Interfaith Leaders and G8 - A Call for Action

Anglicans are invited, along with other Christians and people of faith, to host an interfaith dinner or reception or gathering in your community and invite your MP. You can do this any time between now and June 20, 2010. Resources and suggestions for hosting can be found at bit.ly/faithg8. The purpose of these dinners is to talk with your interfaith neighbours and your MP about what message you want to send to Prime Minister and other world leaders in anticipation of the G8 and G20 summits. The G8 and G20 summits will meet this year in Canada from June 25-27, 2010 in Huntsville and Toronto, Ontario.

Interfaith Leaders will meet at the University of Winnipeg, with leadership from the Primate, Archbishop Fred Hiltz. Together they will discuss ways to communicate with world leaders and press them for action on the 2010 Interfaith Summit Statement, A Time for Inspired Leadership and Action, which urges world leaders to inspired leadership and action to address poverty, care for the earth, and invest in peace. View the statement here: bit.ly/interfaithstatement

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Info! News from General Synod, March 2, 2010

National Gathering on Theological Education Jan. 5-7, 2010

From maintenance to a missional church

This webspace contains preparatory materials for the National Gathering on Theological Education that will take place January 5-7 at the Manoir D’Youville in Chateauguay, Montreal.

The event will gather the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada along with representatives of theological educational institutions affiliated with the Anglican Church of Canada, clergy and lay people involved in Diocesan and Provincial candidacy processes, students and teachers.

Explore the site by using the links to the left.

Documents:

For more information please visit the website:

http://www.anglican.ca/faith/ngte/

March 8, 2010 marks the 99th anniversary of International Women's Day [IWD].

Alban Weekly,  Issue: 293,  March 8 , 2010

Stations of the Search

By John Vonhof

To read:

http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?id=8964

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Alban Weekly,  Issue: 292,  March 1 , 2010

Failure to Thrive

To read:

http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?id-8954

For more information and/or a free subscription to Alban Weekly, published by the Alban Institute, visit the website:

http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?id=8954

Anglican Church of Canada Launches new Gift Guide

February 25, 2010 - The Anglican Church of Canada is pleased to announce the launch of Acts of Faith; A Guide to Supporting the Ministries of the Anglican Church of Canada.  The gift guide is a joint initiative of the Departments of Philanthropy and Communications and Information Resources, and represents an unprecedented collaboration amongst all of the partners and charitable entities within the national church; bringing them together in one fundraising vehicle for the first time.

"Acts of Faith tells the story of our Church's many ministries in the service of God's mission in Canada and throughout the world" said Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, adding, "I hope people across the country will enjoy browsing through this guide and that they will find a particular ministry they would like to support in a very special way."

Since its establishment in 2008 the Department of Philanthropy has been working to redefine the meaning and methods of giving for the Anglican Church of Canada by instilling a theology of philanthropy and by developing innovative approaches to the church's philanthropic work.  The new gift guide is one such example.  Dr. Holland Hendrix, Executive Director of the Department of Philanthropy says that a critical success factor in this cultural shift is to strengthen the ACC's invitations for financial support.  Hendrix stresses that the national church should not assume that Canadian Anglicans understand the scope and breadth of its ministries and says "we need to be very intentional and specific about how we communicate with our loyal supporters — there is danger in our growing comfortable and complacent." 

Acts of Faith will be circulated to all households currently receiving the Anglican Journal and will be inserted in the April issue.  Work is currently underway to develop other distribution streams for those who do not receive the Journal, including an all-parish mailing as well as an online portal for the guide.  At the present time, a downloadable PDF is available by visiting www.anglican.ca/giftguide and anyone interested can order additional copies of the guide by contacting the Department of Philanthropy by email at philanthropy@national.anglican.ca.

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Anglican Church of Canada, February 25, 2010 

Alban Weekly,  Issue: 291,  February 22 , 2010

Simplicity Itself

By Bob Sitze

To read:

http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?id=8945

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Alban Weekly,  Issue: 290,  February 15, 2010

Downward Mobility

By John A.  Berntsen

To read:

http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?id=8942

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