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Visionary rector taking on a new chapter
Ken Gray brought political activism to his role as Anglican minister Arnold Lim News Gazette staff
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The 11-year rector of Church of the Advent in Colwood is moving on to take a promotion to Dean at a cathedral in Kamloops. of the Earth and as a Christian, I due to albinism, Gray is also a believe the Earth has been given senior volunteer at the local and national levelFascia forSign the Canadian to us as a gift and to date we have Langford Dental -Front abused it,” he said. “So, it is aPage 1National Institute for the Blind. Outside his volunteerism and moral imperative for me.” Despite being visually impaired church and community work,
his love of the arts has been well nourished on the West Shore, he said. He even runs his own photography business, despite being legally blind. “In the age of digital camera
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After 11 years at the Church of the Advent, Rev. Ken Gray is moving on. The long-time rector, music and art lover, political activist, environmentalist and Colwood resident takes his services to St. Paul’s Cathedral in Kamloops. He’ll be dean for the very church in which he was married almost 30 years ago. “We will miss many people. It’s been good to be here, but for us it is time to move on,” Gray said. “I am looking forward to new challenges and new opportunities … It was a place I found my experience and interests resonating with folks doing similar work.” Some of that work was directed to protect the Earth. Gray is secretary for the Anglican Communion Environment Network, which globally connects church members who have an eye on food security, water, sanitation energy production and other environmental issues. Church of the Advent hosted a week-long environmental justice camp in May 2006, attracting 80 people from across the country to learn and develop strategies for advocacy. “I’m concerned about the future
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