canang-l greetings

[E.A. Briffett]

CANANGLERS ALL, AFTER ALMOST 5 MONTHS, AN EYE  OPERATION, TWO INTRAOCULAR INJECTIONS AND SEVERAL EYE DROPS, I’VE REACHED THE POINT WHERE A 30 POINT FONT MAKES SOME READING  AND WRITING POSSIBLE, THIS AND THE RENEWAL OF EMAILS FROM CANANGLERS LIFTS THE SPIRIT. PLEASE PARDON SPELLING MISSTAKS!   1963 WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR IN THAT MY BELOVED FINALLY ALLOWED ME TO MARRY HER.   THE PRAISH WHERE I AM AN HONOURARY ASSISSTANT IS SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY MOVING INYO THE 21ST CENTURY.  THE BAS WAS INTRODUCED ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO WITH STUDY AND TEACHING. SINCE THAT TIME, WE OCCASIONALLY USE OTHER VARIATIONS, SUCH AS A NEW ZEALAND EUCHARISTIC PRAYER AND U.K. CREED.   AFTER TEACHING AND EXPERAMENT THE EARLY SERVICE IS IN THE CHURCH AND A SIMPLE BAS, PAGE 185.  THE MIDDLE SERVICE TAKES PLACE IN THE PARISH HALL, WITH CHAIRS “IN THE ROUND”, MODERN MUSIC  LEAD BY KEYBOARD, GUITER AND AFRICAN STYLE DRUM.  THE SERVICE IS THE MOST MODERN AND THE PRAYER AND SONGS PROJECTED ON A ASCREEN. DURING THE PEACE EVERYONE EXCHANGES THE PEACE WITH EVERYPNE ELSE.  AFTER THE PEACE, PEOPLE TEND TO HEAD TO THE NEAREST CHAIR – RARELY THE THET STARTED IN.   THE LAST SERVICE IS IN THE CHURCH.  THE SERVICE IS MODIFIED BAS PAGE 185, WITH ANCIENT AND MODERN HYMNS ALL PROJECTED IN A SCREEN.  BECAUSE OF NUMBERS, THE PEACE IS ALMOST “NORMAL” AND MOST THINGS ARE DONE IN “DECENCY AND ORDER” – LITTLE NEED FOR THE WARDENS STAVES  <G>,   ALTHOUGH I AM PREPARED TO ADMIT THAT SOME MODERN CHURCH IS RATHER UGLY, A GOOD PORTION IS MORE SINGABLE THAN ANGLICAM MUSIC – ESPECIALLY FOR THE UNTRAINED IN THE PEW AND FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE.  ALTHOUGH I’M IN MY 8TH DECADE, I’ll MORE READILY SING A 2000’S SONG THAN A TALLIS CANON OR OLD 100TH.  BECAUSE I’M AN EASTER CHILD I STAND BEFORE GOD’S THRONE FOR PRAYER.   THROUGH EYE STRAIN, I’VE GONE ON FAR TOO LOBG.   BLESSINGS, TED BRIFFETT

[Lance Woodruff]

Hi Ted, 

How wonderful to hear from you. Congratulations on your road to recovery from many challenges. And congratulations to you and your beloved!

Although I live and worship in an Anglican church, I longer have access to any North American prayer book and until I Googled I don't even know that the BAS was the Book of Alternative Services and BCP was the Book of Common Prayer of 1962. In Bangkok the main service. Here in Bangkok I sometimes use a personal copy of A New Zealand Ptayer Book. 

I would love to be able to pass the peace and greet you in your 'musical chairs' setting. That sounds like it could be a 'gimmick', a kind of ice-breaker that could be used to help congregations get to know each other better...  

In November 1963 I boarded a train in Minneapolis and went to Winnipeg for a Canadian-American Conference with schools  through a terrible blizzard. It was quite exciting to meet Canadian students, learn to sing 'O Canada' in coffeehouses and singing as we wended our ways though huge piles of snow in the dark. I sometimes break into the refrain, 'We stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee...'.

Teds, I pray that your eyestrain becomes less and that you regain your normal abilities.

Peace and all good,

Lance Woodruff

On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 3:40 AM, E.A. Briffett <frt...@yahoo.com> wrote:

CANANGLERS ALL, AFTER ALMOST 5 MONTHS, AN EYE  OPERATION, TWO INTRAOCULAR INJECTIONS AND SEVERAL EYE DROPS, I’VE REACHED THE POINT WHERE A 30 POINT FONT MAKES SOME READING  AND WRITING POSSIBLE, THIS AND THE RENEWAL OF EMAILS FROM CANANGLERS LIFTS THE SPIRIT. PLEASE PARDON SPELLING MISTAKES!

