Synod 2017 - Friday

The Church of Christ in Every Age
136th DIOCESAN
SYNOD
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Morning Prayer begins at 9:00 am
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Gathering Worship Page 2

Opening Omnibus Motion Lay & Clerical Secretary
Diocese of Ottawa

Omnibus Motion
It is moved by the Lay Secretary
and seconded by the Clerical Secretary
that Synod approve an omnibus motion that grants the
privileges of the House, appoints Sessional Committees,
adopts the agenda, and receives reports, including
Diocesan Council actions, and financial reports, as
distributed in the registration package.

Synod Keynote Address The Most Rev. Fred Hiltz
Primate, Anglican Church of Canada

Mid-Morning Prayers Page 5

Primate’s World Relief
and Development Fund
Jane Maxwell
Chair, PWRDF

EMBRACING GOD’S FUTURE
Ottawa Synod 2017

Thank You, Archbishop Fred, for a
job well done!

PWRDF Financial Summary 
2016-2017

OTTAWA DIOCESAN GIVING 
to PWRDF
2016 - $329,138
2015 - $339,773
2014 - $330,269

The Toxic Triangle of Drought,
Hunger & Conflict in Africa

“All Mothers and Children Count” 
Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
Program
AND
The Pikangikum Water Project

PWRDF’s MNCH – Maternal, Newborn
& Child Health Program

Canadian Anglicans have donated 140 bicycle
ambulances to communities in Mozambique, Burundi
and Bangladesh

PWRDF Ottawa invites you to a
‘MEET & GREET’
With our
PWRDF AFRICAN PARTNERS
Dr. Evrard Hahimana - Medical Doctor, RWANDA
and
Mr. Geoffrey Monjesa - Development worker,
Diocese of Masasi, TANZANIA
AT
St. Bartholomew’s Church – Mon. Oct. 16, 2017

THE PIKANGIKUM WATER PROJECT
RETROFITTING HOMES WITH WATER &
WASTE WATER SYSTEMS

Sub-Standard Housing with No
Running Water or Sewage

OUTHOUSE and COMMUNITY
WATER OUTLET
OUTHOUSE and COMMUNITY
WATER OUTLET

Suicide takes too many young lives
in Pikangikum

ANGLICAN PARISH & PWRDF
INVOLVEMENT
Pimatisiwin Nipi (“Living Water”)

PIKANGIKUM WATER PROJECT  
New Shower/Bathtub

1,200 Gallon Wastewater Tank
Enclosure behind House

YOUTH TRAINNEE  
- JAMIE SUGGASHIE -

Pikangikum Water Project 
Running water and Youth Trainees

The Pikangikum Water Project
PWRDF links
Jane Maxwell - PWRDF Diocesan Rep Ottawa
pwrdf@ottawa.anglican.ca
PWRDF National Office
José Zarate – PWRDF Indigenous Communities
Coordinator - jzarate@pwrdf.org
PWRDF Website: www.pwrdf.org

A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
OUR VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS!

Homelessness and Affordable
Housing Working Group
Sue Garvey
Executive Director,
Cornerstone Housing for Women

Moira Davis
Jim Davison
Sue Garvey
Rev. Laurette Glasgow
Ven. Peter John Hobbs
Larry Langlois
Rev. Kathryn Otley
Gay Richardson
Mollie Stokes
Homelessness and Affordable Housing
Working Group

Homelessness and  
Affordable Housing  
in the Ottawa Diocese

In Ottawa,
more than
7000
different
people used
the shelter
system in
2016.

Current Reality in Ottawa
Diocese
Minimum wage, income assistance and disability
benefits
Refugee housing
Youth
homelessness
Retiring
into
poverty

Indigenous
Canadians and
Housing

Rural
Homelessness
Often invisible.
1) Home may be insecure due to needed repairs, transportation issues, food
insecurity
2) Women may remain in abusive relationships due to isolation.
3) Youth and others “couch hop” due to lack of resources and shelters, which are in
urban centers.

1 in 5 Canadian households spend more
than 50% of their income on shelter.
Affordable Housing:  
less than 30% of the household gross
income is spent on shelter
!
In Ontario, the average wait
time for housing assistance is
3.28 years

Renfrew
County
958
Cornwall
766
Number of
Ottawa
10479
Lanark
County
394
Outaouais
Region
1206

With limited
choices, people
often stay in
unsafe
housing.

So, what is the
Diocese of Ottawa doing?

The Anglican Church of Canada has committed to making
homelessness and affordable housing a priority

How did we get here?
2013
Joint declaration by
ACC and ELCIC
2014
The Diocese of
Ottawa Resolution
Funding policy
regarding surplus
property
20172015
Homelessness and
Affordable Housing
Working Group
Goals and resources
developed
2016

So...what is the goal of the Diocese of Ottawa?

Every parish engaged
125 new affordable housing units by 2021.
.

How can you get involved?
Learn Pray
Act Advocate

Steps Toward Action
LEARN
•Identify the needs in your church/community.
•What are your local issues and what is your community passionate about?
• Identify the
strengths and
assets of your
church and
community

Steps  
Toward 
Action
PRAY
•Pray about what
you’ve learned and
about your
community.
• Where is God
leading you?

