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Lest we forget

"Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident. One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and

to seek him in his temple" (Psalm 27: 3-4, NIV). This grave of an unknown First World War French soldier is one of many in a commonwealth war graves cemetery at the Thiepval Memorial in northern France near the city of Amiens.

Photo by Jason G. Antonio

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Internships are opportunity for personal, parish growth By the Rev. Dr. Iain Luke Principal, College of Emmanuel & St. Chad

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ast month’s column identified the dilemma we face when we take students away from the church’s everyday life, in order to learn how to serve and lead within the church.

There are new models of training, in which our college participates, that enable students to stay in their home congregation while they learn.

But for others, the need to focus on their studies, and complete their program in a reasonable amount of time, means they will still go away to college for a few years.

When that happens, the challenge is to maintain a link with the living, breathing, serving and worshipping church, and its community life.

I’ve already described how important it is to our students to have a home congregation, or at least a home away from home, where they can go to church and continue their own spiritual growth.

But there is another important aspect of linking studies with the local church, in a way that enables students to practise the skills they are developing.

Field education, including placements and internships, gives students that opportunity. In turn, it offers parishes a chance to play a part in the

training of new leaders.

As a simple example, when we send students out to preach, we request and value feedback from members of the congregation. You are, after all, the experts in listening to sermons.

Drawing on that expertise means that students and instructors alike get the benefit of your perspective and can use it to focus their work on the real needs of the church.

The most extensive form of this partnership is an internship, where a parish welcomes a student over a longer period, from four to eight months, with a set of well-defined duties and learning goals.

This is a practice that has huge historic importance in our region, as many prairie parishes relied on the summer student minister coming out from college every year, in an era when resident clergy were few and far between.

In those days, if you

were a student, someone might drop you off in town in April, and pick you up in September, but in between you were on your own!

Students had to act the part of the pastor and preacher, and work out the kinks as they went along.

The model has changed quite a bit in the generations since then, first with greater emphasis on a supervising priest, and now a much wider invitation for lay members to offer guidance and support, to everyone’s benefit.

Today, the typical internship relies on a group of lay leaders who work with the intern to identify what learning opportunities the parish can offer, and to match them with areas the student wants to develop.

This group continues throughout the internship.

The members introduce the intern to members of the parish, monitor their well-being during the placement, ensure positive working conditions, tell the story of the parish community, and demonstrate what a good working relationship between clergy and lay leaders looks like.

There is a very different, but complementary, role for the supervisor. She or he gives day-to-day direction and accountability, and helps the student see and reflect on what the clergy role is like for someone who is living it.

Clergy and laity together provide important support structures for students to learn, while the interns deeply appreciate the investment of time and energy on their behalf.

On the other hand, parishes receive benefits too. Having an inquisitive set of eyes join your church for a season is a great way to learn more about how your own community works and of what it is capable.

Clergy who mentor interns often find their own ministry renewed.

The interns bring their own distinctive gifts, while one learning goal is typically that the interns find some new contribution they can offer to the life of the congregation.

Most of all, though, the completion of an internship builds up a parish’s confidence in the gifts and strengths it can contribute to the wider church.

The students you train go on to serve in other places, taking with them what they learned from you. Our current students can testify that they hear often enough from me about the lessons I learned in my placements.

So, I invite you to think about how you can create a learning opportunity for ministry in your own parish. Whether it is for a final-year intern, a theological student who needs a place to call home, or someone still testing out the idea that God is calling them to service: your support is needed.

It will strengthen your own commitment, give individuals the space they need to grow, and provide a lasting gift to the whole church.

DIOCESE OF SASKATCHEWAN

Diocese looks at combining office space

By Bishop Michael Hawkins PRINCE ALBERT — The Diocese of Saskatchewan is looking to consolidate its synod office space to save money and to be better stewards of the funds it has, according to Bishop Michael Hawkins.

The bishop wrote a letter to the clergy, wardens, vestries and congregations of the diocese outlining what could take place: I am writing to you

about the future of our synod office in Prince Albert. For several years the executive committee has considered our needs and costs for office space.

Last year the executive committee decided to pursue the consideration of consolidating the synod office space within St. Alban’s Cathedral and Hall. This would require selling our current building and renovations at St. Alban’s.

A committee consisting of Archdeacon Norbert

Haukenfrers, Larry Brewster Tyler McKinnon — representing the executive — and Priscilla Joseph, Martin Sterling and Chris Lyons — representing the cathedral congregation — has met thrice to consider needs, costs and possibilities.

While it is anticipated there would be some real costs savings in a consolidation, the discussion has been driven more by a concern for the faithful stewardship of our assets, the potential synergy of a

shared space and centre for the diocese, and a hopeful realism about our ministry as a diocese and in Prince Albert.

The executive wanted you to know about these discussions and invite your feedback. If you have concerns or want to share your thoughts, contact executive members, or mail/email them to the executive committee (Synod Office Space) at the synod office in Prince Albert or at synod@ sasktel.net.

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Getting to know Saskatoon's new bishop Submitted SASKATOON — “In some senses, I guess you could say I’m trying to bridge two worlds — that’s something I’ve always done all my life…I’ve always walked two worlds.” Chris Harper Chris is Plains Cree, born in Saskatchewan and raised here and Alberta. A lifelong Anglican and the son of a residential school survivor, he has worked as an emergency medical technician and served as head of emergency medical services at Onion Lake Cree Nation.

He studied theology at James Settee College in the Diocese of Saskatchewan and Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto, earning his master of divinity degree there in 2005.

He was made priest in the same year, serving for a time as rector of a multipoint parish in the Diocese of Saskatchewan, moved to the Diocese of Algoma as rector, before moving to the Diocese of Toronto.

The Rev. Chris Harper took up the position of Indigenous native priest pastor in association with the Diocese of Toronto and the Toronto Urban Native Ministry in 2016.

The TUNM touches more than 6,000 lives each year and reaches out to aboriginal people on the street, in hospitals, in jails, shelters and hostels.

Besides playing a role in the reconciliation processes, Chris provided counselling, spiritual care and referrals to community services.

The Rev. Chris Harper, bishop-elect, Diocese of Saskatoon describes his ministry and vision: In my context, the Christian journey is never singular but communitybased, for one needs to walk with or grow with another.

The Church should and must be both community and family in where all are embraced for who and where they are, regardless of their stand in the journey of faith and ministry.

When we journey with others, we are given the witness and courage of the other to enable and grow within our personal expression of faith.

My personal journey was blessed and strength-

Bishop-elect Christopher Harper, with the Diocese of Saskatoon, intends to use this Bible, chalice and eagle feather for his consecration service on Nov. 17 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Saskatoon.

Photos courtesy Saskatoon Synod Office

A prayer for the bishop-elect

Bishop-elect Christopher Harper ened by family, friends, teachers and mentors of the church.

Beginning with baptism, which is the expression of our faith first witnessed by my parents who brought me to baptism in the church, and the ministers and priests of the church who laid out the foundation of faith in which I have built on throughout my life.

Through youth to adulthood, my family has enabled and encouraged my faith journey through prayer and experience.

In seminary I was blessed to have teachers and mentors who witnessed their strengths and faith through the careful examination of the Word and expression in liturgy and service.

My own life experience has brought the reality of God the Creator’s promise, mercy and grace, which is given in abundance.

Life is also not without

Gracious and loving Creator, strengthen and sustain your servant Chris Harper, chosen bishop of the Diocese of Saskatoon. We pray that with patience and understanding he may love and care for your people as our shepherd and guide.

Bless Bishop-elect Chris and his wife Tracy, as they transition into their new ministry among us, and grant that together we may follow Christ, offering to you our gifts and talents in building up the Body of Christ in this diocese.

