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Workshop on Ending sexual violence against children

Churches in Nigeria gathered for a workshop on Ending sexual violence against children. The participants learnt about the Out of the Shadows index that illustrates how countries are responding to the sexual violence to children, highlighting areas for attention & advancement. The event was supported by the WCC

Priest takes the Gospel to the streets of rural Ontario

“They bring the agenda to the table, not me; I’m just a presence,” the Rev. Stephen Martin says. “Ninety-five per cent of the time, when conversations come about faith and faith issues, they bring it up—not me.”

A priest in the Anglican Church of Canada is reaching out to the unchurched by giving services from the back of his SUV in the parking lots of southern Ontario.

Since June 2018, the Rev. Stephen Martin, part-time incumbent of St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Stratford, and missioner for the Diocese of Huron, has been delivering Church on the Street — a program intended to bring church to people where they are. Twice a week, Martin hits the road and visits communities across the diocese in his specially equipped Ford Explorer — a sort of mobile chapel. He pulls into roadside coffee shops and makes his presence known, talking with anyone who wants to about God — or about anything at all — and even performing services.

“I carry my communion stuff with me,” he says. “I can actually put a table into my trailer hitch so I can sit back and make it what we call ‘tailgate church.’”

He also sometimes refers to it as “St. Timothy’s of Hortons.” Read the full article here
[[] https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2019/09/24/priest-takes-the-gospel-to-the-streets-of-rural-ontario/ ]

Bishop of the Bahamas calls hurricane a ‘national tragedy’

The impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas has been worse than imagined, according to the Bishop of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, Laish Boyd.

In a pastoral letter about how his diocese had been affected, he said: “This is a national tragedy which grieves and devastates all of us… The damage has been catastrophic. The human impact has been heart-breaking. The relationship between people and the sea in the Bahamas is intimate. Many people make their living from fishing. This hurricane has seen a friend become an enemy.” More at –
[[] https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2019/09/bishop-of-the-bahamas-calls-hurricane-a-national-tragedy.aspx ]