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ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH
                               CHRISTMAS, 2012




     NICK’S NEWS




    Our new incumbent, Janet Read-Hockin (middle), shared some time with Gary Glowacki of
    The Bridge (left) and FaithWorks co0rdinator Karen Inselsbacher (right) after the service
    on Oct. 28. Get to know Janet better by reading 20 Questions With...on page 6.


     Making room for Christ in Christmas
         Preparing to celebrate a   decorating, gift               become blurred. For many,
     Holy Christmas, or making      preparations, celebrations     the expectations around
     room in our hearts and lives   with family and friends or a   Christmas and remembering
     to receive the Christ child,   host of other things, often    the way things ‘used to be’
     can be a challenge. The        propels us into overdrive      or ‘should be’, can also
     busyness of the season,        and the true reason for our    heighten a sense of loss or
     whether it is card writing,    celebration can easily         grief. For these reasons, and
                                                                   Continued on page 2


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    Advent all about looking forward
                                        Those four qualities or            By taking time to
Continued from page 1
                                    gifts of hope, peace, joy and     meditate in this way, or by
                                    love, are the focus of each of    taking time to worship, pray,
more, the season of Advent
                                    the four weeks of Advent.         reflect on scripture or spend
becomes an important focus
                                    One method of honouring           time in a daily devotion, we
and a gateway for making
                                    Advent and preparing for          are making room for the
room in our hearts and lives
                                    Christmas is to take time         coming of Christ to enter
to receive the Christ child
                                    each day or week is to            our hearts and homes anew.
more fully.
                                    meditate on the gift before       And that is what Christmas
    The season of Advent,           us in a three-fold movement       is truly about: making room,
which spans the four weeks          upward, inward and outward.       celebrating and honouring a
preceding Christmas, comes                                            God who chose to enter
                                        For example, the focus of
from the Latin words ad -                                             humanity in and through the
                                    the first week of Advent is
"to" + venio - "come". As a                                           person of Jesus Christ,
                                    hope. Step 1. The movement
season in the Chruch Year, it                                         imbuing all of life with hope,
                                    upward: What hope does
provides us with the                                                  peace, joy and love. It is a
                                    God set before me through
opportunity to look forward                                           gift unlike any other and
                                    His word and the coming of
to the coming of the Christ                                           worth taking the time to
                                    Jesus?
child and to the coming of                                            unwrap in the busyness of
Christ in glory. It is marked           Step 2. The movement          the season for it, alone, has
by a focused spirit of              inward: How have I                the power to transform us
expectation, anticipation,          experienced hope today or         and our world.
preparation and of longing.         this week? In what areas,
                                    situations or relationships do         May God’s blessings of
    At first glance, it may                                            hope, peace, joy and love fill
                                    I need greater hope?
seem like simply one more                                             your hearts and homes as you
thing to do in an already               Step 3. The movement          prepare for the coming of
hectic schedule but it is far       outward: How can I                the Christ child.
more. It is something we are        incorporate God’s hope more
                                    fully in my life and extend it        Yours in faith,
called to do in order to
imbue everything else with          to others?                             Rev. Janet
hope, peace, joy and love.


Words of thanks from Rev. Janet
        Dear friends in Christ,                      commitment, willingness to serve God and
        Words cannot express the gratitude I feel    hospitality which you, the people of St.
    for the tremendous kindness, warmth and          Nicholas, Birch Cliff, demonstrate in both
    welcome which you have extended to me and        word and action.
    my husband Joe. Over the past months, I have        I regard it as an honour and privilege to
    been blessed to witness the faith,               have been called to lead and serve within this



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                                      CHRISTMAS, 2012


    Lots of ideas, lots of work to do, too
    parish and pray that               for these ministries and          type, values and passions in
    together, by the grace of          prayerfully consider if God is    an easygoing and
    God, we will continue to           calling you to lend your gifts    enlightening manner and will
    build on the strength and          to them.                          be open to individuals of all
    witness of this parish.                Some of my hopes and          ages.
        To be honest, the              expectations match those              * Explore and initiate
    beginning of a new                 which were identified by you       opportunities for inter-
    incumbency can be nerve            in the Parish Profile and are      generational and family
    wracking for the new clergy        as follows:                       programs which augment
    person, the ministry staff and          * To visit every ‘family’     rather than infringe on
    the parish. For all involved, it   within the parish within the      present programs or forms of
    marks a transition in which        new year.                         worship.
    new relationships are being                                              Looking over this list it
                                           * To hold a Parish
    built and a mutual                                                   may sound like a lot but,
                                       Visioning process in early
    commitment is being made                                             with God’s help and a mutual
                                       2013 so that together we may
    to build up the kingdom of                                           commitment to ministry I
                                       seek to discern God’s will for
    God within and beyond the                                            strongly believe that all of it
                                       this parish and its ministry
    parish.                                                              is within our reach.
                                       initiatives. By God’s grace,
        I am deeply grateful for       this process will help us set         Finally, I want to express
    the guidance of our Wardens,       priorities and create a           my gratitude to the Selection
    Doug, Sonia, Anne and              tangible plan to move “into       Committee, not simply
    Brian, as well as St.              the future.”                      because I am grateful to be
    Nicholas’ ministry staff, The                                         here, but because the
                                           * Provide opportunities
    Rev. Dr. Alison Falby,                                               ministry they undertake is
                                       for continued spiritual
    Deb Chapman, Janet                                                   often far more demanding
                                       growth through such things
    Baron and Carmine                                                    and time consuming than
                                       as small group study and by
    Lappano as well as The                                               many people perceive.
                                       providing an opportunity for
    Rev. Joan Waters-Garner
                                       people to identify and use            As we continue to follow
    and The Rev. Canon Ian
                                       the gifts God has given to        and serve Jesus may God
    Noseworthy.
                                       them. To help facilitate the      grant us wisdom,
        I have a host of ideas,        former, we will be holding an     discernment and strength
    hopes and expectations.            Advent program on Handel’s        and fill us with the
    Unlike many positions,             Messiah in December. To           knowledge that "God can do
    ordained ministry does not         help facilitate the latter, we    infinitely more than we can
    have a formal built-in system      will be inviting individuals to   ask or imagine."
    of accountability. As such I       participate in the LifeKeys           Yours in faith and
    want to share some of my           program sometime in the           friendship,
    ideas with you not only as a       new year. LifeKeys is a
    means for me to hold myself                                              Janet +
                                       spiritually-based program for
    accountable, but also as an        discovering your life gifts,          The Reverend Janet
    opportunity for you to pray        spiritual gifts, personality      Read-Hockin



