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September 2004 by the REVEREND SUZANNE CRAVEN and the REVEREND CANON CAROL SKIDMORE They’re partying at St. Matthew’s Burlington parish marks 155th anniversary with $1.3-m. addition V ol. 59, No. 1 ● September 2004 By THE REVEREND SUZANNE CRAVEN and THE REVEREND CANON CAROL SKIDMORE t. Matthew on-the-Plains, Burlington, is celebrating in fine style Sthis fall. After eight months of renovations, St. Matthew’s in Burlington’s west end has become the talk of the town. A $1.3-million dollar addition and renovation improved accessibility to all levels and provided much needed additional space for community groups and ministry. The new addition includes a fireside room for programming, a new nursery room and community meeting room, a lift to three levels of the building, a link that joins two church halls on different levels and an extension to the kitchen, and a new church office. Renovations were made to the worship space and to St. Andrew’s Chapel, to both kitchens. Construction also furnished accessible wash- rooms in three areas, automatic openers on doors, air conditioning in new space and finally – a paved parking lot. Our congregation has worked hard, not only to raise the needed funds but to volunteer countless hours in support of this project. Former parish- ioners are invited to join us for our 155th-anniversary service of Dedication and Celebration on Sept. 26 at 10:30 a.m. Bishop Ralph Spence will offici- ate. The service will be followed by tours, historical dis- AN ARTIST’S RENDERING of St. plays and a lunch- Matthew’s on-the-Plain with new addition. eon. Designs by Gren Weis Architect and On Oct. 2, St. Associates. Matthew’s will hold an Open House from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., including tours, a free bar- becue lunch and on-going musical entertainment. At 2:30 p.m. the parish will begin a sponsored 5-kilometre commu- ST. MICHAEL’S RECTOR Lynda Kealy proudly shows off her new granddaughter at the nity walk-a-thon, hoping to raise $40,000 towards the building project. annual picnic. The picnic is usually held at Canterbury Hills but the picnic was held at the St. Matthew’s first corporate sponsor, Fox 40, has issued the corpo- rate challenge by donating $10,000 towards the walk. parish grounds this year. For details, see PICNIC / page 6. Bishop Spence will be on hand to bless us on our walk and to take part in the festivities. Sponsor sheets are available through the church office at (905) 632-1233 or at [email protected] and at commercial ‘Make your voice heard’ outlets. The Reverend Suzanne Craven is priest associate and Bishop urges all to attend budget meetings The Rev. Canon Carol Skidmore is rector at St. Matthew on-the-Plains By DIANA HUTTON “There are certain things we have commitments Editor for that we can’t change,” he said. “We’ve got Newspaper tightens belt salaries, for instance. One of the biggest cost areas in By DIANA HUTTON Board (PAB) on Aug. 6. iagara Bishop Ralph Spence is appealing to every parish id salaries (for example), for the rectors, Editor “Producing a newspaper is not NAnglicans across the diocese to attend one of secretaries, caretakers. That’s the cost of doing min- cheap,” said The Reverend Canon four regional budget meetings this month to “express istry.” n an effort to cut costs, your Charles Stirling, chair of the PAB. their opinions, and to ask the questions that need to Also included in the diocesan budget are financial Idiocesan newspaper, The “Given the current financial stress be asked.” commitments to the national and provincial church, Niagara Anglican, is introducing a across the diocese, we wanted to “It’s vitally important for people to come to grips and items such as pensions and services offered. series of changes for 2004/2005. do our part to cut costs.” with the many difficult financial challenges we Bishop Spence noted many cost-saving measures One of the most obvious differ- He said without an advertising face,” he said. “It’s important that they ask questions have already been adopted at Synod Office. ences is the absence of a colour representative on staff, advertis- and present their views before the budget is finalized Staff reductions front-page photograph. The ing revenues have been soft. at (diocesan) synod (in November).” “We’ve reduced staff significantly,” he said. Niagara Anglican will carry front- Rising costs have also made Budget meetings “Historically there have been two bishops function- page colour photographs only on changes necessary. Four regional budget meetings are being held by ing. In 1991, there were three. For the last 15 years, the Christmas