AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes I was permitted to share the story of one of my congregants. He and his wife go to another country...
By Caroline Sharp We wanted a book that reflects a conversation series we are running throughout 2021. The “Conversations with . . .”...
By John-Paul Markides "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Grayhame Bowcott It has been my experience in ministry that often the sharing of stories of...
February is Black History Month By Rev. Steve Greene It’s been a long, a long time coming, but I know a change gonna comeSam Cooke...
By Laurel Pattenden What do you get when you put a groundhog and a heart together? Well you get February! What do you get when...
By Irene Moore Davis Let me tell you a story… a favourite of mine. He encountered him in the cell at the Sandwich jail… a stout,...
By Rev. Carrie Irwin As we approach the beginning of Lent, a year into the global pandemic of COVID, I find myself pondering again a...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery I shared a post on Facebook recently that I thought was brilliant. A week or two...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Dr. Grayhame Bowcott Local theologies are the ways that the everyday members of a congregation...
Huron Refugee Committee By Kyle Gascho Between November 2015 and February 2016, the Government of Canada resettled 25,000 Syrian...
Huron Stewardship Committee By Rev. Andra Townshend O'Neill It has been a challenging year and so many have responded with faithful...
By Laurel Pattenden As we journey through Advent and get nearer to Christmas, I am hearing more and more comments like “This Christmas...
By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter Back in my early 20s I took a university course on religion and film. I thought it would feature the...
Churches in Huron were closed during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1919. Just like today, in the COVID-19 era, local congregations...
Anglican Fellowship of Prayer By Rev. Mary Farmer December and the season of Advent mark the beginning of the new church year....
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION Rev. Canon Keith Nethery As we begin the final month of 2020, people are, no doubt, still touting this as the...
The seasons of Advent and Christmas remind us that we probably should not try to explain and define exactly what’s going on in the...
CONGREGATIONAL COACHES By Ven. Perry Chuipka I wonder if you have asked some of the questions I have asked during this pandemic. Am...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Recently the Diocese of Huron has entered into a partnership with Tithe.ly Tithe.ly is your all...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Dr. Grayhame Bowcott Last month, I argued that fear of congregational decline, fear of losing our...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt One of my favourite Christmas hymns is a thoughtful and meditative...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes Earlier in the month, I had bought a special sale car wash. This bright sunny morning, I decided to use...
By Susan Bagshaw I know, for myself, where I was, what I was doing, what day of the week it was, and what the weather was like on that...
LONDON, NOV. 2, 2020 - The Diocese of Huron issued a statement after the fire devasted St. Andrew's Church, Muncey on early Sunday...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS Rev. Dr. Grayhame Bowcott Any contemporary text in theology, church history, pastoral care, or even liturgy,...
CHARACTERS AND CIRCUMSTANCES By Rev. Canon Douglas Leighton Christians are people of paradox. We are called to defend the faith,...
Characters and Circumstances By Rev. Canon Douglas Leighton On the evening of March 6, 1907, a huge crowd gathered in and around...
Rt. Rev. Linda Nicholls, area bishop of Trent-Durham and bishop suffragan from the Diocese of Toronto, was elected coadjutor bishop by...
By Helen Wheeler An eye-opening look at Canadian history from the aboriginal viewpoint was one of the highlights of the Nov. 7 stew...
By Charlotte Ewbank Trinity, Wiarton, has reached the milestone of the 125th year of the building — as well as 148 years of ministry —...
By Patrick Ferguson “And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members...
Memorial plaque reveals story of a model priest – and a caution about overwork Characters and Circumstances By Rev. Dr. Canon Douglas...
By Rev. Canon Gaye Whippey and John Montgomery Can you see what Creator is doing? It’s new and it’s touching the hearts of ordinary...
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, asked churches to ring their bells daily for 22 days to call attention...
By Rev. Canon Linda Nixon and Nancy Harvey (adapted from a presentation by Rev. Canon Ken Gray to his home parish) Throughout Synod,...
By Andrew Rampton The earth is the Lord’s and all the earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those that live in...
“God gives us the gift of sacred groves and holy places where we can be still and know God.” Bishop Bob Bennett By Bishop Bob...
By Heather Kingham On Trinity Sunday in May 1875, Rev. Freeman Harding conducted the first services for a new parish that had been...
By Rev. Hana Scorrar I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t an Anglican; I was baptized a month after I was born in the same church I...
By Rev. Andrew Wilson No doubt you have heard the Beatitudes, but have you ever experienced them? You would have just before Christmas...
By Rev. Andrew Wilson When we at St. John the Evangelist, Leamington say ‘ministry,’ knowing the area we live, it is often followed by...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque If the pandemic is teaching us one thing, it is the importance of the web-based tools in...
St. George’s Church celebrates 135 years in its current location with a book written by Eleanor Smith on people commemorated in the...
On September 14, 2016 (Holy Cross Day), Huron University College conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity upon the Right Reverend...
At St. Mary’s (Windsor-Walkerville) they decided to mark 75 years of the Anglican Church Women in Huron by addressing the issue of high...
On November 1, 2016 the Right Reverend Robert Bennett retires after serving 42 years in the Diocese of Huron, as deacon, priest and...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Youth spend much of their time online and with their eyes firmly affixed to a screen and with the...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Recently, I saw a news post on my Facebook feed and I realized I couldn’t remember who the...
Not all is straightforward in the MAiD debate: Dr. Gary Badcock (left) and Dr. Theo Boer, one of the participants at the...
“We live in a culture in which death is a solution to any unbearable suffering.” – Dr. Theo Boer Huron Church News in conversation...
Rev. Enrique Martinez (centre) with Rev. Jordan Murray and Rev. Susan Bagshaw at the service of ordination By Rev. Enrique...
Bishop Todd Townshend and Rev. Jordan Murray at the service of ordination on November 30, 2020 By Rev. Jordan Murray I imagine my...
Bishop Todd Townshend and Canon James Ferguson: the first online Synod of the Diocese of Huron By Rev. Dr. Justin Comber On...
By Rev. Greg Little Recently, one of the Daily Meditations from Richard Rohr really resonated with me: We are not hamsters on a...
When Huron Church Camp was at Kintail… About 1939, John and Connie Graham were using a cottage on Lake Huron. As they strolled along...
By Kyle Gascho The COVID-19 pandemic has seen our world change in many different ways. Many of these changes can seem pretty...
Bishop Marinez of Amazonia in the empty cathedral in Belem By Joseane Paula Faith, Hope and Sharing are some of the ways that...
By Canon Paul Rathbone As many of you are aware, the Federal Government during the COVID pandemic has offered wage subsidies to...
“The Rector’s Walkathon” was held on June 14, 2020. Photo: G. Drake By Rev. Andreas Thiel For the community of St. Matthew’s,...
Rev. Hilton (right) and his colleague Emily Warlock holding letters sent by former patients thanking them for their ministry They...
Rev. Dan Bowyer with Trinity Village residents They have been there and they have seen it first hand. Rev. Dan Bowyer and Rev....
By Rev. Rosalyn Kantlaht’ant Elm Rev. Rosalyn Kantlaht’ant Elm has shared a way to walk together inspired by Isaiah 40: 25-31, to...
By Laurel Pattenden This is the time of year I begin my wandering quest for the perfect book to journey with through Advent. I want...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Who are you trying to reach on social media? As we start to think about setting budgets for 2021...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes Despite the challenging times and all the weighty news of violated peoples, we must live forward. By...
By Laurel Pattenden We can always learn. During this COVID-19 season of our life, I have already learned a few things. It has come to...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque We have all heard the phrase, “The New Normal” thousands of times during this pandemic. It...
By Laurel Pattenden The calendar is empty but it is amazing how I feel like I am living the life of a whirling top. Spinning. Around...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Social distancing has meant that the church has had to change and change rapidly. We are no longer...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes As COVID-19 pulls us into self-isolation (which may be lifted by the time of this publication), many...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Throughout this series, I’ve written in detail about how your website is often the first and...
By Laurel Pattenden Clowning is very rarely thought of as an art. I never thought about it until I signed up for a clowning course...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery I’m cognizant of the fact that I am writing this on April 1. While the natural...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes The isolation called upon in the fight against the spread of COVID-19 may limit the mind’s checkpoints...
One of our former parishioners was flying home after a family funeral here. We were all worried for her, so she wrote to show us the...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque In this new normal of living through a pandemic, our reliance on social media platforms has been...
By Rev. Greg Little Growing up, my concept of lepers in the Bible was probably shaped by movies as much as the Bible itself People...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt It all started out so simply. Two grandparents heading to Ottawa to be...
By The Reverends Robert Clifford, Sharla Malliff, and Paul Poolton In this period of economic disruption and public health anxiety due...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon For the last few years, parishes within the Diocese of Huron have prepared, reviewed and deployed Mission and...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Whether it is Google, Facebook, Yelp or Bing, there are many modern replacements to the “yellow...
By Ven. Graham Bland Part of my dismay about our Church’s preoccupation with its own demise is that sometimes it feels we have...
By Rev. Rosalyn Elm The last two weeks our Canadian news cycle has been blowing up with the Wet’suwet’en Coastal GasLink blockade the...
By Nancy Harvey We are experiencing a Climate Emergency! I am called to ACTION this Season of Lent. This year I will be sharing a...
By Libi Clifford Joan Chittister uses the image of a waterwheel when she describes the liturgical calendar. The movement is slow,...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Thanksgiving and praise. This was my first response to our celebration on January 25 at St. Paul’s Cathedral...
