Anglican Life October 2008

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SAMS Canada to hold annual meeting in ProvinceThe South American

Missionary Society (SAMS)in Canada is holding itsannual meeting in Novem-ber at St. Augustine’sChurch in St. John’s.

SAMS has been in ex-istence for the past 160years and is a mission sup-port agency, which re-cruits, trains and finan-cially supports people in awide assortment of occupa-tions who wish to workwithin the Anglican Com-munion somewhere inLatin America (Centraland South America). LatinAmerica has 5 separateProvinces within the Angli-can Communion, includingLa Iglesia Anglicana deMexico, Igreja Episcopal

Anglicana do Brasil, IglesiaAnglicana de la RegionCentral de America, IglesiaAnglicana del Cono Sur deAmerica, The Church inthe Province of the WestIndies. SAMS works solelyat the initiative and invita-tion of the local bishop, re-porting directly to the localBishop.

A successful exampleof our work has been in theEl Paraiso Deanery in theDiocese of Honduras. In1990, SAMS Canada senta mission partner down tosouthern Honduras to starta new church. He wasworking under the Hondu-ran Bishop of that time. Themission partner’s methodof operation was to invite

churches from Canada (in-cluding a group from New-foundland) and the USAdown to help with theevangelism of the area –

and within 10 years theyhad gone from one churchto eighteen churches, eachwith their own Priest orLay Pastor. Our MissionPartner left that parish in2002. The parish has nowdeveloped into two sepa-rate deaneries, staffedsolely by Hondurans.SAMS Canada, throughour sponsors, provides fi-nancial support for 2priests, 2 deacons and 3 layministers/seminarians inChurches that Canadianshelped to start. We alsosend two people downevery year to work withinthe Diocese, providinglogistical support and offer-

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Members from the parishes of St. Mary the Virgin in St. John’s and St. Peter’s, Upper Gullies went to Guatemala in June on amission project to help construct housing for local families. Pictured above is a young child named Chrisian in the arms of JackMorgan. Chrisian is sponsored by St. Peter’s parish. He was malnourished when the parish sponsored him, now he is able togo to school and get proper education and nourishment. For FULL STORY See page 7. Photo submitted by the Rev’d Greg Mercer.

There is nothing morerefreshing than to be sur-rounded by people whowant to make a differencein the life of the Church.For more than 150 youthleaders from across thecountry, including elevenfrom Newfoundland andLabrador, Generation 2008allowed for that refresh-ment. From June 10 toJune 15 representativesfrom most Canadian dio-ceses travelled to London,Ontario where they werepart of a conference unlikeany other in our CanadianChurch’s history. Youthleaders of every varietygathered to network, em-power, and equip one an-other for youth ministry inthe Church.

The delegates at theconference came togetherwith differing theologicaland liturgical backgrounds,however all of us wereunited in a common task-to discuss ways in whichwe could integrate mean-ingful youth ministry intothe full life of the Church.While we did discuss manyof the challenges facingyouth ministry nationwide,more importantly we lis-tened to one another andbrainstormed ways inwhich we could take youthministry into the future.

Throughout the weekwe heard from a variety ofspeakers ranging fromscholars in the field ofyouth ministry to theyoung people themselves.As people who work withthe youth of our country,and in consultation withthem, two things becameabundantly clear as theweek progressed. First,youth ministry must be in-corporated into the full lifeof the Church and second,youth ministry must bemission minded. Young

Youth leadersgather atGenerations2008

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Building homes and lives in Guatemala

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people today, (and, might Iadd, not just youth), are notinto ‘maintenance’ modelsof ministry. Nor are theyinto meaningless gamesand “pop-style” worshipseeking to entertain them.They are, however, intothings that are real and au-thentic. In fact, young peo-ple today are more enthusi-astic about the mission ofthe Church than theChurch realizes. They areeducated and interested insocial justice and environ-mental issues. All theywant is for the Church tomeet them where they are,to listen to them, to takethem seriously, and to allowthem to be partners inequipping others to be thehands and feet of Christ ina broken and hurtingworld. If we are to fully in-clude youth in our Churchand listen to what they have

to teach us, it will involverisk. We must be willingto engage the fresh ideasthat young people bring,moving out of our comfortzones and intounchartered waters.

So, based on the com-

bined wisdom of over 150youth leaders assembled atGeneration 2008 youth min-istry is not about findingthe “right” program orabout filling the pews withyoung people on Sundaymornings. Youth ministryis all about working to-gether to put the Gospel ofJesus Christ into action.

Young Anglicansall around thecountry are readyand willing to en-gage in the missionof the Church- tofeed the hungry,clothe the naked,bring good newsto the poor andcare for the crea-tion that has beenentrusted to us.Youth and thosewho are interestedin working withthem have spo-ken. Are we, asthe rest of theChurch, ready tohear them?

Submitted by the Rev’d

Amanda TaylorParish of

Port de Grave

Generations 2008 - ready to get on with the mission of the church

Generations delegates from the three Newfoundland & Labradordioceses:Back Row (L-R): Irene Hewitt, Reuban BonnellMiddle Row (L-R): The Rev. Jim Pratt, Dana Pearce, the Rev. YvonneThistle, the Rev. Roberta WoodmanFront Row (L-R): Margaret Jenniex, Susan Moore, Jennifer Renouf, theRev. Amanda Taylor, Kim Fagan, Teri SladeMissing: The Rev. David Burrows

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...young peopletoday are moreenthusiastic aboutthe mission of theChurch than theChurch realizes.

The Cathedral of St.John the Baptist in St.John’s held its annualBlessing of the Animalsservice on October 4th.

Bishop Pitman ispleased to announce anew cooperative ven-ture in ministry betweenthe Diocese of EasternNewfoundland & Lab-rador and the MoravianChurch. Since the 18th

Century the MoravianChurch has served thenorthern communitiesin Labrador but has forthe first time invited anAnglican Priest to workamong them in the his-toric community of

Hopedale.

Bishop Pitman ispleased to make the fol-lowing appointments:

The Rev. MarilynMoore has been ap-pointed Priest inCharge of the Parish ofSpaniard’s Bay effec-tive October 1, 2008.

The Rev. RobinBarrett has been ap-pointed Priest inCharge of the newlyformed Parish combin-ing the parishes of St.Paul, Goulds/Kilbrideand Petty Harbour ef-fective November 1,2008.

Bishop Torraville ispleased to announcethat The Rev. GailWilliams has accepted aposition in the CentralDiocese as Rector of theParish of Twillingateeffective September 1,2008.

Cursillo celebratedits 20th year in the Dio-cese of Eastern New-foundland & Labradoron September 24th.There was a hot turkeydinner at the Lavrockand an Ultreya fol-lowed.

The Rev’d RobinBarrett is currently on

sabbatical and you canread about his experi-ences online at his blog: robinsabbatical.blogspot.com/

Summer Beacon Bi-ble Studies BurnBrightly. Throughoutthe summer, the Parishof St. Thomas’ in St.John’s held shortWednesday morningBible study. Fr. JohnPaul Westin led a studyin Paul’s 2nd letter toTimothy “Lessons to aFellow Christ-Follower”The study was intendedto help people graspand live out the visionof being enduring bea-cons for Christ.


ing their services as edu-cators.

