Investing in God’s Kingdom

What does it mean to invest in God’s Kingdom? Click to check out the latest newsletter on this theme.

 

Investing in God’s Kingdom (Click here)

Click to hear Andy Piercy’s recent message on Worship

On October 17th, St. Simon’s Church NV had the wonderful privilege of having Andy Piercy preach at both services.

Andy was in Vancouver as part of the Anglican Coalition in Canada First Regional Conference held in Richmond Emmanuel Church. He is on staff with the Anglican Mission in the Americas and was formerly on staff at the Holy Trinity Brompton, home of the Alpha Course.

For more on Andy, visit the AMiA’s website: http://www.theamia.org/action/mission-initiatives/

To listen to Andy’s sermon:

The Capetown2010 Videos are well worth watching

Dear friends in Christ,

 

You are encouraged to pray for our 29th Alpha Course ( and other Alpha Courses around the world) which is currently having its Holy Spirit weekend at a retreat centre. Please pray for our Youth and Young Adult Pastor Jill Cardwell who is giving leadership to the weekend.

 

 

Jill Cardwell St Simon’s NV Youth Pastor (click to hear her heart)

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Jill Cardwell who has been with St Simon’s NV for 1 1/2 years, shares her excitement about youth ministry

 

 Blessings, Ed Hird+

 

b)  Deep Cove shoreline (click to view the beautiful scenery)

 

 

2)

Daily Devotion On Fire: DAY 430 – God Says No, I Say Yes!

bishopsilas.blogspot.com ( you can still sign up today for another 100 days of prayer with Bishop Silas Ng)

Bishop Silas Ng writes: “There is no better teaching I have heard than what our Chairman bishop, Rt. Rev. Chuck Murphy, teaches about tithing. So you really need to see all the clips now from his talk of Theology of Stewardship last Saturday in our 1st ACiC/AI Regional Conference. That way at least, you will know why you need to tithe, though like many people you might still do what you want to do and not what God wants you to do”:

1. Why Bishop Chuck Murphy avoided Tithing

2. When I Write the Check, it Stings

3. Tithing

4. In the Garden of Eden

5. A new willing heart is needed

6. Stewardship insights on Abraham

7. Joseph’s Dreamcoat Stewardship

8. Jesus’ Kingdom insights on stewardship

9. Stewardship insights on Joseph & Moses

10. Stewardship through Jesus’ Parables

11. Prayer on getting out of the boat financially

 

3a)

 

Reconciliation – Gospel of Reconciliation – Rwanda | The Lausanne Global Conversation

conversation.lausanne.org

By Antoine Rutayisire: Find and share articles, videos, research and links regarding Cape Town 2010 Congress Video on The Lausanne Global Conversation.

 

3b)

 Ed Hird Dr Os Guinness is always well worth watching and listening to. A most original thinker. Click to watch these Lausanne 3 videos.

i) Truth – Why Truth Matters | The Lausanne Global Conversation

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ii) Dr Os Guinness video on Globalization, given at the Lausanne 3 Congress.

http://conversation.lausanne.org/en/conversations/detail/11428

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Dr Os Guinness said: “The rarest commodity in the west is attention, not gold, because in the West everyone is speaking, emailing, texting, tweeting, everyone is speaking, but no one is listening.”

 

3c) Ed Hird Bishop Cyril Okorocha of the Anglican Church of Nigeria shares at the Capetown 2010 Congress about Globalization: Worldliness and Renewal.

 Globalization: Worldliness and Renewal | The Lausanne Global Conversation

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By Cyril Okorocha: Find and share articles, videos, research and links regarding Cape Town 2010 Congress Video on The Lausanne Global Conversation.

