The Saskatchewan Anglican, Jan. 2015

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The newspaper of the Dioceses of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon and Qu’Appelle • A Section of the Anglican Journal • January 2015

In the city of David, a Saviour is born “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.’ When Herod

the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. They said to him, ‘In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written by the

DIOCESE OF SASKATCHEWAN

Protection of children, vulnerable persons pilot program launched

By Amy Dow PRINCE ALBERT – A group of 14 lay leaders from around the Diocese of Saskatchewan met with clergy from the Prince Albert Deanery to discuss the Protocol for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Persons.

They met at St. George’s Anglican Church on Nov. 27.

Dean Kenneth Davis, Archdeacon Andrew Hoskin, Rev. Norbert Haukenfrers, PhD, and Rev. Chris Dow shared the protocol, which in essence, seeks

to protect seniors and children.

Some of the highlights of the presentation included a sample list of ministry positions and the risk associated with them, parish screening checklists, an annual parish report depicting those in volunteer positions, volunteer ministry application forms and requirements and finally, guidelines to follow.

The new protocol does not seek to discourage those who are already volunteering from doing so.

For those who are already

active in parishes, it will be a means of confirming their roles.

As Fred Payton so nicely put it, “Just as you have been baptized in the faith and confirm what is believed, so is this process for those of you who already serve the Church.”

The goal of the protocol is to ensure new volunteers are screened so as to protect the children and elderly in our communities.

Should you have any questions regarding this new protocol, you may direct all enquiries to the Synod office.

prophet: “And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the leaders of Judah; For out of you shall come forth a Ruler who will shepherd My people Israel”’ (Matthew 2:1-6, NASB).

Photo — Zvonimir Atletic / Shutterstock

D I O C E S E O F Q U ’A P P E L L E

First wave of parishes launch Living the Mission

By Joanne Shurvin-Martin REGINA – Five parishes are participating in the first wave of Living the Mission (LtM), a fiveyear campaign with a financial goal of $2.4 million for mission activities across the Diocese of Qu’Appelle and beyond.

More parishes will be involved in the second wave beginning in January.

In addition, smaller parishes

can participate in LtM as “supporting parishes” rather than “campaigning parishes.”

More than 90 per cent of funds raised through LtM will be shared between the parish and the diocese, with the rest going to support Aboriginal Ministry in Canada and building a hospital in the companion diocese of Muyinga, Burundi.

The first-wave parishes are All See “FIVE” on page 3

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The Saskatchewan Anglican

January 2015

What ethical questions could there be in using titanium to improve the human body?

“What are some ethical questions for us to consider in our use of technology and bio-technology?”

By Rev. Cheryl Toth REGINA – I called my father “titanium man” because of the many joint replacements he had during his life.

Due to severe arthritis, Dad had three hip replacements (yes, one hip was re-done 15 years later) and two knee replacements.

Those joint replacements gave him greater mobility, allowed him to continue favourite activities and lessened his pain considerably. I am very grateful for those titanium joints and I know he was too.

Throughout the 20-some years Dad was having joint replacement surgery, I never questioned the technology that made his life easier. I was simply glad to see the results of it. But this month’s column question made me wonder.

Titanium prosthetic implants are a medical technology that has emerged within my lifetime. What are some of the ethical questions that could be asked about it?

Titanium ore was first discovered in 1791 by an English clergyman. The oxide in the ore was discovered a few years later by a German chemist, who named the metal constituent of this oxide “titanium” after the giant Titans of Greek mythology. Pure metallic

titanium was first produced in the early 1900s by researchers who thought it would be good for light bulb filaments.

They were wrong, but subsequent researchers and inventors found uses in aerospace industries, engineering projects, medical technologies and commercial enterprises.

Titanium is the fourth most abundant structural metal on Earth, according to the Encylcopaedia Brittanica, and more and more applications for its use are being discovered all the time.

So titanium is abundant, versatile and needed. What ethical questions can there be?

Here are three: Does the way we mine titanium show stewardship of creation?

We live in a utilitarian society that often thinks the ends justify the means. Yet as Christians, we are asked to hold the utility of something in tension with our commitment to care for neighbour and the Earth itself.

Simply because something is useful doesn’t mean we should use it if doing so harms the Earth or puts others at a disadvantage.

Mining publications say only positive things about titanium extraction and say the chemical leaching process used is minimally damaging.

Yet a quick search of the Internet showed me there has been some controversy about

resulting environmental pollution in Kenya, Sierra Leone and Vietnam. How do we extract minerals from the Earth in ways that minimize damage?

How do we make sure that Canadian companies (as well as others) commit to long-term cleanup of any environmental damage? Will we demand that people in poorer countries (such as Sierra Leone) get the same environmental protection we ask of titanium mines in Canada?

Are there some uses of titanium for biotechnology that we wouldn’t condone?

Right now titanium is used medically for prosthetic implants and we seem comfortable enough with joint replacement.

But what if (and it’s a big what if) titanium could be integrated with our biological cells to grow replacement bones?

When do we as human beings say not everything can be fixed or should be improved? What do we as Christians have to say positively about suffering and death in a society that believes life should be prolonged as long as possible?

This is a very difficult question, but one that is at the heart of ethical considerations of stem cell research, genetic manipulation and so on.

Who is paying the price for the benefits we get from titanium?

