Dear Friends I bring greetings to you all in Christ, as we gather here at St Stephen this day on the ancestral territories of the Sylix peoples with whom we are on a sacred journey of truth telling, reconciliation and healing. We gather recognizing that this sacred journey is one we live into as individuals … Continue reading Indigenous Peoples Acknowledgement
Reconciliation Message
<a href="Noah Wulf, CC BY-SA 4.0 Dear Friends I bring greetings to you all in Christ, as we gather here at St Stephen this day on the ancestral territories of the Sylix peoples with whom we are on a sacred journey of truth telling, reconciliation and healing. We gather recognizing that this sacred journey is … Continue reading Reconciliation Message
Easter Letter 2022
Beloved congregation, I bring greetings to you in the name of our risen Savior, he is risen, he is risen indeed! “HE IS NOT HERE: FOR HE IS RISEN.” 1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 There was a violent … Continue reading Easter Letter 2022
Bishop Lynne’s Sermon of February 6th
Isaiah 6: 1-6In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty;and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2Seraphs were in attendance above him;each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered theirfeet, and with two they flew. 3And … Continue reading Bishop Lynne’s Sermon of February 6th
Christmas Letter 2021
Dear Parishioners, Greetings and peace to you and yours as we journey with great expectation from Advent into the profound hope of Christmas. The annual celebration of the birth of our Saviour reminds us of the capacity that God has to do the impossible. I wish to take just a moment to encourage you to … Continue reading Christmas Letter 2021
Hildegard of Bingen – a Letter from Bishop Lynne
An excerpt from Bishop Lynne’s letter to the diocese in the Kootenay Contact October 27, 2021: On the weekend I led a retreat at Sorrento Centre using Hildegard of Bingen as our guide for spiritual sustenance. The reason I chose this twelfth century mystic, a Benedictine Abbess and “Doctor of the Church”, is that she … Continue reading Hildegard of Bingen – a Letter from Bishop Lynne