We ask this in the name of your beloved child, our Saviour, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

conflict, which tempers the soul’s exuberance and flight. Faith and life teach humility and reliance on communion with our Lord God in good and bad, blessings and challenges.

God through experience and faith brings us to new and ever growing challenges that strengthen us to our calling; new doors and windows are opened in life to see new possibilities and opportunities.

In these we have the choice to accept or retreat, but God’s will is done, and this I believe by faith.

When I was Indigenous priest in the Diocese of Toronto, I was called to serve and be a bridge of invitation and healing to the church and community, Indigenous and non.

This means seeking, listening and responding to those discouraged, disenfranchised, seeking, or hurt, as well as responding to the call of ministry to the homeless,

needy and spiritually lost. This means being open and available by listening and responding as needed and called upon by the children of God in the church, outside the church, and even to those on the fringes.

A faithful pastor recognizes that not all people agree on any single point, so it is important to be a good and attentive mediator, to assess and walk with both sides in any disagreement.

I believe that my personal politics and sensitivities need to be constantly in check, for peace to speak reason to our hearts, which can become so impassioned about our desires of ministry and faith.

Through prayerful conversation and listening, we can and should seek the peace that only comes through Christ in the presence of the dialogue.

As families do not

always agree, it is fundamentally important we stay in the conversation and at the familial table.

The Diocese of Saskatoon, being on the cusp of change, might be that forerunner of change needed in the church across Canada, offering a new ministry in truth, healing and reconciliation.

As an Indigenous priest, I see the hope in a new conversation with Indigenous communities, not speaking as an outsider but as one with the people.

Maybe a new conversation could begin at a new table of hope and faith, opening the door to a joined healing of the people in the historical legacy that we walk in together.

This diocese that is diverse and spread over a great and flowing land is blessed as much as it is conflicted by the reality of rural diminishment and urban sprawl.

All these realities bring the need to examine how we do ministry and the best efforts to use our energies and resources.

We need to embrace ecumenical ministry, by walking with and uplifting each other in the family of Christian life.

Denomination is a self-imposed fence that might cut us off from the ministry of life and truth.

Being already in full communion with the Lutheran Church ELCIC Saskatchewan Synod and in conversation with the United Church of Canada, as well as the Roman Catholic dialogue, ecumenical ministry is in need of continued support.

As a past ecumenical partner in ministry to Lutherans and Anglicans I know the blessings that come out of an ecumenical relationship.

In closing, the Diocese of Saskatoon is and should be seen as a blessing to the community, parishes and peoples of Saskatchewan.

What the diocese can offer is hope and faith in the love and peace of Christ our Lord and Saviour.

What we can bring to the table is healing in ministry not only in the legacy in which we live, but healing in life, faith and witness.

It begins with humility, respect, listening, learning, honoring and most importantly, prayer.

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Winna Martin ordained to the priesthood

By Trevor Powell

Dean Mike Sinclair (second from right) and Rev. Ed Dunfield vest the newly ordained Rev. Winna Martin during her ordination in St. Paul's Cathedral in Regina.

Photo by Nigel Salway

REGINA — After 16 years of serving St. Paul’s Cathedral in Regina as a deacon, Winna Martin took the next step in being a servant of God. On Sept. 22, Bishop Robert Hardwick ordained Martin to the priesthood at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Presenting Martin for her ordination were Archdeacon Catherine Harper, Archdeacon Wilma Woods, Rev. Lauren Miller and Dr. William Stahl.

Canon Susan Page read the Gospel and Rev. Ed Dunfield and Emilie Jewett-Curley, daughter of the candidate, read the lessons.

Rev. Michael Bruce intoned the ordination litany. Members of the cathedral choir led the singing of the hymns.

Dean Mike Sinclair said in his sermon that a person in being called to the priesthood was set apart by God to take on this additional ministry.

Dean Sinclair stressed the need for Winna to

be active in her priestly duties, being assured that God is working through her.

More importantly, she should not always accept that things must remain the same, but rather at times she, acting as the mouthpiece of God, has the ability to bring about meaningful change.

Martin has served as a deacon at the cathedral since 2002. During that time, she has assisted at the Eucharist, preached, ministered to those in hospital and care homes, and helped to serve All Saints, Katepwa.

Rev. Martin will serve as an associate priest at the Cathedral.

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Announcements for November 2018 Saskatchewan Anglican online! You can read current and past issues of the Saskatchewan Anglican online on the Diocese of Saskatoon website or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ saskatchewananglican. g No news is not Good News! Is your parish planning an event, a fundraiser or has it already held one and has something to report?

Well, don’t keep this to yourself!

Your news and upcoming events are Good News to us all and the news of your planned activities and their successes can help put your parish and its activities in the news and perhaps give additional people the chance to consider supporting them. g Cathedral Advent Tea and Bake Sale: The Cathedral’s annual Advent tea and bake sale will be held on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Cathedral of St. John’s Parish Hall.

This event features afternoon tea, the sale of turkey pies (frozen), Christmas baking, jams and crafts, as well as a good visit with friends over a cup of tea or coffee.

Parking is free. g St. George’s Advent Tea and Bake Sale: The St. George’s Parish annual Advent tea and bake sale will be held in the parish hall from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 624 Ave. I South, Saskatoon. g St. Stephen’s Poinsettia

Tea, Craft, and Bake Sale: The St. Stephen’s Church, Saskatoon poinsettia tea, craft and bake sale will be held on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The church is located at 10 Grosvenor Crescent. Admission is free and there are no table rentals. Come browse our crafts and baking and enjoy a lunch of homemade soup. g Christ Church Annual Festive Luncheon: The Christ Church Anglican, Saskatoon ACW presents Joys of the Seasons on Saturday, Nov. 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Christ Church Anglican, 515 28th Street West, Saskatoon.

We invite you to get your friends together and come for a fun social time and to join us for our annual festive luncheon. Come enjoy a great lunch, bake sale, poinsettia sale, and turkey pies, and as always, great door prizes. g Martin Memorial Lectures: The College of Emmanuel & St. Chad will be holding its annual free Martin Memorial Lectures series from Nov. 7 to 9. The lecturer for this year will be Meghan Kilty, director of communications for the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada.

The topic will be the effect on ministry of rapidly changing communications technology. Please see the notice posted elsewhere in this issue, check the website of the College of Emman-

uel & St. Chad at www. usask.ca/ stu/Emmanuel, or contact Lisa at 306-975-1550 for more information, schedules and locations for these lectures and related events. g New Ministry for Survivors: An ongoing ministry open to anyone who is post-trauma in need of prayerful support began in Saskatoon in September.

This ministry includes/may include creative expression through dance and painting for healing of the inner child with Common Praise and Taize Hymns, Psalms, sharing circle, grounding meditation and weekly themes; prayers and anointing are also available to anyone who wishes to receive.

Place is St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Saskatoon. Time is every Monday (except statutory holidays) from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The facilitator is Karen Walter. Phone 639-480-6274 for more information.

DISCLAIMER: Counseling services will not be provided g Celtic Evening Service in Saskatoon: The Celtic evening Eucharist service begins its second year at St. George’s Anglican Church, 624 Ave. I South, Saskatoon. Services are held every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. beginning on Oct. 16; each mid-month service will begin with a potluck at 6 p.m.

Come join us and share in a time of ecumenical Christ-centred meditation, communion, a bit of

Celtic music and a time of tea, coffee and community. Each night’s service format will be adjusted as the spirit moves us. g Community Coffee House and Bible Study: The Parish of St. George’s, Saskatoon holds its weekly coffee house and Bible study every Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon. The Bible study is held from 10:30 a.m. to about noon. All events are in the Parish Hall, 624 Ave. I South.

Appointments, anniversaries, obituaries, etc. g The consecration of Bishopelect, the Rev. Christopher A. Harper as the 13th Bishop of the Diocese of Saskatoon will take place on Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Saskatoon.

