• Those who are sick, suffering, or in need: Mike, Fariborz, Susan, Wendy, Donna, Rhea, Megan, Jen, Becky, Bob, Justin, Raymond, Gail, and Dorothy.
• Those who have died and those who mourn.
• Health care workers, school staff, church leaders, and the many in various situations navigating the ending of provincial COVID-19 restrictions.
• Archbishop Sixbert and the Diocese of Buyé (Updated list of Twinned Parishes).  
• Our relations 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.

In addition to her post as rector of St. Michael and All Angels' Anglican Church in Edmonton, Bishop Stephen London is pleased to appoint the Rev. Colleen Sanderson as chaplain to the Canterbury Foundation. The post was effective as of March 1, 2022. Canterbury Foundation supports seniors by providing three retirement living options, including healthcare services, recreation, spiritual care and other amenities. The first Board of Directors of the Canterbury Foundation were recruited from Christ Church and St. Timothy’s Anglican Church in Edmonton.

Following are opportunities to support Ukraine financially:

• PWRDF increases funds to Ukraine
• Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal
• Canada-Ukraine Foundation

In getting to know the diocese, Bishop Stephen London continues to travel to parish communities, meeting and praying with as many people as possible. He is also scheduled to attend provincial and national episcopal gatherings this spring:

• April 4-8: House of Bishops
• April 12: Clergy Renewal of Vows & Blessing of Oils at All Saints' Cathedral, Edmonton  
• April 17: Easter Sunday at All Saints' Cathedral, Edmonton    
• April 22: Cursillo Secretariat Commissioning at St. Timothy's, Edmonton
• April 24: Confirmation Service at St. George’s, Edmonton
• April 27: Deconsecration of St. John the Baptist, St. Paul
• April 28 to May 1: Provincial Synod, Prince Alberta, SK

An informal Zoom gathering to hear Bishop Stephen London speak about what's been happening at the national, provincial and local church levels, and answer your questions. Wednesday, May 4, 12 pm  /  Wednesday, May 4, 7 pm

All are welcome to come to Good Shepherd Anglican Church Thursday, April 7 and Saturday, April 9 to participate in the Remembering the Children diocesan weaving project. The project which began at Christ Church on Ash Wednesday and will continue at St. Luke's and All Saints' Cathedral well into May. The project is facilitated by members of the diocesan Indigenous Ministries Team and lay evangelist Alison Hurlburt, a weaver. 

St. Paul’s, Edmonton is excited to announce our Tent Theology Lenten program with Dr. Stephen Backhouse. Our sessions will take place on Wednesdays during Lent 2022, at 7 pm, and will be hybrid sessions, live-streamed on the web simultaneously with in-person attendance. The recording will also be available on our YouTube channel. More INFO and SCHEDULE

You are invited to join us in person at Holy Trinity, 10037-84 Ave, Edmonton, for our Lenten Concert Series. Every Tuesday in Lent, concerts will begin at 12:00 noon and go until 12:50 PM. Free admission. Donations accepted. For more info and schedule, click here.

Every Sunday in Lent, at 9:30 am, join your church family in exploring our faith together with themes from the film Encanto. We will gather on Zoom for a 15-minute activity and focus together. Email nick@trussell.ca for the Zoom link. There will also be opportunities for in-person gatherings at parishes throughout the diocese. Click below for weekly resources for your parish or at home. Bulletin Graphic for April 10 submitted by Michelle Yee, Good Shepherd Anglican Church

Two of Kokopelli’s adult choirs, Vacilando and ChandraTala, are presenting a mix of contemporary and traditional choral music in a cabaret-style setting. “After Dark” will take place on Saturday, April 9, 7:30 pm,  in the Holy Trinity Anglican Church basement, 10037 84 Ave. NW. Because of the adult-themed nature of the show, tickets sales ($25) are restricted to ages 18 and up. Click here for details and tickets.

The Holy Trinity Speaker Series hosts experts on a variety of exciting and enlightening topics. Each month features a different speaker and topic that is relevant to our life and faith. Presenter Adam Conway brings us "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly" on Saturday, April 9, from 11 am-12 pm, in the Holy Trinity Upper Hall, 10037 84th Ave, Edmonton. Adam has been at Holy Trinity for 20 years and is enjoying a rich life doing important things badly.

There will be a Clergy Eucharist and lunch on the Tuesday of Holy Week, April 12, 2022, at 11:00 am. This service will include the renewal of ordination vows and the blessing of the oils, followed by a light lunch in the atrium. Please remember to bring your containers for your oil stock! If you plan to attend, please complete this form by Friday, March 25. 

Bishop Stephen London will join the Edmonton Cursillo in-person gathering on Friday, April 22 at St. Timothy's Anglican Church, 8420-145 St NW, Edmonton. The Bishop will lead a service of eucharist, which will include the commissioning of the Cursillo Secretariat, followed by coffee, snacks and reconnecting. The gathering, which starts at 7:00pm will also be live-streamed. For more information, email cursilloedmonton@gmail.com or follow Edmonton Cursillo on Facebook.

Members of the Edmonton diocese are invited to participate in an all-day, ribbon skirt-making workshop on Saturday, April 23 at All Saints Cathedral, 10035-103 St, Edmonton. Sixteen red dress ribbon skirts will be made collectively for ceremonial use on May 5, when we recognise and honour Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women, Girls and 2 Spirit (MMIWG2S) folk. We are looking for people to sew and to iron, people to serve coffee and tea and people to prepare lunch for those attending. All are welcome!  If you would like more information, please contact the Cathedral office at 780-428-6323 or Fiona Brownlee, Aboriginal and Rural Churches Liaison, at 780-312-9070. Please watch this space for exact times. 

