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Overview Synod Summary Bishop's Charge to Synod Discussions on 'Communities of Hope' 2025 Convening Circular Synod Opening Service Rt Revd Dr Rosemarie Mallett National Indigenous Archbishop Chris Harper Synod Agenda Workshops at Synod 2025 Vendors at Synod Synod 2025 Artwork Ban Righ Conference Centre, Queen's University Parking at Queen's University Accommodations at Queens University Contact Sponsors

Synod 2025 discussion videos with Bishop Rosemarie Mallett

Video #3 - Renewing parishes for mission

In her third video to the Diocese of Ontario leading up to our 2025 Synod, Bishop Rosemarie Mallett of the Diocese of Southwark in the UK talks with Bishop William Cliff about how we can renew our parishes for mission and connection with our local communities? View the video here.

In preparing delegates for their upcoming work at Synod, Bishop William Cliff invites you to view this third video with your congregations and/or parish councils and consider the theme of 'Communities of Hope through Disruptive Grace' within your own context. For discussion, Bishop William has poses the following questions to consider:

  1. How do we see the time we are in, in a way other than decline?
  2. What one story would you like to tell the world about who you are as a parish and what you do?

Video #2 - Communities of Hope

In this second of three upcoming videos with Bishop Rosemarie, Bishop William Cliff sits down with Bishop Rosemarie to discuss "what do communities of hope look like to you?" View the video here on the Diocese of Ontario YouTube channel.

In preparing delegates for their upcoming work at Synod, Bishop William Cliff invites you to view this second video during your 2025 vestry meetings or with your parish councils and consider the theme of 'Communities of Hope through Disruptive Grace' within your own context.

For discussion, Bishop William has posed the following questions to consider:

  1. With the world as it is, what does hope look like in your community?
  2. Who belongs in your community of hope that is not already there?

Video #1 - Disruptive Grace

In this first of three upcoming videos with Bishop Rosemarie, Bishop William Cliff sits down with Bishop Rosemarie to talk about the theme of our upcoming Synod: 'Communities of Hope through Disruptive Grace.'

In preparing delegates for their upcoming work at Synod, Bishop William Cliff invites you to view this video during your 2025 vestry meetings or with your parish councils and consider the theme of 'Communities of Hope through Disruptive Grace' within your own context.

For discussion, Bishop William has posed the following questions to consider and discuss:

  1. 'In what audacious way could your parish bring the margins to the center?'
  2. 'Where do you see Jesus in the margins or on the edges of your community?'