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Joelle Kidd staff writer The foundational documents of the planned Indigenous Anglican church have now been drafted, and Sacred Circle, the national gathering of Indigenous Anglicans, will be discussing them when it meets online June 10-12, National Indigenous Archbishop Mark MacDonald says. Sacred Circle, he says, has been working ‘Transformed by the on a covenant (similar to a constitution) and a document, similar to a set of canons, called Our Way of Life. The Anglican encounter with the other’ Council of Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous House of Bishops Leadership photo: vianney carriere Circle has reviewed the first draft of these Anglicans and Lutherans celebrate in song the agreemenent on full communion in Waterloo, Ont., July 8, 2001. documents, which will soon be translated into some Indigenous languages. When Sacred Circle meets this month, it will Announcing an Anglican-Lutheran collaboration discuss them, after which they will be sent back to local communities for more Tali Folkins With both these milestones in Archbishop Linda Nicholls, and discussion; they’ll then be the subject of acting editor, anglican journal and mind, the Anglican Journal and National Indigenous Archbishop another online meeting in the fall, and will Canada Lutheran have embarked Mark MacDonald appear this month be “fulfilled and sealed” by a Eucharist in Kenn Ward on a collaborative project. For our in Canada Lutheran. Meanwhile, June 2022, he says. editor, canada lutheran The creation of these documents is June issues, we’re sharing the same we’re prepararing a series of articles the next move in establishing the self- This July marks the 20th anniversary engaging Anglicans and Lutherans in feature article—written jointly by determining Indigenous church, which of the signing of the Waterloo Anglican and Lutheran writers— dialogue about a variety of topics—all was enabled by the amendments to Canon Declaration, a formal agreement looking back on the history of of them to run in both publications as XXII passed by General Synod in 2019. for full communion between the full communion (please see “The Assembly 2022 approaches. It’s part of the work the department of Anglican Church of Canada and Waterloo Declaration at 20,” on pages It’s our hope this collaboration Indigenous Ministries has been focused the Evangelical Lutheran Church 8-9 of this issue). We’re also doing will help foster dialogue about on in the past year, MacDonald says, with in Canada (ELCIC). And as they a “column swap”: ELCIC National opportunities, challenges and dreams the support of Resources for Mission, the did in 2013 in Ottawa, the national Bishop Susan Johnson shares her for our common future. We hope you fundraising arm of the national church. governing bodies of the two churches reflections with us (please see “ ‘Like enjoy reading the result of this shared One of a number of possible names will be meeting again in a single trees planted by streams of water,’ ” work as much we enjoyed putting it for the new church, and as yet unvetted, MacDonald says, is “The Sacred Circle”— Assembly July 2022 in Calgary. p. 5) while columns by our primate, together. g up to now the name of the national gathering only. The pandemic has “amplified and By Andreas Thiel I suffered the death of a beloved spouse sharpened” Indigenous Ministries’ work, Grieving in November 2020, but—because of public he says. “Some of the issues we face, TORIES OF GRIEF have been health guidelines—was prevented from challenging on a good day, have reached Smultiplying the world over as humanity mourning as I was accustomed to (in the overwhelming proportions in the midst of beyond ‘words continues to grapple with death during company of other people). What did this COVID-19.” this pandemic. What makes me any more teach me about myself and the strange The loss of nine elder clergy by the alone’ qualified to speak of grief and mourning world I suddenly found myself in? What Indigenous church during the pandemic— than the next person? Nothing, of course; glimmer of hope might emerge from this most to COVID-19—has caused a crisis of Loss, sharing and healing I offer the following personal reflection dark chapter? leadership. In response, MacDonald says, in humility. My hope is that some of my The Book of Alternative Services “we are working to provide … training, in a time of physical experience will resonate with others who features a prayer that may be used during accountability and accreditation for some distance have faced a similar trial over the past year, the funeral liturgy (BAS, page 602). of our long serving faithful leaders, putting or perhaps prompt further conversation I’ve appreciated this prayer for its all- them on a track towards ordination and concerning grief. See ‘IN SHARING,’ p. 4 See PROGRESS SEEN, p. 12 3 12 History and Knitting as reconciliation in spiritual

