The following is a digest compiled from General Synod email updates over the past week, presented chronologically (oldest to newest).

News

• Council of the North—Around the Council: Lent 2021
• Lynne McNaughton elected Metropolitan of BC/Yukon
• Done and undone and in between (Anglican Reconciliation Connections newsletter, March)
• Anglican Bishops call for a halt to drilling in the Kavango, Namibia
• Sacred Teachings new episodes: "The Best Place" and "The Power of Music"
  Content warning: This season of the podcast series includes themes and discussions around suicide.

From the Anglican Journal

• ‘Canada needs healing’: Bishop Isaiah Beardy on Bill C-15 and UNDRIP
• March issue of the Journal marks 12 months of disease and distancing
• Role for church seen in vaccinating North
• Ministry is an impossible job

Around the dioceses / Regional

• Anchored in Hope / Ancrés dans l’espoir! via Diocese of Montreal
• Electing the 11th Bishop of Edmonton via Diocese of Edmonton
• Two liturgies on a late winter’s day via Diocese of New Westminster
• A letter from the Ontario House of Bishops via Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario

In the media

• Huron appoints new Board of Governors as vote approaches to split from Western via the Gazette
• At-home Ash Wednesday services include inter-church provisions via the Catholic Register
• Anglican leaders 'condemn' Archbishop of Nigeria's anti-LGBTTQ+ message via Winnipeg Free Press
  • See also, Archbishop of Canterbury's statement

Across the globe

• Diocese of Pennsylvania will host clinic to vaccinate clergy, essential church employees via Episcopal News Service
• Through poetry and art, Queens church aims for a lively Lent after a mournful year via Episcopal News Service
• WCC invites youth to Stewards Programme for 11th Assembly in 2022 via World Council of Churches
• International Women’s Day prayer service gives thanks for impact of women in the world via World Council of Churches

Upcoming

Reminder: Find more Lenten events (Bible study, sermon series, etc.) on the national website Lent resources page.

• March 9, 2021, 9am ET (online): Webinar for Thy Kingdom Come 2021 global prayer launch
• March 9, 2021, 1pm ET (online): Supporting migrant workers and the community during COVID-19, hosted by KAIROS Canada
• Wednesday, March 10, 6:30pm ET (online): A Coffee House for Water - Advocating for H20, hosted by Climate Justice Niagara
• Thursday, March 11 (worldwide): 1-year anniversary of the global pandemic
  • 11:35am ET / All day: See Ontario House of Bishops' call to fasting and prayer...
  • Anytime: See Pandemic Anniversary rite (from the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, PDF)... or Word doc
  • 8pm ET: Interreligious commemoration for those who died from COVID-19, via Canadian Centre for Ecumenism
  • 7pm CT: Together in remembrance, together in hope — A virtual vigil marking one year of COVID in Saskatchewan
• Thursday, March 11, 11am locally (worldwide): Global Day of Climate Action (shared via the Diocese of New Westminster)
• Thursday, March 11, 7pm PT (online): Christianity's Emerging Hinterland, a talk by Dr. Nicholas May, UBC History Department
• Tuesday, March 16, 7pm PT (online): Launch of "I Will Arise and Go Now", a book by Herbert O'Driscoll, hosted by the Diocese of New Westminster
• Thursday, March 18, 7pm PT (online): Launch and excerpt reading of "I Will Arise and Go Now", a book by Herbert O'Driscoll, hosted by the Diocese of British Columbia

View / Listen

• Renew: Lenten reflections with Bishop Anna via Diocese of British Columbia
• Stained glass reflections / Réflexions de l'autre côté du vitrail via Diocese of Quebec
• Knowing our Neighbours: the Samaritan woman via Diocese of Edmonton
• How will you observe a Holy Lent? via Diocese of Montreal
• LISTEN / READ: Clergy on the pandemic front lines: 'How do we really grieve?' via NPR's All Things Considered
• Funeral of Canada's most beloved hockey dad held in the Diocese of Huron via CBC News

Resources

• REMINDER: Table of Moveable Feasts (2021-2040, PDF): If your copy of the Book of Common Prayer includes a Table of Moveable Feasts which ended in 2020, you can find an updated table until 2040 at the link above. Please share widely with anyone who you think would benefit from this resource.
• ENGAGE // Mental Health and Youth Ministry via Princeton Theological Seminary's The Institute for Youth Ministry
• Black Anglicans of Canada: Spotlight series
• A river through the desert: A Lenten pilgrimage via St. George's College, Jerusalem
• YouTube: Anglican priest offers a brief History of the English Reformation via Anglican Planet

Thoughts / Reflections

• Experiencing Lent from the other side via Ministry Matters
• Finding home via Christ Church Cathedral (Diocese of British Columbia)
• Honest, vulnerable talk about mental health via faith + lead

Prayer

Anglican-Lutheran Cycle of Prayer

This week, we pray for:

Sunday, March 14

• ACC – The Rt. Rev. Bruce Myers, Bishop, and the people and clergy of the Diocese of Quebec
• ELCIC – Bishop Jason Zinko, the people and rostered ministers of the Manitoba-Northwestern Ontario Synod

Anglican Communion Cycle of Prayer

This week, we pray for:

• Tuesday, March 9: The Diocese of Athooch – The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
• Wednesday, March 10: The Diocese of Atlanta – The Episcopal Church
• Thursday, March 11: The Diocese of Auckland – The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
• Friday, March 12: The Diocese of North West Australia – The Anglican Church of Australia
• Saturday, March 13: The Diocese of Aweil – The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
• Sunday, March 14: Iglesia Anglicana de Chile
• Monday, March 15: The Diocese of Awerial – The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
• Tuesday, March 16: The Diocese of Awgu / Aninri – The Church of Nigeria

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