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Archbishop Miller to Retire June 26, 2014 DECEMBER 2013 THE NEW BRUNSWICK ANGLICAN / 1 HE NEW BRUNSWIC .... , ." . ~ A SECTION OF THE ANGLICAN JOURNAL DECEMBER 2013 SERVING THE DIOCESE OF FREDERICTON Archbishop Miller to retire June 26, 2014 Archbishop Claude Miller will subject of eagle feathers came up retire on his 70th birthday, June the previous day when Arch- 26, 2014. National Church can- bishop Miller delivered Bishop ons prohibit bishops to remain Mark MacDonald, our National in office after age 70. When he Indigenous Anglican Bishop and made the announcement at the a special guest of the synod, to very end of the one-day synod Government House where the held at Kingswood University in lieutenant governor had in- Sussex on Nov. 8, he called his vited him for lunch. Archbishop past 10 years as diocesan bishop Miller was touched by the spiri- and more recently as metropoli- tual meaning of the feather and tan of the Ecclesiastical Province wished in his heart he had one. of Canada, “A wonderful time in As he left Government House he my life.” The sustained standing looked up into the blue sky and ovation that followed this was saw a bald eagle soaring over the in gratitude and celebration of St. John River. He admired its his ministry. A synod to elect a grace and strength for a moment coadjutor bishop for the diocese and decided that encounter will be called for early May. The would “do” as his eagle feather. person elected at that time will Later that afternoon the lieu- assume the diocesan position tenant governor took Bishop upon Archbishop Miller’s retire- MacDonald to meet the arch- ment the next month. bishop at the Synod Office, dan Archbishop Miller made the presented him with a real eagle announcement holding an eagle feather of his own. feather in his left hand, some- Synod observed Archbishop thing he did during his charge as Miller’s 25th anniversary of well. It was a gift from Lt.-Gov. ordination to the diaconate Graydon Nicholas. In Aborigi- among the significant milestones nal culture the gift of an Eagle of many other clergy. He was Feather is a great honor, a mark called to ministry in middle age, of distinction, and the person following a successful career in who speaks holding the eagle structural engineering and real feather speaks the truth. The estate appraisal. Synod defeats motion that could see lay delegates lose voting rights, passes new synod schedule, new approach to Shared Ministry Budget BY ANA WATTS The Rev. Dr. Ranall Ingalls of address the situation and the who bear responsibility for the voted first, the motion was lost, Trinity Church, Saint John said motion was the result. filing of the returns. and the laity did not vote. At a one-day meeting in Sus- he did not believe it was reason- Chuck Steeves of the Parish of Because the motion deals with a When the motion was lost sex on Nov. 9, Diocesan Synod able “to further the use of puni- Shediac suggested if the motion section of the Diocesan Con- Archbishop Claude Miller made defeated a motion that would tive measures in a diocese where were restated in a positive way it stitution that deals with the a heartfelt plea to those who do have seen parish lay delegates many people in many parishes might be more palatable to the laity it was initially ruled that not submit their returns. to synod unable to vote if their have great burdens.” He sug- house. With approval from the clergy could not be included in “In last two years we have parish had not completed and gested the diocesan administra- mover and seconder (Chancellor it and therefore would not lose done everything possible to filed all its annual returns. A tion should use other methods Clyde Spinney), the motion stat- their votes at synod. It was later encourage people to get their new approach to the calculation to encourage the timely filing of ed, in part: “Delegates are entitled decided, however, to add clergy returns in. I don’t understand of the Shared Ministry Budget, returns. to vote at a meeting of the Synod and vote on a positively stated why there is not compliance in and diocesan representation at Archdeacon Geoffrey Hall, if their parish has completed and amended motion. every parish. If a parish can- General Synod depend on sta- secretary of synod, the bishop’s filed all Parish Forms.” Since the motion would not submit electronically it may tistics from these returns and of executive assistant and mover Frank White of the Parish of amend the Diocesan Constitu- send a paper copy to the office course the diocesan administra- of the motion said many, many, Milledgeville brought up the is- tion voting had to be