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Hurricane Igor. The wrath of Hurricane Igor was felt all over our province. Not even the histroic Anglican Cemetery on Forest Road in St. John’s was spared. A full reporton the extent of the damage at the cemetery is found below. Photo submitted by A. King.

Igor’s Impact

On Tuesday, September21, 2010, during the height ofHurricane Igor, the AnglicanCemetery on Forest Road re-ceived considerable destructionof trees. The highest exposedparts of the cemetery, espe-cially between the old Chapelsite and the Forest Road en-trance, received the most dam-age. We are thankful thatflooding did not occur in thelower part of thecemetery near Quidi Vidi Lake.

As shown in the abovephotos, uprooted trees andcountless broken branches ex-tend over roughly four acres. Fortunately, relatively fewmonuments were broken but anumber were toppled and willeventually be replaced on theirfoundation by our staff. Our

two senior staff, assisted bythree student assistants, hascommenced cutting and re-moval of trees and branches.Our Cemetery Supervisor, Mr.Clarence Best, expects it willtake at least three weeks tocarry out this work. New-foundland Power is removingtree debris from electrical wiresabove our fences on Forest andEmpire Avenues.

Parishioners and Parish of-fices should be aware of ourcircumstances. Our first prior-ity is to clear all walkways sothat burials can safely proceed. Unfortunately, personal re-quests for grave care and main-tenance cannot be carried outduring the next several weeks.Nevertheless, restoration ofnew and sunken gravesites willresume before frost conditionssettle in.

Submitted byArthur King

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I bring you greetings in the name of the One whom we serve together. It is with my deepest care and concern that I write to you as you strugglewith the aftermath of Hurricane Igor. I am attending Provincial Council meetingsin P.E.I this week and have been seeing pictures of and hearing from yourrepresentatives about the devastation that has afflicted you. I cannot imaginethe turmoil you are experiencing. Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. It is my hope that thefaith we share will bring you some comfort as you face the challenges that lieahead. These words are not simply lip service. God is indeed with you. It is inthe days, weeks and months to come that you will be reminded of this as yourebuild your homes, communities and bring order back into your lives. Godwill be present through the help, support and encouragement of family, friendsand strangers alike. It is also in the days, weeks and months to come that therest of your Church family has the opportunity to minister to you as weuphold you in our prayers. In addition to our prayers, the Provincial Council has made a contributionto the Bishop’s Discretionary Fund in both the diocese of Eastern Newfoundlandand Labrador and Central Newfoundland to aid in the Church’s work in thiscrisis.The Lord bless and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine on you and begracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favour and grant you peace.

Yours in Service, +ClaudeThe Most Reverend Claude MillerMetroploitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada

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Submitted byDorothy Westaway

Can you not see me?Dear GodAs I start out today to

minister to others in YourName, Give me, please, yourvery special gifts and grace:Your insight to perceive theneeds of the ill, Your wisdomto respond holistically, Yourgrace to listen with compas-sion, Your courage to endure,despite rebuffs and risks,Your insight into ways tohelp others help themselves,Above all, Lord, Let me bekind and caring, as you were.“I can do all things throughHim who strengthens me.”

Author UnknownI came home one evening

very pleased with myself andtold my daughter (who wasabout 15 at the time) that Ihad helped a black lady withseveral children take herheavy laundry bags back toher apartment. My daughterasked very simply, “Why didyou have to say a black lady,why not just a lady?”

I met Daniel on the streetone day. Daniel suffers frommental illness. I said “Howare you doing?” He replied,“No one ever says, HelloDaniel”. I answered “Yes Idid“. I said, “How are youdoing?” “That is not thesame thing,” he says, “younever said, hello Daniel, howare you doing?” He is cor-rect, of course.

One day in a down townstreet in Calgary, I gave abeggar some money and heran off towardsMacDonald’s. I did not askhim his name, nor if he waswarm enough or when he hadhis last meal. I did not look

him in the eye but saw insteadthe dirty hands and tornwoollen mittens.

I sit beside a mothernursing her baby in Guate-mala; the baby has a rag tiedup with a string aroundhis bottom. She is proudof her baby and tells mehis name. His name isEmanuel. Emanuelmeaning, God is with us.I say to myself, how canbabies come in to theworld in poverty such asthis? I rebuke myself andask who am I to judge orquestion, what/who givesme the right?

We all have our sto-ries when we know wehave come up short. Thequestion, of course, is dowe just meet the needand not meet the person?Did I see, did I hear?

As I continue withsome of my outreachministry which includethe mentally challenged,I have often remindedmyself of the eventsnoted above. I struggleas most of our readers doabout being present andbeing mindful when dealingwith the lost, the lonely, thepoor and those who suffer. Ihave learned, although notfully, that if I pay attention,look these folk in the eye, callthem by name and develop arelationship, even if it is foronly a few short moments,then I find a certain whole-someness to the situation.This wholesomeness bringsjoy that often other relation-ships do not bring.

When I pray with someof the mentally challengedpeople, they will often prayfor lost loves, that they willget well, that a home will be

found, that Santa Claus willcome. Hopes still kindle inthe spirit of all of them; theyhave their dreams, the samecolor as ours. The interest-ing observation is that most

of them always pray for oth-ers. Many mentally ill pa-tients have reduced intellec-tual capacity to express them-selves so some speak withconfusion, anger and somelovingly, of course. Many

have such simplicity of bodyand soul that you can seeChrist more dearly and moreclearly. However, there areothers that are in a dark holedue to depression, addictions

and other mental condi-tions. Some of the sad-dest people are those thathave lost their hope andsee no light. The profes-sional people that care forthem and make decisionsfor/with them are to beencouraged and sup-ported. In addition wemust do our part throughprayer, and showingthem kindness and un-conditional love.

