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Bishop Michael's Synod Sermon
SERMON preached, May 12th, 2012 at the 111th Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster 
Bishop Greg Rickel's 2012 Synod Presentations
Click the links to access Bishop Greg Rickel's Opening Worship Sermon and Synod Partner Reflection. 
Synod Resolutions 2012
Please click the link to access SYNOD 2012 RESOLUTIONS, those that came to the floor and those referred to Diocesan Council 
Synod 2012 Materials
The 111th Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster:
 
 
 
GODSPELL Tickets Available
 
Two performances at Christ Church Cathedral of this fresh twist on the well known 1970's musical, produced, directed and performed by youth and youth leaders from around the diocese.
Tickets for the two performances
1pm and 7pm are available for purchase now
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May Topic

Please click the link to access a pdf copy of the May Topic publication. Topic is on hiatus for the summer, the deadline for the September issue is August 7th, 2012.  Please click Topic Deadlines and Guidelines to download the 2012 information. Topic does have paid advertising space so please click Topic Rates and Specs to download the current information.
 
The Marks of Mission
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Screening in Faith
Here is a hotlink to SCREENING IN FAITH - the dioceses Human Resources website. 

Current News

Last Updated On: 2/25/2010 3:36:55 PM
A Fond Farewell to St. John the Divine, Burnaby
Historic and influential Burnaby Parish closes after 110 years of ministry
On January 3rd, 2010 at 2pm the final Eucharist service in the long life of the parish of St. John the Divine, Burnaby was celebrated. A capacity congregation prayed, sang, wept, laughed and shared stories of what this incredible faith community meant to them personally and to the growth and development of the City of Burnaby.
St. John the Divine parish has had three homes over the 110 years.
Since 1999 the parish has worshipped at the Smith Street location and continued until the fall of 2009 when the congregation, trustees and clergy realized that there wasn’t enough money to keep the community going.
The parish met in a special vestry November 15th to vote on a recommendation for closure.
The parishioners decided by 78% in favour to petition the Bishop for closure. This decision was not arrived at easily or hastily but followed a series of meetings both in the parish and with the Bishop, staff and Regional Archdeacon.
Prior to the commencement of the final worship in the sanctuary, Bishop Michael Ingham and the Venerable John Bailey, Archdeacon of Westminster deconsecrated the ground situated on the north side of the church building that contained the Memorial Garden where the ashes of many former St. John’s parishioners rest. The contents of the garden was then moved to Holy Trinity Cathedral, New Westminster where those remains will be cared for in perpetuity.
In place of a homily Bishop Michael invited St John’s parishioners to speak and share a favourite church memory. More than a dozen people spoke, some choking back tears while others suppressed laughter as they recalled a particularly humourous event in church history.
What really made an impact was the consistent thread in the stories told on that early January afternoon and they had little to do with; structure or a roof, pews, chancels, naves or organs. The consistent thread was the community, the people, 110 years of disciples of Jesus meeting in Burnaby to witness God’s love for the world and carry out God’s mission on earth.
Longtime parishioner Bill Corson paused for a few seconds after sharing some special memories and said, “the memories flow deep and will be with us always.”

This church has completed its life cycle. It was a long productive life. Thanks be to God!