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Easter • Let's Get It Straight A section of the Anglican Journal MARCH 2013 IN THIS ISSUE The Primate’s Visit Archbishop Fred Hiltz visits The Parish St. Matthew, Abbotsford; St. Matthias – St. Luke, Oakridge & St. John’s, Shaughnessy PAGES 2 & 3 Sorrento Centre Farewell to kicks off a year the Revs. of celebrations John Oakes for its 50th and Marcus Anniversary Dünzkofer PAGE 9 PAGES 4 & 5 Easter • Let’s Get It Straight Bishop Michael’s Easter Message Writing in the Globe and Mail a few weeks ago, just before political party. taught the wealthy not to become attached to their wealth, Super Bowl Sunday, Professor Kate Bowler said this: I have seen the same thing in some of the world’s poorest and not to confuse it with goodness or virtue. “One-third of the United States believes that God plays a role cities. In Bangalore, India I was taken to see a Pentecostal Jesus’ death was not a glorious event. It wasn’t a victory in determining which team wins. A majority believes that God church in the middle of a squalid Hindu slum. Their in any sense. All four gospels dwell to an unnerving degree rewards individual athletes who are faithful to God with good “evangelism” consisted in doling out ten thousand rupees on the squalor of it. And among the disciples there was health and success. to each poor Hindu who converted to Christianity. Their profound failure, anger and even mutual recrimination. building was gleaming and new, casting the slum into even Not a proud army of winners at all. Over the past 50 years, American Christians have gravitated toward greater shadow, and sending out the unmistakable message The raising of Jesus on Easter Day is so powerful because spiritual explanations for why winners deserve their rewards. Good that Christians can expect to gain affluence and wealth. it was neither reasonable, logical, nor the inevitable con- things happen to good people! Everything happens for a reason! There are a few biblical texts that can prop up this clusion of a well-lived life. It wasn’t a “reward” in the way Millions of American Christians agree that faith brings health, travesty. Some verses in Deuteronomy, for example, will we normally speak of such things. It was precisely out of wealth and victory.” serve the purpose. But the great weight of biblical witness failure that God brought resurrection. Out of death, life. points in exactly the opposite direction. The prophet Amos From filth, transformation. This religious trend in America is more than just the sacral- thunders against Israel’s elites and warns them of God’s Resurrection shows that God does not reward success, ization of sport. (Canadian hockey fans are equally prone to justice coming like a mighty river. The great Isaiah tells the but rather transforms failure. It is the very opposite of the that.) It’s a deep cultural and theological trend. A majority religiously pious that God despises their feasts. prosperity-follows-righteousness argument. Over and over of Americans, apparently, believe Christian faith is about But for Christians the clearest refutation of the prosper- in the life of the Church we see how this Easter Gospel achieving personal success, and that God rewards human ity gospel is found in the Easter gospel itself. gets corrupted and turned on its head as a recruitment faithfulness with material goods and benefits. By any material or political measure, Jesus was not a technique for new members. But Easter always asserts its It’s called the “prosperity gospel” and it has successfully success. Born in an animal enclosure, his early years spent truth. We encounter God most deeply in our weakness, overthrown biblical Christianity not only in the US but as a refugee in Egypt, finally executed as a criminal by the and not in our strength. also in many parts of the world. side of a highway and abandoned by all but a few of his Biblical Christianity is actually a counter-witness to Prosperity religion is a seductive heresy. It not only family and friends, he is hardly a poster boy for the rich- this cultural expropriation by its affluent manipulators. makes affluent people think they are righteous in the eyes and-righteous set. It’s important that we don’t fall for it. No good can come of God. It also drives millions of poor people to climb the His teaching was uncompromising — you cannot serve of promising people what God never offered them. There social ladder in an effort to emulate the God-rewarded God and Mammon; leave everything you own and follow is every reason to hope, however, that when the prosperity faithful. me; the first shall be last and the last first; it’s harder for myth comes crashing down — as it inevitably must — the It gets harnessed and used by political forces to