This letter was just released to the Anglican Essentials Manitoba mailing List. It is a true joy to be able to announce this.
Dear Friends
I am delighted to bring wonderful news about our Lord’s provision for the two Manitoba ANiC parishes, Church of the Resurrection in Brandon and the Church of the Redeemer in Dauphin. For several months now we have been in a search for a full time and permanent rector. Bishop Malcolm Harding has been serving in that capacity on a temporary basis, with the understanding that we would find a permanent rector in the Lord’s timing, and we have been greatly blessed by Malcolm’s leadership. Our search and prayers have been answered, our God is so good!
The Rev Paul Crossland has accepted our invitation to become the first permanent rector of both parishes. This will be effective September 1st 2008. Paul will of course be accompanied by his wife Ann, who is a retired licensed priest.
As the Rev Crossland is currently a priest in the Diocese of Athabasca in the Anglican Church of Canada, his move to ministry in ANiC will require a certain protocol or procedure. Paul has submitted his resignation to his current Bishop and parish, but remains a priest in the ACoC until he completes his obligations to his parishes (late August). At that point he will relinquish his license as a priest in the ACoC to his Archbishop (Bishop John Clarke). He then will be licensed by Bishop Don Harvey as a priest under the Southern Cone, and begin his ministry in ANiC in the Westman area. This process of licensing will also apply to Ann.
We are very blessed that the Crosslands have accepted our invitation. Many of you are familiar with the Crossland’s and know of their ministry from their time in the Brandon Diocese. Paul has a strong background in renewal and spent many years involved with Anglican Renewal Ministries. We know that this is the Lord’s will for both the Crosslands and the ANiC churches in Manitoba, and praise God for his unfailing protection and grace.
Your servant in Christ
Phil Varcoe
1 response so far ↓
Ted Dupilka // June 18, 2008 at 10:40 am
I have to say that I am delightfully surprised by the news of Rev Paul Crossland’s move to ANiC. As a former rectors warden, chairman parish council, and synod delegate, over the last couple of decades, through 3 or 4 priests in the Parish of Athabasca-in the Diocese of Athabasca, and having recently left the ACoC, the Parish of Athabasca, in the Diocese of Athabasca, I find this news almost
incomprehensible though very,very encouraging as Paul comes from my “former”
neighboring parish(Boyle). As a member Living
Water Anglican Fellowship(ex of All Saints
Anglican Church), I wish the Crosslands all God’s blessings in the Dauphin and Brandon parishes. May the Holy Spirit be with you.
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