Schedule

Tuesday December 17 – Monday December 23^rd – Vacation Days

Tuesday December 24 to January 2^nd – Synod Office Christmas Break

Openings

Rector, full-time, The Anglican Parish of Tangier & The Sheet Harbour Pastoral Charge of the United Church of Canada

Rector, 3/4 tme, Parishes of Musquodoboit and Ship Harbour

Rector, full-time, The Parish of St. Francis by the Lakes, Lower Sackville

Administrative Assistant, full-time, The Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Synod Office

Please see attached a pastoral letter (A Call for a Safer Church) from Bishop Sandra and two other important documents from our office which were circulated to Clergy and Wardens late last week. The documents relate to the recent resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury and actions we have taken and are taking “…to protect the physical, emotional, and spiritual welfare of people in relation to the possibility of sexual misconduct.…” (Diocesan Sexual Misconduct Policy and Related Procedures).

If there are questions or concerns, please reach out to our Diocesan Safer Church Coordinator, Allie Colp, at saferchurch@nspeidiocese.ca or our Executive Director, the Rev’d Ann Turner, at executivedirector@nspeidiocese.ca

Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) funding to the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island: approximately $53,000 in total funding in 2024 (bursaries, grants, etc.)! WOW! 

All this funding is possible thanks to the generosity of annual members — dioceses, regions, parishes, parish groups, and individuals from coast to coast to coast. Make sure your Anglican Foundation membership is up-to-date! ...

The Diocesan Synod Office will officially close at the end of the day on Friday, December 20. On Monday, December 23, staff will be working remotely to assist with any last-minute requests.

The Christmas break will begin on Tuesday, December 24, and staff will return to the office when the Synod Office reopens on Thursday, January 2, 2025.

From all of us at the Synod Office, we wish you a Christmas filled with peace, love, and joy. We are deeply grateful for your dedication to ministry throughout our communities in the Diocese, and we look forward to serving you in the new year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Anglicans Powering Potential wish everyone a blessed and joyous Christmas season with the fervent wish for peace on earth and good will towards all. As we go forward into 2025, may we actively contribute to a world that works to bring about peace and justice for all. 

Purchase a registration for Pathways to Peace: Seeking the Spirit, a springtime retreat taking place in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley.

Step into a sacred pause from the busyness of life and join us for Pathways to Peace: Seeking the Spirit. This weekend retreat is designed as a space to refresh your spirit, soothe your soul, and grow in your spiritual journey. Through contemplative prayer practices, short talks, plenty of silence, and reflection, you will have the opportunity to deepen your faith, strengthen your connection to our loving God, and cultivate transformative spiritual disciplines.

Open to everyone—whether you are laity, clergy, or a ministry professional—this retreat invites you to experience God’s presence. (Although this retreat is sponsored by the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, we warmly welcome our siblings from other denominations, the Diocese of Fredericton, Lutherans, United Church of Canada, Presbyterians, Baptists, etc.)

DATES:   Friday, June 6 to Sunday, June 8, 2025.

LOCATION:   Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S.

INCLUDED:   5 meals (Friday dinner to Sunday breakfast), 2 nights' accommodations, retreat program and materials.

FEATURES:  Plenty of quiet time, short talks on spirituality and prayer practices, healthy food, worship that refreshes the soul, and new friendships.

OPTIONS: walking in beautiful settings, small group Bible study and more!

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS (EARLY) RATE!   $160 / person  

(Those staying off-site - $110)

Admin Open House

Dec 19, 2024 (01:00 PM)

Join us for an online open house where you can ask your questions directly to the diocesan controller and executive director. We’re prepared to answer questions on a range of topics, including: Budgeting and Spending, Financial Reporting, Administrative Procedures and Grant Opportunities.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82818918045

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If you require further information, please email us at office@nspeidiocese.ca

Praying with the DEN Community, Diocesan Environment Network (DEN) 

For more information contact DEN at: endionspei@gmail.com

Being a youth delegate at our Diocesan Synod is a chance to make your voice heard and to be part of making meaningful change in the church – and we’d love to help get you there!

Join us for an informal Q+A with Bishop Sandra, Archdeacon Katherine Bourbonniere, and Youth and Family Ministry Coordinator Allie Colp on zoom to hear more of what Synod is all about and the role that youth play within it. Bring whatever questions you've got and we will find you some answers. 

This session is open to youth, parents/guardians, clergy, and lay leaders. 

Sign up here and we will send the zoom link right to your inbox!

10 tables for sale. ($50.00 each). 8 feet long. Brown and Light Grey colors.

If interested please call the Parish of St. Martin’s at (902-275-5434), Monday-Thursday between 9 am and noon.

-A Service of Hope for the Holidays

Dec 18th, (7:00 pm) St. Timothy's Church, 

(2320 Prospect Road, Hatchet Lake)

A service for those who are not feeling the expected joy of the season, for whatever reason.

We will have some gentle music, time for prayer, and an act of remembrance for those who are missing loved ones.

