Pray until God does something, conference hears
By Mary Brown
PRINCE
ALBERT
— This year’s annual prayer conference, held at the Hawood Inn in Waskesiu, began with introductions of visitors from Anglican Renewal Ministries.
Judy Packwood told us a little bit about her husband, Gene. He is a man of great faith and, according to his grandson, all he talks about is Jesus.
The Rev. Gene Packwood introduced us to Jane Jones, who is a dedicated prayer leader and Anglican Renewal Ministries’ national prayer coordinator, based in Okotoks, Alta. She spoke to us the next day on realistic ways to put healing prayer into practice.
Packwood pointed us to Luke 18:1 – “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged,” and page 14 of the BCP, “under all conditions of men and women we commend all who are in any way afflicted or Continued on page 5
Four-month-old George
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traditions and services.
Anglicans mark shared Easter day and Nicene Creed birthday
By Anglican News Service
LONDON, ENGLAND
— This past Easter, the Anglican Communion was one of 12 Christian world communions to issue a letter marking a joint celebration of Easter and the 1700 th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea.
The message seeks to bear witness to the resurrection of Christ and was signed by general secretaries and ecumenical representatives of 12 Christian world communions.
It calls for Christians to work for the unity of the Church, praying for “the Holy Spirit to move our communions to live and walk together, in obedience to the call of Jesus’ that all his disciples may be one.”
It also offers words of hope “at this time of great political instability in the world, when so many live with fear, suffering, persecution, famine, and other forms of instability and vulnerability.”
All Christians are called together to proclaim the good news of “repentance and forgiveness of sins … to all nations” (Luke 24:47-48).
The statement embodies the Communions’ conviction that “that the Lord calls us to agreement, and unified witness,” in a year when the coincidence of Christian calendars saw all Christian churches, West and East, celebrate the Day of Resurrection on April 20.
Historically, the date of Easter has differed between Eastern and Western churches. The Gregorian calendar, used by most Western churches, differs from the Julian calendar, which is the basis for calculating Easter in some Eastern Orthodox churches.
The late Pope Francis and current Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew publicly advocated for a shared Easter date, seeing it as a step towards greater unity among Christians.
This year is also significant as the 1700 th anniversary of the Nicene Creed, formulated by the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD (and later revised at the Council of Constantinople in 381 AD).
The Nicene Creed presents the most authoritative statement of trinitarian Christian faith. Speaking in support of the statement, the Secretary
General of the Anglican Communion, the Right Rev. Anthony Poggo, said, “2025 is an important year, in which we celebrate a joint Easter and celebrate the Nicene Creed as a universal statement of faith for all Christian people.
"The Anglican Communion joyfully stands with fellow Christian World Communions in calling Christians globally to prayer, to common witness and to the unity of God’s Church.”
The full statement of the 12 world communions is below.
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Albers,
with his mom Sara and friend Rachel, eagerly engages in Compline during
Saskatchewan — proof that it's never too early to introduce kids to Anglican
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Relationships require listening to others' thoughts and feelings
“How can we reconcile a hurtful act or omission by a friend or family member?”
By Rev. Canon Cheryl Toth
Iinjured both my arm and my leg at different points in the past year. As a result there were months when I was unable to walk our dog Baxter regularly.
I knew he was disappointed — he’d flop down on the floor when I said “no walk today” — but Baxter still greeted me every morning with a hopeful nuzzle. When I could walk him again, he was as eager as ever to resume our daily routine.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we humans could resume disrupted relationships as easily as our dogs do?
But humans are different. Our emotional memories are longer. We hold onto disappointment when someone lets us down. We can be wounded by another person’s behaviour.
We are creatures with the ability to understand other people, and the capacity to create narratives about what they do and why. It is a gift God has given us. But, like all our gifts, we need to be careful how we use it.
When someone we love — like a friend or family member — does something that hurts us, we have some choices to make — choices that can lead us toward or away from forgiveness and reconciliation.
Let’s use the example of a friend or family member forgetting our birthday. We feel disappointed that they didn’t seem to notice. We may be hurt because we always call or give them a present on their birthday and want the same from them.
The first choice is what we tell ourselves about what happened. We could say to ourselves that they don’t care about us or that they are thoughtless. We could characterize them as scattered and forgetful.
We could say this is just another example of a lopsided relationship in which we care more about them than they do about us. All are
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possibilities. But all those interpretations paint them in a negative light.
We could instead ask ourselves questions about what happened. “I wonder what was going on with them that they forgot my birthday?” “Is their trouble remembering things getting worse?”
“What kind of importance do they place on birthdays?”
Such questions ask us to learn more about the other person and check any conclusions we might have with them.
That means we have a choice about how we approach them about what hurt us.
Reconciliation in any context requires learning more about the other party and what they think and feel. It asks us to take a risk by saying what concerns us and why.
We could talk to the person who forgot our birthday and say something like, “I was looking forward to talking with you on my birthday. What happened? You usually call me.”
Asking the question gives them an opportunity to explain the omission and perhaps apologize.
The disappointment and hurt might end right there.
But it might not. The person might say they didn’t even notice it was our birthday, or that they are mad at us about something, or that we are too sensitive and should forget it.
We now have other choices. We can accept (or not) the fact that they are the kind of person who doesn’t pay attention to something that is important to us. We can ask what they are mad about and see if it can be resolved.
We can ask ourselves if we are too sensitive about birthdays and, if we agree, let it go; if we don’t, realize that they are someone who criticizes rather than apologizes.
Each step in a reconciliation process asks us what is important to us and what we need to do to make that happen. Sometimes a relationship is more important than our disappointment and we let it go.
Sometimes our disappointment is huge and means we either need to resolve an issue or step back from the relationship in order for it to heal.
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Forgiveness might happen because we can forgive someone without resuming a painful relationship with them. But reconciliation requires that both parties honour one another and are accountable for their part in the broken relationship.
