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Making a difference every day 2016 Annual Report From the Executive Director 2016 was quite a year for the Anglican Foundation of Canada. From ground-breaking projects to inspiring stories, 2016 was indeed memorable. By imagining more, Canadian Anglicans made it possible to fund over $300,000 in building and project grants, $100,000 in student bursaries, and $40,000 for the Request- for-Proposals addressing the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action. The Anglican Foundation remains committed to addressing changing times with strong and steady support for people of faith, progressive vision, and an innovative spirit. We are your reliable faith partner, doing things that matter most to you. Why? Because we believe in you. Because together, we can do more than we can ask or imagine! To celebrate 2016, the AFC team has compiled this report looking back at some of the projects and moments that made this year quite remarkable. We extend profound thanks to many generous and dedicated Canadian Anglicans whose donations have helped hundreds of individuals and parishes achieve a dream. Anglicans from coast to coast to coast are making it possible for AFC to be well positioned to offer generous support to Canadian faith communities and individuals as they think big and dream imaginatively into the future. 2 What We Do Mission and Values Since 1957 the Anglican Foundation of Canada has been a The Anglican Foundation of Canada seeks to provide generous champion of ministry across the country by: abundant resources for: • innovative ministries • building strong faith communities • Anglican presence • cultivating innovative expressions of faith • diverse infrastructure • championing dynamic leadership for the next projects generation • supporting ministry in Canada’s Northern communities across the Canadian Church. • refreshing dated infrastructure • sustaining collaborative interfaith dialogue Fred Hiltz • fostering youth initiatives Primate of Canada • advocating originality, creativity, and imagination Chair INNOVATION The Anglican Foundation is here for you when you need us, evolving, adaptive, with an open mind and dependable support. open to ideas FAITH DIVERSITY rooted in Our national reach, Anglican Values community- tradition oriented, willing to listen RESPONSIBILITY trustworthy, discerning, Judy Rois goal-oriented we promise Executive Director 3 Board of Directors 2016 The Most Rev. Fred J. Hiltz Fiona Brownlee Brian Cameron The Rt. Rev. Terrance Dance Dr. Alex Faseruk The Very Rev. Shane Parker Primate of Canada Edmonton Ottawa Huron Eastern Newfoundland Ottawa Chair & Labrador Dr. Daphne Rixon Ruth Sheeran Afra Saskia Tucker The Ven. Sarah Usher The Very Rev. Peter Wall Sally Armour Wotton Nova Scotia & PEI Quebec Montreal Yukon Niagara Toronto representing you from coast to coast to coast 4 Grants and Bursaries at a Glance $21,000 $70,000 $101,000 $325,000 Grants to church musicians Grants for Indigenous ministries Bursaries to theological students Building and Program Grants: and choristers and education • innovative ministries • Anglican presence • diverse infrastructure … and $163,000 more across the country for children’s programs, hospice care, education, Canada’s North, sacred arts, community outreach, Anglican Military Ordinariate, and emergency funds. 5 Grants Building and Program Grants Total amount awarded: Grants $324,700 • Loans $100,000 Building for the future St. George’s Anglican Church, West Kelowna, BC (Diocese of Kootenay) Freestanding digital sign Throughout the Anglican Foundation’s history, the majority of its grants have been dedicated to Parish of St. George, St. Mark’s Church, St. George, NB (Diocese of Fredericton) enhancing church infrastructure from coast to Purchase and installation of two heating pumps coast to coast. In response to leaky roofs, shrunken St. Bartholomew Anglican Church, Winnipeg, MB (Diocese of Rupert’s Land) shingles, cracks in foundations, obsolete lighting, Replacement of furnaces and hot water tank inaccessible entrances, outdated electrical fixtures, St. Alban’s Anglican Church, Beamsville, ON (Diocese of Niagara) and lack of running water, AFC has always made Migrant farm workers’ outreach ministry bricks and mortar investments a priority. AFC understands that a grant, made at the right time— St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Saskatoon, SK (Diocese of Saskatoon) or just in time—can give a congregation the Replacement of shingles and three basement windows incentive it needs to move forward with worthwhile St. Luke’s Anglican Church Palermo, Oakville, ON (Diocese of Niagara) ministry, breathing new life into a development St. Luke’s Community Centre sign, furnishings, equipment campaign through the knowledge that the Canadian St. George’s Anglican Church, London, ON (Diocese of Huron) church is supporting the local effort. And we see Installation of new elevator and