banner photo by Janet Best
Thanks to your generosity, we are delighted to share that we raised $20,000 in support of the mission work of The Anglican Diocese of Montreal at our Annual Bishop’s Dinner!
(photo credit: Janet Best)
What has been going on recently in our Diocese?
Congregational Development Coordinator Neil Mancor and #Mtlyouth Project Coordinator / web +social media coordinator Lee-Ann Matthews give us a glimpse...
Food, Friendship, connection and outreach...
The Anglican Diocese of Montreal (Mtl Youth and Congregational Development) hosted the first Messy Cathedral in Canada and we made a short video to give you a glimpse of a Cathedral filled with families and children, not to mention, glitter, crafts, blocks, snacks, rubber duckies, bowling and more!
Thanks to the Messy Cathedral Planning team and Christ Church Cathedral for letting things get so messy!
This may have been the first Messy Cathedral but it won’t be the last….
Please register with Michelle Eason revmichelle.eason@sympatico.ca
Not able to get out and hear our Bishop preach? That’s OK. We will bring her sermon to you!
Enjoy her latest sermon from Trinity Church, Morin Heights October 27th 2019.
Joel 2:23–32; 2 Tim 4:6–8, 16–18; Lk 18:9–14;
Dear Families and Friends of Messy Church,
We are delighted to share that The Anglican Diocese of Montreal is hosting a bilingual Messy Cathedral event at 10 am on November 2nd 2019 in our beautiful downtown Cathedral!
You are all cordially invited to attend!
Lunch and snacks and all of the Messy Stations will be included! Please note: there will be bowling!
We ask that you take a moment now to peruse this link to our website where you will find everything you will need to know about the event including an invitation from our Bishop, a message from the Dean and an interview with members of the Messy Cathedral planning team.
We look forward to meeting and welcoming you there!
Thank you!!!!!!
Lee-Ann Matthews and the Messy Cathedral Planning Team!
https://www.montreal.anglican.ca/youth
MARKS OF MISSION PICTOGRAMS - WE NEED YOUR HELP
The Standing Committee on Mission would like to raise awareness of the Five Marks of Mission…
Join us on Monday, October 28th from 5:30-7:30 pm
Theme: Deliverance Stories / Inspired by Rachel Held Evans
1444 Union Ave. 2nd floor
Family Friendly
Bring your own wine / vegan + gluten free meal is provided
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By: Lee-Ann Matthews, Supper Club Founder and Host
Sometimes I think that this Supper Club stuff is revolutionary. I mean in the sense that it disrupts our current understanding of “Church”. We tend to associate Church with pastors, pews and preaching, with an air of stoicism and seriousness. The traditional church is a place where we are generally not encouraged to formulate, never mind divulge, our opinions.
It’s fascinating to me that despite and extreme progress we have made over the centuries, we still find ourselves spiritually nourished by the most simple, humble and basic act of sharing a meal together. The truth is, I was wrong, there is nothing revolutionary here; we are simply returning to practices from the church’s inception.
Supper Club doesn’t have to cost a lot of money, there is no fancy attire, there are no hierarchies to uphold, very few rituals to perform….
Instead, it is a ministry of the people: conversation, food, reflection and friendship.
This simple approach has proven to be a powerful, profound and provocative expression of our faith.
Our September gathering was rich with insight and opinion, guests felt free to challenge concepts, assert ideas, to listen and to be heard throughout.
It does not come to pass every day in church settings that we feel safe enough to challenge the status quo. Yet, we know that this is something that is crucial for communities to thrive and develop.
I will close this blog with a quote from poet, Pádraig Ó Tuama, who says it way more eloquently than I and helps me to understand why I value this expression of church so much.
“We need ways of navigating our differences that deepen our curiosity, deepen our friendship, deepen our capacity to disagree, deepen the argument of being alive. This is what we need. This is what will save us. This is the work of peace. This is the work of imagination.” Pádraig Ó Tuama
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The Synod Office is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk), at a place called Tio’tia:ke (Montreal), a meeting place for many First Nations, including the Haudenosaunee (Six Nation Confederacy), Anishinabeg and Algonquin peoples.
We recognize and respect the Kanien’keha:ka as the traditional stewards of the land and waters of Tio’tia:ke.
Our acknowledgement stands as a promise to continue the ongoing work of recognition and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
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