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A Section of the AnglicAn JournAlanglicanlifeNEWFOUNDLAND &
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May 2015
Youth Alpha
Submitted byRev. Randy Lockyer
Youth Alpha Program Continues to be Fruitful at Holy Trinity
Church, Grand Falls-Windsor.
Six years ago, it was suggested by the Chris-t ian Educat ion
Committee and leaders of the adult Alpha course, that we offer
Youth Al-pha at Holy Trini-ty Church, Grand FallsWindsor to young
people in the par ish and from other de-nominat ions in town that
would like to participate. Because the sug-gested time to of-fer
the course was just prior to the time of Confirmation in our
parish, I recommended that we would make it a requirement of any
young person desiring Confirmation to first do
Youth Alpha. I can honestly say
that we have a won-derful group of leaders who put a tremendous
amount of time and en-ergy into preparing for these young people
to
come each year to do the course. It is structured very much like
the adult Alpha, but on a youth level. Over 10 weeks, they explore
the basics of the Christian faith
through song, video pre-sentations, discussion, Spirit weekend
and, of course, games and lots of food. During these 10 weeks, we
see a group of young people and lead-ers bubbling over with
excitement and a real desire to be there each week. I would
recommend the program to any parish and, for us, it really enhances
the Confirmation preparation pro-gram. We say it is part one of our
Confirmation pro-gram.
This year Aar-on Brace, Kenne-dy Bulgin, Deitric Cornect,
Nathan
Hewitt, Eric Hewitt, Al-exander Hewitt, Claire Prince, Nicolas
Rice, Megan Rose, and Heidi Rose participated in the program.
I am delighted to present the 2015 Leave a Legacy section (see
pages 2 and 3) in Anglican Life and my thanks go out to Father Sam
who, as editor, has supported this initiative each year. The Leave
a Legacy program is sponsored by the Canadian Association of Gift
Planners and its purpose is to raise the level of awareness about
the gift planning and its many benefits both to donors and
charities. Each May, the Anglican Church is a partner with Leave a
Legacy along with many other charities in Newfoundland and
Labrador.
This edition features a number of articles revolving around the
word Legacy and asks questions such as what will your legacy be,
what hap-pens when families disagree or where does a legacy fit
into an estate plan. For that matter, what is an estate plan? And,
we also look at the legacy of plastic and how it will impact the
planet for years to come.
In my columns and talks over the years, I have encour-aged
Anglicans to ensure that they have a legal Will and to prayerfully
consider leaving something in their Will for their Church the local
Parish, the Diocese, General Synod, or The Primates World relief
and Development Fund. From my experience, 80-90% of planned gifts
that have been made originate from bequests in wills and the major
ben-eficiary has been the local parish. I have witnessed some
wonderful gifts. But, there is much more that can be
accom-plished.
Good Works, a national organization, recently asked Environics
Research to conduct a poll among 1500 Canadians and they found some
very interesting statistics about legacy giving:
1. Over 1.18 million Ca-nadians have made bequests to charities
in their wills.
2. These bequests are worth $165 billion
3. However, almost half (46%) have not made their wills yet.
4. This represents 9 mil-lion adults in this country.
5. This group were asked how likely they were to make a will and
almost four in ten (38%) say they are very likely.
Essentially if half our adult parishioners do not have wills, it
is incumbent on us to encour-age them to have a legal will. It will
give them enormous peace of mind and at the same time, hopefully
benefit the church as well. I have suggested that parishes hold
wills seminars featuring local lawyers to ex-plain the details
about will making and the results have been very encouraging.
How-ever, legacy making is not just for one month a year, it is a
year-round effort and certainly worthy of consideration.
Kevin Smith is a gift planning con-sultant for the Anglican
Church of Canada. He can be contacted at 709 739-5667 or by email:
[email protected]
Kevin SmithColumnist
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Submitted byJanet Gadeski
I want to learn more about Leave a Legacy
Please send me: A free brochure on writing a will A quote on a
Gift Plus Annuity Information on other ways of giving I have
already remembered my church in my will
Name _______________________________________Address
___________________________________________________________________________________Postal
Code ___________ Telephone ______________
Date of Birth (for annuity quote)If you are Male
________________________________If you are Female
_______________________________
Mail to: Kevin SmithRegional Gift Planning Consultant
Anglican Church of Canada10 Strawberry Marsh Road
St. Johns, NL A1B 2V4
Planned GivingStraight Answers for Regular Folks
Janet Gadeski was President of Hilborn, a publisher sharing the
knowledge that charities and their leaders need to change the
world, and Editorial Director for PGgrowth, a consultancy that
helps charities inspire donors to include charitable bequests in
their Wills. This article, previously published as a blog, was
printed with permission.
What is planned giving anyway?Planned giving is a phrase that
charities use often and do-nors almost never say! In a nutshell, it
means you create a charitable gift now that goes to the
organization you love in the future, usually when you die.
Its planned because it takes some thought and prepa-ration, and
because you should consult a lawyer and your financial planner
about it. The easiest planned gift is part of something you should
have anyway: your Will.
Sounds like a lot of work. Is it complicated? Its not really a
lot of work. Everyone, regardless of income or assets, should have
a Will, and everyone should prepare that Will with the help of a
lawyer and a financial advisor. Including a charitable gift adds a
few minutes to those con-versations and just a few sentences to
your Will.