1963 WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR IN THAT MY BELOVED FINALLY ALLOWED ME TO MARRY HER.

THE PARISH WHERE I AM AN HONOURARY ASSISTANT IS SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY MOVING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.  THE BAS WAS INTRODUCED ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO WITH STUDY AND TEACHING. SINCE THAT TIME, WE OCCASIONALLY USE OTHER VARIATIONS, SUCH AS A NEW ZEALAND EUCHARISTIC PRAYER AND U.K. CREED.   AFTER TEACHING AND EXPERIMENT THE EARLY SERVICE IS IN THE CHURCH AND A SIMPLE BAS, PAGE 185.  THE MIDDLE SERVICE TAKES PLACE IN THE PARISH HALL, WITH CHAIRS “IN THE ROUND”, MODERN MUSIC  LEAD BY KEYBOARD, GUITAR AND AFRICAN STYLE DRUM.  THE SERVICE IS THE MOST MODERN AND THE PRAYER AND SONGS PROJECTED ON A SCREEN. DURING THE PEACE EVERYONE EXCHANGES THE PEACE WITH EVERYONE ELSE.  AFTER THE PEACE, PEOPLE TEND TO HEAD TO THE NEAREST CHAIR – RARELY THE THAT STARTED IN.

THE LAST SERVICE IS IN THE CHURCH.  THE SERVICE IS MODIFIED BAS PAGE 185, WITH ANCIENT AND MODERN HYMNS ALL PROJECTED IN A SCREEN.  BECAUSE OF NUMBERS, THE PEACE IS ALMOST “NORMAL” AND MOST THINGS ARE DONE IN “DECENCY AND ORDER” – LITTLE NEED FOR THE WARDENS STAVES  <G>,

ALTHOUGH I AM PREPARED TO ADMIT THAT SOME MODERN CHURCH IS RATHER UGLY, A GOOD PORTION IS MORE SINGABLE THAN ANGLICAN MUSIC – ESPECIALLY FOR THE UNTRAINED IN THE PEW AND FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE.  ALTHOUGH I’M IN MY 8TH DECADE, I’LL MORE READILY SING A 2000’S SONG THAN A TALLIS CANON OR OLD 100TH.  BECAUSE I’M AN EASTER CHILD I STAND BEFORE GOD’S THRONE FOR PRAYER.   THROUGH EYE STRAIN, I’VE GONE ON FAR TOO LONG.   BLESSINGS, TED BRIFFETT

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[Mary Mainwaring]

Good to hear from you, Ted, and to know that you soldier on despite the eye problems.  I hope the eyes continue to improve.

Blessings and good wishes.

Mary

[Maloney, Linda M]

Blessings and prayers come your way, Ted. It sounds as if you are surmounting obstacles in courageous and joyful ways!
Linda+
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From: owner-c...@canang.ca [owner-c...@canang.ca] on behalf of E.A. Briffett [frt...@YAHOO.COM]

Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 4:40 PM
To: Canang
Subject: canang-l greetings

CANANGLERS ALL,
AFTER ALMOST 5 MONTHS, AN EYE OPERATION, TWO INTRAOCULAR INJECTIONS AND SEVERAL EYE DROPS, I�VE REACHED THE POINT WHERE A 30 POINT FONT MAKES SOME READING AND WRITING POSSIBLE, THIS AND THE RENEWAL OF EMAILS FROM CANANGLERS LIFTS THE SPIRIT. PLEASE PARDON SPELLING MISSTAKS!

1963 WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR IN THAT MY BELOVED FINALLY ALLOWED ME TO MARRY HER.

THE PRAISH WHERE I AM AN HONOURARY ASSISSTANT IS SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY MOVING INYO THE 21ST CENTURY. THE BAS WAS INTRODUCED ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO WITH STUDY AND TEACHING. SINCE THAT TIME, WE OCCASIONALLY USE OTHER VARIATIONS, SUCH AS A NEW ZEALAND EUCHARISTIC PRAYER AND U.K. CREED.

