PARISH PROFILE
The Canonical Committee has now prepared the first draft of the St. John the Apostle parish profile, which is provided on the link below. It will be submitted to our Diocesan Bishop Melissa Skelton for her review prior to being finalized and used in the process of advertising for a new priest for the parish. You are invited to read this document and consider whether it describes the parish’s present situation and future goals. It will not be edited exhaustively before it goes to the bishop, but the Canonical Committee does want to know if there are substantial gaps or areas that might misrepresent the parish to a potential applicant. The accompanying document is the result of many hours of hard work, information gathering, and reflection from your Canonical Committee whom you tasked with this responsibility. Please support the process by taking the time to read it. If you cannot open the PDF attachment, you may contact the parish office to arrange to pick up a paper copy. the Rev. Stephanie Shepard Interim Priest-in-Charge, St. John the Apostle Port Moody, Regional Dean, Tri-Cities North Burnaby Parish Profile – St John the Apostle, Port Moody
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Funeral for Frances Gordon
A Service of Thanksgiving will be held for Frances “Fran” Mary Gordon on Wenesday February 28th at 11:00 am at St. John’s. Fran was a long standing and beloved member of the parish and will greatly missed by all. A reception in the hall will follow the service . All in attendance are welcome . Our condolences and prayers to all of her family and friends .
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ANNUAL VESTRY REPORT SUBMISSIONS
The Annual Vestry will be held on February 18th, 2018 in the church hall following the 10:00am service. We encourage you to bring a snack or finger food to share during the meeting.
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December 2017 Update from the Canonical Committee
It has been several weeks since Bishop Melissa approved the start of the Canonical process at St. John’s. The Canonical Committee has been meeting every two weeks since the process started We would like to let you know what has been happening and what will happen in the next little while. Progress to Date We have: Met with the Archdeacon of Burrard and Lougheed, the Venerable Phillipa Seagrave-Pride, to learn more about the process and get her advice Reviewed a variety of parish profiles from other parishes Reviewed the data we gathered in the parish including the results of our Lenten study and our parish survey Organized a gathering of photographs to select the ones that best represent who we are to be used in the parish profile Started to develop various contents for the parish profile Results of the Parish Survey We surveyed the parish in August and September. We are pleased to report that 65 surveys were completed. The following are the highlights of the results: The new mission statement received great support. Over 87% of respondents were supportive. The mission statement was later formally adopted by parish council. Our mission statement appears in the weekly E-postle communication and is: “The Parish of St. John the Apostle is called to be a Spirited Community at the heart of Port Moody, transformed through the experience of the presence of Christ and sent out to share God’s Love.” We asked parishioners what was most important in achieving the mission and the top three items were: Outreach (93.9%) Worship Style (93.2%) Pastoral Care (89.1%) We asked what should be the priorities for our buildings and the top three priorities were: Accessibility was by far the top priority (scoring 8.16 out of 9) Expand capacity of the worship space (5.81 out of...
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