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Trent Durham Episcopal Area
Diocese of Toronto
Anglican Church of Canada
The Rt. Rev. Linda Nicholls
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Phone: 905-668-1558 ~ Fax : 905-668-8216
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Trent Durham Anglicans Fill the Hill!!

Trent Durham Area Youth. It was cold, and it was wet, but that didn't stop 21 young people from caring their signs, drums and high spirits to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24 to call the Federal Government to take a radical stand against climate change when they meet with other world leaders in Copenhagen inDecember. The group made up mostly of youth from All Saints Whitby and St. John's Peterborough made there presence known.
Trent Durham Area Youth. It was cold, and it was wet, but that didn't stop 21 young people from caring their signs, drums and high spirits to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24 to call the Federal Government to take a radical stand against climate change when they meet with other world leaders in Copenhagen inDecember. The group made up mostly of youth from All Saints Whitby and St. John's Peterborough made there presence known.
Trent Durham Area Youth. It was cold, and it was wet, but that didn't stop 21 young people from caring their signs, drums and high spirits to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24 to call the Federal Government to take a radical stand against climate change when they meet with other world leaders in Copenhagen inDecember. The group made up mostly of youth from All Saints Whitby and St. John's Peterborough made there presence known.
Trent Durham Area Youth. It was cold, and it was wet, but that didn't stop 21 young people from caring their signs, drums and high spirits to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24 to call the Federal Government to take a radical stand against climate change when they meet with other world leaders in Copenhagen inDecember. The group made up mostly of youth from All Saints Whitby and St. John's Peterborough made there presence known.
Trent Durham Area Youth. It was cold, and it was wet, but that didn't stop 21 young people from caring their signs, drums and high spirits to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24 to call the Federal Government to take a radical stand against climate change when they meet with other world leaders in Copenhagen inDecember. The group made up mostly of youth from All Saints Whitby and St. John's Peterborough made there presence known.
Trent Durham Area Youth. It was cold, and it was wet, but that didn't stop 21 young people from caring their signs, drums and high spirits to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24 to call the Federal Government to take a radical stand against climate change when they meet with other world leaders in Copenhagen inDecember. The group made up mostly of youth from All Saints Whitby and St. John's Peterborough made there presence known.
Trent Durham Area Youth. It was cold, and it was wet, but that didn't stop 21 young people from caring their signs, drums and high spirits to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24 to call the Federal Government to take a radical stand against climate change when they meet with other world leaders in Copenhagen inDecember. The group made up mostly of youth from All Saints Whitby and St. John's Peterborough made there presence known.
Trent Durham Area Youth. It was cold, and it was wet, but that didn't stop 21 young people from caring their signs, drums and high spirits to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24 to call the Federal Government to take a radical stand against climate change when they meet with other world leaders in Copenhagen inDecember. The group made up mostly of youth from All Saints Whitby and St. John's Peterborough made there presence known.
Trent Durham Area Youth. It was cold, and it was wet, but that didn't stop 21 young people from caring their signs, drums and high spirits to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24 to call the Federal Government to take a radical stand against climate change when they meet with other world leaders in Copenhagen inDecember. The group made up mostly of youth from All Saints Whitby and St. John's Peterborough made there presence known.
Trent Durham Area Youth. It was cold, and it was wet, but that didn't stop 21 young people from caring their signs, drums and high spirits to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24 to call the Federal Government to take a radical stand against climate change when they meet with other world leaders in Copenhagen inDecember. The group made up mostly of youth from All Saints Whitby and St. John's Peterborough made there presence known.

It was cold, and it was wet, but that didn't stop 21 young people from caring their signs, drums and high spirits to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24 to call the Federal Government to take a radical stand against climate change when they meet with other world leaders in Copenhagen inDecember. The group made up mostly of youth from All Saints Whitby and St. John's Peterborough made there presence known.
Trent Durham Anglicans Fill the Hill!!

