.

Father Sam was Emcee for the Birthday Reception which followed the Eucharist. The customary messages of Con-gratulations from Lieutenant Governor Frank Fagan, Prime Minister Steven Harper, Pre-mier Kathy Dunderdale, and Mayor Dennis O’Keefe were read.

After lunch Father Mi-chael cut a beautiful cake suitably decorated and made by St. Michael’s parishioner Ini Erivwo.

In his own humorous style Father Michael thanked every-one for helping to make the occasion such a memorable event.

Father Horlick also recent-ly received the Caring Canadi-an Award from Governor Gen-eral David Johnston, accom-panied by Lt. Governor Frank Fagan. This award is presented to Canadians in recognition for outstanding and selfless contribution to their Com-munity and Country. Father Michael was nominated by the Royal Canadian Legion, and in particular, The Korean War Veterans. This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the end of the Korean War.

Father Michael was or-

dained a Priest in 1984 at his home parish of St. Michael and All Angels and served as Rector at the Parishes of Cow Head/Daniel’s Harbour. In 1987 he was appointed Rector of the Parish of Bell Island where he remained until 1997. Following his retirement he ministered at various par-ishes, notably Petty Harbour and Heart’s Delight. He is presently one of the Honorary Assistant Priests at the Parish of St. Michael and All Angels. We wish Father Michael many more years of health and ful-fillment serving his Lord and Master.

Sod Turning for new Church Hall in Robinsons

St. George’s Church in Robinsons Sod Turning Ceremony. On Sunday morning, June 2, following the celebration of Holy Eucharist, St. George’s Church in Robinsons held a Sod Turning Ceremony to celebrate the endeavor of building a new church hall. The cer-emony was an important occasion in the life of the parish as it acknowledges its place in the building up of the faith community in the parish of Bay St. George.

The Rev. Terry Rose and the Rev. Gwen Butler offi-ciated the service for the Sod Turning. Mrs. Gertrude Gillam, Mr. Jerry Hulan, and Mrs. Orpah Huelin, had the honors of turning the sod to begin the construc-tion of the new church hall.

Pictured above from left to right: Rev. Terry Rose, Mrs. Gertrude Gillam, Mr. Jerry Hulan, Mrs. Orpah Huelin and Rev. Gwen Butler. Submitted by Rev. Terry Rose.

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We Know Only in PartA Tale of Two Stories

The Rev’d Gregory Mercer

ColumnistAs I was sitting in my

office one day attending to some administrative chores the phone rings. On the other end of the line was a young woman who identified herself only as a mother of two young children.

“Rev’d Mercer, I un-derstand that one of your parish groups held a card game in the parish this weekend and they were playing for money.”

“I’m sorry, who am I speaking with?” Again she gave no name.

“Is this true, Rev’d Mercer?” She asked.

“Yes and no,” I replied, “there was a card game in our parish recently but you must be confused with some other group because our church groups do not play for cash, it is more of a social event for our seniors.”

“Rev’d Mercer I just recently found my way back to church. I did so because I felt it was im-portant for my children. I wanted to show my chil-dren that they can be part of something bigger than themselves and to teach them important values. But I cannot be a part of a church involved in gam-bling,” she said.

I assured her that our church groups did not play for cash prizes.

“Rev’d Mercer, I beg to differ and you need to check it out,” she told me.

Before the young mother hung up I tried to validate her concern but also encouraged her to keep bringing her children to church. I never saw or heard from the young mother again.

On another occasion I was visiting one of our shut-ins following the

death of his wife. He talk-ed considerably about his wife and shared with me some of the things they did together including this little story.

“Once a week we would go for a drive to our favourite spot. We almost always had some-thing to talk about and this particular time we were talking about the stress of our financial situation and how we were going to meet our mortgage pay-ments. It was such a heavy burden and we couldn’t seem to get ahead at all. My wife was depressed and overwhelmed by it all. Before we reached our destination I pulled over to the side of the road and simply prayed a prayer asking God to help us with our mortgage. Two days had passed when my daughter-in-law asked me if I had checked the lottery ticket they gave us. Rev’d Mercer, to our surprise we were the winners of $100,000. I couldn’t believe it. We paid off our mort-gage and replaced our old car with a new one. Rev’d Mercer, I know we are not supposed to pray for money but I believe God answered our prayers.”

I am not in a position to critique either of these stories. In the first story I didn’t know the young mother’s circumstances. Probably she had every reason to feel the way she did. She may have come from a broken home, a home destroyed by gam-bling addiction. If that were the case she is abso-lutely right to protect her children in that way. As for the second story, desperate times calls for desperate measures and in difficult circumstances people will sometimes ask God for unusual things even if they are not sure if it is right. And the fact is, some-times God blesses people materially. I guess there is a little bit of sadness in both stories. The last thing we need is to lose young people in our church be-cause of something that can easily be rectified. And we certainly don’t want

people thinking that if we pray for material blessing God will be persuaded to grant them a lucky draw.

The stories add con-fusion to what people believe. In some cases people don’t know what to believe anymore, or for that matter, how to pray. Eternal truths and moral principles change with circumstances. I remember reading a book some years ago entitled Situation Eth-ics by Joseph Fletcher. It basically states that some-times commonly held mor-al principles can be cast aside in certain situations if love is best served. It is another way of saying that morally and ethically, nothing is etched in stone and every situation has to be examined on its own merit – love being the ultimate law and guiding principle.

Probably God acts in the same way. After all God’s thoughts are not our thoughts and God’s ways are not our ways (Isaiah 58:8). God sees the greater picture and judges more perfectly then we do with our limited ability to grasp and analyze ideas or to cope with problems. Some people face life with only their own experienc-es and capacity to help them. Others seek through prayer, divine inspiration to know what to do. For some God gives them the ability to make decisions and to help themselves, for others God intervenes directly. And still for some God uses them in situa-tions impossible for us to comprehend. I guess it is possible that God may say “Yes” or “No” to similar circumstances as painful or confusing as it may be. Fact is we know only in part. The Apostle Paul says it best in his First Letter to the Corinthians, 13:12: “For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.”

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Destination: Belize. Members of the Eastern Diocesan Anglican Men’s Association arrive in Belize to help build a new church for the community.

Anglican Men on a MissionSubmitted by

Reverend Ed KeepingMoses TuckerDave Arnott

Keith LudlowHerbert Butler

At the Annual meeting of the Diocesan Anglican Men Association, (DAMA) 2010, our Diocesan Bish-op,The Right Rev. Cyrus Pitman made a proposal to the men gathered at the Lavrock Centre to sup-port the Diocese of Belize in raising funds to either build a church or help to complete a church.

A Committee was formed to make plans and fund raise to support the proposal given to DAMA by our Bishop. Fundrais-ing took place over the next two years on behalf of DAMA. With the help of the twelve parishes that are members of DAMA and three Gospels eve-nings of Music, we were able to send $16,555 US to Belize for building materi-als. This amount of money in US funds became about $35,000 in Belize money.

On April 3rd, 2013, a team of five men from the Diocese of EN &L trav-elled to Belize City, Belize. Our Mission Project was to com-plete, as much as pos-sible, the construction of St. Marks Church in Hattieville. Our ac-commodations was at the “Coningsby’s Inn” in Belize City which is sixteen miles from Hattieville. Each morning and eve-ning for the next two weeks we travelled to & from Hattieville and worked side by side with the people of Hattieville to achieve our goal.

Each day we ar-rived on site about 8:00 AM and stayed there until around 5:00 PM. We were transport-ed by a vehicle provided through St. Mark’s and the Diocese of Belize, includ-ing a driver. We took a half hour lunch break and ate lunch on site. The ladies of the congregation provided our Team with a delicious lunch every day.

The first day in Belize

we had a meeting with the Bishop of the Diocese,The Right Rev. Phillip Wright and a contractor who was heading up the Hattieville project. We were told that the walls had been stand-ing there for seven years without anything further being done because of the lack of resources. The existing metal roofing, commonly called “zinc roofing” in Belize, was old used material which had hundreds of holes in it, and leaked badly.