Why should I consider it?A gift in your Will lets you make the
gift of a lifetime to a cause you believe in a gift you might not
be able to afford while youre alive. Heres the compelling
explanation from Colleen Bradley, my colleague at PGgrowth and a
lifetime specialist in Wills and estate planning.
People think that leaving money to a charity will diminish what
they can leave to their kids. But because of Canadas tax
regulations, you can give money to a charity that you would
otherwise give to Canada Revenue Agency in taxes. And if your net
income in the year of your death is lower than the amount you give,
your executor can claim a rebate against your previous years income
and add that to your estate.
What should I tell my family?Talking it through your with kids
is a crucial step, Colleen advises. Explain that your charitable
donation will offset tax-es on the estate. Theyll be happy to see
it go somewhere other than the tax collector!
And even if they arent, she says, its your money. You have the
right to give it to charity.
How does it benefit the charity I care about?That charity
probably struggles to support its current pro-grams, launch new
ones, renew buildings and equipment, perhaps take a risk on
something promising but untried. When it receives a gift through
someones Will, the char-ity can use that gift for something special
something it couldnt do otherwise. Or it can save and invest the
gift so that the yearly interest goes on supporting programs youve
been giving to year by year. Talk to the charity you love about
using your bequest in the way youd like it to be used.
Anyone can make a bequest. The amount doesnt matter but
supporting a cause you cherish, leaving a legacy of val-ues as well
as financial disbursements, matters a lot. Its one of the most
important things you can do to build the world youd like to
see.
1. Wills The cornerstone of any estate plan and the most common
method for assets to be transferred. The main purpose of a Will is
to describe how you want your assets to be distributed.
2. Joint ownership Registration of assets in joint ownership is
one of the simplest ways to transfer assets. Joint Tenancy with
Right of Survivorship, when one par-ty dies, ownership is
automatically transferred to the surviving party. Although useful
for avoiding probate taxes, other tax and legal complications can
arise.
3. Gifting assets before death Without doubt the eas-iest way to
transfer assets is to give them away while youre alive. While
gifting to charitable causes can lead to tax benefits, other
gifting can create tax liabilities.
4. Testamentary trusts A testamentary trust takes effect at
death and becomes part of the Will. It allows ownership of assets
to be transferred while control of the assets is determined by the
provisions of the trust.
5. Living trusts A living trust is created while you are alive
and there are many reasons why they are used. But they serve the
same basic purpose of transferring own-ership of assets while
retaining control.
Source: RBC
Strategies for Transferring Assets
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Where there is a WillThere is a Way
Submitted byHilary Wicks
Many Newfoundlanders and Labradorians apparently do not have a
legal will and this can cause some serious issues in a family
situation. To ad-dress this issue, the Parish of the Good Shepherd
in Mount Pearl held a wills seminar in March. Invited along for the
evening was Kevin Smith, Diocesan Planned Giving Consultant and
Hilary Wicks, an Associate with Roebothan, McKay and Marshall. Ms
Wicks covered a number of areas of interest. The following list
some of the points she raised.
How do you arrange your estate?In Newfoundland, your estate can
either be organized as set out by the terms stipulated in a valid
will or by provincial regulation. A will gives you some control
over what happens to your estate after you die. You can know that
your things will go to the people who want to have them. However,
if you die without a will, or intestate, your estate will be
divided among according to the Intestate Succession Act which may
not have been what you would have wanted.
What are the requirements for a will?A will must in writing
(typed or handwritten). The person making the will (the testator)
must be 17 years of age. The will must be signed before two
witnesses, both present at the same time of signing. The witnesses
cannot be beneficiaries. All pages of the will must be ini-tialed
by the testator and the witnesses. The testator must make the will
free from pressure from other people. Finally, the testator must
have legal capacity. This means the testator understands what he or
she is doing, the type and the amount of property being given and
that the will is benefiting certain people and excluding
others.
What are the contents for a will?The current date must be
included. If you have more than one will, this will make it clear
which is your most recent will. An executor should be named who is
responsible for proving your will is valid by having it probated,
filing your final income tax return and distrib-uting your estate
to your beneficiaries. It is often useful to appoint an alternative
executor in the case where your executor is unable or unwilling to
act.Guardianship is important too. If you have children under the
age of majority or adult children with disabilities for whom you
are respon-sible, you can identify who you want to be responsible
for caring for these children. Your will should also contain clear
instructions as to who you want to get your specific possessions,
property and other financial assets after you die. You should also
name your beneficiary who will receive all or a portion of your
estate after distribution.
Note: Because of space requirements, we could not include all
the points raised by Ms Wicks. A follow up will be included at a
later date.
AnnuitiesA win-Win Planned Gift A charitable gift is something
that you give to an orga-nization you believe in and wish to
support. An annuity is a fixed sum of money that is paid to you
each year. Put them together and you have a charitable gift annuity
the gift that pays you back. Rita Jackson (not her real name)
wanted to do some-thing for her parish church in a small community
in the Di-ocese of Central Newfoundland. The 87 year old wanted to
make a substantial gift to her church and at the same time increase
her cash flow. She funded her gift annui-ty with $50,000 from her
savings and receives guaran-teed annuity payments that are
significantly higher than the interest she had been receiving.
Whats more, in her case, these payments are 100% tax free. In Ritas
situation, she receives $4585.50 annually from her annuity and
these payments are guaranteed as long as she lives. A tax receipt
of $13,213.73 was also deliv-ered to her from this transaction. The
parish church in her community has always been very special to Mrs.