The ministries andoutreach in our parishesand community are tre-mendous. Within ourdiocese, the arm ofoutreach stretches intonursing homes, personalcare homes, the prison,the food banks, the hos-pitals, and community.Through the PWRDF,Arms of Jesus Children’sMission, Belize Mission,and Anglicans in Mis-sion, to name a few; we

have become citizens of theworld and contribute glo-bally to our sisters and broth-ers. I know of one senior whogave money for a mattressand skipped her hair cut for awhile to pay for it, and an-

other who gave most of hersmall pension to buy booksfor a small school in Pampay,Guatemala. Although weshould of course acknowl-edge and celebrate theseachievements, we can not af-ford to puff ourselves upwith importance, as we mustalso recognize that it is ablessing and a gift given tous that enable us to help oth-ers, that Christ is still thepotter and we are the clay.

There is a story thatcomes out of El Salvador.Following the civil war,when many churches wereruined, a group of peoplecame upon a cross with asymbolic Christ nailed to it.However, his outstretchedarms were missing, they weredestroyed. One man said,“We may as well tear it alldown.” Some one spoke upand said, “No, we shall leaveit there, and we will be theArms of Jesus.” When I amweary and feel I am not ableto give any more, I envisionthe armless Jesus and itstrengthens and encouragesme.

I grew up within the richhistory/tradition of the An-glican Church with its doc-trines, the creeds, liturgy,

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Letters to the Editorlet us pray

Responses to ‘OneWord’

Dear Editor,

In the September 2010issue of the Anglican Lifeyou asked for one word todescribe the AnglicanChurch. The word came tomind after one minute ofdeliberation was esotericesotericesotericesotericesoteric.Much of my fifty-threeyears of instruction of whoGod, the Trinity, Transub-stantiation, the Reforma-tion, and Love were for themost part outsourced toother institutions. I strug-gled with the little instruc-tion and ignorant answers toquestions I had presented.My understanding is thatGod is all-knowing - omnis-cient and omnipotent -therefore, in God’s image Itoo will understand and cre-ate. I can experience Godin a real sense. The Churchshould more than share themessage, and focus on mak-ing God real, instructingthem in becoming aTrinitarian and partake inthe most wonderful eternalexperience. The real God isbeyond the sacraments.

Thanks for asking,

Graham GreeleyConception Bay South

Dear Editor,

One word to describethe Anglican Church?

The word “community”comes to mind for me. A

community of people whoshare a lot of the same val-ues and beliefs - belief inprayer, sharing what wehave with others,volunteerism, a givingspirit, tolerance. We’re notnecessarily like-minded in-dividuals, but we come to-gether to pray - for our-selves and for others all overthe world.

Thank you for invitingme, a reader of AnglicanLife, to share my thoughtson this.

Good luck with yourmosaic!

Judy RogersSunday School Teacher

Holy InnocentsAnglican Church,

Paradise

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* * *Hurricane Igor

Dear Editor,

Like so many other Ca-nadians we were quite con-cerned about the devasta-tion left by Hurricane Igoron September 21. Whatdid set us apart is that it af-fected many people we hadcome to know when welived on the Burin Penin-sula. As well our oldestdaughter, son-in-law andtwo grandsons were visitingat the time in Fortune. Wewere very grateful that noone was injured!

Karen and Michael LiCobourg, Ontario

prayers, articles, theologies, etc.I am thankful for that. How-ever, I also feel and know thatthe structure of our churchescan sometimes separate usfrom our real mission. That isto stand up to be counted, par-ticularly for those that cannotstand up for them selves. It isone of our responsibilities asChristians to fulfill our Baptis-mal vows. It is more difficultfor some of us if we do nothave the constitution, the innatepassion to get down at eyelevel with a man that just staresinto space, has a runny nose,smells or has rotten teeth withbad breath. Whatever the per-sonal struggle to respond, Je-sus challenges us to go to placeswe do not know, and that maybe to the house of a neighbouror to a family in some foreigncountry or engage in a conver-sation with the humblest of ourbrothers and sisters.

I ask the question. Thenext time you and I are ap-proached to give some moneyfor a coffee or see a tin can bya homeless person, will we stopand meet the person? Whenwe visit the elderly and theystutter over their words, willwe stay and meet the person?The sad truth is that I haveheard countless times fromthese folk that no one listensand no one hears and that isoften interpreted that no onecares, which is not always true.The truth is that we have to beseen by the sick, the sufferingand the poor that we are actu-ally listening and we are actu-ally hearing; they have to feelthe love and the caring. Wemust practice the art of meet-ing the person in addition to themeeting the need, only then wewill be able to see and to hear.

The challenge, of course, isto love our neighbours as our-selves.

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Lest we forget

Bishop Percy CoffinDiocese of

Western Newfoundland

A lesson that I learnedin childhood was that therewas no excuse for bad man-ners. Except for clinicalconditions, neither is therean excuse for bad memoriesas far as Remembrance Day

is concerned. I recognizethat as Newfoundlandersand Labradorians we markJuly 1st with a degree of so-lemnity but formally No-vember 11th is our Remem-brance Day. The observanceof this solemn occasionsranges from a full holidayto a brief hour-long recessfrom the daily routine to amoment of silence; sadly, inother places, there is no of-ficial act of remembrance.

To be forgotten or to berendered meaningless is anassault on the human soul.It is even a greater offencewhen the ones forgotten

willingly offered to serve inHer Majesty’s forces to pre-serve the values of family,home and the sense of be-longing to a community;the ones who allows us toelect our governments, ex-ercise our beliefs and live insafety. They are the oneswho today travel afar toovercome oppressive re-gimes, chase away the hor-rors of darkness and in theirplace establish a peaceablekingdom. There are the oneswho have never come home;the ones whose bodies havebeen repatriated and theones who come home with

physical and emotionalscars which for the rest oftheir lives define them andthere are those who willprevail to serve in the mili-tary or civil community.

Remember them! Re-member them by makingtime and space for silence.Go to a war memorial. Stopdriving. Close your busi-ness. Turn off your cellphone. Wear a poppy. Lis-ten to The Last Post. Telltheir story. Remember theones who have made and aremaking the sacrifice for thehope of a better world. Inyour moment of silence

pray that the guns also besilent.

In the name of thePrince of Peace,

STEWARDSHIP

Suddenly, out in thehall, I heard an infantscream, followed by a quick“shhh!” presumably from itsmother. The Rev heard ittoo.

