Imagine sailing on pirate ship in full sail inside St. Luke’s Cathedral on your way to Neverland! The Cathedral Churchmouse Players invite you to a play for all ages, The Never Song, based on the beloved story Peter Pan by Sir James Matthew Barrie. When you arrive in Neverland, join Wendy, John and Michael Darling as they find adventure and danger. They hide from those dastardly pirates James Hook…
“When a congregation starts taking seriously the vocation to make disciples, its life is bound to change too!” ~ Jay Koyle, Go Make Disciples: An Invitation to Baptismal Living. (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2012) p. 21. By its nature, baptism is a subversive sacrament that initiates people into a community established to reveal the Kingdom of…
The Deanery of Algoma extends Holy Week blessings to all as we journey towards Easter. See below for Holy Week Service Times Monday in Holy Week ~ March 21, 2016 St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Sault Ste. Marie 7:00pm Eucharist Tuesday in Holy Week ~ March 22, 2016 St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Sault Ste. Marie 7:00pm Eucharist Wednesday in Holy Week ~ March 23,…
A note from Congregational Development Officer, Jay Koyle about an exciting opportunity in Algoma! Greetings! I invite you to join in an event being offered across the Diocese this January that will help your congregation renew its engagement with Christ crucified and risen during Lent and Easter. In his column in the December edition of…
“When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy. On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” Matthew 2:10-11 Epiphany is nearly upon us and these wise…
The Deanery of Algoma wishes you a very Merry Christmas as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ! We extend an invitation to worship with us this Christmastime and look forward to welcoming new and familiar faces among us! Christmas Eve Services St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, Blind River 2:00pm…
What is it? The tradition of having figures of Mary, Joseph and a donkey travelling from home to home during Advent originated in Mexico where it is known as posada. This practice helps us to reflect on the journey that Mary and Joseph made to Bethlehem while Mary was pregnant with the baby Jesus and…
by Rev. Pamela Rayment In the calendar of the church, we are presently in the week prior to the last Sunday in the season after Pentecost, a Sunday that is set aside to celebrate the reign of Christ, and thus aptly referred to as The Reign of Christ Sunday. And yet as we look out…
The Diocese of Algoma has a long standing relationship with the Diocese of Tarime in Tanzania, Africa as a sister diocese. We support one another in various ways, the least of which is through ongoing prayer. Last summer, a group from across the Diocese of Algoma travelled to Tarime to experience life in community with…
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