accessible washroom the results: church buildings are becoming more and more a hub of community life, holding people Cathedral Church of St. Alban the Martyr, Prince Albert, SK (Diocese of Saskatchewan) together as a meeting place, as they open their Repairs to parish hall roof (accessible!) doors to the public. St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church, Fort Nelson, BC (Diocese of Yukon) Replacement of furnace and repairs to rectory fireplace In 2016, alongside applications for infrastructure Saint George’s YouthNet, Halifax, NS (Diocese of Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island) projects, AFC received a number of applications for YouthNet after-school program for teens innovative ministry projects across the country. The grants listed provide just a glimpse of the amazingly St. Aidan Anglican Church, Moose Jaw, SK (Diocese of Qu’Appelle) creative ways that Canadian Anglicans engage in Development of youth ministry website “GetLiturgized” ministry to meet the needs of their local context. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Edmonton, AB (Diocese of Edmonton) Outreach ministry to South Alberta Light Horse army reservists 6 Church of St. Christopher, Haines Junction, YT (Diocese of Yukon) Community kitchen equipment and construction Church of the Redeemer, Toronto, ON (Diocese of Toronto) Youth ministry trip to Dawson City, Yukon All Saints Anglican Church, Pense, SK (Diocese of Qu’Appelle) Overall building restoration and construction of accessibility ramp Parish of St. Mark the Evangelist, St. John’s, NL (Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador) Construction of new accessible administrative area St. Mary Anglican Church, Winnipeg, MB (Diocese of Rupert’s Land) Installation of glass automatic doors St. Alban’s Anglican Church, Easterville, MB (Diocese of Brandon) Repairs to church building and mission house Diocese of New Westminster, Vancouver, BC (Diocese of New Westminster) Lay Spiritual Renewal Project St. George’s Anglican Church, Clarenceville, QC (Diocese of Montreal) Overall building restoration St. Joseph of Nazareth Anglican Church, Brossard, QC (Diocese of Montreal) Basement renovation Church of the Redeemer Vancouver School of Theology, Vancouver, BC (Theological College) Toronto, ON • Diocese of Toronto Contemporary Anglican Formation program Responding to the TRC’s invitation for youth St. George’s Anglican Church, Guelph, ON (Diocese of Niagara) engagement in healing and reconciliation with Replacement of heating distribution system Indigenous peoples of Canada, ten young people from Church of the Redeemer, Toronto travelled for ten Church of the Ascension, Ottawa, ON (Diocese of Ottawa) days to the Yukon to develop relationships and gain a Weaving the Complexity of Creation Justice deeper understanding of Canadian and church history St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kamloops, BC (Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior) and heritage. Roof replacement 7 Wycliffe College, Toronto, ON (Theological College) Preaching Day and Refresh! Conference St. Mark’s Anglican Church (Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh) Expansion and renovation to parish hall Georgina’s Place, Hay River, NT (Diocese of the Arctic) Installation of running water, restroom, septic tank St. Paul the Apostle Anglican Church, Antigonish, NS (Diocese of Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island) Electrical upgrades St. Andrew’s Memorial Church, Wiarton, ON (Diocese of Huron) Roof replacement and cottage wall repair Trinity College, Toronto, ON (Theological College) Upgrades to classroom space used at Church of the Epiphany–St. Mark Parish of St. Stephen’s, Chester, NS (Diocese of Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island) Musical Friends: after-school choral program for all ages Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia & Yukon, Vancouver, BC (Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia & Yukon) National Anti-Racism Consultation St Christopher’s Log Church St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, Thunder Bay, ON (Diocese of Algoma) Haines Junction, YT • Diocese of Yukon Family Giving Centre: food cupboard, clothing mission, community lunch program The village of Haines Junction lies on the edge of a St. Michael’s Anglican Church, Hamilton, ON (Diocese of Niagara) vast wilderness, in the territory of the Champagne and Accessibility renovations to exterior walkways and parish hall entrance Aishihik First Nations, Southern Tutchone people, who St. James the Apostle, Cacouna, QC (Diocese of Quebec) have been there for thousands of years. St. Christopher’s Restoration of church and rectory engaged in new construction to fully outfit a kitchen in order to provide a food share project within the Vancouver School of Theology, Vancouver BC (Theological College) community. Conceptual
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