Spring is here. All Nation’s New Eden Ministry (gardening ministry) will begin again on May 10 (Saturday). The garden field is in Surrey, BC.
If you are interested to join, please contact Ken, who is in-charge of this ministry and is a professional horticulturalist and Arborist, at ken@allnationscanada.ca. And you can go to http://www.allnationscanada.ca/new-eden/ for the background of this special ministry.
We are glad to see that two young girls at All Nations (Japanese) received baptism on Easter Day – Sophia and Haruna. Sophia gave her own testimony of how the love of God has touched her life and how the Christian witnesses of her maternal grandparents and parents has impacted her walk with Jesus.
Haruna’s parents shared how they see Haruna as a true gift of God to their family. During their long wait for the child, their faith was tested but at the same time, their knowledge of God had been enriched and their experience of His faithfulness deepened.
Pray for their spiritual growth and that they would always experience the Lord’s love and grace.
Here are some photos of the service.
Some snapshots of the first Easter Service of our church plant – Good Shepherd (South Asian), Calgary, AB. can be found on our Facebook page HERE. The Rev. William John is the priest-in-charge.
Some snapshots of our newest church plant Bethel (South Asian) in Brampton, ON can be found on our Facebook page HERE.
On Palm Sunday (April 13), Bishops Charlie Masters & Stephen Leung welcome ANiC’s newest church plant – Bethel South Asian Anglican Church in Brampton, ON. Some photos record of the welcoming and receiving service of the church and the induction service of the Rev. Wilson Nazim can be found on our Facebook page. Please click HERE.
Good Shepherd Calgary would like to invite you and your friends to join them for their Easter 2014 Services:
13 April…………PALM SUNDAY SERVICE…………….1:15 to 2:30PM
17 April…………HOLY THURSDAY SERVICE………. 7:00 to 8:30PM
18 April…………GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE…………….10:30 to 12:30PM
20 April…………SUNRISE EASTER SERVICE……….5:00 to 6:30AM
Meeting Location: #8 – 4821 West Wing Drive NE Calgary
The Rev. Canon Terry Wong has been in full-time Christian work for more than 25 years and has pioneered various ministries and congregations. He is currently the Vicar of St James’ Church, a large, vibrant, and growing parish in the Diocese of Singapore. His parish is also involved in planting a new ministries in Bangkok, Thailand.
He will be sharing on the principles and practicalities of pastoring a parish and starting new ministries from his context. Canon Wong is currently on sabbatical leave, studying at Wycliffe College, Toronto.
The experience and Biblical priorities of Canon Wong will relate directly to the challenges that we all face in our churches, namely how to make effective contact with people who are outside the Christian community, and how to equip ourselves and others to communicate the gospel in a post-Christian and secular culture.
Priests, pastors, missionary, Christian ministry workers and those who are excited about mission are all welcome.
Admission is FREE and breakfast will be served at 9:00am.
Bishop Azad Marshall
Bishop Azad Marshall, the Bishop of Iran and the Bishop in the Gulf for the Pakistan Urdu-speaking parishes and his wife Lesley will come to minister to our South Asian brothers and sisters between May 10-17, 2014. He will also share his ministry in Pakistan – a meeting for ANiC Clergy on May 14 10:00am-12:00pm, and the public address is tentatively on the evening of May 16.
Both meetings will be held at Good Shepherd Vancouver (189 West 11th Ave, Vancouver).
We are glad to announce that our newest church plant is a South Asian church in Brampton, ON. This congregation has 60 plus people, and most of them are Pakistani.
A special service of welcoming and receiving this new church plant and the induction service for the Rev. Wilson Nazim will be held on April 13 (Palm Sunday) at 3:00 pm (Heart Lake Baptist Church, 10245 Kennedy Road North, Brampton, ON). Bishop Charlie will be sharing the word of God while Bishop Stephen will administer the Holy Communion.and officiate the induction service. Pray for the growth of this new church plant and their Christian witness in Brampton and among the South Asians. Pray also for their priest-in-charge the Rev. Wilson Nazim.
The Rev Wilson Nazim, Priest-in-Charge
The Rev. Dr. John Goldingay will deliver a free public lecture entitled “Praise, Protest, and Poetry: How the Psalms Can Give Substance to Christian Worship” on May 2 (Fri) 7:30pm at Good Shepherd Vancouver, BC. This event is co-sponsored by AMMiC and Centre for Worship Studies, Carey Institute.
On May 3(Sat) 9:00am – 4:00pm, he will run two seminars: (1) The Psalms’ Concern for Justice, and (2) How the Psalms Urge Us to Pray for Justice. Since space is limited, to avoid disappointment, please register early with the Centre of http://www.carey-edu.ca/eventregistration/.
John Goldingay is the David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament in the School of Theology of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Californiaand has been at Fuller since 1997. Before joining Fuller, he was the Principal and Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at St John’s College, Nottingham. He serves on the Task Force on Biblical Interpretation in the Anglican Communion and the editorial board for the Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies.
John Goldingay’s wife Kathleen Scott Goldingay will be joining in his presentation. Kathleen was trained as an architect and managed the building of the Seattle Art Museum. She then studied creative writing at UCLA and studied theology at Fuller to inform her writing. John and Kathleen met at Fuller in 2009 and married later that year.
This program is made possible through a worship renewal grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Grand Rapids, Michigan, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment Inc.