SAMS Canada main-tains an excellent relation-ship with the NationalChurch of Canada. Weattend the NationalChurch’s annual MissionAgency meetings in Mayand have often hadChurch House staff at-tending our meetings.As one of our former Pri-mates stated, SAMSCanada is able to facili-tate an area of ministrythat the National Churchlet slip from their handsabout 35 years ago, that issending long term mis-sion personal to work inlocal churches in LatinAmerica.

At present SAMS In-ternational (which in-cludes national organiza-tions in Great Britain, Ire-land, United States, Aus-tralia, New Zealand and

Canada, actively sup-ports about 140 missionpartners. In addition wefinancially support about300 local ministersthroughout LatinAmerica and supportabout 50 local personnelin projects jointly fundedby ourselves and the lo-cal Diocese.

SAMS Canada hasmission workers in Lima,Peru, and Roatan, Hon-duras. We fund a localinitiative in Santiago,Chile where we built aYouth Center in a parishwe helped start. We con-tinue to fund the ChileanPriest who replaced ourMissionary after 10 yearsof service in this parish.We subsidize the sala-ries of 7 HonduranPriests in parishes one ofour Mission Partnershelped to start over a tenyear commitment to theDiocese of Honduras.

SAMS facilitates a numberof short term missionteams that go mainly toCentral America, to workwith the local churches oninitiatives the Diocese hasrequested assistance on.SAMS Canada is activelysupporting the CLB Mis-sion Trip to Belize in June’09.

SAMS Canada is pres-ently looking for peopleto work in the followingareas:

Health Care: Nursefor a clinic in Paraguayand the Dominican Re-public; Medical person-nel for rural clinics in Be-lize and Honduras; Socialor pastoral worker forAIDS Clinic in Uruguay.

Education: Teachers –English, Sports, Art, Sci-ence, Math in Paraguay,Chile, Dominican Repub-lic, Honduras; Principal –for a bilingual school inHonduras.

Clergy: Short-termMission Coordinator inVenezuela; Short-termMission Logistics coor-dinators in Honduras;Clergy for Church Devel-opment in Belize; Chap-lain (with modest sti-pend) in Chile; Pastor inEcuador.

Evangelism andChurch Growth: Evan-gelism and Constructionworkers in Belize; Chil-dren and Youth Ministryin Argentina and Bo-livia; Bible Teacher/Trainer in Chile; CampDeveloper in NorthernArgentina; Music Minis-ters in Bolivia; ChurchPlanters and Developers(Clergy and Lay) in Bra-zil, Bolivia, Chile, Hon-duras and Uruguay

Our Annual Meetingwill be held on Friday,November 7th at St. Au-gustine’s Church in St.John’s, starting at 7:30

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POSITION AVAILABLE: EDITOR-IN-CHIEFThe Joint Committee seeks applications for the position of the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) for Anglican Life in Newfoundland & Labrador.Anglican Life in Newfoundland and Labrador is the newspaper of the Anglican Church in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Aco-operative effort of the three Dioceses in Newfoundland and Labrador, it is published monthly, except July and August, with anindependent editorial policy. The EIC has responsibility for all final decisions pertaining to the design, layout, content and quality of eachissue of Anglican Life.Duties of the EIC include:· To be responsible for the overall editorial content of Anglican Life;· To write editorials or share with the Associate Editors (AE);· To be responsible for receiving material from the AE;· To prepare the layout and design of the paper;· To edit material where necessary after consultation with AE;· To work in conjunction with the Joint Committee Officer in matters of advertizing and finances;· To be a liaison with regular columnists and contributors;· To meet regularly with the Anglican Life Committee and the AE to do long term planning around the context and ministry of thepaper;

The successful candidate should possess computer skills which include a working knowledge of publishing software (Adobe PageMaker,InDesign, Photoshop, and Adobe Acrobat) as well as have flexibility to work with hard copy articles. Applicant must be able to provideown computer equipment.Applications should include:· A short letter of application, including brief introduction of applicant’s life and faith;· A complete curriculum vitae, including publications and editorial experience with references;· A hard copy sample(s) of a past publication(s) created by applicant (no more than two);

Please mail completed applications by November 1, 2008 to:The Rt. Rev’d David Torraville, Chairperson Joint Committee, 34 Fraser Road, Gander, NL, A1V 2E8

For further questions please contact Bishop Don Young, Joint Committee Officer at [email protected] or phone (709) 256-7701

pm. All are welcome toattend. SAMS Canadawill be running threemission workshops onSaturday, November 8th

starting at 2:00 pm. Theseworkshops will be at St.Paul’s in Lewisporte, St.Peter’s in Upper IslandCove and St. Augustine’sin St. John’s. In addition,our members will bepreaching at a number ofchurches in and aroundSt. John’s on Sunday, No-vember 9th. For furtherinformation on SAMSCanada and its ministrywithin the AnglicanChurch of Canada and toLatin America, pleasecheck our Website atwww.samscanada.ca

This article was written by theRev’d David Pilling, who servesas Rector of St. Augustine’s inSt. John’s and is the ViceChairperson for SAMS Canada.


Relay for Life at St. Michael’s, Corner Brook

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Karen BennettWill I ever have to wonder?

These days we hearfrom many voices - medi-tation experts, practition-ers of yoga, in some casesmedical doctors - that insuch a fast-paced society,we should endeavour tolive as much as we can inthe present moment.There is a need for takingtime out just for our-selves, whether throughforms of mediation, exer-cise, reading, getting re-ally caught up in one ofour passions, etc. We arenot to dwell on the pastwith its mistakes andlongings, as this is notbeneficial to our healthand well being. Few willdoubt that this philoso-phy, when applied, is allfor the good; less empha-sis on the past, more ontoday.

So what about the fu-ture? By nature we cannothelp considering whatmay happen tomorrow.And one of the big ques-tions for some folks, is,“Will I have made a dif-ference?” Put anotherway, “Did it matter that Iwas born?” This may hap-pen as a matter of courseas we get older and lookback on the things wehave experienced. Itseems we cannot entirelyescape those glances intothe past.

Those of us who real-ize there is a choicewould wish to leave a

legacy of interesting livesand contributions to hu-manity as our gift to thefuture. From time to timeindividuals might pon-der how far each hascome on that pathway.So today, right at this mo-ment, how would youanswer the question,“Has my life made a dif-ference?” Do you knowthe answer right away, ordoes this question leaveyou wondering?

Certainly, if you haveparented a child, you cansay that without you thatchild would not have ex-isted. If the child deeplyloves you and God, andhis or her life reflects this,then you have been apositive influence anddid make a difference.

What about your per-sonal contribution to theChristian community?Are the people in yourcongregation, parish andprovince, perhaps eventhe world, in some waybetter off because of thethings you do? If yourresponse is YES, it shouldreflect your humilityrather than your ego atbeing of service to yourCreator. An “I DON’TKNOW” reply meritssome changes in yourlife!