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WARDENS’ REPORT
    What an amazing year 2012 has been so far
in the life of St Nicholas’ parish. As we look
forward to the beauty and joy of the Christmas
season we also look back over a year that has
been filled with change and with many
wonderful and significant events.
    Perhaps the most important of those
events was the naming on June 10 by the Parish
Selection Committee of our new priest, the
Reverend Janet Read-Hockin. Janet and
her husband, Joe Hockin arrived at St.
Nicholas in mid-August and in October,
Bishop Patrick Yu officiated at the moving
induction service which officially made Janet
our incumbent.
    We are very happy to have Janet and Joe
with us as part of the St. Nicholas family and
look forward to many years of growth and
development as a Christian community under
Janet’s thoughtful guidance and insightful
leadership.
    A less happy event of 2012 was having to
prematurely say goodbye to our interim priest,       Rev. Ian Noseworthy had some help playing
Michael Pollesel. Michael had intended to            the keyboard from his trusty dog Kenny
be with us until our new incumbent was in            during the annual Blessing of the Animals
place, but his position as Bishop-elect of the       in October.
Diocese of Uruguay required him to be there
in early June.                                            We have welcomed back our former
    We were very sorry to see him go but we           priests, Jack Roney (April), Prue Chambers
understood, and were fortunate that Bishop Yu         (May), Ian Nichols (September) and most
was able to appoint as an “interim for our            recently, Kevin Robertson in October as
interim,” the Rev. Ron Scott who took over            guest preachers and have enjoyed the
capably until the arrival of Rev. Janet in August.    opportunity to hear and reconnect with our
Although this was a somewhat shaky period for         former spiritual leaders.
us all, we weathered it well thanks to the                The major focus of our anniversary year
strength and commitment of all those involved         was the Homecoming Weekend of June 9 and
in ministry at St Nick’s.                             10. The Gala Dinner and Dance held at Ella’s
    Of course this year the other major events        Ballroom on the Saturday evening was a
were most certainly the Centennial events
themselves.                                            Continued on page 5



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                               CHRISTMAS, 2012



    Centennial wasn’t only highlight
wonderful event, followed on Sunday morning      planning and carrying out of this wonderful
by our homecoming service at which we were       project.
honoured to have as celebrant and homilist the       In August, Deb Chapman and her team
Primate of Canada, the Right Reverend            of volunteers once again held a very successful
Fred Hiltz.                                      Vacation Bible Camp at which more than 20
    The choir’s singing of the Centennial        children had fun while learning about the five
anthem commissioned from composer Barry          essential ingredients of a joy-filled life at the
Peters was a highlight of the service, while     ‘Taste and See’ Café.
the floral display organized by the altar guild       Our 96 year-old building also received its
meant that St. Nicholas had never looked so      share of attention this year. And it was
beautiful.                                       definitely needed. The kitchen renovation is
    The weekend of our 100th anniversary was     virtually finished and functioned well for the
truly memorable and was a tribute to all the     Bazaar tea room. The exterior tuck-pointing
organizers, led by Betsy Jones (Altar Guild),    was carried out earlier in the year, which
Doreen Moffat and Jane Roberts (Gala             allowed us to then repair the interior damage
committee).                                      which had been caused by water seepage,
    Centennial events continued over the next    particularly in the Manderley entrance and the
few months. First was the unveiling of a         book room.
Heritage Toronto plaque on August 9, the date        These areas have now been repaired and
on which 100 years earlier the original church   plastered and while some painting still remains
was dedicated. This plaque outlining St          to be done, the work is otherwise finished. A
Nicholas’ history in Birch Cliff is now           very large debt of gratitude is owed particularly
mounted on the wall to the west of the main      to Reg McRae who organized, oversaw and
door of the church.                              did a lot of the work on these important
    The end of September brought our             projects.
neighbourhood street party run by Suzanne            All in all, this has been an exciting and
Lehtinen, Joan-Mary Spencer and a host           eventful year in the life of our parish. Despite
of volunteers. Manderley Avenue was closed       not having an incumbent for more than half
off, hot dogs served, games played and a good     the year and the perhaps inevitable drop-off in
time had by all as we shared our centennial      attendance and offerings, we are now seeing
with the local community.                        that trend reversed as Janet settles in here at
    In addition to Centennial events, many       St. Nick’s.
other things were happening during the year.         We are truly blessed in our parish family
Spring saw the completion of the planting of     and, as ever, we thank you all so much for your
the new gardens and the dedication in May by     efforts and for your ongoing prayers and
Canon Prue Chambers of the Kennington            support.
Memorial Garden. Thanks are due to Arlene            The Churchwardens - Doug Goss,
McGuire and the other members of the small       Sonia Halloran, Anne Moir and Brian
but dedicated garden committee for the           Todd




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                                  CHRISTMAS, 2012



  20 QUESTIONS WITH...
  ...our new incumbent, Rev. Janet Read-Hockin
    1. Tell us a little about yourself. Where      share a few insights and welcome any further
are you from originally? Did you come              dialogue.
from a big family? Have you ever driven a              Following the death of my father when I
tractor?                                           was 14, God and I had a parting of ways. At
    I was born and raised in central Toronto       that time, and for several years, I could not
and I am the youngest of five children. Before      reconcile the notion of a loving God with the
arriving at St. Nicholas, I would have said that   reality of suffering and death.
I came from a big family but I have                    It took me a long time to recognize that it
subsequently learned that five children or          was I who had left God rather than God who
seven family members does not constitute a         had left me.
large family! While I have never driven a
                                                       I truly believe that one of the most
tractor, I have been a passenger on a ski-doo.
                                                   powerful aspects of the Christian story is that
    2. Can you tell us a little about your         Christ is present even in the midst of that
journey that led you to entering the               suffering seeking to bring light even when we
clergy?                                            feel overwhelmed with darkness.
    I am afraid that my answer to this question
would be far too long to print, however I will      Continued on page 7


               CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Sunday, December 16                 10:30 a.m. – Sung               Sunday, December 30
(Advent 3)                          Eucharist with Church           (First Sunday after
8:30 a.m. – Holy                    School                          Christmas)
Eucharist                           Monday, December 24             8:30 a.m. - Holy
10:30 a.m. – Sung                   (Christmas Eve)                 Eucharist
Eucharist with Church               5 p.m. - Holy Eucharist         10:30 a.m. – Sung
School                              7 p.m. - Family Eucharist       Eucharist
7 p.m. –A Service of                with Pageant                    Sunday, January 6
Lessons and Carols                  11 p.m. - Traditional           (Epiphany)
Sunday December 23                  Eucharist with Candlelight      8:30 a.m. – Holy
(Advent 4)                          Tuesday, December 25            Eucharist
8:30 a.m - Holy                     (Christmas Day)                 10:30 a.m. - Sung
Eucharist                           10:30 a.m. - Sung               Eucharist
                                    Eucharist



  
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                                    CHRISTMAS, 2012

                                                        4. So you have a cat named Neil Young?
Continued from page 6
                                                    What’s up with that? Why wouldn’t you
                                                    name him Cat Stevens instead?
    In terms of my sense of call to ordained
ministry, I can honestly say that it was not a          Neil Young, our cat, was named by my
call I was expecting! I began my M.Div. at          husband Joe on the day he brought him home
Wycliffe College in 1990 with the intention of       from a farm. The poor little kitten was
going into Inner-city Youth Work as a lay           meowing like crazy in the car but when Neil
person. In the summer of 1991, I carried out a      Young’s song Harvest Moon came on the radio,
summer internship in the Parish of Parham-          he stopped meowing and calmed down
Sharbot Lake in the Diocese of Ontario.             completely. Maybe if it was Cat’s in the Cradle or
                                                    Father and Son on the radio it would have been
    It was through the ministry opportunities       a different story!
and my experience there that the sense of
being called to ordained ministry came to the           5. What inspires you?
forefront for the first time. I was not prepared          Jesus and the lives of faith of his followers.
for it and actually dropped out of Wycliffe for          6. Is there a little corner of the world
six years. Over those years, the personal sense     to which you like to escape?
of call continued and was further affirmed
                                                        Yes, our cottage near Parry Sound.
within a broader Church context.
                                                        7. What’s on you iPod (if you have one)?
    In 1996, I returned to Wycliffe, completed
my degree and was Ordained a Deacon in the              If we change the “o” to an “a” I do have one.
Diocese of Toronto in 1999.                         While I am still learning to use my iPad, it has
                                                    various Apps, music and videos and a calendar
    In all honesty, this is an highly abbreviated
                                                    that I am still trying to figure out how to sync!
sharing of my faith journey and call to ordained
ministry. I will share, however, one quote that         8. What book are you reading at the
has been very formative for me in my own            moment?
journey and the exercise of ordained ministry.          Sara Miles’ Take this Bread and Jann Arden’s
The quote is from Frederick Buechner and may        Fa$ing Backwards.
be paraphrased as “Your vocation in life is that        9. Do you have a favourite saint? Who
place where your great joy meets the hunger of      is it and why?
the world.” I think that this is at the heart of
all ministry – lay or ordained.                         I am grateful that you used small “s” saint
                                                    and the answer in this case is my mom, Helen,
    For me, that ‘great joy’ was, and is, in        who is alive and well and has been, and
proclaiming the good news of God in Jesus           continues to be, one of my “heroes of faith.”
Christ.                                             She is my favourite saint because she has
    3. Good thing you kept it short. So you         modeled a depth of faith, faithful living and
graduated from Wycliffe, eh? The kids at            humility that I can only aspire to match and
Trinity say that’s where the nerds go.              there have been countless times where she has
What do you think of that?                          helped me “grow into the person I know Christ
    By nerd, do you mean those who self-            wants me to be much more so than I could
identify that “Nunc Est Regni Deus” (now is         have on my own.”
the reign of God)? If so, I’m pretty sure that          10. What would you be doing if you
they are nerds too! If I’m quoting Latin,                were not an Anglican priest?
though, does that make me a nerd?



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                                       CHRISTMAS, 2012

     Continued from page 7                                  While I do not expect to live to 126 years
                                                        of age, I absolutely expect to see the Maple
                                                        Leafs win a Stanley Cup again. After all, not
        I really do not know as I struggle to even      only am a Torontonian, I am also a person of
    imagine doing anything else.                        faith and, in this case, faith truly is “the
        11. What’s your idea of a perfect               substance of things hoped for, the promise of
    evening?                                                              things not yet seen.”
        It would be an                                                     15. What are you looking
    evening with my                                                        forward to accomplishing
    husband Joe and the                                                    here at St. Nick’s?
    “perfect” part would be                                                I am hoping to continue to
    far less about what we                                                 build on the strength that is
    are doing than simply                                                  already present by fostering a
    having time to spend                                                   continued deepening of our
    together. As I think                                                   life of faith as it is revealed
    about it, however, it                                                  and lived out in and through
    would probably be an                                                   the person of Jesus Christ.
    evening at our cottage,                                                More details may be found in
    enjoying a nice dinner                                                 my article in this edition and
    that we cooked together                                                in the weeks, months and
    and watching the                                                       years to come!
    sunset.                                                                16. What’s your pet peeve?
        12. What would                                                     When we fail to respect one

                                                                                                             ..
    you like inscribed on                                                  another’s ministry.
    your tombstone?
                                                                           17. If you were having the
        “I will lift up mine
                                 Rev. Janet seems to think this will Archbishop of Canterbury
    eyes unto the hills”. It
                                 happen again in her lifetime.            over for dinner, what
    was the inscription on
                                 Good luck with that one.                 would you cook?
    my father’s family
    tombstone and when I                                                  Joe barbecues a pretty
    visited his grave as a teenager I would always                        incredible steak so I’ll have to
    read the words aloud without knowing where          go with that – providing, of course, that the
    they came from. Searching for the words             Archbishop doesn’t have any dietary
    within their full context was probably the first     restrictions.
    time I opened the Bible for myself and that             18. What is your all-time favourite
    has made all the difference.                         movie?
        13. What are your interests outside                 Pride and Prejudice.
    your job?                                               19.And your favorite book?
        I love to read, garden poorly but with              Also Pride and Prejudice.
    enthusiasm, and I like to turn pens on my
                                                            20. Do you have a personal credo?
    wood lathe.
                                                            It isn’t a personal credo but the phrase that
        14. Do you think you’ll live to see the
                                                        came into my head is “salvation is about great
    Maple Leafs win a Stanley Cup? In other
                                                        weeping and great laughter.”
    words, are you expecting to live to 126?