Steps to getting
engaged
ADVOCATE
“Speak up for those who cannot
speak for themselves, for the rights
of all who are destitute. Speak up
and judge fairly; defend the rights of
the poor and needy.” -Proverbs
31:8-9
ACT
Get involved.....

Models of
Affordable
Housing in our
Diocese…it’s
already
happening!
St. Paul’s Almonte

Models of
Affordable
Housing in our
diocese…it’s
already
happening!
Ellwood House

Models of
Affordable
Housing in our
diocese…it’s
already
happening!
Booth Cornerstone

Models of
Affordable
Housing: The
Diocese in
Partnership
Multifaith Housing Initiative

Cornerstone
Princeton
Supportive
Housing for 42
women!
We’re on our
way…..be a part
of it!
373 Princeton St. Ottawa
Think 125 is impossible? We’re already on our way!

Stories to get you thinking...

Questions to get you talking...
•What are the needs in your community?
•Who else in your community is concerned about and involved
in affordable housing?
•What are the resources in your community and assets of your
church?
• How can your parish get involved? What’s your first step?

Resources
Homelessness and Affordable Housing Working Group:
Contact Sue Garvey: sue.garvey@cornerstonewomen.ca
Centre 454 www.centre454.ca
St. Luke’s www.stlukestable.ca
Cornerstone www.cornerstonewomen.ca
The Well www.the-well.ca
Ottawa Pastoral Counselling Centre www.ottawapastoralcounsellingcentre.ca
The Homeless Hub www.homelesshub.ca
Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca

Ontario Trillium Fund
Seed Grant
The Venerable Peter John Hobbs
Director of Mission
John Fraser
MPP, Ottawa South
Yasir Naqvi
MPP, Ottawa Centre

Use of Church Property for  
Affordable Housing
A Project of the Diocese of Ottawa
Supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation
10/31/17 73

Special Guests
Hon. John Fraser, MPP Ottawa South
Hon. Yasir Naqvi, MPP Ottawa Centre
Alice Fyfe, Project Coordinator
10/31/17 74

Background: 
The Church and Affordable Housing (AH)
• General Synod 2013 & our Synod 2014
– Priority given to Homelessness & AH
– Homelessness & AH Working Group (HAHWG)
• 125 AH Units, every parish engaged
– By 2021, our 125th Anniversary as a Diocese
– A concrete goal
– On our way with Cornerstone, 42 Units
• Current context, AH a government priority
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Our Background in Affordable Housing
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• Many examples of Parishes & Affordable Housing
– E.G.Quail House, Serson Clarke, Beek Lindsay, 
Harmer House, Ellwood House
• Cornerstone Housing for Women
– Fully part of the Diocese (four, soon five, sites)
– Brings capacity and experience
• Real Estate Working Group (REWG)
– Close collaboration with Homelessness and Affordable Housing
Working Group (HAHWG)

Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF):
• Collaboration of HAHWG and REWG
• January 2017 - Trillium Seed Grant Awarded, $75,000
• Develop conceptual models for use of church property for AH, for example
• Use of secondary buildings (e.g. Rectory, Hall)
• Use of surplus land (e.g. large church yard)
• Redevelopment with continued places for worship and element of AH
• Feasibility Studies for full-scale redevelopments
• Meetings and targeted interviews throughout the Diocese with churches
and organizations
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Feasibility Studies - Redevelopment
• Julian of Norwich (Ottawa) & Trinity (Ottawa South)
– Both parishes ready for feasibility as next step
– Establishment of a working committee in each parish
– Exploring vision and mission of parish
– Conversations with potential partners
– Establishment of architectural programs and preliminary design
– Determining Financial viability
• Feasibility Study an early step in a longer process
– Is it sustainable?
• With services of Cahdco, a non-for-profit affordable housing
development consultancy
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Secondary Buildings
• Discussion with parishes throughout the Diocese
– To learn about current initiatives (Almonte)
– To explore opportunities and need for affordable housing
• Consulted with organizations and individuals to explore possibilities for
partnerships (Cornerstone Landing Youth Services, Habitat for Humanity,
Calvin United, Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre)
• Discovered other ways the Church can support Affordable Housing beyond the
provision of land and building (e.g renovate existing housing, join a Habitat for
Humanity build)
10/31/17 79

What Have We Learned So Far
• Need for affordable housing is sometimes “hidden” in smaller towns/
rural areas
• Affordable Housing for youth and low-income seniors often identified
• Converting secondary buildings into housing is possible
• If use of church land not an option, parishes have many opportunities
to partner with others to support Affordable Housing initiatives
• Support services are also critical (e.g. transportation in rural context)
10/31/17 80

What Have We Learned So Far, Cont’d
• This takes time – we need to go slow
• Building partnerships is critical, everyone wants to talk to us
• Congregational support, engagement, and readiness are essential
– Key leaders-Champions
– Identify Core-Values~Vision-Mission
– This work represents significant change and requires trust
• At times need to employ/assemble team of expertise
• Consider heritage value of property
• Sometimes things are not feasible
10/31/17 81

More Learnings
• Affordable Housing is named as a need wherever we
go
• There are many opportunities for partnership
– People want to work with us
• Affordable Housing requires Land, Money, and People
(capacity)
– If you have one, it is a start
• When people come together great things can happen
10/31/17 82