While we are healthyor fairly so, and thusable, we should make ita priority, not just an in-

cidental happening, to dowhat we can for othersand for God. We don’tneed a long list, withdates and events, to showSt. Peter upon our arrivalat the Pearly Gates.(Chances are he will al-ready have that!) Butthose we leave to meetGod after us should seein us, long before our de-mise, that we are attempt-ing to make the best useof our God-given livesthat we can. Maybe it’sthrough musical talent,taking up collection,greeting visitors to yourchurch, that you’re mak-ing a mark. Big contribu-tions or small, they alladd up to make thisplanet a finer place, morelike God, I think, origi-nally intended it to be.

Chip in while youcan. Wonder no more.

This is Karen’s last editorial forAnglican Life. We thank herfor her contribution as AssociateEditor and we pray God’sblessings for her and her family.

St. Michael and AllAngels’ Parish in CornerBrook has always beenvery enthusiastic when wefeel God’s ‘nudge’ to an-swer the call to an outreachproject. On June 14th, 2008the Corner Brook divisionof the Canadian CancerSociety held its annual can-cer Relay for Life. For thesixth year in a row, St.Michael’s was very blessedto be able to enter a team!In fact we were doublyblessed with two Angel

teams! Through manyfund raising projects fromselling copies of the New-foundland “Cooking forLife” cookbooks, to a fleamarket, a card game, a cof-fee hour sponsored by thechurch and from solicitingpledges, the St. Michael’sAngels were very proud topresent $4,532 to the Ca-nadian Cancer Society!

The 12 Hour Relay wasfilled with much reflectionand remembrances as wellas a good measure of fun!

The team of “Angels” from St. Michael & All Angels, CornerBrook. Photo by Debbie Ford

The St. Michael partici-pants proved that we wereup for many challenges!Mona Davis even after 52years of marriage agreed tobe our blushing bride forthe “Newspaper FashionShow”! Our efforts theregarnered us first place.Myra Shears, team cap-tain, had no problemshowing she would andcould take one for the teamduring the “Pie ThrowingContest”!

Many, many heartfeltthanks go out to one andall for the tremendous fi-nancial and prayerful sup-port given to this veryworthwhile Outreach ef-fort. We look forward tonext year when we canagain answer God’s call toaction.

Submitted By Debbie FordSt. Michael and All Angels

Corner Brook, NL


The Bishop writes...on Lambeth 2008 bishop’s letter

Bishop Cyrus Pitman

stewardship

Kevin SmithI am continually

amazed at the largenumber of people who tellme that they don’t have aLast Will and Testamentyet. Sometimes they do sowith a sheepish look whileothers assure me that theymean to have one but pro-crastination plays a majorrole. Regardless, this is animportant item that shouldbe on the top of your prior-ity list. Ask yourself, whatwould happen if you wereto die suddenly without aWill?

Your Will provides in-structions on what to dowith your estate (all of yourpossessions, especially allyour property and debts)after your death. It is im-portant that you make aWill for the following rea-sons:

To prevent your estatefrom going to the provin-cial government;

To make sure that thepeople you want to leavespecific things to get them;

To avoid leaving yourrelatives with costly issuesafter your death;

To allow you to choosepeople to act as yourchild(ren)’s adoptive par-ents or guardians.

A Will should include:how your assets are to

be divided;name the person to

manage your estate (theExecutor), someone youtrust whom you know willact in your best interests.An Executor should be cho-sen who has the skills, abil-ity and desire to carry outthe duties. The trustee canhire a professional to han-

dle the official documentsif necessary and the estatepays the fees;

name a guardian forchildren under the age of18, if you have any.

Your Will is a docu-ment that gives you controlover your property at thetime when you are notavailable to give instruc-tions. It can also identifyspecific sentimental prop-erty to be left to specificpeople. This property maynot have major cash value,but it will be important toyou for the right person tohave it.

If you do not have aWill when you die, yourestate will be distributedaccording to the Wills Act.That does not automati-cally mean that the govern-ment gets all of your estate.But, it could happen, de-pending on your situationwhen you die.

Invariably someone willask about using a Wills Kitthat you can buy in moststores. My recommenda-tion is to see a lawyer anddo it right. Why? Becausea Will is a legal documentand the wording is very im-portant. After you die, youwill not be around to ex-plain what you meantwhen someone is interpret-ing your Will.

If you prepare yourown Will and it is invalidbecause it has not beenproperly prepared, yourestate will be treated as ifyou never made a Will.Your property may then bedistributed in accordancewith the Wills Act. Thatmeans that it will cost more

for your family to deal withthe Will and your propertymight not be given to thepeople you want to get it.

Getting legal advice tomake your Will helps youto consider all likely possi-bilities in deciding how youwant your property givenout after your death. If youhave children under theage of 19 (minor children)or you have complex busi-ness partnerships, etc. alawyer can assist in deter-mining what property will

form part of your estate. Asmentioned above, your Willcan help you to make surethat people get what youwant to give them. A law-yer can make sure thatyour Will is clear.

Certainly, a lot of foodfor thought.

Kevin Smith is a GiftPlanning Consultant

with the Anglican Church ofCanada.

Kevin can be contacted at709 739-5667 or by email at:[email protected]

The importance of having a Will

The 14th Lambeth Con-ference took place July 16– August 4, 2008 on theCampus of the Universityof Kent in Canterbury,England. The Archbishopof Canterbury invited us togather to consider the twothemes of “Equipping Bish-ops for Mission” and“Strengthening AnglicanIdentity”.

We began our time to-gether in prayer and reflec-tion as the Archbishop ofCanterbury led us in athree day retreat. In theaddresses, based mostly onpassages from the letters ofPaul, the Archbishop in-vited us to think aboutwhat it meant for a bishopto be a person in whomGod revealed Jesus. Dur-ing the period of retreat

there was opportunity forsilence, for building friend-ships and for people to praytogether in small groups.

Worship was at theheart of our time together.We shared in the Eucharisteach morning. EveningPrayer each evening incor-porating each day liturgi-cal and musical materialfrom different parts of theCommunion. In addition,at the Centre of the Cam-pus has been the PrayerPlace staffed by a chap-laincy team.

In his Presidential Ad-dress, ArchbishopWilliams set the FourteenthLambeth Conference in thecontext of previous gather-ings. He called for trans-formed relationships withone another and new hab-

its of respect, patience andunderstanding.

Bible Study was one ofthe most enriching parts ofthe Conference. Eachmorning the same eightbishops met to study theGospel of John. These timestogether around Scripturehave been the life givingforce of the Conference andwill become the basis onongoing commitment toone another. The BibleStudies centered in par-ticular around the “I Am”sayings of Jesus.

During the comingmonths there will be op-portunity to report morefully on the experience ofthe Lambeth Conference.For me there were manyhighlights:

1. The Opening Service atCanterbury Cathedral: Thethree Bishops fromNewfoundland andLabrador were privileged tobe seated just a few feetfrom the High Altar and theChair of St. Augustinegathered with Bishops fromall over the World. I felt asone Bishop said out loud,“Ah, this is the AnglicanCommunion!! I was verythankful to be here.”2. The worship along with themusic was amazing eachday.3. The Bishop Study Group Iwas part of had one bishopfrom the UK, one from theUS, and five from differentparts of Africa.4. Conversations withbishops working in verydifficult contexts.

5. The March throughLondon to bring attention tothe need to eradicatepoverty in the world asquickly as possible.6. The genuine desire on thepart of most bishops towork at ways tostrengthen theCommunion and staytogether for the sake of theChurch.