Jackson and her family and she feels that this gift will benefit
her parish greatly. Upon her passing, the principle will be gifted
to the parish. It is Ri-tas wish that the amount, 80-90% of the
original amount be invested and the interest used annually to
support her parish. Diocesan Bishop David Torraville was pleased to
hear of this gift saying, This is a wonderful way for Mrs. Jackson
to support her church after she passes. We are greatly in-debted to
this wonderful lady for her generous support. Bishop Torraville
also encourages others to prayerfully consider making a similar
gift to their church.
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Christian caregiving
The Rev. Greg MercerColumnistI am visiting with a
parishioner at a hospital and I am about to pray with the person
when in walks the doctor and his team. I am prepared to step back
and allow the doctor to speak with his patient. Instead,
rec-ognizing my collar and that I am a member of the clergy he
signals for me to continue, and I do. After I finish praying with
the parishioner I turn to the good doctor to let him know that I am
done. He affirms what I did with a nod of his head.
A couple of things happened here in my ex-change with the doctor
and his medical team. First of all, as a secular professional
helper, the doctor respects what I do as a Christian care-giver.
And secondly, he recognizes that I bring something distinctively
Christian to the healing situation.
For almost twenty two years now as an ordained priest I have
provided Christian care to people in all kinds of circumstances.
But it was only recently that I realized how unique, distinctive
and import-ant it is what we as Chris-tian caregivers offer. Up
until now I was just do-ing what I always did and thought no more
of it. But there is much more to it than that. In some sense I
(we), whether clergy or lay are Christian therapists. A therapist
rightly under-stood from the Greek therapeau as a person whose
relationship with others is characterized by service and caring. As
Christian caregivers we prepare the ground for the Great
Cure-giver. That is to say, through the use of such tools as
prayer, the use of the Bi-ble offering a Word of hope blessings,
active listening, and even hear-ing a confession and offering
forgiveness, we create a therapeutic sit-uation and then wait on
the Lord expectantly to provide the cure.
The point is that we are not just being nice people and what we
are offering is effective Christian care. All too often as
Christians we discount what we do as important. We go to church, we
get involved in church serving on committees and boards,
we take part in the con-gregations program of visitation to
shut-ins and hospitals, we serve on food banks, partic-ipate in
other charities and when asked what we do most Christians just
shrug it off. I just try to help out where I am needed. Being nice
and being modest, fitting in with the crowd, thats what we do.
Christ had no problem being distinctly Christian.
But it is not only what we do but why we do it. When asked why
he was a psychologist, Lutheran Pastor Kenneth Haugk responded: The
reason I am a psychologist lies in my faith in God and what God has
done for me in Jesus Christ. I believe that Jesus cares for me so
much that he was willing to give his life for me. Remem-bering his
love, I cant help but reach out and share that love and care with
others. (Christian Caregiving: A Way of Life, copyright 2012 by
Stephen Ministries).
Our ultimate moti-vation for caring is Je-sus Christ. It is he
who provides purpose and power in all that we do. We are a Christ
to the other by our Christian caring bringing hope to the deep and
complex needs of people.
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Cursillo Triennial Conference You are who I am
Rev. Canon Gerald WestcottColumnistIn March of this year I
com-
pleted the second residency in a two year program offered by
Shalem Institute in Baltimore, titled Transforming Community:
Leading Contemplative Groups and Retreats.
This has been a wonder-ful opportunity of deepening
contemplative practice in com-munity, and of stretching my
experience with new and varied meditative practices. The objec-tive
of meditation is to help open up our ego personalities and our
thinking minds, in order to become aware of and live out of that
deep well of living waters within. Our deepest and truest self is
our spiritual heart made in the image of God and is in absolute and
undivided union with Divine. This deep and loving union cannot be
merited, bought or won; it simply is. Jesus says I am in the Father
and the Father is in me; I am in you and you are in me. St. Paul
says that it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.
Christ calls us to learn to live and love more
deeply out of our spiritual heart. One of the meditation ex-
ercises that we did while in Baltimore, was to sit knee to knee
with another person, and to look directly into their eyes for 10-20
minutes. Where am I seeing that person from within myself? And what
is it that I am seeing in the other person? If I am only seeing
from my ego or thinking mind, I cannot know deep union with the
person. If I am only seeing their personality or how they think and
behave, I cannot know deeper union with the person. But if I am
gazing from my spiritual heart, I am going to see the person as God
sees them. I will see past what separates us, and will expe-rience
a deeper soul union with the person. Cathy was the person who I sat
with for this exercise. A sophisticated and bright mind who works
for Congress in Wash-ington, and is gay. As we sat in silence
gazing upon one another, what I saw in her was not her personality
or sexuality, not her intelligent thinking mind, but I saw myself
in her. My spiritual heart gazing upon her spiritual heart. The
same Spirit lovingly gazing upon the same Spirit. It was a holy
Communion.
There is a beautiful Sufi mys-tical song that says I am who I
am, thank God I am. I am who you are, looking back. You are who I
am, can you imagine that. There is one God, that is a fact. This is
simply another way of re-framing what Jesus also teaches. The call
on the human spirit is to learn to live from a deeper place within
our soul, where there is no judg-ing or separating, only unitive
conscious love in God.
Submitted byEmmie Marsh
The Diocese of Central New-foundland has been chosen to host the
upcoming Canadian Anglican National Cursillo Tri-ennial Conference
and General Meeting, August 28 - 30, 2015. We look forward to
welcoming delegates from across the coun-try to the scenic
Lewisporte area.
