Joint Assembly 2013 – Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/category/joint-assembly-2013/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:13:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Joint Assembly 2013 – Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/category/joint-assembly-2013/ 32 32 170042892 Water https://anglicanjournal.com/water/ https://anglicanjournal.com/water/#respond Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:59:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/water/ Have we ever really stopped to think about how much water has shaped the course of history? How much the use of water shapes our daily routines? How access to clean water is a given in some places in the world and such a crisis in others?

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/water/feed/ 0 114070 Mid-East resolution stirs reaction https://anglicanjournal.com/mid-east-resolution-stirs-reaction/ https://anglicanjournal.com/mid-east-resolution-stirs-reaction/#respond Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/mid-east-resolution-stirs-reaction/ The resolution on peace and justice in Palestine and Israel,passed by the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada at itsOttawa meeting earlier this month, has met with mixed reactions fromPalestinian and Israeli organizations.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/mid-east-resolution-stirs-reaction/feed/ 0 99497 New aboriginal suicide prevention co-ordinator https://anglicanjournal.com/new-aboriginal-suicide-prevention-co-ordinator/ https://anglicanjournal.com/new-aboriginal-suicide-prevention-co-ordinator/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2013 18:54:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/new-aboriginal-suicide-prevention-co-ordinator/ In response to the suicide crisis affecting some native communities in western Canada and in the Arctic, the Anglican Church of Canada's indigenous ministries department has appointed a new suicide prevention co-ordinator for that region.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/new-aboriginal-suicide-prevention-co-ordinator/feed/ 0 100221 ‘Spirit-filled, spirit-led’ gathering https://anglicanjournal.com/spirit-filled-spirit-led-gathering/ https://anglicanjournal.com/spirit-filled-spirit-led-gathering/#respond Fri, 12 Jul 2013 21:57:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/name-22/ Archbishop Fred Hiltz described the recently concluded Joint Assembly as a "spirit-filled, spirit-led" gathering that can only strengthen the full communion relationship of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC).

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/spirit-filled-spirit-led-gathering/feed/ 0 100020 Joy, sadness over proposed marriage canon change https://anglicanjournal.com/joy-sadness-over-proposed-marriage-canon-change/ https://anglicanjournal.com/joy-sadness-over-proposed-marriage-canon-change/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2013 21:13:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/joy-sadness-over-proposed-marriage-canon-change/ For some Canadian Anglicans, General Synod's decision on July 6 tobring to its next meeting in 2016 a resolution changing the church'slaw to allow same-sex marriage will bring new life; but others argue itwill only serve to precipitate its decline.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/joy-sadness-over-proposed-marriage-canon-change/feed/ 0 100186 Mission is learning to love, says theologian https://anglicanjournal.com/mission-is-learning-to-love-says-theologian/ https://anglicanjournal.com/mission-is-learning-to-love-says-theologian/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2013 01:21:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/name-2/ On the final morning of Joint Assembly, eminent theologian Dr.Christopher Duraisingh, who was the keynote speaker, told the Anglicansand Lutherans that he had sometimes turned the words fromthe assembly's theme, "Together for the Love of the World," around inhis mind to be "Together in Love for the World."

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/mission-is-learning-to-love-says-theologian/feed/ 0 99294 Unsung heroes of Joint Assembly https://anglicanjournal.com/unsung-heroes-of-joint-assembly/ https://anglicanjournal.com/unsung-heroes-of-joint-assembly/#respond Sun, 07 Jul 2013 12:35:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/unsung-heroes-of-joint-assembly/ They've been training for weeks. Some are local, others from out of town. They are Lutherans and Anglicans, clergy and laity, young and old. They are the roughly 100 volunteers who help run the complex machine that is Joint Assembly.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/unsung-heroes-of-joint-assembly/feed/ 0 102812 Walking the dream of an indigenous church https://anglicanjournal.com/walking-the-dream-of-an-indigenous-church/ https://anglicanjournal.com/walking-the-dream-of-an-indigenous-church/#respond Sun, 07 Jul 2013 12:22:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/walking-the-dream-of-an-indigenous-church/ With Archdeacon Sid Black at the helm, the presentation by the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples kicked off with a couple of rousing Gospel-style tunes sung and played by Bishop Mark MacDonald, NIGP ("national indigenous guitar player").

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/walking-the-dream-of-an-indigenous-church/feed/ 0 102817 Improvements to continuing education and long-term disability plans https://anglicanjournal.com/improvements-to-continuing-education-and-long-term-disability-plans/ https://anglicanjournal.com/improvements-to-continuing-education-and-long-term-disability-plans/#respond Sun, 07 Jul 2013 12:06:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/improvements-to-continuing-education-and-long-term-disability-plans/ Bishop Phillip Poole, chairman of the Anglican Church of Canada's pension committee, introduced resolutions on the church's pension and continuing education plans. The five resolutions, recommended by the trustees, were previously presented to the pension committee and the Council of General Synod.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/improvements-to-continuing-education-and-long-term-disability-plans/feed/ 0 102659 General Synod 2016 to be held in Toronto https://anglicanjournal.com/general-synod-2016-to-be-held-in-toronto/ https://anglicanjournal.com/general-synod-2016-to-be-held-in-toronto/#respond Sun, 07 Jul 2013 11:50:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/general-synod-2016-to-be-held-in-toronto/ The July 6 session of General Synod 2013 ended with an expression of thanks by Archbishop Colin Johnson of Toronto to the diocese of Ottawa for hosting General Synod 2013. He also invited members to attend General Synod in Toronto in three years' time.

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