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

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

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Fourth Day groups support Cursillo members

By Elizabeth Turnbull REGINA — Fourth Day groups are an important feature of the Cursillo program. After the three-day Cursillo weekend, small groups get together regularly and are called Fourth Day. Their purpose is to support each other, while it reflects the principle illustrated by an Old Testament event.

In the wilderness, the Amalekites attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God

in my hands” (Exodus 17:9). Joshua fought the Amalekites.

Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. “As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.

“When Moses’ hands

grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it.

“Aaron and Hur held his hands up — one on one side, one on the other — so that his hands remained steady till sunset” (Exodus 17:11-12).

Joshua defeated the Amalekites.

When I am weary from

the fight, when I am tired and discouraged, I need my Fourth Day friends.

Similar to Aaron and Hur, they “hold my hands up.”

Their prayers and encouragement keep me going.

During the time between meetings, I pray for them. They care for me and I care for them.

Through Christ and fellowship, we will not be defeated.

Fourth Day helps to keep me accountable.

If I choose to, I tell my group “how I have been drawn to Christ in my everyday life.”

This reflection causes me to pause and be

thankful. I say what I am studying and what my future action plan to serve Christ will be. Then we give our prayer needs and participate in closing prayers.

Every Fourth Day group will be different, representing the personalities of those present.

The Cursillo Movement progresses beyond talks on study, action, leadership and living a life in relationship with God, to the Fourth Day, where we share how we are living out the Christian calling.

I cannot express enough how much I appreciate my Fourth Day sisters in Christ.

Life is more joyful as we journey to God as pilgrims

By Mary Brown PRINCE ALBERT — Life is a journey. It begins when you’re born. It ends when you die. The journey of life that ends in death becomes a holy pilgrimage that ends in life.

Christians believe that in Jesus, God has walked this earth before us, while with Jesus as our companion and guide we can travel through life differently. We can live and travel as pilgrims, and as we journey home to God, the pathway of our life becomes more meaningful and joyful.

These words are from the introduction to the Pilgrim course for the Christian journey.

Parishes in the Diocese of Saskatchewan have been asked to take part in this course. There are two stages to this study: The Follow Stage and the Grow Stage. The first lesson in the follow stage is Turning to Christ (What do Christians believe?).

There are seven sessions in this first lesson. Participants are each provided with a small book (see picture) that outlines all of the sessions to be covered.

A leader’s guide is also provided.

Usually a priest or lay reader would lead; more than one leader is recommended.

The sessions all follow a similar pattern. Starting with refreshments as people arrive, with short prayers, then follows a brief conversation among participants.

Next a reading of

Scripture starts with reading the passage once aloud, followed by silence for people to think about it, then the passage is read again and invites people to say a word or phrase from the passage that struck them.

Then after a few moments of quiet the passage is read a third time, inviting people to share with each other why this word or phrase jumped out at them.

This is followed by two reflections found in the book, with a couple of questions for discussion followed by a concluding prayer. It should take about an hour.

The leader’s booklet is easy to follow with plenty of instruction and advice on how to interact with your group. If you are in a parish that, at this time, does not have a full-time minister, this would be a good resource to help carry you through.

Something like this is usually better with a qualified leader/priest, but it could be an opportunity for a group to share in the implementation of the course, thus creating a closer bond and learning experience for everyone involved.

The books are available at the synod office and as Bishop Michael Hawkins said in the September Saskatchewan Anglican, he would commend to everyone — especially the Diocese of Saskatchewan — this resource that Bishop Stephen Cottrell had a part in preparing.

Barb Wrista, the secretary to Bishop Michael Hawkins, displays some of the Pilgrim workbooks being promoted to help Christians strengthen their faith.

Photo by Mary Brown

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Qu'Appelle School for Mission and Ministry Courses for 2019: A year of study and discernment 1. Jan. 18 to 20: Basic Theology 2. March 8 to 10: A Brief Introduction to Christian Doctrine 3. April 12 to 14: Introduction to Worship and Liturgy 4. June 14 to 16: Preaching: Part 1 5. Sept. 7 to 9: Preaching: Part 2 6. Oct. 18 to 20: A Brief Introduction to Church History and Anglicanism 7. Nov. 8 to 10: Preaching: Part 3 8. Dec. 6 to 8: Introduc-

tion to Christian Ethics General interest: The Friday and Saturday sessions are open to all. If the topic interests you, register and join us.

For those preparing for Reader Ministry: This forms the bulk of your preparation.

A December 2018 course is the only other inclusion. Commissioning will take place in March 2020, following the successful completion of a pre-commissioning

interview.

For those discerning a call to ordained ministry in the diocese: The topics stated above form a foundational Year 1 programme of study.

Two other years of study will follow. Time for vocational discernment will be included in each weekend.

For more information, contact Archdeacon Catherine Harper at 306 522 3103 or email archdeacon.catherine@sasktel. net.

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... Diocesan council update

Karen Walter ordained to diaconate

The Right Rev. David M. Irving, now former bishop of Saskatoon, ordained Rev. Karen Lorraine Walter to the diaconate at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Sutherland on Aug. 26. The Rev. Dr. Iain Luke provided the homily. Other diocesan clergy were also in attendance.

Photo by Joan Irving

Continued from page 13 The junior camp saw 15 children attend compared to 12 in 2017, while seven teenagers took part compared to four last year.

Between the two camps there were 13 returning campers, nine new campers and one junior camper who graduated to the teens camp.

Crosstalk Daycamps were held in Dysart, Estevan, Gordon’s First Nation, Regina and Swift Current. Around 200 child ages four to 12 learned about Jesus as a child using parts from the Gospel of Luke.

Besides summer camps, there were also two winter retreats, along with a growing faith retreat for six- to 12-year-olds and a confirming faith retreat for teenagers. Eight children

and grandparents also attended a GrandDay Out retreat in April.

Moser added there were 48 children and youths who participated in the camps and events this year, while around 200 kids attended Crosstalk Vacation Bible Schools.

Ministry development Archdeacon Catherine Harper, the diocesan ministry development officer, attended a conference in England in July that was organized by a theological college in the Church of England.

Some questions addressed during the conference included: - How well do we prepare those in ministry training for roles that empower and facilitate the faith

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formation of others?

- How carefully do we consider the power of language and the power of worldview?

- How do we train educators to be online facilitators?

- How well are we equipping Christian leaders in an age of science?

Both Harper and Rev. Iain Luke, principal of the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad in Saskatoon, attended the conference.

She thought it was helpful that both were there since the Qu’Appelle School for Mission and Ministry continues to communicate with the college about providing resources and credentials to the school.

In September in B.C., Harper attended the Western Education Collaborative Anglican Network, a group of 12 dioceses across Western Canada.

The network discussed ways in which the dioceses could co-operate with each other by sharing resources, agreeing on core curriculum, along with methods of mentoring those in formation and standards of assessment.

Mission Lake/ Camp Knowles A task force has been appointed to look at what to do with the Mission Lake/ Camp Knowles property, located outside Fort Qu’Appelle.

The task force met recently to listen to diocesan realtor Lawrence Adams explain the camp's history and attempts to sell it over the past 10 years.

The group consensus was there is no need to use this property for camp ministry, while there were other options available that didn’t need as much work, said Bornowsky.

It is possible to have a partnership to develop the property into a campground or resort, he continued.

The task force thought that was possible, but it also thought having a project manager to negotiate that partnership would also be helpful.

The task force also thought a formal appraisal of the land needed to happen quickly, while putting the land back up for sale was best. The group will meet again once the appraisal happens.