PM# 40069670 New Zealand practice 2 anglican journal • june 2021 COVID-19 claims retired Bishop NEWS IN Bedford-Jones Communion leaders call on Canadian BRIEF4 Joelle Kidd company to end Namibian oil drilling project staff writer Bishop Michael Bedford-Jones, Matt Gardner staff writer a former suffragan bishop in the diocese of Toronto, died April Anglican leaders in Canada have 18 from complications related joined bishops across the Anglican to COVID-19. Communion in calling for a Canadian Bedford-Jones and his company to halt oil drilling in the wife, Bonnie, both contracted photo: michael hudson Kavango Basin—an ecologically COVID-19 and were admitted Archbishop Linda Nicholls, sensitive protected area in Namibia. to the ICU in Oshawa, Ont., primate of the Anglican Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate the diocese of Ontario said in a Church of Canada, wrote in a of the Anglican Church of Canada, and photo: zairon/wikimedia commons series of email prayer requests Facebook post. “May he Rest National Indigenous Archbishop Mark The Okavango (or Kavango) River March 31 and April 6. In Peace—a good and faithful MacDonald both signed a petition flows through northern Namibia. In a statement sent out April servant of Christ as priest and calling for an immediate stop to drilling concerns. 18, Michael Oulton, bishop of bishop.” Nicholls succeeded by Canada-based firm Reconaissance “One of our baptismal promises is the diocese of Ontario, wrote Bedford-Jones as area bishop for Energy Africa (ReconAfrica). to ‘safeguard the integrity of creation, that Bedford-Jones had fought Trent-Durham, in the diocese Thirty-four Anglican bishops and and respect, sustain and renew the a “courageous battle with of Toronto, when he retired in two other archbishops also signed life of the earth,’ ” Nicholls says. She COVID-19,” and requested 2008. the petition, launched by Luke Pato, also cites the church’s commitment to prayers for Bonnie Bedford- Bedford-Jones was ordained bishop of Namibia. It was delivered in 1968 and served in several Indigenous peoples’ right to “free, prior Jones “as she deals with her March 8 to the government of Namibia, Toronto parishes and as and informed consent” as stated in grief and her own struggle with its consulate in Cape Town and to COVID-19.” His death was executive assistant to the bishop UNDRIP. ReconAfrica in Vancouver. also announced April 19 by of Toronto. He was dean of St. The ReconAfrica project, The Kavango Basin supplies water the diocese of Toronto, which George’s Cathedral in Kingston, MacDonald says, “directly involves to the Okavango Delta. A UNESCO added that Bonnie had been located in the diocese of Ontario, the urgency of Indigenous rights in World Heritage site, the delta is known discharged from hospital and from 1991-1993. Elected connection to resource extraction, the for its biodiversity and is a sanctuary was recovering at home. bishop suffragan in the diocese integrity of creation, and our common “Remembering with of Toronto in 1994, he first for 400 bird species and Africa’s ecological future; it represents our gratitude the life and ministry served as area bishop of York- largest remaining elephant population. solidarity with Indigenous and non- of Bishop Michael Bedford- Scarborough from 1994-2006, ReconAfrica has purchased rights to Indigenous Anglicans who are facing Jones who died today then as area bishop of Trent- drill for oil in more than 35,000 square these existential issues with prophetic after contracting COVID,” Durham. g kilometres of the basin. courage in their own context.” Oil exploration of the Kavango Basin The company, however, says claims by ReconAfrica, Anglican leaders say, that the project is on environmentally violates the rights of the San people sensitive land are untrue. The drilling under the United Nations Declaration site, according to materials on its on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples website, is 80 km from the Kavango What if you had to (UNDRIP). They believe drilling will River and thus, ReconAfrica says, not give birth in the dark? Give light, make water scarcer in Namibia, the “in or very near the Okavanga Delta.” It give solar. driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, says the project has the potential to lift For many women in remote parts of and are also concerned about the local people out of poverty by providing access to “affordable and sustainable Mozambique, it’s a reality. In 2016, PWRDF impact of climate change. They also cite inadequate public participation energy,” and that the company is brought clean solar power to 30 rural health and environmental impact assessments improving local roads and drilling new clinics. Wall-mounted “solar suitcases” are wired along with “moral and spiritual” wells for potable water. g to a solar panel on the roof. The suitcases power lights, cell phones and even a fetal Doppler. The solar suitcases have made a huge impact on the health of moms and babies. Anglican-affiliated Thorneloe University fights to remain federated with Laurentian

Joelle Kidd In a statement, Thorneloe said it staff writer would appeal the court’s decision, and The president of Thorneloe University, that it would cancel spring classes offered a Sudbury, Ont. school affiliated with through Laurentian, which had been set the Anglican Church of Canada, says an to begin the following day. attempt by Laurentian University to end a Cash-strapped Laurentian University 60-year-old federation agreement between has been in a court-supervised the schools could seriously threaten its restructuring process since Feb. 1. In its income and course offering. April 1 announcement, Laurentian stated that terminating the relationships with its “No students means no tuition, which three federated universities—Thorneloe, Now PWRDF is bringing solar means no income,” Thorneloe University Huntington University and University suitcases to 50 more health clinics. president Canon John Gibaut wrote in an of Sudbury—was “necessary in order to email to the Anglican Journal. Ending the As the summer sun warms us, it will also be ensure that millions of dollars paid by agreement, he said, would mean program providing power to our partners in Mozambique. Laurentian to the federated universities cuts at Thorneloe, which now offers But we need your help! each year … will remain within theology courses through its own theology Laurentian, as part of its path to future Visit pwrdf.org/solarsuitcases2021 to find out school plus religious studies, ancient financial sustainability.” how you and your parish can support this program. studies and women, gender and sexuality Under the agreement, signed in 1960, studies through Laurentian. students are able to take courses credited “What would remain are the much toward a Laurentian University degree at 80 Hayden St., smaller number of courses in Thorneloe’s Toronto, ON M4Y 3G2 any of the federated universities. School of Theology,” he said. 416-924-9192 A statement released by Thorneloe 1-866-308-7973 The termination was announced in a on April 2—which first declared the [email protected] statement April 1, but was challenged by university’s intention to oppose the pwrdf.org Thorneloe and the University of Sudbury, termination in court—asserts that there which has also been federated with is no “termination provision” in the Laurentian. On May 2, the motion filed by federation agreement and disputes the @pwrdfcan @pwrdf @pwrdf_justgeneration Thorneloe was dismissed in the Ontario idea that school is a “cash drain” on Superior Court of Justice. Laurentian’s profits.g anglican journal • june 2021 3

GUEST 4 Aotearoa Histories COLUMN Decolonizing and reindigenizing church and society in New Zealand