God has the ability to separate us from our sins when He looks at us. “As far as the east is from the west, so far has God removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:12). We humans can grow in that ability but it takes time and effort to do so.
That effort can be grounded in prayer for them and for us. Can we accept the flaws of our friend or family member and love them anyway? Do their flaws hurt us so consistently that we need to separate ourselves from them on a temporary or longer-term basis? What pastoral or professional help can we get to sort all this out?
Canon Cheryl Toth is a retired priest in the Diocese of Qu’Appelle who is grateful for the healing that lets her walk her dog once more.
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After
Bishop
Marianne Edgar Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, virtually broke the internet with her sermon that was preached after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, I, like so many others, read her book How We Learn To Be Brave.
This book was written after her experience with President Trump in 2020 who stood in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, holding a Bible (upside down), for a publicity stunt. This act came in the midst of the protests around the killing of George Floyd.
But being brave is not something that comes easy to us. In an era characterized by rapid change, uncertainty, and a seemingly endless stream of global challenges, fear has become an everpresent force in our lives.
From threats of climate change and geopolitical tensions, to the daily anxieties surrounding health, safety, and economic stability, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. Watching the news each night does not help.
Yet, amidst this pervasive atmosphere of
The Bishop's Corner Being brave
fear, the call for bravery has never been more urgent.
When fear becomes a dominant narrative, it can stifle creativity, hinder progress, and paralyze individuals and communities. Many find themselves retreating into a shell, avoiding risks, and shying away from challenging conversations or actions that could lead to positive change.
Bravery is often misconceived as the absence of fear. In reality, true bravery involves confronting fear headon, acknowledging its
presence, and taking action in spite of fear.
This form of being brave, or having courage, shows up in various ways. On an individual level, cultivating bravery can lead to personal growth. Embracing bravery can transform challenges into opportunities, encouraging a mindset of resilience.
You may never know your unrealized potential unless you have the courage to try new things or step out into the unknown, remembering that as Christians we are never alone.
As communities, bravery fosters solidarity and action. Collective bravery can be seen in social movements that challenge injustice, environmental activism that fights for our planet, and community initiatives that seek to uplift the marginalized.
All these things are part of the baptismal promises that either we make or are made on our behalf, and we later confirm to be true for our lives. When individuals come together, their courage amplifies, creating a powerful force for change. The old adage is true, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
In leadership, bravery
is essential. Leaders who act courageously inspire those around them to do the same. They tackle difficult issues, make unpopular decisions for the greater good, and foster environments where others feel safe to express their thoughts and ideas.
Courageous leadership can inspire a culture of bravery within organizations, allowing them to navigate uncertainties and innovate boldly.
To cultivate bravery, we must first confront our fears, by reframing fear as a catalyst for action rather than a barrier, we can empower ourselves and others to take meaningful steps forward.
Rev. Budde, as she looks back at her career, seeing the steps she took, notices that these were a series of small steps that make larger steps more comfortable.
The world may be filled with fear, but within each of us lies the potential for bravery. By embracing this potential, we can transform fear into a driving force for positive change.
As we look around our dioceses or even our parish, it is very easy to look and concentrate our energy to all that is wrong, to focus on the deficits and
to stick with the tried and tested methods of doing and being church.
But being brave calls us to expand, to try other ways, to be creative and courageous in diving into the ministry that Christ has called us – sharing the Gospel.
Christ challenges us to “love God and love neighbour” in ways that make sense for our time and our place. My prayer is that we have the courage and are brave enough to try. In doing so, we not only empower ourselves but also inspire others to rise above their fears.
As we navigate the complexities of our time, let us remember that bravery is not the absence of fear, but the courage to act in its presence.
Together, we can create a future where bravery prevails.
Not many people have a second chance to tell President Trump how his actions affect the lives of the people in the country he is called to lead.
She showed her dismay at the lack of concern for the blatant racism that was displayed, and on Jan. 21 she again was brave enough to speak truth to power and call for mercy for the marginalized. May we have her courage and bravery.
... Christians celebrate Nicene Creed b'day, shared Easter day
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‘You are witnesses of these things.’ Luke 24:48 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ throughout the world, Alleluia! Christ is risen!
As representatives of 12 Christian world communions, present in every nation on earth, we are moved and grateful to speak with one voice and one heart about our Lord’s resurrection, which we have witnessed and profess together.
Together, from East and West, North and South, in this year of our Lord 2025, we have been given by God the great gift of a shared date of Easter. Devout Christians have prayed for generations that this may be possible.
Though we have not yet achieved agreement on the date of Easter in perpetuity, we have no doubt that the Lord calls us to agreement, and unified witness, so that the world may believe (John 17:21).
As a further summons, God in his mercy has enabled us this year to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and its Creed. We are humbled and amazed that we can, on this Easter, profess together the fact that:
On the third day he rose again, in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
In the light of these gifts, we call upon the Holy Spirit to move our Communions to live and walk together, in obedience to the call of Jesus’ that all His disciples may be one. We hope to hear His “words” anew, just as when He appeared to His disciples after His resurrection and “opened their minds to understand the scriptures,” namely, that the Messiah must suffer and rise, “and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations” (Luke 24:4447).
At this time of great political instability in the world, when so many live with fear, suffering, persecution, famine, and other forms of instability
and vulnerability, we would seek together to be “witnesses of these things” of God, accomplished by our Lord and Saviour (24:48).
For this purpose, we pray over and over again with eager expectation and hope that we may all be one, “clothed with power from on high” (24:49).
May the Lord grant us His Spirit of co-operation and obedience, forgive us our sins, and use us as His instruments of reconciliation and healing in the world.
And may God bathe our hearts and minds in the cleansing light of His resurrection from the dead. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
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g Licentiate in Theology Courses offered by College of Emmanuel and St. Chad and Western Education Collaborative Anglican Network (W.E.C.A.N.):
ESC has been working with the WECAN group to develop a ministry preparation program relevant to the various Anglican contexts in Western Canada.