 

3d) Ed Hird an amazing video of Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi, of Jos, Nigeria, discussing life at the intersection of other faiths. He shares how he represented Christ in the midst of racial unrest and violence.  “I have a gospel worth living for, and I have a gospel worth dying for.”

i) http://conversation.lausanne.org/en/conversations/detail/11459

ii) A Fresh Approach To Witness – Bold Proclamation | The Lausanne Global Conversation

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By Archbishop Kwashi: Find and share articles, videos, research and links regarding Cape Town 2010 Congress Video on The Lausanne Global Conversation.

 

3e) Becky Pippert is the author of the best-selling ‘Out of the Salt Shaker’, and spoke at our Anglican Mission Winter Conference. Her books are well worth reading.

i)  A Fresh Approach To Witness – Evangelism, Part 1 | The Lausanne Global Conversation

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By Becky Pippert: Find and share articles, videos, research and links regarding Cape Town 2010 Congress Video on The Lausanne Global Conversation.

ii) A Fresh Approach To Witness – Evangelism, Part 2 | The Lausanne Global Conversation

 

3f) Ed Hird Very insightful short skit

 

Bible Exposition: Drama “Letter” (Ephesians 1)

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In this drama, a group of Ephesian Christians await Tychicus’ arrival with Paul’s letter to their church. Fearful that he has been arrested at a Roman checkpoint on his way, they rejoice upon his arrival and begin reading the letter. Join the Conversation…

 

3g) http://conversation.lausanne.org/en/conversations/  (There are many other Lausanne 3 videos available that you can check out for yourself)

 

Bishop Chuck Murphy & AMiA team were so helpful

1a) Ed Hird

 

ACiC Ordination Service (click to see pictures)

 

1b)

 

 

 

1st national Anglican Coalition in Canada conference (Saturday Oct 16th) (click to see the photos)

 

2a)

 

Bishop Chuck Murphy shares about Tithing

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A most helpful sharing by AMiA lead Bishop Chuck Murphy on a theology of stewardship. This talk was given at the 1st annual National Anglican Coalition in Canada conference: part 1

 

2b)

 

Bishop Chuck Murphy in the Garden of Eden

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AMiA lead Bishop Chuck Murphy’s talk on a theology of stewardship; Part 2

 

2c)

 

Stewardship insights on Abraham from Bishop Chuck Murphy

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AMiA lead Bishop Chuck Murphy shares on the theology of stewardship; part 3

 

2d)

Bishop Chuck Murphy on Joseph’s Dreamcoat Stewardship

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AMiA Lead Bishop Chuck Murphy draws stewardship insights from Joseph; part 4

 

2e)

Stewardship insights on Joseph & Moses from Bishop Chuck Murphy

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AMiA Lead Bishop Chuck Murphy shares a theology of stewardship from Genesis & Exodus; Part 5

 

2f)

A new willing heart is needed: Bishop Chuck Murphy on Stewardship

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Until the heart changes, nothing changes in our stewardship, says AMiA lead Bishop Chuck Murphy at the 1st Annual national Anglican Coalition in Canada conference; part 6

 

2g)

Jesus’ Kingdom insights on stewardship; Bishop Chuck Murphy

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Jesus’ new covenant approach to internal stewardship; Bishop Chuck Murphy’s teaching on stewardship at the 1st annual national Anglican Coalition in Canada conference ; part 7

 

2h)

Stewardship through Jesus’ Parables: Bishop Chuck Murphy

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AMiA lead Bishop Chuck Murphy shares about the theology of stewardship at the 1st national Anglican Coalition in Canada conference:part 8

 

2i)

Why Bishop Chuck Murphy avoided Tithing

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AMiA lead Bishop Chuck Murphy shares his excuses for not tithing & how he began tithing his 1st 10% to God. He gave this talk at the 1st national Anglican Coalition in Canada conference: part 9

 

2j)

When I Write the Check, it Stings

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AMiA lead Bishop Chuck Murphy shares why he tithes even though it still ‘stings’: part 10

 

2k)

 

3)

We want the Queen! Worship insights from Andy Piercy

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Andy Piercy is speaking at the 1st national Anglican Coalition in Canada conference. He reminded us that there is a time for adoration. Andy will be preaching and leading music at our St Simon’s NV 9am & 10:30am Sunday devices

 

4)  

Daily Devotion On Fire: DAY 423 – 12 Days Fasting/Day 12: A Breakthrough for ACiC/AI

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The Anglican Coalition in Canada (ACiC) is a missionary movement focused on raising up vibrant and authentic Christians through organic congregations and a lifestyle of Christlikeness.

