The day began with more than 60 clergy of the diocese, three lay staff and a couple of guests gathering at 9am at St. Mark’s, Ocean Park for a 9:30am start.
Following a Celebration of Morning Prayer, Bishop Skelton and Director for Mission and Ministry Development , the Reverend Ruth Monette went over the plan for the day which would consist of ten workshops all with a focus on an aspect of liturgy. These workshops would be offered, five at a time for one hour in different locations around the St. Mark’s facility. There were three sessions at: 10:15am, 11:30am and 1:15pm. Some workshops were offered at two sessions.
The day ended with an address from Bishop Skelton where she reviewed the upcoming diocesan events scheduled for the fall.
The November issue of Topic the monthly publication of the diocese mailed to homes as a section of the Anglican Journal will contain a summary of the sessions offered at the September 10, 2015 Clergy Day.
The sessions and the facilitators September 10 were:
- Training Leaders of the Prayers of the People – The Reverend Dr. Harold Munn, priest-in-charge, St. Anselm’s
- Texts: Authorized Uses (What’s Authorized and How to Use Them) – The Reverend Dr. Richard Leggett, rector, St. Faith’s, Vancouver
- Clergy as Liturgical Coach – Bishop Skelton and the Reverend Andrew Halladay, vicar, St. Augustine’s, Marpole co-presenters
- Multiculturalism in Worship – The Reverend Ruth Monette with the Reverend Paulina Lee, St. Chad’s, Arbutus Basin
- Music in Worship – Michael Murray, director of music and organist at St. Philip, Dunbar
- Innovations and Permissions for Liturgies (Liturgical Development) – Bishop Skelton
- Young Children in Worship – Caitlin Reilley Beck, Children and Youth Ministry Coordinator for the diocese of New Westminster
- Managing Liturgical Change – The Reverend Paul Borthistle, priest-in-charge, Christ the Redeemer, Cloverdale and Tasha Carrothers, Ministry Resource Associate, diocese of New Westminster, co-presenters.
- Embrace Your Space –Bishop Skelton
- Lector Training – The Reverend Karen Urquhart, rector, St. Catherine of Alexandria, Port Coquitlam
PHOTOS:
- Bishop Skelton shares a smile following Morning Prayer
- Clergy of the diocese and a few guests listen intently to instructions
- Michael Murray speaks to the group about melody, harmony and tempo.
- The Reverend's Andrew Halladay, Stephen Bailey and Alan Carson during the Clergy as Liturgical Coach session
- Multiculturalism in Worship session one
- Training Leaders for the Prayers of the People
- Tasha Carrothers with the second session of Managing Liturgical Change
- The Reverend Dr. Richard Leggett, Authorized Uses of Texts for Worship.
- Caitlin Reilley Beck, Young Children in Worship
- The Reverend Karen Urquhart shares resources for training Lay Readers.
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