The Saskatoon (Lutheran) Native Ministry at St. Thomas Wesley United Church is moving towards modifying worship services to include an indigenous sacred circle format, a reading of Scripture in Cree and prayers that would...
Category: February 2006, Canada

Two groups of Canadians from several churches have raised over $100,000 in five years for AIDS projects in Africa by making craft angels. One of the projects, an ecumenical community-development organization in Lusaka that...
Category: February 2006, Canada, HIV/AIDS
A conference called Magnetic Church, which will teach parish leadership teams how to help churches attract and retain new members, will be held in May in the diocese of Toronto. The conferences are led by Andrew Weeks,...
Category: February 2006, Canada
The top two managers at the Anglican Book Centre in Toronto have resigned.
General manager Dan Benson, who has been with the internationally-known retailer of books, vestments and other church items for 10 years, has...
Category: February 2006, Canada
Four northern Ontario churches in the diocese of Algoma – three Anglican and one Lutheran – have decided to share one priest, Rev. Henk Willems. He will serve Zion Lutheran and St. James Anglican in Massey,...
Category: February 2006, Canada
Health Canada has decided to give five men dying of AIDS – including an Anglican priest – access to new drugs unavailable in Canada that could prolong their lives. Rev. Michael Forshaw, 64, of St. Paul's church...
Category: February 2006, Canada, HIV/AIDS
The diocese of Ottawa will be part of a six-day Advocacy Justice Camp in May in Ottawa to "advance the cause of social justice in a manner consistent with the Gospel." The national church's eco-justice committee and the...
Category: February 2006, Canada
We would like to offer some clarification for our fellow scribes, many of whom picked up on a December Anglican Journal story that detailed a presentation at last fall's meeting of the house of bishops about declining ...
Category: February 2006, Editorial
Dear editor, Thank you for your December article, Dreaming of a simple Christmas. It really struck a chord with me. A simpler, less commercialized Christmas is not only more in tune with the message of Jesus, it...
Category: February 2006, Letters
February 1, 2006
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Category: February 2006, Letters