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Bishop lays out process for marriage canon talks

By Bishop Rob Hardwick REGINA — Bishop Rob Hardwick of the Diocese of Qu’Appelle sent out a pastoral letter recently discussing how the diocese would approach discussions to possible changes to the marriage canon.

His message is contained below.

During the history of the Church there have been many occasions when people have gathered to discern God’s will in matters of doctrine, faith, liturgy, administration and pastoral need.

Such councils or synods, such as the one in Acts 15, have helped shape our faith and guide our understanding of how we worship, proclaim and live

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out our faith in the world.

At the General Synod in 2016 a motion to change the marriage canon passed its first reading. This change would allow, with a bishop’s authorization, the marriage of same-sex couples.

All dioceses and provincial synods in the Anglican Church of Canada are asked to consult and communicate about the proposed change to Canon XXI before it is debated again at the 2019 General Synod. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of the process of this consultation in this diocese.

Everyone attending the initial regional gatherings and diocesan synod will receive copies of this letter, the motion that

passed first reading at General Synod 2016, and a timeline of conversations in the Anglican Church of Canada regarding human sexuality and same-sex unions.

The last time the Diocese of Qu’Appelle debated these matters was in 2004 when the synod agreed not to vote but to have facilitated conversation regarding same-sex blessings.

I have decided that, irrespective of the outcome at the General Synod in 2019, we engage in respect-

ful conversations relating to human sexuality and marriage until our diocesan synod in the fall of 2020.

This means that, even if the vote passes at the next General Synod, and therefore in effect on Jan. 1, 2020, I will not give consent or my considered counsel until we have met as a diocesan synod in November 2020.

Likewise, if the motion is defeated at General Synod we will continue in conversation and prayer during the next two years until our synod in 2020.

This being the case, the upcoming regional gatherings, to which all members of the diocese are invited, will be initial conversations on this two-year journey.

Clergy and lay delegates have been called to a one-day synod on Nov. 3 this year, not to vote, but to receive comments from the regions and begin conversations themselves on this important matter before us.

It is my hope that we will enter into these facilitated conversations prayerfully; willing to listen in love to strongly held convictions, concerns, hopes and doubts; share differing perspectives in good faith; and engage with the Scriptures in such a way that build up relationships and our common understanding within the diocese.

May God grant us wisdom, love, and grace as we meet together on this journey of discernment.

RETIREMENT THE WAY YOU LIKE IT

Diocesan reader program for 2018-19 You are invited to join the diocesan readers on Saturday, Nov. 24 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., to learn more about this ministry.

2018 Dec. 7 to 9: Introduction to the Bible (ongoing, yearlong), Personal Prayer and Study/Rule of Life 2019 Jan. 18 to 20: Basic Theology. March 8 to 10: A Brief Introduction to Christian Doctrine. April 12 to 14: Introduction to Worship and Liturgy. June 14 to 16: Preaching: Part 1. Sept. 7 to 9: Preaching: Part 2. Oct. 18 to 20: A Brief Introduction to Church History and Anglicanism. Nov. 8 to 10: Preaching: Part 3. Dec. 7 to 9: Introduction to Christian Ethics and Pastoralia A pre-commissioning interview will be scheduled following the programme.

Pre-commissioning retreat is March 20 and 21, 2020.

Commissioning is March 21, 2020.

Contact Archdeacon Harper for info; see page 5.

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A knight and

By Joanne Shurvin-Martin NOKOMIS (Qu’A) — It is surprising to find an actual knight in small-town Saskatchewan, but Arthur Ramshaw and his wife Betty are a surprising couple.

Despite a courtship of only eight weeks, they have been married for almost 73 years.

Despite only four years of schooling, Betty is a published author and talented artist.

Art, at the age of 100, and Betty, 93, still live on the family farm just west of Nokomis, and are going strong, as evidenced this summer by their thriving garden and well-maintained home and yard.

Art is a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, granted by the government of France in appreciation of his contribution to the liberation of France in the Second World War. This honour was presented in 2015, in a ceremony at Government House, Regina.

When asked how he came to be given the medal, Art shrugged and replied, “I don’t know how they got my name. I wasn’t the only one — they should have all gotten medals, I think.”

Art enlisted in 1940 and joined the 8th Reconnaissance Regiment, which was composed men from Saskatoon and area, and men from Regina and area.

They shipped to England in 1941.

Art has a wooden cigar box full of photos and mementos from his war years. A small notebook full of beautiful

This sign stands by the lane to the Ramshaw family farm outside Nokomis.

Photos by Joanne Shurvin-Martin

penmanship includes his list of all the French towns his regiment went through.

There is also one of his letters to his mother, and a photograph taken in Ghent. The box also holds a more recent colour photo of the Canadian War Cemetery in Bergen op Zoom, Holland, where Art laid a wreath in 1994.

Reminiscing about the war, Art clearly remembers “the first armoured car I lost. I had just gotten out, and then it blew up.” It had been hit by a German shell. He was then assigned to a Bren gun carrier, but was not fond of it.

He was obviously pleased to be put back in armoured cars, and can still list their mechanical features, including power steering, rather like a man recalling a much-loved car from his youth.

Art and Betty met in 1945. Betty was working in a factory producing army uniforms, even though the war was over; Art was still in England, waiting to be shipped back home to Canada.

Betty had been working since she left school at 14 to earn

money for her family. She had been unable to start school until she was 10, because she had tuberculosis as a child.

The army barracks in Hadleigh, eight kilometres (five miles) from Betty’s home in Essex, had a weekly dance

Art Ramshaw (seated, third from left) was named K by the government of France. Ramshaw and three o Nicolas Chapuis (standing, left) during a ceremony pictured are the Lieut.-Gov., the Honourable Vaug General of France in Vancouver Jean-Christoph F pictured have died since the medal presentation.

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his war bride that 20-year-old Betty and her friends decided to attend.

After they had danced a few times, Art declared, “I’m going to marry you,” but Betty recalls she was not immediately persuaded.

However, within eight

weeks they were married, in a little Saxon church, on Dec. 22. On Jan. 18, 1946, Art was returned to Canada, leaving his new bride with her family.

Betty recalls that in the long months before she was

able to sail to Canada, her life continued as it had before and “my wedding and my new husband became a pleasant, dream-like memory.”

When she received a letter from the Canadian Embassy in June, stating she was to leave England on July 26, it was as if a bubble broke and she realized she could hardly remember the man she had married.

She also realized she knew almost nothing about the country — she was a citizen because of her marriage, but had to practise spelling Saskatchewan.

Her family was concerned that her husband might mistreat her when she was far away.

Betty tells about another war bride in the area who discovered that her husband was “no good.”

She’s thankful that wasn’t her experience.

After sailing from Southampton and taking a train from Halifax, Betty reached Regina in early August. She hardly recognized Art out of uniform, and was overwhelmed by the strange building styles, the huge prairie sky and the overpowering heat.

Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour other veterans received medals from His Excellency y at Government House, Regina, in May 2015. Also ghn Solomon Scofield (standing, centre) and Consul Fleury (standing, right). The other three veterans

Photo by Jeffrey Sawatzky

After three days in the city, getting reacquainted, eating food she had almost forgotten existed and visiting friends, it was time to go to her new home on the farm.

She wrote, “I had found my man again. I was ready for a new land, a new beginning.”

She met Art’s family at the Nokomis train station and was then taken to the farm. The yard was overgrown and the house very run down and primitive.

Betty remembers “dirt and desolation.”

Together the new couple worked to clean, repair and decorate the house. They raised cows, chickens and turkeys, as well as crops. Betty wrote, “Grasshoppers ate their way through years of my life.

The sun burned the earth, and that never-ending wind blew and blew. I would like to say we prospered in those early years, but we didn’t.”

Along with other farmers, they took jobs in the city — Art worked at the potash mine in Lanigan — and they survived.