”Now that child,”hesaid, “reminds me of some-thing your sages taught.

When a baby comes intothe world, its hands areclenched, right? Like this?”

He made a fist.“Why? Because a baby,

not knowing any better,wants to grab everything, tosay, “The whole world ismine.”

“But when an old per-son dies, how does he do so?With his hands open. Why?Because he has learned thelesson.”

What lesson, I asked.He stretched open his

empty hands.“We can take nothing

with us.”This excerpt is from

Have a Little Faith(Hyperion Books 2009) by

Mitch Albom. You may re-member this author fromThe Five People You Meetin Heaven and For OneMore Day - bothbestsellers.

That little anecdote is aconversation between arabbi and a writer he askedto do his eulogy – eightyears before he died. Thepublisher says it is a bookabout a life’s purpose; aboutlosing belief and finding itagain; about the divinewithin us all. I commendthe book for your reading.

But, it was that last linewhich stood out for me –“We take nothing with us.”It reminds me of the wordsof St. Francis whom I have

quoted often before: Re-member that when youleave this earth, you cantake with you nothing thatyou have received – onlywhat you have given: a fullheart enriched by honestservice, love, sacrifice andcourage.

Perhaps this packs animportant message for all ofus. We should keep this inmind as you look at yourestate plan (no matter howbig or small) and reflect onthe role of the Church inyour lives and how much itneeds your continuing sup-port – long after you aregone. A planned gift is oneway to deal with this di-lemma and I encourage you

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COLUMNIST

The “lowly” volunteers

“Great” people do “great”things. Premiers, Prime Min-isters, Presidents, for exam-ple, make “Big Decisions”that affect the lives of thou-sands, millions of people. Wetend to “idolize” them. Godbless them, I say.

But, what about the mul-titude of “ordinary” peoplewho, day after day, unself-

ishly volunteer their time,and often money, to make lifebetter for the unfortunate oth-ers? We don’t often see themin the news.

These volunteers visitthe sick, the elderly, in hos-pitals and in their own homes,bringing sympathy and cheer.They bring books, food etc.to seniors, take them to thedoctor, the drugstore, thebank, the supermarket. Theyserve in food banks, hostels.They bring sunshine withtheir smiles, kind words andhugs. How important arethese services to those inneed?

How much does all thismean to the public in gen-

eral?One very busy elderly

lady I know wondered aloudif anybody, besides the peo-ple she serves, really knew orcared for her commitment.

Lately, our government,and some other agencies, hasbeen taking public notice ofvolunteers, especially seniorvolunteers. Awards are beinghanded out, would you be-lieve? Some public recogni-tion at last!

Generally, though, recog-nition comes mostly to vol-unteers who have done “Big”things, prominent stuff. De-spite what seems public in-difference, however, those ofus “lowly” volunteers are, in

fact, vastly rewarded.Yes, indeed, the people I

serve notice me very much.They keenly anticipate myvisits, welcome me warmlyand affectionately. Theyworry about me when I missoccasionally. Their sincerethanks, hugs and kisses some-times, are priceless, very re-warding.

And, then, there’s alwaysthe greatest reward, the won-derful satisfaction of know-ing that we are doing thework of Jesus Christ. “In asmuch as you have done itunto them”, he said, “Youhave done it unto me.” Imag-ine visiting Jesus personally,comforting him, helping him!

Marvelous!Wouldn’t it be nice,

though, if more volunteers,especially senior volunteersgot more public recognition,more gratitude?

How about when Memo-rial University selects “spe-cial” people to receive hon-orary degrees, for example,shouldn’t they choose, oncein a while at least, one of our“lowly” volunteers who havebeen doing so much good inthe community? Why not?

A good idea???To all retired people who

may be bored with inactiv-ity; get up to your neck involunteering. You’ll love it.

COLUMNIST

A life full of “To-Do’s”

Allison Billard

As I mentioned in mylast column, I have a new parttime job at St. Mark’s Angli-can Church. This is in addi-tion to my full time work incommunications. I’ve alsostarted working towards anAssociate in Theology(A.Th.) at Queen’s College. This semester I’m taking acorrespondence course and an

in-class youth ministrycourse. Boy has life gottenhectic at my house! If I’m notplanning my next youth eventor Sunday lesson, I’m study-ing or writing a paper or at-tending a conference or,maybe, trying to spend sometime with my husband andmy cat - both of which arehandling our constant sepa-ration admirably...well thehusband is anyway. Andsometimes I even try to get alittle writing in.

It is a good thing that Iam a very organized person. I have an electronic calen-dar, a desk planner, a plan-ner that fits in my purse and

a to-do list - all operatingconcurrently at all times. It’show I get things done, and tobe honest, I love it - espe-cially my to-do list. Everytime I get to cross somethingoff that list is like a little vic-tory (or a large victory, de-pending on the size of the “to-do”). I get a great sense ofsatisfaction from completingthe things on the list, even ifit means I then add newthings and it gets ever longer.

I didn’t always feel thisway of course. When I wasin school my “to-do’s” con-sisted of papers to write andexams to study for. Despitethe sense of accomplishment

at the end it was always adaunting thing, and some-thing I just wanted to get“over with”. Can it just beover, so I can graduate and geton with my life?

Now however, my list isnot just something to get doneand over with and get out ofthe way so I can get on withthe things that matter. Theseare the things that matter, thesubstance of life. Whether itis a “book bowling night” or“finish assignment” or“movie night with hubby”they’re all the things thatmake up my life. It really isa wonderful thing.

What is on your to do

list? Everyone has one,whether you write it down orkeep it in your head there arethings you know you need todo each day, week, monthand year. Will you embraceyour to-do list and cherishthe things you accomplish?Or do you just want to get itover with?


They walked on Holy GroundCHURCHLIFE

Christians consider it themost sacred place on earth,and four youths from St. Pe-ter’s Anglican Church, UpperGullies couldn’t agree more.

Ryan Dwyer, CharlotteDawe, Victoria Dinham andKaylee Morgan, led by theparish rector, Fr. MarkNichols headed for coursestudy at St. George’s Angli-can College in Israel this pastJuly. It was a ten day tour andstudy of the grounds that Je-sus once walked upon. In fact,most, if not all of the eventsin the New Testament takesplace in this hotly contestedcorner of the world where re-ligion and conflict are oftenintertwined.