What We are Excited About
• Feasibility Studies are encouraging for redevelopment of 1 to
2 churches
• Feasibility Studies will be completed by year-end
• Final report to OTF to be submitted in early 2018
• There are multiple approaches from small to large scale
• Affordable Housing a priority for three levels of government
• Many potential partners
• This work is timely and relevant to God’s mission in the world
10/31/17 83

The Right Reverend John H. Chapman
Bishop of Ottawa
10/31/17 84

John Fraser
MPP for Ottawa South
10/31/17 85

Yasir Naqvi
MPP for Ottawa Centre
10/31/17 86

Mid-Day Prayers Page 6

Refugee Ministry
Working Group
Don Smith
Chair, Refugee Ministry Working Group

Refugee Ministry
Working Group
JOYCE COUVRETTE AND DON SMITH
REFUGEE MINISTRY WORKING GROUP
THE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF OTTAWA

Outline
!Refugee Sponsorship in the
Diocese of Ottawa
!Recent History Before September 2015
!Results Since September 2015
!The Global Need
!Challenges

Recent History 
2012 - 2013 
!5 Sponsoring Parishes
!2012 – 1 application for 4
refugees
!2013 – 1 application for 6
refugees

Synod 2014 
3 Million Refugees Flee Syria
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Saturday, January 16, 2016 Friday, June 16, 2017

2014 to August 2015
! Increase to 11 Sponsoring Parishes
! 2014 - 10 applications for 41
refugees
! Jan to Aug 2015 – 5 applications for
11 refugees

Death of Aylan Kurdi 
2 September 2015

By mid-2016
! Parishes 23
! Secular Community Groups 25
! Partners - Registered Charity
! Jewish Family Services 14
! St Elias Orthodox Cathedral 5
! Ashbury College 1
! Total Sponsoring Groups 68

Individual Refugees 
September 2015 to October 2017
! Sponsorship completed 190
! Sponsorship ongoing 102
! In process with IRCC 164
! To be submitted by end 2017 28
! Total 484
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14 Countries of Origin
! Afghanistan
! Burundi
! Central African
Republic
! Colombia
! Democratic Republic
of the Congo
! Eritrea
! Gambia
! Iran
! Iraq
! Liberia
! Myanmar
! Somalia
! Sudan
! Syria
! Yemen

Landings from Sept 2015 to Dec 2016 
Anglican Sponsorship Agreement Holders
Diocese
Total
Landings
Rupert’s Land 951
Ottawa 238
Toronto 204
Montreal 200
Calgary 198
Huron 141
British
Columbia 134
Niagara 115
Diocese
Total
Landings
Ontario 53
Kootenay 53
Edmonton 51
New
Westminster 48
Saskatoon 42
NS/PEI 30
Qu'Appelle 16
Total 2474 New Canadians

Going forward
It has been an incredible 2
years,
but the need is greater now
than ever before.

Worldwide Refugee Population
Photo Credit UNHCR M. Hofer 2013

The Trump administration
will drop the refugee cap to
45,000 — the lowest in
decades
Michelle Mark
Business Insider
Sep. 27, 2017

The need has never been greater.
Please sponsor a family.
Please.

Photo Credit UNHCR G. Gubaeva 2013

Cries for help
Request for assistance for the care and humane asylum
Seeking for urgent help
i need your help
Iranian Christian Refugee family in jakarta
MERCY ON US
Is it possible to your SAH help me even one of us?
Please save our lives

That Synod directs Diocesan
Council to
! develop processes to permit ad hoc community
groups to undertake fully funded private
sponsorships of refugees through the Diocese in its
capacity as a Sponsorship Agreement Holder,
! develop processes to permit Canadian friends and
relatives of refugees overseas to partner with the
Diocese, and
! pursue extra-budgetary funding to cover the cost
of operations.
Synod 2015

Embracing God’s Future The Reverend Monique Stone

How did we get HERE?
An Update on Embracing God’s Future

“What is going on right now?”
•Embracing God’s Future is living out in various different ways:
•The prayer is informing the work of many ministries in
parishes, communities and throughout the diocese
•The principles and practices have led to changes in the way
that we deliver ministry, manage our finances, develop our
lay and ordained leadership, determine how the diocese
offers support to new and existing ministries, and much more
•Embracing God’s Future is the LENS – throughout the diocese

‘But I’ve never heard of Embracing God’s
Future’
•As with any significant change sometimes it takes a while for it to
spread throughout the communities that are impacted. It is a new lens –
and it’s a big one… but it’s been around for five years now… time flies by!
BUT PLEASE BE REST ASSURD…
It is Embracing God’s Future that has, is, and will continue to be what
informs the work of the Diocese and all of our parishes, ministries and
communities as we live in to God’s dream for the church

“I don’t know, sounds kinda top-down”…
•Hmmmm…. NO… it’s more of an organic (and sometimes messy) approach
•Embracing God’s Future was an initiative that began in 2012 with the distinct
commitment to use a grassroots method of engagement and strategic planning to
create the vision, principles, and practices for the future of the Diocese of Ottawa that
would engage as many parishioners, leaders, staff members, youth, and children as
possible
•The methodology used as the framework for the consultation and plan creation was
based on a process for sustainable development called ‘The Natural Step’ (see
www.naturalstep.ca)
•Hundreds of people were involved in the creation of the Embracing God’s Future Prayer
AND then again in the development of the EGF Road Map and it’s Principles, Practices
and Priorities – collaborative work was and is the approach to making decisions