The local diocesan ministry schools make substantial contributions to the program by offering courses mapped out in the ESC-WECAN Licentiate in Theology handbook.
Whether you are feeling called to do more formal ministry or are drawn to taking certain courses, please contact the person named for the course or courses you are interested in doing.
Also, let your diocesan school co-ordinator know your plans. If interested, please review the detailed list of fall and winter course located elsewhere in this issue.
g Mentors and Instructors Wanted: Mentors and instructors are sought for the students enrolled in the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad and the Western Education Collaborative Anglican Network’s (WECAN) Licentiate in Theology. Retired clergy would be warmly welcome to serve as mentors or teachers.
Mentors do not need to be clergy.
People with teaching
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experience and respected in their faith communities, with a knowledge base in a relevant subject matter, are welcome to serve as instructors.
For more information, contact Rev. Dr. Trish McCarthy at trish. mccarthy@saskatoon theologicalunion.ca.
g Christ Church Anglican, Saskatoon : Celtic Eucharist, Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.; Community Free Supper, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., (once per month, usually third Tuesday, 5-7 pm. check for dates and times); Community Coffee House, every Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. to noon.
Also, Nutflakes Videos (video lending library), Friday and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; Free Bread Program, Friday mornings; Men's Shed meetings, Thursdays, 7 p.m.
g Courses at the Refinery : The Refinery at Emmanuel Anglican Parish is offering a series of courses during the Winter 2024 season on a variety of subjects including painting and various other art media, Zumba, and various spiritual and meditative modalities.
The “Painting Table” is held in the lower parish hall, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., the first Wednesday of each month. All art materials are supplied. For more information on the various courses offered or the “Painting Table” or to register, please contact the Refinery at: www.emmanuelrefinery.org or 306 653-3549.
g CLAY 2025 in Saskatoon needs volunteers: The CLAY organizing team is calling for local volunteers for its youth conference, which will be
held from Aug. 21-24 in Saskatoon. Please encourage the young people in your parishes to consider being involved and also consider this yourself. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer, please contact Deacon Gretchen Peterson at gpeterson@elcic.ca.
g Camp Okema
Summer Positions: Camp Okema's board of directors would love your support in spreading the word about their spring and summer positions. Applications are now open and job details and how to apply can be found on SaskJobs and their website at https://campokema.com/ employment.
Questions? Please contact Marin Schulz, board member and secretary, The Okema Society for Christian Development, summer phone at 306-756-2541.
g Saskatchewan Theological Union Convocation: The 24th Convocation of the Saskatchewan Theological Union (STU), (The University of Emmanuel CollegeCollege of Emmanuel & St. Chad, The Lutheran Theological Seminary and St. Andrew’s College of the United Church) will be held at Christ Church Anglican Parish, Saskatoon, on Friday, May 30. For more information, please contact the members of the STU.
g Anglican Editors’ Meeting : Members of the Anglican Editors’ Association (AEA) from across the Anglican Church of Canada will hold their annual meeting in Saskatoon from May 28 to 31 at The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. Every year the diocesan editors and various communications persons from across the country
gather in one of our dioceses and, this year, Saskatoon is the venue chosen.
The meeting features updates on print, webbased and social media by diocesan speakers and guest presenters. Besides diocesan editors, representatives of the Anglican Journal, Alongside Hope, the Anglican Foundation and the web manager of the domain anglican.ca will also contribute.
The Friday evening banquet speaker will be the Rev. Laura Marie Piotrowicz who will share her experience of participating in the UN Commission on the Status of Women. An article on this conference will be carried in the September issue of this paper.
g Peaceful Conversations: On May 7, Christ Church, Saskatoon embarked upon Peaceful Conversations: Creating Understanding in our Communities, a fourweek series of discussions and skills-building exercises to foster a deeper understanding of one another during times of discord and disagreement within organizations, neighbourhoods, families and our world.
Each session will run from 1 to 2:30 p.m., and all are welcome. For more information, contact Stephanie at 306-242-3138 or Pastor Mark at 306-2223844.
g Consecration of the Rev. Chad McCharles as the 14th bishop: On March 8, at an electoral synod held at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist, Saskatoon, the Rev. Chad McCharles was elected as the 14th bishop of the Diocese of Saskatoon. God-willing, the consecration and installation of Rev. Chad
will take place at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist, Saskatoon, at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 14. An article on the consecration will be carried in the September issue of this paper.
g Refugee Luncheon for the Bishop: The refugee program will be holding a welcoming luncheon for our new bishop at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 1.
Information to the purchase of tickets and the location of the event will be available later in June and, in the meantime, information may be obtained by contacting Tigist Gebeyehu K, refugee coordinator, at 306-371-3464 or refugeessaskatoon@ sasktel.net.
g Bishop Vestment Fund: A fund has been established to help Bishopelect Chad to purchase items to properly outfit him for his episcopal office. Tax-deductible donations to this fund can be made via cheque mailed to the Synod office or via e-transfer to anglicansynod@sasktel. net, with VESTMENT FUNDRAISER in the subject line.
g To be included in a timely manner, notices should be supplied to the associate editor by fax, email or “snail mail” by the end of the month, one month before the month in which the insertion is desired (i.e. February entries will be in the April issue).
Detailed and longer texts of events will not be included in this section, but should space allow, could be the subject of articles and notices elsewhere in the Saskatchewan Anglican.
... Prayer conference urges attendees to pray without ceasing
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There are 3,779 verses in the gospels on healing, with 19 passages refering to the healing of physical and mental illness and 41 instances recorded of Jesus healing people.