Laurel Pattenden, Snow Scene By Laurel Pattenden Every year we have a little pocket of time in mid-winter that falls between the...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes During certain times of the year, we may find ourselves more susceptible to negative thoughts....
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Churches love to say that we are friendly and welcoming. No doubt there is a lot of truth to...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon While some of the components of Education for Ministry remain constant over the years (study of Old...
By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter I write this in the days following the release of the newest Star Wars movie: The Rise of Skywalker. Let’s...
By Sharon Frank February, the shortest month of the year, is often the coldest and dullest – lots of grey days. Yet even here there...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Heading into 2020 and keeping up with all the innovations in social media can seem daunting. Which...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery It dawned on me on Christmas Eve that this was the 25th Christmas in a row that I...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque When I meet someone for coffee I rarely meet at Tim Horton’s. I normally search out a locally...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt In the waning days of 2019, I had written and submitted my article for...
Laurel Pattenden, Birch bark (detail) By Laurel Pattenden The Christmas of 2018, I gifted myself a poetry book called “a Nature...
1) What is your vision for Huron? My vision is, and will likely always be, the gathering of the community of disciples to learn, to...
1) What is your vision for Huron? I have heard it said that the first responsibility of any leader is to name our current reality. We...
1) What is your vision for Huron? “Building up the body of Christ and preparing God’s people to live God’s mission in the world”....
1) What is your vision for Huron? My vision for our diocese is the diocese as a family of vibrant and sustainable worshiping...
1) What is your vision for Huron? New wine, new wineskins…(Luke 5:36-38) “…if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation:...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes “As the wheel inevitably turns, how will we live?”(Sparrow Heart) We enter the third chapter of life...
Fall is here! My favourite season! Perhaps summer weather has lingered, giving us warm days and cool nights. Harvest is almost over....
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon Did you know that theological reflection works in the same ways that our minds work? When we find...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque The welcome package is a sure-fire way to help newcomers learn more about your community. They...
Be careful if you have to hire two contractors to work on your church building at the same time: in that case the owner becomes the...
By Archbishop Colin R. Johnson We have a newly elected Bishop. You will know who that is by now, but as I write, that election is...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION Keith’s top 10 or so things that we might think about in advance of the Episcopal election By Rev. Canon Keith...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt Before you read this article, I invite you to pause for a moment, take...
Confirmation service: Deanery of Waterloo, April 2018, with Bishop Terry Dance By Archbishop Linda Nicholls One of the joys of...
FAITH WITNESS: Sharing the testimonies of our lay leaders at 2019 Huron Synod By Laura Manias I grew up here in London, the oldest...
By Ven. Perry Chuipka Billy Graham once said, “We are the bibles the world is reading; we are the creeds the world is needing; we are...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes Are we ever quiet? I mean truly still? As living organisms, we throb with life continually and never...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt The view from the dome car as the train left Churchill, kept changing...
By Davor Milicevic, HCN editor Subscription confirmation numbers for Anglican newspapers in Canada are in and they send a clear...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Recently someone seeking to use the goodwill of the people of the Diocese of Huron cloned...
In conversation with Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of...
Huron University College’s Centre for Public Theology hosts a series of conversations on medical assistance in dying in London on...
By Lawrene Denkers I am a member of the St. Matthews, Florence congregation, which is part of the six-point Parish of the...
Our purpose as Reconciling Circle is to provide opportunities for shared learning and for building bridges of relationship that promote...
By Rev. Raymond Hodgson You can find a lot of books, TV-shows, blogs, and YouTube videos giving advice about time management, how to...
On Sunday, November 3, 2019, All Saints Waterloo was pleased to welcome Archbishop Linda Nicholls as the parish celebrated its...
We have a bishop: the moment Archbishop Anne Germond announced that Rev. Canon Todd Townshend has won the majority of votes. The...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt In the waning days of summer each year, I get a notice that it is time...
By Rev. Steve Greene We have journeyed through the seasons of Advent, which bears a new liturgical year, with new thoughts, new...
By Rev. Canon Dr. Todd Townshend, Bishop-Elect Grace to You, and Peace! To the church of God that is in Huron, grace to you and peace...
By Ven. Graham Bland A lament in our Church troubles my soul … it’s about our numerical decline and loss of ground. It’s troubling...
Holy Trinity Parish in Lucan hosted a nativity exhibit with 76 scenes of various sizes, materials and designs all contributed by the...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle As we enter into a new year, in fact, a new decade, space is created for us to challenge ourselves, to...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon When you read the word “context”, what comes to mind? According to the Oxford dictionary context is “the...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes It’s late October, and I can’t help but enjoy the splashes of red and orange as I drive the backroads...
Staying in touch: Ven. Tim Dobbin and Rev. Jenny Sharp with their friends in Amazonia By Stephanie Donaldson In March of 2014...
Women are in tune with the cycles of life. Even our bodies are in constant flux over the course of a month. Major changes occur...
By Sydney Brouillard-Coyle For those of you who may not know, November 20 marks the Transgender Day of Remembrance. This event was...
By Laurel Pattenden One of my favourite modern Christmas songs was written by Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne, and you know it very...
Dr. Theo Boer at the conference on medical assistance in dying, Huron University, December 2019 By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Only a few days after the episcopal election in Huron, a friend posted a picture of a “Purple Bishop...
Advent defined: arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous). The Messiah, the Saviour, will finally arrive. For...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon Have you ever stopped to think just how many times you have recited the Lord’s Prayer during your lifetime?...
Change is coming: Anglican churches in Huron participated in Global Climate Strike on September 20 and 27. On September 27 thousands of...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Got a package full of wishes,a time machine, a magic wand,a globe made out of gold No instructions or...
By Andra Townshend O’Neill Freely freely you have receivedFeely freely giveGo in my name and because you believeOthers will know that...
Five people who have graciously allowed their names to stand in an election of the next Bishop of Huron (from left): The Venerable...
On Saturday, September 21, a special reception recognizing Archbishop Linda Nicholls was held at St. Paul’s Cathedral. As community...
By Archbishop Linda Nicholls Do you remember that feeling in the pit of your stomach when September began each year? As the summer...
By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter I have a vague childhood memory of my mom instructing me to collect and arrange some old plastic food...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt During the summer months various stories are shared about special...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes “Life doesn’t get easier. You just get better at being able to handle it..” Stuff happens! It is a...
Diocesan Golf Tournament for Outreach: over the course of the last 10 years, over $100,000 has been raised and has been directed...
Primate’s role is to be the focus of unity for the entire Church. Archbishop Fred Hiltz on our new Primate and challenges facing...
With the proceeds of his concert Rev. Matt (in white) and Holy Trinity Lucan parishioners help pay for parking for those undergoing...
On Monday, July 29th, Christ Church Anglican, Markdale, welcomed the Community Foundation Grey Bruce for the presentation of...
Installation service at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, July 16, 2019: Archbishop Linda Nicholls (centre) starts her role as...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Just how important is each user? How important is each like, subscription or share? Why put so...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt My grandparents began their lives in rural Ireland and England....
By Laurel Pattenden This past Christmas season (do not worry you are reading the June edition!) I visited a favourite bookstore....
Two success stories made possible by the efforts of St. James’ Outreach Committee By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery and Peggy Roffey...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes When the winds blow crazy strong, and trash flies dangerously close, duck, and as best you can, get out...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon What is it to be a disciple of Jesus? Of course in Jesus’ day his disciples ‘followed’ him, they accompanied...
By Stephanie Donaldson A year ago I began a journey that paralleled a journey that I already was on. A friend asked me if I would...
By Ven. Graham Bland I am not a fan of ‘survival’ talk. Digging bunkers and hunkering down against future catastrophe does not appeal...
By Shirley Sewell If you were a fly on the wall, this is what you might have seen and heard discussed at the February Deanery Council...
A favourite line of parish councils, boards of management and occasionally clergy is, “we don’t have to worry about that, because...
By Melody Falconer-Pounder In 1849 The Reverend Robert Francis Campbell, after 15 years of galloping around on horseback establishing...
Overcoming fear: the circle of love in front of St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Leamington. Photo: Southpoint Sun By...
By Cory Davies Why do we have homelessness in London? Who are those experiencing homelessness? What supports are being sought by those...
Debbie Belowitz, parish nurse at an Anglican church in Brantford, Patrick Ferguson, parish nurse at St. Aidan’s Anglican Church,...
Rev. Steve Martin is blessing a motorcycle at the Breakfast with Bikers events in Strathroy on May 25. By Rev. Greg Little...
The mission of God in the world, to be a church out of itself, focused on the lives of the people who are around us is the potent call...
By Ven. Tim Dobbin Even as we sit on a very cramped flight from Belem to Sao Paulo swimming in a myriad of thoughts and feelings, Rev....
The Youth Group challenge to Synod was to “build a barn “. Their novel competition is to raise funds for this year’s CLAY conference...
SENT INTO THE WORLD Then he went about among the villages teaching. 7He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and...
By Laurel Pattenden I can hardly wait for spring. Nature bursting with new buds and countless shades of green growth. Each day it...
By Rev. Andreas Thiel The session began as it usually does: a group of residents in a Long Term Care facility had gathered in the...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt The details of his life are obscured by the mists of time. Legends...
Congregational Coaches Chronicles By Charlotte Ewbank When we first discussed holding a workshop to discover our ‘gifts’ as the...