The next day, as we arrive on site the work was proceeding and we join in by removing the old metal roofing and replacing it with new material. Our involvement also included bringing sand and cement inside and assisting mix-ing mortar for rendering (parging) which masons pargetted onto the con-crete block walls (inside and outside) to make a smooth surfaces. Breaking out concrete blocks for new or larger openings in the walls and carry new blocks for the masons to install became part of our duties as well.

We soon found our-

selves assisting carpenters by carrying, measuring, cutting and helping install metal strapping and gyp-sum board for the ceiling, wood strapping and ply-wood for soffits, assisting installing windows. The electrician also found our help beneficial with in-stalling electrical conduit and wiring. Setting-up/

moving scaffolding wher-ever required became a routine activity. Basically we helped with anything the Belize trades workers needed to complete the tasks of the mission we set out to accomplish.

We worked alongside about 12 to 14 hard work-ing tradesmen employed

by a construction company owned by Mr. Stephen Coleman, a member of the St. Marks congregation in Hattieville. They are like workers here in Newfoundland &Labrador, friendly people who enjoyed laughing and telling stories, while work was in progress. We felt welcomed and ap-preciated. We learned new things from them and we passed along a few tricks of the trades to them as well.

They are not a very well-off people and we had a discus-sion on our trip down

to Belize about giving the workers some of the things we had before we left to go home (boots, shoes, shirts, pants, etc.). When we asked them if they would like to have the things we had and want-ed to give to them, they accepted with thanks. It was a mutual gesture of friendship in giving and

receiving which left both sides feeling happy.

In the meantime, while we were there, we patron-ized the local businesses in Hattieville, purchas-ing soft drinks, snacks, a lovely store made daily cinnamon bread. We also bought some small tools (utility knife, measuring tapes, etc.).

We attended church services in Hattieville for the two Sundays we were in Belize. Reverend Ed took the service on his own on the first Sunday, at Reverend Anthony’s (St. Mark‘s rector) request. It was at this service we delivered five large suit-cases blocked full of stuff for the children, (Sunday school supplies, soccer balls with pumps, record-ers, cloths, vitamins, etc. On the second Sunday Rev. Anthony officiated, Rev. Ed preached a won-derful sermon on “Let’s go Fishing”. Rev. Ed and Eu-charistic Assistant, Moses Tucker then administered

the Sacraments. Other than that, we

had only one day off to see some sights and do a bit of touristy kind of activities. On the afternoon of the second Sunday, two team members (Dave & Mose) cooked a jiggs dinner at the Coningsby’s Inn for about twenty people in-cluding: the Inn staff, the Bishop, Team members, some of the Contractor’s family members, and a couple of guests at the Inn.

When our two week time frame was ended, we were proud of how much had been accomplished and a bit sad that we un-able to have done more. The work on St. Mark’s Church continue on after our trip, we are happy to say that on Sunday, May 26th the Bishop of the Dio-cese will be in Hattieville to blessed the new Sanc-tuary. The work goes on.

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A Friendly Visit. While at the Retirement Home the young people were blessed to have met Mrs. Hazel Baker who will celebrated her 97th birthday May 13th. Mrs. Baker continues to knit and sew and has made 17 poked mats since January 2013.

Submitted byReverend Gloria Wendover

Marystown

Six young people were confirmed on May 5, 2013 at St. Michael and All An-gels Church in the Parish of Marystown by Bishop David Torraville.

The young people and parents have been meeting since September 2012. In addition to learning many important things about the Anglican Church they read St. Mark’s Gospel and watched a DVD of St. John’s Gospel.

The group volunteered an hour of their time to assist seniors at the Mary-stown Retirement Cen-

ter. They also make sub sandwiches in the com-munity room at Sobeys to raise money for The Short Circuit Dream Fund. This small group of car-ing young people will be giving $180 to this charity of their choice which will help a young child, who have experienced illness, have a dream come true.

The six young people confirmed were Alyssa Dominie, Christian Barnes, Noel Fiander, Matthew Greene, Damian Hickman and James Strickland.

Benefit Concert for BelizeSubmitted by

Trudy HutchingsPatricia George

Shearstown

A capacity audience flocked to St. Mark’s Church, Shearstown, on April 12, 2013 for a rousing Gospel Concert, beginning with a musical prelude by St. Mark’s organist, Violet Holmes. Following a wel-come by Trudy Hutchings, the parish priest Rev. Jessie Broaders led everyone in prayer.

The first part of the program saw this quaint, intimate church deliver harmonious praises to God, performed by Hubert

and Matthaya Somerton, Calvin Deering, Danita Vokey, and ‘Patches’ - a string band solely created for the event, featuring Patricia George, Sandra Roach, Tiffany Smith, Les Cooper and Lloyd Clarke.

In the second act, Tru-dy Hutchings, our own member of the Belize team, presented a slide presen-tation and talk which in-formed the audience about the need and intent of the Belize Mission.

The third portion of the

program brought resound-ing clapping as Fraser Tut-tle, Celine Biggs, and The Trinity Quartet provided, not only beautiful music, but relaxed, comedic inter-action with the audience as well.

Some members of the audience later described the whole evening as a “warm and spiritual ex-perience.”

To complete the eve-ning in Anglican fashion, the ladies of the congrega-

tion served refreshments to a very satisfied audience following the performanc-es.

Financially, this en-joyable evening realized seventeen hundred dollars ($1700.00) in aid of the Trinity Conception Dean-ery’s Mission to Belize, which will take place in November 2013. As fellow-ship, they are still talking about it.

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Kevin Smith

Columnist

Bequest for Harbour Grace

The Reverend Donald Martin, a retired teacher and a deacon of the Anglican Church, recently made a decision that will be positive for the Parish of Harbour Grace. In revising his will, he included two bequests – one for St. Paul’s Cemetery and the other for the upkeep and operation of the Parish.

Rev. Martin has request-ed that the bequest be in-vested with Anglican Joint Investments and the income used for the two purposes. The Investment is to be named the Basil E. and Mary Martin Fund after his father, age 91 and his mother who

passed away in 2005. The gift is also in memory of his brother Bob who passed away in 2007 at age 54 years.

Rev. Martin said this donation was discussed with his mother before she passed away and she always stressed that supporting the Church was very important. He said his family has been blessed financially but also with love and some very good friends in the Parish.

Rev. Martin has been a deacon for twelve years and is very much involved with the Church in Harbour Grace. He recently attended The Advisory Committee on Postulants for Ordination (ACPO) which he hopes will lead the way to ordination as a priest. He said he has worked under five rectors and they have all been great mentors.

He and his family have always thought of the quote from St. Luke: “To whom much is given, much is ex-pected”

In other words, one re-

ceives in order to always give back to the communi-ty and Rev. Don has seen examples of this quote. For instance, he is one of two representatives with the St. Vincent-de-Paul food bank – an organization he greatly values. He takes turns distributing food on a scheduled basis. He has witnessed how people give back to the society food

items when they are able to. In addition, under the super-vision of Rev. Moses Tucker, Rev. Martin also serves as a parish contact for the An-glican Charitable Founda-tion for Children. Again he has seen many times over when the recipients of this charity have given back in one way or another when their circumstance allows. Through these groups, he

can see how the gospels are being integrated into peo-ple’s lives as they continue to give.

Rev Martin hopes that this column about his be-quest will encourage others to consider getting their estate in order and to leave a bequest for their church.

The Rector of the Parish, Rev. Moses Tucker, was de-lighted to hear of Mr. Mar-tin’s bequests. He said that Rev. Don and his family are certainly exemplifying good Christian stewardship of their resources and the Par-ish is deeply appreciative of their generosity.

Kevin Smith is the gift planning consultant for

the Anglican Church of Canada and can be

reached at 709 739-5667

Or by email: [email protected]

Loving Legacy. Mr. Basil Martin and his son Deacon Don-ald Martin

News from Twillingate

Successful Ministry. The Reverend David and Shirley Hewitt (left) recently completed a six-month tenure in the Parish of Twillingate.