AFTER TEACHING AND EXPERAMENT THE EARLY SERVICE IS IN THE CHURCH AND A SIMPLE BAS, PAGE 185. THE MIDDLE SERVICE TAKES PLACE IN THE PARISH HALL, WITH CHAIRS �IN THE ROUND�, MODERN MUSIC LEAD BY KEYBOARD, GUITER AND AFRICAN STYLE DRUM. THE SERVICE IS THE MOST MODERN AND THE PRAYER AND SONGS PROJECTED ON A ASCREEN. DURING THE PEACE EVERYONE EXCHANGES THE PEACE WITH EVERYPNE ELSE. AFTER THE PEACE, PEOPLE TEND TO HEAD TO THE NEAREST CHAIR � RARELY THE THET STARTED IN.

THE LAST SERVICE IS IN THE CHURCH. THE SERVICE IS MODIFIED BAS PAGE 185, WITH ANCIENT AND MODERN HYMNS ALL PROJECTED IN A SCREEN. BECAUSE OF NUMBERS, THE PEACE IS ALMOST �NORMAL� AND MOST THINGS ARE DONE IN �DECENCY AND ORDER� � LITTLE NEED FOR THE WARDENS STAVES <G>,

ALTHOUGH I AM PREPARED TO ADMIT THAT SOME MODERN CHURCH IS RATHER UGLY, A GOOD PORTION IS MORE SINGABLE THAN ANGLICAM MUSIC � ESPECIALLY FOR THE UNTRAINED IN THE PEW AND FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE. ALTHOUGH I�M IN MY 8TH DECADE, I�ll MORE READILY SING A 2000�S SONG THAN A TALLIS CANON OR OLD 100TH. BECAUSE I�M AN EASTER CHILD I STAND BEFORE GOD�S THRONE FOR PRAYER.

THROUGH EYE STRAIN, I�VE GONE ON FAR TOO LOBG.

BLESSINGS,
TED BRIFFETT

[Noeline Bridge]

I hope your eyes go on recovering, Ted. Eyesight problems are a blasted nuisance!

 

Your 1963 was indeed memorable! Much less memorable was mine, although it marked the final year of my B.A. and when I really enjoyed my studies because I was working only part-time that year: all the rest had been done while working full-time, so for the first time I could really engage with what I was learning instead of just concentrating on what was needed to pass the final exam.

 

Thank you for telling us about the services at your church – although you say that your church is “slowly and carefully moving into the 21^st century,” they look very modern to a New Brunswick Anglican!

 

Noeline Alston

Moncton, NB

 

From: owner-c...@canang.ca [mailto:owner-c...@canang.ca] On Behalf Of E.A. Briffett
Sent: May-23-13 5:40 PM
To: Canang
Subject: canang-l greetings

 

CANANGLERS ALL,

[Joan Dolphin]

Greetings all,

I haven’t written in a few years, but always enjoy your posts. My computer recently died and I’ve needed to recapture all my addresses, etc., so this seemed like a good time to reconnect. A busy time too as I’ve just bought a condo in Ottawa and am selling my town house—rather stressful, but I’m hoping all will go well—and quickly!

But one resolution of more interest to CanAng is that St. John the Evangelist in Ottawa has finally, after

nearly 2 1/2 years, has a new incumbent who will start in Sept. We’ve had a wonderful interim, but especially in the last months we’ve felt rather in limbo, wondering if we’d ever find someone. It’s a good feeling to have that settled as St. John’s is a big downtown church with a very diverse congregation. Please keep us in your prayers.

Cheers,

Joan Dolphin

 

 

 

From: Noeline Bridge

Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 4:14 PM

To: cana...@canang.ca

Subject: RE: canang-l greetings

 

I eyes go on recovering, Ted. Eyesight problems are a blasted nuisance!

[Mary Mainwaring]

Who is the new rector to be?   I used to work at St. John the Evangelist, long ago.

Mary.

[Joan Dolphin]

Its Beth Bretlaff. Apparently her last posting was as chaplain at Ashcroft school here. I don’t think many of us are familiar with her.

I’ve just been at St. John’s for about 10 years.

Joan

[Shirley Ganton]

Hi Joan;

Beth was here in Kelowna when she was first ordained she is a delightful lady .

Peace sg

[Joan Dolphin]

Hi Shirley,

That’s good to know. The selection committee pretty impressed.

Joan

[Mary Mainwaring]

Hope she works out well.  Of course she is probably much too young for me to know unless the child of someone I knew.  I left Ottawa about 30 years ago.

I worked with Alan Box when he was rector.  Very enjoyable.