WELCOME TO THE WEB SITE OF IAN AND PAULAOUR PURPOSE IS TO SHARE SOME PART OF OUR LIVES WITH YOU INCLUDING PHOTOS, SERMONS AND ARTICLES. WE HOPE YOU FIND THESE OF VALUE. |
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We are both Priests in the Anglican Church of Canada. Ian is the retired Archdeacon of Caledonia. Paula served in Caledonia from 1997 to 2004. We served St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Wrangell, Alaska from 2005 until June of 2009. On July 1st Paula started a full time position as the Director of the Native Ministries Program at the Vancouver School of Theology. She is also the Assistant Professor of Ethics and First Nations Studies at VST. We have moved to Vancouver and live part of the time in an apartment in the School. We also acquired a home in Powell River where we plan to retire and until that time arrives we spend weekends and holidays there. We help out when requested in the Parish of St. David & St. Paul. This site includes many of Paula's sermons in the link "Sharing Words for Shaping Sermons". It also includes material produced by Ian (as copyright will allow) and several photo pages sharing some of the highlighted events in our lives. Paula's most recent sermon, delivered at St. Davids & St. Pauls, Powell River, may be found in YEAR C in Sharing Words for Shaping Sermons. Our 2009 Christmas letter is below.
This year has been one of momentous change in our lives. Paula was appointed as the Director of the Native Ministries Program and Assistant Professor of Ethics and First Nations Studies at Vancouver School of Theology. While we were delighted with this new and exciting challenge, our move to Vancouver began with sadness at leaving the congregation at St. Philips, Wrangell, where we had spent a wonderful four and a half years in team ministry. Then we had to sell our house in Terrace and move to Vancouver. We expected that would take a year at least, allowing us time to adjust to leaving Northern BC. Instead, our house sold in May, the day after we listed it! We spent May and June packing, moving, acquiring a new home in Powell River and moving into our apartment at VST. By July 1st we were ready for Paula’s first task, the Native Ministries summer school. Ian was heavily involved in the convening of the Centre for Indian Scholars Advisory Board for the first time in 30 years. The group decided to hold an international First Nations gathering in 2011 so he will have lots to do in the next couple of years. We spend week ends and holidays in Powell River but most of the time at VST. Paula juggles directing the Native Ministries Program with teaching one course a semester in the school. Ian juggles unpacking his 100 boxes of files in Powell River with commuting to and from Vancouver. In the midst of all this turmoil Ian flew to Halifax for the Federal NDP convention and visited his son John and his partner Andrea and also cousins Joyce, Ted, and Cindy and some of their children and grandchildren! Unfortunately, this left Paula to deal with a basement flood in Powell River. Watch out if you have a Crane toilet tank! Sam and her partner Richard spent Christmas with us in Powell River. T.J. Kathy and Mia, Ian’s most recent granddaughter, flew from the UK to Calgary and spent Christmas day with Doug and Tori and their families. So three grandchildren met for the first time. We will visit with TJ & family in January. Alex, Andrew and Cindy’s son, was accepted at Carleton University and so Ian’s first grandchild will attend University this fall. It is a wonderment to arrive at Christmas after all of these events. It has been a great Christmas even without snow here. And, despite having lost several good friends to death during the year, we wish all of you a very wonderful Christmas season and the best for 2010.
6000 Iona Drive, Vancouver, BC, V6T-1L4
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Ian,
Paula & Rubric