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New discipleship choices available in Saskatoon Submitted
Taking it to the streets
Taking a page from Lucy in Charles Schultz’s Peanuts comic strip, the Rev. Mark Kleiner, incumbent of Christ Church Anglican, Saskatoon set up a booth on the sidewalk outside of the church this summer to offer spiritual help and a cool glass of lemonade to passersby for five cents. The booth was a great success and Mark plans to continue his initiative into the fall and winter (perhaps with hot chocolate rather than lemonade!). Photo contributed
SASKATOON – The Diocese of Saskatoon is announcing the creation of St. Brigid’s School of Discipleship. Following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ in our day and age is no easy task; we all do our best, but sometimes we can use some mentoring and support. St. Brigid’s offers short, practical and accessible classes designed for all levels of Christian discipleship, from “testing the waters,” to lay readers’ training, to our locally trained clergy program for deacons and priests. We also provide diocesanwide rites of passage preparation courses, advanced spiritual care training and theological reflection, and continuing education events for clergy. At St. Brigid’s, we know Bible reading, spiritual formation and a growing appreciation of our Christian (Anglican and ecumenical) traditions are foundational pillars for the transformative work of discipleship. St. Brigid’s provides training for local church
renewal, by our local church. We use our in-house talent and resources by recruiting diocesan clergy and lay specialists as faculty for our courses, in a peer leadership philosophy of Christian education. St. Brigid’s is a school without walls. By offering classes for discipleship training in parishes throughout our three deaneries, we cut down on commuting and bring the school to you instead. St. Brigid’s is dedicated to prayer and worship. We are committed to worshipping together by giving thanks to God our Creator, listening for the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and looking for ways to serve Christ in our communities. At St. Brigid’s we know being a disciple of Jesus will probably cost you your life, but tuition shouldn’t. Our courses and services are free of charge, sponsored by the diocese. For more information, please email the Rev. Canon Shawn Sanford Beck at greenpriest@hotmail.ca or call the diocesan synod office at 306-244-5651.
African visitors tour farms, learn about Prairie agriculture By Phyllis Armstrong and Rev. Trish McCarthy WHITEWOOD (Qu’A) – Two visitors from the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) learned about rural life in Saskatchewan on Sept. 22 when they visited in the Whitewood and Moosomin area. They toured a grain farm and a ranch, and learned about soil and water conservation methods. Lunch was served in St. Mary’s parish hall, with most of the food – hamburgers, potatoes, tomatoes and onions – grown on parishioners’ farms. Canon Grace Kaiso, general secretary of CAPA, and Elizabeth Gichovi, administration and
finance officer, along with Canon Kawuki Mukasa, global relations officer (Africa) of the Anglican Church of Canada, arrived in Whitewood in late morning. They spent a short time discussing the church building and the congregation itself. The local people described the challenges of maintaining a church with limited human resources. They also spoke of outreach in the community to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ and let others know about God’s love for them. The CAPA reps visited Ted and Hertha Briggs’ grain farm, where they were able to see the equipment used and the grain storage buildings. Continued on page 4
Canon Grace Kaiso (left) looks through an agriculture magazine while Elizabeth Gichovi chats with Ernie Briggs, a parishioner of St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Whitewood, who farms in the area. Photo by Elaine Ashfield, Grasslands News