In the BCP, page 55, there are special prayers for healing ministries (No. 40), the recovery of a sick person (No. 41), and (No. 45) a general intercession ending with “thou who knowest each man’s need, and has heard his prayer, grant unto each according to thy merciful loving kindness and thy eternal love; through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
In Matthew 10:8, the first instruction from Jesus to His disciples was heal the sick. Some ask why some people get healed, while others do not. God says our job is to “pitch the ball.” In 1 Corinthians 12, the gifts of the Holy Spirit are explained. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. The Spirit’s presence is shown in some way in each person, for the good of all. The Ooe and the same Spirit gives faith to one person, while to another person He gives the power to heal.
At the conclusion of Packwood’s talk, his wife Judy suggested that one person from each table come up to be healed — and the healing began. This was followed by Compline, then participants joined in snacks and various board and card games.
Saturday began with a full breakfast and reciting Morning Prayer. Jane Jones came to the podium and began her first session. She told many stories of healing, of people praying for someone whose one leg was two inches shorter and how they watched it grow out.
She visited China where Christian churches are underground, and of having to move to different churches because the police would find them. Before she came to their church, the people had already been praying for two hours. Have we lost the fear of the Lord?
He can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.
We were given a handout outlining guidelines to do healing ministry in our churches. Anglican Renewal Ministries provides this healing ministry team resource. Please contact the ARM office to receive a copy.
Some advice from Jane was to keep praying until you see results. It is not about us; it is about God. When praying with people, pray with your eyes open.
Jane learned this the hard way when someone she was praying for punched her when she had her eyes closed and she didn’t see it coming.
To be a healer, you need to be open to messages from God. One time when Gene Packwood was at a gathering, a message came to him: “I like your fries.”
As it turned out, there was a woman there who saw a need for the youths and ordered French fries for all of them from a restaurant. How can you tell that the message you
are receiving is from God?
Usually, healing prayer is done in teams of two people, so you could ask your partner if they are feeling the same vibe as you. Be obedient when you pray for someone because God knows them.
In her own life, Jane’s son was on a path of destruction and there was nothing she could say to stop him. Instead, she prayed Jeremiah 31:16 – “Stop your crying and wipe away your tears. All that you have done for your children will not
go unrewarded; they will return from the enemy’s land.” And he did return to her.
Another gift of the Holy Spirit is prophecy, a gift that God gives a believer to communicate a word from Him to others. This is Jane’s particular spiritual gift. There were four people in the room the Lord brought to her attention. They were all clergy, two of them wearing their collars and the other two were dressed like the rest of us.
She spoke to each one about themselves and what God sees for them in their future. It was impressive, as even though she did not know them, her insights into their personalities and life were right on. For example, her advice to Archdeacon Brody Albers was to get a journal and start writing in it every day.
In closing, Gene Packwood asked the people in the room what God was telling them about Bishop Rick and JulieAnne Reed. Gene asked everyone to bring life and encouragement and to build them up and comfort them.
Caring, humble, accepting, guidance, kindness, youthful openness, strong willed, honest were adjectives that came to mind describing them.
Even though everyone did not go up to a healing station, everyone in the room would have experienced some kind of healing, if not from the power of prayer then from the special healing that is felt when there is a lovely four-month-old baby boy in their midst.
A group of attendees to the prayer conference share a conversation during the event. Photos by Mary Brown
Judy and Rev. Gene Packwood, Bishop Rick Reed and Jane Jones gather at the prayer conference. Three of the four were presenters during the event.
Catherine Featherby receives King's Coronation Medal
By Lauren Featherby
OUTLOOK (Qu’A) — In early March, Catherine Featherby, a longtime member of St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Outlook, was notified that she had been awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal.
The medal was created to mark the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. It is the first Canadian medal struck to mark a coronation. Approximately 30,000 medals will be distributed across Canada by the Office of the Governor General to citizens who have made a significant contribution to their country.
Mrs. Featherby is well over 100 years of age and was unable to attend the award ceremony in Moose Jaw. Instead, a small celebration was held in Outlook on April 6 to recognize her many accomplishments.
Featherby has always given of her time and talents to help any community group that asked her. Besides volunteering her time at the school library and the skating rink as well as delivering Meals on Wheels, she willingly supported groups such as the Legion, the golf course and the food bank.
She canvassed the town for Donor’s Choice and many other charities.
She is still a faithful member of the Order of the Eastern Star, a local
fraternal group, and helped them to make cancer dressings and organized fundraisers to furnish a room at the health centre as well as to provide scholarships.
Featherby has worked tirelessly for St. Mark’s Anglican Church for over 70 years.
She always jokes that she’s done everything at the church except play
the organ! She was on the vestry and parish council for many years, and held every office in the ACW.
Rummage sales, bake sales, teas, yard sales — she helped to plan and worked at them all. Countless doll clothes were sewn, aprons made and pillowcases and tea towels were hand-embroidered to be sold at the annual Christmas bazaar.
She thought nothing of making potato salad for 50 people or baking four pies when the ACW was asked to cater a supper. Anything and everything was done to keep St. Mark’s going. Her advice and encouragement are still relied upon to this very day.
These as well as many more are the reasons Catherine Featherby
was awarded the King’s Coronation Medal for her lifetime of service to the community.
She’d be the first to say that she’s just an ordinary person and only did these things because it was the right thing to do.
But her service of giving her time and talents over the years makes her a truly “extraordinary” ordinary citizen!
National youth conference looking for volunteers
By Rev. Matteo Carboni
SASKATOON — Hello friends in the Diocese of Saskatoon and across Saskatchewan!
CLAY 2025 is coming to a diocese near you! Every two years, Canadian Lutheran and Anglican youths come together for the biennial youth gathering called CLAY. In 2025, CLAY will be happening from Aug. 21–24, at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist and Knox United Church, Saskatoon.
CLAY is an exciting event for all who participate — including our volunteers. In order to make CLAY run smoothly, we need plenty of help and we hope you
might consider helping in some way.
We need one to two people to be our volunteer co-ordinators.