Learn More About Event Here

-Longest Night Service

December 18. (7:00 pm) St. Francis by the Lakes, 

(192 First Lake Drive, Lower Sackville)

The longest night service represents an opportunity for us to gather and bring with us our darkness, our brokenness, our pain and emptiness.  It offers us an opportunity to place these at the foot of the altar, to be blessed, healed, and restored. 

St. Francis by the Lakes Events

- Longest Night of the Year Service (Blue Christmas)

December 21, 6:00 pm, St. James Anglican Church, Armdale

(2668 Joseph Howe Dr. Halifax)   

A service for anyone feeling down during the holidays. 

See Event Details Here

Pizza! Crafts! Games! Music! FREE!

Everyone welcome!

St Andrew’s Church 8575 Peggy’s Cove Road, Indian Harbour,                               St Peter’s Church 10030 Peggy’s Cove Road, Hackett’s Cove

December 22 Advent 4 PEACE  10.00am @St. Peter's, Choral Guests: The City of Lakes Barbershop Chorus from Dartmouth
December 24 Christmas Eve 4.00pm @St. Andrew's
                         7:00pm @ St. Peter's 
December 29 Christmas -10:00am Lessons & Carols @St. Andrew's

St. John's Anglican Church Westphal , 1215 Main Street Westphal

(Corner of Lake Major Rd. & #7 Highway) (Wheelchair Accessible)

December 24 Christmas Eve 4.00pm (Family Service) and 7.00pm
December 25 Christmas Day: Devotion on Facebook at 8.00am
December 29 Morning Prayer Service from BCO on Facebook 8.00am
St. John's Westphal Facebook                        

St. James Armdale, 2668 Joseph Howe Dr. Halifax.

December 18- Early Christmas Celebration 10:00AM Eucharist in Chaple of All Souls, 11:00AM Potluck & Games
December 21- 2:00pm FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT (all ages) 6:00 pm Longest Night of the Year Service (Blue Christmas).                                                                                  A service for anyone feeling down during the holidays. 
December 22- Advent 4 PEACE 8:30 BCP in Chapel of All Souls and 10:00 am BAS with music
December 24- 4:00pm Christmas Family Service, 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist Traditional Christmas Eve
December 29- 10:00am Christmas Lessons & Carols with Holy Eucharist

This Advent Season, we're excited to be preparing our hearts to celebrate the coming of the ultimate gift, Jesus. Join us for an unforgettable Advent series "The Gifts of Christmas" as we celebrate how Jesus’s birth changed everything and brings us hope, love, joy, and peace even today!

St. John the Evangelist Church, 934 Old Sackville Road.

December 18 Welcome the Light at 7 pm
December 22 Advent 4 PEACE 8.30 and 10.30 am
December 24 Christmas Children's Service in the Hall 4.30 pm
                         Christmas Family Candlelight Service 7 pm
December 29 Service of Lessons & Carols at 10.30 am Only

CHRISTMAS SERVICES

December 18- Longest Night Service (7:00pm) (a.k.a. "Blue Christmas") 
December 24- Christmas Eve: 4:00pm Family Eucharist                                     7:00PM Eucharist, Music by Cynthia Stillwell & Bob Strong
December 25- Christmas Day: 10:00am Eucharist, music by Aaron Kim 
December 29- 8:00am Morning Prayer 10:00 am Lessons & Carols 

 Check out services from these parishes using the link below!

-Hatchet Lake & Terence Bay

-St. Edward the Confessor Anglican Church 

-St. John's Westphal

-St. Francis by the Lakes, 

-St James Armdale, 

-St. John the Evangelist Church,

-Parish of St. Peter's, Hackett's Cove

- St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Halifax

The Province of NS’s Department of Natural Resources and Renewables has launched a project called the Nova Scotia Community Solar Program. The program is designed to encourage community and non-profit groups, such as the Anglican Churches in NS, to develop solar power production facilities to augment the NSPI power grid over 25 years.

St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Middle Sackville NS, has been 100% powered by a 104 panel solar garden since October 2021 using a method called Net Metering. As a Parish we believe solar production is a viable, dependable, green energy option worth considering.

If your Church/Parish is at all interested in being involved in such a green energy project, please contact Al Darrach at al@agdarrach.com phone 902-483-9258 or Bruce Moxley brucedmoxley@gmail.com

-Bruce Moxley, Chair, the Vision and Planning Comm

The Diocese of NS and PEI Heating Oil Program with Irving Oil offers Churches of the Diocese and eligible Diocesan Clergy and Diocesan Staff a discounted rate based on non-profit status. This rate is not offered to individual Anglican parishioners. For more information, please contact: The Centralized Commercial Account Manager for the Diocesan Heating Oil Program, Ms. Sharon Williston by name at 1-888-310-1924 or by email Sharon.Williston@irvingoil.com 

The Furnace Oil price for the period  - December 14 to December 20

Nova Scotia - $0.9917  Prince Edward Island - $0.9917