This summer edition of the Communiqué features articles and updates focusing on the interplay between rest, reflection, hard work, and fruit. There’s also a note at the end about a certain kind of increasingly-common email … Read More
Soul in the City 2023 Recap
Grace Anglican Church | Fleming Island, FL Rev. Jack McNeil, Director of Youth & Families Praise God! Soul in the City at Grace Anglican was a great success in 2023 on a number of fronts. … Read More
Cathedral hosts Workshop on Art and Faith
St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral recently hosted Kurt Caddy, the founder of Fourwinds Faith and Art. Fourwinds is a ministry inspiring the church to engage with the arts in discipleship, worship, and evangelism. He works to … Read More
Summer 2023 Email Safety Tips
I’m sure by now many of you have received at least one email claiming to be your rector, boss, or friend, asking you to “do a favor” or “a special task.” Some have even gone … Read More
June Communiqué: GAFCON IV Edition
This month’s newsletter is devoted to reflections on April’s GAFCON IV Conference and May’s Strategic Planning Event. As always, clergy transitions and upcoming events are found at the end of the issue.
Spring 2023 Transitions
New Staff Position: Director of Safeguarding The Rev. Leah Slawson joined the bishop’s staff as Director of Safeguarding, responsible for our Safeguarding Our People program. This includes oversight of our Safeguarding Committee, comprised of three teams: the … Read More
GAFCON IV: The Kigali Commitment
Here is the final text of the GAFCON IV Communiqué, known as the Kigali Commitment. Bishop Alex Farmer had the following to say: I am pleased with the final statement which was drafted and worked … Read More
GAFCON Day 5: Morning
Our morning began with an emotional time of worship music and morning prayer. Our own Canon for Global Mission, Fr. Keith Allen, was our liturgist, and Mrs. Sally Breedlove led our prayers. After the Very … Read More
GAFCON Day 4
During morning worship, Kanishka Raffel, Archbishop of Sydney, expounded on Colossians 3:1-17 (the text of which was yet again wonderfully presented by Dean Paul Donison). Peter Jensen, retired Archbishop of Sydney, led the congregation in … Read More
GAFCON Day 3: The Statement
At every Global Anglican Future Conference, the gathered body releases a statement. In 2008 that statement included the Jerusalem Statement, which has become a fundamental document for the Anglican Church in North America and every … Read More
GAFCON Day 3: Morning Worship
According to our pattern, the day began with worship: music led by a team from an Anglican church here in Kigali, morning prayer, and Bible teaching from Colossians by the Most Rev. James Wong, Archbishop … Read More
GAFCON Day 2: Afternoon
Much of the afternoon was spent discussing the challenges faced by the Anglican Communion today, and our hope for the future. In the session prior to dinner, the priests, deacons, and laity present broke out … Read More
GAFCON Day 2: Morning
Most of our delegation was able to breakfast together before joining morning worship, which was based on a traditional Morning Prayer service. The Very Rev. Paul Donison passionately presented Colossians 1:1-25 from memory and then … Read More
GAFCON Day 1
For the morning of our first full day in Kigali, the Conference organizers arranged various tours we could participate in so that we could come into contact with various aspects of Rwandan culture. A few … Read More
GAFCON Opening Press Conference
At the opening of GAFCON IV, Archbishop Ben Kwashi (General Secretary of GAFCON Global, and Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Nigeria), Archbishop Foley Beach (Chairman of GAFCON Global, and Primate of the Anglican Church … Read More