Back by popular demand… Virtual Marriage Encounter Weekend, May 13-15. For more info or to register, visit www.eame.ca 

"We decided to do a Virtual Weekend last year. We found the sessions & pace very good and we loved the discussions it prompted between us.  It definitely brought us closer together, we’d definitely recommend it to any couples looking for a little spark.” 

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On May 15, the Anglican Diocese of Edmonton and the Alberta and Territories Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada will host this celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Waterloo Declaration: the decision by the two denominations to enter into full communion with one another. The Anglican dioceses of Athabasca, Calgary and Yukon will co-sponsor the event, as each area overlaps geographically with the ELCiC Alberta and Territories Synod. The event will be held online as well as in person at Hosanna Lutheran Church, 9009 163 ST NW, Edmonton. Eventbrite registration will open soon.

Registration is now open for Base Camp 2022, set to take place at Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park from July 3-8. Diocesan Camp Director, Dr. Mark Armstrong, is hopeful that Base Camp can go ahead after being postponed two years in a row because of the pandemic. For continued safe-guarding, all junior high aged teens who have had two COVID-19 vaccinations are invited to sign up to come and enjoy some summer fun.

The Anglican Parish of Christ Church in Edmonton is a vibrant and growing city church, seeking an associate priest to join the team and share in supporting ongoing and emerging ministries. For more information, please see the job description. 

St. Mary's Anglican Church in Ponoka is seeking a new rector. This full-time position will combine .75 time with St. Mary's and .25 time with the Church of the Epiphany in Rimbey, a half-hour drive away. This arrangement has been made with the Anglican Diocese of Calgary, of which the Church of the Epiphany is part. The two parish profiles are combined here.

"Team Anglican" met and exceeded its goal of 100 donations of blood and/or plasma in 2021. For 2022, the bar is set higher, at 120. For privacy reasons, the diocese doesn't know exactly how much each person donates, but we currently have 42 donors on the team. 35 are listed as "active" and 12 of those have appointments to donate at some point in the future. 

Anyone who is able to offer this gift of life is encouraged to do so. If you'd like to join the team, Click here and enter our Partner ID: ANGL696986. To donate blood, call: 1-888-236-6283 or visit Canadian Blood Services.

Click on the button below to see a listing of online resources, including Sunday services and weekly prayer live-streams and videos, online study, music and children's ministry links. We continue to update this list, so please share your creative ways of being church at home! Send your ideas to churched@edmonton.anglican.ca

Every year, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul North of 60 Project ships sea containers full of goods and supplies to nine northern and Arctic communities. St. Albert AB is partnered with the hamlet of Ulukhaktok, located on Victoria Island in the Beaufort Sea. Ulukhaktok (pop 450) is only accessible by air and, for a few summer months, by sea. Once the St. Albert sea container is packed with food and necessities, in May and June, it is trucked with other containers, to Hay River. In July, the containers are loaded onto sea barges, which travel down the MacKenzie River to the Beaufort Sea, dropping off containers at communities along the way. Ulukhaktok’s sea barge arrives in the fall. This year's project includes a special request from the Anglican Church of the Resurrection in Ulukhaktok.

The Athabasca diocese invites participation in its second annual online Holy Week Bible Reading Marathon, running non-stop from 1 pm on Palm Sunday, April 10, to 5 pm on Maundy Thursday, April 14. Last year more than 100 people from all over the world signed up to take a turn reading from the Bible. Sign up here.  Use this Zoom link to watch the event when you wish to. The event will also be broadcast to the diocesan Facebook page.

Jesus said to them, “Come away with me. Let us go alone to a quiet place and rest for a while.” (Mark 6:31). You are invited to spend some time away during Holy Week to pray, to rest, and to refresh your soul during these sacred days. We are offering our suites for your retreat day or days at reduced rates from April 10 to 16. Come! Cost with meals: $100/day; without meals: $60/day Daily mass will be available. Check out our spiritual director roster if you are interested in booking spiritual direction during your retreat time. Please contact the director of your choice to book. Costs vary.   

The Festival of Telling, April 22-24, is presented and hosted by the Network of Biblical Storytellers Canada, an affiliation of people who practise the art and discipline of telling Christian scripture by heart. Keynote speakers for this international online event are the Rev. Bev Brazier and the Rev. John Snow. Steve Bell is our special guest musician.

Caring for others, responding to others, and coping with conflict and change on a continual basis is always part of the ministry of clergy. It can take its toll - especially in the context of a pandemic that has resulted in isolation, grief and loss, financial stress, and for some, despair. We believe that resilience arises and develops when self-awareness, self-care, and community and spiritual renewal are actively engaged. This 3-day workshop, to be held May 1-4, will provide a resilience development program with opportunity to reflect, interact with others, and to be seen, heard, and understood. The retreat is led by three skilled professionals: Marv Westwood, David Kuhl and Lin Langley. 

Apply now for this paid internship. Participants will receive a stipend of $5,000 for this nine-week program as they hone their leadership skills, working with a service organization in Montreal, and respond to some of the most pressing issues of our time. POSTER 

Is your family looking to get away this summer to a place where the sun shines, children play freely and adults find soulful nourishment with others who are also looking for meaningful experiences? Find a program for you and your family at Sorrento Centre. Click here to take a look at the variety of courses and leaders who bring rich and dynamic programming.   

In September 2022, the Anglican monastic community of the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine will begin the fifth year of the Companions Program. This is an opportunity for women ages 21 and up to join the Sisters for 11 months either as a residential or online Companion. See attached POSTER for more info.