“I urge you now to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.” Acts 27:22 Algoma Deanery Council met on Saturday, Oct. 4th, 2014 continuing in faithful conversation about ministry in the Deanery, guided by the narrative of Saint Paul and his companions’ shipwreck on the…
Members of congregations within the Deanery of Algoma have been invited to share in the designing, building and use of a parade float to be entered in Algoma and district 2014 Christmas parades. An ad hoc committee hasbeen meeting throughout the summer securing funds from the Diocesan Champion Project of the Anglican Church of Canada,…
Tuesday afternoons in Advent (2, 9, 16, 23 December), 4:30-5:30 p.m. Philosophers and geneticists tell us that in our beginnings we find clues to our end. Genesis is a book of beginnings, and from time immemorial, Jews and Christians have returned to this book to help them in understanding life’s meaning and purpose in the…
This year, the 2015 preliminary Diocesan budget will be presented via web conferencing. Sign up to review the budget as presented by our Treasurer, Jane Mesich, and to learn more about how the budget is put together and how it works. Jane will personally visit each deanery in the spring to present the budget estimates…
An Ottawa church responded to graffiti in their community in an unexpected, and missional way! Check out the full article from the Anglican Church of Canada’s website.
We keep those involved in the Algoma Diocesan mission trip to the Diocese of Tarime in Tanzania in prayer throughout their journey: We bless you, O God, and we praise your name, for you anointed your own Son with the Holy Spirit to preach good news to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, and to…
“Flat Jesus” is a concept based on the children’s novel “Flat Stanley” where Stanley is accidentally flattened when a bulletin board falls on him. What Stanley quickly discovers though is that being flat has some incredible advantages! He can go to all kinds of places that he couldn’t go before! Children in elementary schools were…
St. John’s Back to Basics after school program has been up and running in Sault Ste. Marie for close to seven years. This program offers a place for students from Etienne Brule public school to gather at the end of the school day for a nutritious snack, creative crafting, fun play and often times meet…
May 14 to 16, 2014 Anglicans and Lutherans, both clergy and laity, gathered in Niagara Falls, Ontario to engage in an ongoing conversation surrounding vital and healthy congregations. Rev. Dr. Jay Koyle, CDO, the Ven. Anne Germond, the Ven. Marie Loewen, the Rev. Patrick McManus, the Rev. Pamela Rayment and Jim Schell represented the Diocese of…
The theme for Youth Synod this year is #YS14 #Justice. The prophet Micah tells us what God desires from our lives–“to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God” (Micah 6:8). What does that kind of life look like? Our guest speakers Bill and Sharon Chapman will help us explore…
