June 1, 2003 Making her mark

On a dare from another youth delegate to CoGS, Alison Bent had her tattoo of the logo of the Anglican Church of Canada done in Smithers, B.C. during a summer ministries excursion. Ms. Bent said she challenged the other delegate,...

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June 1, 2003 New pensions director announced

Council of General Synod approved Judy Robinson as the appointee to the position of associate director of pensions effective July 1, 2003, and director of pensions effective Jan. 1, 2004. The current director of pensions, Jenny...

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January 1, 2002 Budget hints at reprieve

Orillia, Ont. The Anglican Church of Canada will remain solvent at least until the end of 2002. A budget presented to the Council of General Synod in November by treasurer Jim Cullen gave a rosier picture than had...

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January 1, 2002 New CoGS sets church priorities

Orillia, Ont. At its inaugural meeting last fall, the Council of General Synod (CoGS) elected last summer, wrestled with how to continue guiding the church through the residential schools crisis as well as with contingency...

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January 1, 2002 Five themes identified

Orillia, Ont. The Council of General Synod identified five new pieces of work for special attention at its recent meeting here. One of them, "intentional listening" designed to find out the will of the Anglican...

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January 1, 2002 Appointments rounded out

Orillia, Ont. Gay Richardson of the diocese of Ottawa is the newest and final Anglican appointment to the joint Anglican-Lutheran commission, it was announced at the Council of General Synod meeting here. Lutherans on the...

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January 1, 2002 Journal to grow

The Council of General Synod has approved an amendment to the 2002 budget to allow the Anglican Journal to move up to a base size of 16 pages from 12. Until January, 2001, the Journal was publishing base editions of 20...

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September 1, 2001 COGS members mostly new

Waterloo, Ont. THREE-QUARTERS of members of the new Council of General Synod (COGS) will be serving in that capacity for the first time. The council is the chief decision-making body between the triennial meetings of...

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April 1, 2001 Church to be 'out of cash' in 2001

Mississauga, Ont. The national church's financial situation continues to deteriorate as talks with the federal government about the residential schools crisis move at a disappointingly slow rate and the pace of litigation...

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April 1, 2001 COGS Briefs

Financial campaign Council of General Synod (CoGS) drew on the work of three recent consultations with about 100 Anglicans and decided to commission a study on the feasibility of starting a national fundraising campaign. ...

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