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                                    CHRISTMAS, 2012


    Outreach shows how much we care
    By Deb Chapman and Sonia                       agencies and at tax time by providing free
Halloran
                                          income tax service. At St. Nicholas we continue
    Autumn is the time of harvest and the          to support the work of the food bank, both
markets are full of the amazing bounty of          financially and through many volunteer hours. In
colourful fruits and vegetables that inspire       fact, one of our parishioners has been
comforting thoughts of rich stews and hearty       volunteering weekly at the food bank since it
soups to keep us warm as the days get shorter      began.
and colder. But for                                                          We are also involved in
many, there is no                                                            the Beach Interfaith
comfort because the                                                          Lunch Program, which
cost of these wonderful                                                      provides hot lunches
fresh fruits and                                                             Monday through
vegetables is                                                                Friday at various
prohibitive. You can                                                         locations. Last year, St.
help.                                                                        Nicholas partnered
    St. Nicholas is                                                          with St. John the
involved in two major                                                        Baptist, Norway to
food ministries that                                                         provide nutritious
provide fresh fruits and                                                     lunches utilizing as
vegetables, in various                                                       many fresh fruits and
ways to those who                                                            vegetables as possible.
cannot afford to buy                                                          We served between 50
them. We are a founding                                                      and 85 guests each
member of Churches by                                                        Tuesday, working on a
the Bluffs Food Bank,                                                         schedule of ‘two weeks
that operates out of                                                         on and two weeks off ’
Birchcliff Bluffs United                                                       with the St. John’s
Church. This food bank                                                       team. This year, they
serves over 300 families                                                     have run into a
and is committed to                                                          volunteer problem,
enhancing hampers                                                             which means St. John’s
with as many fresh                                                            is unable to meet this
items as possible. Your      Kids attending The Amazing Christmas             schedule. In order to
donations of food and        Feast on Dec. 23 will get some face time         continue this
money help ensure that with Santa Claus two days before                       necessary ministry, we
they meet their              Christmas.                                       have committed to
commitments.                                                                  providing lunch every
    In addition to providing food hampers and a week, at least for the time being.
free lunch to their clients, the food bank also
offers advocacy and assistance by facilitating       Continued on page 10
referrals to other government and social


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                                  CHRISTMAS, 2012

Continued from page 9                   In addition, essentials such   POETRY CORNER
                                    as toilet tissue, toothpaste and   By Joan Clarke
                                    other hygiene items generously
    This additional                                                      As Christmas Carols
                                    donated by St. Nick’s
commitment means that both
                                    parishioners are provided for    fill the air,
our volunteer base and our
                                    those who need them.
financial budget are stretched.                                           With snowflakes
You could help in                                                      falling everywhere,
several ways. If
you have a few                                                           There are packages to
hours to spare on                                                      mail away,
a Tuesday you                                                            Rehearsals for the
could join our
team (please                                                           Christmas play.
know that you do                                                         The Christmas tree to
not have to                                                            decorate,
commit to every
week, just let us                                                        We sure hope Santa
know when you                           Looking ahead, while our      won’t be late,
could work).                        commitment to the food bank          Friends to remember,
    Also, if you like to bake you   and the Christmas Feast
                                    remains constant, we are         near and far,
could donate a dessert
periodically. Or we could always    conducting a needs assessment        As we gaze up at the
use a nutritious salad to           in order to identify what other  Shining Star.
complement the meal. Let me         outreach initiatives are most
know how you might be able to       needed in our area. The hope is      Recalling that very
help. A donation to the             that the program(s) identified    first night,
Outreach fund is another way        can be begun at St. Nick's in
                                    the fall of 2013.                    the manger and the
to help further both the Food
Bank ministry and the Beach                                          Star so bright,
                                        Nonetheless, whatever the
Interfaith Lunch program.           Outreach committee and               The shepherds
    And coming up on Dec. 23        volunteers take on, none of it   kneeling by His side,
is our Amazing Christmas            can be carried out without both
                                    the spiritual and financial           And gentle Mary’s
Feast, held in co-operation with
Wimpy’s Diner and BBNC              support of the wider St.         smile of pride.
(Birchcliff Bluffs                    Nicholas community. We know          Two-thousand years
Neighbourhood Centre). Each         that St. Nicholas is a church
                                    that cares and so we are         have come and gone,
year, literally hundreds of
people enjoy a turkey dinner at     confident that, as it has in the      Yet we still greet the
Wimpy’s and then come to St.        past, the support needed will be Christmas dawn,
Nicholas for dessert, a visit       most generously forthcoming.
from Santa, gifts and for the           Thank you for your               With wishes old, for
children, a colour photo of         prayerful consideration of       Peace on Earth,
themselves with their favourite     support for these food               As we rejoice our
man in red.                         ministries.
                                                                     Saviour’s birth.


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                                 CHRISTMAS, 2012


100 YEARS OF ST. NICKS
Exactly 100 years to the day after the official
dedication of the Church building by the
Bishop of Toronto on Aug. 9, 2012, Heritage
Toronto unveiled a plaque honouring the
Church of St. Nicholas. Highlighting the event
was the early arrival of Baby Victoria Catherine
Carter, born on our most significant centennial
day. Congratulations to all.


History of a Christening Gown
The year is 1955 and Rev. Garnsworthy is holding Betty Kimball’s younger brother, Rodger Brown, in a
gown passed down through the family back from the 1800s. Mothers, aunts, uncles, brothers and
sisters, daughters and sons and grandchildren have all worn this gown. Although not everyone was
baptized at St. Nicks, many were, including all the Brown children and Sheila’s youngest daughter,
Jennie, and granddaughter, Leslie. Last to wear the gown was Julia Durbin, seen here with her parents
in 2005 in Robinson Hall.




To help celebrate our centennial with the community, St. Nicks held a Street Party Sept.
29 on Manderley Avenue. From left to right, Sarah Brown is saved by Spiderman (times
two), some of Toronto’s finest make an appearance and Joan Wright has a hallucination
involving unicorns.