Submitted byReverend Ray Brett

Twillingate

The Parish of Twill-ingate, for the past six months, has received a most thankful minis-

try from the Rev. David Hewitt and his beloved wife Shirley. They both enjoined themselves to the faith community and the community at large. Evidence of appreciation was noticed in the finan-

cial reports as well as at a reception given them on completion of their ministry. Several gifts were given them at a Parish Banquet. Change Islands made a separate presentation.

In other news, a great fellowship event was shared at St. Peter’s as the wider community enjoyed a concert per-formed by the musical group The Sharecrop-pers. They were celebrat-ing 25 years of playing folk music and songs of Newfoundland heritage and culture.

The ACW and Men’s Fellowship have played a very active part in Par-ish life. They visit and conduct worship services at the Senior and Health Care facilities.

The recent Synod ses-sion has inspired the Men’s Fellowship to un-dertake the completion of a new cabin at Mint

Brook Camp and Confer-ence Centre. This work will be done in memo-ry of Charles Pretty, a most faithful supporter of Mint Brook and a ded-icated Lay minister. His recent death is a sad loss to the whole area.

The faithful Lay Min-isters of the Parish con-tinue their involvement in ongoing ministry. All of us are in anticipation of a full-time Pastor who is much needed in this busy economic and social area.

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Memories of the Girls Friendly Society

Submitted byClaudia Yetman-Long

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G.F.S. Ladies, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John’s, 1956 . Some of these ladies were heading off to the G.F.S. World Council in Geneva, Switzerland. (left to right) Gertrude Garland, Flora Kirby, Unidentified, Marion LeMessurier, Uniden-tified, Elizabeth Yetman, Unidentified.

Isn’t it interesting how the Internet and social me-dia of today’s world can trigger so many memories of the past? A recent post-ing on the Newfoundland History Buffs Facebook page jolted my ongoing amazement with social me-dia and, at the same time, caused me to reflect on my long-ago experiences in the Girls Friendly Soci-ety. When I logged on to Facebook a few weeks ago there was, much to my sur-prise, a photo of my grand-mother, Elizabeth Yetman, looking at me, along with some of her G.F.S. friends. The photo was taken in 1956. It was posted after Larry Dohey, an archivist with the Provincial Ar-chives, posted an article about the beginnings of G.F.S. in Newfoundland on the 130th anniversary of its inception in this province. The subsequent postings and photos led to a flood of memories of my grand-mother, and her involve-ment in this organization, as well as my own personal memories as a member.

The Girls Friendly Soci-ety was first established in 1875 in London, England by an Irish woman named Mary Elizabeth Townsend. Its mandate was to provide recreational, moral, spir-itual and Christian guid-ance for young women, especially working class women, under the spon-sorship of the Church of England. In July, 1883 an independent chapter of the G.F.S. was established in St. John’s, Newfoundland, sponsored by the Church of England in Newfound-land. G.F.S. provided rec-reational, spiritual, edu-cational activities as well as friendship experiences for young women within the Church of England. G.F.S. branches were later established in other An-glican parishes around the province.

My involvement in G.F.S. was during the 1960’s and 1970’s with the young girls’ branch at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in St. John’s. My grandmother, Elizabeth Yetman, was president of the branch at that time and was heavily involved with the G.F.S. ladies’ group, as well as the young girls’ group. This young girls’ group met after school one afternoon each week at Ca-thedral Parish Hall. We of-ten wore our school tunics to the meetings with, of course, our required blue ties and enrollment pins and blue tams that bore the G.F.S. Crest. We would be expected to wear the “offi-cial” uniform of navy blue skirt, white blouse, tie and tam at official events such as church services, espe-cially enrollments, which took place during Sunday services at the Cathedral. The meetings had a very formal aspect, with the G.F.S. prayer and other prayers said, a hymn, min-utes of the previous meet-ing being read, approved and adopted, and busi-ness arising being covered. Minutes were handwritten

in a hardcover notebook. It is quite astonishing to re-flect back on this formality now, considering that some attending the meetings were as young as six years old. But there was also fun at each meeting, often stories told or read about G.F.S. around the world, a craft and usually a snack. Collecting greeting cards and making scrapbooks was common. Games were played, friendships blos-somed. Christmas parties were always special events with Santa, carol sing-ing, games, sandwiches, cookies, Purity syrup and the much-anticipated can-dy toss. Gifts were given to each member, usually books wrapped in white tissue tied with green or red ribbon. The organi-zation taught us about kindness and compassion. Respect for one another was modeled, and expect-ed. We all knew well the G.F.S. Motto “Bear ye one another’s burdens.” (Gala-tians 6:2)

I still meet former G.F.S. “girls” from time to time, always with some comment about a fond memory of G.F.S., or hear-

ing a fond memory of my grandmother. Recently, at an ordination reception at the Cathedral Parish Hall, I met an old G.F.S. friend. It was a nostalgic moment indeed, when we could reflect on the G.F.S. times we had together in that very same room almost fifty years previous.

There is one friend “connection” that I made in G.F.S. that continues to-day, more than forty years later. My grandmother would receive mail from G.F.S. branches around the world. One Christmas in the early 1970’s she re-ceived a G.F.S. Christmas card from Melbourne, Aus-tralia. On the front was a photo of a young girl, named Dianne Adams, who was about my age and dressed in her G.F.S. uni-form. The photo intrigued me. I was amazed that G.F.S. girls as far away as Australia would wear the exact same uniform as we did! I decided to write that girl to ask her if she would be my pen pal, an exciting venture in the pre-com-puter era. To my delight and amazement, she wrote back. We exchanged let-

ters, photos and gifts for several years. We both became primary school teachers and followed sim-ilar routes in life. Trag-ically and sadly, Dianne passed away suddenly in the early 1980’s shortly after she was married. Her family and I have, howev-er, remained “pen pals” ever since. Her parents even graciously accepted many letters from my own elementary students over the years, asking a mul-titude of questions about Australia. Mr. Adams, her dad, would kindly write back to each of my classes, patiently answering every query and sending lots of Australia materials back. I still keep in touch with her mom in the traditional way but, in recent years, have also connected with her sisters through Face-book. We have never met in person, but the genuine friendship has lasted for-ty years. So many lives touched all because of two very young girls in G.F.S., continents apart, with a common Girls Friendly

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G.F.S. MemoriesSociety bond.

M y g r a n d m o t h e r passed away in 1977. I don’t think that G.F.S. in St. John’s continued much beyond that time, at least in the St. John’s area. I think of her whenever I am at a service at the Cathe-dral, and especially when I enter the Lady Chap-el, which was restored with the help of the Girls Friendly Society in 1972. One of the highlights of her life was to attend the G.F.S. World Council and centenary events in Lon-don, England in 1975. She treasured her time at the events, the friendships she made, and the souvenirs she brought back, some of which I have today. G.F.S. certainly played a signif-icant role in her life, and she brought many gifts

and talents to this organi-zation. It was fitting that we inscribed the G.F.S. Crest on her headstone at her final resting place in the cemetery at St. Philip’s church, St. Philip’s, New-foundland.

Social media has cer-tainly led me to reflect the past. Whenever I open social media sites I’ve learned to expect the un-expected. To see that G.F.S. photo of my grandmother looking at me, from a tech-nological creation that she could never have even imagined, was certainly an astonishing moment. So thanks, social media, for awakening memories of my grandmother, and of G.F.S., an organization of the Anglican Church that certainly had a positive influence on my life.

G.F.S. still exists today and is active in many oth-er countries around the world including England, Ireland, Wales, Liberia, Sri Lanka, U.S.A., Japan, Aus-tralia, New Guinea, and Korea. More information can be found in the most recent edition of G.F.S. World News in a simple Internet search.

G.F.S. Prayer: “O God our Father, we beseech thee to bless us and all who belong to the Girls Friendly Society. Help us to bear one another’s burdens, to live not for ourselves, but for others as members of one family in Jesus Christ. Amen.”

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Danny Bhoy,That’s No Joke

Archdeacon Gerald Westcott

Columnist

My wife and I some-times watch “Just for Laughs” on CBC. We know the importance of humour, and enjoy laugh-ing and playing. One of the comics we saw on the program and liked was Danny Bhoy. CBC sensors the show, and what we saw was good and funny.

