Michael Thompson Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/michael-thompson/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:27:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Michael Thompson Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/michael-thompson/ 32 32 170042892 Reduced costs, continuing gifts help church avoid employee hour reductions https://anglicanjournal.com/reduced-costs-continuing-gifts-help-church-avoid-employee-hour-reductions/ https://anglicanjournal.com/reduced-costs-continuing-gifts-help-church-avoid-employee-hour-reductions/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:30:07 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165137 Reduced costs for travel, meetings and Anglican Journal distribution, along with continuing support from the dioceses, have allowed the Anglican Church of Canada to avoid cutting work hours of its staff despite challenging times, the Council of General Synod (CoGS) heard June 13.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/reduced-costs-continuing-gifts-help-church-avoid-employee-hour-reductions/feed/ 0 165137 Looking back on Vision 2019 https://anglicanjournal.com/looking-back-on-vision-2019/ https://anglicanjournal.com/looking-back-on-vision-2019/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:35:30 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162909 While General Synod’s strategic planning working group gathers feedback from across the church on Vision 2019, the Journal spoke with two senior church leaders for their reflections. Archdeacon Michael Thompson, while not a member of the Vision 2019 task force, was engaged to write the document, and, as general secretary of General Synod since 2011, […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/looking-back-on-vision-2019/feed/ 0 162909 Michael Thompson to retire as general secretary of national church https://anglicanjournal.com/michael-thompson-to-retire-as-general-secretary-of-national-church/ https://anglicanjournal.com/michael-thompson-to-retire-as-general-secretary-of-national-church/#comments Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:48:19 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162558 Archdeacon Michael Thompson, who has served as general secretary of the General Synod since 2011, will be retiring June 30, 2020.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/michael-thompson-to-retire-as-general-secretary-of-national-church/feed/ 1 162558 “You have to look in the mirror”: CoGS wraps up with reflections from partners, general secretary that stress racial justice, church’s future https://anglicanjournal.com/you-have-to-look-in-the-mirror-cogs-wraps-up-with-reflections-from-partners-general-secretary-that-stress-racial-justice-churchs-future/ https://anglicanjournal.com/you-have-to-look-in-the-mirror-cogs-wraps-up-with-reflections-from-partners-general-secretary-that-stress-racial-justice-churchs-future/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:05:19 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=161749 Mississauga, Ont. The meeting of the Council of General Synod (CoGS) heard messages about the importance of racial justice and looking toward the future of the church in a day of reflections that wrapped up the meeting Nov. 10. Canon (lay) Noreen Duncan, the U.S.-based Episcopal Church’s representative to CoGS, gave a reflection in which […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/general-synod-a-primer/feed/ 6 159618 Easter eyes: life in the midst of spiritual crisis https://anglicanjournal.com/easter-eyes-life-in-the-midst-of-spiritual-crisis/ https://anglicanjournal.com/easter-eyes-life-in-the-midst-of-spiritual-crisis/#respond Thu, 11 Apr 2019 12:00:43 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=159093 When, on Friday, at the cross, the centurion gasps, “Truly this man was God’s Son,” he is not only telling us what his heart says about Jesus.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/easter-eyes-life-in-the-midst-of-spiritual-crisis/feed/ 0 159093 ‘Live like you say you’re gonna live’ https://anglicanjournal.com/live-like-you-say-youre-gonna-live/ https://anglicanjournal.com/live-like-you-say-youre-gonna-live/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2019 13:00:42 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=158838 We are standing at the river’s edge, looking at the other bank.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/live-like-you-say-youre-gonna-live/feed/ 0 158838 $700K raised so far this year for Anglican Healing Fund https://anglicanjournal.com/700k-raised-far-year-anglican-healing-fund/ https://anglicanjournal.com/700k-raised-far-year-anglican-healing-fund/#respond Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:35:00 +0000 http://anglicanjournal.com/?p=152741 Roughly $700,000 has been raised so far in 2017 for the Anglican Fund for Healing and Reconciliation, Council of General Synod (CoGS) heard November 10.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/700k-raised-far-year-anglican-healing-fund/feed/ 0 152741 CoGS to form working group looking at wages across whole church https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-to-form-working-group-looking-at-wages-across-whole-church/ https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-to-form-working-group-looking-at-wages-across-whole-church/#respond Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:35:39 +0000 http://2017.anglicanjournal.com/?p=127351 Mississauga, Ont. A working group will be formed to gather information about the pay of employees across the Anglican Church of Canada with the ultimate aim of achieving fairer compensation, Council of General Synod (CoGS) resolved Saturday, June 24. CoGS voted in support of a proposal put forth by Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the […]

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