  

6a) This short video clip by Rev Edmund Ho is done in English.

Rev Edmund Ho shares about the new church plant Toronto Emmanuel

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Rev Edmund Ho is the Rector of Toronto Emmanuel, a Chinese Anglican church plant with Asian Initiative and the Anglican Coalition in Canada/AMiA

6b) This interview is in cantonese.

Rev Edmund Ho Speaks about the Toronto Emmanuel Church plant

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Toronto Emmanuel is a two-year old church plant. This talk is in cantonese. http://www.torontoemmanuel.ca/

 

7)

Martin Davies shares about Church of our Lord (COOL) Comox

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COOL is an Anglican Coalition church led by the Rev Dr David Bowler, which focuses on seniors outreach in Comox

Prayer by Bishop Chuck Murphy on getting out of the boat financially

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AMiA lead Bishop Chuck Murphy concludes his stewardship teaching at the 1st Anglican Coalition in Canada national conference with a prayerful call to get out of the boat financially

The Birth of the Book

By Rev Ed Hird

 

 

I love libraries. In our family, we have four favorite places for ‘down-time’ and restoration: beaches, parks, gyms, and libraries.  I see lifting weights and lifting up books as equally stimulating and healthy. One exercises the body; the other one the mind.

 

My parents love books. My father reads so extensively that he exhausts virtually every library he joins, and has to move on to another neighbouring library just to find new options.  Scholars have discovered that the best way to motivate one’s children to learn is by example. If your children never see you reading, it has a profound impact on their likelihood to pick up a book themselves.  There is no better way for your children to expand their minds than to turn off their video games, iPods, or TV, and actually crack open a thought-provoking book or e-book.

 

The latest library book that has fascinated me is Dr Andrew Pettegree’s “The Book in the Renaissance”.  Dr Pettegree is the Head of the School of History at the University of St. Andrew’s in Scotland, and founding director of the St. Andrew’s Reformation Studies Institute. I have learned so much from reading this amazing book. I was shocked to discover that before the sixteenth century in Europe, educators did not teach history in school. One of my growing passions is history, which is why I included so much Canadian history in my last book ‘Battle for the Soul of Canada.’  Dr Pettegree comments that “the teaching of history was in many respects the most original curricular innovation of the Renaissance period. History was not taught in the classrooms in classical times…”

 

I was also surprised to discover that in England, there was no formal provision for teaching writing in the grammar schools.  Few classrooms even had desks.  If one wanted to learn how to write, it had to be done during school vacations, perhaps employing a private writing master. 

 

The existence of books can be traced back to before the 7th century BC.  Some of the earliest books in Mesopotamia were made of clay tablets. Others were made of silk, bone, bronze, pottery, shell, dried palm leaves, or wood.  The Greek word for ‘book’ biblos originally meant “fibre inside of a tree”. The Chinese character for book is an image of a bamboo tablet.

 

The ancient Egyptians developed a very sophisticated form of book-making, using papyrus made of stretched-out reeds, pasted together in scrolls, sometimes up to forty feet. Beginning in the 3rd century BC, parchment made out of animal skins gradually replaced papyrus as the dominant form of book-making. Parchment was both very durable and very expensive. Until the invention of the Gutenberg printing press in the fifteenth century, virtually all books were handwritten manuscripts, often painstakingly transcribed in monasteries. 