Acting editor’s note: June is National Indigenous. From my own tribe, the great Indigenous History Month in Canada. Rev. Mohi Turei carved ancestral houses, Recognizing that colonization has affected composed theological masterpieces not just this land and its Indigenous peoples, utilising ancient ancestral performance but many across the world, the Anglican arts, and wrote prolifically for our Māori Journal invited Māori priest and historian church newspapers to show us how this Hirini Kaa to share an update and some woven knowledge could be renegotiated, reflections for us. What have been the and how Christ could become central to experiences of Indigenous and settler people our whakapapa (genealogy). in the islands known as Aotearoa, or New Mohi Turei was part of Indigenous Zealand, as they have tried to move beyond Anglican churches founded on an a purely colonial perspective on the past? Indigenous worldview that read scripture, And how has this shaped the present? doctrine and prayer through our own eyes and epistemologies. And that remains By Hirini Kaa our challenge here in Aotearoa-New Zealand. As we begin to grapple with Pākehā N LATE 2019 the Labour government and discard the worst of colonization, (settlers) here in Aotearoa-New Zealand we also begin to understand the value “ announced that by 2022, history would of these worldviews. In the context of are for the first Ibecome a compulsory component of the climate crisis and racism, we now pursue time beginning New Zealand schools’ curriculum for ages not just decolonization but, perhaps more sought to justify and glorify the “Mission” to really 5-14. It was a big day for education, and for 5This 1820 importantly, reindigenization. Pākehā embrace and the future of our land. painting shows of the church even when it has been (settlers) are for the first time beginning to The draft curriculum is exciting. Rather Māori chiefs harmful to Indigenous populations. understand really embrace and understand this land than reinforcing colonial tropes and Waikato (left) Māori have been portrayed time and and context, no longer longing for Britain, this land and narratives, it responds to a wide demand and Hongi Hika again as the subject of mission, the project but instead embracing the language, values context. for history that can help us understand with Anglican of the missionaries to bring us into the and worldview of this land. Our language our present, including the inequities and missionary supposedly benign British Empire. Māori (which carries our values) after decades of injustices currently faced by Māori and Thomas Kendall. “voices” were normally a form of historical attempts to erase it is now becoming “hot” ventriloquism, where settler sources spoke the historical (and ongoing) drivers of this image: james barry/ in media, in corporate and in everyday life. situation. wikimedia commons to our supposed aspirations and faith. Our church, sadly, has now fallen History and our historical narratives For the church, this is about more behind on this. After our early prophetic have been transformative here in Aotearoa than just historical narratives, however. constitutional moves, we have lately over the past several decades. We have Theological education needs to be been recolonizing ourselves, slavishly become more truthful with ourselves, informed by this history. For too long following anything coming out of Western moving from the settler narrative of Anglican history jumped from the theological and liturgical centres. Our own hardworking, egalitarian, fair and Reformation to European evangelicalism Indigenous theological voice was sadly “kind” communities to accepting and to twentieth century European and ignored during the painfully long (and understanding that our society and U.S. theological innovations, with some yet important) discussion over human economy was established—and still liberation thrown in at the end as a sexuality, while Western liberal and thrives—on the back of Māori (Indigenous) chaser. This has bypassed the immense conservative forces strove for dominance. dispossession and marginalization. developments of the faith whereby And yet Aotearoa moves on. Soon The Treaty of Waitangi, signed in Indigenous populations, essentially generations of Pākehā school children will 1840 with significant Anglican input, has enslaved under the empire, found freedom grow up far more knowledgeable of this found its rightful place as foundational and liberation through Scripture. Here land than the generations before them, to our society in its affirmation of in Aotearoa, and across the settler world, hungry to embrace other ways of being Māori rights and worldviews. And the prophetic movements rose up in military, that connect them to one another and to Anglican church has been prophetic in political and spiritual resistance to empire, Creation. History that is founded on our this work, incorporating this truth into moved and motivated by a powerful Indigenous worldview alongside their own our constitutional arrangements in 1992, reading of scripture. heritage will unlock that door, enabling whereby Māori were finally freed from Even within Anglicanism we set about and empowering and equipping them for colonial oppression within the church, and founding our own Indigenous churches. the future. Our church just has to find the could freely apply our mātauranga—our These were rarely recognised by the power courage to follow. g worldview—in the practice of our shared structures of the church, but were powerful faith. and prevalent for us. Our “Native Church” Archdeacon Hirini Kaa is a priest in the Despite this past, we still have obstacles. committees, liturgical translations and Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand “Church history” here in Aotearoa, as everyday life were expressions of who and Polynesia. He holds a PhD in history across the settler world, suffers from the we were and who we aimed to be. We from the University of Auckland and his same challenges as wider histories. As had our own theologians, trained both recently published book, Te Hāhi Mihinare those narratives seek to promote and through settler demands and in our own – The Māori Anglican Church, is a finalist defend the fictional glories of the nation ancient schools of learning, who showed in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards state, so have church histories frequently us creative ways to be both Anglican and 2021.