The chosen venue, Emmanu-el Camp and Conference Centre, offers
beautiful accommoda-tions, a glorious worship space and ultra-
modern kitchen and dining room. Wouldnt it be wonderful to have the
worship
space there filled with Cursillis-tas and their friends for the
Grand Ultreya on Saturday August 29? (Ultreya is a Spanish word of
encouragement; meaning onward and upward.) The space can seat 1000
so theres room for everyone! One need not have attended a Cursillo
Weekend to attend this Saturday evening gathering. Everyone is
welcome! The planning committee has been working diligently and
preparations are well in place.
Cursillo has been active in the diocese since the mid -eighties.
Cursillo has the over-sight and strong support of the Diocesan
Bishops. Always, there
is a Bishop present at a Cursillo Weekend.
Cursillo weekends bring Christians together to commit or
recommit to the realities of what it means to live a Christian
life. It is a movement within the Church with a method which
enables people to live a life in Christ by supporting and
encouraging one another through prayer and planned action
(individually and collectively). Thus, being cognizant of the needs
of others, we move forward to change the world for Christ following
the Cursillo motto: Make a Friend, Be a Friend and bring that
Friend to Christ.
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Anglican Foundation gives boy some new wheels
Submitted byAnglican Foundation
The Anglican Foundation of Canada
www.anglicanfoundation.org
thanks every parish in the Dioceses of Western Newfoundland,
Central Newfoundland, and Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador
for your continued memberships.
Your donations allow AFC to help build strong faith communities
every day.
Together we can do things that matter
Thank you!
W h e n A n g l i c a n Foundations Execu-tive Director received
a request from Rhon-da Noseworthy, social worker at the Janeway
Childrens Health & Re-habilitation Centre in St Johns, NL, she
was quick to respond with a generous gift from the Foundations Kids
Helping Kids Fund.
The gift fully paid for a manual wheelchair for James Renouf, a
young boy who, with his family attend St Marks Anglican Church in
St Johns. Ten-year old James has Duchenes muscular dystrophy, a
condition that leads to progressive loss of muscle function and
weakness. A special wheelchair will make it possible for James to
stay active and go on school outings.
Executive Director, Judy Rois visited James with his mom,
phys-iotherapist and social
worker at The Janeway Centre in March where James
enthusiastically showed her a photo of his new wheelchair. He also
was very happy to receive a Hope Bear, the mascot for the Kids
Helping Kids Fund.
The gift relieved the Renouf family of one of many financial
costs that accompany this kind of medical diag-nosis.
When James and his mom Nancy hugged Rois with gratitude, she
said the Foundation considered it a privi-lege to ease the
finan-cial stress. Everyone had tears in their eyes, but the best
part was the gratitude evident in the big smile on the face of a
10-year old boy.
The Foundation in-vites Anglican youth to collect toonies to
con-tribute to Kids Helping Kids so that young peo-ple across
Canada are able to receive funds when they need a help-ing
hand.
The Revd Canon Judy Rois (left) Executive Director of the
Anglican Foundation presented young James Renouf (centre) with the
gift of a new wheelchair from the Foundation. Also pictured is
James mother Nancy Renouf (right) Photo: Anglican Foundation
Western Diocesan PWRDF coordinator
During her first Lenten season as PWRDF coordinator, Mona
Edwards had the privilege of sharing with several parishes in the
Western Diocese as they lived out their Baptismal covenant in
service to others. All Saints Church in Corner Brook hosted a soup
and sandwich luncheon following their morning service March 1st
with a free-will offering donated to PWRDF. The Cathedral of St.
John the Evangelist in Corner Brook hosted a beans and touton lunch
March 7th and donated the proceeds to PWRDF. The Parish of Bonne
Bay North hosted weekly lunches following their Wednesday Lenten
services with free-will of-ferings donated as well. If any parish
in Western Diocese would like to Mona to speak about how your
generosity is helping others, please contact her at 709-635-4606 or
email: [email protected]
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150th for St. James, CarbonearSubmitted by
Judy Finn
St. James Anglican Church Completes its 150th Anniversary
Year.
2014 marked the 150th Anniversary of the consecration of St.
James Church. The Goth-ic Revival style wooden structure features a
high lancet arch roof system with stud-ded walls and timber floors
on a stone foundation. The roof con-struction, which was unusual
for the time, allowed for the absence of supporting pil-lars thus
giving the congregation an unobstructed view of the chan-cel. This
impos-ing and intricate s t ructure was built on an ex-posed
hillside by a work-force composed largely of fishermen and has
withstood the elements for 150 years. It became a Registered
Heritage Structure on September 15th, 2001.
The celebration of the 150th anniversary has been a yearlong
event beginning with a visit from Bishop Peddle in January 2014.
The Bishop officiated at a church service which was followed by a
social hour in the Church Hall.
Februarys planned event was rescheduled due to inclement
weath-er and March was also uneventful but on April 23rd a Gospel
concert previously planned for February went ahead at The Sheila Na
Giera The-atre. The entertainment, provided by local talent, was
well enjoyed by all those in attendance.
St. James CLB ar-ranged for a visit from the CLB Regimental Band
on April 26th. The band performed a Sat-urday night concert in the
Church. Visitors from around the area attend-ed the concert and the
band stayed overnight in
the Church Hall.Mays special event
was a visit from the choir from the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist in St. Johns. The service was conducted by The Very Revd
Josiah Noel, Dean and Rector of the Cathe-dral, assisted by Rex
Cot-
ter, Liturgical Lay Minis-ter. A wonderful evening of song and
praise was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended this special
service.