St. George’s College of-fers a youth course once ayear that spans nine days. Theyoung people are normallybetween 16-18 years of age;however the range is some-times wider. Palestinian, Jor-danian, American, Canadianand European teenagers havetaken part over the years. Thecourse focuses on providingan encounter with the HolyLand and its people throughBible studies in the collegelecture room and at locationssuch as major archaeological

and holy sites with introduc-tion to the history and tradi-tions associated with theplaces, and meeting with lo-cal Palestinian youth.

There is also a significant‘physical’ side to the tours; ahike up Mount Tabor, whilevisiting Galilee; hikes atGamla, and at Masada orswimming (or floating in thevery salty water) in the DeadSea. A major part of thecourse is getting to knowother teenagers and learningsomething of the differentcultural perspectives repre-sented.

Participants worship,pray and sing together as theytravel the Holy Land—andthat’s exactly what happenedto the group from St. Peter’s.

The youth of St. Peter’swere joined by four IsraeliArabs from AnglicanChurches in the Nazaretharea; and the remainder fromthree different parts of theUSA including New York,Minnesota and from theSeattle area—about eighteenin total. They would learneach other’s culture, caresand concerns. They wouldpray together and sing to-gether——and would form afriendship that will last a life-time.

The week continued with

visits throughout the HolyLands, including; Herodion,the remains of a palace com-plex built by Herod the Great;Hara mesh-Sharif (the NobleSanctuary), remains of theSecond Temple in Jerusalem;Yad Vashem, the HolocaustMuseum in Jerusalem ;Galilee region includingCaesarea Martima–wherePeter proclaimed the gospelto Cornelius the Centurionand Har Megiddo (Armaged-don), the site of many ancientbattles due to its strategic lo-cation; Capernaum, whereJesus visited a Synagogue thatexisted early in the first cen-tury; Mount Tabor, tradition-ally seen as the site of theTransfiguration and the OldCity of Jerusalem where theycarried out the Stations of theCross and then knelt at thefoot of a cross at the site ofthe Crucifixion. This was aspecial moment for all in-volved.

During the eighth day ofthe tour, the delegationheaded back to Pilgerhaus fora celebration of the HolyEucharist, Renewal of Baptis-mal Vows, and a baptism ofone of the youth from the US.A 19 year old woman, Emily,from the Seattle area hadcome to faith through theiryouth group and wanted to be

baptized during their pil-grimage to the Holy Land.She was baptized by immer-sion, in the Sea of Galileewithin easy sight of theMount of the Beatitudes,where Jesus preached his fa-mous ‘Sermon on theMount’. Fr. Mark had thehonour of assisting in thebaptism.

All the youth were deeplytouched by their experiencein the Holy Land. Upper Gul-lies resident Charlotte Dawewill particularly rememberher visit to Yad Vashem, theJewish Holocaust museum.“Although we already knewabout the Holocaust it wassuch a different experiencethan just reading about it.”said Charlotte. “Instead ofjust being about the facts ofwhat happened, the museumhad real stories and videos,from the actual people thatthis happened to.”

Ryan Dwyer will alwaysremember his trip on a boaton The Sea of Galilee. “TheSea of Galilee is the placewhere Simon Peter fished,where Jesus told Peter to letdown his nets and where hecaught all his fish,” explainedRyan. “The Sea Galilee iswhere we danced with ourfriends and it is where I hadone of the greatest moments

on the trip.”“Doing the Stations of

the Cross is one of my mostvivid memories,” said SealCove resident VictoriaDinham. Just after 6:00 amthe group set off for Herod’sGate into the old city to be-gin their journey around theStations. “At each Station,there was a scripture readingand prayers–we each got aturn to read and most peoplegot a chance to carry thecross–I will remember thatday forever,” concluded Vic-toria.

Kaylee Morgan of SealCove said, “We had a greattrip, met many new people,and learned a lot about theHoly Land. I will never for-get the beautiful and historicplaces we visited and willcontinue to stay in touch withour new found friends—Iwould love to see them againsometime.”

Fr. Mark was impressedby the relationship that St.Peter’s youth forged with theIsraeli Arab and Americanyouth. It seems a sure thingthat somewhere, sometime,most if not all of these friend-ships will be rekindled inperson. Who knows, maybethat could happen right herein Newfoundland and Labra-dor?

Fr. Mark Nicholssummed up the departurefrom Jerusalem, “The day noone wanted to think aboutarrived and it was time forgoodbyes. The St. Peter’sgroup was the first to leavefor the airport, but all theyouth were out to say good-bye. After numerous hugs, asthe St. Peter’s group headedto the waiting bus, all theAmerican youth began to sing‘O Canada’! I was amazed!They sang the whole thingwith gusto! What an incred-ible sign of how close every-one had become in a veryshort period of time. Thanksto the magic of Facebook,these are lifelong friend-ships.”

They walked on HolyGround!

Submitted byJack Morgan

The trip of a lifetime! Father Mark Nichols (back row) is flanked by four youth from St. Peter’s Upper Gullies during a recent tripto The Holy Land (left to right) Kaylee Morgan, Ryan Dwyer, Charlotte Dawe and Victoria Dinham.

7ANGLICANLife November 2010 CHURCHLIFE

The Primate of the AnglicanChurch of Canada, ArchbishopFred Hiltz, speaks to a fullcongregation at the Cathedralof St. John the Baptist onSunday 17 October 2010. Theoccassion was the 118thAnniversary Parade of theChurch Lad’s Brigade (CLB) inNewfoundland & Labrador.The CLB have been serving theyouth of our province since1892 and is the largest youthorganization in the entireAnglican Church of Canada. Inhis message, the Primatespoke of the need for theChurch to be Christ’s hands inthe world. Last year the CLBlaunched a Mission to Belizeto help in the construction of anew school for the children.Photo submitted by the CLB.