So it’s an organic process (i.e. bottom-up,
top-engaged, and sometimes sideways)…
• The result of the work is that EGF has become LENS by which all areas
of our diocese are discerning the future
• That means work is informed by a commitment to be RISK-TAKERS,
COLLABORATORS, TRADITION-RESPECTERS, NEW-IDEA GENERATORS…
and more
• Top-Down is easier
• Bottom-Up, Top-Engaged, and Sometimes Side-Ways is messy, takes
longer, sometimes causes conflict, is open to mistakes and changes
along the way
• But that is okay – our Prayer, Priorities and Principles told us that this
is the way it should be done – and messy seems just like the gospel

What are some mistakes we’ve made
along the way?
•Now that we are in 2017 we recognize that over the years we have forgot to
keep it front in centre that our work continues to be informed by the Embracing
God’s Future Prayer, Principles, and Practices – that what we are doing TODAY is
the result of hundreds of parishioners who dedicated a lot of time and prayer
and discernment to create that LENS by which we are working.
•We have not been communicating enough about how the work that has been
happening is connected to the EGF prayer, principles and practices – we need to
figure out a way to do that
•Although we have done small ‘Evaluations and Lessons Learned’ work, it is likely
time to consider a broader evaluation of how EGF is working throughout all
facets of the diocese. Diocesan Council will likely need to consider this in its
coming meetings.

What are some successes?
• At this Synod we are going to hear about a lot of new and transformed ways of doing the work of
the church in this place at this time
• New collaborative ways that ministry is delivered in our communities (….listen to the EGF
Priority #1 Task Force presentation)
• New methods for equipping leaders in the church (… listen to the PMC presentation)
• Changes in the way we fund new ministries (… listen to the Finance presentation)
• Communal Prayer that asks God for continued guidance on how we are being church (…listen
and pray in our worship times)
• New priorities in how we engage with the world around us and respond to the needs of our
communities (consider the work on combatting homelessness as well as the commitment to
responding to the TRC
It’s a work in progress – challenge yourself to see how EGF Priorities and Practices are seen
in all of the Synod presentations

Remember where we have come from since
2012 and our hopes for where we are going…

Reconciliation at
Coventry Cathedral
Canon Sarah Hills
Coventry Cathedral

COMMUNITY OF THE CROSS OF THE
NAILS (CCN)…
is a Christian network of churches and
organisations who, drawn together by the
story of Coventry Cathedral, share a
common commitment to work and pray for
peace, justice and reconciliation.

THE STORY OF COVENTRY CATHEDRAL
Coventry Cathedral before the
bombing…
The interior of the old St
Michael’s Cathedral in
Coventry with the
wooden ceiling

Operation Moonlight Sonata, 14th November 1940 – the
aftermath
But, out of the rubble
…..

THE CHARRED CROSS
A stone mason
discovered the
two roof
beams which
were fallen in
the shape of a
cross.

It was put on the altar in the sanctuary of the
ruins of the old cathedral.

…. Hope.
Provost Howard declared in his Christmas
Broadcast, “Father Forgive”.
In the following decades, replica
Crosses of Nails were given out by the
Cathedral to friends, donors and
supporters around the world.
A role in active, living reconciliation at
Coventry was born.

The CCN today:  
a truly worldwide community
Over 220 active
partners in 29
countries
Total of 335
member
organisations in
40 countries
Who are our members? Churches, chaplaincies ,
and peace and educational organisations all rooted in the Christian faith.

Other well-known partners also have their stories
of bombing and rebuilding

Others have
played their own
key part in
moments in
history

… and plenty aren’t particularly famous or dramatic at
all

Mainly, they’re about people working hard to bring
about peace and healing

•News
•Support 
Berkeley Divinity School
THE EPISCOPAL SEMINARY AT YALE
Berkeley Divinity School
The Episcopal Seminary at Yale

All partners adhere to the three guiding aims of
the Community of the Cross of Nails:
Healing the wounds of history
Learning to live with difference
and celebrate diversity
Building a culture of peace
And commit to regularly praying
the Coventry Litany of Reconciliation

Tim Eccleston
www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/
smh

Information about joining, all our
members, news, films and other
resources at:
www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/ccn
CCNCoventry

The Coventry Litany of Reconciliation
All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
The hatred which divides nation from nation, race from race, class from class, 
Father, forgive.
The covetous desires of people and nations to possess what is not their own, 
Father, forgive.
The greed which exploits the work of human hands and lays waste the earth, 
Father, forgive.
Our envy of the welfare and happiness of others, 
Father, forgive.
Our indifference to the plight of the imprisoned, the homeless, the refugee,  
Father, forgive.
The lust which dishonours the bodies of men, women and children, 
Father, forgive.
The pride which leads us to trust in ourselves and not in God, 
Father, forgive.
Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Amen

All My Relations
Working Group
Margaret Lemaire & Debbie Grisdale
Co-Chairs, All My Relations Working
Group

All My Relations
When we say "all my relations", it's
meant in a teaching way, to rekindle
community. We are part of the great,
grand circle of humanity, and we need
each other.
— Richard Wagamese, One Native Life

Healing and
Reconciliation Fund
Diocese of Ottawa

Healing and Reconciliation Fund
Purpose:
To encourage and support the development of
small projects in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa
that will foster and contribute to healing; to
education about the legacy of the residential
school system and; to reconciliation among
Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Peoples.