The Vestry of St. James organized a very successful Take-out
Tur-key Tea which took place on June 4th.
On July 27th, a Walk
Down Memory Lane was organized by a small group of enthusiastic
ladies who prepared the church, hall and cloister with many
artifacts, pic-
tures, memorabilia and other interesting items depicting the
history of St. James. Visitors from near and far enjoyed a guided
tour followed by refreshments.
Augusts event was a community Jiggs Dinner held in the Hall on
the
4th. This event was in conjunc-tion with Carbonear Day
Cele-brations.
J a -cobs Pas-sage from S t . A u -gustines Church in St. Johns
p a i d u s a visit on S e p t e m -ber 28th and they, as well as A
m a n d a Hulan and
Scott Cooper, presented a very enjoyable evening of Gospel music
and song.
The Sunday morn-ing service on October 19th was designated as a
Youth Service. The young adults of our par-ish participated in most
aspects of this service. It was wonderful to see
them involved as greet-ers, readers, collection takers and music
provid-ers for this special event.
The ACW organized a very successful Memorial
Hymn Sing which took place on November 2nd. As a special
commemora-tive keepsake, the ladies had a beautiful memorial
booklet printed which included the order of ser-vice, hymns,
memorials and a message of thanks and recognition to past and
present members of the church whose contri-butions are part of our
heritage.
Throughout the year former parish rectors accepted our
invitation to conduct services or preach. We were happy to see them
again and appreciated that they returned to help us cele-brate our
150th year.
The most challenging event taken on by the 150th Anniversary
Com-mittee was the Anniver-sary Service and Dinner which took place
on No-vember 9th. The service began at 3:00 pm with some special
visitors in attendance: The Bishop of Eastern Newfound-land and
Labrador the Rt. Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Peddle, The Lieutenant Governor
of Newfoundland and Labrador His Honour Frank Fagan and Her Honour
Patricia Fagan, former St. James Clergy and other Civic, Fraternal
Organizations as well as
Provincial and Municipal Government representa-tives. The
celebrant for the service was Rev. Mor-ley Boutcher, a retired
priest and faithful mem-
ber of the St. James congregation. Following the service, a
banquet was held at the Knights of Columbus with 175 people in
attendance. An Anniversary Booklet was given to everyone. This
booklet included greet-ings from dignitaries, congratulatory
messages from local businesses, interesting facts and a brief
history of St. James and the parish of Car-bonear as well as a
little Church humor. A 150th anniversary cake was of-ficially cut
by Mr. Ruben Buckle, a senior member of our parish, assisted by
Their Honours, Lieu-tenant Governor and Mrs. Fagan. A power point
presentation on the construction of St. James Church 150 years ago
was prepared and presented by Rex Cotter and Dawson Higdon.
Fol-lowing the official closing of the banquet with a prayer by
Rev. Ken Pen-ney, Priest in Charge of St. James, many people,
including Their Honours, stayed for a while to mingle and share in
fel-lowship with each other.
Other projects under-taken during the year, with Vestrys help,
were the improvements and repairs of the physical structure of the
church. The chapel window has been repaired and will be reinstalled
once the weather improves.
The final project of the year was not com-pleted until January,
2015. A time capsule, prepared by the Anni-versary Committee and
including memorabilia from members of the parish, was sealed and
placed underneath the font at the morning ser-vice on January 11th.
This capsule wil l be opened on the occasion of the 175th
Anniversary in 2039.
Thanks are extended to all members of the committee and the many
other parish members who worked so diligently to make our 150th
An-niversary a tremendous success.
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The Rt. Rev. David TorravilleBishopCentral NewfoundlandSo often
we view the world
as geography, with resources, with boarders, with geopolitical
challenges. We fall into view-ing the world as a dualism: our
friends and our enemies; those who are with us and those who are
against; those who share our values and those who do not; our ally
or adversary. Our present political situation makes this all the
easier and more attractive.
Over against this is my mem-ory of another time, an even more
frightening moment. I remember the week I spent at Mint Brook
immediately following 9/11 with passengers from a plane stranded in
Gander. One of the memories I cherish is the kindness shown by two
young Muslim men to a small group of elderly French nuns. There was
not a lot of conversation and almost no physical contact but the
young men seemed to hover in the background, ready to fetch a
blanket, move a chair, re-turn empty plates. Small almost
unnoticeable kindnesses which established respect and perhaps even
affection. The Muslim men and the Catholic nuns were not simply
categories, but people, not
potential enemies but tentative friends.
Just recently Canada agreed to attack Syria after bombing in
Iraq. While we cannot be so na-ive as to believe that the terrible
violence in the Middle East can be ended by good intent or
rhetoric, whether hawkish or pacifist, nei-ther can we as
Christians, absolve ourselves by claiming we bomb an abstract
concept whether that be a country or a terrorist orga-nization.
As Christians we can never forget, whatever the label people are
assigned, they are people. As difficult as it is, we are called to
love our enemies and when we demonize them we not only de-humanize
them we dehumanize ourselves.
One of the great struggles of faith is how we deal with evil but
even in the battle with principal-ities and powers we do indeed
deal with flesh and blood, and we can never forget that. People of
faith; Muslim or Christian alike cannot let the other be
caricatured in a way that makes violence easier.