Ministry of music at St. John the Evangelist, Leamington is centered around Steven Acott and his engagement in Messy Church program....
An evening panel and discussion at St. John the Evangelist revealed a dispiriting picture of poverty in London, Ontario, where one in...
By Laurel Pattenden I really like cats. They are experts at knowing how to relax. Laying upon their favourite chair, sleepy eyes,...
By Rev. Marty Levesque I have said it many times: a professionally designed and developed website is no longer an option for the...
By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery Rarely do clergy gather together that the conversation doesn’t turn to funerals, baptisms and weddings;...
By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt Like a curtain being drawn across a window, shutting out the sun’s glare and darkening an...
by Rev. Val Kenyon Close to the heart of what it means to be human lies the dynamic process of finding and making meaning in our...
By Rev. Jim Innes “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do”(Lk 23:34) The world is ravaged by self-protectiveness....
By Libi Clifford When I was growing up, one of the signs of spring was the annual house cleaning. This was a top-to-bottom, no holds...
By Andra Townshend O’Neill Is it in response to the generosity of God? That may not be the first thing that comes to mind. For...
By Ven. Perry Chuipka A seven-year old boy had lived near this large church all his young life. He used to watch people go in just...
REFLECTION ON MY ORDINATION By Rev. David A. Hyatt I was offered an opportunity to submit a reflection on my ordination to the...
The children and youth at Church of the Epiphany in Woodstock may be a small group, but they have big hearts. For the season of...
While many big cities struggle to provide shelters for the homeless – as highlighted by January’s deep freeze – an Anglican church in...
On Tuesday, February 5 the very last set of photo prints of Huron churches was submitted to the Church History File at the Huron...
On Saturday, February 2, a funeral service was held at London’s St. John the Evangelist for Benjamin Musgrave, one of the frequent...
By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt “Love overcomes hatred.” The Mayor of Gander, Newfoundland is shown offering those insightful...
By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery After many years of writing this column, something new has begun. I’m getting responses. I received more...
By Laurel Pattenden Puttering around in the art studio is something I would like to do most days but another favourite of mine is to...
By Rev. Jim Inness “I’d rather starve in Newfoundland than live anywhere else”. This is a well-articulated sentiment from a...
By Rev. Val Kenyon ‘Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.’ Proverbs 27:17 In a number of CBC...
Our purpose is to help your congregation find a deeper experience of vocation and mission and assist you in becoming a healthier...
By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter I don’t know about you, but I find that I go through periods where a certain part of the liturgy sticks out...
The traditions of our church regale the accomplishments of the great leaders who have led us to Jesus. Prophets, apostles, martyrs,...
Looking back at the events of Treaty Recognition Week organized by Reconciling Circle, a group initiated through Lutheran and Anglican...
Chuck Erion with Archbishop Fred Hiltz and Rev. Eileen Scully standing behind the new altar at Church House in Toronto. The...
St. Geroge's Anglican Church in Owen Sound, Ontario The Friends of Mudtown – a neighbourhood ministry started at St. George’s...
“The Upper Room” on December 20, 2018: Rob Henderson (right) and Kevin George with their guest Jennepher Cahill (United Way) In...
Joan Browning, Vivian McManemy and Michelle Wilson lead the congregation into the church. Epiphany 2019. Photo: Cecile Browning...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Back in 1995, the Ontario government, under Mike Harris, gutted the social assistance programs and...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque It is the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019. Which means the end of year list are making...
The diocesan Marriage Canon Task Force members reflect on conversations about proposed changes to the Marriage Canon held in Huron...
By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt In a different century, I used to sit at what was known as “The Children’s Table”, whenever my...
By Ven. Graham Bland In Stewardship ministry, it is not sustainable simply to develop good fund-raising ideas. You have to know what...
For the answer to our grandchildren’s queries of the heading above: The women of St. James’ Church, Stratford, are an amazing group of...
By Rev. Marty Levesque I fully admit to being a very amateur gardener. With a lot of dedication, a little luck and willingness to...
By Rev. Mary Farmer Happy New Year! Collectively we have put 2018 to bed, and begin this new calendar year with all the memories of...
By Laurel Pattenden Just when you think you’ve got this Christmas season under control in pops New Year’s Eve right in the middle of...
By Rev. JIm Innes The bridging of the secular and the divine occurs each Christmas − symbolized in how both believers and...
The “church” is the people. We are all told this over and over. Yet, we continue to struggle as we cling to our church buildings that,...
+ Linda Peace and good. About 600 families were victims of the biggest urban fire in the history of the Amazonian capital in the...
By John Lutman Recently, I have sent two archival items for conservation. The items comprise a set of three drawings for a “Synod...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery Several months ago I picked up the book “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus...
Can you spot the lone Anglican among all those Roman Catholics? Cirio is the largest Christian festival in the world. It is spread...
In 2020, 18 refugee families (30 individuals) whose sponsorship was submitted by the Huron Refugee Committee have arrived in Canada....
By Jane Townshend For more than ten long years, the family of Moo Saw waited for any sign of hope that their lives would change and...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Those who attended Synod in September or read reports in the Huron Church News since, will know that I’ve...
By Rev. Raymond Hodgson Stewardship homilies/articles/workshops can be unpleasant experiences for the writer/presenter. There are...
By Ven. Tanya Phibbs Can you imagine the Bible without Esther, or the Virgin Mary, or Mary Magdalene? Without Esther’s willingness to...
By Sydney Brouillard-Coyle “More than we can ask or imagine, more than we can ever dare to dream, we are the children of heaven’s...
By Caroline Sharp “The Christian life has three spiritual temperatures: a burning heart, on fire for God, a cold heart, and a...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque The pandemic has demonstrated the value of social media and communication in general. During this...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Grayhame Bowcott So far in this column, I have been sharing a little of the theology and my personal...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon Several years ago, like many others these days, I participated in a test to learn more about the components...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes In the last few weeks, the Christian church has been celebrating the season of Epiphany. In...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Chirstopher B. J. Pratt “Death is swallowed up in victory. O death where is thy sting? O...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery The Venerable Archie Skirving died on December 24 about 8:30 in the evening. ...
By Laurel Pattenden The association of March and wind has been with us since elementary school. Arts and crafts would always involve...
About a year ago, we knew of the novel coronavirus that would cause COVID-19 but we didn’t know much about what it would do to life...
By Bishop Todd Townshend In Part One of this reflection on Christian mission in our time, I suggested that we are right to focus on...
By Rev. Steve Greene He is risen!!! Words that exude the hope we profess each day. From the wilderness and darkness of Lent to...
By Rev. Susan Bagshaw I didn’t quite know how it would end up but my Lenten journey 2019 started out with a 2′ by 3′ canvas before me...
By Bishop Todd Townshend One year ago, when the phrase “novel coronavirus” was fairly new to us, it had already begun its reign of...
By Ven. Perry Chuipka Let me begin with the sign that you see in the picture of this article. Notice the message about not needing a...
By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter With the pandemic shrinking distance (in a virtual sense), I reached out by email to Susan Graham Walker,...
Normally around the 6th of May, we at the Church of the Ascension Windsor, have a Eucharistic service to honor those who served in the...
Care, respect, and love come with a big smile: Ven. Megan Collings-Moore (centre) By Chuck Erion I spoke to Ven. Megan...
By Ven. Megan Collings-Moore April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Across Canada and around the world, we mark with sadness the...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle An ambulance pulls up to the scene of an accident. There is a young man lying on the ground. He has...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Grayhame Bowcott Sociologist Dr. Reginald Bibby has been studying the cultural trends of Canadians...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque A Shout-out is a short public acknowledgement. It's usually to recognize someone in appreciation...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes I don't remember much of my daughter's growing years. I feel a lot of grief around that. As I say...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt The measurement of time is something which may be proving to be a...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery Communication is simply telling a story that effectively gets a message to an...
By Laurel Pattenden As everyone’s region changes Covid-19 colour code as quickly as the corner traffic light, I am always wondering...
By Sandra Coulson Lenten discipline this Lenten discipline had a drive-thru angle at Church of the Ascension in London this year....
By Bishop Todd Townshend On Good Friday, a public intellectual and scientist in the UK tweeted a short comment making fun of those who...
By Rev. Canon Douglas Leighton Located in Huron University College, the Archives of the Diocese of Huron house great treasures...
By Rev. Canon Dr. Douglas Leighton Her Majesty’s Royal Chapel of the Mohawks, located in Brantford, Ontario, is the oldest Protestant...
By Rev. Canon Dr. Douglas Leighton For eighty years after 1750, Brant family members exercised influential leadership in the changing...
By Rev. Canon Douglas Leighton As the era of colonial warfare in North America ended after 1815, fundamental questions arose about the...
By Rev. Canon Douglas Leighton Huron University College has graced its second, present site on the west side of London’s Western Road...
The bell at All Saints’ Anglican Church, Windsor tolled 99 times Thursday April 15th in honour of Prince Philip who died April 9th at...
By John-Paul Markides I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell...
By Sandra Coulson Rev. Jim Garey has been the marathon man of Evening Prayer during the COVID-19 pandemic, posting the service on...
“…better revealing the marks of mission by becoming a learning church...” – The Right Reverend Todd Townshend, Bishop’s Charge, 180th...
By Rev. Paul Sherwood Instead of their usual Lenten food drive this year, the parishioners of Trinity Church in Simcoe were challenged...