When we heard that Danny Bhoy was coming to St. John’s, we got tickets and went to the show. It wasn’t censored. There was some language, some vulgarity, neither of which was over the top. Yet his show would have been just as funny without it.

That’s beside the point I want to make.

Some of his best ma-terial, I thought, was the stuff that came out of his experience. He could see the humour in his life - which is very good. What I didn’t like about his show, and it seems fairly normative in comedy, is to make jokes of Jesus and the Church.

In addition to a few “Jesus” jokes, Danny Bhoy said that he questions whether there is “eternal” life, and that he could never be part of orga-nized religion. Although Danny has some funny life experiences that we can all laugh at, it is too bad for him that he lacks the deeper experience of what Life is.

We all have funny life experiences that we can share and laugh at to-gether.

But human life is of course a lot more than that. In the stillness and

silence of my heart, as I centre on the Word and Love that Jesus is, I en-counter the Source of Life.

We al l share this Source of Life, the Divine. It is what makes us equal and united as human be-ings. The Church’s role is to help facilitate, encour-age, and support this spir-itual and inner journey. As this journey is shared with others, the Church’s role is to organize people, to identify needs within the community, and to respond with love and compassion.

Freedom, equality, de-mocracy. These all come directly out of the Chris-tian religion, and over the centuries, and across na-tions and peoples, it has formed the democratic society that we enjoy in Canada today.

There is eternal life.There is an absolute

need for organized reli-gion.

That’s no joke.

Ronald Clarke

Columnist

Time Flies!

“My, oh my, where did the summer go?” my old friend of many years exclaimed. “Summer goes so fast,”she lamented, “while winter seems to last forever.”

And so it seems when you’re over 80. Time real-ly “flies”.

About 40 years ago (could it be that long?) I was invited to write a monthly column for The Churchman, as it was named then. What a privilege, I thought, to be able to reach people all over Newfoundland and Labrador, a ministry for Jesus Christ. I am not a theologian, but I assumed that Christ would supply the message. He did, of course.

What can I say 40 years later, what’s “new”?

The gospel message, which we must preach anyway we can, is never “new”. Nothing changes in God’s story. The old hymn has it right: “Tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love.” The “old, old story” is truly TIME-LESS, as relevant as it ever was.

What is the old, old story?

Jesus DIED for us (as-suring our salvation) and ROSE from the dead (as-suring our Eternal Life).

Great news indeed, especially for us who are old, and are nearer to God every day. But, then, who isn’t nearer to God every day?

This summer several of our good friends died. In July we had four funer-als in six days. At times like that grief is overcome by the glorious, certain, hope that death is but the GATE to life eternal. We have not LOST our friends, because we shall meet with them again, and with Jesus in God’s wonderful kingdom, and live FOREVER in peace and love and joy.

And so, one Sunday in July, at the annual Flower Service, in the cemetery where our son sleeps, and our parents, and dozens of friends, and where, on God’s good time, we too shall sleep, we were able to triumphantly sing won-derful hymns of anticipa-tion, of eternal union with Jesus, and with all who believe in him. Death is truly swallowed up in victory!

Heaven will be incred-ible, beyond our imagina-tion. Thanks be to Jesus Christ!

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New Priest and Deacon Ordained

Ordained to Serve. Two young people were ordained at the Anglican Cathedral in St. John’s this past June. The Rev’d Jeffrey Petten was ordained a Priest and will continue to serve in the Parish of Southeast Labrador. The Rev’d Jolene Peters was ordained a Deacon and is awaiting an appointment to serve in a parish. Pictured above (left to right) are: The Rev’d Amanda Taylor, The Rt. Rev’d Percy Coffin, The Rev’d Jeffrey Petten, The Rev’d Jolene Peters, The Rt. Rev’d Cyrus Pitman, The Rev’d Fred Marshall, The Rev’d Jonathan Rowe, and The Venerable Sandra Tilley. Submitted by Kevin Smith.

The Rev’d Everett Hobbs

Columnist

Praying with the Quakers

I’ve been reading the journal of George Fox (1624-1691), founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly called the Quakers. He lived in a time of religious controver-sy and conflict, and he was often oppressed and per-secuted. Fox’s time in jail totaled 6 years with 60 dif-ferent imprisonments, the longest 14 months. In spite of the fierce opposition by government and other Christians, the Quakers continued to attract new members. However, the Quakers have always been

a minority church - to-day there are only 360,000 worldwide. In spite of this, the organization has been very influential in justice and social issues.

Two marks of Quaker spirituality are simplicity and silence. A basic Quak-er belief is that every per-son has an “inner light”, the inspiring presence of God in us. This is how God teaches and forms us, and all other religious forms and practices relate to this light. The emphasis on simplicity of life is evi-dent in the way it is orga-nized. There is very little structure, therefore, no hierarchy and no cler-gy. There is no elaborate belief system, even the Bible may be servant to the Inner Light. The place of worship is plain, with none of the symbols and decorations found in most Christian churches.

Quaker worship may be described as waiting upon God in silence. There

is usually no order of ser-vice or ritual - no use of creeds , recited prayers, sermons or music. Wor-shipers sit in silence which is only broken when some-one is moved to speak - usually a few words or a biblical verse - and a hymn may be sung. Quakers believe that every member is a minister, emphasiz-ing the Priesthood of All Believers, and as every member is a priest there is no laity.

The place where they come to worship is not called a church but a meet-ing house. In effect the church is the gathering itself and that can take place anywhere. A build-ing cannot be a church as the Church is the Body of Christ and the People of God. Although they follow the custom of wor-shiping on Sunday (First Day), Quakers regard all days as equally holy.

Quakers do not use the traditional Christian sac-

raments, contending that any activity or experience can be sacramental. All life is seen as sacramental and so we can be in commu-nion with God and others at all times. The presence of Christ is not dependent on symbols and rites. Ev-ery meal may be seen as a (holy) communion.

Silence is a major component of personal prayers: believers wait in silence to connect with the Inner Light. Quakers believe strongly in dis-cerning and obeying the will of God. This knowl-edge is gained not just on one’s own but with the help of others, especially fellow-members. Deci-sion-making in a congre-gation is not by majority but by consensus. The meeting will ponder over an issue until there is a consensus. Otherwise it will be delayed.

Quakers have often been in the forefront of social and justice is-

sues. They were among the first to campaign against slavery. They were also involved in the emancipa-tion of women, prison re-form, child labour, animal welfare, adult education, affordable housing and others. They were pio-neers in improving work-ing conditions, especially in businesses owned by Quakers, such as Cadbury, Rowntree, Frys and Terry. Quakers also belong to a minority of Christians called the Peace Church-es which advocate and practice pacifism, main-taining that Jesus taught nonviolence.

There was a Quak-er presence here in the 17th and 18th centuries centered on a few mer-chants. The Canadian Quaker website lists a Meeting in St John’s and a telephone contact.

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Confirming the Faithful

Port AuxBasques

Each young person of the St. James 2nd year Confirmation Class was given five dollars with which they were to come up with a project to increase this amount and the money they raised would go to a charity of their choice. They made and sold cupcakes, cookies, a milk run, created a gift basket to sell tickets on, a hockey shoot-off, and more. Over a three week period they raised $651 plus a donation they were given, they ended up with $680. The group looked at different needs in the world, and decided they would give $600 of the money they raised to the Primate’s World Relief Fund to purchase a Bicycle Ambulance to help a community in the East African Nations have better access to health care. The remaining amount was used to purchase seeds to help two families start up a farm and help them have a sustainable resource for their family and help others. These 15 young people were delighted they could make such a worthwhile contribution to help a community in need. On Sunday April 21st, the candidates were confirmed at St. James the Apostle in Port aux Basques. Submitted by the Rev. Hannah Dicks

St. Anthony On June 2, 2013 the Sacrament of Confirmation was administered to 12 candidates from the Parish of St. Mary the Virgin in St. Anthony. They were confirmed by Bishop Percy Coffin. After the ceremony,a pot-luck for all was held at the hall. The candidates are pictured with Bishop Coffin and Parish Priest Fr. Paul Findlay. Submitted by Linda Coffin.

