January 2025 Issue
City of Ottawa honours Belong Ottawa’s decades of service
Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe helped celebrate the long history of care and service that Anglican Community Ministries day programs have provided in the city by ...
Clergy news — January 2025
Regional Deans were formally commissioned at the opening Eucharist of Synod on Nov. 7. Above: (Left to right) The Rev. Mark Lewis as Regional Dean ...
The Reverend Karen McBride ordained
The Rev. Karen McBride was ordained on Nov. 30 by Bishop Shane Parker at Julian of Norwich Church in Ottawa, where she has also been ...
Ascension House directors working to reduce parish costs and increase services
In his Charge to Synod, Bishop Shane Parker outlined six results to be prioritized and achieved in the current triennium (three-year budgetary and planning cycle). ...
Bishop provides guidance to parishes facing major change
Bishop Shane Parker reminded Synod members that 15 years ago, the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa had 74 parishes, but 45% of them were in some ...
Parish Development in motion
The Rev. Dr. Jon Martin, chair of the Parish Development Sub-Committee, and Leslie Giddings spoke to Synod members to further clarify the meaning of parish ...
Time of Prayer resources posted
The Rev. Elizabeth December (left) and The Rev. Simone Hurkmans reminded Synod members that all of the resources for the Time of Prayer initiative (launched ...
Contextual Mission guide online
Ron Brophy walked members of Synod through the step-by-step guide for contextual mission that is posted on the diocesan website (in the For Parishes section) ...
Canons and Bylaws updated
Several motions to amend the Diocesan Canons and Bylaws were presented by Chancellor Henry Schultz. These proposed: changes to parish governance, including a motion to ...
Telling our Parish Ministry Story
Archdeacon Monique Stone led Synod members in an interactive exercise to help tell the stories of their parish ministries. Clergy and lay representatives collaboratively described ...
Synod renews commitment to work for housing justice
Synod 2024 unanimously endorsed a forward-looking plan to support the creation of more affordable housing and a renewed commitment to advocacy and coalition-building. Terms of ...
Guest speaker encourages Synod to focus on the deep spiritual question of ‘Why?’
The Rev. Dr. Dawn Davis, assistant professor of Contextual Learning at Huron University in London, Ontario, was invited to be the guest reflector for Synod. ...
Archbishop of Jerusalem sends greetings and asks for prayers for the Holy Land
Archbishop Hosam Naoum of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem sent a video greeting to Synod, wishing “everyone a blessed time and a time with the ...
Dinner and drumming extravaganza on Valentine’s Day!
Some things are just worth repeating! And spending a hopping evening of yummy food, African drumming and dancing in the company of friends — young, ...
Land for Perth affordable housing project transferred
The town council of Perth gave final approval to the transfer of town-owned land for an affordable housing project in June. One day in November, ...
PWRDF unveils new name and welcomes partners from Zimbabwe
There was a festive atmosphere at St. Stephen’s Church in Ottawa on a November evening as the diocesan Primate’s World Relief and Development (PWRDF) Working ...
Love yourself as your neighbour
A few years ago, I was feeling uncertain about a sermon I wrote for the Baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:13-17). The Gospel reading itself is ...
Le repentir : Le chemin de la vie
English translation Tout au long des Écritures, nous entendons l’appel à la conversion par la repentance. Jean le Baptiste a appelé les gens à une ...
Repentance: The Way to Life
All throughout the Scriptures we hear the call to conversion through repentance. John the Baptist called people to new life through repentance. Jesus did the ...
An appeal from our partners in Jerusalem