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EMMAUS YOUTH CONFERENCE 2008

The inaugural EmmausYouth Leadership Confer-ence, entitled “iLive, iLead,iAm” was held at theLavrock Centre from July28 to August 2, 2008. Asmall but enthusiasticgroup of 12-15 year olds,representing a wide spec-trum of the diocese, partici-pated in the gathering. Theyoung people, includingtwo from Labrador, spentthe week immersed in lead-ership training, worship,community building, andfun!

A typical day at theconference included morn-ing and evening worship,where participants wereengrossed in the rich tradi-tion of Anglican liturgy.Music preparation wasalso a part of the day’s ac-tivities, to ensure that theconference attendees couldtake active leadership rolesin the music offered duringworship. Formal sessionson learning, leadershipand service resulted in ex-cellent, thought-provokingdiscussions on a range oftheological topics. From

the Gospel according to theSimpsons to a presentationon Guatemala missionwork, the participants(and their leaders!) en-gaged in conversations thatchallenged and enlight-ened at every turn. Notyour average week in thesummer life of a teenager!

The week was not allabout work though. Theadvantages of a smallgroup were realized whena tight knit communitywas formed. Through rec-reational activities likeswimming, skits, sportsand a dance, the youthbuilt relationships and sup-port networks that havestaying power.

A highlight of the weekwas certainly the field tripto St. John’s, where thegroup was divided for twoservice activities. Onegroup toured Synod Officeand volunteered with theDiocesan Archives, whilethe other group offeredtheir time at the EmmausFood Bank. The activitiesprovided a real sense of his-tory and insight into the

outreach happening dailyin our church. A tour ofthe Cathedral of St. Johnthe Baptist concluded thetrip with a view into whatmakes our Cathedral spe-cial. By providing oppor-tunities to see our faithcommunity in action, theouting highlighted how theChurch’s mission is beingrealized through individualAnglicans fulfilling theirBaptismal Covenant.

I am pleased to reportthat the first Emmaus Con-ference was a resoundingsuccess. It was a true bless-ing to watch these youngleaders explore their faith,enhance their knowledge,and challenge themselves.To close the conference, avideo submission was pre-pared for the AmazingGrace Project by this spe-cial group of young people.I pray for them and foryour support as we striveto build on the foundationnow established.

Submitted by Angela Morganon behalf of the Emmaus Project

Youth participants and leaders of the first Emmaus Diocesan Youth Conference held at theLavrock Centre in July and August 2008

St. Mark’s, Norris ArmNorth celebrates 50 years

On August 17th, a largecongregation assembled in“The Church by the road”,St. Mark’s, Norris ArmNorth, to celebrate the 50th

anniversary of the officialopening of the Church.The celebrant was the Rt.Rev. Donald Young andthe sermon was preachedby the Rev. Perry Cooper,former Rector of the Parishand newly appointed Ex-ecutive Officer of The Dio-cese of Central Newfound-

land.The Church was built

by Thomas Freake, a resi-dent of Norris Arm North.The Rt. Rev. Robert L.

Seaborn was present forthe official opening whichtook place on September7th, 1958. The Parish Priestat the time was the Rev.A.W. Fudge. The buildingwas later consecrated bythe Rt. Rev. W. GordonLegge.

Millicent Winsor andKathleen Haynes, co-chairsof the Organizing Commit-tee, cut the AnniversaryCake.

As well as the local

congregation, there weremany former parishionersvisiting both from the prov-ince and from other partsof Canada. DonaldBeaton, a former parish-ioner who lives in Bathurst,New Brunswick and nowresides part time in NorrisArm North attended thecelebrations. Also, JamesFreake, the son of thebuilder of St. Mark’s Tho-mas Freake, visited fromBerwick, Nova Scotia.

(Above photo): A number offormer rectors and visitingclergy attended the 50thAnniversary Service.Among those present were(left to right) the Rev. WalterHammond, the Rt. Rev.Donald Young, the Rev.Perry Cooper, the Rev.Munden Waye, the Rev.Calvin Coates, the Rev.David Pilling & Pastor VeraMencenton.

Submitted by Bishop Don Young


Fr. Greg Mercer, JackMorgan and DennisMorgan, three members ofSt. Peter’s AnglicanChurch, Upper Gullies, leftthe confines of their parishto assist residents in thepoverty stricken land ofGuatemala. Their trek be-gan last fall, when the Par-ish of St. Mary the Virginin St. John’s invited St. Pe-ter’s to become a part of a14 member team.

The mission is knownas the “Arms of Jesus Chil-dren’s Mission.” The pri-mary goal of the groupwas to build houses, workwith the children, and as-sist in any other way pos-sible. The team was underthe capable guidance ofGuatemalan missionaries,Raphael and Claudia aswell as two Canadian mis-sionaries.

Various groups withinSt. Peter’s Church sup-ported the project byfundraising, donatingtoys, material for sewing,medication, and monetarycontributions. “The re-sponse was overwhelm-ing, more than we couldever dream of,” said Fr.Greg.

The Men’s ServiceClub at St. Peter’s playedthe official role of collect-ing and distributing of allmonies. Parishioners BobHilliard and Walter Hynesconstructed in excess of300 crosses to be distrib-uted to the citizens of Gua-temala. In total, 1400pounds of goods weretaken and a small amountof personal supplies—justenough to get the teamthrough the eight-daystay. Upon arrival, a mis-

sionary suggested that weprobably exceeded thenorm when it came to sup-

plies. The nursing clinic,until our arrival, was downto a small supply of overthe counter medications.Our contribution over-filledthe shelves.

The time spent by theteam in Guatemala washectic. Each day beganwith prayer on the roof ofthe compound we werestaying in. Team member,Robyn Harvey followedwith an inspirational read-ing. Fr. Mercer then stimu-lated discussion which in-cluded input by the entiregroup.

We arrived at theschool in Parramos onMonday morning, com-plete with a truck load ofgoods for the students,teachers, medical clinicand others. All bags wereunloaded and brought tothe school chapel. In theafternoon the team success-fully built two houses. Thehomes constructed were12 feet by 16 feet, consist-ing of two rooms. Quite a

home for a family(ranging from 5 -10 members) thatwere used to livingin a 6 ft. by 8 ft.corn stalk hut.

One of the sixhouses was paidfor by the parish-ioners of St. Peter’s.The team also do-nated bedding andtoys to the chil-dren. Various giftsby individualmembers weregiven to the par-ents and kids—asort of “house-warming” gift.

The followingday, the team con-structed a total offour additionalhouses, completewith basic furnish-ings and gifts. The

work was carried out inover 30 degree tempera-tures. Needless to say, allmembers were very tired,very hungry and very dirtyat the end of the day.

Wednesday was a spe-cial day when Fr. Gregwould pray God’s blessingon each new home. Theservice was concludedwith the singing of “HolyGround”—now a hymndearly loved by all teammembers. Fr. Greg held aCommunion service at thehotel court yard later in theevening. It was a dimly litroom with an open roofenabling us to see the starsand moon—a magical at-mosphere.