By Rev. Andra Townshend O'Neill For many years we had a magnificent old dutch elm tree on our front lawn, a majestic reminder of...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Grayhame Bowcott Last month I hosted a class on congregational growth and evangelism that included...
By Caroline Sharp “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here...
By Laurel Pattenden “Only when normal things are not normal anymore do we realize how special normal things are.” Unknown Source ...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt Extensive periods of limited outside activity over the last year has...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon Earlier in the year author and historian Diana Butler Bass, spoke at a Deanery of London event entitled...
By Sydney Brouillard-Coyle “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these siblings of mine, you did for me.”...
By Allie McDougall The 181st Synod of the Diocese of Huron opened on Sunday, May 16 with worship service live streamed from St. Paul’s...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt WAR! Now that I have your attention – (I will be interested to see...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Recently, there has been a barrage of phishing emails sent across the diocese. A Phishing email...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes I am 62 years old, going on 63. And I find myself emotionally and spiritually challenged in at least...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery For over a year now, Hana Scorrar and I have been writing daily reflections for the...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque I love words. I love learning the etymology of words, their development over time and even those...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt There are emotion filled moments in life when words fail. Words fail...
"Yabba dabba doo!" was Fred Flintstone's roar of excitement, and equal enthusiasm greeted "Jabba Dabba Doo!", a fundraiser organized at...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes Child & Family Services of Kettle Point organized a special memorial event. Their children put...
By Elaine Burnside In the wee morning hours of Saturday, June 12, 2021 arsonists damaged a 204 year old piece of history. St....
By Sydney Brouillard-Coyle There are those who may find pride parades frivolous and superficial, while others find them to be...
By Rev. Margaret Walker So how do you start sharing a priest between two parishes in the middle of the pandemic? Could we envision...
By Barbara Jackson Several years ago, I bought a sewing/embroidery machine. As it had so many features, I took several classes to...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon Is anyone, anywhere not talking about life post-pandemic? So much of what I am reading lately is, not...
By Rev. Dr. Grayhame Bowcott Allow me to start this month’s article by throwing out an argument for us to consider; one that, whether...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle “Now as (Saul) was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes Whenever I fall into any wounded thinking patterns, I cannot find my way out until I return to Hope....
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt A group I belong to recently had the opportunity to listen to the...
By Michelle Houser The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) marked the close of the Say Yes! to Kids campaign on July 8, with a...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery I have an informal policy when I go book shopping: I always pick up something a...
By Laurel Pattenden Many Canadians enjoy the opportunity to go hiking during the summer months. We are drawn to wooded trails in the...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon As I write this brief reflection for the September issue of the Huron Church News, like everyone, we are...
By Ven. Perry Chuipka I found this quote by John P.Kotter: “MORE CHANGE ALWAYS DEMANDS MORE LEADERSHIP.” The message in that...
On Sunday, July 11, Bishop Todd Townshend joined the congregation of St. George’s, The Anglican Parish of The Blue Mountains for...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Like everyone else, I am constantly learning as I walk with God as a disciple of Jesus. A Christian disciple...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle At the end May, the story broke that 215 bodies had been located at the site of a residential school...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque As part of the Google Business Suite (now known as Google Workspace) that is available to every...
By Caroline Sharp Or the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Dr. Grayhame Bowcott In 2019, St. George’s the Blue Mountains came up with a new idea! Inspired by...
“The Love of Christ Constraineth Us” Canada’s Centennial Year, 1967 – the 80th anniversary of the Women’s Auxiliary in Diocese of...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt During the month of July, a significant number of church buildings...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon The Bishop’s Prayer Conference in May 2021 of the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer (Huron) was led by Rev. Dr....
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery I set out on my morning walk to plan what I wanted to write for this column and I...
By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter Many of us are thankful for all the technologies that have helped keep us united this last year and a...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes As we move through the Covid crisis, something has been born within us individually and globally. My...
By Suzanne Rumsey refugee (noun) a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural...
By Sydney Brouillard-Coyle When I was invited to step in as the Nonbinary Peer Mentor at Trans Wellness Ontario in August 2020, I had...
Congregations across the diocese are all at different stages and phases of the return to worship protocols. The leadership of every...
By Sally Bennett Write a plan to safely reopen our church during a global pandemic? How difficult could that be? Well, exceedingly...
By Rev. Steve Greene FINALLY!!! Since the last in-person service (March 8, 2020) we have endured many losses, many changes, many...
By Bishop Todd Townshend By now, the COVID-19 pandemic has frayed the last nerves of most of the population. If it hasn’t brought...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque We are in the middle of an election as I write this, and all the political parties are reaching...
By Rev. Kimberly Myer Prayer is what I believe to be the most important spiritual practice for every Anglican, every Christian...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Take a moment to think about all the attributes that contribute to a first impression of you. What...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes Why has the young Mary, Mother of Jesus, become so important to people throughout the world? It is not...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Grayhame Bowcott One of the things most notable about the church grounds of St. George’s in the Blue...
By Rev. Andra Townshend O'Neill The fall seems to be a time that we pay particular attention to what it means to be a disciple of...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery It has long been said that hockey is almost a religion in Canada. Under that...
By Diane Dance Even though I have been retired from education for a few years, September always feels like the start of the new year...
By Laurel Pattenden The fresh apples are filling the shelves at the grocery stores. All shapes of squash, bright pumpkins and turnip...
By Rev. Greg Little On September 30, Canada celebrated the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the lost...
This year and a half has been filled with a lot of chaos and uncertainty. We have been living in limbo not knowing what restrictions...
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt Pick a crisis… Any crisis… The summer of 2021 has been filled with...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with...
Each year on the first Saturday of October, Blue Sea Foundation invites small charities from across Canada to participate in what is...
By Rev. Kimberly Meyer By the time you read this the AFP Fall Conference, ‘Help Us Grow, Praying to Foster New Relationships’, will...
The third time proved to be a charm on Saturday, September 18, as parishioners at St. John-in-the Wilderness, Bright’s Grove, dedicated...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon According to the Oxford dictionary, the word “other” is used to refer to people or things that are...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle We, who have been steeped in the tradition and story of Christianity. We, who have heard the Gospel...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Livestreaming major events, ordinations, Christmas, and Easter service was something the diocese...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Grayhame Bowcott If all Anglicans truly believed that our buildings were tools for ministry, how...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt "Have you ever been shot or do you have any shrapnel lodged in your...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery As we move into the crisp mornings of November, the hearts of a good percentage of...
By Laurel Pattenden We have all heard and used the expression “been down this road before”. It can be used literally if you have...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Sharing and interacting with posts from your church is simple but it also shows to the world how...
Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church in Exeter in partnership with the Community Counselling Centre of London officially opened a...
Can you imagine sacrificing your life for thousands of people who are total strangers? So many soldiers have put their lives in...
Since the release of the on-line version of “Mapping the Ground We Stand On”, in June 2021, 150 individuals in seven groupings from...
By Rev. Lisa Wang Cat-a-who-when-what-all? “Catechumenal” might seem like a fancy new word for something strange and obscure, but in...
The heart is a visible sign of our commitment to journey forward with our Indigenous siblings, to listening and learning By Janet...
By Jordan Sandrock Each year, November 20 marks the Transgender Day of Remembrance. This day of reflection began in 1999 in memory...
By Ven. Megan Collings-Moore One of the first times I ever preached, the epistle for the day was from Ephesians 5: “Wives, obey your...
By Caroline Sharp As you may have guessed by now, Social and Ecological Justice Huron is knee deep in the book The Church Cracked...
By Bishop Todd Townshend In the first week of November, the clergy of our diocese gathered in Stratford for the first “Bishop’s Clergy...
By Rev. Mary Farmer Once again, we find ourselves at the beginning of the Church year. Advent: the time to begin at the beginning, as...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt There is a certain expectation that a December article being written...
After what seemed like a long time, the Brotherhood of Anglican Churchmen (B.A.C.) members from across the Diocese of Huron met by...
By Rev. Susan Bagshaw Several months ago, I was asked if I would write an icon of Saint Dymphna for someone who practices in the...
'Christ came to our bedside not in colours or robes, but in the veins of those women who wanted nothing more from us but that we...
Giving is a way of life. It goes beyond money, but it does involve our resources too. By Ven. Kim Van Allen St. John’s-by-the-Lake,...
If we can cultivate and encourage curiosity around all that God is seeking to do in our lives, and in the communities in which we live...
By Diane Dance In the Anglican Church of Canada, where the pace of change is known to be a little on the slow side, it’s rare to see...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Grace and peace to you as we approach the seasons of Christmas and Epiphany! An update on proposed changes...
The things that Jesus taught his disciples are the very same things we have learned (and are still learning) as Christians today. By...
A question to consider as we transition into another year of pandemic uncertainty: How is your congregation reaching out to your local...
Engaging a new demographic in the life of the church: The rise of short-form video allows individuals to be informed, educated, and...
Whenever I am asked about the ways in which we can best equip healthy and growing congregations in the present and future, my go to...
By Rev. Jim Innes In each human soul there exists a divine element, a kind of inner eye capable of glimpsing something of God, for...
The Christmas I want is the one with a full church, thunderous Carols, palpable joy, and celebration in every moment. MOSTLY ABOUT...
This Christmas, let us be in the cold with the shepherds, flying in the heavens with the angels, peering into the manger in the dark...
Wow! This year with all of its uncertainty has flown by. Once again it is time to celebrate Advent and the most Holy Day of Christ’s...