Part of our commitment to

peace and justice as Christians is to speak for the poor and voiceless in our world. Titanium gives us many benefits, including the joints that made my father’s life more comfortable.

Yet I now know some of the world’s biggest titanium reserves are in Sierra Leone, one of the world’s poorest countries with a long history of the slave trade, colonization, civil war and repression.

As near as I can determine, the companies that mine in Sierra Leone are international corporations whose primary commitment is to their shareholders and boards. How do we help companies support local economies and the long-term development of the countries in which they operate?

What sacrifice would I be willing to make to have that happen?

I hope this brief exploration into one beneficial biotechnology we currently use helps you think about some of the ethical issues involved in even wellestablished practices.

To explore, further check out www. anglican.ca/faith/focus/ethics or www.councilofchurches.ca/ biotechnology for more issues and some guidelines for thinking them through.

Rev. Cheryl Toth is a recently retired priest in the Diocese of Qu’Appelle and is currently discovering how busy retirement can be.

Churches side by side

By Susan Boxall FORT QU’APPELLE (Qu’A) – To get to the small prairie town of Fort Qu’Appelle, one turns off Highway 10 down Bay Avenue.

After passing a few side roads, you get to 4th Avenue, and on either side of the left hand corner stands a church.

One is built of stone and the other of red brick.

St. John the Evangelist Anglican church was built out of local stone in 1885 by some of the original pioneers.

As time passed, others came from many parts of the world to settle in this thriving prairie town.

Thus, St. Andrew’s United Church was built, along with a few other denominational churches, in the growing community.

For several years now, these two churches have formed an informal, ecumenical link that has brought the two congregations even closer together.

It started with the exchange of palms out on the street between the two buildings one Palm Sunday and the congregations have grown closer ever since.

Now they celebrate certain services together, alternating between the churches.

The various clergy have preached in each other’s churches and the congregations often attend the other’s service if one or other clergy is unavailable on a Sunday.

Probably the most significant partnership began a few years ago when St. Andrew’s invited St. John’s to join them in holding a Vacation Bible School.

This has grown to Youth and adults from the two churches work on creating a craft, be an annual event during one of the many get-togethers between the Anglican and that is held on both United churches in Fort Qu’Appelle. Messy Church was recently introduced to the community.

Photo — Contributed properties.

It is wonderful they come from many denominations or to see a stream of no denomination. children move from one side of the road to Now the two churches have introduced another as they rotate around the various Messy Church to Fort Qu’Appelle. “stations” of activities offered.

It runs after school about three times The themes of the VBS have varied a year and attracts several families in the each summer, but the number of children area. attending seems to increase each year;

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An Epiphany at Epiphany, Glen Mary’s Church

By Bishop Michael Hawkins PRINCE ALBERT – Last summer I had the privilege of worshipping at the old Church in Glen Mary, where services are held every summer.

The Church of the Epiphany is the only building left in what was once a vibrant, though not wealthy, tight-knit, community largely Metis. I had been there before to bury parishioners in the well-kept cemetery, but never for a public service.

We gathered on a warm and clear summer’s day. While I arrived early, many cars were there already. A tent was up on the lawn, and by the look and smell of the church, folks had been working for a while, giving it a thorough cleaning.

Children were playing, the men were telling stories and the women were working.

The church was packed with folks who had come from far and wide for the gathering. Despite the fact many folks were obviously not regular Sunday attenders and there were lots of children,

the communion service was reverent.

We celebrated the great work that had been done in restoring the building and then we gathered in the cemetery for the burial of the ashes of two people.

After placing the first urn in the ground, everyone grabbed a handful of earth to cast into the grave.

The same hands that had reverently taken the body of Christ were with similar reverence picking up the earth. In the quiet of that day, the holiness of the Earth and of

the body of Christ were both recognized.

We had taken in our hands the very sign and reality of both our mortal life and our eternal life with a reverent acknowledgement of both.

To hold in one’s hands those truths, our mortality and our immortality, with grateful acceptance and a common reverence; to acknowledge God who made us from the Earth and redeemed us in the body of Christ, is a holy and happy thing I saw with a quiet clarity that day.

January is the month of Epiphany, the shining forth of God in Christ. In all of the Epiphany stories, the revelation is followed by the harsh realities of human life and our broken world.

The visit and worship of the Magi is followed by the attempt to kill Jesus and the slaughter of the innocents. Our Lord’s Baptism is followed by His dreadful temptation.

His visit to the Temple and teaching the teachers is followed by His parents’ confusion and the misunderstanding and limitations of family life.

Even the joy and miracle at the wedding in Cana is followed later by the tragedy of a young boy at the point of death in the same place.

Epiphany is about the light of Christ, the glory of God in the face of Jesus, but that revelation is given in the midst of the brokenness, the ignorance and hatred of our world and lives.

The light is given that we may see and walk in the darkness. Epiphany is about light shining in darkness in the body of Christ. That light allows us to die and bury not in denial, but in acceptance and hope.

It allows us to face temptations, injustice, murder, hatred, the small and big frustrations of family and community life and their tragedies, to see through them believing and hoping that the darkness did not, cannot and will not overcome it.

The light that shines in the darkness is to be found in the body of Christ, the Word made flesh. That is who and what we come to receive and that is who and what we are called to be in the Eucharist, light shining in the darkness.