Good news from Good Shepherd

Business is brisk at TheShepherd’s Cafe. That is whereas many as eighty people goeach Wednesday at noon to befed. The complimentaryweekly meal is drawing muchattention and quite a crowd. Itis just part of a new hospitalityministry at The Parish of theGood Shepherd in Mount Pearl.Since July, a small group of dedi-cated volunteers have beenhosting a cafe from 10:00am –2:00pm each Wednesday.Tea, coffee, and sweet treats

are available at no charge witha free meal also being servedup over the lunch hour. Menuitems are lovingly prepared andrange from club sandwichesand homemade soup to fishchowder. Of course, smilesand conversation are also free.Perhaps this is why the Shep-herd’s cafe has enjoyed suchsteady growth. It is a placewhere both body and soul arenurtured. Why not join ussometime to get your fill?

Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch? Shepherd’s Cafeparticipants enjoy a complimentary meal. Submitted by SusanHaskell

The Good Shepherd in Mount Pearl is a leader in bringing Godly Play to the province. Godly Play isbased upon the recognition that children have an innate sense of the presence of God. All theylack is the appropriate language to help them identify and express it so it can be explored andstrengthened. The Godly Play approach teaches classical Christian language in a way that enhancesthe child’s authentic experience of God so it can contribute to the creative life of the child and theworld. Pictured above are participants at a recent training session offered by Archdeacon GeoffPeddle of the Good Shepherd parish.


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Observations on showing God’s love

Are you aware of A.W.A.R.E.?Have you heard about

AWARE? In a nutshell, it isa weekend spiritual retreatfor women of all faiths. Wehave had two retreats al-ready and they were won-derful.

AWARE takes place allover Canada and when Icame back from living inOntario ten years ago, Imissed going to the confer-ence. Look it up atwww.awareconference.org.

I decided to introduce itto Newfoundland and aftergetting the green light fromSynod Office, and blessingsfrom Archdeacon GeoffPeddle whom I saw there,we organized our firstAWARE. It was wonderful.We are still in the growing

stages.What is AWARE? It is

a chance for Anglicanwomen from right acrossthe Island, but also womenof other faiths, to spend aweekend together in prayer,praise and fellowship oncea year. We always have aspeaker, an Anglican chap-lain and a praise band.There are no other meetings

and we are strictly a retreatgroup.

Another AWARE is inthe making. We are havingan organizational meetingfor this retreat, to select ourcommittee and make plansfor the conference. Thismeeting will take place at:72 duff’s road, Holyrood,Saturday November 27from 1pm to 4 pm. Refresh-

ments will be served.Want to be part of the

new committee? Call (709)229 5378 or [email protected]. Lookup aware atwww.awareconference.org.

The conference isplanned for May 27-29th

2011 at the Lavrock Confer-ence Centre SalmonierLine. The theme is “From

Submitted byOlive Grunert the woman at the well (St.

John 4: 14)Come and join us, as we

turn our eyes upon him andgo back to our parishes An-glican Women Alive, Re-newed and Enriched.

Submitted byDebbie Kaba

Once upon a time therewas a teen who was so as-tounded by God’s love that hewanted to share that love toothers. He went on “TeenMania” mission trips to aCentral American country.His first year there he saw ayoung father with three chil-dren. The children were na-ked and the baby didn’t evenwear a diaper. The father wastrying to sell Chicklets chew-ing gum to tourists to pro-vide for his family. The teenthought this situation wasundignified and disgustingbut bought a box of gum tohelp. The next year, the teensaw the same father on thesame street corner trying tosell chewing gum only nowwith four young children.The teen was appalled to re-alize this was the man’s per-manent job. His heart wastouched and he emptied hispockets and gave all hismoney to the man. The thirdyear the teen saved his money;he’d asked women of thechurch to donate children’sclothing. He removed thestrings from his guitar andfilled the empty space withchildren’s clothing. After ar-riving in the country, boughtgroceries and blankets withthe money he’d saved. Hebrought clothing and othersupplies to the man who wasstill selling gum on the cor-ner. And thus, he tried to

show God’s love by meetingthe man’s obvious need. Thenthe teen embraced him andsaid a prayer in his haltingSpanish.

Once upon a time therewas a youngish pastor (age40) who was so astounded byGod’s love poured into hisheart by Jesus Christ that hewanted toshare thatlove to oth-ers. Hewent to anA f r i c a ncountry tosee the mag-nitude of theneeds there.Althoughthey wereprosperousCanadians,he and hisfive friendscould onlyget one loafof bread and one jar of pea-nut butter to share each day.When they saw the povertyof the starving people, theypeanut buttered their breadand gave it away and fastedduring their 10 days there.They were continuallyamazed that when they’d givea young mother and her twochildren one slice of bread;the woman would cut it inhalf and share it with herneighbour and her children.Each starving person got atiny rectangle of the life-sus-taining food. And thus, he

tried to show God’s love bymeeting the man’s obviousneed. Then he came back toCanada and encouraged oth-ers to show God’s love bygiving to missions.

Once upon a time therewas a young couple who wasso astounded by God’s lovepoured into their heart by Je-

sus Christ that they wantedto share that love to others.They majored in missionsthen moved to an Indian res-ervation in Southwest USA.The offerings of their nativecongregation seldom mettheir basic needs or the needsof their two small children.One day the man told his wifethat he felt God wanted themto go to Kenneth Copeland’smotorcycle rally. Shelaughed because she knew itwas too far to walk and theydidn’t have a car. But sheprayed with him. A few days

later they received an anony-mous money order in themail for the amount theyneeded to go to the rally. Thewife wanted to save themoney to help meet theirneeds and the needs of thepeople they served. The maninsisted they go. They wentand while there, Kenneth

Copeland calledthem to the po-dium and said Godhad told him togive them his per-sonal 9-person vanthen asked them afew questionsabout their mis-sion. By the timethey left the rally,Copeland minis-tries had agreed tosupport their workand bought them abus so they couldeasily gather theirmission church

family together to worshipGod and do the work of thechurch. And thus, he tried toshow God’s love by meetingthe family’s obvious needs sothey could meet the obviousneeds of the people theyserved.

