Announcements

The Marks of Mission
Click the link to visit the Marks of Mission webpages on the General Synod site. 
February Topic
Please click the link to access a pdf copy of the February 2012 Topic publication. Deadline for the April 2012 issue is March 6th. 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. 
Job Postings
There are three current  JOB POSTINGS
 
Diocesan School for Leadership Brochure

Click the link to download the Diocesan School for Leadership brochure and application form.
If you have questions please contact Rev. Marnie Peterson.
The school is scheduled July 22-28, 2012.
 
Screening in Faith
Here is a hotlink to SCREENING IN FAITH - the dioceses Human Resources website. 
Worship at St. John's Shaughnessy.
Scheduled worship: 8am and 10am. 
The St. John's Website is up and running and it looks great. Many thanks to Stephen Pickett for his great work.
 
Worship at St. Matthias and St. Luke, Oakridge
Anglican Church of Canada worship at the parish of St. Matthias and St. Luke, Sundays at 10:30am. Visit the new WEBSITE for Sunday worship information.
 
 
Worship at St. Matthew's Abbotsford
Worship at St. Matthew's Abbotsford, Sundays at 10am. Preacher and presider, the Reverend Allen Doerksen. For  assistance the St. Matthew's Office. Phone: 604.853.2416
 

Current News

Last Updated On: 2/25/2010 3:34:24 PM
Karen Refugee Families Featured in Community Newspapers
North Shore Deanery supported refugees profiled in press
It has been nearly 6 months since the two families of Karen refugees arrived at Vancouver International Airport. The families, consisting of two young couples each with a toddler were met by representatives of North Vancouver deanery churches who drove them to their new homes in Surrey 48 hours after they had bid farewell to their bamboo huts in a camp on the Thailand/Burma border.
A great deal has happened in these past weeks as they have begun to adapt to a world that must be overwhelming for them.
The news of the arrival and the welcome received by the families has been featured a number of times in diocesan communications but the January 21st publication of an article by Daniel Pi in the North Shore Outlook marks the first acknowledgment of their arrival by the news media. The story was picked up by the Surrey Leader and published, January 27th. To link please click A NEW LIFE IN CANADA.
Kler Paw is the only one of the four adults with fluency in English and he is a very bright and educated person with training in education and theology.
The two men are due to begin work at a recycling plant in Surrey in the next few days.
Another exciting event coming up will be a profile on a Cable Access televison show produced by Shaw.
Diocesan Communications will hopefully be there to cover the event and share the experience with those who visit this website and read the TOPIC newspaper.
 
North Vancouver deanery churches involved with the sponsorship of the Karen families are: St. Agnes, St. Catherine's, Capilano, St. Clare-in-the-Cove, St. Clement's, St John the Evangelist, St Martin's and parishioners from the recently closed St. Richard of Chichester, with participation from Highlands United. St. Helen's Surrey (who have contributed $2000 to the fund that supports the families) and Church of the Epiphany also support the families. They have lay people who visit and some Karen folks attend St. Helen's.