Missions Fest Vancouver and AMMiC come together for fellowship and sharing about multiculturalism. Check out the article on the Missions Fest Vancouver website: http://www.missionsfestvancouver.ca/2015/12/experiential-wisdom-around-multiculturalism/.
The Church of All Nations will be having their 3rd Harvest Celebration from the New Eden ministry on October 4th, 2015, in the Chapel at Church of Good Shepherd. Please click the following link for more details (http://www.allnationscanada.ca/3rd-harvest-celebration/). Please RSVP or contact Rev. Shihoko for more details (shihoko@ammic.ca / 778-242-0128).
Bishop Stephen has announced that Chris Ley, if God willing, will be ordained to the transitional deaconate at 3:00 pm on Sunday October 4th, 2015. The ordination service will be held at Anglican Network Church of Good Shepherd Vancouver, 189 West 11th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1S8. Parking information below. All are invited to attend to witness this event.
Asian and Multicultural Ministries in Canada is please to announce that registration is now open for the 2015 Two Generations Leadership Conference. Entitled “Equipping Leaders For Two Generations Ministry in the Asian/Chinese Canadian Churches”, the 2015 conference will be it’s third in continuing the dialogue on two generations differences. This year’s conference will be held on October 16-17, 2015, at Regent College (5800 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC). Please check out the conference page for more details.
AMMiC cordially invite you to our annual Fundraising & Thanksgiving Dinner to be held on Sept 27 (Sunday) at Anglican Network Church of Good Shepherd Vancouver (189 West 11th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1S8).
One of the speakers will be AMMiC’s Children’s Ministry Director Valerie Yiu sharing about empowering Church Plants for children’s ministry.
Please RSVP at fundraising@ammic.ca or 604-303-1135.
The 2015 Anglican Church in North America Provincial Council, Executive Committee, and College of Bishops are meeting this week on the campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The Asian and Multicultural Ministries in Canada (AMMiC) sharing was by Bishop Stephen Leung on how God has been guiding and leading the ministry. (The video below should start automatically at Bishop Stephen’s sharing at 6 hours and 50 minutes into the video. Bishop Stephen’s sharing end at 7 hours and 7 minutes.)
Rev. Shihoko Warren from Church of All Nations (Japanese) also shared her testimony to the Provincial Council.
The Provincial Council meeting concluded with a reception and a Holy Eucharist Service celebrating the Festival of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist at Church of Good Shepherd in Vancouver. Choirs from AMMiC’s Church of Good Shepherd and St. Matthias and St. Luke Church joined with St. John’s Vancouver provided wonderful voice to the worship sing, especially the Offertory Hymn presentation.
Conference Attendees listening during a presentation.
The 2015 AMMiC May Mini-Conference has now concluded. For more details about the conference and resources, please check out the 2015 AMMiC Mini-Conference Page.
The AMMiC Mini Conference held on May 26-28 has concluded. It was the third conference since 2014 for clergy and lay leaders. As AMMiC churches and church plants are spread across North America, the mini conference was a chance for fellowship, sharing and supporting clergy and lay leaders. Bishop Stephen led a Bible Teaching session each morning and a wide variety of topics were presented and discussed to continue equipping leaders. We would like to thank all the speakers for sharing their experiences.
Please check out AMMiC’s Facebook Page for more photos from the conference. Please continue to check this page as we post resources from the Conference.
Resources
– Bishop Ron’s Resources for effective parish leadership.
Esther is the eldest of five children in her family. She has five sisters, three biological and
(L-R) Bishop Stephen, Rev. Esther, Ven. Rev. Paul
two foster sisters, and one brother. Esther married at the age of 18 to Paul Cyril Beaulieu and they have two children, Amanda and Trenton, and 7 grandchildren.
Esther has worked at West Region Child & Family Services since May 21, 1985. In 1990, she attended a program “Management in an Aboriginal Organization”. In 1994 Esther enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Work Program and graduated in 1999. In 2000 she was assigned the position of Community Based Team Supervisor for two First Nations Communities and has been in that position for the last 15 years. Through her work, Esther has been involved in a program for First Nations’ Women that is held once a year and is attended by approximately 150 women. Esther and another staff person have been providing Christian Healing Prayer for anyone who wants to come during the three days of the gathering.
Bishop and Clergy present at Rev. Esther’s ordination
In 2000, Esther once again committed her life to Jesus and has been involved in ANiC for the last 7 years, serving as a Lay Minister in the Church of the Redeemer, Dauphin, MB for most of that time. Esther loves praising the Lord in music. Esther was ordained as a Deacon on March 8, 2015 with the focus on doing ministry with Metis & First Nations peoples.
At the dinner, Bishop Charles Masters, the Diocesan Bishop of ANiC, will give his words of encouragement; and three of our church plants will share their stories: Christ the Redeemer, Toronto – the growing student ministry at A Quiet Place, located right next to the downtown campus of University of Toronto; Bethel South Asian, Brampton – their outreach to the Pakistanis; and Good Shepherd Calgary (Cantonese) – their stories of continuous adult conversions and building up financial stability for future independence. Through their sharing, we hope you would better understand the struggles and development of our church plants.
Please RSVP at office@ammic.ca