• Those who are sick, suffering or in need: Aaron's family, Rhea, Erin, Becky, Paul, Fran, and Kay.
• Those who are struggling with physical or mental illness due to COVID-19; for wisdom and grace as the province moves toward re-opening; for all who continue to serve others through this time of upheaval.
• Those who have died and those who mourn.
• Archbishop Sixbert and the Diocese of Buyé (Twinned Parishes).  
• Our brothers and sisters in Christ from Treaty 6 and Treaty 8 First Nations, from the Métis Nation of Alberta, and from the Métis Settlements in Alberta.
• Click here if you would like someone's name included in this prayer list. We will use first names only. Names are kept on the list for two weeks unless intentionally renewed.

Final arrangements are underway for the June 26 Electoral Synod. The Synod will be held virtually, with delegates joining through Zoom and voting electronically. The technology will be facilitated by a company called Data on the Spot (DOTS) which has successfully operated episcopal elections in two Anglican dioceses in the past year. DOTS will email voting credentials and instructions to delegates on Friday, June 18. As well, delegates will receive information about a Simply Voting training session to be held on Saturday, June 19, and opportunities to become familiar with the process on Tuesday and Thursday of the following week.

Because this Synod is virtual, those who are not delegates will be able to watch the day unfold by tuning in to the All Saints' Cathedral YouTube channel. Proceedings begin at 10 am, Saturday, June 26. 

Administrator of the Diocese of Edmonton, the Very Rev. Alex Meek, continues to ask all in the diocese to engage in a time of prayerful discernment from now until the electoral synod on June 26. Pray especially for the eight candidates who have allowed their names to stand. Further information about how the virtual election will work will be sent to delegates in the coming weeks.

Following the morning service on Sunday, June 13, we held a Farewell Drive-by Parade for the Rev. Billy Isenor and his family on what was his final day at the parish of St. Augustine’s Parkland. We saw more than 20 vehicles go by, some with up to six people in them. It was a great way to bid the Isenor family farewell. Rev. Billy has shared videos on our parish Facebook page with the caption: “What a send-off! Thank you St. Augustine’s Parkland for all the blessings, faith, memories, and joy. The Creator will bless you richly.”

We wish Billy, Dana, Alison, Florence & Micah all the very best in their new home at Ocean Park, British Columbia.
Submitted by Michelle Squance-Slade and Bill Courtis (photos), St. Augustine's Parkland

It’s no secret….we are heading into our second Pandemic Summer. As a result, many of us will be planning adventures closer to home. What better time to pack up the family vehicle and hit the open road for a day trip to communities around the Edmonton diocese.

We are blessed with an abundance of rural communities and parishes in the diocese. This week @countryroadsyeg invites families to visit St. Mary's Anglican Church in Vegreville, and Holy Trinity in Edson.

**Please Note: When you visit communities in the diocese you are asked to follow the guidelines mandated in Alberta.  Stay 6ft apart. Wear a mask. Stay home if you are sick.

Registration for Education for Ministry is now open. The program gives lay people a basic grounding in the main theological subjects. It runs September through May, with registration due by July 15. For detailed information on the program, go to the EfM Canada website at www.efmcanada.ca. Interested people are asked to email the Synod Office (churched@edmonton.anglican.ca) for diocesan information. BROCHURE

Synod Office staff are working from home in compliance with current public health guidance in Alberta. The best way to get the help you need is by email. 

General office questions and communications
(Synod Scene, The Messenger):
Margaret Glidden churched@edmonton.anglican.ca
Shelly King at reception@edmonton.anglican.ca

Questions regarding finances and giving:
John Gee at treasurer@edmonton.anglican.ca

Questions to the attention of the Diocesan Administrator:
Jennifer Wirun at assistant@edmonton.anglican.ca

The Anglican Parish of Christ Church, Edmonton is seeking a part-time youth minister. Interested candidates are asked to email admin@christchurchedmonton.org with a cover letter and resume. The expected start date is September 3, 2021. This search will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. For more information, see attached Ministry Profile.

Opportunity for Collaboration: St. Timothy’s parish secretary is retiring after 25 years of faithful service. St. Tim’s is seeking input from other parishes in creating a job profile for the role of parish administrator. If you would like to share your job profile with St. Tim’s, please send it along to rector’s warden Barbara Saint at bsaint@telusplanet.net. Thank you for your assistance!

Contacts: 
*The Ven. Travis Enright, Archdeacon for Indigenous Ministry: rector@stfaithsanglican.org / 780-477-5931
*Fiona Brownlee, Aboriginal and Rural Communities Liaison: f.brownlee@edmonton.anglican.ca / 780-312-9070
*The Rev. Lori Calkins, Priest: loriinkster@gmail.com 

Please see the Indigenous Ministries section of the diocesan website for leaflets, web links and other resources to help you pray and take action for reconciliation. See also the Anglican Church of Canada Reconciliation Toolkit.

This June, Indigenous History Month, the Social Justice Committee of the Edmonton diocese invites you, or a group in your parish or neighbourhood, to reflect on the book 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act, by Bob Joseph. Many parishes are planning special prayers for June 20 or 21, National Indigenous Day of Prayer, Visit the Social Justice page of the diocesan website for resources for prayer, information and action.

Our Common Ground invites you to a lunch & learn on the National Indigenous Day of Prayer, June 21, from 12 noon to 1 pm. Join Michelle Nieviadomy and the Rev. Nick Trussell for a presentation on the TRC Calls to Action for the Church. To register, email michelle.iskwew@gmail.com 

Following a Sunday service at St. Augustine's where we reflected on the reality of finding the 215 children buried behind the Kamloops Residential School, Lauretta Howard organized with June Kohar and Pat Jameson to prepare materials for creating a 'heart garden' outside the church - an expression of public mourning and remembrance. As we continue to work and act for reconciliation, it seemed right to also mourn and remember these children who did not receive such expressions of grief in their own time.