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                                    CHRISTMAS, 2012




2012: It was quite a year
         JANUARY 15
        Reg McRae shows up with his toolbox to
    do a few repairs around the church and doesn’t
    resurface until August. Apparently, he
    discovers the weeping tile needs replacing and
    decides to dig around the church himself,
    resurfacing only to set up tables every week for
    coffee hour.
        FEBRUARY 27
        A miscommunication leads to an
    unfortunate turn of events when Rev. Michael
    Pollesel urges the church to make a donation
    to the Primate’s World Relief and
    Development Fund. Treasurer Brian Jones
    dutifully signs a cheque, but sends it to the
    Primates Relief Fund, which is devoted to
    preserving wildlife for orangutans.
        MARCH 24
        Alison Falby is ordained as an Anglican
    Priest, making her full title “The Reverend Dr.
    Alison Falby, B.A. M.A, Phd, M.Div., Blesser
    of the Bicycles, Confirmation Guidance
    Specialist and Chief Bottle Washer.
        NOVEMBER 3                                     Al Pollard had a lot more than trinkets in
                                                       his pockets at the annual Bazaar.
        The Pick-A-Pocket scheme at the annual
    St. Nick’s Bazaar goes horribly wrong when
    one of the patrons accidentally reaches into Al     right to not have recurring nightmares the rest
    Pollard’s pants pocket and emerges with a ball      of their lives,” say the police.
    of lint big enough to choke a horse.                    DECEMBER 9
        DECEMBER 8                                          Newly installed incumbent Rev. Janet
        Santa’s elves at the Christmas Dance step       Read-Hockin is mortified at the presence of
    out for a breath of fresh air and are arrested      the Bishop St. Nicholas at 10:30 mass. “I did
    shortly after when the police respond to            not sign up for this,” she tells Archbishop
    numerous complaints from the area residents.        Colin Johnson. “Yeah, well, we should have
    “Hey, we haven’t done anything wrong,” they         told you about that guy. But we were afraid
    say. “Yeah, but look at those tights. They’re a     that if we had, you would have barricaded
    crime against fashion, not to mention a             yourself in your church in Shanty Bay,” he
    contravention of everyone’s constitutional          replies.



