PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 6 Caribbean festival Old storefronts Priest bridges starts at church given new life great divide TheTHE NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF TORONTO A A SECTION OF THE ANGnLICAN JOURNAL g l www.tiorontoc.anglican.ca n SEPTEMBER 2014 Tech tools enhance services Screens, videos increase participation This is the first in a series on how the diocese’s Our Faith-Our Hope: Re-Imagine Church cam - paign is helping churches pro - claim and live out the Gospel in new ways. BY STUART MANN ON Father’s Day, the 11 o’clock congregation at St. Paul on-the- Hill, Pickering, sat in rapt atten - tion as some young people from the parish talked about why they liked their fathers. It was a de - lightful moment, bringing smiles to many. The difference was, the chil - dren were speaking in a short video that was shown on an elec - tronic screen at the front of the Parishioner Bill Bradbury operates the video camera and inputs the liturgy wording from the control desk at St. Paul on-the-Hill, Pickering. PHOTO church. With expert lighting, BY MICHAEL HUDSON sound and editing, they were able to tell their stories – and the con - out the building, including the camera technology, enabling it to addition to broadcasting the serv - morning. gregation was able to watch and parish hall. This helps with over - broadcast the service on screens ice, we can show things like pre - The church is using technology listen to them -- in a powerful way. flow crowds for things like wed - in the sanctuary. This means that sentations from the children and to not only enhance its worship St. Paul’s was able to create this dings, funerals, baptisms and oth - worshippers no longer have to flip liturgical dancing that people at experience but to welcome people experience with the help of a er special occasions, says the Rev. through prayer and hymn books, the back of the church might not who visit online. Its website in - $13,000 grant from the diocese’s Canon Kim Beard, incumbent. as the words and music are pro - otherwise see.” cludes a video that shows clips Our Faith-Our Hope: Re-Imagine “With the service on large jected up on the screens. Parishioner Bill Bradbury is from parish life. There are also Church campaign. The fundrais - screens, people in the parish hall “We can go paperless,” says the church’s audio-visual coordi - recordings of sermons and spe - ing drive has raised $41 million in can participate,” he says. “They Canon Beard. “This is helpful for nator, putting together all of the cial presentations, for those who pledges to help churches in the can sing along, watch and listen several reasons. Number one, service material for the screens can’t attend in person or are look - diocese share the Gospel in new to what is going on in the sanctu - people are looking up during wor - and doing the camerawork. He’s ing for a church. “For people who ways. ary. It makes their worship expe - ship. The singing is better and been training young people from are checking us out, they can get St. Paul’s used part of its grant rience much more intimate than people are looking at what’s hap - the parish to help out with the a good idea of who we are by our to install new wiring, allowing the it otherwise would be.” pening at the front rather than camera and to run the sound website,” says Canon Beard. church to show its services on The church also used some of looking down. Secondly, it’s envi - board. Together, they look after five electronic screens through - its grant to upgrade its video ronmentally friendly. Thirdly, in the audio and visuals on a Sunday Continued on Page 7 Archbishop celebrates on anniversary Newspapers need support ON the 10th anniversary of his in - “We’re seeing it in our advocacy Archbishop Johnson was con - AS we begin another season of look forward every month to stallation as Bishop of Toronto, for the homeless, in placing the secrated bishop on June 21, 2003, The Anglican , please consider news, opinions, features, inter - Archbishop Colin Johnson will be diocese on a good financial foot - and served as the area bishop of making a donation to the Angli - views and coming events – all celebrating the Eucharist at 11 ing with the Our Faith-Our Hope Trent-Durham. He was elected can Journal Appeal (an envelope packaged in an attractive and a.m. on Sept. 14 at St. James campaign raising in excess of $40 diocesan bishop a year later and is tucked inside this issue for your easy-to-read format. Your finan - Cathedral. All are invited. million for ministry, and in his was installed on Sept. 12, 2004. convenience.) This will ensure cial gift will be split evenly be - “As the diocesan bishop, he able presence as our leader. He More information about the that the paper continues to carry tween the national paper (the An - sets the vision and goals of the brings a sharp intellect along service at the cathedral will be photos and stories of Anglicans in glican Journal ) and your diocesan diocese and we’re seeing the with an abiding faith in God posted on the diocese’s website, our diocese who are living out paper ( The Anglican .) Thank you fruits of his labour 10 years later,” through Jesus Christ and contin - www.toronto.anglican.ca, as it be - their faith in so many different for your support of this important says Bishop Philip Poole, area ues to provide faithful and excel - comes available. and fascinating ways. By making ministry. bishop of York-Credit Valley. lent ministry for the diocese.” a donation, you can continue to Stuart Mann, editor INCOME TOP-UP FOR THOSE IN POVERTY? – SEE PAGE 5 2 The Anglican N E W S September 2014 Carnival kicks off at church Organizers, politicians blessed MEMBERS of the Church of the children also sang. Nativity, Malvern, have always “Everyone was there for the supported and taken part in the same reason, which was to have Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival, fun and praise God and pray for held annually in Toronto to cele - the carnival to be a safe and hap - brate West Indian music, cuisine py occasion for all,” said the Rev. and the performing arts. But this Pam Prideaux, incumbent. “Na - year was just a little more spe - tivity has always played a role in cial. sponsoring the arts and culture, The church, located in Scarbor - and as a church with a primarily ough, hosted the celebration’s Caribbean heritage, it was very opening service on July 13. The special to be asked to host the service featured a blessing for service,” she said. the event’s organizers, volun - Each year, a church is selected teers, sponsors and local politi - to host the opening service of the Kanika Ambrose dances with Toronto City Councillor Raymond Cho at the Church of the Nativity, Malvern, dur - cians, including mayoral candi - three-week extravaganza. Nativi - ing a service of celebration and blessing for the Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival. Below, people gather for the date Olivia Chow. Participants ty was chosen this year because blessing. PHOTO BY MICHAEL HUDSON danced to the sounds of the Steel of its close proximity to the jun - Angels, the church’s steel pan ior carnival parade, which went day, the church set up a water pants and those who lined the band. The church’s choir and by the church on July 19. On that station in the church for partici - route to watch. The big carnival parade took place near Exhibi - tion Place on Aug. 2. 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