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Page 2, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, February 4, 1987 We should all listen to communicate By Bill Le Grand We Christians are a strange, wonderful motley crew of people, from every possible tradition. Provided we affirm the authority of scripture, belief in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and accept the centrality of the CREEDS, we have a common set of denominators. Most important is our call into the Fellowship of a believing community , for it's here that the WORD becomes lived, believed, followed and proclaimed. Still, we're: not truly reconciled to one another as Christians in the Body of Christ. Why? I suggest because we do not listen and fail to articulate our Faith. Ecumenism is more than coming together in worship and fellowship; it's more than dialogue or blueprints on agreement. We clergy sometimes fail to THE MEMBERS OF the SCHREIBER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD wish to express their sincere thanks. to the KINETTE CLUB for their generous donation. THE KINETTES will be missed sorely, not only for their many good works but also for the cheerful manner of their members. Again, many thanks. recognize that Ecumenism is being in- vited into another tradition by friends, the result of which is a loving exchange among neighbors. Church of the Middle Way We Anglicans have perhaps one of the most unique expressions in Chris- tianity, and I don't mean "the Tory Party at Prayer". We call ourselves the Church of the Middle Way, for that's what we are. To others, Anglicanism must seem the em- bodiment of Ecumenism at work in one denomination, with our Low Evangelical Protestant and High Anglo-Catholic parties trying to recon- cile Liturgical forms, belief systems, sacramentalism, the Charismatic Ex- perience and the Authority of Scripture in one Body. It's not easy. I've worshipped in Churches where the Blessed Sacrament is processed, while priests incense the lecturn and altar, singing a Marian Litany. In these places, a whole range of ex- ternal signs are prominent- from cross- ing oneself (often with Holy Water), genuflecting and beating one's breast in the Prayer of Humble Access, to chanting the Gospel and intercessions in Latin or Greek. Other Churches have resembled the simplest of settings, where the altar is a plain table (without Liturgical covers), the signs are never used, the Holy Eucharist (as the Lord's Supper) is celebrated monthly or less, the organist or pianist plays a medley of Gospel, toe-tapping Hymns...the priests there are always 'ministers' and candles, Liturgical vestments and stain- ed glass windows are denounced as Anglo-Catholic trappings. Beyond baptism and the Lord's Sup- per, no other service is deemed a sacrament. SCENES for sale at captured for you by WHITE SAND LAKE | PHoToGRAPHY Spend some time in the country and experience the ageless beauty of the North Shore of Lake Superior S. 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Yet Anglicans of both parties do have fellowship and, in recent years, have recognized their common heritage as Christians of one tradition. The fact of the matter is that Anglicans have identified 'the Middle Way' as the only means by which we can experience harmony. This does not mean that High Chur- chmen wax joyous over an Evangelical Praise Service, from the Evening Church old, married or single. Cathy Withers, at 825-9495. Birchwood Terrace. awaits all. Grace Baptist Church in Schreiber Sunday School, all ages- 10 a.m. Morning worship service, 11 a.m. Sunday evening service, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Bible study and prayer, 7 p.m. Nursery provided for all services. Pastor, Rey. Jim Johnson. Phone 824-2402. Holy Angels Roman Catholic Sunday Masses: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m., Rossport, noon. Confessions: Saturday, 3-4 p.m. in Schreiber. Pays Plat Prayer Group: Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Holy Gospel Lutheran Mission You are invited whether you be a member or non-member, whether you be Lutheran or another denomination, whether you be young, We have a new pastor, Rev. Mark Moss, and we meet Sunday evenings in the chapel at Birchwood Terrace. Bible study is at 6:30 p.m. and worship service is at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8: 6:30 p.m. is Bible study (Witness Workshop Ill), and at 7:30 p.m. Worship service (Depression Part Ill). For more information contact: Rev. Mark Moss, 887- 3020 (of- fice), 887-2612 (home), Lloyd and Hilda Hiebert, 825-3897, or St. John's Anglican Church Holy Eucharist every Sunday at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist every first, third and fifth Sunday. Morning prayer every second and fourth Sunday at 10:30 a.m. On Fridays the Holy Eucharist is celebrated at 10:30 a.m. at You are always welcome at St. John's where all Christians are invited to receive the WORD and sacrament. 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As well, Anglicans have learned to recognize Christ's Presence in other liturgies- even those which seem alien to their faith experience. Anglicans have also known extraor- dinary changes in their ethnic makeup. Fully 52 per cent of our worldwide communion of 60 million are non- whites, and 35 per cent are other languages than English -in their liturgies. We're like most other denominations when we participate in Ecumenical 'dialogue- nervous about our: own potential loss if identity. In the sixties, we worked closely with the United Church of Canada, towards plans of unity. Eventually, these shared talks began to lose their momentum... perhaps because Anglicans and United Church folks were not ready to concede some com- promises on tradition. During the '70s and '80s, Anglicans and Roman Catholics have developed dialogue through talks, about the feasability of an organic union some day in the future. Again, Anglicans and Roman Catholics have maintained. warm and cordial relations, but we both see the need for further prayer and reflection, before we can all celebrate a common Eucharist. Anglicans and three Lutheran Synods have come to share inter- communion and fellowship in Canada and the U.S. Recently, an Anglican priest from our Diocese invited a Lutheran pastor to celebrate an Anglican Eucharist for Lutherans and-Anglicans in the sum- mer month, during his absence. The point remains that differences exist among Anglicans within their communities- much as they are present within other denominations. Our Middle Way does not rule out differences, but it allows Anglicans to worship in harmony and love. We, like other denominations, are hesitant about dipping our toes into icy waters. After all, we all mostly shared a chauvinistic brand of denomina- tionalism until Vatican ll. The glory of John, as the Holy Father, was not that he simply 'open- ed the windows of his Church for fresh air'. John, as pope, opened his heart to 'the Prayer of Jesus' for Christian Uni- ty found in John's Gospel. May we as Anglicans_and non- Anglicans, anticipate a greater unity of purpose among one another as brothers and sisters in Christ. May we not deny our differences, but celebrate them as part of our rich heritage developed over centuries of spiritual growth. May we, like Pope Jin Paul, reach out to our fellow Christians to live out our baptismal covenant, as members of One Church, One Faith and One God known to us in Jesus Christ. Above all, may we listen to com- municate the Good News of Christ's Reconciling power of healing and renewal for each one of us. Bill Le Grand. a . -) pad Ton"