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Clarenville

On 14 April 2013, seventeen young people and one adult were confirmed by Bishop David Torraville at St. Martin’s Cathedral in Gander. During the preparation for this sacrament, the candidates experienced the joy of bonding together as fellow Christians within the context of their larger faith community. They spent valuable time exploring their faith in relation to their own life experiences and working out what a renewal of their baptismal covenant would mean for them personally. They have begun a journey with the support of a loving Christian family that will be theirs to draw from for the rest of their lives. Submitted by Stella Walsh.

Confirmation classes at St. Mary’s, Clarenville consisted of four intensely interested youth candidates who met every Wednesday afternoon for a total of some fifteen weeks of formal preparation. In addition, there was an adult candidate who prepared through a self directed home study program. The big day for the candidates was 14 April led by the Rt. Rev. David Torraville, Bishop of Central Newfoundland. The Service was preceded by a breakfast prepared by members of St. Mary’s ACW and shared by the candidates, family, prayer partners, Bishop David and his wife Karen. Submitted by Harvey Locke.


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Parsons PondThe Rt. Rev. Percy Coffin visited St. Peter’s Church, Parsons Pond in the Parish of Cow Head on 9 June for the Sacrament of Confirmation. He was met by a very enthusiastic group of candidates and a beautiful evergreen archway, erected and decorated by the candidates and their parents. The candidates began their preparation in January 2012, attending classes and taking an active role in worship services. The Confirmation Service was held in the afternoon and followed by a reception and supper. Submitted by The Rev. Jean Brenton-Hickman

Heart’s Content

A beautiful sunny Sunday morning, April 28th was the scene of a large gathering of people from St. Mary’s, St. Augustine’s and St. Luke’s for the confirmation of 14 candidates. Their teachers were Rev. Irene Sutton and Lorraine Warren. They have been meeting for classes for over a year now and they are well versed in scripture and ready, willing and able to be confirmed. Candidates, their family, friends and members of the congregation enjoyed a beautiful Eucharist service. We wish them all the success and look forward to their being involved in the future of their church. Submitted by Eileen Matthews. Photo by Shelly Burrage.


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Port deGrave On 2 June, eleven candidates were presented to the Rt. Rev’d Cyrus Pitman to receive the Sacrament of Con-

firmation. Other participants were Fr. Paul Rideout, Rector, and Rev’d John Sparkes, deacon. Back Row (L-R) Rev’d John Sparkes, Bishop Pitman, Fr. Paul Rideout, Andrew Mercer. Middle Row (L-R) Madelyn Swackhamer, Lynelle Mercer, Colleen Barrett, Bailey Petten. Front Row (L-R) Shauna Ryan, Gavin Snow, Taylor Dale, Emily Mackey, Jared Richards. Submitted by Marguerite Boone. Photo by Joyce Morgan

Indian Bay

During the Spring twelve young people and their parents from the Parish of Indian Bay participated in a seven week program called Quest. This program prepared the youth for their Confirmation which took place at St John the Baptist Church, Wareham on Sunday, June 2, 2013. Each of the Confirmands participated in the service according their individual talents. Bishop David Torraville preached the sermon and performed the laying on of hands for Confirmation. The confirmands, parents and congregation then received the Holy Eucharist. As a special project the confirmands collected items for Cara House to help those less fortunate than themselves Submitted by the Parish of Indian Bay

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SPG Missionary Reports, 1761-62David Davis

Columnist Our HistoryThe main sponsoring

body of the Church of England missionaries to eastern North Amer-ica was the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG). This was also the case with Newfound-land. These mission-aries sent annual and semi-annual reports to the SPG office in Lon-don, England describing events and activities in their areas of responsi-bility.

Readers of this ma-terial should keep in mind that the date of the documents in this article in the 1760s are in the living memory of the Spanish Armada’s projected invasion of England in 1688. It is a long time ago.

It should be noted that at that time the pop-ulation of St John’s, the leading town of New-foundland, was of almost equally of English and Irish extraction, rather more Irish than English. This situation questions the common belief that Irish immigration to Newfoundland really began with the economic boom during the Napo-leonic Wars, ending in 1815.

It appears that the church membership of St John’s was a small part of the general popula-tion of the town while in rural England, where part of Newfoundland’s population came from. The leading people were in the position to press the general population to church attendance and participating in the sacraments. Newfound-land seems to have had a frontier society where the presence of estab-lished English society was very limited

The Document The DocumentComments enclosed in round brackets ( ) indicate a special com-ment by the writer. List of clergyEdward Langman, St John’s

Yearly Report, 1761-62(There is a question of whether Mr Langman was in England that year)

He did not visit the harbours to the south of St John’s during this year, He tried to visit both the harbours to the north and the south in alternately years, when pos-sible.. (In the future it was planned to have missionaries in both the northern and southern harbours.)

A new church was being built in St John’s and was al-most finished. (Maintaining churches in Newfound-land became a recurrent theme in church history espe-cially maintaining a church in St John’s)

In August, Mr Langman went down the shore to Bay Bulls and Witless Bay for ten days. Bay Bulls had a population 230 people: 37 Irish(RC), 8 Protestants. Mr Langman baptized 4 protestant children- the Irish re-fused baptism.( These numbers above seem to be con-fused unless the majority of the residents were not ac-tive in the church and were regarded as having no reli-gion.).Witless Bay had 11 poor families almost all RC.

Here follows a quotation from Mr Langman’s report : “..., as they (Irish, RCs) are in the rest of the Har-bours and Bays of the island, where the few Protestants there are, are in Danger of their lives; so that, were they not somewhat restrained by the fear of the Civil Pow-er, there would be no tolerable living in the Island “ (English-Irish bad blood and hostility goes back to the beginning of Newfoundland and lasted to recent times)

Next summer Mr Langman will venture north at least to Harbour Grace where there is no missionary. There has been no replacement for Mr Linsay who was the missionary at Trinity Harbour.

The population of St John’s last winter(1760) was: En-glish 557, Irish 629 = 1186

Mr Langman’s own ministerial efforts had the follow-ing results: baptized: 16 (2 adults), buried 42, commu-nicants 30.

As usual there was a crying need for religious literature, most especially bibles, even though this was largely an age of public illiteracy. The publications were aimed at the essential lay reader population in Newfoundland: Mr Langman was the only priest,

In 1762, at the end of the Seven Years War, a French Fleet surprised Newfoundland which had prospered during the boom of the war and the absence of French fisherman from the areas of Newfoundland given to them in the Treaty of Utrecht(1713) the northern fish-ery on what was known as the French Shore.

List of MissionariesEdward Langman, St John’s - £50Fortheringham, Trinity Bay - £50

Yearly Report 1761-62

(This was a terrible year for Newfoundland)

The French landed a force and took possession of St John’s. The garrison was surrendered, all the English were made prisoners of war, There was general distress as often occurs in war.

Mr Langman lost £139 worth of personal effects .His wife died in child birth and he had a flux, a discharge of blood from the body, but he survived,

Many of the English went to New England and the French continued around Conception Bay on a puni-tive raid, which seems to have been the reason for the invasion. All very bad, but the people started to return to Newfoundland fairly quickly. People who live with warfare have to be hardy and able to survive no matter what comes their way.

Before the capture, he baptized 19 and buried 14 and after the capture he baptized 3 and buried 5.

A personal issue for Mr Langman was the arrival with the occupation of 3 French priests and 1 Irish priest.

The society sent Mr Langman £50 to help his financial loss but they couldn’t do anything for his poor wife.

Trinity Bay

There is no report from Mr Fotheringham in Trinity Bay. We know from what Mr Langman says he reached Trinity safely but there doesn’t seem to be any information, nothing is known of him af-terwards..There are a number of missionaries who came to mis-sions in Newfoundland but then vanished, one wonders if they were ever there.

These few remarks give the reader little incomplete pictures of life in Newfoundland but they probably illustrate the harsh life that the people endured in those time.