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Nicks News - Christmas 2012

  • 1. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS, 2012 NICK’S NEWS Our new incumbent, Janet Read-Hockin (middle), shared some time with Gary Glowacki of The Bridge (left) and FaithWorks co0rdinator Karen Inselsbacher (right) after the service on Oct. 28. Get to know Janet better by reading 20 Questions With...on page 6. Making room for Christ in Christmas Preparing to celebrate a decorating, gift become blurred. For many, Holy Christmas, or making preparations, celebrations the expectations around room in our hearts and lives with family and friends or a Christmas and remembering to receive the Christ child, host of other things, often the way things ‘used to be’ can be a challenge. The propels us into overdrive or ‘should be’, can also busyness of the season, and the true reason for our heighten a sense of loss or whether it is card writing, celebration can easily grief. For these reasons, and Continued on page 2 PAGE 1
  • 2. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS, 2012 Advent all about looking forward Those four qualities or By taking time to Continued from page 1 gifts of hope, peace, joy and meditate in this way, or by love, are the focus of each of taking time to worship, pray, more, the season of Advent the four weeks of Advent. reflect on scripture or spend becomes an important focus One method of honouring time in a daily devotion, we and a gateway for making Advent and preparing for are making room for the room in our hearts and lives Christmas is to take time coming of Christ to enter to receive the Christ child each day or week is to our hearts and homes anew. more fully. meditate on the gift before And that is what Christmas The season of Advent, us in a three-fold movement is truly about: making room, which spans the four weeks upward, inward and outward. celebrating and honouring a preceding Christmas, comes God who chose to enter For example, the focus of from the Latin words ad - humanity in and through the the first week of Advent is "to" + venio - "come". As a person of Jesus Christ, hope. Step 1. The movement season in the Chruch Year, it imbuing all of life with hope, upward: What hope does provides us with the peace, joy and love. It is a God set before me through opportunity to look forward gift unlike any other and His word and the coming of to the coming of the Christ worth taking the time to Jesus? child and to the coming of unwrap in the busyness of Christ in glory. It is marked Step 2. The movement the season for it, alone, has by a focused spirit of inward: How have I the power to transform us expectation, anticipation, experienced hope today or and our world. preparation and of longing. this week? In what areas, situations or relationships do May God’s blessings of At first glance, it may hope, peace, joy and love fill I need greater hope? seem like simply one more your hearts and homes as you thing to do in an already Step 3. The movement prepare for the coming of hectic schedule but it is far outward: How can I the Christ child. more. It is something we are incorporate God’s hope more fully in my life and extend it Yours in faith, called to do in order to imbue everything else with to others? Rev. Janet hope, peace, joy and love. Words of thanks from Rev. Janet Dear friends in Christ, commitment, willingness to serve God and Words cannot express the gratitude I feel hospitality which you, the people of St. for the tremendous kindness, warmth and Nicholas, Birch Cliff, demonstrate in both welcome which you have extended to me and word and action. my husband Joe. Over the past months, I have I regard it as an honour and privilege to been blessed to witness the faith, have been called to lead and serve within this PAGE 2
  • 3. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS, 2012 Lots of ideas, lots of work to do, too parish and pray that for these ministries and type, values and passions in together, by the grace of prayerfully consider if God is an easygoing and God, we will continue to calling you to lend your gifts enlightening manner and will build on the strength and to them. be open to individuals of all witness of this parish. Some of my hopes and ages. To be honest, the expectations match those * Explore and initiate beginning of a new which were identified by you opportunities for inter- incumbency can be nerve in the Parish Profile and are generational and family wracking for the new clergy as follows: programs which augment person, the ministry staff and * To visit every ‘family’ rather than infringe on the parish. For all involved, it within the parish within the present programs or forms of marks a transition in which new year. worship. new relationships are being Looking over this list it * To hold a Parish built and a mutual may sound like a lot but, Visioning process in early commitment is being made with God’s help and a mutual 2013 so that together we may to build up the kingdom of commitment to ministry I seek to discern God’s will for God within and beyond the strongly believe that all of it this parish and its ministry parish. is within our reach. initiatives. By God’s grace, I am deeply grateful for this process will help us set Finally, I want to express the guidance of our Wardens, priorities and create a my gratitude to the Selection Doug, Sonia, Anne and tangible plan to move “into Committee, not simply Brian, as well as St. the future.” because I am grateful to be Nicholas’ ministry staff, The here, but because the * Provide opportunities Rev. Dr. Alison Falby, ministry they undertake is for continued spiritual Deb Chapman, Janet often far more demanding growth through such things Baron and Carmine and time consuming than as small group study and by Lappano as well as The many people perceive. providing an opportunity for Rev. Joan Waters-Garner people to identify and use As we continue to follow and The Rev. Canon Ian the gifts God has given to and serve Jesus may God Noseworthy. them. To help facilitate the grant us wisdom, I have a host of ideas, former, we will be holding an discernment and strength hopes and expectations. Advent program on Handel’s and fill us with the Unlike many positions, Messiah in December. To knowledge that "God can do ordained ministry does not help facilitate the latter, we infinitely more than we can have a formal built-in system will be inviting individuals to ask or imagine." of accountability. As such I participate in the LifeKeys Yours in faith and want to share some of my program sometime in the friendship, ideas with you not only as a new year. LifeKeys is a means for me to hold myself Janet + spiritually-based program for accountable, but also as an discovering your life gifts, The Reverend Janet opportunity for you to pray spiritual gifts, personality Read-Hockin PAGE 3 enter text Type to
  • 4. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS, 2012 WARDENS’ REPORT What an amazing year 2012 has been so far in the life of St Nicholas’ parish. As we look forward to the beauty and joy of the Christmas season we also look back over a year that has been filled with change and with many wonderful and significant events. Perhaps the most important of those events was the naming on June 10 by the Parish Selection Committee of our new priest, the Reverend Janet Read-Hockin. Janet and her husband, Joe Hockin arrived at St. Nicholas in mid-August and in October, Bishop Patrick Yu officiated at the moving induction service which officially made Janet our incumbent. We are very happy to have Janet and Joe with us as part of the St. Nicholas family and look forward to many years of growth and development as a Christian community under Janet’s thoughtful guidance and insightful leadership. A less happy event of 2012 was having to prematurely say goodbye to our interim priest, Rev. Ian Noseworthy had some help playing Michael Pollesel. Michael had intended to the keyboard from his trusty dog Kenny be with us until our new incumbent was in during the annual Blessing of the Animals place, but his position as Bishop-elect of the in October. Diocese of Uruguay required him to be there in early June. We have welcomed back our former We were very sorry to see him go but we priests, Jack Roney (April), Prue Chambers understood, and were fortunate that Bishop Yu (May), Ian Nichols (September) and most was able to appoint as an “interim for our recently, Kevin Robertson in October as interim,” the Rev. Ron Scott who took over guest preachers and have enjoyed the capably until the arrival of Rev. Janet in August. opportunity to hear and reconnect with our Although this was a somewhat shaky period for former spiritual leaders. us all, we weathered it well thanks to the The major focus of our anniversary year strength and commitment of all those involved was the Homecoming Weekend of June 9 and in ministry at St Nick’s. 10. The Gala Dinner and Dance held at Ella’s Of course this year the other major events Ballroom on the Saturday evening was a were most certainly the Centennial events themselves. Continued on page 5 PAGE 4
