| On St. Andrew's Day, November 30, 2011 marks the 35th Anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in our Anglican Church of Canada. Lutherans mark this anniversary too. Women Anglican and Lutherann priests from across Canada are invited to a time of celebreation, reconnection, sharing stories, renewing baptismal and ordination vows, and a variety of workshops to equip us in future ministry. Details: Wednesday, November 30th 7:00 p.m. St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg Anniversary Service Celebrant: The Right Rev. Sue Moxley, Bishop, Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island Preacher: The Right Rev. Elaine Sauer, Bishop, Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada Keynote Speaker The Rev. Dr. Eileen Scully, Interim Director, Faith, Worship & Ministry, Anglican Church of Canada. Workshops: Clergy Moms: A Balancing Act; Story Telling for the Soul; Making a Joyful Noise: Composing music for the 21st Century; Visual Prayer; Equipping Clergy; Ordination: A Scriptural reflection Using Our Senses; Shaping Images of Self & Others in Women's Ministry: Symbol & Image Creation with Felt & Wool. The Above information from: http://www.nspeidiocese.ca/35thAOWP.htm Here's a link to the Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/35th-Anniversary-of-the-Ordination-of-Women-Priests-in-Canada/155108777857318 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!!! The following comes from The Diocesan Times: http://www.nspeidiocese.ca/times/2007/DT%20Feb%2007WEB.pdf The “Living Prayer Blanket” which was made into an altar cloth by the women who attended the 30th Anniversary. Squares came from individual clergy who made them from such things as stoles, clergy shirts, items/materials that are of importance in their ministry. Standing behind the altar are: Revs Heather Hamilin-Gravels, Lorraine Quin, Fran Boutilier, Evelyn Knorr, Jane Clattenburg and Bonnie Leblanc(NB). Imagine 70 women (women priests that is) gathered together at one time, in one place, voices raised in prayer, song, and worship, in remembering and sharing, in laughter and tears and in looking back, but always looking forward. What an experience! The reason for the gathering was to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Ordination of Women in our Anglican Church of Canada. The Gathering began on Tuesday, November 28th across Canada as women met in airport lounges to take flights to Kelowna, B.C. and then a bus trip to orrento Retreat Centre on the Shuswap Lake. During our travels older friendships were rejuvenated and new friendships quickly emerged. These friendships bonded during our three days together –from our warm welcome to Sorrento –to the snow and cold (-18!) – to our wonderful send off early Friday morning, December 1st. The “in between time” was spent in the warm comfortable atmosphere and beautiful surroundings of Sorrento Centre. From our Wednesday morning Eucharist, celebrated by Rev. Patricia Reid, ordained November 30, 1976, to our sharing circles of our personal journeys and experiences , to the wise words of Bishop Anne Tottenham –“Our identity as priests, as women”, to Bishop Victoria Matthew’s challenge to us in “rekindling our passion for ministry” and in remembering as offered by Rev. Margaret Waterchief “honoring those who led the way”, our time together was spirit filled and life giving, truly, fire in our deepest hearts! And, just when we felt nurtured, restored and rejuvenated we took part in another life giving experience! On Thursday, November 30th, St. Andrew’s Day, the actual 30th Anniversary of the first six ordinations we traveled to St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kamloops where we were warmly and graciously welcomed by the Cathedral congregation who had decorated the Church and Hall with banners depicting our celebration and served us a delicious turkey dinner. Following dinner we joined with the congregation in a Eucharist Service of Celebration with renewal of our Baptismal and Ordination vows. Each of us from our Diocese, Jane Clattenburg, Evelyn Knorr, Heather Hamlin-Gravells, Lorraine Quinn and Frances Boutilier came away with our own reflections of this experience of “fire in our deepest hearts” knowing that in our own faith and life journeys we are where God calls us to be! Or as one colleague shared her reflection with us: “Fire in our deepest hearts” – the water of our birth/baptism/tears does not extinguish the fire but feeds it. May God continue to feed the fire and to enable me to explore ways of helping to connect a hurting and broken world with the love of God. Like the bush of Moses’ experience, the fire burns but does not consume.” Now we look forward to the 35th Anniversary Celebration in 2011, to be hosted in our diocese! |
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