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Prayer, Work and God’s Gracious Presence

Cynthia Haines-Turner

Columnist

From 3-7 July 2013, the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangel-ical Lutheran Church in Canada met together in a Joint Assembly, as An-glicans, meeting at times in General Synod, doing those things that we need-ed, constitutionally, to do as separate bodies. How to describe the overall ex-perience? I found it a time of encouragement for our relationship with the Lu-therans and a time to focus

on our common mission and witness as we were ‘Together for the Love of the World’ (the theme of Joint Assembly). Yes, we spent time at business (not enough and a bit too rushed for some delegates’ taste and too much for others) but we also spent time at worship and in prayer. But again, how to describe the experience adequately?

Help came in the form of a blog by Dean Peter Elliott of the Diocese of New Westminster which he posted about the gos-pel reading on the story of Mary and Martha as recorded in Luke 10:38- 42 in which he said, in part ‘Many interpretations of this story have been of-fered: often symbolically with Martha, who worked to make the house and the meal ready for Jesus, rep-

resenting action and Mary, who sat at Jesus feet listen-ing, representing contem-plation. While there have been debates about which is more important (the gos-pel story seems to suggest that Mary’s actions are, in Jesus’ view, the ‘better part’), what is often missed is the relationship between the two. Action and con-templation, like Mary and Martha, are sisters-they are related to each other. Even St. Luke’s placement of this story of the two sis-ters indicates something about this relationship: prior to this story, in the narrative is the parable of the Good Samaritan-a story about action with its concluding phrase “go and do likewise”. After the account of Mary and Mar-tha comes Jesus’ teaching about the Lord’s Prayer “pray this way”-an invi-

tation to the inner life of prayer and contemplation.

The Christian way val-ues both paths: the ethical demands to act with com-passion and justice in the world AND the spiritual demands of taking time for the life of prayer. One without the other is incom-plete. Interestingly both lead to the other.’

‘Aha!’ - I thought, that describes Joint Assembly!

If ever there is a time when we are consumed by busy-ness, it’s when we meet at General Syn-od - meeting from early morning until late at night. The business of the Church has to be done. But prayer, worship and reflection was also an essential part of our time together, including reflections on our call to mission by Dr. Christopher Duraisingh from the Epis-copal Divinity School and

those by guests from the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran World Feder-ation. Our Primate led us in prayer regularly and of-ten before we voted, espe-cially if the vote involved a delicate or serious matter. We sang, we prayed, we worshipped, we worked, we were encouraged to look outside ourselves. As Peter said, ‘both lead to the other’. As an act of joint witness, infused by the Spirit of God, it was a fabulous and grace-filled gathering.

- Cynthia Haines-Turner was elected Deputy Pro-locutor at the recent Joint Assembly. Her duties will include assisting the Primate in the affairs of the General Synod and the Council of the General Synod. - Editor.

On Motherhood

Allison Billard

Columnist

As I write this I have just begun my mater-nity leave and we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our second son. By the time you read this he will have arrived and I will likely be spending my days alternating be-

tween cuddling him on the couch and pacing the floors trying to get him to nap. At least if he’s anything like his older brother that is what the next number of months will look like for me. But I look forward to meeting him and showing him the world.

It is a beautiful sum-mer day as I sit and type, and it is hard to imagine feeling anything other than wonder and awe at how wonderful life can be. But I am not naive. I have been down this road before. Bringing a baby into this world is physi-cally hard, painful, and exhausting. But that is just the beginning. As parents we are then charged with their well being until they are big enough to see to themselves, which I am sure feels like a lifetime commitment, but I really do hope that by the time my boys graduate high school they’ll be fairly self sufficient, as long as we provide some cash and

access to the car on occa-sion. But to be responsible for their physical and spiritual well being for the next 15-18 years is an overwhelming challenge. Especially after a long day, when everyone is cranky and you just don’t know how you can keep it all together. My mom often tells me to just take it one day at a time, they’ll grow up before I even know it and it will all be a memory.

So one day at a time is how I choose to go. How does the saying go? Let go and let God. That’s my plan. To do my best, to ask for God’s guidance, to lean on my partner, my family and my friends to help me when times are challeng-ing, and hope that my best is good enough for these two boys. That they will grow in God’s love, and develop into strong, confident, caring young men ready to take on the world.

There have been too many stories in the news

of mothers completely overwhelmed by their circumstances, without the ability to reach out for help when they need it or without a support network to lift them up when they are unable to take the next step on their own. It often has tragic consequences for everyone. So I ask that you look around you and see if there is a mother in your life who would ben-efit from some of Jesus’ love. Is there someone who needs a shoulder to lean on or a ear to listen or a helping hand? You could be the difference for them, the question is will you be?

- Allison and husband Robert welcomed baby Jacob Allan Billard on August 3. Congratulations! - Editor.

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The Good Work of theAnglican Foundation

Submitted bySaskia Rowley

Toronto

When the Rev Jim Pol-lard asked the Anglican Foundation’s Executive Director, Judy Rois if there might be funds avail-able to help purchase an “adapted tricycle” for 16-year old Joshua Abbott, a young parishioner in the parish of King’s Cove in NL, she responded with a generous “Yes”.

“Yes” has been a com-mon response of the Foundation’s Executive Director whose 2 1/2 year tenure with the organiza-tion has been character-ized by innovation and generosity. Joshua was born at 26 weeks and diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Unable to walk, he uses a wheelchair for his mobility. During his recovery from a surgical procedure on his legs one year ago, therapists rec-

Joshua and his New Wheels. Pictured left to right are: Paul Abbott (Joshua’s dad), Bishop David Torraville (Central NL), Joshua Abbott on the tricycle, Colleen Abbott (Joshua’s mom and Lay Minister), Camryn Baker (Joshua’s cousin), The Rev Jim Pollard, Rector of Parish of King’s Cove, NL). Photo by Parish of King’s Cove.

ommended an “adapted tricycle” which would allow him independent mobility.

It was the parish priest at Joshua’s church, the Rev Jim Pollard who asked Rois for assistance. The Anglican Foundation was delighted to help in the purchase of the tricy-cle which was blessed by Bishop David Torraville in July. “Words cannot ex-press how happy it makes us to see how much Josh-ua enjoys his new wheels” said his mom.”

“The Anglican Foun-dation was privileged to help”, said Rois. “Giv-ing someone something life-giving – that’s what really important” she said.

New Pulpit for King’s CoveNew Pulpit. On July 14, a beautiful service was held at St. Mark’s in The Parish of King’s Cove in Summerville as two special events took place that day. Bishop David Torraville was also there and took part in the service. St. Mark’s has never had a pulpit until this spring when Rev. Jim Pollard decided to build one himself. Bishop David consecrated the new pulpit as well as an extension to the cemetery. Submitted by Colleen Abbott.

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The Beauty of

The ACW of Port Blandford knew of the need for quilts for the children of Ronald MacDonald House in St. John’s, and they de-cided that they wanted to be a part of this special ministry. They purchased the material (the batting being donated) and one of our quilting ladies, Linda Bennett took it and lovingly sewed the quilt together for a boy. With extra material left over, she made and in-cluded a pillowcase. Then with her materials she made a girls quilt as well and donated it. The ladies were very happy to be able to pres-ent these two quilts to the home from our group. Many blessings to the children who receive them. Submitted by June Holloway.

Quilts for Ronald McDonald House. 101 girls from ages 8 to 13 were working to-gether for a great cause during the Girls’ Lavrock Summer Camp from July 15-19th. During the week the girls along with the camp staff were able to make five beautiful quilts that were donated to Ronald McDonald house in St. John’s. Sub-mitted by the Rev’d Jolene Peters.

On Sunday June 2nd, the Women of St. James in Port Aux Basques presented 27 handmade quilts for donation to Ronald MacDonald House in St. John’s. These quilts were made by the women’s sewing group, and gifts of materials to help make them were donated by women of the congregation. These quilts will be given to the chil-dren who stay at Ronald MacDonald House while receiving treat-ment at the hospitals in St. John’s. A gift sewn and given from the heart by all who contributed. “Remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, ‘it is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). Submitted by The Rev. Canon Hannah Dicks.