During the week, wespent a full afternoon withthe children at the missionschool in Parramos andalso travelled to Pompay, agovernment run school.Some of the team visited acentre for the children andadults stricken by MultipleSclerosis. The facility is wellkept and has a variety ofprofessionals on staff in-cluding a doctor, dentist,nurses and personal careattendants.

It seemed that the weekwas over in the blink of aneye. We all couldn’t believethat we had accomplishedso much is such little time.The team felt gratified forGod’s blessing in helpingthese people. Moreover, wefelt that we learned andreceived more from the peo-ple of Guatemala than theydid from us.

We worked in the vil-lages alongside the poor;we talked, played and, ina way, lived with the chil-dren—the ‘children whoare children’ no matterwhere they live. Povertywas present everywhere,children with torn clothingand no shoes, obviouslymalnourished with rawsewage running in thebackyard.

God is a part of every-day life in Guatemala andat home. Their nationalholiday is Holy Week. Toput this in perspective, thebig holiday in Newfound-land is Regatta Day!

God richly blessed us allby calling us to this impor-tant role in the beautifulcountry of Guatemala. AsFr. Greg said, “You build aman a house and he comesto Christ.”

Submitted by Jack MorganSt. Peter’s, Upper Gullies,

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The new house that the St. Peter’s team built for Fransisca and her family. The team are holdingthe legal certificate which contains the sponsor and title to the property.

This is a picture of Carma. Notice thatshe is not wearing any shoes. Most ofthe children walk around barefoot in thedirt with the chickens and dogs becauseshoes are not something they canafford.

Picture of Fransisca’s former home. It was pieced togetherout of scrap metal. It is approximately 6 feet by 8 feet and hadno utilities whatsoever. She lived there with her three children.

Guatemala mission trip changes lives


The Document

William Tulk, 1827 our history

David DavisIn 1827, William Tulk’s

health has been failing forsome time. Many people,who lived in cold wet cli-mates (especially in thisperiod), were vulnerable toillnesses such as asthmaand influenza. These weredifficult to treat, even ifmedical persons werepresent. It was rare to havemedical staff in rural New-foundland, certainly not inGreat St Lawrence. It ap-pears that Mr. Tulk had aprolonged asthma problemwhich limited his ability toconduct his work.

The shortage of priestsin Newfoundland meantthat the few were residenton the island. Most wouldbe stationed in the largestcommunities and there

might be a priest based inthe region such as Concep-tion Bay to serve the wholearea. There was little hopethat the smaller communi-ties in remote bays wouldever be visited by a mission-ary. Mr. Tulk was the onlySPG person, priest orschoolmaster on the wholesouth coast of Newfound-land.

The name of the diseasewhich caused Mr. Tulk notto open his school wasprobably influenza. Thedescription from the letteris similar to one the writerfound for an influenza out-break in the Labradorstraits at Forteau and Spot-ted Islands in 1891. In thatcase there were only a fewclusters of houses infected,

but at Great St Lawrenceall the homes were affected.By the time of the Labradoroutbreak there were coastalsteamers and more physi-cians to help but there werestill none at Labradorstraits. This situation led tothe arrival of the Deep SeaMission and Dr. WilfredGrenfell the next year.

As with many schoolsat this time, they onlyopened in the warmermonths. This schedule wascommon in Newfoundlandwell into the twentieth cen-tury; it saved fuel andmoney.

Mr. Charles Blackmanand Mr. John Burt, SPGmissionaries from Concep-tion Bay had visited Mr.Tulk and brought or sent

books. Mr. Burt examinedTulk’s students and praisedtheir work. He advisedTulk to write the Bishop ofNova Scotia whose dioceseincluded Newfoundland toask for help for his povertyand health challenges. Itwould have been difficultto support a wife and fivechildren on his £15 salarywithout supplements andwith his bad health. Mr.Tulk had the misfortune tomiss the Bishop of NovaScotia who was at Burin,due to his health; a meet-ing with the bishop wouldhave helped Tulk’s case foradditional support.

This visit of BishopInglis of Nova Scotia toNewfoundland in 1827lasted six weeks. The diary

of his tour is very long butsections will be included inthis series in the future.Bishop Inglis summarizedthe conditions in New-foundland as: almost all theschools were small, teach-ers skills were weak, exceptMr. Bray at Harbour Grace,missionaries were few, thepeople were on their ownmost of the time, yet therewas a strong attachment tothe church: more needed tobe done.

It seems an extremelyprecarious way to make aliving, school teaching inNewfoundland and was toremain so for many yearswhen small schools werethe rule in rural areas.

Where the word(s) in thedocument is unknown thesymbol (?) is used, where thewriter is inserting a wordwhich fits the document thenthe word is enclosed in roundbrackets ( ).

Great St Lawrence,Newfoundland,17th Nov 1827

Reverend Sir;I beg leave to lay before you

the state of myself and also ofthe School under my charge. Icaught about two years ago asevere cold which (brought) onme an Ashtmadic disorder atthe commencement of thisYear. I was taken in such amanner that for two Months Icould scarcely walk across thehouse this heavy stroke contin-ued until the Month of April itwould be necessary (to) remarkthat on the Sabbath when I usedto endeavor to read the Prayersof our Venerable Church (?)

have been obliged to sit downand not being able to performbut a part of the Divine service.

I have exerted myself themore owing to no ProtestantMinister ever attending thisplace. Revd Mr. CharlesBlackman being the only Cler-gyman for Thirty Years thathad Preached a Sermon in thisplace. This Rev Gentlemansadvice to me at the time of hispresence and also by lettersince has of course made meexert myself in the way of dutyto the utmost of my feeble pow-ers which at present is but fee-ble as I can but at times breathwith great uneasiness havinga Violent Cough which de-prives me of rest the greatestpart of the Night. If the Lord ofHis Infinite Mercy should bepleased to continue a littlelonger for the sake of my Help-less Family as it is desirable. Ifnot the Will of the Lord be doneon Earth as it is in Heaven

As I had (assumed) that

this Month of April I was bet-ter I again gave you notice ofopening my School Fifteen hadentered for the Summer Seasonfrom Burin several had sent tome to take their Children whichI calculated upwards of Thirtywhen an alarming (malady)made its appearance amongstus, from two to fives and sixwas taken down in one Housewhich caused the school to bestopt for a long time. My Fam-ily being also taken down, mydear Partner and five Children.No medical Assistance to be gotin this place at such (?) sea-sons. At this critical time I usedalthough myself but very fee-ble to visit the Sick, to read toour Protestant Friends and toassist those Children that didnot attend school, one Adult aRespectable Inhabitant whichwas hurried into anotherWorld by the disease was I wasthe only Visiter the day of hisdeparture, he sincerelythanked me for my attendance,This place contains Two hun-dred and Sixty individuals butnot one family escaped.

The Rev Mr. J Burt one ofthe Venerable Society Mission-

aries visited me, and examinedsome of my Scholars whichwas in attendance at School hisReverence replied after the Ex-amination that the Proficiencyof the Children according totheir Age was worthy of credit.