This would be a more involved role. We are
looking for someone who is highly organized, well-connected in the Lutheran and/ or Anglican world in Saskatoon and the surrounding area, and
who can work with the planning team to help create a schedule for all the volunteers.
We are also looking for all sorts of volunteers. People to help during the event, to keep the event running smoothly and safety for all participants.
If you have first aid training, we can use you. If you enjoy being around young people, we need you. If you want to be part of a truly awesome event, let us know.
If you have questions or would like to sign up to volunteer, contact Deacon Gretchen Peterson at gpeterson@elcic.ca
Worship volunteers
We are also looking
for volunteers to help with planning Eucharist and Compline services. Here are a few jobs for volunteers to do: Baking bread for Eucharist services, writing Prayers of the People, picking readings for services, planning Compline services, playing music at Compline services and worship leaders/ officiants.
If you would like to help plan worship services or have questions, contact Rev. Matteo Carboni at m-carboni@hotmail.com. For info on registration, accommodations and speakers, visit https:// claygathering.ca/clay2025.
Catherine Featherby was honoured for her lifetime of service to the community of Outlook. Her granddaughter, Maegan Ponak, pins on the King's Coronation Medal in a small ceremony.
Photo by Lauren Featherby
Icon of St. George travels from Saskatoon to Battleford
Submitted
Editor’s note: This picture appeared in the April issue of “The Epistle,” the newsletter of Battleford Parish. Kathy Johnson and Rev. Peter Coolen prepared the text.
BATTLEFORD
(S’toon) — In 1966,
the Steven Stefanidis family of Saskatoon, in thanksgiving for answered prayers, after Charlie, their 14-year-old son, recovered his health after being severely burned, had an icon of St. George killing the dragon written (icons are said to be “written” not painted) in Greece and donated it
to St. George’s Anglican Parish in Saskatoon.
The icon hung over the entrance of St. George’s until the parish closed in 2024 after which, the icon was donated to St. George’s Anglican Parish, Battleford. In March 2025, the St. George icon was installed in its new home in St.
George’s, Battleford. History tells us that St. George was sentenced to death for refusing to deny his Christian faith and came to be revered as a martyr of the Christian Church. He was admired for the manner in which he openly proclaimed his faith during a period of
fierce persecution when many other Christians were hoping not to be noticed.
What better way is there to symbolize the evil that George actually confronted and defeated than to portray it in the form of combat with a fire-breathing dragon ( https://en.novalis.ca/ ).
Anglicans across the world pay tribute to Pope Francis
By Matthew Puddister/ Anglican Journal
TORONTO — Anglican leaders have joined Roman Catholics around the world in remembering Pope Francis following the pontiff’s death April 21 at the age of 88 after suffering a cerebral stroke.
Archbishop Anne Germond, acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, expressed gratitude for Francis’s “steadfast advocacy and support of the Catholic Church’s ongoing dialogue and partnership with the Anglican Communion.”
“A tireless advocate for the poor and
marginalized and a godly man of peace, Pope Francis walked among those he served with humility and grace, carrying the Gospel message of compassion and hope, reminding us that faith is not only believed but lived,” Germond said in a public statement.
“In a world that is often divided, Pope Francis was a bridge-builder. In times of sorrow, his words offered strength and comfort.”
Germond said Francis would be remembered in Canada for his 2022 apology to Indigenous Peoples on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church for its role in harm caused
through the residential school system.
She also highlighted his 2023 repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery, a concept used to justify European colonization of the Americas.
“These actions represented renewed hope for healing with Indigenous peoples of our land, especially for survivors of the residential schools and their families,” Germond said.
Condolences from across the Anglican Communion
Other Anglican leaders in North and South America, Africa, the
Middle East, Asia and Oceania also expressed their condolences.
Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, who has been carrying out many of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s duties after the resignation of previous office-holder Justin Welby, said, “Francis’s whole life and ministry was centred on Jesus who comes among us not to be served, but to serve.
"We saw that compellingly in Francis’s service of the poor, his love of neighbour especially the displaced, migrant, the asylum seeker, his deep compassion for the wellbeing of the earth and his
desire to lead and build the church in new ways.”
Bishop Anthony Poggo, secretary general of the worldwide Anglican Communion, praised Francis’s commitment to greater Christian unity.
“His commitment to dialogue, understanding and shared mission has opened new avenues of collaboration between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion,” Poggo said.
“Anglicans join with millions around the oikoumene, and with all people of goodwill, in giving thanks to God for Pope Francis,” he added.
“We offer our condolences to our sisters and brothers in the Roman ... Church.”
Present and pictured at the installation of the St. George icon were, from left, were Rev. Trevor Malyon, Laurie Gammon, Gwen Ashley, Rev. Jan Trost, Barb Pambrun, Marilyn Glass and Philip Trofin.
Photo by Kathy Johnson
Lenten service held at long-term care home in Outlook
By Lauren Featherby
OUTLOOK (Qu’A) — On April 16, the residents and staff at the Outlook and District Health Centre Long-Term Care (LTC) welcomed the public to a Lenten service and lunch.
For many years, the Outlook Ministerial Association has organized a Lenten Lunch Service each Wednesday during Lent.
The residents of LTC were never able to attend these services, which are held at a different church in the community each week.
So the recreation director at LTC, Kristy Johnson, put out a call for a church to co-host a service with the residents.
St. Mark’s Anglican Church stepped up and willingly agreed to help.
The service of seven lessons and seven hymns based on the theme
of servanthood was developed by Rev. Susan Anholt, the priest at St. Mark’s in Outlook. It was the perfect topic for the day before Maundy Thursday — and the perfect setting, since servanthood is always in evidence at the health centre.
When the service finished, the public was invited to stay for lunch. Everyone enjoyed the fellowship as well as the homemade soup, buns and dessert!
A goodwill offering was collected for the lunch with the proceeds going to the Outlook and District Food Bank.
It was truly a morning where everyone was reminded through word and song of our call to servant-hood – and that a strong local faith community can be found right inside long-term care.