They raised three children: Mark, a Pentecostal minister in northern Saskatchewan, Gary who has a business in Red Deer, Alta., and Bev, retired in Prince George, B.C. The Ramshaws attend Christ Church, Nokomis, part of Last Mountain Parish. Deacon Jack Robson says Art likes to participate by taking up the collection, and predicted (correctly) that if the author visited them, she would take home delicious home-made bread!

Art Ramshaw stands proudly at attention.

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Saying farewell to Bishop David and Joan Irving

By Rev. Peter Coolen SASKATOON — More than 100 well-wishers filled a banquet hall at the Saskatoon Inn to celebrate the career of, and wish a happy retirement to, the Right Rev. David M. Irving, Bishop of Saskatoon, and Joan Irving, who retired Oct. 1.

For the evening, the Rev. Alex Parsons was master of ceremonies, while special guests included Archbishop Don Bolan, Bishop Mark A. Hagermoen, and Father Bernard De Marjorie (Roman Catholic).

The Rev. Dr. Iain Luke opened the banquet and the entertainment with the grace and prayers.

Music for the evening was provided by the Rev. Mark Kleiner on guitar, who led the crowd in many Beatles songs and hymns.

A powerpoint slide show of events during the Bishop’s and Joan’s time in the diocese was provided by the Rev. Matteo Carboni.

However, a city-wide power failure resulted in Carboni adapting his presentation to show it on his laptop, which he held over his head for all to see.

Speakers for the evening included Bishop Hagermoen, Archbishop Bolan, the Ven. Ken Watts, the Rev. Dr. Bill Richards, the Dean, the Very Rev. Scott Pittendrigh, the Rev. Paula Foster and the Rev. Emily Carr, who provided group and personnel reminiscences and thanks

Bishop David and Joan display the certificate of congratulations from the Primate and flowers, at the end of their retirement banquet at the Saskatoon Inn on Sept. 14.

Photo by Rev. Peter Coolen to Bishop David and Joan on their eight-and-a-half years of work, leadership, spiritual support and guidance to the diocese.

Elta Fae Marlor, pastpresident of the diocesan ACW, also spoke effusively, praising Joan’s efforts and energy in her role as patroness of the ACW. Many of the speakers

made special reference to two initiatives of Bishop David and Joan — the Footsteps trip to the Holy Land, and the several Missions to Baja, Mexico to build housing for the poor — that, for them personally, proved to be visionary and spiritually life-changing experiences.

These trips had allowed

the speakers to experience the results of the true spirit-led missional leadership of Bishop David and Joan in profound ways for which they said they will be forever grateful.

Following the speakers, Bishop David and Joan both gave messages of thanks and appreciation for the energy, enthusiasm, support and vision they experienced during their time leading the diocese.

Bishop David referenced the establishment of the St. Bridget’s School of Discipleship and the Locally Raised Clergy Program.

He also referenced the involvement of laity in the growth of ministry and the spiritual life of the diocese; the diocese's great work with refugees; the reconciliation process and the development of native spiritually in services and outreach; the Footsteps trip to the Holy Land and the missions to Baja; and finally, for his and Joan’s thankfulness and gratitude for being able to work with “some of the finest clergy in Canada.”

The evening ended with Bishop David being presented with a certificate — “In thanksgiving for his ministry as the 12th Bishop of the Diocese of Saskatoon. Well done thy good and faithful servant” — from the Primate, the Most Rev. Fred Hiltz, and Joan being presented with a bouquet of roses.

A final blessing and hugs concluded the night.

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Qu'Appelle commissions four lay readers

By Nigel Salway REGINA — On the feast of St. Michael’s and All Angels (Sept. 29), Bishop Robert Hardwick commissioned four diocesan lay readers at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

The candidates were Beth Christianson of St. Mary Regina, presented

by Jennifer Holtslander; Philip Holloway of Plain and Valley Parish, presented by Louise Holloway; Carol Marz of St. Mary Regina, presented by Lorna Cross; and David Saville of Coteau Hills Parish, presented by Eleanor Seib.

The preacher was diocesan lay reader Jennifer Jacobs. As the commissioning fell on the feast of St. Michael and All Angels, her sermon focused on the meaning of angels in the Bible and their roles in the Bible and in our lives today.

“Angel comes from the Greek Angelos, which means messenger, and in some of the most memorable angel scenes in the Bible that is exactly what they do: Gabriel tells Mary of the birth of Jesus, a chorus of angels tell the shepherds of Jesus’ birth, three angels tell us that Jesus is risen.”

Jacobs highlighted a number of references to angels in secular sources, ranging from the weeping angels familiar to Dr. Who fans, to the affable Clarence, an angel intent on earning his wings, in

Newly commissioned lay readers David Saville, Carol Marz, Beth Christianson and Philip Holloway celebrate with a cake cutting in the synod office.

Photo by Nigel Salway the movie It’s a Wonderful Life. The angels in secular portrayals tend be somewhat fanciful. “… I think the prevalence of angels in popular culture has done them a disservice. Angels have become superhumans who watch out for us and make sure we do not get hurt.

“What my studies this week have shown me is that angels are so much more than this,” she said.

“They are powerful God-

fearing and God-acting creatures who can help us on our walk with God.” Jacobs pointed out that “angels are working in the world at the command of God.” She illustrated this by looking at Genesis 28:10-17, one of the readings for the day.

This reading we hear of Jacob’s dream of a ladder to heaven with angels ascending to heaven and descending to earth.

“Angels are active

and at work in heaven and on Earth. They are God’s couriers: they take a message from God and then return to God for the next one. Often they bear witness to God’s work in the world, they draw our attention to it and make us aware of what we are to see.”

Jacobs reminded the congregation that we are often called on to carry out the role of an angel in our lives, while we direct

people to “see the truth of our God and learn about the salvation only Christ can provide.”

As a diocesan lay reader, Jacobs is familiar with the roles they carry out. In concluding her sermon, she pointed out that lay readers are not something with which people are generally familiar. She also explained the licensing requirements for a reader.

“The diocesan licensed lay reader has a role that differs from what most of us think when we hear lay reader. Lay reader has come to mean anyone from the laity who reads the Scriptures, but that role is more correctly named as a lector.

“Historically a priest would read Morning or Evening Prayer, and in his absence, he would appoint a member of laity to read the service, hence the title ‘lay reader.’

“The ministry of diocesan lay readers has lay readers trained and commissioned to participate in various duties including leading non-sacramental services, taking reserved sacrament, helping with funerals, assisting with administrative duties, teaching and preaching ... ,” Jacobs explained.

“This is a revived ministry in our diocese and it is designed to enable the laity to take more of a role in leadership and evangelism.”

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Celebrating our common faith together

By Rev. Gethin Edwards

Families gather during retreat in Nipawin.

Photo by Mary Brown

NIPAWIN (Skwn) — A handful of Anglican young people from across the Melfort deanery gathered at a retreat house north of Nipawin recently with three priests and their families for what was billed as a youth event: a two-day getaway as an opportunity to minister to, and with, our Anglican Adolescents (AAs).

While this certainly did happen, the reality, and the gift we all took away from that short time together, was also infinitely greater.

In the space of a mere 40 hours, a group of relative strangers, ranging in age from one to 45, cooked and

ate together, prayed and sang together, reflected upon God’s Word in Holy Scripture and in creation, played many games together — ping-pong, hide and seek, mini golf, cards, campfire games — set many marshmallows on fire, ate ice cream Sundaes, dwelt in communion and rested in peace, together.

By the simple act of coming to a place and time apart from the changes and chances of this fleeting world, we were shown in a new way how our lives, as a consequence of our common faith in Jesus, belong to a spiritual family in which we rejoice in one another’s presence, just as we find ourselves

formed as one body in and by the risen presence of our Saviour.