His Reverence finding mein such as weak state of Health,and in such embarrassed cir-cumstances deemed it Neces-sary for me Petition The LordBishop of Nova Scotia for hisLordships assistance as Sick-ness and also of but little fromany other quarter, this year butthe Venerable Societys Salaryhas unavoidable brought medeficient of paying my ex-penses of the Year. I have notreceived an Answer as yet fromhis Lordship. I beg leave tosubscribe myself-Your ObedientHumble ServantWilliam Tulk

To: Rev Anthony HamiltonSecretary, Society for thePropagation of the Gospel inForeign Parts

Reverend Sir-Some Remarks respecting

the state of the School inGreat St Lawrence New-foundland by me WilliamTulk Society’s Schoolmaster.Attendance daily givenSchool Hours commenceeight in the Morning until 12from 2 until 5.Numbers of Children taught30 male an Female but owingto Sickness 13 the greatestNumber assembled.Other Schools in or near theplace None in the (?)Excepting a few smallChildren taught by a Young(Woman) at Burin whichreceived her Education at mySchool.Other employment of theschoolmaster- noneSabbath days employed vizreading Divine service, (?) ,catechizing children, &c.Books furnished fordistribution and use of theSchool by the Rev Mr. C.Blackman: Bibles,Testaments, CommonPrayers, Introductions to theChristian Religion,Introduction to Lord’s(Summon) Catechism, &cBy the Rev J Burt: Spellingbooks, Chief Truths of theChristian Religion, WallsDivine (Songs), Histories ofour Savior, Parables of ourSaviors, Discourses of ourSavior, History of the Bible,Church Catechisms, (?)Cards, Pastoral Addresses onconfirmation, Homilies,Articles and Tracts.

PS: I was very sorry that Icould not attend at Burin ow-ing to my (?) state of (?) at thetime. The lord bishop of NovaScotia was there. I had someof my People prepared forConfirmation. which was anordnance they deserve to re-ceive.


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The Rev. Greg MercerIf we are honest withourselves we will have toadmit that prayer is oftendifficult and frustrating. Itbegins with a number ofquestions that all of us haveasked at one time or an-other. Is God really listen-ing or are they just emptywords? Why should Godcare about me? If Godknows everything, andknows even what I amabout to ask, what’s thepoint of prayer? I must ad-mit that many times I havebeen troubled by requestsfor me to include someonewith a desperate physicalhealth problem in a prayerchain. My difficulty comes,not with the request for

prayer, but with the prayerchain itself. Does a personwith many praying friendshave a better chance ofphysical healing than theone who has only a fewpeople praying for them?Should a loving God be justas attentive to a single des-perate prayer? Why doesit seem like God is some-times very close and othertimes quite distant? Doesprayer change the mind ofGod or is prayer reallyabout changing me?

To complicate things,most people will admit thatthey are seldom satisfiedwith the time they spend inprayer. Prayer becomes alabourious act, even bor-

ing. Most people get dis-couraged with prayer atsome time or another.They pray and pray andpray for some miracle or forGod’s intervention in a par-ticular situation only to bediscouraged time aftertime. Why does God seemto answer some prayersand not others? Why is itthat when something turnsout to our satisfaction weare quick to say things like:“There must have beensomeone looking over you”or “God is good.” Butwhat do we say whenthings doesn’t work out?In practice prayer is oftenconfusing and fraught withfrustration, and yet we

keep doing it. Why? Whydoes prayer for most peo-ple rank so high on theo-retical importance and solow on actual satisfaction?

Prayer is not only aChristian practice but is infact a universal phenom-enon. In theory prayer isthe essential human act, apriceless point of contactwith the God of the uni-verse. In spite of the end-less frustration that manyhave with prayer, to thebeliever it represents themost important use of time.Perhaps it has to do, notwith the repetition of end-less requests, but with therelationship itself. It is thepoint of contact with the

Straight talk on prayer Anglican Life welcomes new columnist the Rev’d GregMercer, Rector of the Parish of St. Mary the Virgin, St. John’s.

Creator and Redeemer ofthe world. Jesus never everquestioned prayer, he justdid it. Moreover, he ad-dressed God as “Daddy”and instructed us to prayto his “Father” in heaven.Prayer is about a trusting,loving relationship.

Former member ofthe Royal Newfound-land Constabulary andthe Royal CanadianMounted Police, Dr.Nathaniel GeorgeLundrigan, Ph.D. ofTallahassee, Florida,donated a Lowrey Or-gan to St. Alban the Mar-tyr Anglican Church atGooseberry Cove, Trin-ity Bay, NL in anticipa-tion of its 80th Anniver-sary held on September6, 2008.

Dr. Lundrigan spenthis summers growingup in Gooseberry Cove.“My mother would sendto Gooseberry Coveevery summer to get meoff the dirty, dusty

Generous gift for Gooseberry Cove church

Dr. N. George Lundrigan

“St. Alban’s Churchwas an important partof our lives and wewould attend churchevery Sunday.”

streets of St. John’s.” Hegoes on to say “I lovedspendingtime withmy AuntL i l l i a n( n e eH i s c o c k )and UncleI s a a cL a n g o rwho livedon the beach area.” “Ienjoyed going out fish-ing with my uncle andcousins”. “I miss thesmell of the salt waterand the ruggedness ofthat place”.

“When I heard St.Alban’s was trying toraise funds to purchasean organ, I immediately

thought of my Aunt Liland Uncle Isaac and de-

cided tod o n a t et h efunds tohave theL o w r e yO r g a np u r -c h a s e di n

memory of my dearAunt Lil and IsaacLangor. St. Alban’sChurch was an impor-tant part of our livesand we would attendchurch every Sunday.”“It became an importantpart of my life in Goose-berry Cove, and when Iheard their organ

needed replacement Idecided to go for it.”

St. Alban’s is the old-est Anglican Church inSouthwest Arm andserves the communitiesof Little Hearts Ease,Butter Cove, Goose-berry Cove, and

Southport, and is underthe auspices of the Par-ish of the Holy Spirit.

Submitted bySarah Sharpe

St. Alban the MartyrAnglican Church

Anniversray Committee


By Bishop Eddie Marsh

The effectiveness of ourprayers is gauged not byour words, but by our sin-cerity. In a moment ofcloseness to God we mightpray, “Lord, I want to beholy.” If God took us at ourword we would be leftscreaming in pain, cryingstop! Stop! I can’t take anymore! You are hurting me!Please don’t take thataway it’s my prize posses-sion. Before long we wouldrealize that what we reallywanted was to feel holy,rather than to be holy.

To attempt to changeGod in prayer, to draw hisattention to something Hemight be missing, is reallynot a stance of faith in God.When people discern that

it is not God, but we our-selves who are changed byprayer, many soon give uppraying. We would ratherchange God than bechanged ourselves.

How different are theprayers of Jesus - “Father,I know that you always lis-ten to what I have to say.”“Father everything that isyours is mine.” Can we notpray in trust and confi-dence like this? When Jesusshares his thoughts, hisfears, his wants, with theFather, the prayer alwaysends by acknowledgingthat nothing could be bet-ter than what the Fatherwills for us. In the GardenJesus prays “let this cuppass from me,” but adds,“not my will but thine bedone.” The prayer “Father,save me from this hour” is

followed by “Father, glorifythy name.” The Lord’sPrayer begins with the de-sire for God’s name to beh a l l o w e dand His willdone. Whenwe persist inprayer as Je-sus encour-aged us -whose willdo you thinkis being bro-ken down?In this wayGod is per-suading us toreceive. Jesus taught “Askand you shall receive”. Wealways receive because thevery best for us has alreadybeen given. All that isneeded to affect the gift isa willingness to receive.

