Campaign Sparks Ideas Church Parish Asked Bakery to Dream Provides by STUART MANN
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PAGE 4 PAGE 8 PAGE 16 Pentecost message Dinner honours Photographs make written in Cree military chaplains dreams come true TheTHE NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF TORONTO A A SECTION OF THE ANGnLICAN JOURNAL g l www.tiorontoc.anglican.ca n JUNE 2012 Campaign sparks ideas Church Parish asked bakery to dream provides BY STUART MANN EACH Wednesday, a group of peo - ple from St. Peter, Erindale, go for training a hike in a Mississauga park. The hour-long walk includes prayers, a reflection, some stretching exer - cises, and a chance to experience BY STUART MANN God’s creation in the company of friends. YOUR church’s communion bread What’s unusual about the walk might soon be coming from an is that it had its origins in the Our Anglican bakery that provides Faith-Our Hope campaign. training to some of Toronto’s As the Rev. Canon Jennifer most marginalized people. Reid and her leadership team vis - All Saints, Sherbourne Street, ited parishioners to talk about the has set up Take This Bread, a campaign, they asked them to bakery located in the Toronto think about what new ministry Friendship Centre, just two doors initiatives they would like the down from the church at the cor - church to do. ner of Dundas and Sherbourne “I wanted the parish to dream streets. and say, ‘Wouldn’t it be neat if—,” “The initiative came out of a de - recalls Canon Reid. “So people sire to give people something to started coming up with ideas.” do in the neighbourhood,” says One of those ideas became the the Rev. David Opheim, incum - Wednesday morning hike. Maryanne Collins leads hikers bent. “People with mental health Maryanne Collins, a fitness in - through their stretching exercis - issues or addictions have a lot of structor at the church, leads the es. The weekly walks (right), time on their hands, and they group, which meets at a different hosted by St. Peter, Erindale, in - want to do something purpose - park each week. The group has clude prayer and reflection. The ful.” about 17 people, including some idea for the walks and the funding The bakery will give them a from outside the church. came from the church’s Our Faith- chance to become skilled bakers, The newcomers are seniors Our Hope campaign. PHOTOS BY he says. Led by John Stephenson who were looking for people to MICHAEL HUDSON Jr., an outreach worker at the walk in the parks with, says church, small teams will bake the Canon Reid. “That it was run by a bread and other goods and offer church made it more appealing to them for sale to local restaurants, churches and the general public Continued on Page 2 beginning in September. They’ve already made their first batch of 30 loaves. “The more we talk to people about this, the more excited they Campaign passes ‘significant milestone’ are because we are actually tak - ing a scriptural passage and bringing it to life,” says Mr. BY STUART MANN end of December. Parishes are us - per cent of the funds raised above • Faithfully apply the funds re - Opheim. “We’re breathing new ing the money in a variety of ways, its goal. When a parish finishes its ceived from the campaign to life into it for people who have AS of May 1, the diocese’s Our from paying off building repairs to campaign, it will receive its first the items identified by the had very bad luck or have no Faith-Our Hope campaign had re - funding outreach projects. cheque six months later, and then parish. hope or are caught in a cycle of ceived more than $38 million in “They’re ecstatic about the cheques every three months there - • Let people in the congregation addictions.” pledges and cash. amount of money that’s coming after. know when money has been The church set aside money in “I think we’ve passed a signifi - back,” says Mr. Misiaszek, adding If the campaign raises $50 mil - received from the campaign, its operating budget to buy the cant milestone and we’re within that some cheques have been for lion, parishes will receive a total of and how much the amount is. equipment and has raised $16,000 reach of hitting our goal” of $50 mil - more than $100,000. “They’re $17 million. They will also be eligi - • Let people in the congregation through grants and donations, in - lion, says Peter Misiaszek, the dio - dreaming about how it’s going to ble to apply for grants from the re - know that their gift is making cluding a $5,000 Reach Grant cese’s director of Stewardship De - be used in the parish.” maining funds. a difference. from the diocese. The money velopment. Forty per cent of the funds Mr. Misiaszek says it’s