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Synod Delegates Well Prepared to Act on Task Force Recommendations APRIL 2009 RCH 2009 TH THE NEW BRUNSWICK ANGLICAN / 1 A SECTION OF THE ANGLICAN JOURNAL APRIL 2009 SERVING THE DIOCESE OF FREDERICTON Synod delegates well prepared to act on task force recommendations BY ANA WATTS He impressed Diocesan Council their recommendations were all our Task Group in time for the the conclusion that all parishes When the Diocese of Fredericton and the Finance Committee with made public between December second meeting of most Greater struggle in some way, and they Synod convenes at the Saint just an afternoon presentation. 2008 and early March of this Chapter meetings,” says Mr. changed its name to the Rural John Trade and Convention “We studied the three written year. Clergy were advised to en- Morell. and/or Struggling Parishes task Centre in June, delegates will reports presented to the diocese sure their synod delegates had Clergy were asked to discuss force. “Clearly the resolutions have all the information they carefully, gave their more than access to the available studies the studies, recommendations that synod delegates face in June need in order to chart a course 60 recommendations very close from the moment of their elec- and task group fi ndings at their are crucial to every parish and toward spiritual, numerical and attention, and are doing our tion at parish annual meetings. vestry meetings as well, so parish every Anglican in the diocese,” fi nancial growth. They will have best to employ the wisdom and The task group even suggested leaders are prepared for the kind says Archdeacon Drummond. two years of extensive research, perspective of Bishop Salmon archdeacons call two Archdea- of changes that this year’s synod While the research that led consultation and advice on par- in our deliberations,” says Jim conry Greater Chapter meetings, is poised to adopt. to the task force recommenda- ish strengths, weaknesses and Morell who chairs the Shared instead of the usual one, before Soon after the Rural and tions revealed many positive challenges as well as matters of Ministry Task Group. “The three Synod 2009. “They should have Struggling Parishes task force formation, communication and reports reflect an astonishing the report and resolutions from got to work its members came to See “Consensus” on page 2 stewardship at their fi ngertips. amount of prayer, discussion and They will also have the benefi t clear thinking — and everything of expert analysis and succinct points to the need for systemic recommendations to consider, change. The reports and Bishop thanks to a Shared Ministry Task Salmon all recognize that unless Group empowered by Bishop we take immediate steps to re- Claude Miller and Diocesan verse the decline in our diocese, Council. Anglican ministry in many parts Synod 2007 struck two task of this province will soon be un- forces, one to investigate and sustainable.” recommend strategies to help ru- At press time this task group, ral and struggling parishes, the whose membership includes the other to search for an equitable Ven. Patricia Drummond and system of parish support for the Mr. Gerald McConaghy, chairs diocesan shared ministry budget. of the Rural and/or Struggling In 2008 the National Church also Parishes and the Shared Minis- conducted an in-depth survey of try Budget Support task forces this diocese’s stewardship efforts respectively, was finalizing a and outcomes and offered a plan- list of about 10 resolutions to ning study to address our many present to synod. “Many of the needs in this area. In late sum- recommendations from the three mer 2008 Bishop Edward Salmon, reports overlapped, we are doing retired from the Diocese of South our best to mirror them all,” says Carolina, spent three days with Archdeacon Drummond. diocesan clergy and made a pro- The amount of data, the depth found impression on virtually all of insight and number of recom- of them with his mission-minded mendations that came from all approach to spirituality and his these initiatives is daunting to dedication to “spiritual hygiene” say the least, but synod delegates Retired Bishop Edward Salmon (second from left) of South Carolina had a profound effect on the diocese when he as essential elements of faith as have time to read, mark, and dis- visited in August of 2008. Seen here with him on that occasion are Gerald McConaghy, chair of the diocesan fi nance well as tools for church growth. cuss it all. The three studies and committee and budget task force, Archdeacon Patricia Drummond of New Bandon and our diocesan Bishop Claude Miller. Get the news fi rst On the Web http://anglican.nb.ca And in your In-Box http://anglican.nb.ca/e_news The Diocesan Website is a treasure-trove of contact, administrative and need-to- know information. E News delivers the news of the week to your in-box each Tuesday. 