Communications
Cornerstone
St. Paul’s is a vibrant, growing parish with an amazing variety of ministries and on-going activities that are of importance and interest to our parish and our community. Are you involved with the altar guild, parish council, men’s or women’s ministries, Christian education, outreach, prayer chain, youth group, or food cupboard? We would like to hear from you!
Do you curl, sing, quilt, or garden? We would like to hear from you! Have you read a good book, heard a good joke, or seen a good movie lately? We would like to hear from you! Is your ministry not mentioned here? All the more reason to let everyone know what you are doing!
The Cornerstone has been published monthly since January 2008. Copies will be available in the church on the first Sunday of each month from September to June.
Email your articles, pictures, reports, stories, announcements, and jokes to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . If you cannot email your submission, please put a hard copy into the Cornerstone mailbox, or contact Alison Stortz via the church office. Looking forward to hearing from you!
Current Copies of Cornerstone
Download February 2012 Cornerstone Download January 2012 Cornerstone
Mailing Lists
General Parish List
This list has notices of general interest for all parishioners. It is a moderated list, and only specific individuals are permitted to post here. Messages from all others are silently discarded. This is a low traffic list (2 or 3 postings a month). Subscribe, Unsubscribe, or adjust your account settings here.
Music
Members of our music ministries use this list. This list is unmoderated; all list memebrs may post to the list. This is low traffic list. Subscribe, unsubscribe, or adjust your account settings here.
Tech Team
The team that supports the church computer systems, networks, and sound systems lives here. If you would like to help with this ministry, join this list. This is an unmoderated list with fairly low traffic. You can subscribe, unsubscribe, and adjust you account settings here.
Eucharistic Ministers
This is a private list used by the parishioners who assist at the alter on Sunday, and at other services when needed. If you join this ministry, you will be automatically added.
Readers
This is a private list used by parishioners who assist at services by reading assigned lessons. If you join this ministry, you will automatically added.
A word about Netiquette
When posting to e-mail lists there are some guidelines that are generally observed:
- Please observe the usual rules of polite conversation – no name calling, derogatory references, obscenity or profanity. But, of course we are all good Christians and friends, and wouldn't do that anyway.
- When you respond to some ones post, use the reply button on you e-mail reader. This will ensure that your response goes to the list, so that all participants in the conversation are involved.
- If you want to start a conversation on a new topic, send an e-mail to the list, and use a clear and meaningful subject line. Don't reply someone else' post, and change the subject of the conversation.
- If you are responding to some one else's post, quote the relevant parts, and then start your reply below it. If the original post is lengthily, and you only want to comment on one part of it, delete the parts that are of no concern. You can indicate that you have cut parts out by inserting before and after the part you are quoting.
- Writing in ALL UPPER CASE is considered shouting, and is generally frowned on as rude.
Request a new list
If you have an idea for a list that would be of interest to members of the parish, please send a request to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . In you e-mail, please explain why you want the list, and the population that you believe would benefit from the list.
Synod in the Anglican Church
We as Anglicans have two synods. There is the General Synod and the Diocesan Synod. General Synod is the gathering of all the Anglican dioceses in Canada to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application.
The Diocesan synod is held for much of the same reasons, but, is focused on decisions that affect the parishes under the diocese.
Meetings, seminars, discussions, voting and eating all take place during a day and a half. Requests are put forward; decisions are made and in the end we return to our parishes. Here, back in our parish, we map out the plan to implement what was decided and inform the congregation with synod highlights.
The Diocesan synod is held once a year in October while General synod occurs every three years rotating across the 31 dioceses in Canada. The next scheduled General Synod will be held in the Ottawa diocese in June 2013.
Every three years, the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, of which we are part, meets for Provincial Synod. The Synod consists of all the bishops from each diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province (Toronto, Huron, Ontario, Niagara, Algoma, Moosonee, and Ottawa), the Chancellors of each diocese, and four clerical and four lay members chosen from the Synod membership of each diocese. The Provincial Executive Council meets between Provincial Synods. Two representatives (one clergy, one lay) chosen from each diocese's elected members of the Provincial Synod become members of the Executive Council. Its work includes issues such as theological education, religious education in public schools, social issues, government relations, chaplaincies, First Nations ministries, the Advisory Committee on Postulants for Ordination, continuing education, and non-stipendiary and vocational diaconate ministries. This is a busy and exciting Synod whose work is often carried over to our own Diocesan Synod's work. Provincial Synod will meet October 10-12, 2012 in Kingston.
Vestry
Every year in February the congregation of St. Paul's comes together to vote for the new members of Parish Council and approve the budget for the new year. Every year several positions on Parish Council are up for renewal. The nominees are presented and then voted on by the congregation present. Once the elections have been completed the current Warden's step down and the new Warden's come forward to have their budget for the new year presented, usually in a narrated style.
This vibrant, growing parish with a variety of ministries and on-going activities showcase their achievements and aspirations in the Vestry report. See what has happened in the altar guild, parish council, men's or women's ministries, Christian education, outreach, prayer chain, youth group, food cupboard, communications or administration.
The Vestry report is a two part document; the first is the ministry reports as previously mentioned and the second part is the budget for the upcoming year. Once presented the budget is voted for or against. The report on the web contains the draft budget. The budget typically passes without changes at Vestry; hence, the draft budget will be the budget for the year.
Vestry 2012 was held on February 12th at 12:30 pm.
Vestry Reports
Download 2012 Vestry Report Download 2011 Vestry Report Download 2010 Vestry Report Download 2009 Vestry Report Download 2008 Vestry Report Download 2007 Vestry Report Download 2006 Vestry Report Download 2005 Vestry Report Download 2004 Vestry Report