Trust Jesus when you feel worthless compared to other Christians
By Rev. Perry W. Siddons
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on the Power to Change-Students’ blog at www.p2c.com/students/ blog, and has been shared with permission. The Rev. Perry W. Siddons is an honorary assistant at St. Stephen’s, Saskatoon and works as a writer for Power to Change-Students. You can find more of his work at www.linktr.ee/perry.p2c
At the ripe young age of 16, I was a fairly new Christian when I worked at a Bible camp for the first time as a cabin leader.
During that first summer, I inadvertently sought to live up to the expectations of what I thought a good Christian should look like. But that didn’t go very well for me. I found it impossible to live up to my own standards.
Anger and impatience were chief vices of mine, among others, and when they reared their ugly heads during that first summer of camp, I punished myself inwardly. I told myself I was a horrible Christian for still having anger and impatience.
Looking around at the other cabin leaders,
they didn’t seem to be struggling with the same things as me. I felt like the odd one out. I felt like I must be doing something wrong.
A false gospel
“Why am I not further along in my walk with Jesus?” “Why don’t I feel or seem more like Jesus?” “Am I really good enough?” I’ve asked myself those kinds of questions, and still do, in fact, particularly after I’ve compared myself to
other, more “successful” Christians.
Based on Scripture and an amalgam of good qualities in people I respect, I’ve set up in my mind an image of the ideal Christian.
When I’ve done something not in line with this vision of a “good Christian,” I’ve felt at times that I’ve missed the mark, and therefore considered myself a “bad Christian.” (Cue the selfloathing and pity party. I’ll bring the bubbly but won’t
drink it; I don’t deserve it.)
Do not judge Christians aren’t meant to compare and condemn: “Judge not, that you be not judged” (Matt. 7:1). Jesus doesn’t want His followers to point their fingers at others, using themselves as the standard for rightness, from which to dole out condemnation.
But the same goes for pointing the finger at yourself, and condemning yourself based on the wrong standard you’ve created.
By setting up another human being as the ideal Christian, judging them as the true standard, or, put differently, as the true image of God, for your life, faith, and walk with Jesus, also does not fulfill Jesus’ command.
Jesus is the judge. That’s actually good news, because nobody else is. You are not the judge. The person whom you’ve set up as the ideal Christian is not your judge.
The standard has been set by Jesus, and He lives up to the standard on behalf of the human race, He lived it out on earth. Jesus did the work; you only have to accept Him and His work in you.
A life with Jesus You are not being made
in the image of a “good Christian,” but in the image of Christ. Jesus came to be a human being, to redeem the human experience, and He is the true image of God, meaning He is the standard for the life you are meant to live.
Jesus walks with you, close to you, and in you, as you live your life toward fully knowing Him (Phil. 3:8-15). A relationship with Jesus is not predicated on what you’ve done, but on what He’s done on your behalf, and what He’s doing in you.
As Paul writes, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me” (Gal. 2:20).
Though no person lives his or her life in isolation, since everyone needs community, each person has to live their own life of faith themselves. So, you are on your own journey, and God is working in you. On that journey, comparing yourself to others in order to condemn yourself is really not helpful.
God’s work happens So, what is the journey of life with Jesus like? Look at Mark. Jesus tells a parable (Mark 4:26-29) of a farmer who throws some seed into his field, and the Continued next page
Guests from the town of Outlook help themselves to lunch following the Lenten service at the Long Term Care facility.
Photo by Kristy Johnson
The Rev. Perry Siddons, his wife Andrea, and their daughter.
Photo by Rev. Perry Siddons
Confirmands celebrate Easter with the bishop
... Jesus plants seeds in us
Continued from page 10 seeds grow into plants, and the plants are eventually harvested. The farmer doesn’t understand exactly how the whole process works, Jesus explains; he just does his part and the plants grow.
This parable says something about God’s work in your life. His work is mysterious, but it happens.
of the “comparing and condemning” mindset. Circling back to my life journey, if I may, the struggles of my younger years remain the struggles of today. Since that’s the case, I could resort to my pity party, but I don’t, because I’m learning to accept that Jesus loves me, regardless.
Jesus is the farmer, planting seeds in my life, while God does His part to bring the growth.
Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! After a busy Lenten and Holy Week, three youth confirmands from the St. Mary the Virgin, Maple Creek were confirmed on Easter Sunday by Bishop Helen Kennedy. They are Colt Needham, Emily Southwood and John Southwood. A celebration cake and coffee/tea hour followed the service. In the picture, from left, are Colt, Bishop Helen, Emily, John and Rev. Jesse Miller.
DIOCESE OF SASKATCHEWAN
Prayers needed for clergy and their families
g Please pray for the Rev. Elias and Jane Ballantyne and their family in their grief. In the past few months two of their children have died.
g Deacon Arlene Sturgess will need healing prayers to recover from a fall in which she broke her leg.
g The Rev. Eugene Merasty and his family will be moving to La Ronge where he will be the priest for All Saints Church. They will be living in the rectory on site.
g Four students will be coming to the diocese from Nova Scotia on June 29 and will be staying until the end of August. They are Cam and Annell who were here last year and Gabriel and Kate. If you want to have a VBS in your parish, please contact the synod office.
by Linda Kapasky
Even though you are a sinner, God does work in your life, despite your lack of understanding what that looks like or how it will happen. He is sufficiently gracious to make it happen. Knowing that God is at work in you gives you the freedom to trust that a relationship with Jesus is good enough, which grants the serenity to let go
We’re all on a journey. You are on a journey, with your own struggles, your own things to repent of, and your own victories. Jesus is at work in you, in His own way, according to His own plan. What is that plan? To make you into His image. Don’t judge yourself but embrace what Jesus is doing in you.
