- LAND & PROPERTY COMMITTEE: NEXT APPLICATION DEADLINE is MARCH 31. Applications to be sent to the Committee Chair David Warren at warren_dj@outlook.com
GRANTS & LOANS COMMITTEE: NEXT APPLICATION DEADLINE is APRIL 11. Applications to be sent to Archdeacon Tanya Phibbs at tphibbs@huron.anglican.ca - Good News from Camp Huron:
Online Registration for our upcoming season, EVERGREEN, is now open!
This year we are offering 6 sessions of our Week-long Overnight Sessions, 2 sessions of Our Leader in Training Program. Announcing, new for this year, Day Trippers a Monday to Friday program for children who to join a cabin group, during the day, from breakfast to dinner.
Sign up by going to www.camphuron.ca
Bursaries and payment plans are available.
For more information contact gerryadam@diohuron.org or call 519-434-6893 ext 217 - The Essex Deanery Lay Leadership Training Classes: Lay leadership courses for 2025 and early 2026.
These classes will be held in person at Canterbury College. Classes are from 10:00 am - 2:30pm with 30 minutes for lunch.
We have partnered with Canterbury College for the courses and they are providing us with the technology support to also bring the classes by zoom. Please join us for one or for all of the classes.
This year we have decided to focus on the core subjects.
May 17 - Biblical Studies
Sept 20- Church History
Nov 15- Liturgy
Jan 17 and Mar 21, 2026 - Preaching
Please contact Rev. Elise Chambers if you would like to attend: elisechambers@diohuron.org. If you have a class you would like offered that would be beneficial for the laity or one you would like to facilitate please contact Rev. Kimberly Myer - kimmyer@diohuron.org. Or Rev. Elise Chambers elisechambers@diohuron.org - ANGLICAN FOUNDATION OF CANADA
AFC LAUNCHES 5TH ANNUAL SAY YES! TO KIDS CAMPAIGN
Registration is now OPEN: REGISTER HERE
The 2025 Campaign will launch on Tuesday, April 22 and close on Monday, June 30.
ALL PARISHES, DIOCESES, AND ORGANIZATIONS seeking to partner with AFC are asked to REGISTER BY APRIL 1.
FIND OUR MORE HERE - ON MARCH 1, 2025 PWRDF CHANGED ITS NAME TO ALONGSIDE HOPE.
READ MORE HERE
ALONGSIDE HOPE HURON RESPONDS:
- GAZA HOSPITAL HOLY LAND OUTREACH UPDATE: READ MORE HERE
- HAITI UPDATE: READ MORE HERE
- CRISIS IN LEBANON: READ MORE HERE - Growing in Grace – Learning Series for Lent.
Gathering on ZOOM alone: Mondays at 7 pm during Lent (Mondays in March - 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st and April 7th)
Gathering on ZOOM and in-person (Wiarton at 441 Brown Street and Tobermory at Tobermory United Church): Wednesdays at 2 pm during Lent (Wednesdays in March - 12th, 19th, 26th and April 2nd and 9th)
To learn more about this learning series: process and purpose, read this introduction to the series: https://janakibandara.substack.com/p/growing-in-grace
MORE INFO HERE - The Doctrine & Worship Committee invites clergy, licensed lay readers, postulants, and all interested individuals to a one-day, online workshop on Preaching the Paschal Mystery in Holy Week.
Led by the Rev’d Canon Dr Lisa Wang, the workshop will focus on the four principal services of Holy Week: Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil).
The workshop will be held in two parts over Zoom on Saturday, 22 March 2025.
ZOOM LINK
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Presentation by Canon Lisa
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch/Screen Break
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Reconvene for Discussion in Smaller Groups followed by Plenary Discussion (hosted by members of the Doctrine & Worship Committee)
REGISTER HERE - Deanery of Waterloo Evening Prayer celebrating the Feast of the Annunciation: Tuesday, March 25, 7:00 PM, at St. James' Anglican Church (520 Ellis Rd., Cambridge), with preacher the Rev'd Canon Dr. Wendy Fletcher.
We will gather as local Anglicans to mark the fact that Christmas is a mere nine months away! The evening's offering will go toward supporting the St. James’ youth as they will represent our Deanery and Diocese at this summer's Canadian Lutheran-Anglican Youth (CLAY) gathering in Saskatoon. This Book of Common Prayer service will be followed by light refreshments. This is a good opportunity to get to know our fellow Anglicans in the deanery and wider diocese, and to interrupt our Lenten fasts as we celebrate this feast of the church year. - The Anglican Fellowship of Prayer (Canada) presents: WALKING THE WAY OF JESUS: FROM JERUSALEM TO YOUR HOME.
