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The Reverend David Taylor has resigned as Rector of St. Dunstan, Aldergrove and will begin a new ministry as Rector of St. Mark, Ocean Park, September 16. The Celebration of a new ministry is scheduled for September 25 at 7pm. 

The Reverend Andrew Halladay is now the Venerable Andrew Halladay as he succeeds the Reverend Kelly Duncan who resigned her diocesan role as Archdeacon of Lougheed and her ordained leadership of the Parish of St. George, Fort Langley for a new ministry post in the Diocese of Islands and Inlets (aka the Diocese of British Columbia). The Reverend Duncan’s last liturgy as rector of the Fort Langley parish was July 16. Archdeacon Halladay will be collated at a diocesan liturgy to be confirmed.

The Reverend Liz Hamel concluded her ministry as Interim Priest-in-Charge at St. John the Baptist, Sardis in August. The Reverend Hamel has been appointed Priest-in-Charge of All Saints, Ladner beginning September 15. Following the resignation of former rector of All Saints, the Reverend Robin Ruder-Celiz in the winter of 2023, the Reverend  Sharon Salomons served as interim priest-in-charge until July 31, 2023. 

The Reverend Greg Jenkins resigned his diocesan roles as Regional Dean of Royal City & South Burnaby and Chair of the diocesan PWRDF Unit and resigned his parish ministry as Rector of St. Alban the Martyr, Burnaby effective July 31, 2023, to begin his new ministry as Rector of Church of the Holy Saviour, Waterloo in the Diocese of Huron. His last liturgy as at St. Alban’s was July 9 and his appointment in Waterloo began August 1, 2023. The Reverend Monte Tugwete who is the parish's assistant curate is presiding at worship services.  An interim priest-in-charge will be appointed soon. The parish will continue to be supported by Honorary Assistant/Vancouver General Hospital Chaplain, the Reverend Bryan Rivers. 

The Venerable Stephanie Shepard, Archdeacon of Granville, completed her interim appointment at St. Francis, Caulfeild (West Vancouver) at the end of July and she began her next ministry as Interim Priest-in-Charge of Holy Trinity, Vancouver succeeding the previous interim, the Reverend Craig Tanksley, August 1. 

VST student Dara Crandall has been approved as postulant for ordination to the priesthood in the Anglican Church of Canada.

The Reverend Alex Wilson who began his new ministry as Rector of St. Francis-in-the-Wood, Caulfeild August 1 will be inducted at a Celebration of a New Ministry, September 11. 

For those of you who are members of diocesan parishes and readers of diocesan communications material you are likely aware that the Venerable Philippa Pride, Executive Archdeacon, and Archdeacon of Vancouver was diagnosed with cancer late spring of 2023 and is currently undergoing treatment. As of this writing in late July, Archdeacon Pride is continuing in her work and ministry primarily from her home, available by email and Zoom. Please keep Philippa, her daughter Caitlin, her friends and family in your prayers.