JUNEMARCH 2009 2009 THETHE NEW BRUNSWICK ANGLICAN / 1 A SECTION OF THE ANGLICAN JOURNAL JUNE 2009 SERVING THE DIOCESE OF FREDERICTON Support for struggling Y E T A N O T H E R S I M P L E L I T T L E C H A P E L parishes and new budget model before synod The following notices of motion bishop, and synod lay chair appeared in the Convening Cir- instructions to refrain from the cular for Diocesan Synod 2009 blessing of same-sex unions with in Saint John, June 4-6, asking or without the consent of Gen- that body to: eral Synod, or according to the • Amend and re-number some Bishops’ Pastoral Statement of sections of Canon Five regarding May 2007 because these attempts Parish Documents to synod. to force a resolution of theologi- • Amend the wording of Canon cal questions by political means Three to be more accurate and will have serious and far-reach- inclusive. ing consequences. • Repudiate embryonic stem cell • Affi rm and refer the report and research. recommendations of the Task • Limit members of clergy count- Force on Rural and/or Strug- ed for the purposes of determin- gling Parishes to the bishop and ing a quorum to rectors, incum- Diocesan Council for implemen- bents and others appointed the tation. charge of a parish, chaplaincy • Affi rm, and refer the report and or other position of pastoral recommendations of the Task responsibility by virtue of an ap- Force on Budget Support, includ- pointment from the bishop. ing its values and principles, to • Affirm that marriage is the the bishop and Diocesan Council lifelong union of one man and for implementation. one woman to the exclusion of all • Affi rm the need for a parish- others and that no clergy person based stewardship education may bless any union or marriage initiative across the diocese, and of persons of the same sex. refer this initiative to the bishop This watercolour of the little St. John’s Church at Magundy was painted by Juliana Horatio Ewing and • Send to each Canadian diocese, See “Call for assessment”, page 2 photographed by Diocesan Archivist Frank Morehouse. Read about it in Archives corner on page 2.. First parish-to-parish loans “shared ministry at its fi nest” BY ANA WATTS The Parish of St. George car- lending parish with a return on guarantee is required in this The council responded with ries a bank debt incurred when its investment and provide the instance. applause. Diocesan Council was thrilled the church was re-built following borrowing parish with more fa- “I think this is wonderful, just The finance committee has to see a unique sharing of re- a fi re. The payments compromise vourable terms, lower payments wonderful,” said diocesan coun- discussed the possibility of a sources for our common journey the parish’s cash-fl ow. and greatly improved cash fl ow. cil vice-chair Hazel MacKenzie. parish with available capital in Christ included in the fi nance Recently, when the time came The new debt will be secured by a “I think we are fi nally getting the lending funds to another parish committee’s report to the May to renew the $233,000 debt, an- mortgage and guaranteed by the idea of shared ministry.” for approved capital projects and 13 meeting in Shediac. The fi rst other parish (the name has yet diocese. The diocese currently Finance committee Gerald was pleased with these recent ever parish-to-parish loans in the to be released) offered to lend the guarantees the bank loan. McConaghy credited Canon Fred developments. history of the diocese were called Parish of St. George the money Two parishes in the Shediac Scott, diocesan treasurer, for his Council passed the motion an example of shared ministry to pay off the mortgage. The deanery are also working out good work in support of these necessary to provide the St. at its fi nest. arrangement will provide the the details on a $70,000 loan. No recent developments. George loan guarantee. Unfi nished Synod 2007 business: some on the 2009 agenda, some not Get the news fi rst at BY ANA WATTS the behest of then Bishop Bill included in the bishop’s pastoral about whether ‘the blessing of http://anglican.nb.ca Hockin. They envisioned it as guidelines. The changes in for- same-sex unions is a faithful, At its meeting in May and in a written form of guidance for mat, however, were not complete Spirit-led development of Chris- preparation for Synod 2009, clergy in their work and their in time to present the document tian doctrine. While you’re there, Diocesan Council reviewed un- lives, a tool to measure conduct, to this month’s synod. • A flexible framework for the finished business assigned to and a teaching