It was cold, and it was wet, but that didn't stop 21 young people from caring their signs, drums and high spirits to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24 to call the Federal Government to take a radical stand against climate change when they meet with other world leaders in Copenhagen in December. The group made up mostly of youth from All Saints Whitby and St. John's Peterborough made there presence known by their creative home made signs, their drumming inspired impromptu dance party and just raw energy. The group arrived in Ottawa on Friday, Oct. 23 and were kindly hosted by St. John's Anglican Church Ottawa. The next morning was spent making signs, t-shirts and painting faces. Then it was off to the hill. Afterward the group played Climate Change Jeopardy, a resource created by justgeneration.ca. The night ended with a climate change focused evening prayer service where each member committed to make a change in their own life to reduce their carbon footprint. The next morning the group was
invited to drum for St. John's Ottawa during their 10:15 service.

One of the beautiful results of this weekend was the cohesion that grew among those who attended. These groups, brought together by their desire to speak out against climate change, became one single voice. This I am sureis not the last we will hear from them.



Church of the Ascension Port Perry ~ Mission Trip to Uganda ... click here


We celebrate with St. Thomas’ Brooklin on the completion of their new building to be dedicated on Sunday, November 1, 2009.

We congratulate Archbishop Colin Johnson on his election and installation as Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario.

We say farewell to Alison Knight as CAO at the end of November 2009. Alison will be farewelled by the Diocese at the upcoming Synod.


Good news across the Area

St Paul’s in Brighton has new life in its Children’s Ministry. In the fall of 2008, the Children’s Ministry piece needed some extra work. The parish hired a Christian Education worker. When she left because she moved to another community, St Paul’s contacted the local Christian Reformed Church. They invited part of their Christian Education team to “come alongside” and help re-build our Children’s Ministry. Across this spring, a renewed vitalized Kids’ Ministry has been emerging. We have new parents involved, new children coming, and a new curriculum. What is truly exciting is not only the ability to work with another Christian denomination in town, but the new approach to fulfilling this important part of our life together.

In June, the Durham - Northumberland Deanery Clericus had a Quiet Day with the Bishop. This was the first Quiet Day that the Deanery Clergy have had and Bishop Nicholls was present to share some of her insights into leadership and ministry. The day was held at the Victoria Inn at Gore’s Landing, and we even enjoyed some canoeing on Rice Lake. It is hoped that such a quiet day for the clergy can be held on an annual basis.

And looking around the world: St John’s Bowmanville will be heading off to Guatemala for a 14 day mission trip: blankets have been collected from the local community. There are also a number of small building projects that the team will be engaged in. St Paul’s in Brighton will be sending a team through its own parish, in conjunction with Youth for Christ, will be sending a team to Ghana to work alongside local church groups and continuing to work on building a leadership training centre.

St Paul’s on the Hill, Pickering, wants to head in a new direction to the ministry for those with HIV/AIDS. They have begun branching out into the community in a new way. Doug Willoughby, a member of the parish and has been doing a great deal of speaking engagements in churches and community agencies. Doug will be more than happy to share his experience with parishes in the Trent-Durham area. The work that St Paul’s is doing is one of the few HIV/AIDS ministries in our Episcopal area. The Area Council has talked about how they can support the work that St Paul’s and Doug Willoughby’s ministry.


The Area Council has been encouraging the use of Natural Church Development (NCD). Bishop Nicholls is seeing how the Area Council can help offer financial support for this initiative. St John’s in Bowmanville has had a very good experience of this program, and St Luke’s in Peterborough is about to embark on it. NCD looks at eight area of growth in a parish, from leadership to small groups, worship to spirituality. It can be a valuable tool, done over a number of years, to measure the health and growth of a parish. NCD assumes that, like a seed in the ground, if a parish is healthy, it will grow!


Clergy Appointments, Resignations, Retirements & Special Services

Ordination

Incumbents

Clergy Changes
Canon Peter Walker’s last Sunday at St. Peter’s, Cobourg will be October 18. 2009.  He is the new  incumbent of Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto .
The Rev. Ken Davis has resigned as incumbent of All Saints, Whitby as of January 7, 2010 to begin his new position as Dean of the Cathedral in the Diocese of Saskatchewan.

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