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Feeling the Holy Spirit Some mighty shoulders to lean on
By Rev. Gene Packwood
In his farewell blessing to the tribe of Benjamin, Moses said, The beloved of the Lord rests in safety — the High God surrounds him all day long — the beloved rests between his shoulders (Deut. 33:12, NRSV)
And not only that, power was received when the Holy Spirit came upon us. When did the Holy Spirit come upon us?
That we, the beloved of the Lord, get to rest between the shoulders of the High God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ struck me between the eyes when I read it in Morning Prayer a few weeks ago. I’d not noticed it before.
A good way to discover and be reminded of holy possibilities like that is to pray the Anglican Daily Offices of morning, evening and night prayer (mid-day, too, if I’m especially keen) along with the associated lectionary. It’s also a good way to keep my heart, soul, mind and body (head, heart and shoulders) centred in the crosshairs of God’s amazing grace and empowering Holy Spirit. Consider, for example, THE ORDER FOR MORNING PRAYER DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR in The Book of Common Prayer (BCP). he opening sentences for Whitsunday and Embertide are: The love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us, (Rom 5:5), and Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth (Acts 1:8).
What wonderful reminders with which to begin a day. The love of God has been “poured into our hearts” (NRSV), in other words, right between our shoulders, through the working of the given Holy Spirit. What a gift! Love and The Comforter shed abroad, poured and given.
For most of you who are vintage BCP Anglicans, it was before you knew it. Just before you were baptized, the priest prayed that you would be baptized and sanctified with the Holy Spirit (BCP, p523), that the Holy Spirit would be given to you (BCP, p525) and that you would be regenerate with the Holy Spirit (BCP, p529).
And power was received, whether you knew or not. Then, with confirmation, came the bishop’s prayers that you would be strengthened by and daily increase in the Holy Spirit more and more (BCP, p560).
Or, for those baptized and confirmed according to the BAS rites, “Fill them with your holy and life-giving Spirit,” the celebrant prayed, and “Teach them to love others in the power of the Spirit” (BAS, p155), “Anoint them” (BAS, p157) and “Sustain them, O Lord, in your Holy Spirit” (BAS, p160).
The bishop then confirmed it all when s/he prayed, “by the sealing of your Holy Spirit you have bound us to your service. Renew in these your servants the covenant you made with them at their baptism. Send them forth in the power of that Spirit to perform the service you set before them.”
The bishop also prayed that we would be strengthened, empowered, sustained and would “daily increase in your Holy Spirit more and more” (BAS, p628).
Empty prayers? I suppose they could be if we let them be. But I say, fill them! Why not follow Epaphras’ example, and do a little struggling and wrestling in our prayers (Col 4.12): for the Holy Spirit to come upon us and Continued next page
Pentecost comes on June 8 this year. Photo by Mateus Campos Felipe/Unsplash.com
Continued from page 10 fill us so all those prayers prayed over us when we were Baptized and Confirmed would come true to the honour of God’s holy Name, and the good of His Church and people. After all, if we, who are so scattered, careless, sinful and easily offended, “know how to give good gifts to our children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Lk 11.13). Then we, the beloved of
... Resting close to the heart of our High God and Father Mission and evangelism the focus of Lambeth Call webinars
the Lord, will indeed, rest in safety, surrounded and secure, nestled between those mighty shoulders and close to the heart of our High God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.
By Anglican Communion News Service
LONDON, ENGLAND
— Making a “fresh and creative commitment to revitalise churches and plant new congregations” is one of the invitations featured in the Lambeth Call on Mission and Evangelism.
The Call will be explored in webinars run by the Anglican Communion Office, leading up to Pentecost Sunday, on June 8.
The webinars will coincide with the 10th anniversary of Thy Kingdom Come — a global ecumenical prayer movement. Thy Kingdom Come will invite people to pray for five people to know the gospel this Pentecost.
The evangelistic focus of the Thy Kingdom Come prayer initiative will be discussed in the Lambeth Call webinars, as it resonates with section 4.4 of the Lambeth Call, which invites “Every Christian joyfully to embrace the calling to be a witness to Jesus Christ, praying that through this at least one other person each year might come to faith and grow as a disciple.”
Considering the breadth and diversity of the Anglican Communion, May’s webinars will showcase the different ways Anglicans are living out the Five Marks of Mission in their settings.
Contextual models of mission, evangelism and church planting will be explored.
The Right Rev. Moon Hing will share how his ministry in evangelism and church planting has seen the church multiply and grow. Catechist Fraser Mzungu in the Diocese of Niassa in Mozambique will discuss African models of rural mission, sharing his passion for Jesus to be preached through small group
teaching opportunities within his community.
The Lambeth Call on Mission and Evangelism was shared by the bishops of the Lambeth Conference in 2022.
Since then, the Anglican Communion Office has run regular webinars on each of the Lambeth Calls, to assist their reception and adoption by Anglican churches around the world.
The Lambeth Call on Mission and Evangelism references church planting, evangelism training, and the need for persecuted churches to be “supported in their witness, so that they may be protected and stand firm in the faith”.
The Lambeth Call also suggests that: “Each diocese and every church to commit to prayer, listening and discernment, in the power of the Holy Spirit, so that we might live to bear faithful witness to Christ and authentically proclaim the gospel ... .
"In obedience to Christ’s own charge, every church to commit itself to actions which intentionally present the good news of Christ so that all might hear the call of Christ and follow Him.”
Speaking of the Lambeth Call, the Reverend Canon Stephen Spencer at the Anglican Communion Office said: “In the gospels Jesus says: ‘Come and see’ (John 1.39). At its heart, mission is about joining him in his saving work.
"Our hope and prayer for the webinar ... – and the wonderful outreach initiatives it will feature – is that it will inspire Anglicans around the world to consider what the Lambeth Call on Mission and Evangelism might look like in their own life and setting and through prayer and creativity, not least in the weeks following Pentecost, to come and see Christ’s saving love and share that love with all who they encounter.”