tool for those “The human sexuality con- study of human sexuality de- subscribe to it by Synod 2007. Archdeacon studying for Holy Orders. Clergy versation is lacking since the veloped by the national church Geoffrey Hall, secretary of synod had serious concerns about the last synod,” admitted Bishop Faith Worship and Ministry E News as well as executive assistant to fi rst draft of the document and Claude Miller, citing time and Committee (FWMC). and get the news the bishop, listed the unfi nished it has been revised several times information constraints among • The Rothesay Report, a theolog- items for council. since, most recently by a clergy the reasons. “But now I am aware ical rationale for changes to the delivered to your in-box A code of pastoral conduct, working-group. of better resources so all we need marriage canon to allow for the and the “brutally honest” con- Present diocesan chancellor are a time and place for that con- marriage of all legally qualifi ed every week. versation on issues of marriage Clyde Spinney told Diocesan versation to happen.” same sex couples. CoGS asked Click on and sexuality promised by the Council that he met recently He gave Diocesan Council FWMC to include a broader bishop, are among the items that with the clergy working-group members a Council of General spectrum of theological thought News require more work. The May to review the latest draft, but he Synod (CoGS) document pre- in its next draft. (This report was meeting of Diocesan Council, found it unacceptable as a code. pared at its May 2009 meeting prepared when the Faith, Wor- at the top held at St. Martin’s in the Woods, He said it lacks the necessary that provides access to several ship and Ministry committee met of the anglican.ca page Shediac Cape, was the last before standards to be supported by a documents related to the issue: at Villa Madonna in Rothesay Synod 2009 that was held early canon (church law). • The Galilee Report of the Pri- earlier this year.) and choose this month in Saint John. The clergy and the chancel- mate’s Theological Commission • The House of Bishops 2007 E News Former diocesan chancel- lor agreed to a compromise. The which refl ects the diversity of Guidelines on Pastoral Generos- lor Beverley Smith developed document, with a changed form opinion and lack of consensus in from the drop-down menu a pastoral code of conduct at but the same substance, will be the Anglican Church of Canada See “CoGS” on page 2 2 / THE NEW BRUNSWICK ANGLICAN JUNE 2009 P A R I S H N E W S A R C H I V E S C O R N E R Council Churchyard all that survives of delightful chapel Briefs In 1842, during the incumbency east window in memory of the of the Rev. J. W. Disbrow, con- late Thomas Jones, “providing Outstanding budget support struction began on the little the members of his family ap- The diocesan fi nance com- church at Magundy, above Fred- prove thereof” and the rector was mittee reported parish sup- ericton on the St. John River, authorized to procure a prayer port of the 2008 budget was near Magaguadavic. It was com- desk for the Church. the highest it has been in the pleted during the time of the Rev. At a service in 1868 there were past six years. Parishes con- Joseph Elwell. This delightful 12 confi rmations and 19 commu- tributed just over $1.4 million little chapel sat on 1.5 acres of nicants out of a congregation of in support of the work of the land deeded to the Bishop of 63. On August 22, 1875, 14 were bishop, diocesan administra- Nova Scotia on Jan. 27, 1843 by confi rmed at a 3 p.m. service. On tion (most of it in support William Lockard and his wife July 30, 1879, seven candidates of the parishes) and mission Mary. At one time a lot was also ranging in age from 12 to 16 years outreach. The requested total reserved for a rectory, but it was were confi rmed by Bishop Med- amount was about $1.5 mil- not built. Until the completion ley. On August 17, 1884, Hattie, in- lion. of St. John’s, summer services fant daughter of Thomas Albert were held in William Love’s barn and Mary Elizabeth Brown, was Insurance standard concerns and in Benjamin Lockard’s house baptized in the Church. The diocesan insurance ad- during the rest of the year. In the Among the marriages solem- ant day in an unusually severe church was torn down, the “wide visor is concerned that some early 1840’s the Diocesan Church nized were Thomas Adams and winter, many of these people boards” were taken to Harvey parishes do not comply with Society (DCS) awarded a grant of Sarah Ann McMullin on August have walked miles to attend a and used in building a store.