2 / THE NEW BRUNSWICK ANGLICAN APRIL 2009 A R C H I V E S C O R N E R The Forgotton Kingdons The Second Bishop of Fredericton lived and remains in the shadow of the fi rst Most people know that John Med- July 28, 1882, at the Cathedral, he a living wage.” Neales also re- ley was the fi rst and longest serv- confirmed Ellen Murray, who vealed that when necessary (and ing bishop of this diocese. Books, had come from South Carolina it often was), Bishop Kingdon theses and articles continue to be “on purpose to be confi rmed by secretly “from his own pocket, written about him and various a British Bishop.” augumented the slender stipends aspects of the Medley episcopacy On Nov. 23, 1892, Kingdon was of his more needy clergy.” here in Fredericton. Despite the enthroned as the second Bishop A few letters from the King- passage of time, the Medley years of Fredericton. He insisted that don years show that his gener- still arouse scholarly interest. “the business of the church osity extended to parishes as Many people also know that Bish- must be undertaken in legal and well. Gifts of a library to one and op Medley’s wife’s name was Mar- business-like methods.” Under Prayer Books and Catechisms to garet and while research on her his guidance, the Incapacitated others are acknowledged. A more is limited, stories abound. Just Clergy Fund grew signifi cantly; tangible memorial, given by the recently, the archives acquired the Cathedral Chapter was in- clergy in memory of the second its third identifi ed photograph of corporated; and the first dean Bishop of Fredericton is the her. Names of the Medley sons are (Francis Partridge, 1895) and Bishop’s Chair or Cathedra that also familiar. first chancellor (T. Carleton is still used in the Cathedral. By contrast, other than his Allen, 1901), were appointed. Bishop Kingdon was survived unusual name, Hollingworth Kingdon’s insistence on keeping by his wife, Anna Beverley (Rob- Tully Kingdon, comparably proper church records resulted inson) Kingdon, whom he had little is known about the man in the appointment of the fi rst married on July 22, 1890 in a pri- who shared duties with Med- registrar (J.E.A. Simonds, 1895) vate ceremony at the cathedral. ley as coadjutor and became and the construction of a fi re- Their daughter, Anna Phillips Fredericton’s second bishop proof vault in the cathedral to Renorden (born Dec. 10, 1892) married following Medley’s death. King- protect them. Edward Alban Sturdee in Saint John don’s name, no doubt in honour On the national scene, he was very on July 7, 1912. Anna and her mother of Archdeacon Hollingworth, involved in the founding of General moved there following the bishop’s who baptized him, does not Synod in 1893 and well-known as a death. Kingdon’s widow, Anna Bever- carry the same aura which his scholarly bishop. His publications ley Kingdon, died on June 10, 1912. predecessor’s still evokes. Even included God Incarnate: The 1890 scholars have largely ignored Bishop Paddock lectures in New Sources: him. The only graduate thesis York, and The Canadian Appendix to This article draws from Canon Man- on his episcopacy was completed the Prayerbook (1903). The Diocesan sel Shewen’s fond memories of the at UNB almost 40 years ago and Bishop Hollingworth Tully Kingdon, second Bishop of Fredericton. Archives copy of the latter is reputed Second Bishop in One Hundred Years of Church Life (1945) an article on his theology was to be the only surviving one. Archdeacon Harding’s Citizens with written 51 years ago. Of course Bishop Kingdon died on Oct. the Saints (1995) a few words about the Kingdon quest, the existing canon, which at Salisbury Theological College 11, 1907, following a period of ill Bishop Kingdon’s Perpetual Diary, years are included in any history gave the synod full power to fi ll a and vicar at Good Easter, Essex. He health. At his request a coadjutor 1881-1892 of this diocese or the cathedral, vacancy, was changed. also attended Cuddesdon Theologi- bishop, John Andrew Richard- The Bishop Kingdon Memorial Fund but if we didn’t have the option After careful searching, Bish- cal College and it was Cuddesdon’s son, had been elected in 1906 and for the Augmentation of the Stipends of visiting the Kingdon grave in op Medley selected H. Tully vice-principal who brought King- succeeded him. of the Clergy in the Diocese of Fredericton (1911), by Canon Scovil St. John’s churchyard in Nash- Kingdon and a special meeting don to Medley’s attention. Fredericton’s third bishop Neales waaksis, would we even know established a committee to fi nd a of synod was held in Saint John Hollingworth Tully Kingdon The Synod Journals of the Diocese, the name of his wife? More on Jan.
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