John Goldingay will be in Vancouver

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John GoldingayThe 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.

Rev Emmanuel Speaking at St. Matthias & St. Luke

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DSCN1042The Rev. Emmanuel Sadarak of St. John’s Sudanese in Surrey is invited to preach at St. Matthias and St. Luke Church in Vancouver this Sunday (March 9). The Rev. Emmanuel and some of the members of St. John’s will be singing hymns in their native language (Bari) during the service. The Rev. Emmanuel would appreciate your prayer as this will be his first time preaching in other AMMiC churches.

Bringing the Good News to Japan

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Rev. Shihoko Warren of Church of All Nations and her family have been invited to go to Japan at the end of March for 10 days. They will greatly appreciate your prayers going together with them.

Rev. Shihoko has been invited by her home church and other Christian groups in Japan to preach, to baptise, and to share their ministry among the Japanese community in Greater Vancouver, especially their gardening ministry “New Eden”.

Please also pray as they prepare sharing their vision and ministry with the Japanese communities in Japan.

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Good Shepherd (Cantonese) Calgary’s 1st Anniversary

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Good Shepherd (Cantonese) Calgary cordially invites you to celebrate with them their first anniversary.  A Celebration & Worship Service will be held: Group Photo 2013

Date: Feb 16, 2014  (Sunday)
Time: 4:00pm
Venue:  504, 30th Avenue NW, Calgary, AB T2M 2N6 


Thanksgiving & Sharing Dinner:

Following the service, you are also invited to join the thanksgiving and sharing dinner.  If you would also like to participate, please email Rev Tom Lo at ancgsc.pastor@gmail.com so that enough food can be prepared.

Good Shepherd (Cantonese) Calgary’s Thanksgiving

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1782094_732344816777925_277842301_nIn February 2014, Good Shepherd Calgary enters its second year as an ANiC church plant.  Since their inception, this church plant has been growing.  In their first year, 10 people were baptized and two babies were born.  One of the babies will receive infant baptism later.  In fact, the four generations of this baby’s family are members of this church (and some were baptized in this church).

May the great Good Shepherd continue to use this church as a community of worship and of witnessing Jesus’ good news of hope and peace.

To Be A Christian: An Anglican Catechism

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catechism-marqueeTo Be A Christian: An Anglican Catechism produced by the provincial Catechesis Task Force led by the Rev. J.I. Packer is now available online, please click here.

“To Be a Christian: An Anglican Catechism” is released. It is produced by the provincial Catechesis Task Force led by the Rev. Dr. J. I. Packer.In Packer’s words, it “is designed as a resource manual for the renewal of Anglican catechetical practice. It presents the essential building blocks of classic catechetical instruction: the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Commandments (the Decalogue). To these is added an initial section especially intended for those with no prior knowledge of the Gospel; as such, this catechism attempts to be a missional means by which God may bring about both conversion to Christ and formation in Christ.”

 

AMMiC 2014 Mini-Conference

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AMMiC’s first Mini-Conference for our clergy, church plant in-charge & evangelist were successfully held between Jan 20-22 (Mon – Wed) at our office centre in Richmond, BC.  We were very honour to have Bishop Charlie Masters (ANiC), Canon William Beasley (Greenhouse Movement), and Rev Jeff Weber (Anglican 1000) in our midst and shared with us inspiring and encouraging messages.

At the conference, we heard reports from each of our churches and also the potential of two church plants – one in Toronto among the South Asian community and one in Boston, launched in concert with the ACNA Diocese of New England, for the Chinese community.

Some of the photos of the conference are here, but for more, go to our Facebook site by clicking here and here.

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