Five parishes involved in the first wave of mission Continued from page 1 Saints, Regina; St. Aidan, Moose Jaw; St. James the Apostle, Regina; St. Mary the Virgin, Maple Creek; and St. Philip, Regina.

St. Aidan is unlike most of the campaigning parishes, since it is in the middle of a multi-phase effort to renew and modernize the facilities of its historic building, built in 1905.

The parish capital fundraising campaign “Renew, Restore and Release” will contribute 10 per cent of funds raised, up to a maximum of $45,000 to LtM. “This is important for us as a parish,” says a parish document.

“We exist within a diocese and live in the context of a church that is centuries deep and continents wide. What we do through St. Aidan contributes to this wider church and connects us to it.”

The renewed building will provide St. Aidan with a base from which to continue to do mission work, as well as worship. The parish already

St. Aidan, Moose Jaw, parishioners fill the hall for the service of dedication before the beginning of renovations. Photo — John Langford offers a Sunday meal, which regularly feeds hungry people in Moose Jaw, as well as fostering fellowship; partners with Riverside Mission to prepare and serve meals; provides school supplies for immigrant students; and provides clothing, blankets and personal care items for underprivileged newborns

and for women and children at Transition House. When renovations are complete, there will be opportunities for even more outreach, as well as improved spaces for worship, meetings and activities for children and youth in the parish.

St. James the Apostle parish is more typical of campaigning

parishes. The parish had been working on its Mission Action Plan before LtM began in the diocese, so already had ideas of mission opportunities. For the past two-and-a-half years, the parish has provided free use of its kitchen to REACH (Regina Education and Action on Child Hunger) for several

DIOCESE OF SASKATOON

Successful lay readers’ training workshop at Pike Lake Lay readers’ course to continue this year across diocese if enough interest Contributed PIKE LAKE (S’toon) – Twentysix participants from across the Diocese of Saskatoon attended the Saskatoon Deanery’s allday Lay Ministry and Readers’ course on Oct. 18, which was

hosted by the parish and held in the church and hall of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Pike Lake.

The course and related workshops were presented by the Reverend Shawn Sanford Beck, Diocesan Training Officer,

assisted by the Reverend Dr. Jessica Latshaw.

Attendance of this course is one of the requirements for the acquisition of a lay reader’s licence in the Diocese of Saskatoon.

Those who attended the course were provided a wonderful luncheon prepared by the parish and Jessica.

All who attended reported the course was enjoyable, educational and inspiring.

It is currently planned that, if there is sufficient interest, this course will be held throughout the coming year in both the Eastern and Western Deaneries of the Diocese, and may be repeated in the Saskatoon Deanery as well.

food security and education programs. One such program, Community Kitchen, not only provides economical healthy food, but teaches valuable skills in how to prepare food at home.

Patrons pay a nominal sum and work together to prepare large meals, which they take home for their families.

With money raised through LtM, St. James will go beyond merely providing a space to REACH, by giving a grant of $5,000. This will allow REACH to greatly expand the Community Kitchen program, more than doubling the number of participants. Dana Folkersen, executive director, says, “St. James’ partnership with REACH is all about faith in action.

Through the community kitchen partnership many good things will happen for the participants, the community and the parish.

We at REACH are grateful for the involvement of St. James in building food security in some of the most vulnerable neighbourhoods in our city.”

Council of the North Sunday Celebrate a Council of the North Sunday in your parish and help raise awareness about the Church’s mission and ministry in the north.

Visit www.anglican.ca/cn to download or order our video and a variety of other resources to make your celebration a truly inspired worship event. Contact Council of the North Communications at: cnc@national. anglican.ca.

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The Saskatchewan Anglican

January 2015

Courageous grandparenting

By Julie Moser Youth Missioner for Diocese of Qu’Appelle DIOCESE OF QU’APPELLE – Psalm 78 talks about the importance of passing on the faith to the next generation. But as we look around our churches for the stereotypical young, hip, youth leader, we find ourselves coming up short.

Maybe it is time for us to think outside the box as we aim to reach the next generation with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

This is exactly how we were thinking at the Courageous Grandparenting workshops, held in three locations across the diocese, from Nov. 6-9. A total of 36 people attended the workshops.

The speaker, Cavin Harper, is the founder of the Grandparenting Network based out of Colorado Springs and author of Courageous Grandparenting.

A grandfather himself, he is passionate about finding ways to help his grandchildren walk in the truth and, with his clear message, inspired us all to share that passion.

The workshops addressed some of the challenges to grandparents including culture, technology and an environment

Spiritual Direction Formation Program

January 2016 — July 2017

Cavin Harper (at screen) speaks to a group of grandparents in St. Stephen’s, Swift Current.

Photo — Julie Moser where there is little interest in following Christ.

Harper’s solutions to these challenges came from a focus on Scripture as his starting point presenting the biblical role of grandparenting.

Reminding us of Scriptural failures to pass on the faith (Judges 2:10), he helped us to see the urgency of our own day to not forget the story of God’s salvation and to not allow history to repeat itself through apathy and neglect.

Some helpful tips of the day included: g Pray regularly for each

grandchild.

g Use technology to connect

with your grandchildren (for example, allocate a day of the week for each grandchild and text them to let them know you are praying for them today; great for long distance grandparents.) g Send them a card or gift for no special reason. g Take risks and be a courageous grandparent!

The number of grandchildren represented over the weekend totalled 146. Wouldn’t it be fantastic to watch all of these young people grow up to share the faith of their grandparents?