Once upon a time therewas a fortyish priest who wasso astounded by God’s lovepoured into his heart by Je-sus Christ that he wanted toshare that love to others. Hewent to a women’s shelter toremind a middle-agedwoman there about God’s

love and the care, tendernessand compassion of Christ. Hedidn’t say much but sat in at-tentive silence. When thepriest left, the woman feltheard and validated; she criedand decided not to take herlife. And thus, he tried toshow God’s love by meetingthe woman’s obvious need.

Once upon a time therewas a parish who was so as-tounded by God’s lovepoured into their corporateheart by Jesus Christ that theywanted to share that love toothers. One of the women ofthe church wanted to shareGod’s love by bringing lunch.She managed to balance acrock pot; a bag of rolls witha cake pan balanced on topand kick her car door closedwith her hip. Smiling shewalked to the door of thebuilding for the church. Themen standing in front of thewindows observed her walk-ing to the door, possibly won-dering what goodies wouldbe served later in the day. Shemanaged to open the heavydoors and come inside. A tall,soft-spoken sexton walked upto the woman and silentlytook the now precariouslybalanced cake and the crockpot and carried them into thekitchen; after the dinner wassafely on the counter, theyhugged with a smile of cama-raderie. And thus, he triedto show God’s love by meet-ing the woman’s obviousneed.

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Bishop Abraham’s memorable “Northern Voyage”

Archdeacon Francis Buckle

In the summer of 1953, Bishop Abraham, accompanied by the Rev. A. G. Gibson, who was then Vice-Principal of Queen’sCollege, made a visitation to the Missions of White Bay, St. Anthony, Sandwich Bay, Battle Harbour, Cow Head and Flower’sCove. They joined the M.V. Pedanaut at Hampden. Both crew members, Gus Noble (skipper) and Albert Thomas (cook) werefrom Green Bay. Over a six-week period they journeyed some 2000 miles.

Mr. Gibson wrote an account of the remarkable voyage for the December issue (1953) of The Diocesan Magazine. Here areextracts from the Labrador portion of the visit.

“After a three and one half hour trip [from Henley Harbour], we made Battle Hr.,and tied up at the wharf. Scarcely had this been done, when we spotted the Missionboat coming towards us. From it emerged a suit of dungarees, surmounted by abroad smile - there was no mistaking the Rev. J. Reid, mission-priest of Battle Hr. Wewere only stopping here en route to Cartwright ...

The rugged magnificence of the Labrador coast looked almost benign, as wemade our way along the Domino Run. ... We arrived at Cartwright, where we weregreeted by Mr. Massey [Massie] of the Hudson Bay Store. Apparently, we hadmissed the Mission priest, the Rev. A. Torraville. He had been waiting for us atBatteau, and we had sailed past in the fog. Mr. Torraville turned up safely the nextday; hot in pursuit ... The next day being Sunday, morning services were held inchurch, near which a fine two-roomed school has just been built. After dinner, a boyproudly conveyed us across the harbour in his new motor-boat, taking us at quite abreathless speed. We landed safely, however, at the wharf of the Grenfell Missionand were met by Dr. Whittaker ... At 7.00 p.m. Confirmation was held at which oneold gentleman of 77 years received the laying-on of hands.

We left Cartwright the next day at the respectable hour of 9.00 a.m. A dull andfoggy morning shortly improved and by afternoon, we were enjoying the warm sun-shine and moving north across a sparkling and calm sea. After turning west intoHamilton Inlet, we eventually anchored in the sheltered waters of Conningham[Cunningham] Cove.

... The next morning the wind had abated, and the going along Lake Melville wasgood. This, I must confess, is mere hearsay, for we had started at 2.00 a.m.... Weduly arrived at Goose and it seemed almost unbelievable to find a town of its propor-tions in the middle of the Labrador. ... After a more than adequate dinner at the Mess,we were taken by car to Happy Valley. Here we were met by Mr. Wilson Tibbo, aQueen’s College student, who had been working here as a Catechist during thesummer, and who had prepared a number of candidates for Confirmation. We in-spected a fine new two-roomed school which was being built and which by now is inuse as a school and a church. At the home of Mr. T. Pardy, we did justice to a trulygargantuan meal which all thoroughly enjoyed. Confirmation was then held in the oldcommunity church, after which the Bishop met members of the Select Vestry andthen returned to Goose. ... At Goose in the base Chapel the Bishop officiated at threeservices in one. The Baptism of an adult was followed by Confirmation and theEucharist. This was undoubtedly a reversion to the practice of the Primitive Church,when Baptism and Confirmation together formed one rite of initiation.

... At North West River ... we were allowed to use a large room in the school forConfirmation. After service we returned on board to find that there had been aninvasion by myriads of insects - the fly in the ointment, so to speak. The chaplain didgreat slaughter with a rolled-up newspaper, but some escaped the massacre andremained to buzz about during the night.

... In the afternoon we made Rigolet and went ashore to make inquiries about aprospective passenger. The enquiries proved unsuccessful, but we did see the oneand only set of triplets [the Ways] on the Labrador, and very bonny they looked too.Pressing on, we made Conningham’s Cove about 5.00 p.m. and decided to anchorthere for the night, there being no other harbour within range. While we were at tea,some young men came aboard to see the Parson. After some hesitation, it emergedthat one of them wanted to be married that night, since it might be some time beforehe saw the Parson again. The arrangements were duly made, and at 10.00 p.m. wewere rowed ashore in the darkness, greeted by volleys which echoed in the still night.Making our way to the tilt where the ceremony was to take place, we found all therelatives and friends gathered, including a little girl in her night-dress, who gazed

open-mouthed at the assembly. A table was arranged altar-wise and soon the bridalparty arrived. Although I officiated at a number of weddings, I have yet to take partin one which was so moving in its simplicity. Mr. Torraville took the first part of theservice, and the Bishop the second and gave the Blessing. We then sat down to thebreakfast, homely but ample, and afterwards were rowed back to the boat.

Our next day’s run was uneventful and we arrived at Cartwright in time for teaand to hold Evensong. One feature of the Labrador I have not yet mentioned. Thisis the “Labrador Band.” Every night all the huskies in a settlement will start howlingtogether. This eerie performance continues for a few minutes and then stops asabruptly as it started. Usually there is one that holds on after the others have finished- even packs have their individualists.”