3 year life span: 2017 -2019
2 deadlines per year for proposals
Final approval given by the Outreach
Committee and Diocesan Council
Next deadline May 1st 2018

2017 Projects
May 1st deadline
6 proposals from across the Diocese were
funded
November 1st deadline

Good Shepherd, Barrhaven
Chi
chiskutimaasunaanaau:  
We Are Learning

Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre

Thank you 
Qujannamiik 
Meegwetch 
Wachiya 
Niá : wen  
Merci
allmyrelations@ottawa.anglican.ca

Community Ministry
Committee
The Venerable Brian Kauk
Chair, Community Ministry Committee

Highlights – Centre 454
•Last year of a 3 year strategic plan
•Open 7 days a week!
•average of 244 weekend visits in 2017 (up from 176 in 2016)
•Case Management system up and running
•Increased capacity for ODSP application support
•Trying something new - Social Enterprise

Highlights - Cornerstone
•373 Princeton Street – 42 new units in June 2018
•Partnerships:
•Indigenous Women's Support Services
•Algonquin College – dental hygiene
•Nursing students – directory of health care services
•Young Professional Advisory Board
•62 women found refuge at Women’s Shelter every night this year
•68 women lived in safe, affordable, permanent housing this year
•By this time next year: 110 women in safe, permanent housing

Highlights – Ottawa Pastoral
Counselling Centre
•Served 100s of individuals, couples and families (children &
teens)
•Over $120,000 raised for Counselling Support Fund
•New Manotick Satellite Office established – partners with
Rural Ottawa South Support Service (ROSSS)
•Intake worker/Admin position increased to 20 hrs per week

Highlights – St Luke’s Table
•Reinstatement of city’s Sustainability Fund benefits St Luke’s
Table
•Better nutrition in breakfast program
•Lift replacement in April – went upstairs for a while
•Provided 38,035 meals to participants between January &
September
•Launched into a three-year strategic plan

Highlights – The Well
•New Mission, Vision and Values statements
•new HVAC , flooring and re-decoration
•partnership with Women Warriors Healing Garden
•Food program improvements – healthy meals, less waste
•Stronger health and social programming through
partnerships

Community Ministries Committee
Groups & Subcommittees:
• Homelessness and Affordable
Housing
• Human Resources
• Financial Development
Management Boards:
• Strategic Planning
• Annual Planning
• Financial Reporting
• Risk Management

Stewardship Café Jane Scanlon
Diocese of Ottawa

Diocesan Stewardship
Subcommittee
Elizabeth Reicker
Donna Rourke
Kim Chadsey
Ron Chaplin
Earle Warren
Rev. Arran Thorpe
Rev. Jonathan
Askwith
Rev. Hilary Murray
Jane Scanlon
Derwyn Sangster
(Chair)

Subcommittee
Stewardship Cafés
•20 – 40 participants
•Round table discussions of stewardship topics
•Participants learn from one another
•Participants can suggest topics to discuss
•Recent Café: Sept 30, 2017; St Thomas Alta Vista

Subcommittee
2017 Synod Session objectives
Provide opportunity to:
• Discuss stewardship topics of interest
• Meet delegates from other parishes
• Experience the power of learning from each
other

Subcommittee
2017 Synod Session mechanics
• Delegates have pre-selected their discussion topics
• Delegates move to a numbered table featuring their chosen
topic
• Each table selects a note-taker (for recording only; no verbal
reporting required)
• Tables initiate their own discussions for 45 minutes
• Note-takers leave notes on table at end of session
• Stewardship Subcommittee members available to help

2017 Synod Session topics
1.Rural and small parishes – Stewardship
challenges and success stories
2.How are we dealing with volunteers? How do we
thank them? How do we prevent burnout?
3.How do we deal with donor fatigue?
4.How are we deliberately working to improve our
parish hospitality and welcoming?
5.How are we promoting stewardship among
children and youth?
6.How do we promote legacy giving in our parish?
7.What ways of giving is our parish using? How is
our parish adjusting to electronic giving options?
8.How do we start and run a stewardship pledge
campaign? Why should we run such a campaign?
9.How can we better promote Today4Tomorrow
and identify T4T priorities?

Subcommittee
Sharing what we’ve learned:
• Results of 2016 Synod discussions
captured and shared in 2017
• 2017 discussions will also be captured
• Combined results may be of wider
interest within the Diocese

Property and Finance
Committee
Sanjay Grover
Director of Financial Ministry
The Rev. Tim Kehoe
Priority One Working Group, Chair

SYNOD FINANCES 2016 OVERVIEW

Overview
✓The audited financial statements for 2016 include The
Consolidated Financial Statements of The Incorporated
Synod of the Diocese, which combines all the funds held
by the Synod into one statement.
✓The other four financial statements report the status of
the Consolidated Trust Fund, commonly called the CTF,
the Extension Fund Incorporated, the Cornerstone
Housing for Women Foundation and the Cathedral Hill
Foundation.