 

We are all very aware of how the internet and social media has revolutionized our 21st century.  Gutenberg’s printing press was just as revolutionary.  Before Gutenberg, books were only for the wealthy elite.  After Gutenberg, books democratized Europe by making new ideas available for ordinary people. His revolution did not just birth printed books, but gave rise to newspapers, further educating ordinary people and infusing their minds with dreams of freedom and equality. 

 

The first book that Gutenberg printed was the Bible.  The ready accessibility of the Bible in one’s own language was a radical innovation that many bureaucrats resisted with a passion.  Bibles were burnt openly in every part of Europe.  Tyrants knew that if ordinary people were given a chance to read the Bible for themselves, liberty would break out everywhere.  As the Great Physician put it, you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. 

 

I was fortunate to be number seven of the eight people to receive an IPhone 4 at a local phone store. My only problem was that I didn’t know how to make it work. So I went back to the phone store, asking about the user guide. None of the three employees had ever seen or read the user guide. All had IPhone 4s. “How did you learn to use it?” I asked. One of the young employees said to me “I just pressed buttons until something happened.”  Eventually I found the user guide, and actually read it. What an amazing difference it made.  As my math teacher said in Grade 10, “When all else fails, read the instructions”. We live in an amazing age when most of us are able to read, yet we still often fail to make the most of this gift. 

 

Gutenberg gave us the gift of printed Bibles available for all to read. Isn’t it about time that we take a look once again at God’s user manual?

 

Rev Ed Hird, Rector

St. Simon’s Church North Vancouver

Anglican Mission in the Americas (Canada)

http://stsimonschurch.ca

- published in the Nov 2010 Deep Cove Crier

-award-winning author of the book ‘Battle for the Soul of Canada’

http://www.battleforthesoulofcanada.blogspot.com

p.s. In order to obtain a copy of the book ‘Battle for the Soul of Canada’, please send a $18.50 cheque to ‘Ed Hird’, #1008-555 West 28th Street, North Vancouver, BC V7N 2J7. For mailing the book to the USA, please send $20.00 USD.  This can also be done by PAYPAL using the e-mail ed_hird@telus.net . Be sure to list your mailing address. The Battle for the Soul of Canada e-book can be obtained for $9.99 CDN/USD.

-Click to download a complimentary PDF copy of the Battle for the Soul study guide :  Seeking God’s Solution for a Spirit-Filled Canada 

You can also download the complimentary Leader’s Guide PDF: Battle for the Soul Leaders Guide

Rev Ken Bell visits for the 65th Anniversary

 

Rev Ken Bell of St Timothy’s brings 65th Greetings

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Ken+ is the Rector of St. Timothy’s our sister congregation on the North Shore.

St. Timothy’s Church. We are a network of the Anglican Mission in the Americas serving under Bishop Silas Ng.  Our charge by our Bishops is to be faithful and fruitful in our communities.

St. Timothy’s Vision is to be

a nurturing, biblically-based community growing Christ’s Kingdom.

St. Timothy’s Mission is to

Go out into the North Shore community to
Gather all ages into Christian fellowship, so that we may
Glorify God in worship,
Grow to become more like Jesus Christ, and
Give of our time, talent and treasure to serve others.

Sermons available online	Next
Oct 03, 2010 Online	Rev. Ken Bell: ‘Counterfeit Gods: power, ideology & religion’ Daniel 4:19-27 / Matthew 23:1-12
Sep 26, 2010 Online	Rev. Ken Bell: ‘Counterfeit Gods: money & Success’ 2 Kings 5:1-14 / Luke 19:1-10
Sep 19, 2010 Online	Rev. Ken Bell: ‘Counterfeit Gods: sexuality and love’ Genesis 29:9-30 / Col 3:1-5
Sep 12, 2010 Online	Rev. Ken Bell: ‘Counterfeit Gods: intro’ Genesis 22:1-14 / Romans 1:18-25
Sep 05, 2010 Online	Rev. Ken Bell: ‘Blessings…new place’ Joshua 4:15-24 / Luke 22:14-23
Aug 29, 2010 Online	Rev. Ken Bell: ‘Summer in the Psalms, Book 4′ psalm 104 / Luke 4:16-21
Aug 22, 2010 Online	Rev. Ken Bell: ‘Summer in the Psalms, Book 4′ psalm 103 / Matthew 4:8-11
Aug 15, 2010 Online	Rev. Ken Bell: ‘Summer in the Psalms, Book 4′ psalm 91 / Matthew 4:5-7
Aug 08, 2010 Online	Rev. Ed Hird: ‘Summer in the Psalms, Book 4′ psalm 50 / Luke 12:35-40
Aug 01, 2010 Online	Rev. Ken Bell: ‘Summer in the Psalms, Book 4′ Exodus 17:1-7 psalm 95 / Matthew 4:1-4

