• Those who are sick, suffering, or in need: Evelyn, Anne, Roger, Rhea, Jen, Dan, Bob, Madison, 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.

MAY to AUGUST Diocese of Edmonton Prayer Cycle:  PDF  /  WORD

The Diocese of Edmonton ACW Annual Meeting began on Saturday, May 7 with the eucharist celebrated by the Rev. Christopher Cook, ACW Chaplain. The service and business meeting were held at St. Matthias Anglican Church in Edmonton. Bishop Stephen London brought greetings from the Edmonton diocese. ACW National President Margaret Warwick, a member of Good Shepherd, Edmonton, was the invited speaker. The meeting included reports from many committees and members including diocesan ACW President Elaine Dickie. The meeting concluded with lunch and fellowship. You can watch a video of the eucharist service here: https://fb.watch/cUW__kZCn9/

Please join Canon Dr. Scott Sharman for the Daring to Share workshop exploring a new way of being churches together: how local congregational life and witness might be renewed and refreshed by daring to share with our ecumenical neighbours (programs, buildings, worship, staff, clergy, and more!). Join on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83778275319 for this workshop and discussion! POSTER

The Anglican Diocese of Edmonton and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Synod of Alberta and the Territories 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. Co-sponsored by the Anglican dioceses of Athabasca, Calgary and Yukon, the service will be held Sunday, May 15, 7:00 pm, in person at Hosanna Lutheran Church, 9009 163 ST NW, Edmonton and live-streamed online. POSTER

Bishop Stephen London invites your interaction on the theme Together on the Way, which will guide discussions at the 68th Synod of the Diocese of Edmonton, Oct 21-22, 2022. Please read through the document and/or the summary of the document that the Bishop has prepared. Click on the button below to share your response. Thank you for being part of this discussion as the Diocese of Edmonton discerns and navigates The Way from Here.

In getting to know the diocese, Bishop Stephen London continues to travel to parish communities, meeting and praying with as many people as possible:

• May 15-20: Living Our Vows Bishop's School, Virginia
• May 22: St. David’s, Edmonton
• May 29: St. Paul’s, Edmonton Confirmation
• June 5: Good Shepherd, Edmonton 
• June 12: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Edmonton Confirmation
• June 19: St. Matthias, Edmonton Filipino Congregation

The Remembering the Children diocesan weaving project has come to its final location! The travelling loom is at All Saints' Cathedral until May 21. If you haven't already, be sure to take it in in these final days.

"Religious Dimensions of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict": You are invited to join Heather Coleman, Professor of History at the University of Alberta, specializing in Russian, Ukrainian, and modern European religious history, for the next Holy Trinity Speaker Series presentation on May 14,  11 AM, in the Upper Hall.

Novelists Tim Chesterton and Norma Gutteridge, of St. Margaret's Edmonton, invite you to join them for the launch of their Meadowvale and All Change series. The event will be held Thursday, May 19, 7:30-9 pm, at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church, 12603 Ellerslie Road SW Edmonton. The evening will feature interviews with the authors, a Q and A session, book readings, sales and signings, live music and refreshments. Please RSVP to tim.chesterton@gmail.com

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Dear Friends, I would like to invite you to a service of prayer and praise on Sunday, May 22, at 6 pm, at St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican Church, 6110 Fulton Road, Edmonton. This will be an informal service of singing, Bible study and prayer for the life of our diocese. Prayer is at the heart of our faith, and I want to have a service in which we regularly pray for renewal. We pray God's spirit to fill us and animate the work of the kingdom of God in our midst. All ages welcome. We will have a simple supper of chili beforehand at 5 pm. Please RSVP to bishop@edmonton.anglican.ca so we know how much chili to make. Yours, Bishop Steve.

Summer activities for children have been around for a long time! Nowadays one may have choices between computer camps, soccer camps, day camps, vacation bible camps… but for many, the idea of summer camp brings back memories of campfires and being outdoors - often in proximity to a lake. It’s a time when kids can get away from the city, make new friends, and come home with memories that last a lifetime!   Diocesan Base Camp is being planned for the first week in July following a two-year hiatus, a time when we have all been living through a pandemic and life has been severely constricted. Camp is a chance to connect with the outdoors and with each other again.                     

Base Camp is an intense one-week experience for young adults who come on as volunteers. Training is provided to our volunteers to equip them for living in the wilderness (a provincial campground group site) with a pack of junior high students. There are opportunities to develop leadership skills: helping others, leading songs and skits, washing dishes, serving food, organising games, and managing conflict, all while being part of a close-knit community. 

St. Augustine's of Canterbury, 6110 Fulton Rd, Edmonton, invites you to "Rewilding - an afternoon of shared learning, engaging speakers, a community tree-planting challenge, beer garden and local music. Entertainment starts at 3:30 pm. Discover local initiatives in permaculture, soil science, native plants and our local aspen parkland biome. POSTER

Join the Edmonton diocese as we celebrate the return of Fr. Michael Lapsley SSM to the diocese this September as part of our continued commitment to reconciliation.