We need to support the in-nocent, the victims maimed in body and
spirit, of all sides, of all faiths of all sects. We need to be
discontent with simple answers. We need to be a voice for justice
and peace even when we may be uncertain as to what justice and
peace may finally be, even when they may seem impossible to
establish; even if all we can do is assert that the final answer is
not violence.
May God bless all the leaders of nations and of peoples with
wisdom to turn from self-interest and sinful pride to generous
peace. May we see in each other that which God created in us. May
God through us be with the vic-tims, and may God show us a way
toward peace and justice for all.
Allison BillardColumnistAs I write this we are seeing
the first signs of spring after some late winter storms and I
can feel the change in the air. Not just out-doors, but inside as
well. At home and at work the atmosphere is just a little bit
lighter, smiles a little brighter, tasks a little easier. Winter is
hard on us, people get grumpy and pessimistic but as spring seeps
into our environ-ment our moods get springier as well.
Spring often makes me think about Noah and his ark. A friend and
I had talked about this pre-viously, but as I was reading a Noahs
Ark storybook to my three year old one day it occurred to me how
frightening that story really is. My son was following along in the
story and pointing out the things he saw in the pictures and he
asked what happened to all the people after the animals went on the
boat. I didnt know how to tell him that they were washed away in
the flood. I didnt know how to explain that all the animals were
saved along with Noah and his family, but not the people.
Now I know my toddler like-ly would not understand the magnitude
of such revelations
even if I could find the words. My adult understanding of the
story is beyond what his developing brain can infer. And I did my
best to explain that God was unhappy about people being mean to
each other and wanted to start over and make everyone be nice
again. These things he understands, since we talk about naughty vs.
nice behaviour 24 hours a day. But he seemed very concerned about
all the people left behind, and I worry that I did not do the story
justice.
As in life the Bible offers us many teachable moments. Rais-ing
two kids in a secular world and trying to make sure they develop
Christian values and understand-ing is a daunting task. I am glad
there are so many resources to help, and a faith community to
support us in this task. As Spring washes away the last vestiges of
winter, I will be spring cleaning our habits and focusing anew on
leading and teaching by example what it is to embrace our faith in
the day to day, including facing the tough questions head on.
Like many conversations I will have with my children as they
grow up, the Noahs Ark dis-cussion made me uncomfortable. The Bible
always challenges me, my assumptions, my understand-ings, my
interpretations. But I think that if I was comfortable with what
the Bible was saying, I would be reading it wrong. Isnt the message
all about doing what is right even when your instinct is to do
otherwise? Listening to God and following His will rather than your
own? I believe we grow in faith when we embrace that which makes us
uncomfortable and welcome the change that is needed to deepen our
relation-ship with God.
Which of your habits need spring cleaning this year?
Saint Lukes to host estate planning
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As part of its 50th year celebration, Saint Lukes Homes is
organiz-ing a half-day conference for seniors and families about
financial and fu-neral planning. The focus will be about wills,
taxes, the role of executors, power of attorney, and funeral
planning.
The conference will be held on May 8th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. at the Corpus Christi Catho-lic Community Centre on Waterford
Bridge Road.
The conference is tai-lored to anyone with an interest in or
questions about end-of-life finan-cial and funeral planning. The
featured speakers bring a wealth of knowl-edge and experience:
Pamela Earle, Senior Will and Estate Planner, and Craig Bishop,
Financial Consultant, both of Sco-tia Private Client Group;
Archdeacon Sandra Til-ley, of the Anglican Di-ocese of Eastern
New-foundland and Labrador; and John Anderson, Jr., of Cauls
Funeral Home.
They will address many of the questions you have and some you
may not have yet thought of. Questions like: What is estate
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Ive lived 100 years!
St. Philips hosts World Day of Prayer
Ron ClarkeColumnist
Submitted bySt. Philips ACW
Photo: Rev. Ed Bonnell
No! I havent actually lived 100 years, though I of-ten feel that
way. Ive lived 86 years though. How much has everything changed
during 86 years? So much so that, to me, the differences are
incredible.
My earliest memories are of living in Chance Cove, a small
fishing village in Trin-ity Bay- population less than 200. We were
all interrelated there, a family village. Every-one over 40 were
our un-cles and aunts. Like family members, we took good care of
each other. Whenever a woman got ill every other woman came to her
rescue. A sick fisherman had his nets tended to, his firewood
re-plenished, etc.
Our homes would, today, be considered absolutely crude. No
insulation, for ex-ample, single glass in the windows. A lone wood
stove in the kitchen lit only during the day. Water buckets in the
porch, that always froze solid in the winter nights, were for
drinking and washing. Imagine when large families often used the
same water in the same pan. Buried under several home-made quilts,
we were warm in the winter nights. Open windows, and/ or doors, in
summer attracted swarms of hungry flies.
The church was certainly the very centre of our cultural lives.
Since our minister could only visit once a month, and then,
usually, on a weekday, our teacher/ lay reader con-ducted Sunday
services. At 11 oclock every healthy male
would come to the service. Fishermen would sit around the
entrance exchanging news-of-the-week. The wives would be at home
preparing the most important meal of the week. At 2 oclock all of
us kids had to attend Sunday School. At 7 oclock every healthy
person in the place would be in church. The sing-ing would rattle
the windows.
As a community we were a close family. The rest of the world we
knew almost noth-ing about. Our village had one phone, a big box
with a large crank. The wires were galvanized, with no insula-tion.