The Episcopal party continued to the southern part of the Battle HarbourMission and called at Fishing Ship Hr., George’s Cove, St. Francis Hr., BattleHarbour and Mary’ Harbour. At Mary’s Harbour, they met Nurse Stedman.

“The I.G.A. is most resourceful in thinking up new ways of celebrating Episco-pal visits,” Mr. Gibson wrote, “for we were greeted with the news that an infant hadbeen born in a very short time before our arrival. Later in the day the Bishop visitedmother and child and found both doing nicely. ...

After an excellent dinner at the hospital the Bishop and his party set off to find afishing stream. ... The Bishop exercised his wiles on the trout ... Disposing of hiscatch at the hospital, we returned to Battle Hr., enjoying a breezy run back.

Here much ingenuity had been shown, for an arch of salmon boxes was erectedto greet the Bishop. This novelty was much photographed and very fine it lookedtoo. Confirmation was held that evening and after service, the entire congregationset out on a veritable route march to the cemetery, where an extension was to beconsecrated.”

The Pendanaut left Battle Harbour the next morning, and after a briefstay at Cape St. Charles moved on the Henley Harbour where Evensong washeld, and the Bishop preached.

“The weather next day was too foggy to cross the Straits, and had not clearedup the next morning. As it was Sunday, the Eucharist was celebrated ... We werehaving tea on board when a storm blew up and threatened to knock the boatagainst the wharf until one or the other disintegrated. To prevent this, it was decidedto move to more sheltered spot, but in the process, the boat lodged between twolarge ‘sinkers.’ The men ashore rallied to help, and with a line off to the furthershore, we were hauled away. As a high sea was now running, we decided to anchorin the bay for the night. The Bishop and Mr. Reid were all this time on shore whilethe Chaplain was stranded on board where he preached to himself the sermon hehad hoped to deliver at Evensong. ... For two days we were held up at HenleyHarbour where we enjoyed the constant hospitality of Mr. Evan Stone and hisbrother.

We finally got away on the sixth day. It was a fine sunny morning, the windhaving dropped to a mere 15. Not content with having entertained us ashore, thegood people of Henley sent us off with a good supply of newly-baked bread and adelicious cake. After a brief call at Red Bay, we arrived at Flower’s Cove, wherewe were met by the Mission priest, the Rev. E. Leyte.”

In 1955, the Rev. Alan Gibson married Janet Abraham, the Bishop’s daughter,and shortly afterwards moved to England. Sadly, later that year Bishop Abrahamsuffered a stroke and died.


Memorials vs. Thanksgivings

The Rev. Greg Mercer

STRAIGHTTALK

People sometimes askme if I have any children.My response is: “Yes, I havethree daughters, one of whomis deceased.” I do believe thatthis response best expressesmy Christian faith. Allowme to be up front with you. Ipersonally believe that it is atravesty that we memorial-ize our dead. Wouldn’t it bebetter to say, “In thanksgiv-

ing for the life and witnessof...”. I can say to you quitefrankly that my daughter isnot a memorial; she is athanksgiving, as are my par-ents who are also deceased.

A memorial suggestspast tense, a commemorationof what once was, and a re-calling to memory of thatwhich is dead and gone. Isthat what our Christian faithteaches us? A thanksgiving,on the other hand, is a livingtestimony. My daughtermay be deceased, but her wit-ness, her legacy, her spiritstill lives on in those whoselives have been affected byher witness. That is to say,we have been changed by her,forever, and the benefits ofthat whole experience mani-

fests itself in the exercise ofour ministry to others. In thewords of Henre Nowen, wehave become wounded heal-ers, i.e., God working in usthe benefits of having a childwith special needs and nowdeceased. Does that soundlike past tense to you?

This understanding alsohas implications on how weunderstand Holy Commun-ion. Every time we enter intothe Eucharistic celebration, itis not just to recall tomemory the sacrifice ofChrist, but to enter into thereal presence of Christ in asacramental way. The Eastermessage is that we celebratewith THANKSGIVING theliving Christ. The Englishword “memorial” (or re-

membrance) in the BCPPrayer of Consecration doesnot do justice to the Greekwork it translates, “anamne-sis” which encompasses past,present, and future; ChristHAS died, Christ IS risen,Christ WILL come again.And so, if our deceased arenothing more than a memo-rial, then that makes mock-ery of the Eucharist. If ourdeceased are dead and goneforever, why do we evenbother to come to the AltarRail? Has Christ died fornothing?

The Eucharist is a GreatThanksgiving in which wenot only recall the wonder-ful act of Christ’s death andresurrection, but we enterinto his living presence.

Every time we extend ourhands and our lips to receivethe body and blood of Christ,we are, at that moment, notonly in COMMUNIONwith the living gatheredaround the Altar, but withALL the saints in light, bothyour loved ones and mine. Itis, after all, HOLY Commun-ion.

So where and what is thispractice of memorializing thedead, placarding them as ifthey are nothing more than amemory? They are alive I tellyou. They are alive becauseChrist is alive – Thanks be toGod.

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COLUMNIST

Sex outside marriage

Ideally marriage is anexclusive relationship forhumankind. A man and awoman “become one flesh”(Genesis 2:24). Sex is de-signed by God for uniting acouple in a loving mar-riage. The husband andwife live together in faith-fulness. There is no roomfor casual sex outside God’sideal marriage.

Marriages existed be-fore reliable recorded his-

tory, long before there weregovernments or churches. In the beginning a man anda woman lived together andproduced children (likemodern-day common-lawrelationships) without ritu-als or witnesses. The cou-ple were recognized by thelocal community as hus-band and wife with no mar-riage licence or registration.

The Ten Command-ments were given for ourbenefit. They are found inthe Koran, though not all inone place as a list. The sev-enth commandment “Youshall not commit adultery”(Exodus 20:14) is under-stood differently from na-tion to nation. Most peoplein Canada believe that adul-tery means any kind ofsexual intercourse outside amonogamous marriage.

