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Handle with prayer!
News – ANiC and AEN
Welcome the Rev David Chapman into ANiC
The Rev Chapman
was accepted as a new priest in ANiC by Bishop Don on Nov 30 and is to receive
his official Letter of Recognition and License to Officiate from Bishop Charlie
on Jan 30 at St. Timothy's Anglican Bible Church in Montreal (10 a.m.
service) David is currently doing
his PhD at McGill and will be working on a church plant in downtown Montreal Welcome the Rev David!
Settlement in
progress for two Ottawa parishes
A proposed
settlement over the church buildings of the ANiC congregations, St. Alban’s and
St. George’s Ottawa, has been negotiated with their former Anglican Church of
Canada diocese Both churches are
now in the process of holding votes to ratify the settlement The parish of St George’s will vote to
ratify on Sunday, Jan 30th The
parish of St Alban’s will vote on Saturday, Feb 12th.
Church
Planting: ANiC Plant and Grow
Conferences
Don’t forget,
regional church planting conferences are being organized in different areas
across the country Church
planting continues to be an urgent focus of ANiC as it concentrates on mission
to broken and hurting people and all others who need the Lord Sowing seeds for new congregations remains
part of ANiC’s involvement in ACNA’s Anglican 1000 movement; the challenge from
Archbishop Robert Duncan to plant 1000 new churches by 2015 Clergy, laity and prospective church
planters at any stage of the planting process are invited to participate in
ANiC Plant and Grow conferences More church planting information is on the ANiC
website.
Plant and Grow
Conferences in a region near you:
(Dates and
locations may change as plans develop)
Inaugural
conference of the Asian Mission in Canada, March 21-22
Organized by
Bishop Stephen, this year’s AMiC conference will explore the theme Discerning contemporary
culture: Challenges and Christian ministry in a permissive age, and has
extended the early-bird discount deadline to Feb 28 Great speakers include Dr Brian Stiller, the Rev Warren Lai,
the Rev Ken Shigematsu, the Most Rev Dr John Chew (to be confirmed), the Rev Dr
David Pao, Dr Toni Dolfo-Smith, Mr Daniel Komori and Dr James Houston. See website for details.
Asian Mission in
Canada mission trips to the far East
Pray about how
you can support AMiC’s outreach trips to Chinese disabled
orphans, and to Karen refugee camp in Thailand You may consider going yourself, or praying for or
sponsoring those who do go Initial information night is at Church of the Good Shepherd, Vancouver, this
Sunday, Jan 30th Application
deadline is March 1st, 2011.
The Rev Andy
Leroux to speak at Abilities Church
The Rev Leroux,
formerly of St Ninian’s ACoC parish in Toronto and recently welcomed into ANiC
as rector of the new LivingHope Christian Church, will be speaking
on Jan 30 at 6:00pm at the Abilities Church in Toronto Abilities Church describes itself as an
inclusive church that focuses on the equal incorporation of people with
disabilities in the life of the church body See flyer for the Rev Leroux’s speaking engagement.
Church plants and
projects
From St. Paul
Anglican Bible Church, ANiC project in Stoney Creek ON – “Pray for hearts to be
open to our vision and mission of Reaching out to hurting people as we develop
relationships and build community. Join our Prayer Partners e-mail list for
regular up-dates and specific prayer requests.” www.StPaulABC.ca.
Eternal Hope
Church, Carleton Place...
Also asks for
prayer over the life of their church You can visit them at www.eternalhopechurch.ca
St James’ church
plant in Lennoxville, PQ says... “Check out our updated blog and help spread
the word. Please pray for our developing church to be built on Jesus as we
enter week #9” stjameslennoxville.com
Please contact
Marilyn Jacobson to update on plant and project progress, prayer needs and new
content on your
websites so that ANiC members can be informed and pray for you specifically.
Prayer for CMJ
Canada and the Rev Sharon Hayton
Christ Church
Ministries Jerusalem (CMJ), originally called the Church’s Mission to the Jews,
is a 200 year-old Anglican Mission Society that began in England and
established Christ Church Jerusalem in the 1830’s To learn about the interesting history of CMJ read here.
Recently, the Rev
Sharon Hayton, rector of The Open Gate, Victoria, was installed as the Chair of
CMJ Canada, which launched in 2009 Sharon would appreciate prayer for this special ministry at these
beginning stages while the foundation is being established CMJ Canada has started with the goal of
focusing on Education, Evangelism and Encouragement Sharon is especially hopeful for the development of the
education aspect of CMJ Canada and is working together with Bishop Trevor on
the establishment of this part of the ministry The ministry’s first volunteer, Margaret Mercer from The
Open Gate, is currently working at CMJ Israel’s retreat centre on the Sea of
Galilee called, “Beit Bracha” (House of Blessing) Please pray for the Lord’s hand to be over the Rev Sharon
and the development of CMJ Canada.
