By Genevieve Clark, Vestry Member at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Hay River August 13, 2023 – the day it all changed. It was the weekend of the Enterprise Jamboree, a time filled with music, games and laughter. After helping with the breakfast and church service held specially on the Jamboree grounds, I went home to take a break and tell my husband, Elwyn, about the … Continue reading My Faith has Sustained Me in Disaster
As wildfires raged across Canada, few ever
contemplated that multiple communities
across the Northwest Territories would be
evacuated over 1500 km south to Alberta. Continue reading Being Faithful in the Wilderness
By the Rev. Francis Delaplain On Sunday, August 13th we gathered at the site of the Gateway Jamboree in Enterprise, an annual music festival drawing people from all around. The Hay River Ministerial hosted a breakfast and then we had a service together. We fed over 100 people and over 60 of us gathered for the gospel service. Little did we know that same afternoon … Continue reading Gospel Hope before the Evacuation in Enterprise, NWT
By Bishop David Parsons This year as we began summer holidays, many needed prayer. Fires broke out at the Kátł’odeeche First Nation/Hay River NWT, Valleyview Alberta, in Val-D’Or Quebec, then fires broke out in Halifax. Later Halifax began to flood, and more fires broke out in Behchoko NWT and in BC. Following a 22,000 km road trip from Yellowknife to Newfoundland we returned to more … Continue reading Send Help, Lord! Send Help.
By the Rev. Victor Johnson Priest-in-Charge of Aklavik & Regional Dean of the Mackenzie Delta Being raised in Southeast Asia and now adapting to the Canadian lifestyle has surely been an extraordinary trip. Coming from a warmer context to a freezing, Arctic place had been truly a adventurous Faith Journey. Every time we travel from Coast to Coast, while learning Eastern & Western Arctic, and … Continue reading 8 Exciting Years in the Canadian North