Now it’s time to get to work!

This two year Spiritual Direction Formation Program prepares mature adult Christians for the ministry of spiritual direction and companioning of leaders and laity in parishes and congregations, vocation and ministry.

Co -Directors: Bishop Emeritus Gerry Wiesner, OMI, Gisele Bauche and Dianne Mantyka

Request Application Form by April 30, 2015 For further information contact: Queen’s House Retreat & Renewal Centre Saskatoon, SK. Phone: 306-242-1916 or Dianne Mantyka: 306-931-7118; dimantyka@sasktel.net

www.queenshouse.org

DIOCESE OF SASKATOON

Announcements for January 2015 g Friends

and Family Service: St. George’s, Saskatoon, at 7 p.m. every Friday night. Informal music and prayer focused on families. g The

Parish of St. George’s, Saskatoon, hosts a Community Coffee morning in the parish hall every Thursday from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Join them for a warm social time with coffee, tea, toast and some type of baked goods at no charge. g Integrity/Saskatoon:

Meetings are the second Wednesday of each month at St. John’s Anglican Cathedral, 816 Spadina Crescent East at 7:30 p.m. Integrity/Saskatoon is a group of the GLBTT community and friends. For more information call 306-491-3315, or visit the Facebook page at “Integrity/Saskatoon” or check out the Integrity/Saskatoon web site at “www.integritysaskatoon. blogspot.com.” g Seniors’ Lunch

in Battleford: The Friendship Committee of St. George’s, Battleford invites all seniors to join them for lunch the first Monday of each month; each

Seniors’ Lunch begins at noon.

St. Luke Meetings: The Saskatoon Chapter of the Order of St. Luke meets at St. Stephen’s, Saskatoon, at 7:30 pm on the first Tuesday of each month.

The Order of St. Luke is an interdenominational group that promotes the healing ministry in the church.

We have a time where we pray for others, plus a study, a guest speaker or a healing service. For more information visit www.ststephens.ca.

denominational lines and form networks of friendship and communication. Call MarieLouise for the date of the next lunch at 306-682-1475.

g Order of

g Prison

Support: The Micah Mission is in need of people who are willing to give an hour or two a week to help support people in prison or recently released from prison. There is a growing need for Circles of Support and Accountability in Saskatoon. Please contact Dave Feick, co-ordinator at The Micah Mission.

For more information and to volunteer, call 306-653-3099. g Women

in Ministry, Friday Luncheons: Facilitators are Marie-Louise TernierGommers and the Rev. Amanda

g Last

Currie. These luncheons are held one Friday of each month at noon at Queen’s House, 601 Taylor St. West, Saskatoon.

Cost is $10.

This invitation goes out to all women who are employed in professional ecclesial ministry; retired from an employed ministry position; and/or studying for professional ecclesial ministry.

The main purpose for the lunches is to create an informal relational space where women working professionally in ministry (lay and ordained, pastoral work, congregational work, chaplaincy, retreat work) can connect across

Rites of Different Faiths: Wednesday, Jan. 7, from 7-9 p.m. at the Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. N. A presentation and discussion will be given on various cultural and religious practices, rituals, customs and beliefs surrounding death, funerals and burial.

Refreshments will follow. Courtesy parking is at the Saskatoon Funeral Home across the street. The public is welcome to this free event, hosted by the Edwards Family Centre and organized by MultiFaith Saskatoon. For more information call 306-222-5278 UPCOMING EVENTS: g Clergy

Retreat 2015: The annual Clergy Retreat will be held March 23-26, at St. Michael’s Retreat Centre in Lumsden. The retreat conductor will be the Most Reverend Fred Hiltz, Primate of Canada.

Retreat registration forms will be e-mailed in mid-February.

APPOINTMENTS: g Sarah

Donnelly has agreed to work as a pastoral assistant at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist until a new associate priest is hired.

Sarah will be working five to 10 hours a week, assisting the Dean with programming, worship planning and some areas of Christian Education, preaching and sacramental preparation.

DEADLINES: To be included in a timely manner, brief notices should be sent to the Associate Editor by fax, e-mail or “snail mail” by the last week of the month, two months before the month in which the insertion is desired (for example, January submissions will be in the March issue).

Detailed and longer texts of upcoming events will not be included in this section, but should space allow, could be the subject of article and notices elsewhere in the Saskatchewan Anglican.

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Healing in Eastmain Diocese of Moosonee combines gospel vision with Cree culture in special gathering

By Sharon Dewey Hetke Council of the North/Diocese of Saskatchewan Rev. Marilyn van Duffelen, PhD, is not afraid of a challenge.

The priest-in-charge at St. Mark’s in Eastmain, Que., has seen her community’s struggle to heal from past wounds and has felt called to action.

This past summer, a healing gathering was held in Eastmain in the Diocese of Moosonee. The Cree Nation of Eastmain is the smallest of the Cree communities around James Bay. “There’s around 900 people here, half of them under the age of 16,” says van Duffelen. The threeday event, which culminated in a Eucharist with anointing with healing oil, featured gospel singing, craft exchanges, traditional food, a surprise concert and, most central to the event, healing circles.

Past diocesan healing events had featured more of a workshopstyle format; however, van Duffelen had a different idea.

“I went to the TRC [Truth and Reconciliation Commission] conference in Montreal.

