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Affordable housing — Diocese of Ottawa
Diocese of Ottawa on target for 125 new affordable housing units In 2013 Anglican Church of Canada set action on homelessness and affordable housing as priority Via The Anglican Journal...
Predictions about the future Church
10 predictions about the future of the Church Every generation experiences change. But sometimes you sense you’re in the midst of truly radical change, the kind that happens only every...
St Luke’s crew part of local food drive
St Luke's takes part in local food drive Members of the parish join with Kawartha Food Share in local food drive One Saturday, 1 June, an energetic crew of people from...
Here grows the community gardens
Here grows the community gardens at St Luke's Local community gardeners put in a full day in getting the gardens ready for planting Thanks to the support of Peterborough GreenUp, the...
Organ Recital: Ian Morton (audio)
Beautiful lunch-time music recital by Ian Morton Ian performed a wide range of music as part of Peterborough Lunch Time Organ Recitals Ian selected a varied repertoire of music for...
Chorus concert at St Luke’s
Ontario Presbyterian Chorus visits St Luke's Chorus Director, Alastair McCallum, brings chorus to Peterborough for evening of sacred choral music click a photo for full-screen On Sunday evening, 26 May...
Letter to Premier from Bishop Andrew
Responding to 2019 Ontario Budget Letter to Premier from Bishop Andrew on behalf of the Diocese and Social Justice Advocacy The 2019 Ontario budget was released 11 April 2019. While...
Great teamwork at High Tea
Great teamwork at High Tea event Parish team creates another successful event for the local community Another great effort by the parish team for another successful parish event. Thanks to...
We can’t just rebuild
We can't just rebuild The Rev'd Terence Chandra serves with his wife, the Rev'd Jasmine Chandra, in Saint John, New Brunswick. They are community priests at Stone Church, an Anglican...
Pray for Sri Lankans
Pray for Sri Lankans Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate for Anglican Church of Canada, calls for prayer in aftermath of Sri Lanka's Easter bombings BY FRED HILTZ, ARCHBISHOP AND PRIMATE In the...
Easter is 50 days
The Easter Season extends to the Day of Pentecost 'Pentecost' is derived from the Greek word for fifty and it is 50 days after Easter BY FRED HILTZ, ARCHBISHOP AND PRIMATE...
What’s Holy Week anyway 14-20 April
Holy Week -- most sacred week in the Christian Year text by The Rev'd Glenn Empey Holy Week is from Palm Sunday until Holy Saturday. It includes Maundy Thursday and...
Parish update info
Parish update info Information for parishioners from the Planning and Options Group Every second Wednesday since the end of January the members of St Luke's Planning and Options Group have...
“Singing our faith” — Ontario Presbyterian Chorus, Sunday 26 May
"Singing our faith" -- Ontario Presbyterian Chorus An evening of choir music at St Luke's
Canadian House of Bishops nominate bishops for next Primatial election
Canadian Anglican House of Bishops nominate bishops for next Primatial election The Canadian House of Bishops has nominated five bishops from among their number to stand for election as the...
Was it the fig tree’s fault?
Was it the fig tree's fault? Audio - listen ... Message for Third Sunday in Lent Gospel Reading - Luke 13:1-9 At that very time there were some present who...
Take stock of the journey so far, primate tells CoGS
Take stock of the journey so far, primate tells CoGS “We need to be praying for a revival in the life of our church,” Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the...
Revive — equipping lay leaders
Revive: Equipping lay leaders to be spiritual leaders Revive is a small-group discipleship programme that celebrates the dedicated service of lay leaders and helps them grow into deeper relationship with God....
A Word to the Church from General Synod
A Word to the Church: Considering the proposed amendment of Marriage Canon XXI This Word to the Church was passed by consensus by the Council of General Synod on March...
Just when you thought you missed Saint Paddy’s
You didn't miss Saint Paddy's after all Even if you did take in Saint Patrick's Day, you can never get enough home-made real Irish Stew There is absolutely no reason...
The truth about St Patrick’s Day
The truth about St Patrick's Day James Farrelly -- Religion News Service 15 March 2019. Republished from The Conversation under Creative Commons Licence. In 1997, my students and I traveled...
Weeping, praying, and standing with our Muslim neighbours
Weeping, praying, and standing with our Muslim neighbours BY FRED HILTZ, ARCHBISHOP AND PRIMATE ON MARCH 15, 2019 -- The Anglican Church of Canada Our hearts are aching for Muslims across our country...
Be a pilgrim: get these excellent resources for Lent
Be a pilgrim: Get these excellent free resources for Lent The Church of England is on the cutting edge with email and online resources for Lent and Easter The Church...
Ashes: Should they stay or should they go?
Ashes: Should they stay or should they go? By SCOTT GUNN, Executive Director, Forward Movement · Published 5 March 2019. Used with permission. There are a few predictable moments on churchy...
Pancakes and Shrove Tuesday?
Pancakes and Shrove Tuesday? What's the connection with Shrove Tuesday and pancakes and what about 'mardi gras' According to Wikipedia, "The tradition of marking the start of Lent has been documented...
New stories to tell: ecumenism today
Anglican-Roman Catholic: new stories to tell In over fifty years of formal ecumenical dialogue, Anglicans and Roman Catholics have come a long way in terms of the agreement in faith...
New resources for Social Justice
Social Justice and Advocacy - resources A collection of resources for learning about social justice issues Jesus' teachings make it clear that we are called to care for the poor...
Parish rolls out new programme and valentines
New learning programme and valentines Yes, we know. There's no feast day in the Church for Valentine but when the customary day is not far off, what d'ya do. Plus...
New programme for parish kids
St Luke's rolls out new learning programme for kids Yes, we know. There's no feast day in the Church for Valentine but when the customary day is not far off,...
Cabin or Shelter? Which are you?
Fresh Expressions: Cabin or Shelter? Which are you? Author uses analogy of hiking to describe the church in modern world By Kris Betcker, Fresh Expressions US The brown leaves crunched under...
Acknowledging the painful errors of our past
Acknowledging the painful errors of our past By Mark Macdonald 29 January 2019, The Anglican Journal A few decades ago, I heard a classmate-friend give a comparison and an example that has been clinging...
Ministry of imagination — creative dreaming
Ministry of imagination -- creative dreaming There is no shortage of needs. It takes a ministry of imagination and creative dreaming to connect with those needs in a realistic and...
Planning and Options update
Planning and Options Group Update Most recent update information for all Our tasks The Planning and Options Group is looking at high-level themes and ideas that will connect us with our...
Seven reasons you should not become a Christian
Seven reasons you should not become a Christian (and one that you should) By John Bowen 8 January 2019, The Institute of Evangelism. (Used with permission from The Institute) The world divides...
The song — Twelve Days of Christmas
"Twelve Days of Christmas" -- the song Recent urban legends about this song not accurate Christmas actually begins on The Feast of the Nativity -- 25 December. The period prior...
The Story of Christmas — Pageant
The Story of Christmas -- Pageant on Advent III On Sunday 16 December, young folks and not-so-young share in telling the Story of Christmas Our younger folks had been practising...
Yes, Virginia, St Luke’s puts Christmas into action
Yes, Virginia, St Luke's is still here to care The people of St Luke's reach out to connect with those in need in local community Now, here's something nice to...
Archbishop reflects on gifts
Christmas Message -- Archbishop reflects on gifts The Most Rev'd Colin Johnson shares thoughts on gifts, Christmas and looking ahead “It is a privilege and an honour to have served this...