The retreat came to its conclusion in the sacramental presence of our Lord, at the wedding feast of the Lamb, in the church of St. John’s, Nipawin.

Fr. Jeremy Boehr, our chaplain and host, celebrated the Holy Mysteries, and blessed us on our way as we went back to our earthly stations.

I hope you are encouraged: by this witness to the Holy Spirit, and by the Spirit Himself, to seek out those holy places and times where the divine gift and constitution of the church is renewed and made newly manifest among us.

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Camp Okema nourishes the soul of young and old

By Mary Brown and Vicky Brown PRINCE ALBERT — It has been a tradition for the congregation of St. Andrew’s Church in Shellbrook to send two youths to Camp Okema.

This year and last year they sponsored Victoria (Vicky) Brown and her friend Aaliyah to attend the Teen Camp in late August.

Victoria is my (Mary's) granddaughter and she agreed to share some of her thoughts about the camp. Remember some of what happens at Okema stays at Okema, but we should get an idea of camp life.

Camp Okema participants Vicky Brown, Aaliyah Stoski and William Wallace have some fun at Teen Camp this past summer.

Photo courtesy Vicky Brown

Victoria's testimony The camp itself is amazing and I miss it the second I leave. People welcome you and treat you like family. As soon as I walked in the door the camp leaders started

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joking around with me and took my picture.

The food is really good and I looked forward to every meal. The breakfasts were really good, like pancakes and sausages and even quiche.

They had three meals and tuck and mug up, which consisted of cookies and hot chocolate after late night activity. One morning we had breakfast on the beach and cooked bannock over the fire and filled it with toppings.

Every activity was fun and everybody was always happy to participate in the activities because they were actually fun not boring.

One game was called dodo; in this game we literally tried to kill each other, but it’s fun, I promise. I may have been left with a couple of bruises but I had a blast.

Another activity was tubing, which was really cool for me because it was a new experience.

Being fairly new to Camp Okema, I was worried coming back that I wasn’t going to fit in again, but the people welcomed me back and made feel that I belonged.

Singing songs during campfire was definitely the highlight of camp.

One of my favourite songs was Amazing Grace, the fill-up-my-cup version.

Everyone sitting around the fire singing songs about the Person above who loves and guides us gives me a great feeling inside.

The only bad part about Camp Okema is the bed, but it was made up for by the love. I always have had fun being a camper, so I am excited to possibly try out being a leader next year.

I would like to thank the parish of St. Andrew, Shellbrook, for sponsoring me and I would also like to thank the leaders for making my time at camp so fulfilling.

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DIOCESE OF QU’APPELLE

International trip looks at the use of team ministries

By Jason Antonio REGINA — The Diocese of Qu’Appelle’s diocesan council met in late September during its regular quarterly meeting.

These are the highlights.

Lichfield clergy conference The Rev. Canon Cheryl Toth and Rev. Michael Bruce attended a clergy conference in the Diocese of Lichfield in April, to examine how the Church of England has created team ministries and if those could be used as a template for the Diocese of Qu’Appelle.

Toth focused on how team ministries are formed and the process of setting up team models. Bruce looked at what the critical elements of successful teams are and what the strengths and weaknesses of operating as a team are.

Several people informed both visitors — and both saw first-hand — that lay participation and involvement are important. All the churches visited had several programs entirely lay led, with clergy used as support when needed.

One priest described the current situation like this: “We are in the middle of a second Reformation; the first Reformation was taking the Scriptures out of the hands of the clergy and giving it to the laity.

This Reformation is about taking ministry away from paid professionals and empowering everyone to participate in the work of the church.”

Toth and Bruce discovered that trust is a central part of the relationship with successful team ministries, moreso than theology or churchmanship. For example, in one team three clergy served six worshipping centres, with each having one primary congregation.

Any of the three clergy could also attend the vestry meetings of the other congregations so the latter sensed that what they were discussing was part of a larger entity than their own congregation.

Besides trust and transparency, successful teams also came together for specific reasons, such as accomplishing a missional or financial goal.

Could team ministry work in the Diocese of Qu’Appelle? The report from Toth and Bruce indicated team ministry works in different contexts — urban, rural and suburban; evangelical and catholic; stipendiary and non-stipendiary; lay and ordained ministries — while four things make team ministry successful: - A sense of discipleship and lay ownership of ministry - Awareness that change takes trust and work - Use of various models suitable to different contexts, with clear structure and accountability for clergy and lay team members - Commitment to communication as more than information One of the reasons Toth and Bruce attended this conference is because churches within the Regina area – St. Cuthbert’s deanery – are discussing ways they can carry out the mission of the church more efficiently. This could include combining churches in Regina and having fewer parishes.

Wardens of Regina churches have been meeting about this since December 2017, while the clergy have been meeting more recently. Nothing has been decided yet.

Whitesand parish dissolved Over the summer, Archbishop David Ashdown — acting as commissary for Bishop Rob Hardwick — dissolved Whitesand Parish and re-established Holy Trinity in Kamsack, with money set aside for chapels of ease at those two locations, Executive Archdeacon Dell Bornowsky told council.

The Parish of Oxbow sent in an application for the diocese to take control of its building since parishioners don’t believe they can maintain them anymore or have the funds to look after them, he continued.

Bornowsky intends to call an executive meeting soon to handle this application.

A similar process could be involved to re-establish Manor and Cannington as

a parish while excluding Oxbow.

“But those buildings, they have to be cared for regardless,” Bornowsky added, “so we have to determine if we sell the rectory or make (the buildings) chapels of ease.”

Fair shares As of Aug. 31, the synod office had received $308,048.53 in fair shares from around the diocese, which is $69,912.01 less than budgeted by that time. The budgeted amount of fair shares the diocese hopes to receive this year is $566,941. This amount covers two-thirds of the diocese’s annual budget.

Living the Mission The diocese has set a goal of receiving more than $2.145 million during the first two phases of its Living the Mission campaign. Of that pledged funding from 1,673 identifiable givers, $768,722.44 has so far been received. The average amount per pledge has been $3,015.24.

By June the diocese had received $186,578.24 in pledged donations. Sather Page explained that after using some of that funding for projects, by the start of 2019 the diocese should have $87,000 left in the account. The diocese has predicted that it could receive $139,028.24 in LTM donations for next year.

The total amount of donations received by Aug. 31, 2018 was $665,900.29.

“I met with 41 congregations between January and April, which is reflected in this phase,” said Bishop Hardwick. “I still have another 21 congregations to visit (by the end of this year) and talk Living the Mission to engage in the importance of it.

“We still need to look at a good stewardship plan to help parishes engage with this.”

Diocese of Muyinga The Diocese of Muyinga is close to completing its medical centre building, said Hardwick. The Diocese of Qu’Appelle is waiting for a report from Muyinga about progress on the building.

“It’s not just cash donations, it’s relationships being built up,” he continued. Hardwick

thanked St. Mary’s, Maple Creek for helping Muyinga begin a microfinancing project and provide other financial resources.

Retirement of executive archdeacon Bornowsky is expected to retire within the next year. He has been a wonderful friend, colleague and support of the mission and ministry of the Anglican church in a remarkable way, said Hardwick.

Although Bornowsky’s exact retirement date is not yet known, the diocese will be without an executive archdeacon for a while until a replacement is found.

Fraud scheme The diocese was hit by a fraud scam a few months ago, reported Sather Page. The diocese faced challenges with its online use of Moneris, a company specializing in online payment processing. There was a lack of security features with Moneris, which let fraudsters access the program.

The diocese reported the issue to the police, while it also refunded every individual affected by the fraud. Five people — all Americans — were affected by the use of the fraudulent use of their credit cards, with $150 in charges occurred. The diocese deactivated its accounts for a couple of days, but when it reactivated it, fraudsters attacked again two days later.