Saturday, April 5, 12-1:30PM and 2:30-4PM.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87557181835
Meeting ID: 875 5718 1835
An online pilgrimage with Very Rev. Canon Richard Sewell, Dean of St. George’s College in Jerusalem.
POSTER - DEANERY OF ESSEX-CHATHAM-KENT: LENT RETREAT
“Led by the Spirit: Embracing the Wilderness”
Saturday, April 5, 9:30am-3:30pm. Trinity Anglican Church, 235 County Rd. 34 W, Chatham.
Led by: Rev. Hilton Gomes, Rev. Paul Silcox, Rev. Gilles Hache.
Registration: stmatthewswindsor@diohuron.org
$10 (lunch included)
POSTER - Attention new Wardens, Treasurers and Parish Administrators:
Huron University's Licentiate in Theology Program offers a trio of Parish Administration courses to both equip and inspire lay leaders in their ministry roles.
Conveniently hosted over three Saturday sessions, these courses can be taken separately, or together. Upon completion of all three Saturday sessions, participants will earn a Certificate in Parish Administration and Leadership from Huron's Faculty of Theology.
As these courses have been sponsored by the Anglican Diocese of Huron, all participants from the Diocese of Huron are able to register free of charge!
Look to our Huron LTh Page for registration options in the days ahead: https://huronu.ca/programs/theology/life-long-learning/
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND COURSES DETAILS CHECK THE POSTER - CANTERBURY COLLEGE: NEW LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LAY READERS AND CLERGY.
Registration is now available online at https://www.uwindsor.ca/canterbury/ or by scanning the QR Code in the graphics provided.
CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER&PRACTICE CERTIFICATE:
Course Date: June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 12
Time: Saturdays, 10am-4pm
Delivery: In-person (hybrid available)
More info and to register: POSTER - ACW Annual Meeting on Saturday, April 26th, 2025, at Church of the Ascension, 2060 Dundas St. East, London.
“Your Word, a Light to my Path” Psalm 119:105
CHECK THE POSTER FOR MORE INFO. Look forward to seeing everyone there. - Anglican Fellowship of Prayer: The Bishop of Huron's Prayer Conference.
Saturday May 3, 2025, 10AM-3PM, Church of St. Jude, 1537 Adelaide St. N., London
Guest Speaker - The Right Reverend Todd Townshend
"Finding the Face of God in Prayer"
Cost: $20 (includes lunch)
REGISTRATION LINK
For more info, congtact Susan Johnson - brlmail2@aol.com
Last date to order lunch: Monday, April 28.
POSTER - BRANT-NORFOLK DEANERY PRESENTS: PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS IN SECULAR TIMES.
A Preaching Conference for Clergy, Lay Readers & Postulants.
MAY 27, 10 AM – 3 PM. Trinity Anglican Church, Simcoe.
Guest Speaker: Bishop Jake Owensby
OPEN TO ALL CLERGY, LAY READERS AND POSTULANTS IN THE DIOCESE OF HURON!
Please register soon! To register call 519-426-0501
For more info CHECK THE POSTER - SERVICES AT THE MOHAWK CHAPEL FOR 2025:
Sunday, April 13 (Palm Sunday) at 2 pm
Sunday, October 5 (Thanksgiving Service) at 2 pm
Sunday, December 7 (Christmas Service) at 2 pm
H. M. Royal Chapel of the Mohawks, 301 Mohawk Street, Brantford, 519-445-2953 - Deanery of Essex 11th Annual Golf Tournament. Friday, June 13, Wildwood Golf & RV Resort.
Registration deadline: June 1
Check-in: 10am; Shotgun start: 11am
$140 per golfer (includes dinner)
$50 dinner only
For more information contact Dawn Marcotte dawnz@mnsi.net. POSTER - ATTENTION GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS! Graduating seniors from a high school in London Middlesex, Elgin, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth, Huron, Lambton, Chatham-Kent or Windsor-Essex County. The student must graduate by the end of June 2025 are invited to apply for FR. PAUL MCGILL, CSB ESSAY PRIZE.
Essay Topic: HOW MIGHT RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY BE USED TO PROMOTE PEACE IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD?”
Applications must be submitted before April 25, 2025 at noon. Submissions must be emailed to cbertrand@assumptionu.ca (please ensure that your essay is in pdf format)
Find out more HERE
PARISH EVENTS
- UPCOMING EVENTS AT ST. GEORGE'S, LONDON:
Choral Evensong, St. George’s, London.