and Easter issues or “Unfortunately what that the finance advisory committee: Sept. 20 at St. we’ve had one bishop and we’ve carried on.” when advertising revenues can means is that we won’t be able to Simon’s, Oakville; Sept. 21 at St. Mark’s, The regional budget meetings have been support the cost. That change publish everything that is sent to Orangeville; Sept. 22 at Church of the Resurrection, redesigned to allow for continued input from people, alone will save the newspaper us,” Canon Stirling said. “As Hamilton; and Sept. 23 at Church of St. Columba, St. part of the New Niagara process. It is hoped many thousands of dollars a year. always, we will do our best. But Catharines. initiatives from the New Niagara process will help Another change is the page the days when we could increase Pulling no punches, Bishop Spence said there is achieve significant cost-savings. count. Again, unless advertising the size of the paper to facilitate “enormous pressure” on the diocese to reduce spend- “At diocesan synod last year, I told people I was warrants, the Niagara Anglican extra copy are gone.” ing. prepared to look at different ways of doing ministry,” will run at 12 pages, and some- The monthly Cycle of Prayer Bishop Spence said. “I hope peo- times fewer, per month. That has been removed from the pages ple ask as many questions as pos- measure too will save the diocese of the Niagara Anglican. The September 2004 sible so that, when they come to several thousand dollars a year. It Cycle of Prayer now appears on synod, they will have all the infor- had been the practice of the the diocesan website at Deadlines . .4 People In the News . .12 mation they need to make an edu- Niagara Anglican during the past www.niagara.anglican.ca. The Editorial . .4 Photo Page . .9 cated vote.” two years to add pages to accom- change was made to save space. Fellowship of Prayer . .11 The Faith Journey . .7 All four meetings will to begin modate reader submissions. Readers are encouraged to for- Getting to Know You . .10 V iewpoint s . .5 at 7 p.m. Coffee hour begins at The changes were announced ward their news, photos and sto- 6:30 p.m. by the Publisher’s Advisory See NEWSPAPER / page 2 2 NIAGARA ANGLICAN September 2004 National church has many cultures By DIANA HUTTON areas may be ready to move forward, but The decision has left a lot of gay and les- Bishop Spence said his greatest concern Editor Keewatin doesn’t yet allow the remarriage bian members of the church and their sup- is that the issue will “bog us down”. of divorced people. porters frustrated and unhappy. “The church is in major crisis,” he said. t’s been two months since a decision Family “Again we’re asking them to wait,” “In some places, we don’t have the critical Ion the highly charged, emotional “When you’re a family, sometimes some Bishop Spence said. “This is the reality mass to continue to do ministry as we did debate on blessing same-gender unions was family members are ready and some are we’re in. We may want to be in a different 20 years ago. Parishes need to start to deal sidestepped at General Synod for three not.” place but we’re not. What we heard at with evangelism, we need to tell people, more years of study and discernment. Bishop Spence said putting off the ques- General Synod was parts of the Church are ‘Hey, we’ve got this wonderful community Niagara Bishop Ralph Spence, who tion for another three years was a “wise in one place and parts are in another place.” that can give you support in life.’ If we voted in favour of dealing with the subject, move for the church at this particular time.” Bishop Spence said that judging by the don’t, it’s going to go. That is very scary.” said he was “personally disappointed that In June, General Synod stopped short of many letters he’s received, people on both New primate we didn’t deal with the issue head-on.” officially blessing same-sex unions. Instead sides of the issue are unhappy. Most letter In other synod news, Bishop Spence said Despite his disappointment, however, it affirmed the “sanctity and integrity” of writers wanted some forward motion, he he was “delighted” with the election of Bishop Ralph Spence holds strong to his long-term, monogamous gay and lesbian said. Archbishop Andrew Hutchison as primate faith that when the time is right, the ques- relationships. Bishop Spence said he anticipates the of the Anglican Church of Canada. tion will be called. “It was a typical Anglican compromise,” issue will again be raised at diocesan synod “He’s a person who will reach out to all “We’re really dealing with a national Bishop Spence said of the affirmation.
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