  • 5. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS, 2012 Centennial wasn’t only highlight wonderful event, followed on Sunday morning planning and carrying out of this wonderful by our homecoming service at which we were project. honoured to have as celebrant and homilist the In August, Deb Chapman and her team Primate of Canada, the Right Reverend of volunteers once again held a very successful Fred Hiltz. Vacation Bible Camp at which more than 20 The choir’s singing of the Centennial children had fun while learning about the five anthem commissioned from composer Barry essential ingredients of a joy-filled life at the Peters was a highlight of the service, while ‘Taste and See’ Café. the floral display organized by the altar guild Our 96 year-old building also received its meant that St. Nicholas had never looked so share of attention this year. And it was beautiful. definitely needed. The kitchen renovation is The weekend of our 100th anniversary was virtually finished and functioned well for the truly memorable and was a tribute to all the Bazaar tea room. The exterior tuck-pointing organizers, led by Betsy Jones (Altar Guild), was carried out earlier in the year, which Doreen Moffat and Jane Roberts (Gala allowed us to then repair the interior damage committee). which had been caused by water seepage, Centennial events continued over the next particularly in the Manderley entrance and the few months. First was the unveiling of a book room. Heritage Toronto plaque on August 9, the date These areas have now been repaired and on which 100 years earlier the original church plastered and while some painting still remains was dedicated. This plaque outlining St to be done, the work is otherwise finished. A Nicholas’ history in Birch Cliff is now very large debt of gratitude is owed particularly mounted on the wall to the west of the main to Reg McRae who organized, oversaw and door of the church. did a lot of the work on these important The end of September brought our projects. neighbourhood street party run by Suzanne All in all, this has been an exciting and Lehtinen, Joan-Mary Spencer and a host eventful year in the life of our parish. Despite of volunteers. Manderley Avenue was closed not having an incumbent for more than half off, hot dogs served, games played and a good the year and the perhaps inevitable drop-off in time had by all as we shared our centennial attendance and offerings, we are now seeing with the local community. that trend reversed as Janet settles in here at In addition to Centennial events, many St. Nick’s. other things were happening during the year. We are truly blessed in our parish family Spring saw the completion of the planting of and, as ever, we thank you all so much for your the new gardens and the dedication in May by efforts and for your ongoing prayers and Canon Prue Chambers of the Kennington support. Memorial Garden. Thanks are due to Arlene The Churchwardens - Doug Goss, McGuire and the other members of the small Sonia Halloran, Anne Moir and Brian but dedicated garden committee for the Todd PAGE 5
  • 6. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS, 2012 20 QUESTIONS WITH... ...our new incumbent, Rev. Janet Read-Hockin 1. Tell us a little about yourself. Where share a few insights and welcome any further are you from originally? Did you come dialogue. from a big family? Have you ever driven a Following the death of my father when I tractor? was 14, God and I had a parting of ways. At I was born and raised in central Toronto that time, and for several years, I could not and I am the youngest of five children. Before reconcile the notion of a loving God with the arriving at St. Nicholas, I would have said that reality of suffering and death. I came from a big family but I have It took me a long time to recognize that it subsequently learned that five children or was I who had left God rather than God who seven family members does not constitute a had left me. large family! While I have never driven a I truly believe that one of the most tractor, I have been a passenger on a ski-doo. powerful aspects of the Christian story is that 2. Can you tell us a little about your Christ is present even in the midst of that journey that led you to entering the suffering seeking to bring light even when we clergy? feel overwhelmed with darkness. I am afraid that my answer to this question would be far too long to print, however I will Continued on page 7 CHRISTMAS SERVICES Sunday, December 16 10:30 a.m. – Sung Sunday, December 30 (Advent 3) Eucharist with Church (First Sunday after 8:30 a.m. – Holy School Christmas) Eucharist Monday, December 24 8:30 a.m. - Holy 10:30 a.m. – Sung (Christmas Eve) Eucharist Eucharist with Church 5 p.m. - Holy Eucharist 10:30 a.m. – Sung School 7 p.m. - Family Eucharist Eucharist 7 p.m. –A Service of with Pageant Sunday, January 6 Lessons and Carols 11 p.m. - Traditional (Epiphany) Sunday December 23 Eucharist with Candlelight 8:30 a.m. – Holy (Advent 4) Tuesday, December 25 Eucharist 8:30 a.m - Holy (Christmas Day) 10:30 a.m. - Sung Eucharist 10:30 a.m. - Sung Eucharist Eucharist PAGE 6
  • 7. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS, 2012 4. So you have a cat named Neil Young? Continued from page 6 What’s up with that? Why wouldn’t you name him Cat Stevens instead? In terms of my sense of call to ordained ministry, I can honestly say that it was not a Neil Young, our cat, was named by my call I was expecting! I began my M.Div. at husband Joe on the day he brought him home Wycliffe College in 1990 with the intention of from a farm. The poor little kitten was going into Inner-city Youth Work as a lay meowing like crazy in the car but when Neil person. In the summer of 1991, I carried out a Young’s song Harvest Moon came on the radio, summer internship in the Parish of Parham- he stopped meowing and calmed down Sharbot Lake in the Diocese of Ontario. completely. Maybe if it was Cat’s in the Cradle or Father and Son on the radio it would have been It was through the ministry opportunities a different story! and my experience there that the sense of being called to ordained ministry came to the 5. What inspires you? forefront for the first time. I was not prepared Jesus and the lives of faith of his followers. for it and actually dropped out of Wycliffe for 6. Is there a little corner of the world six years. Over those years, the personal sense to which you like to escape? of call continued and was further affirmed Yes, our cottage near Parry Sound. within a broader Church context. 7. What’s on you iPod (if you have one)? In 1996, I returned to Wycliffe, completed my degree and was Ordained a Deacon in the If we change the “o” to an “a” I do have one. Diocese of Toronto in 1999. While I am still learning to use my iPad, it has various Apps, music and videos and a calendar In all honesty, this is an highly abbreviated that I am still trying to figure out how to sync! sharing of my faith journey and call to ordained ministry. I will share, however, one quote that 8. What book are you reading at the has been very formative for me in my own moment? journey and the exercise of ordained ministry. Sara Miles’ Take this Bread and Jann Arden’s The quote is from Frederick Buechner and may Fa$ing Backwards. be paraphrased as “Your vocation in life is that 9. Do you have a favourite saint? Who place where your great joy meets the hunger of is it and why? the world.” I think that this is at the heart of all ministry – lay or ordained. I am grateful that you used small “s” saint and the answer in this case is my mom, Helen, For me, that ‘great joy’ was, and is, in who is alive and well and has been, and proclaiming the good news of God in Jesus continues to be, one of my “heroes of faith.” Christ. She is my favourite saint because she has 3. Good thing you kept it short. So you modeled a depth of faith, faithful living and graduated from Wycliffe, eh? The kids at humility that I can only aspire to match and Trinity say that’s where the nerds go. there have been countless times where she has What do you think of that? helped me “grow into the person I know Christ By nerd, do you mean those who self- wants me to be much more so than I could identify that “Nunc Est Regni Deus” (now is have on my own.” the reign of God)? If so, I’m pretty sure that 10. What would you be doing if you they are nerds too! If I’m quoting Latin, were not an Anglican priest? though, does that make me a nerd? PAGE 7