The advent of Christmas is overflowing with reminders that Love, not Hate, conquers all. The most obvious of these are the festive...
By Sharon Frank Wishing everyone a blessed 2022 full of wonder and expectations! As we enter this new year, we must be mindful that...
We are all part of one body, so for a healthy mind, body, and soul we are required to love ourselves and others as a whole picture. By...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt “Five hundred twenty- five thousand six hundred minutes…so dear. How...
There is no such thing as normal. We will always be looking forward and back as we try to find our way. MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By...
Thoughts in, thoughts out, thoughts remembered, thoughts forgotten. Monkey mind at the best of times. Why do we even say ‘you are in...
Ongoing learning is central to what happens at EfM, where a large part of the process is designed to allow participants to engage in...
By Kyle Gascho “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” ... These are the first words of...
“It is good for us to be here": If you had only the clothes on your back and a bag... By Rev. Andrew Wilson In “the world’s...
The issues of discrimination, inequality, violence, and marginalization should be the call for all of us, as Anglicans, to stand up and...
What can we do to better embrace everybody, to better respect the dignity of every human being as we commit to do in our Baptismal...
By Rev. Carrie Irwin Sunsets are truly spectacular! It had been several days since I intentionally stopped to take a breath and...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Many organizations, including Anglican churches, spend part of January planning for the future. Part of our...
By Rev. Andra Townshend O'Neill Extravagant: “exceeding the limits of reason or necessity, lacking in moderation, balance, and...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque This past December, a weakness was discovered in logging software named Log4Shell. Log4Shell is a...
While 2022 may continue to bring us both challenge and hardship, may it also bring us the gifts of flexibility and faithfulness to...
We risk allowing God’s light to shine on different ideas so that as a group we can strive to work through what is on our minds and our...
By Rev. Lisa Wang If we look back in time to the earliest centuries of Christian history, we can see that the Church has always been a...
The reality of our Lord’s love for us is also experienced through the actions and caring presence of people who are a part of our...
The world has changed rapidly, and though I appreciate progress, I sometimes wonder about its scrupulousness. AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery I'm hopelessly addicted to Survivor, the TV reality show. There have been 41...
By Laurel Pattenden Twenty years after George Orwell’s book Nineteen Eighty-Four, I bought my first Smiley Face patch. This article...
Indwell has 66 apartments open in downtown London, and nearly 200 more deeply affordable units under development. The Deanery’s gift is...
By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter This past December the Deanery of Waterloo engaged with a four-part video and book study program called...
By Michelle Hauser A popular monthly pizza lunch outreach to high school students in Arva, Ontario—serving approx. 400 students before...
It should come as no surprise that from ancient times, the catechumenal process has been intimately linked to the liturgical...
Building a more just society is not merely a worthwhile or admirable thing to do; it’s an essential component of both our Baptismal...
Members of All Saints’ Anglican Church community in Waterloo gathered on a frigid Sunday afternoon, February 13, to participate in...
A two-part virtual discussion organized by three Anglican churches marks this year’s Black History Month in the Diocese of Huron. All...
If my premise is true, that the future of the Church will be found in how we choose to invest in our relationships gathered around...
I was surprised when I was asked if I had ever read “Republican Like Me?” MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery One...
By Rev. Kim Myer We are entering into the season of Lent, the 40 days before Easter beginning on March 3, Ash Wednesday. Ash...
Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday herald the restrained meals of the Season of Lent. By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt "You need to...
I do not worry about communities in our diocese where the planning is being done one way or the other. The danger comes when...
By Michelle HauserThis week the youth at St. George’s Anglican Church in London are celebrating the arrival of instruments from around...
While we are told there is a time and a season for all things (Eccl 3:11), ultimately times and seasons are fixed by God (Acts 1:7-8)....
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes A study once reported that if your parents didn’t have children, you wouldn’t likely have any either....
By Laurel Pattenden March is a month that, even though it takes up one twelfth of our year, it tends to feel neither here nor there....
When looking for images for a website, social media post or poster, simply Googling an image and downloading it is a violation of...
Eleven members from three Anglican churches participated in the Coldest Night of the Year Walk. They were among 65 fundraising teams...
By Ven. Graham Bland Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist, and Harriet Hamilton, Wisconsin lawyer, knew well the racist and...
So much both around and within us, can keep us from experiencing God’s presence. “Make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the...
It has been much more than "crunching numbers for Jesus". Paul Rathbone started his employment with the diocese in April 2001....
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Grayhame Bowcott When I think back on all of the most impactful ministries that I have been a part...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt The calendar on my desk identifies the fact that four short days from...
Formation happens in so many different ways and places, because it embraces so many aspects of our lives as Christians. By Rev....
For all the times I thought that I knew how to do ministry, God has provided me that many times plus one, the understanding that...
It takes mental maturity, open-mindedness, and humility to honestly analyze whether the decisions we’ve made in the past were correct...
By Sydney Brouillard-Coyle On March 31, the world celebrates the Transgender* Day of Visibility, which recognizes transgender people...
By Lynda Bird St. Paul’s, Port Dover has opened a Snoezelen Multi-Sensory room, a new and innovative approach to outreach....
We are almost to the end of our 40 days of Lent. A time where we were invited “in the name of the Lord, to observe a holy Lent by...
By Bishop Todd Townshend This year, the beginning of April sees the end of the season of Lent and the beginning of our holiest time of...
Populism results from a broken trust created when some feel their perspectives and needs are irrelevant to those in power. AS I...
By Sydney Brouillard-Coyle April 7 of each year marks the celebration of World Health Day. From its inception at the First Health...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Many parents will blame their children's rowdy behaviour on too much sugar, but there's no actual...
By Laurel Pattenden Spring and Easter go hand in hand each and every year. This spring and Easter we can also add in the easing and...
Rev. Paul Poolton with the Street Angels' admin team (from left): Merissa Mills, Marnie Monrose and Elaine Langlois By Rev....
As an Easter people, we keep the hope of this season central in our hearts, especially important as our world slowly emerges from the...
Churches that once complained that they didn’t have enough money to cover the week-to-week bills were suddenly investing in...
“Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” (Acts 8:30-31)...
Bree McCoomb, Clinical Team Supervisor, Choices for Change waiting to greet clients at the Connection Centre. By Rev. Lorraine...
To what extent can we use the strength of our faith in Jesus Christ to proclaim with our siblings across faith traditions that it...
Every once in awhile we read a book which engages our mind in thinking of others who might enjoy it. ‘Grateful’ by Diana Butler Bass...
Rembrandt van Rijn. THE PRODIGAL SON, detail (Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg) A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon...
The moment the bell was put back in place, the sun broke through the clouds and a bright beam of light shone upon Holy Trinity...
Delegates will have two options: to attend 2022 Synod in person, or to participate via Zoom. Observers will be able to watch the...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery Moving is not an easy decision at the best of times. When you contemplate moving...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes Reason or law will not end a conflict, unless one side has their backs to the wall. By reason, I am...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque The social media rule of thirds is creation, curation, and conversation. For a truly successful...
By Laurel Pattenden Summer is soon here and let us live it with the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Live in the sunshine, swim in the...
Huron Church News was awarded another national prize by the Canadian Christian Communicators Association (CCCA). The newspaper...
By Lawrene Denkers Q: How do you sum up nine weeks that are literally life-changing? A: You answer a few questions. In January and...
By Rev. Greg Little I have recently been attending a Zoom discussion group at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London which is using lectures...
Gladys, my mother’s mother, told me when I was a young child that Jesus was crucified and hung on a cross and died for our sins....
Each recognizes the wealth they have as belonging to themselves, as something that they have earned and deserve, and do not see...
As we seek to bring healing, reconciliation and peace into God’s world, it is not our job to rush in with all the answers that we...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada Mary Simon, an Inuit woman from Nunavik, recently...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery The first time I watched John Morgan do “Mike from Canmore” on the Royal Canadian...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Sometimes it’s necessary to disconnect from the world to reconnect with God. Sometimes it’s...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Grayhame Bowcott For anyone who loves this Anglican of ours, a heart-breaking way to begin your day...
By Caroline Sharp I recently came across a scholarly article titled The Pastoral Challenge of the Environmental Crisis: Environmental...
By Sydney Brouillard-Coyle The roots of Pride begin with trans people of colour challenging the reality of state-sanctioned...
By Michelle Hauser On Tuesday, April 19 the Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) kicked-off its 2nd annual Say Yes! to Kids Campaign...
By Laurel Pattenden Porches are places for casual get-togethers or time alone. A place for looking at the world without having glass...
We came to Canada in 2014 when we were three years old. We lived in a small town called Red Lake for two and half years and moved to...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes As I squeezed around an elderly woman driver in a construction zone, I was greeted by her warm smile...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery It seems appropriate that I write this on the second day of the Lambeth Conference...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes We have already breezed by Canada Day and all of July- way too fast! So, let us step back a moment....
By Laurel Pattenden In Canada, summer is not a time to dally since it is so short. Full calendars, full of people and full of fun....
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt Reconciliation. How often has that word been used in recent times?...
By Rev. Andra Townshend O'Neal One of my favourite things about being at the cottage we rent each summer, is looking out over the...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Normally, this column is reserved for tech tips for ministry, like why live streaming worship...
By Rev. Matt Martin Every single encounter with every single human being that we have throughout our lives effectively matters and...
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: ‘Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.’ So I went...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS Rev. Grayhame Bowcott Of all the months in the Church’s calendar, September is, by far, my least favourite!...