Telling God what is on

our mind is a healthy prac-tice, but what follows is thekey to effective prayer.When we reflect in his

presence,and listen toGod as heplaces hiswords onour heart,the relation-ship deep-ens. It isthen we be-gin to dis-cern andaccept onlywhat he

wants us to know. The trueservice of God is allowinghim to serve us, just as Pe-ter was pressed to allow Je-sus to wash his feet.

The purpose of prayeris to allow God to work inus and through us for per-

sonal and for societalchange. In prayer, listeningto God speak to us is moreimportant than our speak-ing to God. The essence ofprayer is God encouragingus to receive his love andgrace for transformationand service. God longs forus to be open to receive hislove and to share his lovewith others. I strongly en-courage you to try this ap-proach to prayer when youfinish reading this article.Delay often leads to disre-gard.

This is the last entry inthe series “Lord, teach us topray” co-ordinated by Mrs.Trudy Harvey. AnglicanLife wishes to thank Mrs.Harvey for her contributionthrough this column over theyears.

The courage to pray spirituality

To attempt tochange God inprayer, to draw hisattention tosomething He mightbe missing, is reallynot a stance of faithin God.

In 2007, severalpriests of the AnglicanChurch Diocese of East-ern Newfoundland &Labrador were lookingfor an opportunity tobring their parishes to-gether and achieve a com-mon goal of helping theircommunities. Wanting toreach a large audienceand create a meaningfulimpact, Dancing with the

Priests was born. The ideais an interesting spin onDancing with the Stars -pairing local priests withskillful dancers.

On May 9, 2009,twelve Anglican priestsand their dance partnerswill take to the stagelooking to wow thejudges with their fancyfootwork and colourfulpersonalities. The pur-

pose of the event is toraise $100,000 for Vi-brant Communities St.John’s. This organiza-tion aims to ensure indi-viduals and families inSt. John’s neighbour-hoods have adequate re-sources to maintain adecent standard of livingand to participate fullyin the life of our commu-nity. Vibrant Commu-nity St. John’s involvespartners from the public,private, faith and com-munity-based sectors aswell as community lead-ers who have experienceliving with low incomeand poverty.

The dance commu-nity has stepped in tohelp in this event a bigway. The priests’ dance

partners are volunteersfrom dance studios fromSt. John’s and surround-ing areas. Over the nextnine months, they willturn two left feet into aspectacular danceroutine....and its up toyou to select the winner!

The event is arrangedto start early in the daywith a showcase that isopen to the public. Thedance pairs will presenttheir first routine to upto 2,000 guests, who willvote for their favouritepair. That evening , theDancing with the PriestsGala Performance and Ban-quet will take place.Dance pairs will per-form before a panel ofjudges whose results,combined with the after-

noon audience vote, willdetermine the winner.Over 1,000 guests will beinvited to attend theevent, which will includea meal catered by RoaryMcPherson, head chef ofthe Fairmont Hotel.

The night will endwith a bang as all audi-ence members are en-couraged to twist, shout,and shake to the musicalstylings of Dancing withthe Priests very own brassband. So grab your danc-ing shoes, and join us foran evening of fun, foodand incredible dancingyou will not soon forget.

To get involved withDancing with the Priests,please call Wanda LeeWalters at 709.368.5693.We need many partnersand an abundance ofhelping hands to reachour fundraising goal, soplease, join us!

Submitted byMerissa Wiseman

Parish of the AscensionMount Pearl

Dancing Priests hope to raise $100,000 for local charity


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chaplain’s corner

University ChaplainRobert Cooke

What does spirituality have to do with highereducation?

Good question. At firstthought many people be-lieve that there is no placeon a secular campus for aChristian chaplain. Cana-dian universities are be-coming more international,which means more non-Christians. University stu-dents, like the rest of soci-ety, are still skeptical ofanything organized, espe-cially organized religion.Students are extremelybusy, so who has time forspirituality? Well, believe itor not, we’ve just listedthree opportunities forchaplaincy at a place likeMemorial University.

First, it’s true that Me-morial is becoming moreand more international. Allyou have to do is take aquick walk through theUniversity and you see peo-ple from around the world.

Though cultural differ-ences can arise, the oppor-tunities to learn from eachother are endless. Inter-faith events help us see thatwe’re really not that differ-ent and definitely not thecrackpots and extremiststhat the media make us outto be. Chaplains play animportant role in makingsure that international stu-dents have access to prayerspace and other importantstudent services.

The church’s foraysinto missions have pro-duced mixed, if not devas-tating results. We used toput a lot of resources intomissionary work, but nowthe world is coming here tous. Let’s learn from ourmistakes and try to get itright this time.

Second, there is a lot ofskepticism when it comes

to the church on campus.Oftentimes I describe myjob as the church’s PR per-son on campus. But thereis a bigger issue at workhere. Students are suspi-cious of any institutionalorganization, from big busi-ness to political parties tothe church. But what doesit say about the churchwhen we’re lumped inwith multi-national corpo-rations and politicians????

Why the disconnect? Ibelieve it’s because we’renot engaging the culture.People have a need, a de-sire to explore spirituality,and search for God. Thechurch has all the tools andexpertise, now we justneed to learn a new lan-guage; the language of popculture. We need to learnhow to proclaim the gospelto a culture that is satu-

This is a new feature in Anglican Life written by the Anglicanchaplains of the various institutions across the Church.

rated in Facebook, Halo 3,Robot Chicken, and KanyeWest (if you’re thinking“What???” then you provemy point).

Finally, ask any post-secondary student howthings are going and thestandard response willmost likely be a whimper,a moan, or a scream. Stu-dents are busy. Universitychaplaincy provides an av-enue for students to refocuson what matters in life. Itprovides opportunities forstudents to explore the an-cient spiritual disciplines.These are not things thatthe church has done a goodjob of promoting when itcomes to youth ministry.We fall into “the bigger,better, more” syndromethat is such a part of west-ern society. But if you cantap into students’ desire to

Bishops, Clergy, Ves-tries Wardens; we are allcalled to offer leadershipand yet what do we under-stand leadership to be? Arewe enforcers of constitu-tions, or administrators?Are we creators and en-forcers of policy? Are wemerely bureaucrats ensur-ing the continuation of thestructure of church build-ings and church services inour communities?

There are many expec-tations of leadership. Al-most daily before Lambethand quite often since that,the Archbishop of Canter-bury is called upon tomake definitive pro-nouncements - as long asthe pronouncements agreewith the person calling forthem. Leaders on the locallevel have the same expec-tations placed upon themand yet we are the churchand it ought not to be thesame among us.

“Also a dispute aroseamong them as to which ofthem was considered to begreatest. Jesus said to them,“The kings of the Gentileslord it over them; and thosewho exercise authority overthem call themselves Benefac-tors. But you are not to be likethat. Instead, the greatestamong you should be like theyoungest, and the one whorules like the one who serves.Luke 22:24-26 (NIV)

Christian leadership

ought to be different. In thepreface of his book “Au-thority, Leadership andConflict in the Church”,Paul Avis makes some sug-gestions as to what author-ity and leadership mightlook like in a church.