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ANGLICAN VOICES4 ‘In sharing, our words of grief are set free’ Continued from p.1 encompassing language, as well as the fact that it can easily be expanded upon to reflect the uniqueness of the deceased person and their loved ones. Near the end of the prayer, we hear the following: “We pray for ourselves, who are severely tested by this death, that we do not try to minimize this loss, or seek refuge from it in words alone.…” (The italics are mine.) Sound advice, it would seem. I’ve always taken the phrase “words alone” to signify written words. And so, the prayer suggested to me that there is a danger of ‘Help retreating into a realm of written words me,’ she alone, thereby distancing ourselves from “ the company of others, and perhaps, said. ‘I think I’m going to impeding our ability to speak aloud for ourselves the emotions that need to be die.’ And she expressed. did. Within In a year of coronavirus pandemic, minutes, the however, the “distancing from the company love of my life of others” had already occurred! Everything got turned on its head, and to me, the was gone. meaning of this prayer seemed to come unfastened from its moorings. It turned out that my particular journey of grief was aided precisely through the giving and receiving of the written word. The personal messages in cards, emails, text messages and more provided me with words that I turned to repeatedly in my time of isolation. It was in that ongoing process of engaging with the written word that I found refuge. And although the journey is far from complete, it is the written word that continues to speak forcefully and profoundly into my altered world. 5 Anya of a loved one will tell you that the had read my posts. She had engaged. And But first, some history. process of grieving continues long after she had experienced for herself the healing By the time my wife died, I was already Laurence-Thiel, who was a the immediate crisis passes. In the next that comes from grief that is publicly well acquainted with disappointment and days I became aware of suddenly being expressed. sorrow. The grief of restricted funerals. professional pianist, giving alone in the house. The familiar domestic Words. Words alone. There it is: The The grief of suspended church services. sounds had vanished. At the same time my qualifying “alone” is where the danger lies! The grief of cancelled event after cancelled her debut performance at thoughts and emotions churned within Yes, words are meant to be written, and event. The grief of opportunities lost, of me. How could I express the deep anguish sometimes they require being written in plans shattered. The grief of absorbing Carnegie Hall circa 1970. that I felt? And to whom? solitude. But if they are not shared in some news reports of constantly rising case It was around that time that a friend fashion, the writer of the words also risks photo: contributed counts, mounting deaths. suggested that I write down some of my falling into aloneness—and being lonely. On November 18, 2020, grief presented thoughts, which I began to do. Cherished In contrast, it is through the exchange and itself to me far more potently. My beloved memories of past laughter, shared joy, sharing of words that healing begins, and Anya, with whom I had shared 35 years, special celebrations—they all tumbled where consolation can make itself known. slipped away in my arms. Anya had been onto the page. It was there that my “Anya In these past several months, I diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica moments” were born, and over the next have learned that some people can be a few years previously. This had not been few months, I would go beyond simply uncomfortable with the spoken word, an easy time for either of us, and we were writing them down; the social isolation especially when it concerns grief and doing our best to get through days that that was imposed upon me prompted me mourning. Who hasn’t had the experience were for the most part characterized by to share my many written memories in of being tongue-tied when speaking to a varying degrees of pain. Through it all the only way that made any sense to me: bereaved person? The spoken word doesn’t though, chiropractic treatment offered among Facebook friends. always come easily in these personal a promise of relief. On November 18, One might consider this to be an encounters, and we fear that we might be that’s where our focus lay; there was example of retreating into “words alone.” causing more harm than good by what we still a hope of recovery, along with the But over time it became apparent that say or how we say it. continuation of life. Anya had a noon-hour these public posts which emanated from For this reason I have come to believe appointment scheduled for that day. It was my grief were in fact intersecting with the that the written word is a great place an appointment that would not be kept. In grief experiences of others. In 2020 many to begin in reaching out to others. This the last few minutes of getting ourselves of us found that we were spending more applies to the bereaved as well as those ready, I heard her call for me. “Help me,” and more time in online communication. who are witnesses to the bereaved. Write she said. “I think I’m going to die.” And And although an online conversation a word or two. A memory, a highlight, she did. Within minutes, the love of my life is not the same thing as a face-to-face a thanksgiving. And be sure to take the was gone. Just like that. encounter, I was sensing that the words all-important next step of sharing your The hours and days that followed that were being typed on the computer written words with the person or people are now a hazy recollection. There were screen consisted of more than “words who might be receptive. The person who meal deliveries, telephone calls, emails, alone.” I was receiving expressions of is grieving will brighten just by seeing cards. All of these were extremely helpful solidarity, understanding, empathy and their loved one’s name in print. You will and appreciated. Then came the day of gratitude. And I felt deeply impacted have gifted them with something they can visitation followed by a small funeral whenever someone responded to an “Anya revisit at any time. And the mutuality of service. Again, outpourings of affection moment” with insights related to their these exchanges will ensure that none of and sympathy were incredibly helpful. Yes, own painful experiences of death. There us will be relegated to the realm of “words we were masked and physically distanced, was something wonderfully encouraging alone.” In sharing, our words of grief are but I felt a profound sense of being in the reciprocal exchanges. Weeks later, set free. And healing will come. g accompanied in my great sorrow. For the when I commented on a friend’s sorrowful time being, I was not alone in my suffering. Facebook post, she offered this in reply: “I The Rev. Andreas Thiel has served as rector Anyone who has endured the death learned this way of healing from you.” She of St. Matthew’s, Windsor, Ont. since 2013. anglican journal • june 2021 5

to look for ways to facilitate synergy among staff. Lately, we are focused on the GUEST areas of communications, social justice COLUMN4 and ecumenical and interfaith relations. ‘Like trees Not that we do everything together—but we know we are stronger when we work together. planted by We have seen huge growth in the number and variety of ways that Anglicans and Lutherans work together streams of water’ in local ministries, sometimes with other ecumenical partners. This includes joint congregations, parish alignments, a synod and diocese working out of the same office, and so on. In 2013, we tried a grand experiment By Susan of having a Joint Assembly in Ottawa. Johnson We did as much as we could together and separated into “General Synod” and “National Convention” only to carry out business matters. It was amazing! We are looking forward to coming together again for Assembly 2022 next year in Calgary. When we adopted the Waterloo Declaration, we laid out some ongoing homework for our churches. We are still working on a common understanding of deacons. We have not yet come to a consensus regarding who should preside at confirmations. I believe God has more lessons and opportunities for us as we engage these questions. Some of our most exciting work has to do with our commitment to continue working together for the unity of the body of Christ. We have entered into full communion relationships with our partners across the border—the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America photo: trina gallop blank and The Episcopal Church. Our two The author plants a tree with help from Archbishop Fred Hiltz (left), then-primate of the Anglican Church churches are in conversation with the of Canada, in Mississauga, Ont., 2011. At right is then-dean of Niagara Peter Wall. Northern Province of the Moravian Acting editor’s church. We are hopeful we can continue note: As part of They are like trees to build relationships and strengthen our collaborative planted by streams of water, bonds to enhance the body of Christ. project with which yield their fruit in its season, We certainly have learned to share gifts Canada Lutheran, and their leaves do not wither. with each other, some expected and some the Anglican In all that they do, they prosper. surprises. One of the biggest gifts to me Journal is running —Psalm 1:3 has been participation in four different this month a Sacred Circles. Building relationships column by the N 2011 AT a joint meeting of the with the Anglican Indigenous church has national bishop Anglican Church of Canada’s Council been a gift I have been able to share with of the Evangelical of General Synod (CoGS) and the my church and it has helped us walk on IEvangelical Lutheran Church in Canada’s the road towards reconciliation. Church in Canada in place of our National Church Council (NCC), our To what can we attribute the growth regular columns two churches planted a tree to honour the and such fruit of full communion? Is it by the primate and tenth anniversary of their full communion our own wisdom and work? Of course national Indigenous at Queen of Apostles Renewal Centre, not. What has led us to this day is that archbishop. Mississauga, Ont. Many years later, in both our churches are fed and nourished Columns by March of 2020, CoGS and NCC met again by the true vine, Jesus Christ. “I am the the primate and at the same location and went back to that 5 Johnson at full voting member serving on CoGS. vine, you are the branches. Those who national Indigenous tree we planted. We were amazed how the same tree We have joint national events such as abide in me and I in them bear much archbishop will much it had grown and flourished. It was with Anglican the Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth fruit, because apart from me you can do appear in the June now even strong enough to have someone primate (CLAY) gathering and National Worship nothing.” (John 15:5) It is God’s grafting issue of Canada sit on one of its branches! Archbishop Linda Conference. Up until the time of the of branches from our two churches onto Lutheran. Their When we affirmed the Waterloo Nicholls and pandemic, the bishops from both churches the true vine that allows us to root and regular columns Declaration in July of 2001 we planted members of the met together annually. grow. I look forward with excitement to see where God takes us next! g will resume in the something new, and in these last 20 years, two churches’ When Archbishop Fred Hiltz was next print issue we have watched it grow. Let me share with councils in 2020. elected primate and I was elected national of the Anglican you some markers of our growth together. bishop, we started the practice of monthly Susan Johnson is the national bishop photo: trina gallop Journal, in We now have an Anglican full voting blank phone calls, something Archbishop Linda of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in September. member serving on NCC and a Lutheran Nicholls and I still carry on. We continue Canada.