By Libi Clifford Every year I am so very thankful that I live in a part of the world where there are four very different seasons in...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Following on the Lambeth Conference this summer, I am encouraged by many of the outcomes. Perhaps the best...
By Sharon Frank Recently, I completed my annual eighteen hours of Education for Ministry (EfM) mentor training. This year we had a...
Excavator, dump trucks, and cement mixers are busy working: footings and foundations will be in shortly. All Saints', Waterloo...
By Rev. Matthew Kieswetter Late this summer, in following Luke's Gospel, we navigated a jarring transition, where one moment Jesus...
On April 19, 1710, four Haudenosaunee chiefs as ambassadors visited St. James Palace and had their audience with Queen Anne, and in...
'I felt joined by the radiance of hearts, by the desire for good, by the joy of shared service': Fr. Gilles' first Eucharist at...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Does your church have plastic plants? They can provide a useful source of colour in otherwise drab...
Lord, you have searched me out and known me; you know my sitting down and my rising up; you discern my thoughts from afar. Where can...
By Caroline Sharp This article contains sensitive content which some people may find offensive or disturbing. Phyllis Webstad has a...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes As I write, hurricane Ian is approaching the Florida coastline at speeds close to 250km/hr carrying a...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Sometimes we need to be reminded to remember. On September 30, a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation...
St. Paul's Cathedral is London's oldest place of worship By Stacey Clark On the weekend of September 17 and 18, the parish of...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Grayhame Bowcott Of the many tools that Anglicans have at their disposal, to share the gift of faith...
By Laurel Pattenden Journalling has been popular for many years and with this popularity came an abundance of beautiful blank books to...
St. Stephen's Anglican Church in London, Ontario. MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery How do you take a one point...
By Amanda Jackman Following a three-year stint in Cambridge, ON, serving both St. Thomas the Apostle and St. Luke’s, Pastor Steve has...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Social media and digital managers, public relations, crisis management, comms specialist, speech...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes The sport of "Fishin" is an exciting process of decision-making and resourcefulness. It is an...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Grayhame Bowcott Both my congregation and my community have much to be thankful for. We live in a...
By Rev. Paul Wooley It might make sense to begin a discussion of church sound systems with a theological statement, which relates to...
By Sydney Brouillard-Coyle Using someone’s correct pronouns is the bare minimum for showing respect for who a person is. But true...
By Rev. Mary Farmer By the time you read this, we will all be back to the ‘new’ normal rhythm in our church communities, at least...
By Ven. Graham Bland Thunder Bay has a beautiful lakefront, inspired by Landscape Architect, Katherine Hope Dugmore. She died before...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Mary* is looking for a trailer for the winter. The comment popped up as my friend and I were going...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque For the first time in a decade, Facebook's average monthly users have declined. Facebook numbers...
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt Memorial services or gatherings at a Cenotaph in the centre of a...
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By Laurel Pattenden As we go through old photos or journals, we can revive moments in our lives that are etched in our hearts. For...
Take November 20 as an opportunity to reach out to local queer and trans organizations, build community partnerships, and make a...
We do not have to imagine the good work we are doing in some far-off place – they are coming to us, in our country and our...
By Sarah Chase PWRDF partner Josephine Kizza and Bart Dickinson, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator at PWRDF, were...
By Michelle Hauser THE ANGLICAN FOUNDATION OF CANADA (AFC) has launched a Say Yes! to Kids (SYTK) communications hub to facilitate...
When building a church there is a myriad of details to consider. The liturgical choices and design can be fun and interesting to any...
By Bishop Todd Townshend “Be steadfast in faith, joyful in hope, and untiring in love all the days of your life . . .” These words...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes The FIFA World Cup 2022™ will be played from 20 November to 18 December in Qatar. And the question has...
By Rev. Kimberly Myer As I ponder the Advent stories, we will hear over the next couple of weeks leading to Christmas, I think about...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle How many take advantage of ‘Black Friday’ shopping? How many shop on ‘Cyber Monday’? How much effort...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Grayhame Bowcott For many faithful Christians serving in the Church today, the opportunity to attend...
Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your...
An estimated 26% of millennials in the US and 36% in Canada can be classified as nonreligious, the largest proportions seen among any...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque The demographic breakdown of social media platforms is very interesting and telling. The largest...
You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. It will not be so among you;...
By Rev. Hilton Gomes Renewal and Hope. These two words come to my mind and heart when I think about what is happening in the Anglican...
Bishop Bob blesses the food, and warmly welcomes the guests, to the reopening of the Fellowship Centre noon Meal at St. Paul’s...
By Laurel Pattenden Have you started to watch Christmas movies yet? There are so many genres within themed Christmas movies. Romance,...
As we read the stories of the Birth of Jesus it is difficult to think of Mary and Joseph without a donkey being a part of the...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes The picture accompanying this article exposes extraordinary Resiliency. Captured from within our...
MOSTLY ABOUT RELIGION By Rev. Canon Keith Nethery This is my next to last column in the Huron Church News. As the Farewell Tour...
By Ven. Megan Collings-Moore ‘I’ll be home for Christmas…' When the carols start playing, with their sentimental images of happy...
By Bishop Todd Townshend After the season of Advent with its poetic focus on God’s future and God’s merciful promises, and through...
By Rev. Aidan Armstrong January 1 2023 will mark the start of a new and fresh year on the secular calendar. We will have just...
Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick...
By Laurel Pattenden Just as Advent brings out my desire to get decorating (actually my husband’s), January brings the desire to take...
After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet,...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt My grandmother was born in the latter part of the 19th century in...
By Rev. Paul Wooley The task of a sound system is to take sound which is present at a microphone or from a previously recorded source...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque As many of you know Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space X, has purchased Twitter. Since that...
By Caroline N. Sharp Advent is my favourite liturgical season; it always has been since I was a little girl. The story of Christ’s...
‘Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the...
The Farewell Tour ends here: I invite us to see change not as threatening, but as life giving. It's time we let God reinvent who and...
By Rev. Paul Wooley If you are not able to hear or properly discern the voices of the preacher, the readers, or the intercessor,...
One of the last stands as the Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral: Very Rev. Paul Millward at the Memorial service for Queen Elizabeth II...
By Caroline N. Sharp For as long as I can remember, I have always been repelled by extravagance. I was never comfortable in the...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Despite the promise of a new year, many of us are already feeling exhausted. It’s nothing new to feel a...
Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal. Isaiah 26:4 By Rev. Kimberly Myer The time...
From left to right: Cathy Burghardt-Jesson, Mark Chortos, Jacob Shaw, Gail Lewis, Don Hiscox, Leigh Robinson and Friedhelm...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon As we enter this month of February, we continue in the season of Epiphany, the season of light. However, in...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle The story felt like one of those feel-good Christmas movies. A mother with four children, working...
Church of the Ascension, London Deanery, January 28: Informative and passionate presentations, informal discussions, sharing a meal...
Then some people came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. And when they could not bring him to Jesus because...
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! [Psalm 100:1] By Rev. Paul Wooley One of the most important considerations, when...
For even the most optimistic of church leaders, 2022 was another heartbreaking year. GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Grayhame...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque The Covid 19 pandemic continues as we learn, adapt, and implement mitigation measures to keep...
By Laurel Pattenden A couple of months ago, I decided to start a winter compost pile. I know, right now you are thinking, “What a fun...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Leading up to Christmas 2022, a winter storm hit that wreaked havoc throughout Ontario. People were...
For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. Psalm 62:5 By Rev. Ann Webber It is Lent. Again. Lent is a...
By Bishop Todd Townshend The season of Lent is often taken as an opportunity to grow more deeply into a life of faith. As the...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt I keep telling myself that I am not a hoarder. There is, however,...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes As we move into the new year, I'd like to offer a priest's reflection on Love. Love has been the bane...
Coming to know God, and growing deeper in that relationship, is not something we were meant to do in isolation. And let us...
Volunteers from different Meaford churches serve their many neighbours By Rev. Brendon Bedford Sometimes the work of ecumenism...
By Julie Ryan As individuals, we have limited impact. Together, we can make meaningful change. This is the message that the London...
Mission first, kitchen later! On February 1 - the coldest day yet this winter - All Saints' Waterloo had their first mobile truck...
Let the wise also hear and gain in learning. (Proverbs 1:5a) By Rev. Paul Wooley A number of times I have been called to help...
At the most recent annual meeting, which took place in April 2022 via zoom, a call was made for the formation of a committee to...
By Michelle Hauser The Anglican Foundation of Canada’s (AFC) grants program will look substantially different in 2023 thanks to some...
By Caroline N. Sharp Lent has got to be the most exciting time in Jesus’ ministry. Everything he’s done for the past few years is...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon Questions… How many of them do you ask in an average day? How many do you answer? Some are very simple...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Grayhame Bowcott Years ago, before my wife Jacqueline and I were even married, I remember her...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Over the years I have written many columns on technology and ministry, best practices, and how to...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt A number of years ago, when I dipped my toe into the experience of...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes Recently, while playing pool with a group of regulars, I was off the mark, missing more shots than...
By Rev. Craig Love Lent is the season for fasting from creaturely pleasures for a time, but it also offers the right amount of time...
Brothers in front of Holy Cross Priory (north of High Park in Toronto), the Canadian home of The Order of the Holy Cross since the...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Canon Grayhame Bowcott As a priest, visiting new members can often be like a job interview: new...
By Rev. Paul Wooley There are various reasons that some members of a congregation may have difficulty hearing the spoken word....
