Announcements

Bishop Michael's Synod Sermon
SERMON preached, May 12th, 2012 at the 111th Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster 
Bishop Greg Rickel's 2012 Synod Presentations
Click the links to access Bishop Greg Rickel's Opening Worship Sermon and Synod Partner Reflection. 
Synod Resolutions 2012
Please click the link to access SYNOD 2012 RESOLUTIONS, those that came to the floor and those referred to Diocesan Council 
Synod 2012 Materials
The 111th Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster:
 
 
 
GODSPELL Tickets Available
 
Two performances at Christ Church Cathedral of this fresh twist on the well known 1970's musical, produced, directed and performed by youth and youth leaders from around the diocese.
Tickets for the two performances
1pm and 7pm are available for purchase now
Click to download a POSTER
 
May Topic

Please click the link to access a pdf copy of the May Topic publication. Topic is on hiatus for the summer, the deadline for the September issue is August 7th, 2012.  Please click Topic Deadlines and Guidelines to download the 2012 information. Topic does have paid advertising space so please click Topic Rates and Specs to download the current information.
 
The Marks of Mission
Click the link to visit the Marks of Mission webpages on the General Synod site. 
Screening in Faith
Here is a hotlink to SCREENING IN FAITH - the dioceses Human Resources website. 

Current News

Last Updated On: 4/9/2010 1:50:31 PM
Emilie Smith, Mission Report
Diocesan Priest is 7 months into her 2 year Guatemala Mission
The Reverend Emilie Smith, priest of the Diocese of New Westminster is 1/3 of the way through her 2 year mission, ministering to the people of Guatemala
She is priest-in-charge of San Juan Apostol in Chichicasatenango, congregation of about 100 faithful Maya-K’iche’ Episcopalians, and also serves as assistant to the suffragan bishop, assigned to attend to all of the western highlands. The dream of the 12 or so congregations here – in three to four years, is to create their own diocese. And in Santa Cruz del Quiche, the departmental capital, half an hour up the road from Chichi, Emilie was commissioned to found a new congregation . . . this January and February found her up to her ears in scrub-brushes and paint, and crud, soot, dirt and dust, performing a miracle, and turning an old crumbling colonial house into the K’aslemal Joromil Ja, the House of Life and Peace.
Peace House is the kind of ambitious, spirit-filled community project that is Emilie's passion and where she truly excels.
Emilie will be visiting Vancouver in late Spring, early Summer and there will be numerous opportunities to hear her speak about her experiences.
The April issue of the diocesan newspaper, Topic contains a feature article by Emilie describing her current work. Here is a list of Emilie's appearances in Vancouver this June:
 
June 6    Preaching and Presiding at Sunday Services at St. Paul, Vancouver
 
June 13  Preaching at Sunday Services at St. Hilda, Sechelt
 
June 20  Preaching and Presiding at Sunday Services at St. Barnabas, New Westminster
 
June 22  Soul Space, Christ Church Cathedral 6:15pm worship followed by dinner and discussion at 7pm
 
June 27  Preaching and Presiding at Sunday Services at St. Francis-in-the-Wood, West Vancouver
 
July 5-9 Emilie will be presenting a course during the first week of VST Summer School entitled
Ignited by the Spirit: A dynamic-interactive course that will open up our understandings of the historical structures of domination and the Spirit of Liberation that moves through our age. This course will make use of the instructor’s extensive life-experience in Latin America, and participants’ own gathered wisdom. 
 
Donations to Emilie's mission are gladly accepted and can be given through St. Francis-in-the-Wood Anglican Church in West Vancouver.