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The newspaper of the Dioceses of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon and Qu’Appelle • A Section of the Anglican Journal • November 2023
Obituary for Rev. Gordon Yarde
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Kamsack donates $15K to five worthy causes
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St. Aidan honours 20 years of amalgamation
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ESC creates new class on biblical literature
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Rev. Eimsook Joung appointed first imcumbent for Immanuel By Joanne Shurvin-Martin
Photo by Derwyn Crozier-Smith
Saskatoon cathedral hosts moon art exhibition By Derwyn Crozier-Smith SASKATOON — St. John’s Cathedral, in partnership with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, was the site of the art installation called “Museum of the Moon” for 10 days in September. The touring art is the creation of UK artist Luke Jerram. It measures seven metres in diameter and features detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface.
The moon has been displayed in many different ways as it travels around the world. In the cathedral, the Symphony Orchestra performed a modern adaptation of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” by Max Richter on three evenings. The University of Saskatchewan’s Greystone Singers performed a concert, as did the cathedral’s organist, Greg Schulte along with flautist Ann Salmon. The cathedral was
open to the public every evening until midnight, as the artist wanted the work to be shown after dark. It was also part of Saskatoon’s Nuit Blanche, a city-wide festival of art. It is estimated over 10,000 people visited the cathedral during the display. The Holy Eucharist was celebrated with the moon suspended above the altar on two Sundays, fittingly during the Season of Creation.
REGINA — After a long search process, the parish of Immanuel has its first incumbent — Rev. Eimsook Joung. She is welltravelled and has a wealth of experience that she is excited to share. The parish was created in 2020 by combining five existing city parishes. Initially the parish was served by a clergy team, and later by an interim priest, but Rev. Eimsook Joung will be its first incumbent. In September, Joung wrote to the parish to introduce herself before beginning her work on Nov. 1. She began by explaining that she was born in Seoul and is a Korean in terms of ethnicity. She is a naturalized British citizen. She comes to Regina from Fort Simpson, NWT where she was the rector of St. David’s Anglican Church from 2019. Rev. Joung said her name is pronounced Im as in Sim card, Sook as in Cook (Imsook.) Joung is pronounced like ‘young’ but with a J as in James. She said her life has been an ecumenical journey! She was raised in a Roman Catholic family and educated in a Methodist missionary school. A Presbyterian minister, Pastor Park, “took me under her wings and shared the Gospel with me. … It was only then that I came to a real faith and a living relationship with the Lord Jesus.”
Rev. Eimsook Joung at a parish meal in the Diocese of the Arctic. She has been appointed the first incumbent of Immanuel Parish, Regina, effective Nov. 1. Photo contributed While working at Samsung in Seoul, she felt called to the ministry. She was ordained as a minister of the Presbyterian Church in 1998 and worked as a missionary to the Korean diaspora in Rhode Island, USA. Then she moved to China from 1999 to 2003 where she worked as a missionary. She organized a private school for Chinese children in Guangzhou. While in China she worked towards an MBA with the Australian University of Ballarat. She started a business to support the work of mission in China. She was a pioneer “Bizinary,” a word that refers to a missionary who is engaged in a commercial Continued on page 4