Reaching someone 10 miles away required some very lusty screaming.
Nobody except the postmistress used it anyway.
The winter of 1938, a very dramatic one for me, a
merchant got the first radio, a huge box. The power supply was a
wind charger and batteries. Very few of us were allowed to see and
hear it. We got our first radio (battery operated) when I was 13
years old. We didnt have too much entertainment, because it was too
hard on the battery. World news? Only really sen-sational stuff
ever reached us, and then much later. King George 5th was dead
about two weeks before we knew about it.
In our snug village God was important to all, and we lived in
harmony, oblivious to the outside world. Today, what an enormous
differ-ence! Incredible systems of communication bring every-thing
good, bad and indif-ferent- especially bad- smack into our faces-
in Chance Cove
just as well as New York! And, right now, our whole planet seems
to be threatened- by climate changes. Terrorism seems worldwide, no
place seems safe anymore. Oh, we have all the great comforts and
luxuries that modern living provides.
Religion seems to be evaporating. Too unscien-tific, too
restrictive, old fashioned. Churches are too often half empty,
congrega-tions mainly elderly. What a comfort for believers to be
assured that the God of our grandfathers is still very much alive,
very real.
One of these days an awful lot of people are go-ing to be
awestruck when Jesus Christ comes in glory to establish the Fathers
next kingdom, and peace, love, joy will be with us all-
FOREVER!
The first Friday in March is known as the World Day Of Prayer.
On Friday, March 6th the ladies of the community of Por-tugal Cove
- St Philips gathered at the Church of St. Philip for this special
service.
The theme of this years ser-vice was Jesus said to them, Do you
Know What I have Done to You? The service was prepare by the World
Day of Prayer Commit-tee of the Bahamas. The service was well
attended by women ,men and clergy of the various churches in the
community.
The guest speaker for the service was Mrs Joyce Few-er-Keeping.
Joyce shared with the people that gathered for this service about
the Bahamas
saying that the Baha-mas consist of over 700 islands, scattered
over 100,000 square miles in an arc just north of Cuba between the
Flor-ida Keys and Haiti. Only 23 of the seashell strewn islands are
inhabited with a population little over 350,000 people.
On Friday March 6th, an estimated 3 mil-lion people, in over 70
countries are gathering to observe this World Day of Prayer to act
in solidarity with the peo-ple of the Bahamas.
The ladies of the Bahamas have incorporated the theme into their
service called Radical Love based on the read-ing from the Gospel
of St. John,
Chapter 13, verses 1- 17. From this service came an invoking
question for all of us, What are some services we can perform in
our community that might be
perceived as true radical love?In conclusion to the talk,
Joyce ended with the prayer by Kathleen Skinner, Chairperson of
the International Committee
for the 2015 World Day of Prayer:
Lord Jesus, as you washed your disciples feet, bathe us in your
refreshing spirit. As you wiped away the dust of the road, wipe
away our days accumulation of stress and tiredness. As you took the
towel to dry sore feet, soothe the sore pieces of our lives; so
that replenished, renewed and restored, we are ready to follow your
way of servant love. Amen
Following the service a lunch was prepared by the women of St.
Philips Parish. The local committee
would like to thank the ladies for sharing in this special
service of worship as we honor the ladies of the Bahamas.
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Fogo hosts ACW Conference
Rebuilding Christchurch
Cynthia Haines-TurnerColumnistJesus answered them De-
stroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. But he
was speaking of the temple of his body. John 2:21
I was in New Zealand this past February, on vacation with my
husband, and one of our must-see stops was Christchurch.
We visited the Cathe-dral that had been se-riously damaged by an
earthquake and then visited the transition-al Cathedral that now
serves the Diocese, the so-called Cardboard Cathedral.
The destruction caused by the earth-quake was a disturbing
sight. It was terribly sad to see what was once a beautiful
mon-ument built to provide a place of worship, of-fering the best
that people had to offer, in such ruin. But it was also disturbing
to witness the controversy over how to proceed with a site that was
so seriously compromised by the earthquake. Options rang-ing from
demolition to complete restoration, and other proposals in between,
were considered.
The Diocese was hampered in its decision-making by a campaign
entitled Restore our Cathedral, which claims that the Cathedral can
be restored for $67 million, $40 million of that coming from
insurance money, leaving only $27 million to be raised. The Diocese
estimates that full restoration could cost as much as
$221 million. There are lawsuits. Currently, the Diocese is
consid-ering a compromise proposal that may break the deadlock.
The leaflet pinned to the fence around the Cathedral by the
Restore our Cathedral campaign described it as the symbolic heart
and soul of the city. Their website says We see
restoration of the Cathedral as essential to the recovery of the
spirit and identity of our city, a historic legacy. On the other
hand, Bishop Victoria Matthews writes The Cathedral needs to
encourage the mission of God across the region and beyond. This
means having a new Cathedral in the square in a reasonable time
frame and a beautiful building that will not cost so much that [it]
is built at the expense of ministry to and by the people. The main
purpose of the building is not for civic or heritage purposes, the
church has said, it is to reveal and tell of God.
Its not simply a matter of whether or not the money can be
raised but rather if money is best spent on buildings or ministry.
We like to say that the Church is the people gathered. As we read
in Acts 7:48 the Most High does not dwell in houses made with human
hands. On the other hand, putting our very best into these
structures is one of the ways we give glory to God. In a case like
this where there is so much public scrutiny and where emotions run
high, it takes a lot of courage on the part of Victoria Matthews
and the leadership of the Diocese to call people back to the real
reason we build churches and to our real purpose as people of God.