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God’s Handiwork

St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Hodge’s Cove. Since the appearance of the articles of the Sleeping Mats in the Anglican Life, Laura Drover of Hodge’s Cove contacted Rev. Marlene Harvey wanting to know how she could get involved. There were lots of milk bags in the Northern Penn; the problem was to get them across the island. As always, asking around proved fruitful. Wally and Ethel Young were traveling that way and they were more than happy to take them. And Laura went to work. She presented the project at her ACW only to find there was only one crocheter other than herself. However, there was no shortage of helping hands to cut, loop and ball the bags to prepare to be turned into colourful and comfy sleeping mats for children who would other-wise sleep on the bare ground. Nine mats arrived back in the Northern Pen (much the same way as the bags were sent) to find their way, along with fifteen others to destinations in Africa and Haiti. Well done Laura and friends. Submitted by Rev’d Marlene Harvey.

Prayer Quilt Group Formed in the Parish of Bonne Bay North. The afternoon of March 5, the ladies of the Church of the Good Shep-herd, Norris Point and St. Matthew’s, Rocky Harbour met for the first time to begin making prayer quilts. The quilts will be given to those in need through either sickness, loss of a loved one, or any other trauma in their lives. On May 19, at the Sunday evening ser-vice, Rev. Canon Louise Richards, rector of Bonne Bay North Parish, blessed 8 adult and 3 kids (completed) quilts. Five additional adult quilts have been completed since then. To date 1 child’s and 9 adult prayer quilts have been presented. Submitted by Dale Decker

St. Martin’s Sewing Fellowship

Submitted byStella Walsh

Gander

At St. Martin’s Cathedral in Gander there is a Sewing Fellowship that exemplifies the core group of women that are the heart, feet and hands of Je-sus in almost all Newfoundland churches. That is not to exclude the gentlemen and other people who work hard for our Lord, but these dedicated groups of women are the epitome of faith in action.

You know who they are. You can give me a list of names from your own church at the drop of a hat. Not only do they sew, crochet and knit, but they also clean the church, cook meals, wash dishes, visit shut-ins, do readings, sing in the choir, fundraise, lead prayers, collect for and deliver to charities, and do just about anything else that needs doing. And they do all of this while taking good care of their own families, and often struggling with their own health issues. These women display a work ethic that appears to be on the wane in our society and we despair of their inevitable depar-ture from the local church scene.

At St. Martin’s these talented and giving ladies have made contributions to many charities and groups. They make beauti-ful baby quilts that are given as gifts when baptisms take place at St. Martin’s; quilts for Mint Brook; blankets and quilts for the incubators at the Janeway; dresses and breeches for Haiti; quilts for Cara House for abused

women and children; costumes for the Sunday School children; and hundreds of items for fund-raising sales and fairs. And the list goes on.

Outside of all of the work cre-ated and donated, this group is also a fellowship that believes in passing on knowledge and skills. The group is open to anyone and the ladies come and go from week to week as time and good health allows. They encourage anyone who wants to learn a skill, or dust off one that is rusty, to come along. They are only too glad to help and give advice with any project, large or small. And of course, in true traditional fash-ion, there is always a cup of tea. It is a joy to be in their company and watch them work together as they share knowledge, friend-ship, laughter and a pure joy in the work of our Lord.

We, as church families, need to encourage all of our younger women, and gentlemen too, to take advantage of learning from the wealth of knowledge and dedication to service that these elders of our congregations have to offer. They are a great blessing at St. Martin’s and in all of the churches where you will find their counterparts.

James 2:17 - In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accom-panied by action, is dead. (NIV)

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Diocesan Men’s ConferenceSubmitted by

Peter StevensonSt. John’s

The Diocesan Anglican Men’s Association held its annual Weekend for Men at Lavrock on May 24-25, 2013. The event is open to all men’s groups in the Diocese and this year was attended by approximate-ly thirty-five men from ten men’s organizations. The event is usually held in April, but this year our Belize Project Team was in Belize at that time, so the Weekend was rescheduled to May. The 2014 Weekend is currently scheduled for April 10-11, 2014.

Following registration and opening devotions, members were treated to a delicious evening meal prepared by the Lavrock kitchen staff. Our after dinner speakers were members of the team that went to Belize. The ma-jor presentation, which included pictures of the work being carried out, was conducted by Rev. Ed-ward Keeping, our Chap-

lain and chair of the Belize Project Committee, and Moses Tucker. Two other members of the team that went to Belize, Dave Ar-nott and Herb Butler, also addressed the gathering and told of their experienc-es. The Team made great progress with completing St. Mark’s Church in Hatti-eville. The work ethic that they brought to the project encouraged local partici-pation and the church is scheduled for consecration in July of this year. Rev. Ed and Moses would like to share the Team’s Belize experience with all the parishes and others who contributed toward the success of their mission. Their plan is to approach various parishes to deliver the presentation given at the conference.

Fellowship was the fo-cus of the remainder of the first evening. There were several tables of cards which were entertaining for the participants and the spectators. Several members brought their

musical instruments and the evening concluded with a sing-along.

Day two of the Week-end began with Eucharist followed by a delicious breakfast. Our first ses-sion of the morning was with our Bishop Pitman, who was with us through-out the conference. He brought us up to date on

various activities within the Diocese and within the Anglican Church in Cana-da. His talk also reiterated that we are called to mis-sion and one of our duties is to “tend the plants”.

Our second session of the morning was a pre-sentation by The Racing Reverend David Burrows. He told us of the involve-ment of his parish in TAR-GA Newfoundland, what motivated him to get in-volved, and the results of that involvement along with the challenges and experiences along the way. He also told the gathering of their involvement with providing assistance to two parishes in New York that were impacted by hur-ricane Sandy. DAMA pre-sented Rev. Burrows with a donation to his projects as a token of its appreciation for his coming to share this experience with us.

The Annual General Meeting and Election of Officers closed out the conference. Following the presentation and adoption of reports, the executive for 2013-2014 was elected. The following were re-turned to office: Peter Ste-

venson, President; Herb Reid, Vice-President; and, Henry Thorne, Treasurer. Herb Dowden was elected Secretary. The Presidents of member clubs serve as Directors on the DAMA Executive. When the Team was in Belize, the Bishop of Belize, Bishop Philip Wright, asked that DAMA continue their work with Belize and made three re-quests: 1) That we provide 100 folding chairs for St. Mark’s Church; 2) That we provide a public address system for the church; and 3) That we adopt the par-ish for five years to com-plete the parish hall and provide a rectory so that the priest can live in the community. After discus-sion, the first two requests were accepted. Because there were several member groups not in attendance due to other commitments, a decision on the third re-quest was deferred until the next general meeting of the association.

The Weekend was en-joyed by all in attendance. Any men’s groups, or par-ishes wishing to form a men’s group, can contact DAMA through any mem-bers of the executive or Synod Office.

Our Immediate Past President, George King, was in hospital at the time of the conference. Mem-bers signed a card which was brought to George following the weekend. George passed away short-ly after the conference. DAMA has expressed its condolences to George’s family. George will certain-ly be missed by his family, his parish and DAMA.

DAMA. Pictured are the newly elected Executive of the East-ern Diocesan Anglican Men’s Association

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Quiet Day in Topsail

Submitted byLouise Smith

Topsail

As we journeyed through Lent on the path which would ultimately lead us to Easter day, our Rector, Rev. Sandra, altered the course mo-mentarily to pamper the women of our parish with a QUIET DAY.

She reminded us that while universally, and in-stinctively, women have an innate impulsion to be givers, protectors and guardians, we must still take time to digest the great commandment in its entirety--Love the Lord thy God with all thy strength and Love thy Neighbor as thy Self. We have, howev-er, a tendency to be the greatest disparager of ourselves; often omit-ting “Thyself” from the equation. So this day our church hall was to be a forum to dispel any stress, and concentrate on the moment and relish what we get back.

We listened spell-bound as she read and relayed to the group the story of “Mary’s Treasure Box,” which was phys-ically displayed. And we gasped at how she carefully removed and explained the meaning of each piece of the accu-mulated wealth of its con-

tents. Then, subsequently, presented everyone pres-ent with a sample of each symbolization:

Among the multiple replicas were: 1. A wisp of straw, as an image of humility 2. A flute, signifying joy 3. A wrap, teaching the love of mother & child; and of God & his people 4. A nail, as a reminder of the agony in the gar-den 5. A rock, symbolic of the empty tomb and the glorious resurrection.

