Anglicans, Lutherans celebrate partnership.Whether Lutherans are many, as in parts of the west, or few, as in the east, many Anglicans heeded the call from the two churches' leadership to use the time near Reformation Sunday and All Saints All´ Saints` 1. The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival. to celebrate a new relationship. In a letter signed by the Anglican primate, Archbishop Michael Peers The Most Reverend Michael Geoffrey Peers (born 1934) was Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1986 till 2004. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1934, Archbishop Peers completed an undergraduate degree in languages at the University of British Columbia in 1956 , and former Lutheran National Bishop Telmor Sartison, the national councils of both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) (French: Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne au Canada) is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 182,077 baptized members in 624 congregations. , and the Anglican Church of Canada suggested the week of October 28 to Nov. 1 to celebrate the new relationship. Both the Anglican General Synod The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. Church of England In the Church of England, General Synod was instituted in 1970 and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had and the Lutheran national convention approved full communion in Waterloo, Ont. last summer. However, Oct. 28 also corresponded with the Edmonton meeting of the Anglican house of bishops, so dioceses found themselves without a bishop to celebrate a special service. The diocese of Algoma held a service on Oct. 14 at Zion Lutheran Church in Sault Ste. Marie Sault Sainte Marie — pronounced "Soo Saint Marie" (IPA /su seɪnt məˈɹi/) — is the name of two cities on the Saint Marys River, which forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada. , Ont. Bishop Michael Pryse of the Eastern Synod of ELCIC ELCIC Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada presided, and Bishop Ron Ferris of Algoma preached. The church was so full that chairs had to be placed in the aisles to accommodate the overflow, said Archdeacon Susan DeGruchy, executive archdeacon to Bishop Ferris. The service followed the format of the historic celebratory service at the Waterloo recreation complex on July 8. The diocese of Algoma also planned another joint service for Thunder Bay, Ont. The opportunity to hold joint services or joint deanery meetings in the diocese of Brandon was bypassed because of the election of new bishops in October. However, Mike Lowry, administrative assistant for the diocese of Brandon, noted that in Brandon three Anglican parishes held an early outdoor summer service with Redeemer Lutheran church in a local park. There was a large celebratory service between St. Barnabas Anglican and Hope Lutheran churches in Calgary on Oct. 28. St. Barnabas has 400 families on its parish roles and Hope Lutheran "is pretty big as well," said Rev. Grant Rodgers, rector of St. Barnabas. Mr. Rodgers preached the sermon at that service, and the following Sunday Stewart Miller, pastor at Hope Lutheran, preached at St. Barnabas. Lutherans also celebrate Reformation Sunday. In the diocese of Toronto, the Anglican churches and Christ Lutheran church Christ Lutheran Church is a common name for churches, including:
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