The Table can use your prayerful support

 

The Table – Year 0 and Counting

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This is an attempt to share who we are and where we’re headed as a new church plant in Victoria. Like all church starts, we wouldn’t exist without support. We’re looking for more pray-ers, people, and resources.

 

Birthday Greetings to St Simon’s NV from The Table

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The Rev Josh Wilton, lead pastor of the new church plant The Table in Victoria, sends his greetings to the people of St. Simon’s NV on their 65th anniversary.  

To learn more about Rev Josh Wilton and his exciting new church plant The Table, click on http://tablechurch.ca/The_Table/Welcome.html

The Table is a church plant whose aim is to draw people into communion with God, community with one another, and to send people on a mission to bless their neighbours.

We are both organic and organized, existing as one church with many clusters, meeting regularly in neighbourhood groups, gathering frequently in common worship, and united by the same God, the same vision, and the same purpose – we want to see Jesus Christ revealed in common life.

We meet as a larger group on the 1st and 3rd (and 5th) Sundays of each month downtown at Church of Our Lord (map). We start with a meal at 4pm and move into formal worship at 5pm.

In addition to our larger Table gatherings twice a month, we meet regularly in different “local” Tables that meet in homes scattered throughout Greater Victoria. The groups have different mixtures of ages and focus, and If you’d like more information, please click on the email address below.

info@tablechurch.ca / (250) 661-4141 626 Blanshard St, Victoria BC / http://www.tablechurch.ca/

 

From Sept 13th to Oct 12th several of The Table’s home gatherings will be coming together to host Table Conversations, one in Langford meeting at a Serious Coffee, and one downtown meeting at Church of Our Lord. For more information check… out www.tableconversations.ca

Upcoming
Parabolas:

Stories Jesus Told

The Table is very much connected with social media, and has some great short video clips that they have produced. They are well worth checking out: http://tablechurch.ca/The_Table/Media.html

 

Note from Josh Wilton: “Thank you for partnering with us!

Apart from your prayers, financial support, and people connections we would not exist as a church plant. Take heart and rejoice with us as we see a new community formed around Jesus Christ.

 

If you are American and wish to give to the Table (and receive charitable income tax receipts),
Click on www.theamia.org.
Fill out the Donation Information
Under “Giving Opportunities” click
“Support for Designated Ministries”
…Specify “The Table.”

Note: Josh Wilton+ and Andy Withrow+ are both Americans who have lived in Canada for many years attending Regent College, before churchplanting with the ACiC/Anglican Mission in the Americas.

To donate by check, make it payable to AMiA and in the memo line write “The Table” and mail to:

The Anglican Mission in the Americas
PO Box 3427
Pawleys Island, SC 29585

http://tablechurch.ca/The_Table/Donate.html

 

If you are Canadian and wish to give to The Table, Click on www.canadahelps.org

- it will take you to the “Anglican Coalition in Canada” page.
Special Gifts
Under “Fund” select
…Island Church Planting Fund.
Designate “The Table”
in message/instruction box.
Monthly Giving
Under “Donation Frequency”
click Repeating donation.
Designate “The Table”
in message/instruction box.

