February 1, 2004 Forces’ first Muslim chaplain

Capt. Suleyman Demiray, 37, an imam from the Ottawa area, graduated from the chaplain basic officer training course on Dec. 10 at the Trinity Chapel, Canadian Forces Base, Borden, Ont., becoming the first Muslim chaplain in the...

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February 1, 2004 Arctic supports ACiNW

September's meeting in Yellowknife of the diocese of the Arctic's executive committee saw this resolution passed: "That this executive affirm the stand taken by the ACiNW (Anglican Communion in New Westminster) and Bishop Terry...

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February 1, 2004 Three parishes close

Three of the six Anglican parishes in Niagara Falls, Ont. are facing closure. With dwindling attendance, St. Stephen's church voted to disestablish last November and held its last service on Dec. 28. Parishioners of St. Martin...

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February 1, 2004 Deficit for diocese

The diocese of Rupert's Land has proposed a draft budget for 2004 that forecasts a deficit of $47,300, but anticipates a balanced budget by 2005. Parish pledges were projected for 2004 as revenue of $620,000, the same amount as...

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February 1, 2004 Accountability and accounting for your dollars

It is tax time in this nation and many Canadians are understandably consumed with questions about how their money - taxes paid on everything they do, earn, purchase or consume - is used by the government. Auditor-General...

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February 1, 2004 Where is young adult ministry?

Dear editor, I recently read through the General Synod's publication outlining the framework for strengthening the church and serving God's world. While I am satisfied with the document itself, I am concerned with one...

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February 1, 2004 Yet another organist rises to the challenge

Dear editor, Following the letter ? Can any organist beat record of 72 years ' (December 2003), I received a call from Clare Dalon who has been an organist in the diocese of Kelowna since the age of 16; she is now 87. ...

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February 1, 2004 As we enter this divisive debate, what are the rules?

Anglicans in Canada are facing a divisive controversy. The issue has come onto the General Synod 2004 agenda following a decision in the diocese of New Westminster, where the bishop and that diocese have implemented the blessing...

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February 1, 2004 Canon Laurence Wilmot

Canon Laurence Wilmot, an author of three books, died in Winnipeg on Dec.13. A few months before he died, Canon Wilmot, 96, was busy doing public readings of his memoir, Through the Hitler Line: Memoirs of an Infantry...

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February 1, 2004 Believing there is a better way

At the end of this month it will be Lent again and, as always, I am haunted by that question in the Book of Prophet Micah (6:8b) "Â?and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk...

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