“We cancelled our services with Moneris because of a lack of confidence,” said Sather Page.

Instead, the diocese is now using PayPal. Although it’s slightly more expensive, PayPal’s donation button is fully encrypted.

“We have had no incidents since then, so it’s a good transition. We have had no further contact from (affected) individuals.”

The fraudsters were using the stolen credit cards on the diocese’s platform to determine if the cards were useable, said Hardwick.

The fraudsters attempted to process $80,000 on the credit cards by charging $2.50 each time, said Sather Page.

Only about $5,000 went through before Moneris contacted the diocese.

It was two weeks of intensive work by staff at the synod office to deal with this, said the bishop.

He thought this was handled and resolved in a first-class way.

“I was impressed with how we performed as a diocesan office through that,” Hardwick added.

“It’s a situation we’ve never encountered before.”

Bishop’s bike ride Bishop Rob Hardwick provided a brief summary about how his bike pilgrimage across Canada went.

For full report, see the October Saskatchewan Anglican.

Donations and pledges were received during the ride for four areas: - Diocese of Qu’Appelle’s Living the Mission campaign: $156,400 - Burundi medical centre: $20,000 - Aboriginal ministries and the Anglican Healing Fund: $11,375 - Grants of $8,000 and $5,000 were provided before the ride for early expenses -Bishop’s discretionary fund: $5,100 “It was a real pleasure to read letters that came in with donations,” said Amanda Sather Page, diocesan finance officer.

“They were endearing, heartfelt and thought out by people who wanted to cover expenses, especially when the bishop and his wife incurred trouble along the way.”

Summer camps Several camps were held throughout the diocese this past summer.

A camp for youths aged six to 12 was held in July at Glen Harbour Kids Camp, while a teenagers’ camp was held in August at Canmore Anglican Church.

According to Julie Moser, the diocesan child and youth missioner, both camps were filled with enjoyable and special activities that provided solid Bible teaching and active learning.

There were some encouraging signs to note from this year’s camps, she said, including: Continued page 6

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Become what you eat

By Mary-Jean Dewald Editor’s note: Mary-Jean Dewald is a parishioner at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in North Battleford.

SASKATOON — A group of men and women recent gathered at Queen’s House Retreat Centre in Saskatoon. We represented a variety of denominations; some were ordained clergy while most were lay people. However, we all came hungry, hungry to learn more about the meaning of the words Jesus used when He instituted the Lord’s Supper.

Inspired by the words from St. Augustine, “Become what you eat — really?” was the title around which the Rev. Marie-Louise Ternier based her four talks.

Each session was thought-provoking and informative. Time was provided for private reflection and reading of Scripture followed by personal sharing within the group.

Sharon, Roman

St. Augustine Catholic, said she “came to the retreat/workshop with a narrow boxed in belief in the Eucharist as the real presence of Jesus and in a limited way Christ’s move to transform me through sharing in the Sacrament.

“I left the workshop with a deep sense of gratitude for the many, many graces that God pours forth through the sharing to build up and transform me personally, as well as the whole people of God. “I have come away with ‘expectant hope’ and look excitedly forward to God’s

hand in my life through this same transforming grace.”

For Lynn, a United Church participant, “The most significant take-away was a deeper, clearer understanding that receiving communion should result in renewed understanding and action, to reach out to those who need us in whatever way, to live up to our name as Christians.

“This way of thinking about transubstantiation helps in exploring further what it means to follow Jesus and inspiring us to continue to strive to meet the challenge of leading a Christian life in today’s world.”

Roy, a Catholic participant, said, “The thought that has been nagging is how easy it is among lay people to participate in sharing Eucharist.

“In fact, I have a sense that there is a longing for us to be one. Yet, among clerics, particularly my own Roman Catholic clerics, there is a distinct reluctance, a desire to maintain the schism.”

Cec, an Anglican participant, identified the following: “What I really gained from our time together was a great review of the basics, but also, an expansion to the fullness and richness of God, and Jesus’ blessings that we have the chance to partake of, being a part of, in the Holy Communion.

“We are so gifted to have been given the way and the opportunity to share, join, be, become, a part of the Body of Christ.”

Sharon, a Lutheran participant, said: “In the past I had not given the communion sacrament much thought beyond considering it an act of remembrance, but the rules around who can receive it and the ritual around the actual receiving made it seem more complex and mysterious.

“Not sure if I believed sufficiently or correctly, I often avoided partaking.

The retreat offered a multi-layered view of the Eucharist that deepened my understanding. The main takeaway for me was the idea that all are welcome.

“I loved the quote that the Eucharist is not a ‘prize for the perfect.’ It is

available to all who need it.”

Miriam, a Catholic religious sister, shared that this ecumenical retreat on the Eucharist was “an experience of wholeness, a celebration of the unity that Jesus prayed for at that last supper.

“Surely that is the mind of our all-encompassing Creator. Thanks for moving us along the path in our journey to the fulfillment of this magnificent vision.”

The retreat ended with a communion service, sharing bread and wine with each other and experiencing, each in our own way, a deep sense of gratitude for what the Eucharist means in our relationship with Jesus.

“The cycle is complete when we recognize that Jesus gave His life, body and blood for each one of us. We accept His sacrifice and give our lives back to Him, by going out into the world to love and serve the Lord so that others may know Him as well.

“In the end, that is the spiritual meaning of “become what you eat.”

The event was Sept. 21 to 23.

Haukenfrers reminds us about grace, generosity, gratitude

By Mary Brown PRINCE ALBERT — They say it takes a village to raise a child. A congregation is like a village, so when a new priest comes to their church with a wife and two little girls, the village takes on the role of grandparents, aunts and uncles.

The congregation of St. David, Prince Albert has watched youngsters Ellora and Jasohnna grow into confident, capable, caring young women with strong Christian values.

Of course, Norbert and Teresa became a part of their families too.

Weddings, baptisms and funerals all bring you closer together.

On Sept. 9 about 200 people gathered together for a potluck supper and farewell to Archdeacon Norbert Haukenfrers and Teresa, who will be moving to St. Peter’s Church, in Okotoks, Alta.

It was a happy occasion, but also a sad one. The Sunday school children said their goodbyes and then ran down to hug Norbert and Teresa. Meaghan, the Sunday school teacher,

Teresa and Archdeacon Norbert Haukenfrers gather with Sunday school children after a farewell service for the family, which is moving to Okotoks, Alta.

Photo by Mary Brown spoke of all the help Teresa has been over the years, organizing lessons and keeping the Sunday school rooms in perfect order.

Many improvements were made to the rectory and the yard that made it an inviting place to visit.

In his final sermon

Archdeacon Haukenfrers emphasized the three Gs: grace, generosity and gratitude. In his time in the parish, he has helped it to grow in its outreach ministry.

Parishioners tithe a percentage of their fundraising projects to

organizations abroad and locally and, knowing this parish, their involvement in prison ministry, soup on Saturdays and supporting the local school will still be a part of the church’s future ministry.

As Haukenfrers said, “Christians are generally

the best at what they do, because they do their best for the glory of God, not personal gain.” We wish Norbert and Teresa and their girls all the best of God’s blessings in the future. As the archdeacon also said, “Everything will be OK.”

November 2018

The Saskatchewan Anglican

From an ecumenical treasure chest

By Rev. Marie-Louise Ternier Editor’s note: Rev. Marie-Louise Ternier, an Anglican priest living in Humboldt, serves the Anglican and Lutheran parishes of Watrous. MarieLouise blogs at http:// graceatsixty.wordpress. com.

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his past summer I received a new responsibility: to become one of the Anglican participants on the Canadian Anglican — Roman Catholic Dialogue.

Being the ecumenical animal that I am, the appointment has filled me with joy and gratitude for this trust, honour and mandate.