impor - Parishes will be able to apply for gives the bakery the ability to buy By the end of June, $3,345,000 raised by a parish, up to its goal, tant that all campaign pledges be grants beginning in 2013. Grants more equipment and ingredients will have flowed back to the parish - will be returned to the parish. In fulfilled. To accomplish that, he en - will be made in the following areas, and set up a website for those es for local initiatives, with another addition, each parish that exceeds courages parishes to take the fol - $1.6 million to be returned by the its campaign goal will receive 75 lowing steps: Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2 SLOTS NOT THE ANSWER – SEE PAGE 6 2 The Anglican N E W S June 2012 Pledges Our FaithC-ampaignOur Hop Progresse Progr e(Asss of (A Aprils of 30,Ap r2012)il 30, 2012) Parishes receive need to Total Pledges (all sources) $38,200,000 Total Funds Received to Date (all sources) $11,840,000 campaign cheques Funds Returned to Parishes (forecast for $3,345,000 be fulfilled June 30, 2012) Funds Returned to Parishes ( forecast for $1,038,000 Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 September 30, 2012) them, and they are quite happy to a part-time parish nurse. It’s also according to the campaign’s case Funds Returned to Parishes ( forecast for $543,975 talk about faith issues and to going to put aside money for inno - for support: leadership develop - December 31, 2012) pray.” vative youth projects. ment, pioneering ministry, com - The walks were held each week The building and the music municating in a wire less world, during Lent. They were so enjoy - program will also benefit from adaptive reuse of parish facilities, proval of all grants. The allocations son had set a target of $10 million in able that the decision was made the campaign. The church used enabling parishes to become mul - committee will be made up of eight major gifts. As of May 1, he had to continue until the end of June, its first payment, for $30,000, to ti-staffed and giving to others. clergy and lay members from raised $6.3 million, with more ex - and possibly start them up again pay off the debt on a new roof. It The diocese is setting up an Our across the diocese. pected to come in over the spring in the fall. also plans to buy and install a Faith-Our Hope Allocations Com - Mr. Misiaszek says one of the and summer. “We’re seeing something that’s new organ. mittee to establish guidelines, re - reasons for the success of the cam - For more information on the Our really interesting here,” says Canon Reid is glad the church ceive applications and make rec - paign is the generosity of major Faith-Our Hope campaign, visit the Canon Reid. “We can afford it be - decided to spend some of its cam - ommendations for grants. Dioce - donors. At the beginning of the diocese’s website, www.toronto.an - cause the campaign gave us the paign money on things in addi - san Council will have the final ap - campaign, Archbishop Colin John - glican.ca. ability to hire Maryanne to lead it. tion to the building. “It’s a beauti - Now we’ve got the freedom to try ful building and we love it, but some things.” we’ve got people whose heart is The church is going to use really for worship and for Christ &'%#%)($&$$ some of its money from the Our and for giving. It’s about what $'%+'.%'$%*($ Faith-Our Hope campaign to hire other things we can do for God.” $(*&&%'))%)%(,)#$)" ")$)%$""$( ,%'%#"((%')'(!% %#"(($(( Bakery a ‘beacon )%*($$(*&&%')%# %& of hope,’ says priest Continued from Page 1 who want to buy the bread online. a beacon of hope in the neigh - %'#%'$%'#)%$%')% Mr. Opheim hopes that some - bourhood. “It’s just another ex - '+'())&"$$$ day the church can even open a ample of what happens when you '%*'"" -) small cafe that sells the bread and invest in the community, when %'#" %')) "%)(%' other baked goods and coffee at a you say to people, ‘We care reasonable price. enough about you to put some of In the meantime, the bakery is this stuff in your hands and make %'%$)%)') )"%%' off to a good start. Last November, it happen.’” when it was announced that the More information about the %'%$)% bakery would become a reality, bakery, including its website ad - ,,,"%)(%' about 40 supporters, including dress, will be published in The Bishop Patrick Yu, turned up at Anglican when it opens. the church to celebrate. They Reach Grants are one-time went to each corner of the Sher - grants of $500-$5,000 to enable lo - bourne and Dundas intersection cal ministry that will reach peo - and prayed, reclaiming the corner ple who are not currently being for God and for the work of the reached by traditional forms of bakery.