Calendar of
upcoming events – for your interest and prayer support
Jan 25-31 – Anglican Communion Primates Meeting
(Dublin, Ireland)
Jan 30 – +Don
visits Christ the King, Toronto, to welcome Robin Guinness+ to ANiC
Jan 30 – +Don to
visit LivingHope Christian Church, Scarborough
Jan 30 – Asian
Mission Initial Interest Meeting, Church of the Good Shepherd, Vancouver
Jan 30 -- Andy
Leroux+, guest speaker at Abilities Church, Toronto
Jan 30 -- +Charlie
welcomes David Chapman+ at St Timothy’s, Montreal
Feb 9-12 – theAM winter conference, Greensboro, North
Carolina
Feb 19 –
Victoria, BC church planting workshop
Feb 25-27 – Good
Shepherd (Vancouver) revival conference
Feb (TBD) –
Brandon, MB church planting workshop
March 2 –
Burlington, ON church planting workshop
March 5 –
Langley, BC church planting workshop
March 14 –
St John, NB church planting workshop
March 21-22 – Asian Mission inaugural conference, Vancouver,
BC
March 29-31 –
ANiC’s 2011 pastors’ retreat near Abbotsford, BC
April 2 –
Ottawa, ON church planting workshop
April 30 –
Montreal, QC church planting workshop
June (TBD) –
Marlborough, MA church planting workshop
Other News –
Canada
Bishop of New
Westminster hopes to replace clergy, absorb parishes
In a statement on the Diocese of New Westminster's
website, ACoC Bishop Michael Ingham commented on the appeals taken to the
Supreme Court of Canada by the four BC churches defending ownership of their
church propertiesIngham issued a plea to the leaders and trustees of
the parishes to meet with him to discuss an "orderly transition of
ordained ministry"He appealed to the members of the ANiC
congregations to return to the Anglican Church of Canada, saying that "No
one need choose between their faith and the buildings they love."
Roman Catholic
Church extends invitation to Anglicans in Canada
In addition to
the disaffected members of the Church of England who have moved to Rome, the Church of England Newspaper reports that the invitation from Rome has
been extended to Anglicans in CanadaThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of
Toronto has invited Anglicans interested in “the implementation of Anglicanorum
Coetibus”, by the Roman Catholic Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins; appointed
by Pope Benedict XVI to serve as the Vatican’s “delegate” to Canadian Anglicans
seeking to join the Pope’s Personal OrdinariateHowever, the article
notes that, "further secessions from the ACC are likely to go to the
Anglican Network in Canada—part of the Anglican Church in North America—rather
than to the ordinariate.. Following the [Anglican Catholic Church of Canada's] decision to accept
the pope’s invitation, 12 of the church’s 42 congregations withdrew rather than
go over to Rome."
News – Anglican
Church in North America (ACNA)
Diocese of Fort
Worth will appeal trial court decision
The Diocese of
Fort Worth has announced its intention to appeal the trial
court decision which ruled in favour of The Episcopal Church’s (TEC) retention
of the diocesan church properties According to the announcement the Hon. John Chupp, who ruled in this
matter, signed an order drafted by TEC attorneys, but struck out points with
which he did not agree Ultimately
the ruling was made in favour of TEC on the basis that the Anglican Church is a
hierarchical structure In
November 2008, Fort Worth withdrew from TEC as an entire diocese The grounds for appeal state, “the
plaintiffs have offered no evidence, either in the courtroom or in their
voluminous filings, supporting their claim that the Diocese was not entitled to
withdraw from The Episcopal Church,” “Nor have they demonstrated a legal right to our property, which is
protected by Texas statutes regulating trusts and non-profit corporations.”
Christ Church
Savannah: “the case to end all cases”
In the American
Anglican Council (AAC) newsletter, special note has been made of Christ Church
Savannah as “the case to end all cases” in the state of Georgia In a press release of Christ Church Savanna, David
Reeves, governing board chairman of Christ Church said, “We are gratified that
the Supreme Court will hear our appeal.. Since this case will have ramifications for all Georgia churches,
regardless of denomination, we think it is appropriate for the highest court in
our state to rule on these issues”.
Also according to
the press release, two amicus briefs (friend of the court briefs) have been
filed by The Presbyterian Lay Committee (PLC) and The American Anglican Council
(AAC), asserting that, “this ruling will have an impact on all Georgia
churches, regardless of denomination, which assume they have local ownership
and control of their properties.”