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God calls us to do our part, and this is my way of To me Giving with Grace is creating a rainbow cast in many We have seen great progress in many social service areas, Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth (CLAY) has given me new I have been donating since 2008, and I’ve been a monthly supporting God’s work through my gifts to Giving with colours of God’s grace and mercy. I give to show my colour achieved by all of us working together under the direction of ways to grow in my faith. Being around engaged, passionate, donor since then! I feel it’s important to support the Grace. and to share His blessing with others. the General Synod. and inspiring youth is truly an incredible experience. ministries of my national church. —Greta de Solla, donor from Kingston, Ontario —The Rev. 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Patience and photo: lwf/albin hillert providing space for people to grieve On being raised in a were key elements in the amalgamation joint congregation process between St. The Rev. Dirk G. Lange is assistant Paul’s Evangelical general secretary for ecumenical Lutheran Church relations at the Lutheran World photo: brian janzen and St. David and St. Federation. He reflects here on his Patrick’s Anglican respective congregations as they experience at St. Stephen and St. Bede. Church in Guelph, Ont. forged a new identity. The process saw the creation Vaughn likens the process HAVE BEEN A member of St. of All Saints Lutheran Anglican to a game of Jenga. “Built too Stephen’s since my birth. All Church in 2017. Lutheran fast, your tower will fall,” he I Congregants re-enact my formative years were spent in pastor the Rev. Jeff Smith explains. the parish. The years that are most a 1970 walk from St. and Anglican priest the Rev. “But slowly, with intention, memorable are after the two churches Stephen’s to St. Bede’s. Thomas Vaughn oversaw and you can build a solid began working together in the same photo: murray still helped guide the process from foundation. The congregations church building, in 1970. I remain its beginning over a meal built their future together an “honorary” member of the between congregational leaders. by being intentional in the congregation, participating in worship St. Stephen and St. Bede, Winnipeg “You have to have patience present.” and in events when visiting family in and you have to allow people By the time the One of the country’s first away or died, the congregation the city—and now sometimes online time to grieve and for each amalgamation talk began in joint Anglican-Lutheran put the two guilds together. as well. congregation to have a voice if earnest over a meal between congregations was the Church In a similar vein, early on I was very young when Pastor the process is going to work,” representatives of the two of St. Stephen and St. Bede in the joint church had separate Mott and Father Peers began the Smith explains. “It was a four- congregations in 2013, there Winnipeg. Here, too, Peers coffee hours for Anglicans collaboration. However, as a teenager, year process talking about how was already a foundation of played a vital role. In 1970, he and Lutherans. But Brown my faith was deeply shaped by Pastor this could work.” collaborating on outreach was the rector of St. Bede’s and remembers overseeing the Johann Kunkel and Father R.S.H. Part of the process was efforts, especially the Chalmers had struck up a friendship with Greene. They taught me both what it Anglican coffee hour alone determining how to respect the Supper—an outreach dinner Win Mott, pastor of the nearby when a “very nice” Lutheran means to witness (to confess the gospel traditions and practices of the See THE LEARNING, p. 11 St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church woman approached her and in the world); how the liturgy is itself (and now a retired bishop of the the two decided to co-operate, a confession of faith; and how faith is The Waterloo Declaration at 20 breakaway Anglican Church in merging the coffee hour and lived not only in the walls of the church North America). taking turns to organize it. but in the streets, with the suffering Reflecting on our past and future in full communion The two began to talk about By 1996, ties had grown close neighbour. the possibility of moving their enough that the church began The youth group in the 1970s was congregations into one building, offering joint worship services probably the most successful aspect UCH HARD WORK preceded 5 Telmor ecumenism as rooted in “the vision of the where they would hold joint meetings which they believed could create for the first time. of cooperation between the two the signing of the Waterloo Sartison, one church of God” and the fundamental to talk about issues of mutual concern a stronger neighbourhood Brita Chell, a Lutheran parishes in those years. It helped the parish imagine what it means to be Declaration in 2001. It officially then-national wish of Jesus that all Christians be one. along with their separate meetings. In ministry and make finances who participated in the 1970 establishedM a full communion partnership She pinpoints the origins of the 1995, the two churches established a more manageable. united. Several of us are still in regular bishop of the walk and has worshipped at St. contact since those days and have, in between the Anglican Church of Canada Evangelical Waterloo Declaration to two developments: joint working group to move towards On Sunday, Oct. 18, the Stephen and St. Bede ever since, our personal lives, pursued pastoral and the Evangelical Lutheran Church the defeat of a plan to merge the Anglican the implementation of some form of congregation of St. Stephen’s served as a member of the Joint Lutheran Church photo: julie morgan vocations. in Canada (ELCIC). Much hard work Church of Canada and the United Church partnership. walked 500 metres to St. Bede’s Anglican Lutheran Commission in Canada, and Celebrating becoming one at Trinity Anglican + Lutheran Through this joint experience, I, as a followed as the two churches cemented of Canada in 1975, and the merging of Anglicans and Lutherans in Canada and took part in an inaugural from 2010 to 2019. Archbishop Church, Port Alberni, Dec. 1, 2019. Lutheran, gained a deeper appreciation their partnership through shared ministry. several different Lutheran churches into found they shared the same faith, service for the combined She found that worshipping Michael Peers, of the liturgy as something dynamic But at the signing of the declaration the ELCIC in 1986. territory and understanding of the church—Lutherans on one with Anglicans clarified the then-primate Providing shared ministry in and beautiful that leads one deeper itself, work was set aside for a moment as “I think [Anglicans] were all smarting Eucharist. They agreed on many points of side, Anglicans on the other. As Lutheran teaching that salvation of the Anglican into faith. Of course, those early Anglicans and Lutherans joined together a little bit from [the former] and thought, doctrine and Scripture and worshipped in the years went on, that divide comes from God’s grace, as Saskatchewan and British Columbia Church of between the two traditions years of collaboration and then the in celebration. ‘Well, if church union is not the way to a similar way. well as distinctions between the Redeemer Lutheran in Biggar, gaining “a greater appreciation Canada, sign gradually began to disappear. eventual merger taught me something “It was humbling and I just felt so proceed ecumenically, maybe there’s Though differences remained on Lutheran and Anglican liturgies. Sask., has been part of shared of the gifts of each the Waterloo Canon Murray Still, an foundational about ecumenism and extremely honoured to be part of it,” recalls another way,’” Barnett-Cowan says. “That’s understandings about ordained ministry “You start to appreciate ministry arrangement with denomination and more Declaration. Anglican and current pastor about church. Telmor Sartison, then national bishop of why we began to talk about relationships and apostolic succession, Barnett-Cowan things in your own liturgy and St. Paul’s Anglican since impatience with structural photo: vianney says, “We discovered that our similarities at St. Stephen and St. Bede’s, The church is not a closed the ELCIC. carriere of communion rather than union, and the you start to appreciate things 1999. A Lutheran couple stones in the road.” She adds, says the two churches’ early community, but porous and Sartison felt a “quiet joy” after the Lutherans were interested in that model.” vastly outweighed our differences.” in the Anglican liturgy as you challenges involved sorting out then ministered to both “I hope we grow closer and do welcoming. And there are many and document was signed and saw a similar joy A key factor in the growing bond The joint working group prepared a bring it together,” Chell says. questions like who was using the congregations—one to more co-ordinated ministry varying expressions of faith! In fact, in the face of his counterpart Archbishop between the Anglican and Lutheran draft of the Waterloo Declaration, which “And you build something that building when, whose property Redeemer and one to St. Paul’s, and