The regular services of Choral Evensong at St. George’s at 227 Wharncliffe Rd North will continue in 2025 on the fourth Sunday of every month, as follows:
March 23rd
April 27th
May 25th
June 22nd
All services will begin at 4:00 pm. Please note that there will be no Choral Evensong services during the months of July and August. The regular services will begin again in September 2025.
Our Parish Theologian, The Rev'd Canon Dr. Timothy Connor, is leading a three-part series which will continue this Winter, The Legacy of Anglicanism - Difficult, Delightful, Deep.
Part Three of the series, 'The Deep Legacy' will begin in October 2025.
For more information, check the information pamphlet: The Legacy of Anglicanism - UPCOMING EVENTS AT ST. PAUL’S, PORT DOVER:
- FIRST ANNUAL AFFA4KIDS PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Saturday, April 5.
Two sittings: 10 am & 11:30 am.
Serving pancakes, sausages, Norfolk County maple syrup and apple sauce.
$15; kids 10 & under: $5.
Tickets available at Stoney’s Home Hardware; Port Dover Maple Leaf office or call 519427-4246.
Ontario Maple Weekend is April 5-6.
POSTER
- St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Port Dover Invites the Community:
At 9:00 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month, the Corporate Men’s Breakfast Group will be serving Breakfast in St. Paul’s Community Hall. Everyone is invited.
- At 11:30 a.m. on the last Sunday of each month, a Community Lunch will be served in St. Paul’s Community Hall after the 10:00 a.m. service. All are welcome.
These are open invitations to the Community, and the meals are complimentary.
If you are coming, could you please contact Rev. Tony Bouwmeester at 519 586 -2976 to let him know. - UPCOMING EVENTS AT ST. THOMAS ANGLICAN, ST THOMAS:
Community Fellowship Meal - FREE - on the 3rd Friday of each month from 5 to 6pm, doors open @ 4:30pm. All are welcome to come and enjoy a warm meal!
2025 dates: March 21, April TBD, May 16, June 20, July 18, Aug 15, Sep 19, Oct 17, Nov 21, Dec TBD
POSTER
Almighty Roast Beef Dinner Fundraiser
Still on the 4th Friday of the scheduled month from 5 to 6:30pm @ $20.00 per meal. Advance tickets are available from the office or can be purchased at the door. Take-Out also available. Come out & enjoy a heavenly meal!
2025 dates: April 25th.
POSTER
May Kin Music Band Dances
Join us on the months LISTED HERE with Brian May & Family (May Kin Music Band) and Friends for great night of music, dancing and food. Come out early when the doors open at 5pm to have supper from the cafe (different theme & menu every month
Music and dancing from 5:30 to 9:30. Cash Bar. Proceeds benefit Anita May Music & Mental Health Fund. - FIRESIDE CHAT: WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION? A conversation with the Rev'd Dr. Christopher Brittain.
How is theological education and formation changing in our present moment? How are recent online adaptations helpful, and how are they frustrating? How can theological education equip both clergy and laity? How does one begin discerning a call to ministry in the Church? Why are there two Anglican colleges literally right across the street from one another in Toronto? Chris Brittain will engage with these and other questions from his perspective as Dean of Divinity of Trinity College, Toronto. Sunday, March 23, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM at Renison University College (Dunker Family Lounge), 240 Westmount Road North, Waterloo. There won't actually be a fireplace, but there will be snacks. Please register, for free, at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6JIUXNTTPMStlWApTNAb9v07MatjNVdK36hJPC0t13c7sHA/viewform?usp=header or by calling Matthew Kieswetter at 226-600-9096. - On Saturday March 29 St. John’s, Arva Friendship Group are holding a fabric and yarn sale from 10 am – 1 pm.
We hope you will attend and be sure to invite your friends, neighbours, quilters, knitters and sewers to this colourful fund raiser.
Prices are very reasonable. Be sure to arrive early for the best selection
Free parking. Cash and debit accepted. POSTER - Online Movie Discussion: The movie discussion group at St. Andrew's in Kitchener has begun exploring the theme of 'vengeance' (and mercy). You are welcome to join the next conversation on Zoom to discuss the film Calvary (2014) on Saturday, March 29 at 12:00 PM.
Connect at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84108187391 Passcode: Vespers (Meeting ID: 841 0818 7391).