“And there, I didn’t see healing happening in workshops. I saw healing happening in small circles formed in the retreat rooms.”

The use of circles is a traditional Cree way of meeting, in which a member of the circle holds a ceremonial feather (or other special object) while speaking and no one interrupts or rushes the one who shares.

At Eastmain, each of the gathering’s circles had a facilitator, who opened the session by sharing a personal story around the topic, and a designated support person available in case a speaker became overwhelmed and needed to leave the circle for more private

Participants at the Eastmain healing gathering celebrate the Eucharist. Photo — Sharon Dewey Hetke listening or prayer.

The support person would then help the speaker rejoin the circle.

Circle topics included: forgiveness, broken family relationships, parenting issues, residential school healing and healing our communities.

At least two hours were allotted for each circle – with many going well past that limit – and most of the facilitators were local people or others with Cree backgrounds, including Bishop Tom Corston, Eastmain Band Councillor Kenneth Gilpin and Irene Barbeau, who hosted her circles in Cree.

Over the weekend, many took what van Duffelen calls “those baby steps;” they “began their healing journey.”

At the final Eucharist, van Duffelen says, “We practically doubled our showing, (as) they all came to the Eucharist. And then everyone lined up to be anointed with healing oil. So it made an enormous difference that the people were comfortable enough in a church setting, in the Eucharist, to own that.”

This unity was particularly poignant for van Duffelen, who facilitated a healing circle called “Christian and Indigenous Spirituality Walking Together.”

She explains, “You know, within the community of Eastmain, there’s actual divisiveness between the longstanding Christian practising people and the Christians who are now exploring their indigenous identity through the practice of traditional ceremonies.”

As a facilitator, van Duffelen told her personal story of the “hurt that is caused by that divisiveness.”

She reflects on how people work through this conflict within themselves: “Some people do, without any difficulties. If you’re comfortable in your faith, then you can be a Cree person and a faithful person, there’s no dichotomy there.”

But others are working towards integrating their Christian and Cree identities.

This problem has been “compounded by the stripping away of cultural identity, caused by the residential school experience—stripping away their language, stripping away their ability to belong to the communities from which they came.”

When van Duffelen considers the healing that needs to happen around this issue, she takes the long view, the long view back.

Camp Harding looking for a few good helpers Summer is a long way off – or is it? Why not plan now to take advantage of an excellent opportunity to spend a week (or more!) in the wonderful setting of Cypress Hills? Camp Harding has a limited number of volunteer positions for each camp: director; co-director; craft person; chaplain; nurse; and male and female counsellors. If this kind of fun and adventure interests, you please apply.

Interested persons should contact Julie Moser, Youth and Children’s Missioner, at julie.moser@sasktel.net for application forms and camp guidelines. Applicants will be asked to provide references from a priest/pastor/minister/youth leader and submit a (free) police record check.

Also needed are cooks and cook’s helper (for one week, two or all three).

Camps already scheduled 2015 include: Teens Intermediate Junior

July 5 – 11 July 12 – 18 July 19 – 25

Plans are in progress to also schedule a new Special Family Camp and an Adventure Camp. Watch this space and the website, www.campharding.ca, for developments. Inquiries about utilizing the camp for the youth or family ministry of your parish are also welcome. Camp Harding committee contacts are shirpoll@sasktel.net and kelley@sasktel.net.

“We have to remember the indigenous people here around James Bay, which is all that I can really speak of, were Christian Cree people for more than a hundred years before the residential school experience.

So they had no difficulties being Christian Cree people.

“But when the Christian white church then strips away their Cree-ness, we’re now in the fallout of that act.”

So there’s still a long way to go. But van Duffelen is thrilled with the outcome of the event.

At any one time 60 to 100 people were in attendance.

In addition, the costs came in well under budget, a surplus van Duffelen hopes will be set aside for future gatherings. As she says, “The need is great.”

But just as inspiring is the community’s growing commitment to healing—shown particularly in the enormous amount of unsolicited handson help from the band and the participation of band leaders and social services workers.

Thinking back, van Duffelen describes a moment between her and the band’s Chief: “At one point, the chief was there, and we caught eyes, and I put up my thumb and he put up his thumb, an exchange of ‘This is good.’ And later on as we passed each other he said, ‘This is a beginning.’ So to me, I know it was the right thing. Everything we did was the right thing.”

Funding for Eastmain’s healing gathering came from the Council of the North, the Anglican Foundation, the Diocese of Moosonee and local sponsors.

Saskatchewan Anglican looking for new associate editor for Diocese of Saskatchewan Contributed PRINCE ALBERT — The Diocese of Saskatchewan is looking for an Associate Editor to assist the diocese with collecting articles and photos from around the diocese, as well as making monthly submissions to the Saskatchewan Anglican’s managing editor for print.

The Associate Editor

will work for the bishop of Saskatchewan and parish correspondents from around the diocese to bring information to the public.

The requirements for the position are firstly, experience in editorial work and secondly, a Grade 12 education. Those interested are to contact the synod office at 306-763-2455 or synod@sasktel.net.

Saskatoon’s 2015 ACW fall retreat: ‘Gratitude: a way of being’ Contributed SASKATOON – Save the date.

Come join your Anglican sisters on Sept. 18-20, 2015 as we gather at Queen’s House in Saskatoon for a time of spiritual growth.

Gratitude is such a big word; for some, it comes naturally, while for some it requires practising until it becomes habit and ultimately a way of being.