mission together.” that which unites us is faith. We can Michael Peers, then primate of the churches in Canada was the close personal was circulated for discussion through is meaningful, spirit-filled, for was whose, where items such the Rev. Brenda Nestegaard- After serving in Biggar, have different practices, different Anglican Church of Canada. the two churches. In July 2001, both the both denominations.” friendship between Peers and Sartison. as dishes could go and how to Paul and the Rev. Ian Brenda accepted a call to ceremonies, different habits; but these After the signing and worship service, The two had first met in 1986, shortly after ELCIC National Convention and the The experience of St. Stephen Nestegaard-Paul. serve at Trinity Anglican + General Synod of the Anglican Church of manage the building. do not impact our oneness in the body Anglicans and Lutherans marched out Sartison’s ordination as Saskatchewan Initially, the church held and St. Bede played a vital role Under their shepherding, Lutheran Church in Port of Christ. I learned through the parish together and began dancing and singing bishop of the ELCIC. At that time Peers Canada took place in Waterloo, Ont. and in laying the groundwork for the congregations began to Alberni, B.C. She reports that each formally approved the declaration. separate services for each of St. Stephen and St. Bede to receive We Are Marching in the Light of God. was moving from Regina, where he had denomination on Sunday: one at the Waterloo Declaration by share services, alternating in such partnerships, support, into my own life and faith the spiritual “The whole experience was very served as bishop of Qu’Appelle, to Toronto Barnett-Cowan calls the Waterloo offering a glimpse of what was buildings once a month. After resources and values are Declaration “a good model for 9:30 a.m., the second at 11. Altar gifts of other traditions. uplifting,” Sartison says. to take over as primate. guild members had to rush to possible when Anglicans and a time, the local Presbyterians shared and are able to make Though I could not have articulated The Waterloo Declaration marked When Sartison visited Toronto and ecumenism,” balancing independence and Lutherans worked together. contracted services from the transition into the future cooperation. prepare for the second service, it at the time, I have come to the culmination in Canada of years Peers visited Winnipeg, the pair went on since Anglicans and Lutherans Still says congregation Redeemer, and worship rotated better. understand that which is so powerfully of ecumenical dialogue which began walks together and established a strong “Each church is still free to be members were “justifiably between three buildings. “Rather than worrying itself,” she says. “But we do so much in set up the altar differently. expressed in the Second Ecumenical internationally in the 1970s with rapport “at a faith level, but also on a thrilled” by the signing of the This, according to Redeemer about having enough funds, partnership.” Jean Brown, a 93-year-old Imperative*: We must let ourselves written by discussions between the worldwide personal level,” Sartison says. declaration, which “validated congregational council enough people, enough talents The Waterloo Declaration may have Anglican and retired nurse, be continuously transformed by the Matt Gardner staff Anglican Communion and Lutheran They soon wrote to their respective what they were already doing.” chair, Cindy Hoppe, meant to be the church, by working marked the culmination of growing ties served on the altar guild for encounter with the other and by the writer, Anglican World Federation—part of a broader church committees and encouraged them But Chell says it did not impact the members of the three together and pooling our g between their respective churches, but 35 years. In the early days, she mutual witness of faith. Journal and ecumenical movement sweeping to work towards a potential agreement their life together “because in congregations got to know each resources and experiences, Anglicans and Lutherans in Canada had recalls, Anglicans and Lutherans Chris Krejlgaard, Christianity at the time. between the two churches. maintained separate altar guilds effect, we had been living the other and become familiar with we can focus on what’s most *The Five Ecumenical Imperatives are a set been worshipping together long before of ecumenical principles agreed on by the pastor, Our Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan, Sartison and Peers began a tradition and some members were “very Waterloo Declaration long the worship practices of each important now,” she says. the signing of the agreement. g Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Saviour, Owen ecumenical officer of the Anglican Church of bringing together Lutheran and protective of their territory.” before it actually came into congregation. “At the same time, [we can] World Federation in 2017. 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A 10% discount will The sanctuary of All Saints Lutheran Anglican, Guelph. than four decades, a section on gratefully accepted. be given to clergy and their the “Bishop’s Charge” from the Postage will be paid. families. 78th BC Synod, new “historical” The learning curve of amalgamation letters, stories contributed by church wardens, and an is god calling you? director of Continued from p. 9 “Not only did the leadership expanded autobiography. This choral music volume fills in many of the in downtown Guelph where voices have to learn, but the blanks from his first book and people from both congregations congregation members as well,” offers vital new insights into served. The congregations Janzen explains. “This took the challenging world of Bishop also shared a summer service some time and we still have to RF Shepherd as he made his schedule. stop and pause once in a while decades-long trek across Canada, England and the States. 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St John’s choral music amalgamation offered and the that constant communication women who live in their own program has a strong regional two-year trial process began in was essential to ensure the homes and serve in their outreach and is an exciting SUBSCRIPTION own parishes, and would like opportunity for a choral leader 2015. process operated as smoothly CHANGES further information please St. David and St. Patrick’s as possible to ease concerns visit our website or email us who can work collaboratively Send old and new address (include ID moved all of its resources to St. over the identity of both number on label, if possible) by email: for a brochure at with parish leadership to inspire excellence in the expression of Paul’s. The Anglican leadership denominations. 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[email protected] June 15, 2021. develop further. “It even came down to “People had to understand questions about where you put what a Lutheran is and what Confession and Forgiveness. an Anglican is, and even Lutherans put it at the understanding the terms the beginning and the Anglicans Bible Readings two use,” recalls Smith. place it before the prayers of the One of the main challenges people,” Smith says, adding that faced by the congregations was even deciding on which hymnal JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER the difference in governance to use was a point of discussion. models. The Anglican church “In the end, everything DAY READING DAY READING DAY READING generally operates in a more worked. The people realized c 01 Colossians 3:1-17 c 01 John 6:22-34 c 01 Songs 6:4–8:4 top-down fashion than that this is a wonderful Lutheran congregations. opportunity to make a c 02 2 Sam. 5:1-13 c 02 John 6:35-51 c 02 Songs 8:5-14 Current council chair Brian statement about how the c 03 Habakkuk 1:1–2:4 c 03 2 Sam. 18:1-18 c 03 Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 Janzen says it’s a challenge that Lutheran-Anglican relationship c 04 Habakkuk 2:5-20 c 04 2 Sam. 18:19–19:8a c 04 Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 still arises from time to time. can work.” g c 05 Habakkuk 3:1-19 c 05 Ephesians 4:17–5:2 c 05 Ecclesiastes 2:12-26 c 06 Amos 6:1-14 c 06 2 Peter 1:1-21 c 06 Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 c 07 Amos 7:1-17 c 07 2 Peter 2:1-22 c 07 James 1:1-11 c 08 Amos 8:1-14 c 08 2 Peter 3:1-18 c 08 James 1:12-27 c 09 Amos 9:1-15 c 09 John 6:52-71 c 09 James 2:1-13 c 10 2 Sam. 6:1-23 c 10 Psalm 34 c 10 James 2:14-26 c 11 Psalm 24 c 11 Psalm 111 c 11 James 3:1-12 c 12 Psalm 89:1-18 c 12 Ephesians 5:3-20 c 12 Psalm 115 c 13 Psalm 89:19-37 c 13 1 Kings 2:1-12 c 13 Mark 8:1-13 c 14 Psalm 89:38-52 c 14 1 Kings 3:1-15 c 14 John 19:17-30 c 15 2 Sam. 7:1-17 c 15 Ezekiel 44:1-9 c 15 Mark 8:14-26 c 16 Jeremiah 23:1-20 c 16 Joshua 24:1-15 c 16 Mark 9:30-37 c 17 Jeremiah 23:21-40 c 17 Joshua 24:16-33 c 17 Jeremiah 11:1-14 photo: dennis nestegard c 18 Mark 6:30-44 c 18 1 Kings 8:1-21 c 18 Jeremiah 11:15-23 Nestegaard-Paul (centre) with clergy of Redeemer Lutheran. c 19 Mark 6:45-56 c 19 1 Kings 8:22-40 c 19 James 3:13–4:10 . c 20 Ephesians 3:1-21 c 20 1 Kings 8:41-53 c 20 James 4:11–5:6 c 21 John 6:1-21 c 21 1 Kings 8:54-66 c 21 Mark 2:1-17 ‘Christian presence of unconditional