Simply watch the film prior to that time (check online services and your local library), and come prepared for a stimulating discussion. In this critically-acclaimed film Brendan Gleeson plays a priest who has received a death threat, though for the sins of someone else from the ranks of the clergy. What is the proper response? Should he play the role of a 'sacrificial lamb'? How might this connect with our experience and reflection on collective and generational sin? - Embraced by the Stories of Jesus: The Gospel of Mark told by heart.
This Lent you are invited to join The Rev. Dr. Gordon Postill, the Gospel Troubadour as he proclaims the entire Gospel of Mark from memory!
Experience the story of Jesus from beginning to end, witnessing key moments such as his baptism, ministry, healings and resurrection. This is a unique opportunity to be immersed in the earliest Gospel account!
When: Sunday March 30 from 1:00 - 3:30 (Includes a 15 min intermission)
Where: St. Paul’s Anglican Church 210 Michigan Ave, Point Edward 519.337.2811
http://www.stpaulspointedward.com/events.html
POSTER - LENT 2025: THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS. 63rd Lenten Noon Hour Interdenominational Services. Christ Church, Chatham (80 Wellington Street). EVERY THURSDAY DURING LENT: Service at 12:10pm; Lunch 12:35pm.
CHECK THE SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS HERE - Choral Evensong. Sunday, March 30, 4.00 pm. St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 489 Pinetree Drive, London
- FREE LENTEN DEVOTIONAL: "LENT WITH NICK CAVE" — Nick Cave is known as one of alternative music's greatest lyricists. You may already know him from his music featured in the Scream franchise, Peaky Blinders, or his recent Grammy nomination. And now you can experience Lent with a suggested Bible passage and a Nick Cave song for each day, with every week covering a theme reflective of Sunday's Gospel reading. A digital (PDF) copy will be sent to you once you register at https://forms.gle/Vqxp7L7JVUPq9ceT8 (and you'll need access to Google and/or YouTube to find the songs and lyrics). There will also be optional conversation times on Zoom on the following Sundays: March 30, and April 13 at 4:00 PM (Eastern time). Questions? Contact The Rev'd Matthew Kieswetter at matthewkieswetter@diohuron.org
- Enrich your observance of the SEASON OF LENT by attending A READING OF THE GOSPEL OF ST. MARK.
Sunday, April 6 at 2pm at St. James’ Church. Cambridge (520 Ellis Rd.)
All are welcome. POSTER - Holy Trinity St Paul's in Chatham, Ontario is holding our Choral Evensong (BCP) April 13th 2025 at 3pm. POSTER
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
THE DIOCESE OF HURON IS HIRING A DEVELOPMENT OFFICER:
The Development Officer contributes significantly to the growth and sustainability of Camp Huron’s programming for children and youth. We are looking for someone with experience in the not-for-profit sector who has knowledge of Camp Huron and a creative approach to cultivating new opportunities. Please see the full job description: HERE
Apply with cover letter and resume to: Jennifer McLaughlin, Director of Human Resources, 190 Queens Ave., London ON N6A 6H7 or jmclaughlin@huron.anglican.ca
CHILDREN/YOUTH WORKER at TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH - COTTAM
Are you passionate about inspiring and guiding young minds? Trinity Anglican Church in Cottam is looking for an enthusiastic, reliable, and creative Children/Youth Worker
What You’ll Do:
• Create and run fun and meaningful lesson plans.
• Provide care and support for the needs of children and youth.
• Be an active part of our vibrant church community.
What We’re Looking For:
• A high school diploma or equivalent (required).
• At least 2 years of experience in a similar role (preferred).
• Excellent communication and people skills.
• Confidence with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and social media platforms (preferred)
Why Trinity Anglican Church?
We’re a warm, friendly congregation committed to growing together in faith. This role is a chance to make a real difference while being part of a supportive church family.
Interested?
Call us at 519-839-5303 to learn more or to apply. We’d love to hear from you!
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY:
DAILY BREAD COORDINATOR – GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH, BRANTFORD
• Responsible for seeing that weekly nutritious meals, appealing (and cost effective) are served.
• Ensures everyone is treated with dignity and compassion.
• Creates menus for the following month and makes lists of staple items needed.
• Writes up weekly lists for purchase of fresh vegetables.
• Must be very conscious that a sanitary environment is maintained to make and serve the meals.
• Must hold a food handler certificate.
• Responsible for maintenance of equipment i.e. stoves, frig, slicer; repairs as needed.
• Ensure every shift have a person with a food handler certificate present.
For more information please contact: office 519-752-6814 ext. 1 or admin@graceanglicanbrantford.ca