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the NB Anglican by Ana Watts
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Dear friends,
PWRDF is engaged in a participatory branding process as part of the 50th anniversary activities. This process of working towards telling our story in a compelling way has offered PWRDF’s networks, staff and all of those who participated in the branding survey an opportunity to look at what we do through fresh eyes. Branding has shown us that PWRDF has proficiency in the field of development, and capacity and flexibility in the way that we support partners. Research confirms that PWRDF is an organization with a strong base of competence and real results of transformation to share.
It was also reported that we are more likely to reach our potential if we engage more Anglicans in Canada in our work – in ways that are meaningful to them. This is a challenging task at a time when there are so many ways for Anglicans in Canada to make a difference in the world.
The research process confirms that 80% of you support a change of name to one that is clear, simple and works in the global context. We invite you to be a part of this naming process.
You are an important part of that change!
In the words of Archbishop and Primate, Fred Hiltz, “It is fitting that as we mark the 50th anniversary, we embrace the challenge of discerning new ways to tell our story of relief and development work in the world – ways that not only inform but inspire sustained commitments of generous support. Consideration of a change of name is a vital piece of that discernment. Announcement of a new name would provide a wonderful segue into the next era of our witness to the compassion and justice of The Lord.”
Please send in your name suggestions by July 17th, 2009 to Christine Hills, chills@pwrdf.org. We will be back in touch with you in September for your comments on a short list of names.
The Branding Steering Committee will recommend 2 names from that short list to the PWRDF board of directors for their decision and ratification at the annual general meeting in October.
Please keep these characteristics of PWRDF in mind
· Partner-centered
· Faith-based
· Ethical
· Accountable
· Credible
and consider the following criteria as you think of new name possibilities
· Easy to say and spell
· Clear and meaningful
· Works well in the global community
· Original and memorable
· Speaks to the benefit of what PWRDF does – with communities and individuals.
Thank you for joining us as we focus on these steps towards the future.
Blessings,
Cheryl Curtis,
Executive Director, PWRDF
Latest on the FoodGrains Fundraiser sponsored by PWRDF in the Diocese of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Read the article In the NB Anglican by Ana Watts "The Art of Sharing"
Read the Synod update . . . . http://anglican.nb.ca/
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PWRDF is pleased to announce the winner of the painting "Silence is Not the Answer" by Dale Cook to Greg Hiltz. The scene in Ethiopia was inspired by a photo from Rev. Marian Lucas-Jeffries's personal collection. The painting, an oil 16x20 on canvas, was offered by online auction as a fundraiser for FoodGrains Bank.
Greg and Debbie Hiltz are generously donating the painting "Silence is Not the Answer" to their Church, All Saints, Loch Lomond, Parish of Simonds. Mr Hiltz says "My wife Debbie and I have been part of this Church since 1991, having brought up our two daughters there. I have been serving as vestryman for approx. 18 years, and have served as warden for years also. My wife sings in our choir. Our church is an important part of our life. Debbie and I feel that the painting displays a theme and spirit that belongs in a church setting. Therefore, it is our great pleasure to present it to the our Church, All Saints, Loch Lomond Parish.
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Bishop
Claude Miller presented the painting to Mr. Hiltz at Synod 2009, held in the
Saint John trade and convention Centre.|
The day I snapped this Photo by Rev Marian Lucas-Jefferies
It was such a normal day in the lives of the people who are in the picture. My first few days I felt as though I might as well have landed on the moon. Would I ever adjust? That particular day, several days into our travels in the north of Ethiopia, I realized that it was now a normal day for me as well.
Everywhere we went in our new Toyota Land Cruisers, we passed people walking. People walking on roads, in fields and there, high up on a secondary road in the mountains. All too often there was "nothing" in sight and I couldn't help but wonder, where are they going? OR where are they coming from?
As I think back to that day, I can almost smell the air that cool, clear morning. Fresh, but dusty. A cool wind blowing that high up. And there was the endless stream of people, coming and going.
Barren land, but not isolated.
People everywhere. Determined, perseverant people. Families, individuals, people on their own personal life journey. It was so quiet on the mountain that day. They didn't talk. They simply kept on walking. I could feel the silence. Was that the silence of profound poverty?
The land feels so old. Dust and rocks, and rocks and dust. Everything was so dry and dusty. I learned in Ethiopia that people in developing countries leave the good land for us, where coffee and tea, sugar cane and bananas are grown. That is the problem. The good land is taken up to grow products for export. The people are left with the rocks. Fair? No. We owe them so much.
So many pictures, but no names. Just like the women in the Bible who had such a profound impact on Jesus, some who spoke, using words, some who grabbed his attention by their quiet presence. How might the silent people in this picture affect us?
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