Growing Deanery
of the Convocation of Confessing Anglicans (CANA)
In a recent press
release, ACNA announced that on Jan 15th, three chaplains were ordained as
priests and one as a transitional deacon by CANA Bishop Martyn Minns at The
Falls Church, Va Bishop Minns
expressed great joy in celebrating the ordinations saying, “This is a joyous
occasion for the Anglican Church in North America. We are blessed to bear
witness to the Chaplaincies' continued growth, and we look forward to the way
in which Christ will work through our newly ordained chaplains” The Deanery for the Chaplaincy is the
canonical residence for priests and deacons who serve as Chaplains in ACNA
through CANA (a jurisdiction of ACNA). ACNA is pleased to celebrate that “the Deanery was
established in October of 2007 beginning with one chaplain serving in the United
States Army Within one year, the Anglican Church had 25 chaplains and
later celebrated its 40th chaplain ordination in July 2009 The Deanery
has more than doubled in size since that time.”
Other News – USA
Jan 16, 2011 --
Titus online -- Wayne J. Hankey gives a Brief Notice on the Death of Dr.
Robert Crouse
International
Forty percent of
primates absent from Primates Meeting in Dublin
The Anglican
Communion News Service (ACNS), official website of the Anglican Communion,
reports that only 23 of 38 primates are attending the Primates Meeting in
Dublin.
Over the last
several weeks editorials and letters from conservative and liberal Anglican
leaders around the world have been published regarding the abstentions of
Global South primates and others from the once-every-two-year Meeting of the
Primates taking place in Dublin this week. Some included pleas to the orthodox
primates to attend the meeting, others showed sympathy for the decisions to not
take part. The Global South primates, in a January 21, 2011 statement, expressed concerns about the
lack of “intentional prior consultation and collegial engagement” in planning
the meeting, particularly in the context of the “intractable miry situation” in
the Communion They further said that “Unless and until there is an
unequivocal commitment to honour the agreed basis of Lambeth Resolution 1.10
and implement the decisions of previous Primates’ Meetings (2005, 2007, 2009)
expressed in the respective Communiqués, especially that of Dar es Salem 2007”,
meeting now would further erode the credibility of the Primates’ Meeting and it
was “strenuous to expect any significant, meaningful, credible and constructive
outcome of the Dublin Meeting.”
Canon Chris
Sugden, a respected conservative leader in the Church of England, told Reuters that "There are only so many
times you can appeal to people to turn up and make their voice heard"
He also wrote in an article in Evangelicals Now, that the absence of so
many from the Dublin meeting “calls into question the ability of the
Archbishop of Canterbury to fulfill his role as gatherer of the
Communion."
15 Primates did
not attend the meeting this week:
The Church of the
Province of the Indian Ocean The Most Revd Gerald James (Ian) Ernest
The Episcopal
Church in Jerusalem & The Middle East The Most Revd Mouneer
Hanna Anis
The Church of
Nigeria (Anglican Communion) The Most Rt Revd Nicholas Dikeriehi Okoh
The Church of the
Province of Uganda The Most Revd Henry Luke Orombi
Church of the
Province of South East Asia The Most Revd John Chew
Iglesia Anglicana
del Cono Sur de America The Most Revd Hector Zavala
The Church of the
Province of West Africa The Most Revd Justice Ofei Akrofi
Province de
L'Eglise Anglicane Du Congo The Most Revd Henry Kahwa Isingoma
La Iglesia
Anglicana de Mexico The Most Revd Carlos Touche-Porter
The Church of the
Province of Myanmar (Burma) The Most Revd Stephen Than Myint Oo
The Anglican
Church of Kenya The Most Revd Eliud Wabukala
The Church of
North India (United) The Most Revd Purely Lyngdoh
The Anglican
Church of Tanzania The Most Revd Valentino Mokiwa
The Episcopal
Church of the Sudan The Most Revd Daniel Deng Bul Yak
L'Eglise
Episcopal au Rwanda The Most Revd Onesphore Rwaje
The Anglican
Communion News Service reported that 7 primates officially stayed away due to
concerns with TEC, while the other 8 were listed as having other reasonsHowever,
an editorial written by the Anglican
Communion Institute questioned the way in which the Secretary General and the
Communion Office chose to present the reasons for the absences of some of the
orthodox PrimatesRegarding the Primates who had earlier advised
Archbishop Williams they would not attend the meeting if the Presiding Bishop
of TEC were present, the editor wrote: “Of the fourteen Primates who
made this representation, it appears that only one will be attending any part
of the meeting. In this light, the defensive explanations of why Primates are
not attending offered by the Secretary General and the Communion Office (e.g.
visa problems, diary conflicts, etc.) must raise eyebrows. Why should we think
that those who publicly stated two months ago why they were not planning to
attend now really wanted to come, but forgot they had another appointment?”
