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Prayer Request: We’re like too little butter spread over too much bread

By Archdeacon Alexander Pryor Over Christmas break, on a much-needed day with nothing on the calendar, I watched all three The Lord of The Rings films with my family. Near the beginning of the first movie I found myself struck by one of the many profound lines written by J.R.R. Tolkien for the character Bilbo Baggins. He says, “I feel thin, sort of stretched. Like … Continue reading Prayer Request: We’re like too little butter spread over too much bread

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The Almighty God is on our side!

So why is our imagination so limited? By Archdeacon Alexander Pryor Do we believe the words we say? As Christians we believe that words really matter. It was with words that God spoke creation into being. It was through words that the Father first promised that the offspring of woman would crush the serpent’s head. It was with a word – “it is finished” – … Continue reading The Almighty God is on our side!

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We’re trusting the God who Provides!

By Archdeacon Pryor Every year, each diocese that receives support from the Council of The North is asked to give an account to the “Grants Allocation Committee” of how the money was spent. This “GAC Report” (certainly an unfortunate-sounding name!) includes a number of questions as we show our stewardship of a shrinking amount of support from General Synod for Northern ministry. In the 70s … Continue reading We’re trusting the God who Provides!

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On Christ, the Solid Rock, We Stand! All other ground is sinking sand.

ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ? Click here. The Anglican Communion is a mess: the Church of England’s Synod voting to depart from scripture, Canada’s national Council of General Synod looking for loopholes to sneakily bypass our own Canons for doctrinal issues, and orthodox Bible-believing bishops representing the vast majority of global Anglicans looking for the Archbishop of Canterbury to be removed as the leader of the Communion. For faithful … Continue reading On Christ, the Solid Rock, We Stand! All other ground is sinking sand.

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ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᓄᓐᓇᑐᑦ ᓇᖏᖅᕕᐅᓃᑦ ᐳᓚᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᓯᐅᕋᖅᑎᑐᑦ.

For the English version of this article, click here. ᑕᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᖕᓕᑲᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᑲᑐ’ᕆᖃᑎᒌᑯᑦ ᐃᖏᕋᓐᓂᖓ ᓇᒻᒪᖏᑦᑐᐊᓗᑦ: ᑕᓐᓇ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᖅᕕᒃ ᕆᓴᑐᓗᖑᓴᖁᒥᐅᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖅᔪᐊᖓᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕉᒻᒫᖅᒪᑕ ᒪᓕᒍᒪᓱᐃᖅᓂᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᒎᑎᐅᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᓯᓚᖅᔪᐊᖅᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐊᖕᓕᑲᒥᐅᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖅᔪᐊᖓᑦ ᕿᓂᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᒎᖅᕕᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᐋᖁᓐᓇᐅᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᐃᕝᕙᖃᑎᒌᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᒃᑯᐊ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᖅᑐᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᔨᖅᔪᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐃᑉᕈᕈᓂᒃ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᖅᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᐊᖕᓕᑲᒥᐅᑦ ᕿᓂᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᖅᑐᑦ ᐸᔅᑐᓯᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖕᓕᑲᒥᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᒎᔅᐱᓖᑦᓂᒃ – ᒎᔅᐱᓖᑦ ᑕᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᓇᓱᒃᑐᓪᓗ. ᓯᑎᔪᑉᓗᓐᓂ (ᐃᖢᐊᖏ’ᓗᓂᓗ) ᑕᓐᓇᑦᓴᐃᓐᓇᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᒃᓕ, ᐸᔅ-ᑐᓯ ᑐᖁᓚᐅᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᓇᓕᐊᑦᓂ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᖅᕕᖃᖅᑎᑉᑎᖕᓂᒃ. ᑐᖁᓚᐅᖏᓚᖅᓗ ᐃᓐᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓐᓄᓯᕆᔭᑉᑎᖕᓂᒃᓗᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒑᕙᒪᑐᖃᑯ … Continue reading ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᓄᓐᓇᑐᑦ ᓇᖏᖅᕕᐅᓃᑦ ᐳᓚᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᓯᐅᕋᖅᑎᑐᑦ.

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Clergy Appointments in the Diocese

The Rev. Enid Pow joins the Diocese of the Arctic as Rector of St. Steven’s Church in Kuujjuaq, QC. Born in the UK, Enid trained and worked as a mental health nurse before being called to ordained ministry. Coming to Christ as an adult, she was ordained in 2002 and served in Essex and suburban London before moving to Canada to serve churches in British … Continue reading Clergy Appointments in the Diocese

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