The Table: How to Give

 

If you are Canadian and wish to give to The Table (and receive Canadian charitable income receipts), make it payable to ACiC and in the memo line, write “The Table” and mail to:

The Table
626 Blanshard St
Victoria, BC V8W 3G6
…
Thank you so much for prayerfully considering how you might financially support this exciting new church plant. Josh Wilton+ and Andy Withrow+ would really value your standing with them as they have just officially launched the church plant, after almost two years of gathering and preparing a church family. Most of their congregation are made up of people in their twenties and thirties, many of them very new to considering the Christian faith.

Celebrating a spiritual beachhead in Squamish

Rev Barclay and Mary Mayo once became nationally famous for shipping a church building by barge all the way from Vancouver Island to Pender Harbour. It became known as Noah’s Ark. 

 

Their latest calling is to plant a faithful Anglican Church from scratch in the challenging city of Squamish BC. Barclay+ is drawn to God-sized challenges. Your prayer and financial support are going to make the difference in this vital new mission.

a) 

 

 

 Rev Barclay Mayo and the Mountain Valley Mission Church

22 new photos

 

b)

 

 

Sea to Sky view with the Rev Barclay & Mary Mayo, Mountain Valley Mission (click to see the photos)

Recipe!

c) 

 

Room to Worship

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Rev Barclay Mayo talks about the room that they have to worship and grow in Squamish

 

 

d)

 

Mountain Valley Mission Food Co-op

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Rev Barclay Mayo shares about the Food Co-op in Squamish

 

e)

 

The Hebrew & Greek names of God

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Rev Barclay Mayo shares about posters at Mountain Valley Mission that really speak to him about God

 

f)

 

Where Mountain Valley Mission worships

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Rev Barclay Mayo shares about the muti-purpose room which they use to worship and to serve.

 

g)

 

Why,Barclay, did you come to Squamish?

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Rev Barclay Mayo shares about why he left Pender Harbour to come to Squamish

 

h)

 

Come Holy Spirit in Squamish

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Rev Barclay Mayo shares about the potential for one of the MVMission rooms

 

i)

 

Mission in a Kitchen

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Rev Barclay Mayo of Mountain Valley Mission shares about their kitchen outreach to the people of Squamish

 

j)

 

Welcome to Mountain Valley Mission

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Rev Barclay Mayo shares about the setting up of this exciting new ministry outreach centre.

k)

Barclay Mayo sharing his heart for Squamish  Uploaded by EdHird Rev Barclay Mayo invites you to share in this important ministry to the people of Squamish, BC youtube.com – Related videos

 

List & Bio of the AMiA speakers at the Oct 15-17th Anglican Coalition Conference

Andy Piercy

 

Andy was on staff as worship leader at Holy Trinity Brompton in London from 1993 to 2006. During that time he accompanied Bishop Sandy Millar and Rev. Nicky Gumbel to Alpha conferences around the world and across the USA.

 

As well as writing and recording many of the songs used on Alpha and at HTB he has also produced CDs for Delirious, Matt Redman and Graham Kendrick. Previously he was the lead singer with a professional rock band, ‘After The Fire’, who had a number 5 hit single in the USA in 1983. Before that Andy spent 3 years as one half of a musical duo working as full-time evangelists around the UK.

 

He is now living in Charleston, SC and working as a Worship Development consultant with the Anglican Mission in the Americas. He is married to Judy and they have three daughters, Ellen, Holly and Laura.

 

“Andy has an amazing heart to equip and train both musicians and worship leaders. Whether it’s bringing encouragement, input to develop individual gifts or teaching to resource teams Andy is amazing. He has enormous experience and is a person I hugely admire and respect. I’d always listen very closely to anything Andy had to say!” – Tim Hughes, worship leader

 

The Rt. Rev. Chuck Murphy

The Rt. Rev. Charles Hurt (Chuck) Murphy, III is a Missionary Bishop of the Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda and a bishop of, and chairman of, the Anglican Mission in the Americas. He served as Rector of All Saints Church, Pawleys Island, SC for over 20 years, and was the one who convened and later chaired the First Promise Movement that led to the formation of AMiA. Bishop Murphy graduated from the University of Alabama, then studied under Dr. J.I. Packer of Trinity College in England before completing his theological training at the University of the South. He served several Episcopal congregations before being called to All Saints in 1982. Murphy has led Vestry Workshops, Leadership Training Conferences, and has taught on many subjects throughout the U.S. Murphy is the son, brother and brother-in-law of Episcopal priests. He and his wife Margaret have been married for over 40 years and they have three grown daughters.

