AN INTERFAITH DAY FOR YOUTH

Trinity Anglican Church has been putting the finishing touches on its restored Rectory. Built in 1862 at a cost of $3,000 the rectory spent many of its years as home to succeeding Anglican rectors and their families.

Thanks to a generous donation from a parishioner, the rectory has been renovated and updated to accommodate various ministry programs.

These groups are: the A.B.L.E. Network, the Clothes Closet, Welcoming Arms, the Interfaith Unity and the Interchurch Health Network.

A.B.L.E. Network is a non-profit, fee for service organization. this program is organized by caring community members and parents whose mission is to: "Provide relevant inclusive work and recreation opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities in natural job and community settings".

Each year this program will provide services for 15-20 young adults with such disabilities who have finished high school. the program will develop and support employment opportunities and related community participation.

Clothes Closet offers good quality, gently used clothing to the public at nominal prices. Clothing is also provided at no cost to people in need.

Welcoming Arms, a partnership of God's people serving God's people is sponsored by Aurora United Church, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and Trinity Anglican Church.

Welcoming Arms supports the needy of Aurora by offering: a place of friendship, hope, a caring listening ear where all are treated with dignity, food vouchers, gift cards, toiletries, cleaning supplies and connections to other community help and resources. Their mission statement is; "In loving partnership, we seek to be the hands of Christ by promoting human, physical and spiritual well being in our community."

Interchurch Health Ministries (ICHM) is a non-profit organization that seeks to help congregations and agencies deepen their health and healing ministry through the addition of a parish nurse to the staff ministry team. they support these ministries with an ongoing education program for the parish nurse candidates, parishioners and clergy. their model is congregationally driven with a mission statement that sees the as fostering healthy communities through Christ's healing ministry.

The parish nurse's role is multi-faceted, helping parishioners to integrate faith and health and acting as a health educator, personal health councilor, referral source and advocate with community and congregational resources, and a multiplier of ministries. parish nurses relate with people holistically, recognizing that we are each body, mind and spirit.

Interfaith Unity, a non-profit organization, will continue to supply interfaith activities at the church. these activities are also open to the wider communities as well as the Trinity congregation. We have been supplying the church with educational workshops over since the fall of last year.

The move provides us with a wonderfully historic setting within a busy parish. It will be an opportunity to develop more interfaith activities in the York Region area. As well it serves as a physical base for our ever growing Interfaith Unity e-mail and web based publications.

Currently we have over 1200 subscribers to our Interfaith Unity e-mail newsletter. This newsletter, and its companion website, are the result of a network of interfaith workers and associate agencies across North America.

www.intefaithunity.ca info@interfaithunity.ca

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Below: blessing the new ministry facility on Sunday October 4, 2008 are Rev'd Canon Dawn Davis
Incumbent and Rector (right). And Rev'd Sheilagh Ashworth Associate Priest (left).