Plans are well underway for inspirational, thoughtprovoking talks, worship, joyful singing, meditative walking and purposeful journaling.

We will be learning more about hospital ministry, while each of us will bring to the retreat a gift for the hospital ministry, be it a prayer shawl for an adult or child, a baby blanket or a toque for cancer patient.

Get out those knitting needles, crochet hooks or your sewing machine. Not crafty, you say? Can you trade skills with a friend?

For more information contact Mary Ann Assailly at maryann. assailly@gmail.com or Karen Whitelock at saskatoonacw@ gmail.com.

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Notes and events New clergy team for St. Matthew, Regina The congregation of St. Matthew, Regina, welcomed its new clergy team on Nov. 16. Rev. Murray Wright is the interim priest, while Rev. Blair Dixon is honorary assistant.

Pogue elected to PWRDF national board Basil Pogue, who served the diocese as PWRDF diocesan representative for many years, has been elected to the national PWRDF board.

FIVE MARKS OF MISSION

SIX DISCIPLINES OF DISCIPLES

To Proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom

Weekly Worship

To Teach, Baptize, and Nurture new believers

Daily Prayer and Bible Reading

To Respond to human need by loving service

Christian Living

To Transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and to pursue peace and reconciliation

Serving in the Church and the World

Spoken Witness to Christ

To strive to Safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth

Giving for the Work of the Church

Mowemoschikewin - Worship • Ayumehawin - Prayer • Munita Pimahtisiwin - Christian Living Kechinahowin - Witness • Atoskewin - Serving • Mekinasowin - Giving

Confirmation in Biggar At St Paul’s Anglican Church, Bigger on Nov. 30, the Right Reverend David Irving, Bishop of Saskatoon, was the celebrant at the confirmation of five members of St Paul’s Parish: McKenna Mair, Bronwyn Massie, Alric Massie, Gillian Massie and Kathleen May. The candidates for confirmation were presented by Pastor Mark Kleiner (ELCIC), priest-incharge of St. Paul’s. All five of the candidates had also been baptized at St Paul’s. For one of the families, the Massie family, this confirmation was the continuation of a family tradition, a Bronwyn, Alric and Gillian are the fourth generation of the family to be

Silent Retreat for lay people set for April 10-12 The annual silent retreat for lay people will be held April 10-12, beginning on Friday

afternoon and ending after lunch on Sunday. The location will be St. Michael’s Retreat Centre, outside Lumsden. Watch for complete details in next month’s issue, or on the diocesan website at quappelle.anglican.ca.

Burgomasters return to Qu’Appelle Glen Burgomaster, who spent his early years as a priest in the Diocese of Qu’Appelle, has been granted permission to officiate in this diocese. He and his wife, Jennifer, attend Holy Trinity, Yorkton, and live in the nearby community of Theodore. Burgomaster is the retired Dean of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and more recently priest in Quill View Parish, Diocese of Saskatoon.

Lay pastoral visitor training in P.A.

By Stella Demery and Dean Kenneth Davis PRINCE ALBERT – Over a six-week period this autumn, a 12-hour training workshop on Pastoral Care was conducted at The Cathedral Church of St. Alban the Martyr in Prince Albert.

Each two-hour session covered a specific topic, with a review of considerations and related skills.

Opening presentations reviewed the various forms which pastoral visits may take, appropriate guidelines, special considerations and tips and protocols for visits in particular settings, that is, hospital, nursing home and home visits.

Subsequent sessions dealt with what characterizes a pastoral visit as opposed to a social visit; action/awareness before visit and following visits; listening skills/what to look and listen for (words, silences, thinking, emotions, facial expression, body language);

listening and responses/questions to stimulate conversation (some acting skills were involved during this session with role play by participants); a review of prayer resources in the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) and Book of Alternative Services (BAS); gifts which each participant had as seen by themselves and other participants.

Participants were encouraged to follow up with prayer for discernment and discussion with their parish priest and/or spiritual director and to attend the workshops on Protocol for the Protection of Youth and Vulnerable Persons scheduled for Feb. 26, 2015.

Dean Kenneth Davis and Rev. Pat Martin facilitated the training. Participants included Fred Payton, Marlene Payton (St. Alban’s Cathedral), Millie Wiederspeck (Shellbrook) and Stella Demery (Birch Hills).

Future programs based on a revised version of this course are under review by our bishops.

Singing for charity both confirmed and baptized at St. Paul’s, Bigger. In the picture, from left, are Bishop Irving, the

five candidates for confirmation and Pastor Mark Kleiner (ELCIC). Photo — Joan Irving

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CORMACK (Nlfd) — The Wildwood Singers, comprised of 10 parishioners at St. George of England, Cormack, Nfld., have been performing at church, local charities and community events for nearly 20 years.

They had long considered recording a CD and donating the proceeds to charity, and with the help of fellow parishioner Jodie Rice, that dream became a reality in 2014.

The Wildwood Singers have

Photo: Geraldine Brophy sold more than 300 copies of a CD of gospel favourites, and have donated the $4,290 profit to help St. George install a new roof.

They plan to donate further proceeds to charity as well.

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God blesses annual Church Mouse Garage Sale, Endeavour By the St. James, Endeavour Church Mouse Committee ENDEAVOUR (S’toon) – St. James Anglican Church, Endeavour, in the Lintlaw/ Endeavour Parish, had a very profitable Church Mouse Garage Sale again this year. With a profit of well over $10,000, the threeday event once again proved to be the congregation’s largest fundraiser for the year.