Being in the grip of Lent and Easter, was a reminder also of Jesus`s birth and the gifts of the Magi, as she extracted a Gold bracelet, Frankin-cense and Myrrh from the collection.

We were further pam-pered with a delicious lunch of soup prepared and served by a member of the Anglican Church men, while Rev. Sandra included barley cakes to compliment the meal.

While thanking Rev. Sandra for including this event despite her busy Holy Week schedule, we endeavoured to envision being Abraham`s guests feasting on Flat Bread carefully and lovingly readied by Sarah.

Cemetery Clean-up in Meadows

Submitted byShelia Tucker

Meadows

The sun was shin-ing on July 13th as peo-ple from Holy Trini-ty Church in Meadows and St. James Church in Gillams gathered to-gether to make neces-sary repairs to the cem-etery which is located in Meadows.

Twenty-nine head-stones were straight-ened, some of which are almost ninety years

old. Other work done included the fence being painted, garbage picked up, grass cleared away from all the headstones and lettering repainted on headstones.

Many a story was told during the day and memories were shared of people who had passed away. A barbecue lun-cheon was enjoyed by all.

A big thank you to the following people who helped: Keith Goulding, Keith Blanchard, Sam

Park, Richard Park, Rex Brake, Barbara House, Maureen Blanchard, Jordy Blanchard, Cindy Park, Calvin Park, Mat-thew Park, Harley An-derson, Cyril Jones, Eric Head, Jean Head, Phyllis Brake, Jim Brake, Jake Miller, Sheila Tucker, Lucas Tucker and Taylor Piercey.”

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Parish News in Focus

Quilt for Ronald MacDonald House. St. Alban’s Anglican Church Women made a Children’s Butterfly Quilt for Ronald MacDon-ald House at St. John’s. Pictured (left to right) are: Patricia Ride-out, Jean Porter, Evelyn Fizzard, Edith Toope The Quilter, Shirley Small, Sandra Arnold, Dianne Dancey and Chloe Reid. Submitted by St. Alban’s ACW.

The Prayer Quilters of Holy Cross, Eastport, are standing with two quilts that have been prayerfully prepared to give to Ronald Mac-Donald House. The have given over seventy quilts in prayer, and continue to pray for those who have received a quilt. Pictured are left to right: Carolyn Crisby, Shirley Penney, Evangeline Turner, Mary Moss, Marie Menchions, Beatrice Mitchell, Madeleine Bull, Helena Thoms, Elizabeth Moss. Submitted by Fr. Paul C Thoms.

The Parish of All Saints in Foxtrap has a vibrant and strong CLB compa-ny. The company, under the command of Captain Wayne Young, has a youth membership of 60 children, ranging in ages of 5 to 19. The past year has been a very busy one, with the regular parades, special parades, outings, work on various badges and having fun. On May 14, the com-pany held its annual inspection. This is an opportunity for all members to shine. The evening consists of special awards, demonstrations from the youth members, and a performance by the company’s youth drum and bugle band. In attendance are family members and friends, officers from neighboring companies, special guests and the inspecting officer, who this year was Col. Al Pelley, Governor and Commandant. The eve-ning was a great success, and everyone enjoyed an informal social fol-lowing the official activities. Submitted by Sandra Taylor

On May 16, 2013 All Saints ACW Foxtrap held a closing dinner after a very busy, fun filled year. The dinner consisted of Cornish hen and dessert, catered by the Men’s Fellowship. President Barba-ra Tilley thanked all the members who are active on a weekly basis and to those ladies who offer their help whenever needed. There were approximately 50 members present. President Barb gave a brief talk concerning the role of the ACW in the church. A card game was held and a fun night was had by all. Submitted by San-dra Taylor

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Aylmer Osbourne is being presented with a token of appreciation by Gary Rideout (rector’s warden) on behalf of the congregation of St. Swithin’s Anglican Church-Seal Cove Parish in the Western Di-ocese of NL. His dedication to the church in providing lay ministry in the lengthy absence of full time clergy is to be commended. Submitted by Gary Rideout.

Congratulations to Effie Boone who has been the faithful organ-ist at St. Mark’s Church in the Parish of Port-De-Grave for sixty years (1952-2012). She was presented with a framed painting of the church and a bouquet of flowers by her great-niece Rachel Marie Boone. Submitted by Marguerite Boone.

St. Michael & All Angels Church in Pollards Point, White Bay held the opening of the new Church Basement on May 23, 2013 followed by hot turkey supper and a card game. Submitted by Morris Pittman.

St. Augustine’s Church in Margaree Fox-Roost held their annual Mother’s Day and Sunday School closing program in May. It was a lovely service conducted by lay readers Herbert Park and John Billard. Sunday School Superintendent, Maggie Seymour, facilitated the program with the chil-dren performing a few songs and distributing carnations to all women in the congregation. Ros-es were presented to the oldest and youngest mom at the service. Sub-mitted by Karen Simon.

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St. Philip’s Celebrates Consecration

Submitted byLinda Roberts

St. Philips

Cornerstone Dedicated. The Rt. Rev’d Cyrus Pitman (left) dedicates the Cornerstone for the newly consecrated Church of St. Philip’s. He is pictured with The Rev’d Canon Donald Morgan (centre) and Rector, The Rev’d Edward Keeping (left). Photo by Sam Rose.

We Love the Place O God. The Rt. Rev’d Cyrus Pitman is joined by numerous clergy at the Altar for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist. Photo by Sam Rose.

On Mother’s Day, May 12, 2013, members of the Anglican Parish of St. Philip’s gathered together for wor-ship in their beautiful church complex. This, however, marked a memorable occa-sion in the life of the Parish. It marked the Consecration of the new church complex.

After much planning and hard work, the new church was opened in 2003. Then followed more hard work, dedication and com-mitment, by the people in a determined effort to have their new church debt free and ready for Consecration. At the end of 2012, all of our loans were fully paid and our bishop, The Right Rev. Cyrus Pitman, was petitioned to proceed with the Order of Consecration.

On Sunday, May 12, 2013, members of the congregation gathered with friends, former rectors, bishops, and clergy of the diocese for this memora-ble event. There was much joy, rejoicing and excitement because this was possible after only nine years since the opening. Together we gave thanks to God for his many blessings to our church community.

The church was nearly filled to capacity as the bish-op knocked on the outer door for permission to enter and proceed with the Order of Consecration. Our opening hymn, The Love of Jesus Calls Us, really summarized the spirit of the gathered community as they joined in heart and hand giving thanks for the past and the present while anticipating the future

in hope and in faith.In his sermon, Rev. Keep-

ing thanked the former rec-tors of the parish for their untiring efforts in helping the people keep focused on their goal. He thanked the people for their faithfulness, and he challenged them to move for-ward, to grow spiritually as God’s family here, and even to make new efforts to grow outwardly. He also taught

that our growth will be deter-mined by being grafted into the True Vine, Jesus Christ our Lord, to be connected to his divine life and power, and without whom we can really do nothing.

The rector reflected back to five years ago when he came to the parish in 2008. At that time the parish had loans for twenty year and fifteen year terms. Yet after

only nine years the parish is debt free. He feels this says plenty about the potential and the ability of the parish to grow spiritually, to grow outwardly, and to move forward in outreach to the community and beyond as it seeks to fulfill our Lord’s Great Commission.

This year our Parish Theme is, “Launching out into the deep…..into new spiritual depths.” We make efforts to keep this theme before us, and to keep us focused as we move for-ward together. Alongside our parish theme, we pray a collect every Sunday; which reflects our Parish Theme as well as our Parish Mission Statement.

We invite other Angli-cans to pray our prayer with us:“Bless, O Lord our God, the worship and work of this church. Grant that it may faithfully launch out into the deep and respond to the call of Jesus to be fishers of people. By the power of your Holy Spirit, make it a house of prayer, a centre for Chris-tian teaching, and disciples in learning; a community of loving and sacrificial ser-vice, and a witness to your redeeming love; through Je-sus Christ our Lord. Amen.”

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