On Wednesday evening, the Rev. Dr. Christopher Duraisingh breathed life into the gathering theme “together for the love of the world” for delegates at the 2013 Joint Assembly. Duraisingh, a presbyter of the Church of South India who is a visiting professor in applied theology at Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, challenged the Joint Assembly […]

  In a session appropriately named “Community Building,” the Ven. PJ Hobbs, Archdeacon of Carleton and Director of Mission: Parish, Diocesan & Community Ministries in the Diocese of Ottawa, and Rev. Joel Crouse, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries in the Eastern Synod and Pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Ottawa, took delegates […]

In the spirit of a fully integrated Joint Assembly, National Bishop Susan Johnson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and Archbishop Fred Hiltz of the Anglican Church of Canada equally shared the duties of delivering their opening report to delegates of their two churches, who are assembled in Ottawa, July 3-7. “One of the […]

After much planning and preparation, and a full twelve years following the signing of the Waterloo Declaration, the 2013 Joint Assembly—a fully integrated national gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) and the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC)—officially commenced this afternoon with an Opening Worship service full of creativity, hopefulness and a call […]

2013 Joint Assembly—Day 1, a set by General Synod on Flickr. Photos from the first day of the 2013 Joint Assembly.

2013 Joint Assembly—Opening Worship, a set on Flickr. A selection of photos from the opening worship, 2013 Joint Assembly.

For God so loved the world…..that we now gather together for the love of God and together for the love of the world.