The event started in 1998, when the church was in need of finances to do remodelling to install running water and a bathroom. Elaine Hrycenko suggested we have a garage sale in her farm machine shed, set up as a European-style café to serve coffee, tea and pie. This continued for three years until Elaine sold the farm; the event has since been carried out at the Endeavour skating rink Donations for the garage sale are received throughout the year,

St. James Anglican Church in Endeavour donated winter gear from its garage sale to Queen Elizabeth School in Saskatoon. Here, some kindergarten students proudly model a few of the clothing items. Photo — St. James, Endeavour, Church Mouse Committee often brought to church members’ homes for storage. However, they really begin to arrive once spring brings an end to the natural ice in the arena and the changerooms and the rink are opened

up to receive contributions. The extended communities are the key to the sale’s success, as people from near and far deliver any and every kind of item: antiques, tools, clothing, furniture, decorative

items, dishes, bedding, etc., which overflow throughout the arena.

Congregation members begin preparing the rink and pricing the donations in late April or May, spending long hours to see that all is ready for the June sale. The set-up time is a time of fun and fellowship as many community people also join the church members in the preparation work.

The sale officially opens on Friday, with a large crowd held back by a rope. After an opening prayer is said and the rope is dropped, people rush in to shop.

Saturday, all items are half price.

Sunday afternoon, after church, you can fill a box of any size for a toonie. During the sale, there is a silent auction for the more valuable items, which everyone is also very busy baking for the bake sale table During the sale there is much visiting and renewing acquaintances. Tables and chairs are provided for people to sit and

enjoy hamburgers, bison burgers, homemade pies and beverages throughout Friday and Saturday.

People often book holidays just to attend this event and look forward to coming back year after year.

A large amount of left over articles, usually a cattle trailer full, is taken to Value Village, Yorkton, as well as smaller amount of various items to other groups or places that have particular needs.

For example, over the past two years, Elaine Hrycenko has been taking boxes of leftover winter outerwear to Queen Elizabeth School in Saskatoon.

Although the sale is a tremendous amount of work for the small congregation and community, it continues to provide a way to reach out to others and also meets real needs for people in many areas. As God uses our annual Church Mouse Garage Sale to bless Endeavour, may He also continue to use it to bless others.

Church year is a result of ‘reverberations of the resurrection of Jesus’

By Jason Antonio REGINA – The Church year as we know it did not fall down from heaven, nor did it emerge by way of a popular vote or the imagination of a secret society, but instead came about by a more profound event.

The development of the Church year is the “result of the reverberations – the echoing, the rippling – of the resurrection of Jesus Christ,” explained Rev. Dustin Resch.

“In the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, the Church recognized that a radical, re-ordering of time itself was taking place.

“Jesus is to be seen as the Lord of time, the fulfilment of time and even the meaning of time itself.”

Thus, the Church year can be seen as a journey – or pilgrimage – to see the Lord of time Himself.

The idea of pilgrimage was the theme of a lecture series at St. Luke’s Church in Regina.

Entitled “These boots were made for …”, the four weeks covered pilgrimage in: Scripture (living a sacred life); the Canterbury Tales (sacred places); a modern pilgrimage to Mount Athos, which contain 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries, in Greece (sacred people); and the

Rev. Dustin Resch Church year (sacred time).

Resch’s talk focused on the Church year as sacred time. Specifically, he focused on “the Church year (as) a transformative journey on the road of Scripture to see the Lord of time.”

He then broke that down into three parts: The Lord of time; the Church year as a transformative journey; and the road of our pilgrimage is the Scriptures themselves.

“After the ascension of Christ, the Church did not go on simply marking time as usual. As they came to terms with the resurrection … the Church (reorganized) itself in relationship to this momentous, time-altering event … ,” Resch explained.

Jesus’ resurrection changed their relationship with the peo-

ple of Israel, but did not divorce the Church from them.

“When they saw in Jesus the dawn of a new creation, they chose to worship on the eighth day – the first day of the week – rather than the seventh day, the last day of the week,” added Resch.

“They met on Sunday instead of Saturday.

“And when they met, it was to celebrate the Lord’s Day and not simply the Jewish Sabbath.

“The resurrection of Jesus meant His followers could not mark time as they always had.”

Besides worshipping on Sundays, the early Christians began to mark time in other ways too, as their response to the Lord of time.

What we know as the seasons of the Church year – Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost and Ordinary Time – all emerged as the Church rooted itself and its central practices around the resurrection.

“Christians should see all of the year as Christ-shaped ripples that move out from their centre in the resurrection,” said Resch.

“As we enter the Church year, we seek to live into this Christ shape. And we do so as pilgrims who come to worship someone – Jesus the Nazarene, the Lord of time.”

FOR FOOD IN A WORLD Where many walk in hunger FOR FAITH IN A WORLD Where many walk in fear FOR FRIENDS IN A WORLD Where many walk alone

We give you thanks O God.

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A DAY AWAY – Gisele Bauche Every Second Wednesday of the month, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm. Jan. 14; Feb. 11; Mar. 11; Ap. 8; May 13. Cost $25 w/lunch.