But in the Arab world, it isnot considered adultery fora Muslim man to take a sec-ond wife, or for him to havesex with a servant girl or aforeign woman. He onlycommits adultery when hehas sex with an Arabwoman (married or single).

The exclusive nature ofmarriage was compromisedby the Old Testament patri-archs who allowed one manto have more than one wife(Genesis 4:19; 29:21-27). Later, David and Solo-mon had many wives. Sopeople in the Old Testamentdid not pay attention to theseventh commandment. Like the Sabbath, the com-mandment about adultery ismade for humans. Not forhumans obeying rules, be-cause simply obeying theseventh commandment

alone does not automati-cally make healthy mar-riages. To make your mar-riage healthy needs hardwork and help from theHoly Spirit.

The New Testamentidea of marriage is based ona love expressed in a com-mitted relationship of mu-tual submission. In light ofI Timothy 3:2 and Titus 1:6,the New Testament practiceseems to accept polygamistsfor baptism, but to requiremonogamy for church lead-ership. Jesus taught that theseventh commandmentcould be violated bythought (Matthew 5:28). Lustful thoughts can lead tophysical adultery. Pleasenote that there is a huge dif-ference between looking ata man or woman and look-ing at him or her lustfully.

We must not forget thatwe humans are sinners. Wecannot obey the Ten Com-mandments perfectly all thetime. Even strong Chris-tians are not automaticallyvictorious over sexual sins. David, a man after God’sown heart (I Samuel 13:14),committed both adulteryand murder. We, modernfollowers of Jesus, cannotavoid sexual temptations atall times. By the grace andpower of the Holy Spirit,we will not turn our impurethoughts into outward ac-tions. We should continueto pay attention to all God’scommandments. Weshould remain pure beforemarriage and faithful after-ward.

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Central Diocese ACW Annual MeetingSubmitted byTrudy Collins

On the weekend of Sep-tember 17th to 19th the In-dian Bay Parish in the Dio-cese of Central Newfound-land hosted the 35th AnnualDiocesan Meeting of theAnglican Church Women atthe Lion’s Community Cen-tre in Trinity, BonavistaBay. Gifts of preserves forall in attendance were pro-vided by the ladies of theParishes of Badger’s Quay

and Newtown.The weekend began

with a very spiritual serv-ice of Holy Eucharist at St.Albans Church, Trinity onFriday evening duringwhich the Rector, the Rev-erend David Coffin sang abeautiful and very touchingsolo. The Reverend BettyHarbin from the Parish ofGambo preached a verypositive and encouragingsermon to the ACW ladieswith regard to the role theyplay and their work within

the church as women ofGod. Following the serv-ice those in attendance gotto know each other over acup of tea and lots of tastygoodies.

Saturday was a busy dayof worship, participation inthe annual meeting whichincluded the election of of-ficers, small group sharingsessions, and a banquet fol-lowed by entertainmentwhich was provided by pa-rishioners of the Indian BayParish. Thank you and con-

gratulations to the newlyelected ACW Diocesan Ex-ecutive.

On Sunday morning theladies attended a ParishHoly Eucharist service at StBarnabas ChurchCentreville with BishopDavid Torraville and Rev-erend David Coffin offici-ating. Ms. KarenTorraville, Honorary Dioc-esan ACW President wasalso in attendance. The In-dian Bay youth choir sangtwo beautiful selections

they had learned at VacationBible School during thesummer. They did an awe-some job.

Following the serviceeveryone enjoyed a time offood and fellowship as theyparticipated in a cold platelunch with dessert beforegoing their separate ways.

Many thanks to all whohelped in any way to helpmake this a successfulweekend.


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Church of Ascension Youth Attend CLAY Conference. Six youth (Left to right:Ian Thomas, Brent Foote, Bobbie Drover, Mackey Jensen, Amber Nash, Selina Bemister)along with three leaders (Maxine Drover, Susan Moore, Jared Pope) from the Churchof Ascension, Mount Pearl, travelled to London, Ontario for a four-day CanadianLutheran Anglican Youth (CLAY) conference. Through music, drama, and instructionbased on the teachings of Jesus, the thousand participants learnt an ‘hands-on’approach to bringing Jesus’ ministry to this present world by working together inloving communion, striving for peace and justice, and reaching out to help others.A special thank-you to all who in any way made this life-changing experiencepossible for them. Submitted by Jean Nash. Photo by Susan Moore.

C.L.A.Y.C.L.A.Y.C.L.A.Y.C.L.A.Y.C.L.A.Y. Labrador youthchoirs unite

Sing a new song untothe Lord is exactly what hap-pened in the Archdeaconryof Labrador during theweekend of September 24-26, 2010.

The Junior choir andmembers of the Seniorchoir from the Congrega-tion of St. Mary the Virgin,Mary’s Harbour in the Par-ish of Southeast Labradortravelled to the Parish ofLake Melville to share in aweekend of music and fel-lowship.

The choirs from Mary’sHarbour travelled thenewly constructed highwaywhich connects Labrador’ssouth coast to Goose Bay.The weekend began with a

junior choir music work-shop on Saturday morningwith the Junior Choir fromSt. Andrew’s, Happy ValleyGoose Bay. This workshopwas a time to share musicand learn new music for theSunday worship. Theworkshop was followed bya pizza lunch and a time offun and fellowship withswimming at the pool. Sun-day morning both juniorchoirs shared their gift ofmusic at the 11 am liturgyand St. Mary the Virginchoir also sang at theevening worship at St.Francis, North West River.

The availability of roadtravel is opening up newand possible ways of shar-ing ministry in the BigLand.

Submitted byArchdeacon Charlene Taylor

On September 12th, 2010, a group of young people were confirmed at St. Thomas’Anglican Church in Charleston. The candidates were confirmed by BishopDavid Torraville, with the Reverend Jim Pollard in attendance. The ConfirmationCandidates were: Shannon Fry, Caneisha Fry, Daniel Pike, Shane Pike, AliciaGould, Tyler Gould, Alyx Gould, Hayley Prince, Megan Collins, Rebecca Ford.Submitted by Sandra Ford.

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