CoGS Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/cogs/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:22:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg CoGS Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/cogs/ 32 32 170042892 General Synod may revisit rules for membership, voting https://anglicanjournal.com/general-synod-may-revisit-rules-for-membership-voting/ https://anglicanjournal.com/general-synod-may-revisit-rules-for-membership-voting/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2022 14:00:59 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170142 When it meets next summer, General Synod is expected to vote on a set of proposals concerning its own rules for membership and voting.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/general-synod-may-revisit-rules-for-membership-voting/feed/ 2 170142 Surplus seen for 2021, but uncertainty ahead https://anglicanjournal.com/surplus-seen-for-2021-but-uncertainty-ahead/ https://anglicanjournal.com/surplus-seen-for-2021-but-uncertainty-ahead/#respond Sat, 01 Jan 2022 14:00:53 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170132 The church is headed toward a healthy surplus for 2021, CoGS heard at its November meeting. But the financial outlook for 2022 and beyond will be highly unpredictable until the pandemic’s effect on the church is known with more clarity, the council was told.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/surplus-seen-for-2021-but-uncertainty-ahead/feed/ 0 170132 ‘Realistic hope’ needed as church weighs pandemic’s toll, primate says https://anglicanjournal.com/realistic-hope-needed-as-church-weighs-pandemics-toll-primate-says/ https://anglicanjournal.com/realistic-hope-needed-as-church-weighs-pandemics-toll-primate-says/#respond Sat, 01 Jan 2022 14:00:44 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170084 The pandemic has left its mark on the church in many ways—including, possibly, a permanent decrease in in-person attendance—and new spiritual resources will be needed as the church continues to emerge from it, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told the Council of General Synod (CoGS) Nov. 5.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/realistic-hope-needed-as-church-weighs-pandemics-toll-primate-says/feed/ 0 170084 ‘Like trees planted by streams of water’ https://anglicanjournal.com/like-trees-planted-by-streams-of-water/ https://anglicanjournal.com/like-trees-planted-by-streams-of-water/#respond Wed, 07 Jul 2021 04:01:30 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167779 When we affirmed the Waterloo Declaration in July of 2001 we planted something new, and in these last 20 years, we have watched it grow.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/like-trees-planted-by-streams-of-water/feed/ 0 167779 ‘Her voice will never die’ https://anglicanjournal.com/her-voice-will-never-die/ https://anglicanjournal.com/her-voice-will-never-die/#respond Sat, 05 Jun 2021 18:51:36 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167814 The Rev. Canon Virginia “Ginny” Doctor, coordinator of Indigenous Ministries and a major architect of the self-determining Indigenous church, died on May 26. She was 71 years old.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/her-voice-will-never-die/feed/ 0 167814 As church struggles with pandemic, primate sees modified agenda for CoGS https://anglicanjournal.com/as-church-struggles-with-pandemic-primate-sees-modified-agenda-for-cogs/ https://anglicanjournal.com/as-church-struggles-with-pandemic-primate-sees-modified-agenda-for-cogs/#respond Thu, 06 May 2021 04:01:32 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167662 A pandemic that has brought death, illness and disruption will likely also prevent the Council of General Synod (CoGS) from completing its goals for the triennium— but the church can still accomplish good as long as it entrusts itself to God, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told CoGS March 13. […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/as-church-struggles-with-pandemic-primate-sees-modified-agenda-for-cogs/feed/ 0 167662 May issue focuses on reconciliation and transformation as church looks beyond pandemic https://anglicanjournal.com/may-issue-focuses-on-reconciliation-and-transformation-as-church-looks-beyond-pandemic/ https://anglicanjournal.com/may-issue-focuses-on-reconciliation-and-transformation-as-church-looks-beyond-pandemic/#comments Sat, 01 May 2021 04:01:33 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167652 The May issue of the Anglican Journal is here, with reflections on reconciliation and changes in the church during the COVID-19 crisis—plus news updates on a formerly homeless Northern priest, the Council of General Synod and more. Five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report on Canada’s Residential Schools system, Archbishop […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/may-issue-focuses-on-reconciliation-and-transformation-as-church-looks-beyond-pandemic/feed/ 1 167652 April issue shares stories of resurrection, hope for the future https://anglicanjournal.com/april-issue-shares-stories-of-resurrection-hope-for-the-future/ https://anglicanjournal.com/april-issue-shares-stories-of-resurrection-hope-for-the-future/#respond Thu, 01 Apr 2021 04:00:49 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167525 April 2021 marks the second Easter celebrated during the COVID-19 pandemic, after a year of widespread lockdowns, social distancing and online church services. This month’s issue of the Anglican Journal features stories that speak to both the pain of the ongoing pandemic and the hope and joy of the resurrection. Life goes on, even during […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/april-issue-shares-stories-of-resurrection-hope-for-the-future/feed/ 0 167525 CoGS hears of progress, priorities at triennium’s halfway point https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-hears-of-progress-priorities-at-trienniums-halfway-point/ https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-hears-of-progress-priorities-at-trienniums-halfway-point/#respond Thu, 01 Apr 2021 04:00:25 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167534 At this year’s first meeting of the Council of General Synod (CoGS), members heard of progress made by leaders, committee members and staff of the Anglican Church of Canada towards goals established at General Synod 2019—and the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new challenges in this triennium.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-hears-of-progress-priorities-at-trienniums-halfway-point/feed/ 0 167534 Lynne McNaughton elected metropolitan of B.C. and Yukon https://anglicanjournal.com/lynne-mcnaughton-elected-metropolitan-of-b-c-and-yukon/ https://anglicanjournal.com/lynne-mcnaughton-elected-metropolitan-of-b-c-and-yukon/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:40:30 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=167408 Archbishop Lynne McNaughton is the 13th metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon.

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