permission c c c love’ seen as key to shared ministry

22 John 20:1-18 22 Psalm 84 22 Mark 9:38-50 c c c

with 23 2 Sam. 11:1-13 23 1 Corinthians 4:1-17 23 James 5:7-20

Continued from p. 9 opinion.” c 24 2 Sam. 11:14-27 c 24 Deut. 18:1-22 c 24 Numbers 11:4-20 experiment, think outside the used “Working together we model, . c c c 25 Mark 10:35-45 25 Songs 1:1–2:7 25 Numbers 11:21-35 box, follow where we think not just for the wider church, c 26 Psalm 78:1-20 c 26 Songs 2:8–3:5 c 26 Esther 5:1–6:10 God is calling us as we look to society

but for the wider community … c 27 Psalm 78:21-39 c 27 Songs 3:6–5:1 c 27 Esther 6:11–7:10 the future,” she advises. “There

bible what can be gained by church c 28 Psalm 78:40-55 c 28 Songs 5:2–6:3 c 28 Esther 9:20-32 is nothing more important c 29 Psalm 78:56-72 c 29 Mark 6:14-29 c 29 Daniel 10:4–11:2a than a Christian presence of bodies functioning as partners canadian c c c and not being consumed by : 30 2 Sam. 12:1-15a 30 Mark 7:1-23 30 Daniel 12:1-13 unconditional love—no ifs, ands c 31 2 Sam. 12:15b-25 c 31 Mark 7:24-37 or buts—being present in our competitiveness or simply source communities, in my humble surviving,” she says. g 12 anglican journal • june 2021