Fr. Michael is the Canon for Healing and Reconciliation for the Diocese of Edmonton. Over the past five years, he has visited our diocese several times and is working with a small team here to build local reconciliation initiatives based on methods used at the Institute for Healing of Memories (IHOM), which he founded in 1998.

Come and experience the beautiful talents of local musician Aaron Parker! Aaron will bring sunlight to your soul with his renditions of '60's and '70's folk music, along with some original songs with special guest Gisele Parker. For more information, please email stgeorges@telus.net or call 780-439-1470.  

• Join us 7:00pm, Saturday June 4 at St. George’s by the U of A, 11733 87 Avenue, Edmonton. 
• Tickets to attend in person will be available at the door for $25. 
• Tickets to attend online are 20.00 (plus a $1.50 processing fee) and are available on Eventbrite .

This is a spring fundraiser and a great family outing! 

Following are opportunities to support Ukraine financially:

• Vegreville and Area Stands With Ukraine
• PWRDF Funds for Ukraine
• Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal
• Canada-Ukraine Foundation

Edmonton Cursillo would like to thank Cathy Ponech and Jenny Stuart for joining our Secretariat (leadership team). Cathy is coming on as Music Director and Jenny as Registrar/Treasurer. We are still looking for a secretary! No experience needed. Contact cursilloedmonton@gmail.com for more information.

St. Margaret's, 12603 Ellerslie Rd SW Edmonton, is in need of an Administrative Assistant. The position is available as of July 1, 2022, but the parish is open to filling it earlier. This is a 12-hour/week position; pre-Covid the hours were Tuesday to Friday. For more information, please see attached Job Profile or email the Rev. Tim Chesterton at stmrector@gmail.com

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" continues to work its way toward the goal of 120 donations of blood and/or plasma in 2022. 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." 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

The CRA Policy workshop will outline the obligations of parishes with registered charity status. It will be offered on Tuesday, May 17, from 12 pm to 1:30 pm. Topics covered include resources for charitable purposes and activities; maintaining adequate books; filing T3010 Annual Information Return; receipting of gifts; fundraising/allowable business activities. The presentation will be delivered via Zoom. Attendance will be limited to 15 people to allow for participant engagement and interaction. The cost to register is $50/person or $25 with multiple participants from the Edmonton diocese. To register or for more information, please email: david@oylerconsulting.ca 

What kind of leaders do each of us need to become in order to contribute to the flourishing of the world? Join Dr. Ray Aldred, director of the Indigenous Studies Program at the Vancouver School of Theology for a unique look at leadership in a time of important social change. Saturday, May 28 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at Star of the North. Cost: Online $90; In-Person $120. Phone 780-459-5511 or register at www.starofthenorth.ca/aldred 

Registration is now open for the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Society of Scholar-Priests, in Denver, CO, June 9-10. Get all the details about the conference, including recommendations for lodging, at the Annual Meeting page on the SSP website. Or for questions about the society, contact locally the Rev. Dr. Myron Penner, rector at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Edmonton, who is Secretary of the society. St. Paul's phone: 780-455-0771.

The College of Emmanuel & St. Chad, the Lutheran Theological Seminary, and St. Thomas More College, all based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, invite you to this conference June 13 -16, 2022. The conference will be held entirely online and is the first annual summer learning event co-sponsored by the three schools of the Saskatoon Theological Union in partnership with St. Thomas More College. See the POSTER for more information.

A dinner for the Ven. Canon Terry Leer, who will retire as Executive Archdeacon for the Diocese of Athabasca at the end of June, is planned for Saturday, July 2, at the Belle Petroleum Centre, 9403 94 Street, in Peace River. During 40 years of ministry, Leer served in the Edmonton diocese, and most recently in the Athabasca diocese at All Saints’ Church, Ft. McMurray; Christ Church, Grande Prairie; and the Synod Office in Peace River as Archdeacon for Mission Development and now Executive Archdeacon. To attend, please contact Benita at the Synod Office at 780-624-2767, or email dioath@telusplanet.net. The cost is $35 per person. Please book early. 

The Network of Biblical Storytellers Canada will host a Teller's Retreat at King's Fold Retreat Centre west of Cochrane this fall. NBSC is "an affiliation of people who practise the art and discipline of telling Christian scripture by heart." Linnea Good and Ken Quiring will facilitate. This retreat will have a contemplative component to it, as learning scripture by heart has similarities to the Ignatian way of praying. Early bird deadline is midnight on July 5, 2022.

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.

The Studion School for Spiritual Direction offers a two-year program that combines teaching on topics relevant to the practice of spiritual direction with significant time spent in guided retreat and spiritual formation. The program is administered through The King's University in Edmonton and gatherings are held at Star of the North Retreat Centre in St. Albert. The next cohort is set to begin in January 2023. Please visit the thestudionschool.com for program details and to apply online.