AN EVENING OF BIBLICAL REFLECTION AND PRAYER – Bishop Gerry Wiesner, omi and Gisele Bauche. Thursday evenings, January 15, 22, 29 and February 5, 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Cost: $10.00.

SILENT DIRECTED RETREAT: “Be still and know that I am God” (Ps 46.10) Dianne Mantyka. Friday January 16, 7:00 pm – Sunday January 18, lunch. Cost: $200 (register by January 9) HEALING AND ART THERAPY – Sr. Felicitas Drobig, OSU Saturday, January 17, 8:30 am – 6:30 pm. Cost: $110 (includes lunch and banquet).

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY — Ecumenical Prayer Service Thursday January 22 @ 11:30 am, followed by lunch & fellowship.

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TRANSITIONS: YOUR JOURNEY OF TRANSFORMATION THROUGH GRIEF AND LOSS Sarah Donnelly. Thursday January 22, 7 pm – Sunday January 25, lunch.

Cost: $390 (live-in).

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Attendees at a PWRDF national diocesan meeting held in Ontario in October visit the Circle Organice Community Farm near Millbrook. The owner showed the group the farm and discussed farm operations, the regulatory regime and marketing the produce.

Photo — Contributed

Saskatoon’s October Locally Trained Clergy workshop a success The weekend of Oct. 25, four members of the Diocese of Saskatoon’s Locally Trained Clergy Program received instruction in liturgy and preaching from the Reverend Shawn Sanford Beck, diocesan training and development officer, and the Reverend Jessica Latshaw, apprenticeship co-ordinator at the

most recent LTC workshop. The Right Reverend David Irving, Bishop of Saskatoon, also attended part of the training weekend to answer questions, spend time with each student individually and conduct the Sunday eucharist service. The training weekend was held at St. Peter’s Abby, Muenster. Pictured in the front

row, left to right, are the diocese’s four LTC students: Peter Coolen, Alvena Orysczyczyn, Jan Trost and Muriel Foster, who attended the weekend with the Reverend Shawn Sanford Beck (back left) and the Right Reverend David Irving, Bishop of Saskatoon (back right).

Photo — Joan Irving

Anniversary dinner raises funds for Living the Mission Several circles of friends and associates of Archdeacon Malcolm French gathered to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood with a roast beef supper.

More than $1,600 was raised for the Living the Mission campaign.

Guests included family members; parishioners of St. James the Apostle and other Regina parishes; Bishop Rob Hardwick and other clergy; those who had worked with French in his various secular careers, including public affairs officer and Navy officer; and local politicians and political organizers.

French was described as “a man of passion, faith and commitment,” who “wears his faith on his sleeve and in action.”

Photo — Joanne Shurvin-Martin

A chapel in the making The inside of the chapel of St. John the Evangelist in Uganda.

Proceeds from the Diocese of Saskatchewan go toward the construction of the chapel at Bishop McAllister College and Seminary. Bishop Gerald McAllister was a former bishop of the Diocese of Oklahoma, whose incredible magnanimity helped to seal a bond between him and the Christians of West Ankole Diocese in Uganda. McAllister passed away this past summer.

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Challenges, practices and successes at national PWRDF meeting

By Barbara Spurr SASKATOON – The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) National Diocesan Representatives Meeting was held in Peterborough, Ont. from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, 2014 at St. John the Evangelist Church.

Twenty-five of the 30 Anglican dioceses were represented, while the Primate, The Most Reverend Fred Hiltz, and staff from PWRDF were also present. From the province of Saskatchewan, Barbara Spurr from the Diocese of Saskatoon, Anne Marie MacNeil from the Diocese of Qu’Appelle and Violet Goodfellow from the Diocese of Saskatchewan attended.

Each morning the meeting began with a worship service and closed with prayers in the evening. On All Souls’ Day, the Primate preached and celebrated the Eucharist. He also participated that afternoon in our meeting and discussions.

These meetings provide diocesan representatives from across Canada the opportunity to network with one another and discuss challenges, practices and successes. Late every afternoon, we would break into “home groups” to discuss these issues (our home group consisted of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Arctic).

The focus of the meeting was food security. On Saturday morning, we drove to the Circle Organic Community Farm near Millbrook. There the owner showed us around the farm, explained how and why they decided to grow organically, the regulations involved and the marketing of their produce.

The following day, we heard a presentation from four

diocesan representatives who, this past summer, had attended a food security workshop at Sorrento, B.C. At a public event on Saturday evening, two employees from the Peterborough Community Food Network gave a presentation on the work their organization is doing to address food security, health and poverty issues in the Peterborough area.

One of the highlights of gatherings such as this meeting is having one of the PWRDF international partners present a talk about the work they and their organization are doing overseas.

This year PWRDF’s Asian partner, Gigi Labradores, the managing director of Southern Partners and Fair Trade Centre, Inc. and a board member of the Philippine Fair Trade Network, gave a powerpoint presentation on her and her Centre’s work in Cebu, Philippines.

The following week she participated in PWRDF’s annual board of directors meeting in Toronto.

The Primate’s “Fred Says” campaign, which was initiated last fall, is continuing this year with four new campaigns: “Rice is Nice” (supporting a rice mill in the Philippines), “Kids Rock” (buying a goat for a single mother living with AIDS), “It’s Easy Being Green” (building a spirulina tank for use

by Tamil refugees) and “Veg Out” (supporting a Tanzanian community’s seed bank and farmers).