  • 8. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS, 2012 Continued from page 7 While I do not expect to live to 126 years of age, I absolutely expect to see the Maple Leafs win a Stanley Cup again. After all, not I really do not know as I struggle to even only am a Torontonian, I am also a person of imagine doing anything else. faith and, in this case, faith truly is “the 11. What’s your idea of a perfect substance of things hoped for, the promise of evening? things not yet seen.” It would be an 15. What are you looking evening with my forward to accomplishing husband Joe and the here at St. Nick’s? “perfect” part would be I am hoping to continue to far less about what we build on the strength that is are doing than simply already present by fostering a having time to spend continued deepening of our together. As I think life of faith as it is revealed about it, however, it and lived out in and through would probably be an the person of Jesus Christ. evening at our cottage, More details may be found in enjoying a nice dinner my article in this edition and that we cooked together in the weeks, months and and watching the years to come! sunset. 16. What’s your pet peeve? 12. What would When we fail to respect one .. you like inscribed on another’s ministry. your tombstone? 17. If you were having the “I will lift up mine Rev. Janet seems to think this will Archbishop of Canterbury eyes unto the hills”. It happen again in her lifetime. over for dinner, what was the inscription on Good luck with that one. would you cook? my father’s family tombstone and when I Joe barbecues a pretty visited his grave as a teenager I would always incredible steak so I’ll have to read the words aloud without knowing where go with that – providing, of course, that the they came from. Searching for the words Archbishop doesn’t have any dietary within their full context was probably the first restrictions. time I opened the Bible for myself and that 18. What is your all-time favourite has made all the difference. movie? 13. What are your interests outside Pride and Prejudice. your job? 19.And your favorite book? I love to read, garden poorly but with Also Pride and Prejudice. enthusiasm, and I like to turn pens on my 20. Do you have a personal credo? wood lathe. It isn’t a personal credo but the phrase that 14. Do you think you’ll live to see the came into my head is “salvation is about great Maple Leafs win a Stanley Cup? In other weeping and great laughter.” words, are you expecting to live to 126? PAGE 8
  • 9. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS, 2012 Outreach shows how much we care By Deb Chapman and Sonia agencies and at tax time by providing free Halloran income tax service. At St. Nicholas we continue Autumn is the time of harvest and the to support the work of the food bank, both markets are full of the amazing bounty of financially and through many volunteer hours. In colourful fruits and vegetables that inspire fact, one of our parishioners has been comforting thoughts of rich stews and hearty volunteering weekly at the food bank since it soups to keep us warm as the days get shorter began. and colder. But for We are also involved in many, there is no the Beach Interfaith comfort because the Lunch Program, which cost of these wonderful provides hot lunches fresh fruits and Monday through vegetables is Friday at various prohibitive. You can locations. Last year, St. help. Nicholas partnered St. Nicholas is with St. John the involved in two major Baptist, Norway to food ministries that provide nutritious provide fresh fruits and lunches utilizing as vegetables, in various many fresh fruits and ways to those who vegetables as possible. cannot afford to buy We served between 50 them. We are a founding and 85 guests each member of Churches by Tuesday, working on a the Bluffs Food Bank, schedule of ‘two weeks that operates out of on and two weeks off ’ Birchcliff Bluffs United with the St. John’s Church. This food bank team. This year, they serves over 300 families have run into a and is committed to volunteer problem, enhancing hampers which means St. John’s with as many fresh is unable to meet this items as possible. Your Kids attending The Amazing Christmas schedule. In order to donations of food and Feast on Dec. 23 will get some face time continue this money help ensure that with Santa Claus two days before necessary ministry, we they meet their Christmas. have committed to commitments. providing lunch every In addition to providing food hampers and a week, at least for the time being. free lunch to their clients, the food bank also offers advocacy and assistance by facilitating Continued on page 10 referrals to other government and social PAGE 9
  • 10. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS, 2012 Continued from page 9 In addition, essentials such POETRY CORNER as toilet tissue, toothpaste and By Joan Clarke other hygiene items generously This additional As Christmas Carols donated by St. Nick’s commitment means that both parishioners are provided for fill the air, our volunteer base and our those who need them. financial budget are stretched. With snowflakes You could help in falling everywhere, several ways. If you have a few There are packages to hours to spare on mail away, a Tuesday you Rehearsals for the could join our team (please Christmas play. know that you do The Christmas tree to not have to decorate, commit to every week, just let us We sure hope Santa know when you Looking ahead, while our won’t be late, could work). commitment to the food bank Friends to remember, Also, if you like to bake you and the Christmas Feast remains constant, we are near and far, could donate a dessert periodically. Or we could always conducting a needs assessment As we gaze up at the use a nutritious salad to in order to identify what other Shining Star. complement the meal. Let me outreach initiatives are most know how you might be able to needed in our area. The hope is Recalling that very help. A donation to the that the program(s) identified first night, Outreach fund is another way can be begun at St. Nick's in the fall of 2013. the manger and the to help further both the Food Bank ministry and the Beach Star so bright, Nonetheless, whatever the Interfaith Lunch program. Outreach committee and The shepherds And coming up on Dec. 23 volunteers take on, none of it kneeling by His side, is our Amazing Christmas can be carried out without both the spiritual and financial And gentle Mary’s Feast, held in co-operation with Wimpy’s Diner and BBNC support of the wider St. smile of pride. (Birchcliff Bluffs Nicholas community. We know Two-thousand years Neighbourhood Centre). Each that St. Nicholas is a church that cares and so we are have come and gone, year, literally hundreds of people enjoy a turkey dinner at confident that, as it has in the Yet we still greet the Wimpy’s and then come to St. past, the support needed will be Christmas dawn, Nicholas for dessert, a visit most generously forthcoming. from Santa, gifts and for the Thank you for your With wishes old, for children, a colour photo of prayerful consideration of Peace on Earth, themselves with their favourite support for these food As we rejoice our man in red. ministries. Saviour’s birth. PAGE 10
  • 11. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS, 2012 100 YEARS OF ST. NICKS Exactly 100 years to the day after the official dedication of the Church building by the Bishop of Toronto on Aug. 9, 2012, Heritage Toronto unveiled a plaque honouring the Church of St. Nicholas. Highlighting the event was the early arrival of Baby Victoria Catherine Carter, born on our most significant centennial day. Congratulations to all. History of a Christening Gown The year is 1955 and Rev. Garnsworthy is holding Betty Kimball’s younger brother, Rodger Brown, in a gown passed down through the family back from the 1800s. Mothers, aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters, daughters and sons and grandchildren have all worn this gown. Although not everyone was baptized at St. Nicks, many were, including all the Brown children and Sheila’s youngest daughter, Jennie, and granddaughter, Leslie. Last to wear the gown was Julia Durbin, seen here with her parents in 2005 in Robinson Hall. To help celebrate our centennial with the community, St. Nicks held a Street Party Sept. 29 on Manderley Avenue. From left to right, Sarah Brown is saved by Spiderman (times two), some of Toronto’s finest make an appearance and Joan Wright has a hallucination involving unicorns. PAGE 11
  • 12. ST. NICHOLAS BIRCH CLIFF ANGLICAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS, 2012 2012: It was quite a year JANUARY 15 Reg McRae shows up with his toolbox to do a few repairs around the church and doesn’t resurface until August. Apparently, he discovers the weeping tile needs replacing and decides to dig around the church himself, resurfacing only to set up tables every week for coffee hour. FEBRUARY 27 A miscommunication leads to an unfortunate turn of events when Rev. Michael Pollesel urges the church to make a donation to the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund. Treasurer Brian Jones dutifully signs a cheque, but sends it to the Primates Relief Fund, which is devoted to preserving wildlife for orangutans. MARCH 24 Alison Falby is ordained as an Anglican Priest, making her full title “The Reverend Dr. Alison Falby, B.A. M.A, Phd, M.Div., Blesser of the Bicycles, Confirmation Guidance Specialist and Chief Bottle Washer. NOVEMBER 3 Al Pollard had a lot more than trinkets in his pockets at the annual Bazaar. The Pick-A-Pocket scheme at the annual St. Nick’s Bazaar goes horribly wrong when one of the patrons accidentally reaches into Al right to not have recurring nightmares the rest Pollard’s pants pocket and emerges with a ball of their lives,” say the police. of lint big enough to choke a horse. DECEMBER 9 DECEMBER 8 Newly installed incumbent Rev. Janet Santa’s elves at the Christmas Dance step Read-Hockin is mortified at the presence of out for a breath of fresh air and are arrested the Bishop St. Nicholas at 10:30 mass. “I did shortly after when the police respond to not sign up for this,” she tells Archbishop numerous complaints from the area residents. Colin Johnson. “Yeah, well, we should have “Hey, we haven’t done anything wrong,” they told you about that guy. But we were afraid say. “Yeah, but look at those tights. They’re a that if we had, you would have barricaded crime against fashion, not to mention a yourself in your church in Shanty Bay,” he contravention of everyone’s constitutional replies. PAGE 12