deter- the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel real meaning of Easter will come shining through. mine the outcome of elections. The name of God is invoked to pass through the eye of a needle; have no care for the to endorse a particular candidate’s platform. Pulpits are morrow, for God will provide. employed to preach a gospel tarnished by Mammon, It’s true he did not condemn the rich simply for being thinly supported by Scriptural texts manipulated for the rich. He gives no comfort to modern day revolutionaries purpose. Preachers tout victory and glory for God if their who believe society will be improved by shooting landown- parishioners ensure a win at the ballot box for the favoured ers, teachers, and the professional classes. Rather, Jesus Christ is risen! For more Diocesan news and events visit www.vancouver.anglican.ca MARCH 2013 2 The Primate’s Visit • January 25th – 27th First Stop Abbotsford Carole Keighley Bishop’s Warden, Parish of St. Matthew, Abbotsford On the evening of Friday, January 25th, the Parish of St. Matthew, Abbotsford, was honoured by a visit from the Most Rev. Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. Following dinner with members of the Mission Council at Restaurant 62, Archbishop Fred returned to St. Matthew’s to meet with members of the congregation where parishioners shared their stories regarding their individual spiritual journeys and circumstances. Experiences which had led them to engage in the development of this growing church community. He brought words of encouragement from the national church and shared valuable insights and suggestions relevant to our situation. Following the meeting and sharing of ideas the Primate led us in prayer and both he and the Very Rev. Peter Elliott (functioning as formal host), lingered to engage with members of the congregation. Our community wishes to express its gratitude to Archbishop Fred and Dean Peter for taking time from their busy agendas to renew the parish’s determination and commitment. St. Matthias – St. Luke VIVIAN Lam Rector, St. Matthias – St. Luke, Oakridge On Saturday, January 26th, a cross-section of St. Matth- ias – St. Luke parishioners gathered to welcome Archbishop Fred Hiltz for a pastoral visit filled with laughter, deep sharing of faith stories from the past and present, and hopes for the future. The program opened with a delicious homemade feast of Malaysian-style seafood curry, salad, garlic bread, cheese muffins, pecan tarts and peanut butter cake. After lunch, Archbishop Fred took a tour of the church build- ing. Signs of both the old and new co-mingled, from the newly-established Kids Corner in the sanctuary to the chapel’s stained glass cross made from shards of glass from Canterbury Cathedral, shattered during WWII bombings. The Archbishop also read through notes from visioning exercises, learned from the Diocesan School for Leadership that the congregation has engaged in over the past year. After the tour, everyone gathered in a circle and heard a brief history of the two parishes of St. Matthias – St. Luke before they joined in 1997, highlighting histories of self-sacrifice and caring for those inside and outside church. Each person then shared their personal story and connection to the Anglican Church, and their take on the challenges and hopes for God’s ministry in this place. The Archbishop assured the congregation that “your loyalty and your love and devotion to the [Anglican] Church does not go unnoticed… it’s exemplary.” He spoke of the powerful impact that listening to everyone’s stories had on him, and how these stories demonstrated deep faith and a moving beyond the past years’ conflicts to a strong unity in diversity TOP The Hon. Wendy Young, ODNW (left), the Primate (centre) and Bishop’s Warden, Carole Keighley (right) at the Parish of St. Matthew, Abbotsford. PHOTOS Peter Keighley that exemplifies the Gospel in a very Anglican way. He BOTTOM Archbishop Fred Hiltz joins the discussion circle at St. Matthias – St. Luke. PHOTOS Wayne Chose also responded to questions on how to grow a ministry: “You begin with who you are… the beloved of God and Discussion continued on a wide variety of topics such as as a memento of the visit; he hopes to show it to others members of Christ’s body,” and it’s the “little things that how each one of our ministry efforts can affect people’s per- and say, “there is a story behind this,” a story of St. Mat- make a difference” in being a welcoming and inclusive com- ceptions of Anglicans and Christians, and the Archbishop’s thias – St. Luke that he assured us he would share with the munity. Referring to the next day’s Gospel of Jesus reading thoughts on how the new Archbishop of Canterbury will rest of the Church.
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