He calls for an author-ity “that brings out its rootmeaning of enabling ratherthan dominating, and findsits justification in spiritualand theological compe-tence that invites voluntaryacknowledgment ratherthan hierarchical or bu-reaucratic demands for ac-quiescence

He calls for leadership”that transcends meremanagement...and whichinstead of feeding on peo-ple’s dependence... enablesindividuals and groups totake responsibility forthemselves while being sus-tained and affirmed by aleadership that has not ab-dicated its own responsi-bilities.”

We need to be leaders,who continually proclaimthe vision, who do not getbogged down in the cur-rent troubles of an imme-diate situation, but whocan see the “wider vision”,

and can articulate the glo-rious future that God haspromised for his people.We are, after all, called toproclaim the “Good Newsof Jesus Christ. We need tobe a leadership that canidentify the grace and thepresence of our “LivingLord” in every situation,who can call people out oflimited vision and self inter-est into a vibrant, self giv-ing, servant hood.

The Lord’s people needto be encouraged, and ledinto excitement about thewitness and the faith andthe life which is encour-

guest columnistSome thoughts...on Leadership

Next month, Fr. JohnCourage will be ourcolumnist for“Chaplain’s Corner.”Fr. John is theChaplain to the HealthSciences Centre andthe Janeway Hospital.

This is the first in aseries of articles writtenexclusively for AnglicanLife by Bishop DavidTorraville of theDiocese of CentralNewfoundland.

encounter God and exploretheir faith by giving themopportunities to talk, pray,be silent, and put faith intoaction, then you have suc-ceeded. That’s not flashy orthe latest fad, but it is min-istry.

aged and nurtured in theirChristian Community;their congregation, parish,diocese and nationalchurch.

Bishop David Torraville


For weeks the news me-dia in and around CornerBrook featured storiesabout fund raising events toaid Daffodil Place. On Fri-day May 9, the Cathedralof St. John the Evangelistjoined the trend. The Ca-thedral’s vestry organizeda soup luncheon to raisefunds to support the effort.

What effort? By now,many Newfoundlandersare all aware of what Daf-fodil Place is all about.They know that,

“the Canadian CancerSociety is constructing a 24suite residence in St. John’s.... it will be a vital centre formany people who must travelfor cancer treatment to St.John’s. Daffodil Place willhelp to ease the financial bur-den of a cancer diagnosis forpeople who live in Newfound-land and Labrador but musttravel to St. John’s for treat-ment. …

In addition to the 24 pri-vate and semi-private suites,the people who stay here willfind the practical services andemotional support that willmake Daffodil Place a homeaway from home for cancerpatients when they need it themost. The Canadian CancerSociety’s community pro-grams will be delivered onsite.” [Canadian CancerSociety]

The Daffodil PlaceCampaign aims to raise $7

million over the next threeyears. According to LeslieEarle, Community Re-source Coordinator for theCanadian Cancer Societyin Corner Brook, $4.7 mil-lion has been raised to date.

On May 9, through thesoup luncheon, the Cathe-dral of St. John the Evan-gelist succeeded in collect-ing over $1100 toward thattarget. Claude Wilton ofthe Cathedral Vestryheaded up the effort. TheACW and the Men’s Serv-ice Club at St. John theEvangelist joined in.Twenty-five volunteerscooked and served up alunch of soup (three kinds),bread, pie, coffee and tea.

Western Cathedral helps cancerhospice

Bishop Percy Coffin (left), his wife Monica (seated centre),and volunteer Winnie Miller enjoy their soup lunch in aid ofDaffodil Place. Photo submitted by the Very Rev’d Michael

The food and labour weredonated, so all the proceedswent to the Daffodil PlaceCampaign.

Claude Wilton ex-pressed great satisfaction atthe work of the volunteersand the success of theevent.

The luncheon attractedover 220 paying customers.

With the incidence ofcancer in Newfoundlandand Labrador on the risesince 1986, the volunteersat St. John the Evangelisthave the satisfaction ofknowing they have helpedmake the pain and cost ofcancer treatment a littleeasier to bear.

Submitted by John Lubar

The vision of BishopLlewellyn Jones in 1917 tobuild a “first class col-lege for girls” has had far-reaching effects over thealmost one hundredyears since its inception.The effects of that educa-tional dream were evi-dent as the “girls” ofBishop Jones MemorialHostel and SpencerLodge held a Reunion onJuly 18- 20, 2008.

Exactly 274 womenfrom all over NorthAmerica travelled to St.John’s to renew friend-ships, relive memoriesand give thanks for therole that the Hostel andLodge played in theirlives. That was a vital rolein providing “a homeaway from home” whilethey obtained an educa-tion not available inoutports and communi-ties from which theycame. These women

were representative ofthe 1,348 women wholived, for varying periodsof time, at the residenceover the years from 1927-1968.

At the “Registrationand Meet and Greet” onFriday evening, St. Au-gustine’s Hall was filledwith cries of delight aswomen met for the firsttime after living togetherdecades ago. There weretears of joy over recalledevents and tears of sorryfor those who havepassed away.

That first event set thestage for the weekend of:a tour of the city which in-cluded the now privatehome which was for-merly the Lodge andHostel, a VIP luncheon,the Reunion Banquetheld at the Holiday Inn,and, in the tradition ofHostel life, Holy Com-munion at the Cathedral

of St. John the Baptist at8am on Sunday morning.The service was followedby perhaps the saddestevent, the “FarewellBreakfast.”

The impact that thesehundreds of educatedwomen had on theChurch of England (An-glican Church) in particu-lar and their communitiesin general was evidencedby some of the stories oftheir professional, socialand domestic lives. Therewere artists and authors,professors and teachers,homemakers and nursesand many in the world ofbusiness. One of the twoAnglican priests who areformer residents, cel-ebrated at the service andthe oldest attendee, whoat ninety-three years old,is still a contributingmember of her parish, of-fered the grace at the ban-quet. Another, daughter

Bishop Jones Hostel reunion a great success

BJH/Spencer Lodge residents after Church serviceon the steps of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.Photo by Erica Forward.

Happy Thanksgiving

of Mrs. Gosse, a formermatron travelled, at age83, from California.

A fitting legacy ofBishop Jones Hostel isthe establishment of a for-mal group to networkwith Hostel and Lodge

residents and to continuethe efforts of the ReunionCommittee to raise fundsfor an in perpetuity schol-arship to Memorial Uni-versity for a female fromoutside St. John’s.

Submitted by Helen Evans

7. A renewed appreciation ofthe gifts that the AnglicanCommunion brings to theChurch in the World.

The Archbishop ofCanterbury in his reflec-tions of August 8, 2008 says“a strong majority of bish-ops present agreed that amoratoria on same sexblessings and on cross-pro-vincial interventions werenecessary.” How that will

unfold is yet to be revealed.In general Lambeth

2008 was a memorable ex-perience for most who at-tended. I am thankful thatI was given the privilege tobe there.

Bishop Cyrus Pitmanis the Bishop of Eastern

Newfoundland & Labrador

Bishop Pitman on Lambeth(Continued from page 5)

Anglican Life October 2008

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