Contemplative Knitting spins a vision of prayer —stitch by stitch Joelle Kidd can either cause tendonitis or stronger muscles.” staff writer Helpfully, the book delves into practicalities NITTING HAS BEEN around for centuries, intended to help build these “muscles”—from but it may be more popular than ever after choosing yarn and finding a time and place to knit, the COVID-19 pandemic spurred widespread to understanding one’s “knitting style” (are you a lockdownsK in most of the world over the past year. “yarn collector”? “Finish avoider”? “Project du jour Even former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama has taken knitter”?) and creating sustainable goals. up some knitting needles. The book’s scope broadens in its final part, “Over the course of this quarantine I have knitted with sections devoted to contemplative knitting in a blanket, like five scarves, three halter tops, a couple various contexts: for other people, during Advent, hats for Barack, and I just finished a pair of mittens for through a time of grief, with music—even as a Malia,” she told a talk show host last year. form of evangelism. For those who have spent lockdowns untangling BOOK While Contemplative Knitting is not a knitting skeins of wool, ordering knitting needles online or REVIEW instruction or pattern book, it does offer some watching YouTube videos on how to stitch, a new helpful tips, and Cicora’s methods seem flexible book by an Episcopal priest offers a way to turn the Contemplative and applicable to knitters at any stage. (She does hobby into a spiritual practice. Knitting recommend less intricate projects for prayer Contemplative Knitting is the project of the Rev. By Julie Cicora knitting, which requires less focused attention on Julie Cicora, a priest in the diocese of Rochester, N.Y. Morehouse the yarn itself—and presumably results in fewer Cicora writes that she had long struggled to develop a Publishing, 2021 mistakes, dropped stitches and less, um, unspiritual private prayer practice, but realized her hobby could 168 pages language.) Cicora’s love for the craft of knitting is evidenced be a way of incorporating a time of silent prayer into ISBN: by her rapturous descriptions of different yarns her day. 9781640652620 The first sections of the book detail how to start and patterns, and she draws spiritual lessons out of and sustain a contemplative knitting practice, her experiences: the powerful sense of connection with asides that fill in the history of both experienced when gifting a prayer shawl; the knitting and contemplative prayer. perseverance learned through making a difficult Like many prayer tools (rosaries, pattern—and the patience in overcoming setbacks for instance, or the Jesus Prayer), necessitated by the puppy who happily tears apart a knitting, Cicora says, harnesses half-finished knitting project. the “spirituality of repetition,” The book is structured in three parts which are as a series of repeating in turn divided into chapters and sections. It flows loops are formed to create naturally when read cover to cover, though may be fabric. “Repetition acts harder to use for reference. as a change agent,” she Each section ends with reflection questions writes, “but only when about the reader’s spiritual life and knitting we are intentional practice, providing an enjoyable interactive about how we element. There is also a loose pattern for a spiritual practice repetition. knitting project: a 40-inch (102 cm) Lenten cowl Repetitive motion knit over 40 days. g

photo: ira v gustin Anglican Foundation director announces retirement

Joelle Kidd the maintenance of moments as executive director were Anglican Foundation’s mascot since 2011. staff writer the infrastructure … visiting Canadian children’s hospices In her statement, Nicholls also praised Canon Judy Rois, who has served as to include creative where the foundation provided support for Rois for her “steady, focused, and visionary executive director of the Anglican and innovative pain medication or recreation programs. leadership” in steering the Anglican Foundation of Canada since 2011, has projects for mission Rois recalled watching firefighters “gently Foundation through the COVID-19 announced that she will retire in October and ministry from and surely hold a child as they slid down pandemic. Rois said she and her partner 2021. coast to coast to a waterslide, which was one of their final both initially planned to retire at the end Rois’ intention to retire was announced coast,” Nicholls wishes.” of 2020, but the pandemic caused them to in late March via a statement written by wrote. She also She is also proud of the work of the Kids postpone their plans. Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of photo: genevieve noted that during Helping Kids fund, which was launched Rois was ordained in 1985, and served caron the Anglican Church of Canada, who also Rois’s term, “the in her first year at the helm. Rois held a as a priest in the diocese of Toronto for 26 serves as chair of the foundation’s board of amount of grants disbursed has doubled series of town hall meetings with young years prior to her role as executive director. directors. while the funds under administration have people to find out what causes they would She was the first female vicar of St. James As executive director, Rois has increased by more than twenty-five per like to see receive funding. It was out of Cathedral in Toronto, and has taught as an expanded the vision of the Anglican cent.” those meetings that Rois came up with the adjunct professor of homiletics at Trinity Foundation, “extending its scope beyond Rois said some of her most meaningful idea for Hope Bear, which has been the College. g Progress seen on financial supports for unpaid Indigenous clergy FREELY Continued from p.1 prominent, MacDonald says. In response, Canon Ginny Doctor. RECEIVED, service.” Indigenous Ministries’ youth leadership Another source of hope is a plan for FREELY There is also a Circle of Support team is working with bishops and other increased support for Indigenous non- GIVEN4 and Formation for lay ministers that leaders to establish youth call lines in 10 stipendiary clergy. meets weekly online, to connect “a new areas across Canada. “With the help of Resources for Helping subscribers generation of leaders across the land.” Throughout the trials of the past year, Mission, the pension fund, and other and donors These meetings are in addition to the “God’s grace, Indigenous resilience, and interested parties, we have been working understand thrice-weekly virtual gatherings to practice the help of some of our partners have on ways to support our many Indigenous how Anglican gospel-based discipleship that Indigenous given us hope and direction,” he says. clergy who are unpaid for their sacrificial fundraising Ministries has been running since the Working with the communications service for ministry,” MacDonald organizations pandemic began. department of General Synod, says. “Our present plan would provide photo: contributed distribute Indigenous communities already faced Indigenous Ministries has offered continuing education benefits and Archbishop Mark donations high numbers of youth suicides before virtual events such as gospel jams and access to other credits that have been the pandemic; now, suicide and related MacDonald webinars on the Sacred Teachings lead unavailable so far. We are so excited to problems have become much more by Indigenous Ministries Co-ordinator move this forward.” g