Moving into a Good Future Together

This week, diocesan office staff members are preparing to welcome more than 170 people: elected representatives from the 46 parishes of the diocese, clergy, Bishop's appointees, ecumenical partners and guests, synod officers and staff, to All Saints' Cathedral for the 69th Synod of the Diocese of Edmonton Opening Eucharist and meeting on Friday evening. We will move over to the west end of Edmonton on Saturday, to St. Matthias Anglican Church, for our discussions around the findings of the Listening in Spirit | Shaping Our Future Together Phase 1 Report, resolutions and other important business guiding us to a good future together. Please keep the 69th Synod in your prayers.

O God our Creator, from ancient times you have always sent your peoples in every age to head out in faith along unfamiliar paths. Each time you have shown us that it is in these journeys into the unexpected where you meet us afresh and anew. Draw near to us, your pilgrim church, once again, as we draw near to one another in synod. Walk closely with us as we prepare to travel the next stretch of a shifting and uncertain road; speak to us of your Good News for the strivings and longings of this time and place; and cause our hearts to burn within as we remember our call to become the story we tell. Through Christ, in the Spirit, for the life of the world. Amen.