✓We use Fund accounting, which is an accounting
system emphasizing accountability rather than
profitability, used by non-profit organizations and
governments.
✓Each fund is established in accordance with specific
activities and objectives.

Consolidated Statement of Financial
Position:
 
➢ Total assets of the Synod are $79.3 million against
liabilities of $68.5 million - for a net equity amount of
$10.8 million - up by $0.3 million from 2015.
➢ Net Equity - The balances of the various funds
comprise the $10.8 million equity, notably, the amounts
for the Operations Fund, the Extension Fund and the
Cornerstone Foundation.

Statement Of Revenues & Expenses
OPERATIONS FUND (1st Column)
➢REVENUE…………….……………………..$9.084 million
➢EXPENSES………………………………….$9.475 million
✓ DIFFERENCE IS DEFICIT OF……………($0.391) million
ADDITIONAL TRANSACTIONS:
➢INVESTMENT INCOME (DIVIDENDS)…..$332 thousand
➢MV GAIN ON INVESTMENTS…………........$4 thousand
➢CHANGE IN CHF INVESTMENT…………$208 thousand
✓ NET RESULT – SURPLUS OF……………$153 thousand

Consolidated Trust Fund

➢The total asset value for the CTF is $39.8 million (2015 – 36.5 million).
➢Parishes (including Rectory Trusts and Cemeteries) owned 60% of the
Fund, the Synod about 29%, the Cathedral Hill Foundation about 6%
and the RAF (and third parties) about 5%.
➢The dividend rate per unit of 68 cents was increased from 66 cents
which was the rate for the previous year.
➢$1,178,000 worth of dividends were paid, which represented a return
of 3.00%.

Extension Fund Incorporated
➢The net assets of the Extension Fund at year-end had a value
of $4.8 million which was comprised of $1.2 million cash, $3.4
million in mortgages plus loans to the Synod of $186k.
➢15 parishes were making use of the Extension Fund at
December 31, 2016, with outstanding loans of just over $3.4
million.
➢During the year, parishes repaid a total of $267K with no new
funds borrowed.

Anglican Diocese of
Ottawa
Financial Support to Parishes

Financial Support to Parishes
❖ The Operating budget contains $100,000 per year to respond to applications
from parishes which “demonstrate a need for assistance”.
❖ The Operating budget also earmarks $65,000 per year for write-off of parish
commitments for Parishes that are not able to honour their Financial
Commitments to the Diocese.
❖ Finally the Episcopal budget includes $70,000 a year for “Support to
Parishes”.

Is the Current System of Support
Grants Effective?
❖ In reviewing the pattern of recent support grants, it became evident that
many parishes have a continuing need for financial assistance.
❖ There are parishes that have regularly been awarded support grants. Have
these support grants lessened the impetus for parishes to seek out
opportunities for restructuring and/or reduce costs.
❖ There are parishes that are located in areas where we need to have a
presence, even if such parishes are unlikely to be financially viable.

Support Grants
❖ The current approach needs to become more strategic in order to adequately
address different needs around the Diocese.
❖ The Support Grant system needs to strengthen and reward parishes that
demonstrate a need for assistance and are willing to collaborate with other
parishes to find solutions to financial problems.

Changes
For the current Budget Cycle:
❖ The current system of Support Grants is being retained.
❖ Criteria is being strengthened to reward parishes that can demonstrate
achievable and unique solutions to financial problems – including
collaborations with other parishes.
❖ Funding for Support Grants for 2018 and 2019 will be held at $75,000 -
$25,000 less than the current allocation.

Write-Offs
❖ The current Budget allocation for write-offs would remain at
$65,000 for 2018 and 2019.

Support to Parishes
❖ Expenses against the current allocation in the Episcopal Budget for
“Support to Parishes” would be held to $45,000 for 2018 and 2019. This is
$25,000 less than the current allocation.

What do these Changes Mean and Why?
❖ These adjustments will free up $50,000 per year - which will be available
to help parishes to develop new innovative ministries, perhaps as part of
restructuring.
❖ No additional spending initiatives were undertaken to the current budget
– funds are being reallocated with-in currently approved budget.
❖ The Priority One Working Group was assigned primary responsibility for
identifying such situations, liaising with Archdeacons, P&F committee and
others as appropriate.

❖ Reduction in Support Grants $25,000 per Year.
❖ Write Offs No Change.
❖ Reduction in Episcopal Support to Parish $25,000 Per Year.
❖ Total Available $50,000 per year for a New Innovation Fund
What do these Changes Mean and Why?

Anglican Diocese of
Ottawa Innovation Fund

❖ $100,000 pilot program – redistribution of existing
funding
❖ Grants to parishes and deaneries ready to
courageously explore new and innovative ways of
being church
❖ For initiatives that advance Embracing God’s
Future
Innovation Fund – What is it?