Virtue online reports that Archbishop Mouneer Anis of Jerusalem and
the Middle East and Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, former Bishop of Rochester, have
called for a conciliar meeting of orthodox primates to resolve the Anglican
crisis.
Related articles:
Jan 26, 2011 --
Church of England Newspapaer -- 15 Archbishops skip Dublin primates meeting
February 2011 --
Evangelicals Now, by Rev Canon Chris Sugden -- Global South Primates RSVP to the Archbishop of Canterbury
– Sorry we cannot come
Jan 23, 2011
-- Reuters -- Primates shun Anglican talks over U.S. gay bishops
Jan 21, 2011 --
Global South Anglican online -- On the Dublin meeting, GSA Editorial
Jan 19, 2011 -- Archbishop Hiltz reflects on upcoming meeting of Anglican
primates
The Church of
England continues to lose members to Rome
In November 2010
five Anglican Bishops and three Anglican Religious Sisters were welcomed into full communion with the
Roman Catholic Church.
An article in the New York Times said the Vatican
upset many Anglicans, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 2009 when it
created a new structure encouraging Anglicans to convert to Roman Catholicism
because, “it appeared to upend decades of interfaith dialogue by implying that
the Roman Catholic Church sought to encourage the conversion of Anglicans,
especially those uncomfortable with the Church of England’s ordination of women
and openly gay priests.”
Father Keith
Newton, a former CofE bishop recently ordained as a Catholic priest and the
head of the Personal Ordinariate of England and Wales, was reported in the Telegraph UK as having said said “he hoped
(Anglican) churches could be shared between the different congregations”, but
London’s bishop the Rt Rev Richard Chartres was quoted in the same article
saying there was “no possibility” and the Archbishop of Canterbury as having
said “working out shared use of the buildings” would be a “challenge”.
Jan 24, 2011 --
Telegraph -- Pope's offer was an 'insensitive takeover bid', say senior
Anglicans
Jan 15, 2011 --
New York Times -- Vatican Welcomes First Anglicans Converting Under New
Rules
Other News
Jan 19, 2011 -- Former Archbishop of Canterbury's grandson dies from
suspected overdose
Jan 18, 2011 --
Church of England website: New Secretary for Inter Religious Affairs
Soul food
Youth ministry
training
A full-day
seminar geared for those in youth ministry will be held in Richmond, BC on
February 12 The seminar, Effective Youth Ministry, is lead by Ken Moser,
former St John’s Shaughnessy Vancouver youth pastor and current assistant
professor of youth ministry at Briercrest College and Seminary (Saskatchewan)
For more information, email Ward Gasque at koinos.seminars@gmail.com or Ken Moser at kmoser@briercrest.ca.
Please pray...
For our bishops
and clergy and their families – especially those battling illness
For ANiC projects,
church plants and parishes, and for their proclamation of the Good News of
Jesus to those in their communities who desperately need new life in Him
For ANiC legal
counsel and for the judges in the Supreme Court of Canada and other provincial
courts where cases involving ANiC churches will be heard
For
other ongoing legal challenges faced by ANiC parishes, including:
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For St George’s & St Alban’s (Ottawa) and their former Anglican Church of
Canada diocese as they hold votes to ratify a settlement agreement. |
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The
ongoing litigation involving St Aidan’s (Windsor) and the ANiC parishes that
were formerly in the Diocese of Niagara – and their mounting expenses |
• |
For
the four ANiC parishes in the Vancouver area that are seeking leave to appeal
their case to the Supreme Court of Canada |
For
all the congregations involved in court proceedings and disputes Pray for a continued focus on, and
blessing upon, their ministry in the midst of this turmoil Pray for peace for the wardens and
trustees who are on the front lines and bear the burden of risk and
responsibility.
For
the leaders and parishioners of the ACoC dioceses pursuing eviction of and
legal costs against ANiC congregations and wardens
For donations to the ANiC legal defense fund to
defend clergy, Trustees and parishes in disputes with their former dioceses
For
funding of the ARDFC’s malaria prevention
project in Kenya
For persecuted Christians, especially in Pakistan, Iraq, Egypt, Somalia and other
Muslim lands
For the Sudan and
especially the peaceful outcome of the January 9th referendum on independence
for the South Pray for lasting peace, and for wisdom for Church leaders. Pray also for our ANiC
parishioners – especially at St John’s Surrey – with family and friends in the
Sudan
For
repentance and revival in our hearts and in our nation – as well as a hunger
for God and a thirst for His Word
For
all those in positions of leadership and influence in the Anglican Communion,
that they would seek to honour and obey God above all else
For
the Primates of the Anglican Communion, whether they have chosen to attend or
stay away from the Primates’ Meeting in Ireland (January 25-31)
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