 

The Ven. H Miller

H Miller currently serves as the Executive Director for the Anglican Mission in the Americas. Born in Phoenix, Arizona to a Canadian mother and a father from the United States, he studied architecture at the University of Southern California before going into vocational ministry. After attending seminary, he and his wife Shelly spent two years involved in leadership training with Youth With A Mission. During his service as Executive Pastor of a large church in Phoenix he was ordained a priest with the Anglican Mission. He served as rector of All Saints Anglican Church in Morehead City, North Carolina for five years before joining the Mission staff in 2008 as Director of Leadership Development. He and Shelly have two children, Murielle and Harrison and they live in Pawleys Island, South Carolina.

 

The Rt. Rev. Silas Ng

The Rt. Rev. Silas Tak Yin Ng is the Rector of Richmond Emmanuel Church, BC, and was consecrated as a missionary bishop in September 2009 Richmond Emmanuel was founded in 1996 and is now a thriving congregation of over 400. Silas also serves as the Network Leader and principal missionary of the Asian Initiative (AI), a targeted ministry designed to respond to immigration from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea and the Philippines to North America. Under Silas’ leadership, AI has become a visible and mission-oriented community, providing a significant witness of the love of Christ to Asians while planting congregations within Asian communities in North America. In addition to the strong presence of Richmond Emmanuel Church in the Vancouver area, AI is planting a daughter church of Richmond in Toronto – Toronto Emmanuel Church. Silas holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the Music Department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and received his Masters in Divinity from Nashotah House Episcopal Seminary in 1987. He is currently participating in a Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California and expects to complete the degree in May 2011. He and his wife Michelle have two sons, Ignatius and Athanasius.

 

The Reverend Canon Dr. Allen Hughes

The Reverend Canon Dr. Allen Hughes is a canon missioner in the Anglican Mission in America. Allen earned a bachelor of arts from the University of South Carolina Honors College, masters of divinity from the University of the South Sewanee, and doctorate of ministry from Asbury Seminary.

 

He started a college ministry at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, planted a church in the Woodlands, Texas, and worked with Bishop T.J. Johnston to plant a church in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. He currently works for Chairman Chuck Murphy in the Anglican Mission and lives in Mt. Pleasant with his wife Louise and their three sons.

 

The Very Rev. Canon Mike Murphy

Mike Murphy serves as Episcopal Vicar to Bishop Chuck Murphy. Having broad experience in the business world as well as in the Mission as a priest, network leader, canon missioner, and member of the AMiAs Board of Directors, he is very interested in forming and planning new networks that can function in a fluid and dynamic fashion so that the number of networks can consistently expand. He has a gift for assessing various components of a range of strategic plans and identifying the consequences or domino effect – both positive and negative – as the Anglican Mission looks to the future. One of Mike’s unique strengths is identifying funding sources with an emphasis on ensuring long-term financial health within the Anglican Mission. He is also working to establish Cursillo, a short course in Christian living, within the Anglican Mission.

65 Years only comes around once…

 

Bonnie Chatwin brings Greetings (click to view)

Bonnie Chatwin a gifted clinical counsellor on the North Shore congratulates the St Simon’s NV family on their 65th anniversary.

 

Greetings to St Simon’s NV (click to view)

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Pastor Dwayne Buhler, Director of Missionsfest, congratulates the St Simon’s NV family on their 65th birthday