October 2023

A child with red chair in a pink t-shirt looks through a magnifying glass. In the background you can see grass and the legs of other children.
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Community Roots Day Camp: Summer 2023 Season

An older white woman with short white hair and glasses stands behind a series of small posts related to ringing the bells.
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Time with the angels

On a recent visit to St. John’s Anglican Church in Truro, I noticed a woman ascending a steep staircase. When asked where she was going, ...
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It’s A New Day! The gift of newcomers

  INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS & POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION  Holland Collage, Charlottetown (several locations), PE  Nova Scotia Community Colleges, (several locations), NS Acadia University, Wolfville. NS   University ...
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Validation or value judgment?

John went to work with a full heart. He had been on holiday for a month, and had not felt this rested in recent memory. ...
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For all the Saints (October)

Excerpted from Stephen Reynold’s “For All The Saints”. This month,  we look a two prominent Priests who sought reforms in the Catholic Church in their ...
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Blessed season of creation

I dropped into the shop where a friend works yesterday morning. When my friend came out of the back of the shop to serve this ...
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GUIDING LIGHT: A Workshop on Funeral Ministry

Regional funeral workshops open to all One of the most impactful ministries we have as Anglicans in our Diocese is funeral ministry. Our liturgies reflect a ...
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Not to be taken for granted… Literacy and financial education

We take our access to education for granted. However, as we know, there are countries around the world where an education is not available, especially ...
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Hurricane Fiona Resilience Response Project

The Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island is requesting proposals from parishes and not-for profit community groups that are seeking support following Hurricane ...
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The sacred work of church changing: transformative scenario planning

“We cannot solve our problems wearing the same shoes we wore in creating them.” – Leigh Weinraub In 2012, Adam Kahane, who pioneered the development ...
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Announcements – October 2023

Rev. Dennis Newhook appointed as Priest-in-Charge of the Shared Parishes of Musquodoboit and Ship Harbour, effective July 15th, 2023. Rev. Taunya Dawson appointed as Priest-in-Charge ...
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The “Red Zone” and a culture of consent and respect

Cynthia Pilichos, Anglican Church Women Diocesan Board and Anglicans Powering Potential Have you heard of the “Red Zone”? Do you know what it refers to? ...
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A tribute to our retired archivist: Lorraine Slopek

This article tries to do two things. Our church’s sincere thanks for Lorraine’s career of over twenty years and her legacy, the second item is ...
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Pray as you can

“Teach us to pray” the disciples asked Jesus in the Gospel of Luke 11:1. It has been suggested that the disciples would have known how ...
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