Practices & Priorities
God’s Dream for the Church…
An exciting journey, calling us to joyfully live a
dynamic faith as disciples of Jesus
Embracing new ways of being Church
✓ Practices
#2: We will work collaboratively
#3: We will be courageous, embrace change and take risks
✓ Priorities
#1: Buildings and the shape of parish ministry
#2: Engagement with the world

✓ Apply experimental / new forms of delivering
pastoral leadership and ministry
✓ Foster collaboration among churches –
stewardship of real estate and reshaping of parish
ministry
✓ Empower engagement with the world – social
justice, evangelism, partnerships, ecumenical and
interfaith relationships
Funding for projects that…

Types of Grants
(1) Seed Grants
✓Development and piloting of innovative new
approaches, structures, or initiatives
✓Cover initial financial risks of trying something
new and unproven
❖Amount range: up to $10,000/year
❖Duration: up to 24 months

Types of Grants (Continued)
(2) Grow Grants
✓Increase the reach of an existing,
proven project undertaken during the
previous three years
✓Replicate a proven, successful project
that is new to the applicant
❖Amount range: offset 50% of project, to a max
of $10,000 per year; must demonstrate capacity
to become self-sustaining
❖Duration: up to 24 months

Eligible Costs
Eligible costs
✓Salaries or honoraria;
✓Program expenses/materials;
✓Workshop/meeting costs and travel
✓Publicity/communications; and
✓Capital costs essential to the innovation project
Ineligible costs
✓Structural repairs or renovations to buildings essentially related
to deferred maintenance
Maximum per year: $10,000

Applying for a Grant
Application form – available on Diocese’s
website
Submissions:
➢In paper format; or
➢Via e-mail attachment in MS Word or PDF
file to: innovationfund@ottawa.anglican.ca
Help available – advisors from Parish Ministry
Institute can help you design your project and
complete your application
Grants will be approved by Bishop on
recommendation of a grant assessment body

Deadlines for Applications
✓1st round: 31 January 2018 – results
announced in mid-March
✓2nd round: 31 July 2018 – results
announced in mid-September
✓Awards channelled to successful parish
applicants via a credit to their monthly
commitment to the Diocese

For more info…
Questions about the Innovation Fund grants?
✓Email: innovationfund@ottawa.anglican.ca
✓Tel.: 613-232-7124

Afternoon Prayers Page 7

Real Estate Working
Group
The Ven. Dr. Peter John Hobbs
Director of Mission

Real Estate Working Group
Presentation of Synod
Diocese of Ottawa
November 3, 2017

I will be asking Diocesan Council to…
work toward realizing the greatest
possible potential from our real estate
holdings.
 
Bishop’s Charge to Synod – October 2010

Real Estate Working Group
• Operational and Consultative Working Group
• Reports to Property and Finance Committee
• Active Year
–Full Report found in Synod Material

REWG Membership
• Bishop John Chapman
• Peter John Hobbs (Chair), Director of Mission
• Sanjay Grover,
• Peter Martin (Chair, P&F)
• David Selzer, Diocesan Archdeacon
• Jim Davison
• Monique Stone
• Mary-Catherine Garden
• Jim Lynes
• Rick Hughes

Development of New Policy
• The Use of the Net Proceeds of the Sale of Diocesan
Real Estate
• A Policy Approved by Diocesan Council in March
2017
–Developed by REWG
–Recommended by Property and Finance

Background
• Increased Real Estate Activity
–E.G. All Saints, St Matthias, Temple Pastures, St
Michael & All Angels, St Georges, Vernon, St Paul’s
East Hawkesbury, St Mark’s, Cumberland
• Need for transparent accounting and thoughtful
stewardship
• NB – Relates to surplus properties held by Diocese,
not properties held by parishes

Some Key Objectives
• Provide ongoing source of income for ministries (e.g.
lesson burden of PFS)
• Provide capital injection into CEF
• Provide source of funds for ongoing work of REWG
for management of Diocesan held real estate

Net Proceeds from Sale of Properties
• Net Proceeds, money remaining after (e.g.)
–Carrying costs
–Commissions, Broker Fees, Professional fees
–Mortgage balances/liens/accounts payable
–Funds approved to support specific parish ministry
(e.g. at time of amalgamation)
• Outlined in detail in CBRs – Regulation 5.01 (3.d).

Three Funds Impacted
• Church Extension Fund (CEF)
–Established long ago
• Creation of two new funds
–Real Estate Stewardship Fund
–Real Estate Legacy Fund

Church Extension Fund (CEF)
• 10% of Net Proceeds for ongoing mission of CEF
–As per CBRs – Regulation 5.01 (3.b)

Real Estate Legacy Fund (RELF)
• 75% of net proceeds to be deposited in RELF held in
Consolidated Trust Fund (CTF)
• Principle of RELF remains invested in CTF (handoff
unless approved by Diocesan Council)
• Income from RELF
–15% Reinvested in RELF
–85% to provide budget relief to operating fund of
the Diocese

Real Estate Stewardship Fund
• 15% of net proceeds
–10% to high priority activity as approved by
Diocesan Council
–5% to offset cost of real estate management

Management of Diocesan Real Estate 
from RESF
• Income
–5% of Net Proceeds
–Rental of Surplus Properties
–Third Party Funding (e.g. OTF, CMHC)
• Expenses
–Property Management and Maintenance
–Studies and services required for development, rental,
or sale (feasibility, building conditions, design)
• Expenses limited to funds available

Recommended Initial High Priority 
for RESF
• 10% of Net Proceeds
• Affordable Housing
– Priority of General Synod and Diocese
– 125 units of AH and every parish engaged
• High Priority until goal is achieved
– Diocese is a leader in AH
– AH requires significant investment, e.g. studies, etc
– Real estate related
– Government priority