By Bishop Todd Townshend In the celebrations of Holy Week and Easter, God reveals the deep love that is continually poured out for us...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes On a fine winter day, I noticed a young toddler strolling hands-free beside her mother down a sidewalk....
By Rev. Daniel Bowyer Not only walls, but also excitement continues to build as the construction of the new church and community...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Near the beginning of Lent this year, I was reminded that the Lenten discipline I had chosen back in...
Growing into a new understanding of “ministry” as something in which all the baptized participate, group members grow in their...
By Rev. Greg Little I am at a point in life when I take six pills each day – some are by prescription and some are vitamin...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Your website is one of the most important, if not the most important, tools to keep your church...
As a millennial culture watcher, I am troubled by what I see taking root in the land beyond the church doors and our inability to...
By Sydney Brouillard-Coyle Оver 370 anti-trans bills are currently circulating in the United States, including gender-affirming bans...
Monthly meetings resume: Parish volunteers and members of the K-W May Count Club at St. George's of Forest Hill For the past 16...
Yellow and blue: Easter chicks for Ukraine is just one of the ways ACW at St. Columba supports its wider community in need The ACW...
On Sunday, March 5, Rev. Canon Lance Smith, associate clergy and congregation welcomed Bishop Townshend on his first official episcopal...
By Shirley Sewell and Linda DeBurger Approximately twelve members of The Rondeau Bay Transfiguration Partnership get together online...
By Sue Lafreniere What first drew me to the monastic tradition was my dear friend and faith mentor for the past 25 years, Margaret...
By Bishop Todd Townshend At the end of this month, delegates from across the Diocese of Huron will gather in London for our annual...
Bishop Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy: the champion of diversity Bishop Lusa’s visit will be a real gift to us. He was born in the Democratic...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon Аs we come together as a diocesan family for our Synod gatherings, we do so, with great expectation,...
On the afternoon of Sunday, May 7, people from across Brant-Norfolk Deanery gathered, at Trinity Church in Simcoe, to celebrate the...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle It is a typical Sunday morning. Worship has started. Loud utterances are heard outside signaling that...
While the Royal family were preparing for its first coronation in 70 years, St. John’s Anglican Church held a Coronation Tea on Friday,...
By Bishop Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy “I VISITED a friend in hospital. She is in her forties, and has been living a full life while managing a...
By Charlotte Toyne At 4:30 PM, on Pentecost Sunday, May 28, 2023, the 183rd Synod meeting began. The pews of St. Paul's Cathedral...
Let me take refuge In the shelter of your wings… For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy. ...
By Rev. Marty Levesque Here's the church and there's the steeple.Open the door and see all the people.Here's the parson going...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt Here is a question for our Diocesan Family: When you are in our...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Canon Grayhame Bowcott Over the past two years, this column in the HCN has attempted to share...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes More than a few years back, together with an Elder, I officiated at a funeral service at Kettle Point....
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Edu-tainment is a growing trend in education, and churches are beginning to incorporate this...
By Rev. Paul Wooley A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.Proverbs 25:11 Whenever, either clergy or laity...
There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you until the day you begin to share your stories. By...
By Laurel Pattenden Most of my time since I last wrote my February column on composting has been spent waiting. Not writing but...
By Rev. Br. John-Paul Markides When I was young my mother used to read to me every evening, and we would always start with the lives...
"Burning our ship": From this moment on, the parishioners of All Saints', Waterloo can only move forward. The old structure is...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt The publishers of the Forward Day by Day devotional works known and...
By Rev. Michael DeKay For the past year, I have had the joy and honour of being a member of a Diocesan group who have been meeting via...
Huron Synod, Pentecost 2023: Blessed both by the diversity of languages revealed to them and with the ability to communicate and...
All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.FOR: The hatred which divides nation from nation, race, from race, class from...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon For the last number of years our Bishop has been emphasizing for us all the value of, among other things,...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes "Put your Bible away for a while!" Advice from a priest to a friend whose zealous thirst for...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque In the past decade, social media has revolutionized the way people connect, share information, and...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes Schadenfreude is the pleasure of witnessing another's loss, failure, embarrassment, pain, or...
By Rev. Mark Wilton God is present in our lives. I've always known this. With help from the Holy Spirit constantly prodding and...
By Rev. Diana Boland June 4, 2023: Trinity Sunday. Four ordinary people were transformed by God’s grace and Bishop Todd’s anointing...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Canon Grayhame Bowcott For years, I have often wondered what it would be like to be part of the...
By Bishop Todd Townshend From June 27 to July 2 the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada met in Calgary, Alberta. The...
Lambton and Area Ecumenical Refugee Committee’s (LAERC's) Canada Day party 2023, was a wonderful time for all − Buddhists, Muslims and...
FIELD NOTES By Rev. Allie McDougall Love her or hate her, the Barbie doll has been a staple of popular culture since her invention in...
This issue of Huron Church News includes a copy of the Summary Report prepared by the Diocesan ACW Future Committee. This report...
By Ven. Graham Bland “The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;—Little we see in...
By Annette Procunier Home for the Heart is the title of the funding campaign launched this year by the Sisters of St. John the Divine...
"Full immersion" - with a helmet and a shovel for now... Rev. Marty Levesque entering baptismal font in All Saints', Waterloo new...
By Scott Trinder For starters, I am a 'cradle' Anglican − brought up in the Anglican faith since birth. Growing up, I lived in...
By Libi Clifford It’s September again − the month that can never make up its mind whether it is summer or fall. Perhaps that is why it...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon I love September. Perhaps it is the coolness in the air that slowly returns to us as summer fades into...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle The Internet can be filled with pearls of wisdom. Recently I came across a story where a farmer tells...
By Laurel Pattenden This summer I was able to vacation and visit family, for a short time, on beautiful Salt Spring Island in B.C....
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt In recent days there has been some discussion about whether or not it...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Twitter, once a vibrant and accessible platform, has gradually become a victim of its new owner’s...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes In 1209, Pope Innocent III persecuted a particular anti-Catholic sect, the Cathars. They spoke against...
Patrick Martin was one of the four new deacons ordained on Trinity Sunday By Rev. Patrick Martin “As for me, I will be talking of...
Each summer after we bid farewell to our last group of campers, the staff work together to clean all our spaces, putting away supplies...
By Rev. BJ Dunbar Thinking back to the day of my ordination to the diaconate I recall moments of rush and hurry and moments like a...
It looks like there is a revival of monastic orders in Huron. On Sunday, August 20, the Novicing Mass was held at St. Andrew’s...
By Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Hendry Is your church a safe place to ask questions?... These may be questions about your future, about...
NOT VINCENT By Laurel Pattenden “The sunflower is mine, in a way.” After attending the Vincent Van Gogh immersive exhibit art...
As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one...
By Caroline N. Sharp You may or may not have read in the news that a Guatemalan firm has reached out to Canada in support of First...
On Sunday, September 24, the parishioners of Trinity Simcoe gathered together with Bishop Todd to mark their 175th anniversary. The...
By Sharon Frank As we approach the season of Thanksgiving, we can take a minute and offer prayers by using an acrostic prayer for the...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt I was intrigued by a CBC interview with the writer and on-screen...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes Jesus, in conversation with a postmodern theologian, asked, "Who do 'they' say that I am?" "They...
All Saints', Waterloo: Exterior - View from southwest By Rev. Marty Levesque When designing the new church and community centre...
By Adrienne Wagenaar It’s been three years, almost to the day, since I came out to my parents as a trans woman. I was 19, and...
The Husain Zada family GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Canon Dr. Grayhame Bowcott For two years, they were separated. In August...
By Rev. Paul Wooley Imagine if you will the possibility of miniaturizing a radio station that is so small that you can put it in your...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt Sometimes, all it takes is a single word to generate a moment of...
By Rev. Canon Preston Parsons Since our first lockdown nearly two years ago, we’ve done a lot of experimenting with worship. This has...
By Rev. Justin Comber There is an old saying in our church. It Has come to be an Anglicanism, and I have used it often, particularly...
WATCH OUR NEW ADVENT SERIES WITH BISHOP TERRY DANCE on our MEDIA PAGE and YouTube. Contact your local church to form a study group...
FIELD NOTES By Rev. Allie McDougall It’s not a secret that Anglicans have a demographic issue. It’s practically all we talk about –...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Deciding where to spend your advertising dollars, whether on Google or Facebook depends on various...
By Rev. Gilles Hache What is the meaning of Advent? What can these four weeks change in our everyday lives and in the life of our...
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to...
By Laurel Pattenden A favourite pastime of mine is to put together jigsaw puzzles. Preferably one thousand pieces, lighthearted or...
By Rev. Mary Farmer Like so many others, I feel as if the season of Advent preparation and the upcoming celebration of Christmas and...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon Have you noticed each year as we enter the month of December, how many Christmas movies there are? Truth is,...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Christmas decorations have been in stores for months now. It is a wonderfully anticipated season for...
In combining our three choirs, we have realized that together we create a depth of voices GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Canon...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes Autumn leaves are falling, filling up the streets; golden colors on the lawn, nature's trick or...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt As the Archbishop of Jerusalem led a call for a day of prayer and...
By Laurel Pattenden Christmas pyjamas have become a fashion statement over the last several years. Many stores sell matching family...
By Rev. Paul Wooley In this second instalment dealing with wireless microphone systems, we will examine solutions for problems with...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque When is the time to turn off your livestream? This is a question I have asked myself many times...