In this video, Fiona Brownlee, a member of the Edmonton diocese's Indigenous ministries team, demonstrates how to make a tobacco tie which can be made in thanksgiving for the land and given as a protocol gift.

In light of the recent discovery of an estimated 215 children buried on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops BC, and in honour of the National Indigenous Day of Prayer which many parishes will observe on Sunday, we share this video of residential school survivor Joanne Jones and Evatta Enright reciting Joanne's poetry. May we remember the survivors. May we remember the children.

A virtual service for the National Indigenous Day of Prayer (NIDP) will be streamed online (and on NCI and Wawatay Radio Networks) on Saturday, June 19 at 6 pm MST at www.anglican.ca/nidp. All are invited to join in prayer. Additional resources for parishes to mark NIDP are also available at www.anglican.ca/nidp. 

Join the Edmonton Indigenous Peoples Festival online on Saturday, June 19, at 6 pm. This year, they invite you to a virtual celebration of First Nation, Métis and Inuit peoples and culture through music, arts, education and entertainment. Visit www.eipfestival.ca for more information! 

Nukskahtowin, the Indigenous Meeting Place of Athabasca University, invites you to engage with a vovie series about Two-Spirit stories:

Sex, Spirit, Strength (45 minutes) follows two young Indigenous men as they shed the stigma and shame associated with sexual health and gender identity.    

Journey of Indigenous Gender Identity (23 minutes) traces the gender diverse/Two-Spirit Indigenous people through their pre-contact and then after residential schools. 

Trans and Native: Meet an Indigenous Doctor Giving Them Hope (8 minutes)  introduces Dr. Makokis, a Two-Spirit Cree doctor providing a unique approarch to trans care on an Indigenous reserve that serves 2,400 people in central Alberta.  

Click below to create a new account or sign in if you have already registered. Please contact Ivy Lalonde with any questions at ivyl@athabascau.ca

This page lists online opportunities for worship, learning and virtual community provided weekly by parishes throughout the diocese.

In this time of continued uncertainty, the Church, the Body of Christ, remains a loving and connected community. we hope to do all we can to support each other, and the diocese grateful for any and all donations we receive. If you are able, please continue to support the ministries of the Anglican Diocese of Edmonton. You can make a secure online donation through the diocesan website.

Anamcara, is a Gaelic word for soul friend. Star of the North Retreat Centre in St. Albert is happy to partner with The Anamcara Project, a contemporary apprenticeship model of training and certification for caregivers and spiritual seekers. This two-year spiritual formation program starts in September 2021. Join us Wednesday, June 16 at 7:00 pm (MST) for a free, online question and answer hour to find out more about this program that helps us learn to be a soul friend to others through the various aspects of living and dying. Register at Star of the North to receive a Zoom link.   

Canterbury Foundation is addressing the critical need for advanced home-like care options for seniors by continuing its Modernization/Expansion Project this summer. Canterbury Foundation invites you to t a Virtual Town Hall on Wednesday, June 23, at 6:30 pm. Read more about the project!

The Love My Neighbour project, in partnership with UNICEF, is a grassroots Canadian interfaith initiative which is seeking to respond to these questions by encouraging people of faith and compassion - Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Zoroastrians, and many more - to "gift forward" the cost of 1 vaccination in another part of the world for every 1 vaccination administered in Canada. For just $25, you can cover the costs for someone else to be vaccinated and multiply the gift you were blessed to freely receive. Visit www.lovemyneighbourproject.org for more information, and a link to the donation page.

Hasting's Lake Bible Camp is fully moving ahead with both day camps and overnight camps. They still have room in their kids and youth camps, and family camps are filling up quickly. Kids 1 camp is now 20% off regular rates! Available for kids ages 8-11, Kids 1 runs from June 27 - July 2.  

Join one of two summer retreats through Providence Renewal Centre (PRC), or sign up to share a time of contemplative stillness with others each Wednesday morning, in a virtual gathering titled "Just Silence" (no charge).

Monday, July 12 - Friday, July 16 join the Rev. Susan Storey and Mary Jane Yates for a Centering Prayer Intensive Retreat focusing on a collection of poems by Thomas Keating titled, The Secret Embrace.   

Sunday, August 15 - Saturday, August 21 join PRC spiritual directors for a virtual silent directed retreat titled "Abundant Life" which includes the option of daily morning prayer on Zoom, (or receive an emailed document) and individual spiritual direction each day online, or by telephone.

Join us this summer for the Lutheran-Anglican National Worship Conference, happening July 6-7 online. Every two years, the NWC gathers worship leaders, musicians, clergy, and interested people from across the country to learn and reflect on the worship life of the church. This year’s theme, Disruption and Grace: Learning Edges in Liminal Times, reflects the many ways COVID-19 has challenged our worship to adapt and grow. We are excited to bring you an engaging group of speakers and workshop leaders to inspire you. Register now at nationalworshipconference.org. POSTER

Since 2016, Capital City Cleanup has provided grant funding to nonprofit organisations to help beautify neighbourhoods by installing murals throughout our City.  Community Mural Grants for up to $5,000 are available to help with consultations, artist services, paint supplies, anti-graffiti coating or other needs associated with the creation and installation of a mural. Grant applications must be made by July 15 and murals completed by September 1. Questions can be directed to capitalcitycleanup@edmonton.ca.