It is counter- cultural but then so was Jesus and so was his
message.
Submitted byLisa Snow
The Parish of Fogo Is-land West was honored to host the 39th
Annual Con-ference of the ACW of the Central Diocese on October
3-5, 2014.
The theme for the week-end was Come to the Wa-ter: Women of
Faith, Wom-en of Courage. We had a lovely church service on Friday
night at St Andrews in Fogo. Also on Friday night Mayor Andrew Shea
brought greetings from the Town of Fogo Island.
Bishop David shared a bible study with us on the story of Moses.
It helped us to see the courage and faith of Moses mother to place
the child in a basket.
Sandra Durdle gave a very touching talk as she shared her story
of the visits to Uganda in Africa. It made us feel how import-ant
our outreach of dresses, skirts, shorts and money donations are to
those less fortunate.
M a r g a r e t J e n n i e x shared with us a booklet Scrapes
& Tidbits which provided ideas for our de-votional times at our
meet-ings.
Our honorary president Karen Torraville, was our guest speaker
at the ban-quet. By using a slide pre-sentation, she went through
our baptismal vows. Many of the slides were related to water-rain
drops on a pond, rain running down
a window pane and others. This was really interesting and as we
w a t c h e d each slide w e c o u l d i m a g i n e something
new.
A t t h e end of our banquet we were enter-tained by two of our
youth; Mark Warrick and Christopher Payne. They played, sang and
acted. It was a fun time enjoyed by all.
There were several cler-
gy in attendance, which is very important to our group. On
Sunday morning an uplifting service was held at St Andrews with
over 200 in attendance.
Despite the ferry inter-ruption we had a wonderful weekend with
51 delegates attending.
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Margaree-Fox Roost news The difference Christ makes
In January, election for St. Augustines Vestry in Margaree-Fox
Roost took place. There were returning members and some new people
taking on roles for our community. This year marks the 110th
anniversary of St. Augustines which will be celebrated during an
ACW fellowship on April 23rd at the local community centre. This
will be an exciting year with lots of events planned, some of which
include: Community Supper in April, Gospel Night in May, Church
Picnic and fun day in June, Rubber Duck race in August, Church BBQ,
and Dinner theatre in October 2015. Submitted by Karen Simon.
Rocky Harbour turns green
On Monday, March 16th, 2015 St. Matthews church in Rocky Harbour
held its 6th annual St. Patricks Irish stew and other dishes
fundraiser. The event saw over 100 people in attendance with lots
of food, fun and fellowship. In addition to the meal, there was a
bake sale hosting a wonderful variety of baked goods. Submitted by
Dale Decker
The Rev. Everett HobbsColumnistOne of the Online tools I use
is You tube. Through You tube, I can listen to talks on all
kinds of topics, including the religious and spiritual. The one I
share with you here is a lecture by Sam Wells, Vicar of St
Martin-in-the-Fields, London. He and others were making
presentations on the life and thinking of Stanley Hauerwas on his
retirement from Duke University. He is considered one of the
leading theologians of our time.
The focus of Wells talk is the emphasis of Hauerwas on the
centrality of Jesus Christ in the life the Christian and the
Church, and how it affects every facet of life, such as ethics,
politics, culture, economics as well as spirituality. Wells
identified ten ways that Hauerwas express-es the centrality of
Christ:
1. It is not possible to sepa-rate Christ from his life.
2. It is not possible to sepa-rate Christ from the early
Church.
3. It is not possible to sepa-rate Christ from his story.
4. It is not possible to sepa-
rate Christ from his work.5. It is not possible to sepa-
rate Christ from the cross..6. It is not possible to sep-
arate Christ from the Kingdom of God.
7. It is not possible to sep-arate Christ from being his
dis-ciple.
8. It is not possible to sep-arate Christ from social
ethics.
9. It is not possible to sepa-rate the religious from the
social.
10. It is not possible to sep-arate Jesus from Israel.
Our task as Christians is to hold these together as a
demonstration of the fullness of Christ. We tend to choose only
some of them and thereby serve an incomplete Christ. When we as
Church or individuals sepa-rate them, we serve a Christ who makes
little or no difference.
Hauerwas believes that the first task of the church is to be the
church. There are five ways in which this claim rests on the
difference Christ makes.
1. This claim assumes that Christ makes a difference. - in-deed,
all the difference. The church does not make a differ-ence. The
church lives in the difference Christ makes.
2. Being the church isnt easy.
3. The difference between the church and the world is simply
put: Christ.
4. The difference Christ makes is this: peace.
5. Not the churchs only task: she participates in struggles for
justice, freedom, dignity, respect.
This church would be small-er, leaner and more committed. It
would be liberated from its status, power and influence. It would
no longer underwrite the dominate ethos of our culture or the
social status of its mem-bers It would retain the disci-pline of
prayer, and worship, love of the poor, and friendship with God and
neighbour. Its leaders would be expected to trust that God creates
and sus-tains the church - after all, it is Gods church.
For the Christian Jesus Christ is a choice and a deci-sion.. It
is about making Christ the centre of my life or placing him on the
margins: Its about the difference Christ makes.
You can find Wells talk on You tube and it can be read as a PDF
transcript. All the pre-sentations at Stanley Hauerwas retirement
are published as The Difference Christ Makes.
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