Spending Approvals & Reporting
• Spending as recommended by REWG
– Bishop & Dir of Financial Ministries up to $30K
– Property & Finance Committee >$30K
• Reporting
– Dir of Financial Ministries will report semi-
annually to P&F thru REWG on operating
results of RESF & RELF

An Example
• Former St Basil’s sold, Net Proceeds $100,000
• $10,000 (10%) to Church Extension Fund
• $75, 000 (75%) to Real Estate Legacy Fund
– Principal Secure
– 15% of dividends reinvested, 85% to Diocesan Ministry
• 15,000 (15%) to Real Estate Stewardship Fund
– 5% ($50,000) for Property Management
– 10% ($100,000) for High Priority
• Affordable Housing until 125 goal met or 2021

Youth Ministry
Leslie Giddings
Child, Youth and Adult Learning
Facilitator

Presentation by Donna Rourke, YIP Co-ordinator and Leslie Giddings Diocesan Learning
Facilitator on behalf of YIP Steering Committee (Ven. Ross Hammond, Rev. Arran Thorpe,
Rev. Kerri Brennan, Roger Soler, and Susan Farrell)

Inclusive
Planning
How do we
increase
participation?
Diverse
perspectives
Who do we want
to share this
experience with?
What needs could
we address?

Evening Prayer Page 8

Priority One Working
Group
The Rev. Tim Kehoe
The Ven. Dr. Peter John Hobbs

Nominations Report
Ron Chaplin
Chair, Nominations and Committee
Development Subcommittee

Advisory Panel on Termination of Clerical Appointments
Clergy
❖ The Rev. Canon Catherine Ascah – Christ Church Cathedral
❖ The Rev. Canon Jim Roberts – St. John’s, Smiths Falls
Lay
❖ John McBride – St. Matthew’s, Ottawa

Diocesan Council
❖ The Rev. Doug Richards – Holy Trinity, Hawkesbury (second three-year
term)
❖ Alan Preston– St. James, Perth (second three-year term)
❖ Ashley Russell – Church of the Ascension (second three-year term)
❖ Pat Leach – Parish of Stafford-Whitewater (three-year term)

Trinity College Corporation
Clergy
❖ The Rev. Canon David Clunie – St. Bartholomew’s, Ottawa
❖ The Rev. Canon Roger Young – retired priest of the Diocese
❖ Lay
❖ David Jeanes – St. Martin’s, Ottawa
❖ Jane Waterston – St. Margaret’s, Vanier

Motion
It is moved by Ron Chaplin
and seconded by the Rev. Doug Richards
that Synod approve the proposed slate of nominees
for the advisory panel on termination of Clerical
Appointments, Diocesan Council and Trinity College
Corporation.

Priority One Working
Group: Part 3
Sue Sams
Saint James
Pat Leech
Saint Mark’s
Monique Stone
Huntley
Georgia Roberts
Stafford-Whitewater

Anglican Diocese of Ottawa Synod
O God of Every Nation

O God of every nation,
of every race and land,
redeem the whole creation
with your almighty hand;
where hate and fear divide us
and bitter threats are hurled,
in love and mercy guide us
and heal our strife-torn world.

From search for wealth and power
and scorn of truth and right,
from trust in bombs that shower
destruction through the night,
from pride of race and nation
and blindness to your way,
deliver every nation,
eternal God, we pray!

Lord, strengthen all who labor
that we may find release
from fear of rattling saber,
from dread of war's increase;
when hope and courage falter,
your still small voice be heard;
with faith that none can alter,
your servants undergird.

Keep bright in us the vision
of days when war shall cease,
when hatred and division
give way to love and peace,
till dawns the morning glorious
when truth and justice reign
and Christ shall rule victorious
o'er all the world's domain.

God Whose Giving Knows No Ending

God, whose giving knows no ending, 
from your rich and endless store-- 
nature's wonder, Jesus' wisdom, 
costly cross, grave's shattered door-- 
gifted by you, we turn to you, 
offering up ourselves in praise; 
thankful song shall rise forever, 
gracious Donor of our days.

Skills and time are ours for pressing 
toward the goals of Christ, your Son: 
all at peace in health and freedom, 
races joined, the Church made one. 
Now direct our daily labour, 
lest we strive for self alone. 
Born with talents, make us servants 
fit to answer at your throne.

Treasure, too, you have entrusted, 
gain through powers your grace
conferred, 
ours to use for home and kindred, 
and to spread the gospel word. 
Open wide our hands in sharing, 
as we heed Christ's ageless call, 
healing, teaching, and reclaiming, 
serving you by loving all.

Go to the world! Go into all the earth.
Go preach the cross where Christ
renews life’s worth,
baptizing as the sign of our rebirth.
Alleluia!

Go to the world! Go into every place.
Go live the word of God’s redeeming grace.
Go seek God’s presence in each time and space.
Alleluia!

Go to the world! Go struggle, bless, and pray;
the nights of tears give way to joyous day.
As servant church,
you follow Christ’s own way.
Alleluia!

Go to the world! Go as the ones I send,
for I am with you till the age shall end,
when all the hosts of glory cry, “Amen!”
Alleluia!

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