Priests urged to be messengers and stewards of God's word
By Mary Brown
PRINCE ALBERT — It is a tradition here that all the clergy and their spouses are invited to a special lunch followed by the service of the affirmation of priestly vows and the blessing of oil.
According to Bishop Anthony Burton, the most important sermon he would give in a year was to his faithful clergy.
Bishop Rick Reed’s reflection this year on the first reading from Isaiah 61:1-8 told us to examine the context of these verses. What was in the mind of Isaiah — did he later regret his words?
the back, from left, are Andrew Hoskin, Brody Albers, Bishop Rick Reed and Harry Halkett. Absent were Revs. Elaine
These verses are all about being chosen by the Lord to bring good news to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted release captives … . There are 29
Alb-talk
By the Rev. Canon MarieLouise Ternier
Yes, albtalk. You know, the vestment clergy don when preparing to lead the sacred liturgy.
I was drawn to exploring the use and meaning of this simple white garment after I had attended (in the pew) a couple of Sunday liturgies in an Anglican church where the priest chose not to wear one. And I was caught off guard by being caught off guard over this.
I missed it; oh dear, I missed it. But why? So began conversations with a few colleagues over this liturgical practice.
The first level of discourse gave standard replies: priests wear the alb because we were taught to do so in our training.
But most colleagues identify a spiritual and liturgical meaning to the alb (which, by the way, is derived from the Latin, meaning white garment). While the stole is the symbol of ordination, the alb signifies the white baptismal garment that every member of
the Christian community is clothed with at their baptism. That is partly why lay readers can wear the alb when leading Morning or Evening Prayer in a formal capacity. As such, the alb is to remind us all of our baptism, of the cleansing of our sin in the waters of baptism and of the purity of a new creation in Christ Jesus.
I tend to think of the alb as covering all my sins when leading worship.
I agree with this colleague who said, “The alb signifies the worship leader. It, like other vestments, removes our class status.
"There are no Armani or Versace suits, or any other brand name outfits. The hierarchy in the worship space is oriented around who has what role. So the alb is both an equalizer and hierarchy creator. It equalizes our secular status while it signifies a new orientation around the worship of God.”
Most clergy report feeling different when wearing an alb. Donning the alb and stole is a ritual.
sentences of what it means to be priests of the Lord.
In the Gospel of Luke 4, Jesus is in Nazareth reading Scripture. Reed compares this to the
It’s a physical marker that we are entering into a ritual space, secular time ends and God’s time begins.
Wearing a simple vestment with a 2,000-year tradition connects our role in worship to past, present and future. Two feelings can emerge when wearing it: first, it is an official marker.
What we are about to do carries weight and God calls us into this sacred space, not only into the presiding role but into this moment of praise and worship.
Second, it is profoundly humbling because we know well that we are not leading the congregation due to our own merits or achievements. We are leading worship solely because God has called us into this place and time to do so.
Donning the alb then helps our preparation to do God’s work. While clergy shared readily about the spiritual and liturgical meaning of the white baptismal garment, we agreed that our people in the pews do not always grasp these meanings.
This was the focus of a discussion at a clergy meeting on the subject. The rich tradition of rituals and symbols is being eroded by secular forces in our culture that affect us all. A suggestion
What is asked of us before we are ordained? Is this what God really wants us to do? It is not easy. We are to be messengers, stewards of the Lord to teach. No problem, we got this! We need each other in such a world as we are in because it is a hard thing we are doing. We are in this together. In our nations God is the Alpha and the Omega.
Here follows the affirmation of priestly vows recited by the bishop. He then asks his priests if they will now recommit themselves to the trust and responsibility of their office. They answer, “I will, for in God’s Word is my trust.”
excitement of getting out of seminary clutching a Bible thinking, “I am going to serve the Lord and the people will hear great sermons.”
was put forward to create and place in the pews a simple brochure explaining the various rituals and symbols in the liturgy. This would also help newcomers in learning about Anglican worship practices.
Needless to say, Anglicans have more than one liturgical expression. One priest who identifies as having a foot in two different liturgical traditions, shared: “When celebrating the Eucharist I wear a chasuble over top of the alb.
The chasuble represents the seamless garment Christ wore during His passion. The priest stands as if they are Christ before the congregation, presenting His work to the Father, so we remember, through the vestments, and especially the Eucharistic vestments (chasuble and alb) that Christ is in our midst, represented by the priest.
The white vestments represent the purity of Christ. I am a priest, representing Christ. So, when I put this vestment on, it’s not me the people should see; they ought to see Jesus. The alb is the garment of a servant.”
There are exceptions to wearing the alb. When leading worship outside, weather and other factors may render an alb inconvenient. Leading
Following the offertory hymn, the bishop blesses the oil after that the service continues with the Holy Communion. The closing hymn was No. 812 “I Bind Unto Myself Today.”
worship in smaller, intimate settings such as a home or hospital bedside when bringing Holy Communion could suffice with merely the stole.
A few priests shared they don’t wear the alb when leading an ecumenical prayer service, such as on Remembrance Day or a Christian Unity service.
Finally, some priests forfeit the alb when leading non-Eucharistic services, such as Morning or Evening Prayer.
One priest felt that not wearing the alb in a formal church service lowers the dignity of the occasion, even if the summer heat makes wearing it uncomfortable.
Another priest shared that for a time physical challenges and practical restrictions prevented her from wearing the alb for Sunday worship.
However, once special alterations were applied to the vestment so she could wear it again, the positive reactions from parishioners came as a pleasant surprise.
She added, “I wear the alb every Sunday now in deep gratitude, as outward sign and intimate part of my long and challenging vocational journey.”
Finally, what about the chasuble? That could be the focus for another time.
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Bear, Roger Bird, Richard Custer, Adam Halkett, Edna Mirasty, Rita Nawakayas, Wilfred and Theresa Sanderson, Dixie Bird and Beryl Whitecap.
Photo by Mary Brown