May 2025

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Supporting a Good Cause

Carl Rose May 1, 2025

After the weekly Lenten service at St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Grand Bank, a delicious rice supper was served to all those in attendance. This ...

The Rev’d Fred Marshall Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador

Elizabeth Crisby Celebrates 40 Years!

The Rev’d Fred Marshall May 1, 2025

In June 1984, Elizabeth Crisby graduated from Keyin Tech College with her Secretarial Studies (Hons). In October 1984, Archdeacon Fred Oake was looking for someone ...

group of crafters who came together to make fidget mats for people with Alzheimer’s or dementia

Archdeacon Christine Lynch Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador

Fidget Mats Made in Bay Roberts/Coley’s Point For Those With Alzheimer’s or Dementia

Archdeacon Christine Lynch May 1, 2025

Many people in the Parish of Bay Roberts/Coley’s Point know somebody who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Our parish’s Busy Hands Crafters group ...

women sitting at a table in a church hall, enjoying a pancake supper

Lisa Brown Local News

Pancakes in Port aux Basques!

Lisa Brown May 1, 2025

On Tuesday, March 4th the ACW Ladies of St. James Church in Port aux Basques enjoyed a pancake supper before their meeting. Thank you to the ...

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The Rev’d James Spencer Columns

Taking the Church to The “Young People”

The Rev’d James Spencer May 1, 2025

A fellow member of the clergy asked me the other day about my views, as a parent of teenage and pre-teenage children, on the struggle ...

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Louise Smith Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador

Christian Values

Louise Smith May 1, 2025

Professing Christianity is not just about attending church on Sunday morning—albeit it’s a very important first step. It is about everything that embodies the qualities ...

five people, four adults and one child, at the front of a church; all but one of the adults is dressed in church vestments of some kind

Nancy Lieff Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador

Growth and Community: Upper Island Cove

Nancy Lieff May 1, 2025

By the time this article is read, spring will be flourishing with new life, and the great hope that is the miracle of the resurrection ...

a group of Congolege refugees pose for a photograph at the Nyarugushu refugee camp

Dr. Doreen Helen Klassen, Alongside Hope/PWRDF, Western NL Alongside Hope

Alongside Hope Launches “Resilience Fund” to Counter USAID Cuts

Dr. Doreen Helen Klassen, Alongside Hope/PWRDF, Western NL May 1, 2025

Many of us remember the excitement of providing solar suitcases with medical-quality lights and fetal Doppler monitors for maternity wards without electricity in rural Mozambique. ...

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Diane Reid Central Newfoundland

Thank You Sheila House

Diane Reid May 1, 2025

At the recent Annual Parish Meeting held at St. Hilda’s Church, Bay L’Argent, St. Hilda’s vestry and parish acknowledged Sheila House for her many years ...

A group of people at the front of a church, wearing prayer shawls that have been recently blessed

William Lee Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador

Prayer Shawl Ministry at St. Peter’s

William Lee May 1, 2025

In 2016, it was suggested by one of our younger members (Kim Lawlor) that we should start a prayer shawl ministry. She had done some ...