done by and it will be input there. I’m tion needs the information for methods have been employed sue of unfairness inherent in the house (clergy and laity) and not sure what is happening. The its own planning and operations. without success, the last synod motion, since it only penalizes a two-thirds majority in each things we do affect others in Some parishes do not comply. asked Diocesan Council to the lay delegate, not the clergy, house was required. Clergy Motions Continued on page 3 2 / THE NEW BRUNSWICK ANGLICAN DECEMBER 2013 n a t i o n a l n e w s New Chaplain General Happy 90th New Brunswick native birthday to Harold and Edith Nutter PHOTO COURTESY OF AUDREY MARTIN Congratulations from the people of the Diocese of Fredericton to CPL. ANTHONY LaVIOLETTE, CFSU(O) IMAGING SERVICES Archbishop Harold Nutter, who celebrates his 90th birthday on Dec. Brig. Gen. John Fletcher, an Anglican priest born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick and a military 29, and his wife Edith, who turned 90 on Nov. 28. It is with great chaplain for more than 25 years, was installed as Chaplain General of the Canadian Armed Forces affection and very best wishes that we pray for your good health and (CAF) in September by the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Tom Lawson. The CAF has 220 chaplains God’s blessings. In the photo above they are celebrating their 80th in the regular force and 130 in the reserve, who come from 20 different Christian denominations; it birthdays at Cathedral Memorial Hall in 2003. Archbishop Nutter also has Jewish and Muslim chaplains and its goal is to provide the diversity that exists in the nation. served as Bishop of Fredericton from 1971-1989 and as Metropolitan Diversity resonates with Padre Fletcher, the CAF’s first openly gay chaplain general. He is proud of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada from 1980 – 1989. Two years to serve in the CAF because the military leadership makes provision for chaplaincy because it sees ago he and Mrs. Nutter moved to Ontario to be near their daughter spiritual well-being as an integral dimension of soldier well-being and allows it to be wherever soldiers Patricia. and their families are deployed. DEADLINE for copy and photo Evangelists-in-training commit to service submissions to the New Brunswick Anglican is the first working day of the month previous to publication. I\NGLICAN¥ www.anglican.nb.ca OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE DIOCESE OF FREDERICTON A SECTION OF THE ANGLICAN JOURNAL The Most Rev. Claude Miller Bishop and Publisher Ana Watts Editor Published 10 times per year. Price of subscription $10.00 Please send news and photo submissions to Ana Watts, 773 Glengarry Place, Fredericton, NB E3B 5Z8 Phone: 506-459-5358; E-mail: [email protected] Archbishop Claude Miller, Dean of Formation Ruth Jarvis Coleman, and National Executive Director Shawn Branch stand behind the six evangelists-in-training who committed themselves to Threshold Please send subscription renewals and changes of address to: Ministries and The Rule of Life at a service at All Saints Church in East Saint John in late October. TheN ew Brunswick Anglican From left to right in the front row the trainees are: Mabel Brown, Inuvik; Carol-Anne Foty, Toronto; c/o Anglican Journal Circulation Dept., 80 Hayden St, Toronto, ON Britney Shaw, Saint John; Tri Truong, The Pas; Rob Pitman, Saint John; and Erick Hinton, Victoria. M4Y 3G2 The trainees have gone back to their home towns to put what they have learned into practice. They will carry on with their work for God’s Kingdom as part of Threshold Ministries. Printed & mailed in North York, Ontario By Webnews Printing Inc. DECEMBER 2013 THE NEW BRUNSWICK ANGLICAN / 3 t h e b i s h o p ’ s p a g e p r i n c i p a l What to make of Christmas in 2013? e n g a g e m e n t s hristmas, Christmas, difficult to pantry and after a few moments just as winter is followed by Christmas … what to differenti- she invited us into the living spring and the renewal of life, so make of Christmas in the ate or look room to see her Christmas tree. too Scrooge’s cold heart was re- Dec. 8 Cearly years of the 21st Century? back at any Frank and I were both horrified stored to the innocent goodwill Christ Church In reality, whatever the time of particular … our widowed neighbour had of neighbours bringing God’s (Parish) Church * year, we find ourselves amid the Christmas Christmas tinsel and ornaments love in times of loneliness and Dec. 15 ghosts of Christmas past, pres- as out- draped over a very large Easter despair. Christ Church Cathedral ent and future.
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