The bishop led the three congregations of the Parish of Northern Lights in their 5^th Sunday joint service to Celebrate the 150^th year of the Diocese of Athabasca.  People from across the parish participated in the Eucharist service and potluck following.  There were several high lights to the event; blessing of a piece of art, recognizing a new Lay-Reader-in-Training, special blessing by the bishop of those who have birthdays within the week, a special cake for the celebration and lots of visiting. 

Last year, as part of the 150^th Celebrations of the Diocese the GIFT Camp was held at Camp Artaban.  It was such a success that several participants have asked that we do it again.  The next Diocesan Family Camp will be held July 31 – August 3, 2025, at Camp Artaban.  Save the dates in your calendar.  Stay in touch for more information to come.

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If you have an event happening in your parish please let the office know at dioath@telusplanet.net or call 780-624-2767.

Pastor Appreciation Day 2024 is on Sunday, October 13, 2024 and the entire month of October is known as Pastor Appreciation Month.  This is a special time for the church to honour and celebrate our spiritual leaders who minister to us and guide us through life’s ups and downs.  

Helping each other through the Parish Financial Assistance Fund.  Funds are disbursed according to the criteria of “Current Operational Account Amount” + “Other Non-restricted Accounts” < $10,000 AND, the YTD "Monthly Overall Income” is in the negative, as understood from the monthly parish financial update sent to the diocese.  Note: Parishes must send in their monthly financial update to the diocese for this to be considered.

Donations to the fund this month:                                     $4,000

Disbursements from the fund this month:                     $3,000

Current amount in fund:                                                        $15,000

Fund currently capped to not exceed:                        $100,000

Thank you for this great example of how we are pursuing what is healthiest for each other, thus sharing the love of Christ.  If you or your parish wish to donate to this fund, please contact the Synod Office at dioath@telusplanet.net or phone 780-624-2767.

We are pleased to announce that the IRC Portal is live and ready to be used.

A page on our website has been created in Resources for all to get the information.  

Here is the latest from the national church.

This week our bishop received a letter from the Rt. Rev. Wilson Kamani.  He would like to share it with you.

Dear + David, 

Thank you so much for the message and the question about the situation in Ibba. Generally, we have a new County Commission who is active with a vision. The Christians in Ibba are doing well, but the challenge is poor harvest this year which is not encouraging. People's hope relies entirely on the second season. 

Spiritually, some people are very passionate about their faith and some people are reluctant to join the Church, but they are in the forefront of our thoughts. 

As a Church we had a week of witness in the first week of September and it is the time in which evangelists are sent to the field to preach. It is the time backsliders are being invited to confess.

 We are similarly involved in peace and reconciliation program in the diocese so as to maintain the unity of our Christians and led us to agree on an annually function called " Ibba Day" which draws all the citizens of Ibba and friends of Ibba to meet on the 5th of January to 10th in Ibba to encourage each other, organize different activities on that day such intercommunity football tournament, traditional dancers, presentation of papers and others. 

Politically, we were supposed to have an election in December 2024, but it has been adjourned to 2027. Economically South Sudanese money loss its value every day and things are not easy.

We have Confirmation program in November. 

My regards to Benita and your Christians.

+ Wilson

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