By Rev. Kimberly Myer Our prayers at Christmas invited us to focus on the Christ Child. It provided us with the time to reflect upon...
By Laurel Pattenden When we get ready for our new calendar year, familiar New Years’ Eve celebrations usually include watching large,...
Rev. Canon Kevin George and his wife Catherinanne are about to join the St. Paul’s community. Kevin's first day in the parish will be...
FIELD NOTES By Rev. Allie McDougall As the third decade of the 21st century unfolds, I have become increasingly concerned about what...
South nave wall of St. Paul's Cathedral displays two out of four Tiffany windows: "The Raising of Jairus' Daughter" (1918) and...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon Have you ever had an unexpected guest drop over? Most of us have, perhaps someone was just passing by, or...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle This year’s Reign of Christ Sunday included the Gospel story about the sheep and the goats (see Matthew...
Three years ago, at St. George's, Goderich, they hoped that the newly minted community hall would be a source of revenue. Today they...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt Words have power. This simple statement may not come as a revelation...
2023 Profession Mass Full Chapter (about half of the English-speaking segment Order present as well as four members of the Latin...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes In one of the recent Sunday services, we read a bible story called The Parable of the Talents. It is...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Canon Grayhame Bowcott We all know how the story goes: A faithful member of the Church serves in...
By Rev. Greg Little I am not what you would call an early adopter in terms of technology. I do have a Facebook Page and a blog –...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Building your church's social media channels is vitally important for maintaining connections with...
FIELD NOTES By Rev. Allie McDougall Those with an interest in church growth and development often refer to the current North American...
THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI, copy woven in 1894. Designed by Edward Burne Jones, details by William Morris and John Henry Dearle....
NO SEPARATE PEW AMONG US: Keith Burnett (left) as Rev. Thomas Hughes who founded Christ Church, Dresden in 1867, and Lee Highgate as...
Might a focus on Black History Month inspire us to engage with the stories and histories beyond our pews? Black History Month is an...
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon Have you ever used your phone to find directions to some new restaurant or avoid traffic? What about logging...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt Standing at the Lectern at the new All Saints Church in the Deanery of...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes The Canadian Charter of Rights states, "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, belief, opinion,...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Canon Grayhame Bowcott With the conclusion of Christmas services and the ringing in of the new year,...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque With the rise of AI, Artificial Intelligence, individuals need to be weary and media savvy now...
FIELD NOTES Rev. Allie McDougall Selling ourselves short: Social media and self-objectification The internet, since its inception,...
St. Mark's workday, February 3, 2024 - reorganizing our pantry. In May 2023, St. Mark’s London held its first monthly Food Pantry...
GIVING A VOICE TO OUR YOUTH event held on January 13 at St. Mark's. Photo below: Nolan and Callan Chrisley playing with the...
By Rev. Canon Greg Jenkins There are few ancient texts more beautiful than the poetry of Psalm 104. Creation and Creator are in...
Homeless Jesus, also known as Jesus the Homeless (Jésus le sans-abri), is a bronze sculpture by Timothy Schmalz, a Canadian sculptor....
James Tissot. JESUS WEPT (JESUS PLEURA). Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper. 1886-1896. Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by...
By Laurel Pattenden The experts suggest many things to keep our brains agile and healthy as we age. The dark, southwestern Ontario...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes I asked a retired friend to preach. He had been educated theologically and was experienced in the...
FIELD NOTES By Rev. Allie McDougall With International Women’s Day approaching on the 8th of March, it seems only appropriate to...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Canon Grayhame Bowcott A group of Anglican priests and church leaders came recently together...
If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque In the age of digital interconnectedness, one might assume that social media would be a unifying...
Hallelujah! Sing to the Lord a new song; sing his praise in the congregation of the faithful. (Psalm 149:1) By Rev. Paul Wooley For...
Pandit Dwejendra Doobay (London Hindu Cultural Centre) at the Noon-hour Lenten Speakers Series at St. Paul's Cathedral. This...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Encountering people who are different can be intimidating. We may fear we don’t have anything in...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt “A sea of flickering candles shining forth the Light of Christ in the...
What an amazing story told by Jim Collins! It started in a church basement in St. Thomas, serving 12 families in the area. Today...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes For many years in my ministry, I had been challenged by the liturgical season of Lent. It took a long...
Glenda Fisher, Margaret Moroun, Jennifer Wilson, Jacqueline Moroun By Rev. Glenda Fisher It all started with one man, Joe...
By Rev. Craig Love In the middle of winter, I made my way to a farm for five days of silent retreat, a time for rest & prayer....
IT'S JUST KEVIN By Very Rev. Kevin George I love berries. Raspberries are my favourite - wild preferably. I fell in love with them...
FIELD NOTES By Rev. Allie McDougall In early February, I gathered with my fellow newly ordained clergy for a session of...
By Rev. Paul Wooley If you have either recorded, downloaded hymn accompaniments, or used a MIDI file processed to create a recording...
By Rev. Greg Little Music has always been a big part of my life and continues so today. Yesterday, Lorna and I participated in a...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Canon Grayhame Bowcott There are few numbers that I dread seeing whenever they pop up on my cell...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Did you know trees emit chemicals that are beneficial for reducing stress and anxiety? So valuable is...
Jesus said, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.’ This is the most important, the first on any...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque In the fast-paced world of social media, negativity can feel like an unavoidable nuisance....
If we say we really care for our families and friends, then why not place some time and energy towards planning and preparing for how...
By Bishop Todd Townshend Some will recall that I took a short sabbath leave for the first ten weeks of the calendar year. I am most...
GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Canon Grayhame Bowcott With the marathon of Holy Week and Easter now concluded – Alleluia, Christ is...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes I was pulled into watching the Juno Awards show because I knew it represented Canadian Music....
By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon Forgive the abruptness of this headline. We are not trying to be impolite, or insensitive in any way,...
Installation of the new Dean of Huron and the Rector of St. Paul's, April 7, 2024 IT'S JUST KEVIN By Very Rev. Kevin George On...
St. James Westminster in London saw the return of a great community tradition on Earth Day. On the evening of Monday, April 22, St....
By harnessing the power of images, church communities can foster deeper connections with their followers online. MEDIA BYTES By...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt An impact of following the Church calendar, filled with all of its...
More than 120 people gathered at Old St. Paul's Church in Woodstock for a Tribute Concert. The rest of the year will see more...
Once a month at the Grand Valley Institution for Women our small group leads a celebration of Holy Eucharist that would be familiar to...
On April 27, fifteen volunteers moved storage boxes so that new walls could be painted The Rebuild project at Holy Saviour Church...
The Repair Café – Here we are in 2024 mending and recycling and repurposing, just like our parents and grandparents did 50 years ago....
Vicki and Patti Paraschak prepare and cook Since 1957 St. Matthew’s has been very involved with various worthwhile outreach...
A recent MEN'S GROUP meeting at St. George's of the Blue Mountains GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Canon Grayhame Bowcott The...
EDUCATION FOR MINISTRY OPEN HOUSES (Via Zoom, at 7pm): TUESDAY, JUNE 18; MONDAY, AUGUST 26 By Rev. Canon Val Kenyon In this final...
Just the idea that life includes miracles is an excitingly optimistic view that fills our minds with endless possibilities and our...
How can we say the dignity of a person who works full time is being respected when their wages are so low that they need the support...
FIELD NOTES By Rev. Allie McDougall Love her or hate her, Taylor Swift is indisputably one of the most important pop culture figures...
Bob George is on the far right front of this photo IT'S JUST KEVIN By Very Rev. Kevin George In his book You are What you Love,...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt Over the years I have collected a lot of “stuff”. My collection of...
On June 1, St. George’s of Forest Hill, Kitchener held our Spring ‘Children’s Community Closet’. Many people donated gently used...
Holy Trinity/St Paul's Anglican Church, Chatham participated in a community outreach project to help feed seniors who are experiencing...
“THANK YOU so much for your work to get Jessie there: I was blown away, very uncomfortable in the way I know means I need to change...
By Rev. Greg Little American essayist and wise woman, Helen Luke, in her book Old Age - Journey into Simplicity, writes of the...
By Rev. Greg Jenkins One of the realities of our work at PWRDF is that vital efforts are ongoing in areas that rarely make the...
Joyful celebration on August 1 (Emancipation Day) at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Ontario By Very Rev. Kevin George I can do...
Photo: Hans Zegerius By Rev. Marty Levesque All Saints Anglican Church in Waterloo moved into our new building in November of 2023...
By Bishop Todd Townshend After a very helpful consultation and improvement process, which happened across the whole diocese, our...
Blair Henderson with his Youth Kitchen team at St. George's of the Blue Mountains GROWING BEYOND THE DOORS By Rev. Canon Grayhame...
IT'S JUST KEVIN By Rev. Canon Kevin George Those who know me well know that I love to read. They also know I have zero motivation to...
AS I SEE IT By Rev. Jim Innes We all long for a secure and comforting home environment. However, despite this common desire,...
FIELD NOTES By Rev. Allie McGougall Welcome back to another volume of Field Notes. Summer 2024, while only half over at the time of...
By Rev. Mary Farmer Although you are reading this at summer’s end, it is the end of June, in a heat wave, that I am writing this, as I...
A VIEW FROM THE BACK PEW By Rev. Canon Christopher B. J. Pratt The Church has found great value in setting a framework for worship...
By Rev. Chris Brouillard-Coyle Those who choose to bring animals into our homes often find that our relationship to them is far...
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