May 9, 2013

Powerful new advocacy video features Holy Trinity

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Hear low-income people speak from experience, HT member and housing advocate Michael Shapcott outline the rich-poor gap, and a powerful call to respond to poverty in Turning the Tide, a new video produced by the Anglican Diocese of Toronto Social Justice & Advocacy Department. It’s meant to kick-start discussion around poverty and homelessness, and encourage action.

Many parishes are already planning events to show it, with a User’s Guide found at Social Justice and Advocacy web page. You can watch this 18-minute video at http://www.youtube.com/tordio135.

Advent 2

This week we light the candle of Peace as we await the Birth of Jesus. We read a poem from Wendell Berry and the Gospel

Advent 1

This Sunday we celebrate the first Sunday of Advent and light the first candle of Hope. The Sermon is offered by Dianne Mesh and describes

Pentecost 24

This week we celebrate the Last Sunday of the Church Year – the last Sunday before Advent! We affirm Jaden’s baptism and welcome him and

Pentecost 23

This week we celebrate the Twenty-third week after Pentecost with readings from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Church at Thessalonica and the Gospel

Priest and a Levite See the Wounded Man and Walk By 1205-1215, Chartres Cathedral, France

Pentecost 22

This week we celebrate Faithworks Sunday with readings from Paul’s Letter to the Church at Thessalonica, a sonnet by Malcolm Guite, and the Gospel According