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The newspaper of the Dioceses of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon and Qu’Appelle • A Section of the Anglican Journal • October 2020
Neighbours help couple affected by tornado By Mary Brown
Neighbours help Chris and Marlene Hovdebo remove items from their home after a plow wind tore through the yard. Photo courtesy Marlene Hovdebo
Swift Current parish welcomes Primate By Rev. Chris Dowdeswell
A screenshow shows Rev. Chris Dowdswell, Primate Linda Nicholls and Bishop Rob Hardwick.
SWIFT CURRENT (Qu’A) — St. Stephen’s Anglican Church and its rector, Rev. Chris Dowdeswell, were honoured to welcome the Primate, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, and Bishop Rob Hardwick to their Zoom Morning Prayer service on July 12. Archbishop Nicholls preached a provocative sermon on the topic of
the damage, they realized a section of their roof was BRANCEPETH (Skwn) missing and there was — I am always amazed water pouring in. by the generosity of They called a couple of people. Whenever there their closest friends for help. is a GoFundMe page for They were able to count someone in trouble, so about 55 people who came, many people but they send money understood to help. It there were When they went restores many others outside to assess your faith who had the damage, they in humanity come but when you couldn’t get realized a section hear about in the yard of their roof was so many and had to missing and water kind deeds. leave. was pouring in. On June Within 14 the two and a hamlet of half hours Brancepeth, they had the part of the Parish of Birch house (two floors) emptied Hills, was devastated including appliances. by a plow wind. In their They brought tote descriptions, the residents containers, boxes and of the area say it only lasted garbage bags. about five minutes. They came with rain Marlene and Chris coats and covered trailers Hovdebo were watching out and emptied out everything the screen door they were in the house before it both trying to hold shut, became full of water and when they thought they damage. should go to the basement, Thankfully no one was the storm had let up. hurt. Marlene said the storm About a week later Fr. was so very loud that they Jordan sent out a request couldn’t see anything — it for help to the congregation was just white with the of St. Mary’s in Birch Hills. hail coming down. When Thirty-five people showed they went outside to assess Continued on page 8 racism. Nicholls has made dismantling racism a major focus of her primatial ministry. Drawing upon the Parable of the Sower, the archbishop called her listeners to be indiscriminate sharers of the Good News. The Zoom service was followed with a virtual “coffee hour” where the primate, Bishop Rob Hardwick, Rev. Dowdeswell and many parishioners shared an engaging video group chat about the ongoing anti-racism protests
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in the world and the work of the Council of General Synod (COGS) in leading the Anglican Church of Canada into a more just future. A parishioner of St. Stephen, Michael Siebert, is a member of COGS, and this visit from the primate provided a great opportunity to help educate St. Stephen’s on their work together. If other parishes would like the primate to join them for worship, they are invited to reach out to her by email at primate@ national.anglican.ca.