In preparation for my participation in this national conversation between our two traditions, I have been reading various agreements and documents produced by the Anglican — Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) in the past 50 years.

This is a most enlightening exercise that I wish more of us would care to undertake. Since not everyone considers ecumenical documents good bedtime reading, let me share here a few gems of insight and learning.

The excerpts below are drawn from the 1994 ARCIC document Life in Christ – Morals, Communion and the Church.

While much turmoil, moral and otherwise, has ensued in both the Anglican and the Roman Catholic Churches over the 25 years since the document’s publication, its insights are as pertinent as ever.

Their relevance extends far beyond two ecclesial dialogue partners, but can be a guide for all who find themselves challenged by difference and threatened by other expressions of faith and spirituality.

When it comes to navigating the perilous waters of a world in conflict and in major cultural transition, we can glean much from the principles and values that animate ecumenical dialogue: (paragraph 1) “There is a popular and widespread belief that the Anglican and Roman Catholic Communions are

divided most sharply by their moral teaching.

“Careful consideration has persuaded the Commission (ARCIC) that, despite existing disagreement in certain areas of practical and pastoral judgment, Anglicans and Roman Catholics derive from the Scriptures and “Tradition the same controlling vision of the nature and destiny of humanity and share the same fundamental moral values. This substantial area of common conviction calls for shared witness, since both Communions proclaim the same Gospel and acknowledge the same injunction to mission and service.

“A disproportionate emphasis on particular disagreements blurs this important truth and can provoke a sense of alienation.” (paragraph 48) “Reflection on the divergent histories of our two Communions (Anglican and Roman Catholic) has shown that their shared concern to respond obediently to God’s Word and to foster the common good has resulted in differing emphases in the ways in which they have nurtured Christian liberty and exercised Christian authority.

“Both communions recognize that liberty and authority are essentially interdependent, and that the exercise of authority is for the protection and nurture of liberty.

“It cannot be denied, however, that there is a continuing temptation — a temptation which the continued separation of our two communions serves only to accentuate — to allow the exercise of authority to lapse into authoritarianism and the exercise of liberty to lapse into individualism.” (paragraph 49)

“All moral authority is grounded in the goodness and will of God. “Our two communions are agreed on this principle and on its implications.

“Both our communions, moreover, have developed their own structures and institutions for the teaching ministry of the Church, by which the will of God is discerned and its implications for the common good declared.

“Our communions have diverged, however, in their views of the ways in which authority is most fruitfully exercised and the common good best promoted.

“Anglicans affirm that authority needs to be dispersed rather than centralized, that the common good is better served by allowing individual Christians the greatest possible liberty of informed moral judgment, and that therefore official moral teaching should as far as possible be commendatory rather than prescriptive and binding.

“Roman Catholics, on the other hand, have, for the sake of the common good, emphasized the need for a central authority to preserve unity and to give clear and binding teaching.” (paragraph 50)

“In our conversations together we have made two discoveries: first, that many of the preconceptions that we brought with us concerning each other’s understanding of moral teaching and discipline were often little more than caricatures; and secondly, that the differences which actually exist between us appear in a new light when we consider them in their origin and context.” (paragraph 51) “Some of these differences lend themselves to misperception and caricature.

“It is not true, for instance, that Anglicans concern themselves solely with liberty, while Roman Catholics concern themselves solely with law.

“It is not true that the Roman Catholic Church has predetermined answers to every moral question, while the Anglican Church has no answers at all. It is not true that Roman Catholics always agree on moral issues, nor that Anglicans never agree.

“It is not true that Anglican ethics is pragmatic and unprincipled, while Roman Catholic moral theology is principled but abstract.

It is not true that Roman Catholics are always more

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careful of the institution in their concern for the common good, while Anglicans disregard the common good in their concern for the individual.

“It is not true that Roman Catholic moral teaching is legalistic, while Anglican moral teaching is utilitarian.

Caricature, we may grant, is never totally contrived; but caricature it remains.

“In fact, there is good reason to hope that, if they can pray, think and act together, Anglicans and Roman Catholics, by emphasizing different aspects of the moral life, may come to complement and enrich each other’s understanding and practice of it.”

Uncovering ecumenical treasures such as the above insights is what excites me and makes me look forward to joining this national conversation.

The analytical method of claiming our common history and establishing our shared vision of discipleship can grow a solid foundation of unity in Christ in which diverse interpretations and expressions need no longer be mutually exclusive or contradictory, but can become a generous and inclusive way to create a space of belonging for all of God’s holy people.

All ARCIC Documents can be found at https:// iarccum.org.

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The 2018 Martin Memorial Lectures at the College of Emmanuel & St. Chad Nov. 7 – 9 Meghan Kilty, MCM “Disruptions: The Gospel and Social Media”

Meghan Kilty is a senior strategic communications leader and is the current director of communications for the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada. She has more than 15 years of experience developing communications strategies and plans for institutions serving the public good. Her wealth of expertise includes communications strategy, strategic management, social media strategy, content development, advocacy, outreach, team development, and leadership. Ms. Kilty has held senior communications roles in higher education, law, health care, and worked at the parish level as the communications co-ordinator at St. Paul’s Bloor Street in Toronto. Her work has won several awards from the Council of Advancement in Education and the Canadian Council for Advancement in Education for print creative and social media strategy. Ms. Kilty is also public relations researcher and holds a master of communications management program from McMaster and Syracuse universities. Her current research focuses on post-crisis communication, public apology, reconciliation, and community resilience.

Wednesday, November 7 7:00-8:30pm – Lecture #1 What the research tells us: Exploring the social media landscape Compline and refreshments to follow Thursday, November 8 1:30-4:30pm- Workshop Building a social media toolkit for ministry: Case study and best practices Rt. Rev. William Cliff and Meghan Kilty 7:00-8:30pm – Lecture #2 Building a social strategy: Community building on- and off-line Friday, November 9 10:00-11:30am – Lecture #3 Practicing what you preach: Persona, presence and putting it all together Worship to follow

For more information, please visit www.usask.ca/stu/emmanuel or contact: emmanuel.stchad@usask.ca Lisa McInnis 306.975.-1550; Iain Luke 306.975-1555 Thanks to the generosity of those who established the Bishop Henry David Martin Memorial Trust, this lecture series is a free event.

New training options at Saskatoon's St. Brigid School of Discipleship Jesus at the door

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you" (Matthew 7:7, KJV). This stained glass window is one of five located on the south wall inside St. Paul's Cathedral.

Photo by Doug Turnbull

DIOCESE OF QU’APPELLE

Rev. Jim White dies in B.C. Submitted REGINA — Rev. Jim White, who served as the priest in Kindersley from 2000 to 2003, died Aug. 21 in Ashcroft, B.C., after a brief but hard-fought battle with cancer.

He was 74.

As an Anglican priest, White devoted 40 years of joyful service to God and his many parishes, most in British Columbia.

He retired in Ashcroft

with his wife of 49 years, Phyllis.

They have four children and nine grandchildren.

One of Jim’s greatest honours was to be made pastoral elder by local Aboriginal communities, while early in his ministry was given his indigenous name Xwelix, which means “fly.”

White’s funeral was held at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kamloops, B.C., on Sept. 1.

The Anglican Diocese of Saskatoon is pleased to announce 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 try 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, all the way to our locally trained clergy program for deacons and priests.

We also provide diocesan-wide rites of passage preparation courses, advanced spiritual care training and theological reflection, and continuing education events for

clergy.

At St. Brigid’s, we know that 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 draw on our own 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 local parishes throughout our three deaneries, we cut down on your amount

of 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.

By the way, at St. Brigid’s we know that being a disciple of Jesus will probably cost you your life, but tuition shouldn’t.

Our courses and services are offered 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.