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Fred Hiltz: let's investigate Israel.

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Leftist Fred reveals his anti-Israel bias once more in this clap-trap from the PWRDF:fred-hitlz

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada and The Right Rev. David Giuliano, Moderator of the United Church of Canada, have written  to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to request an independent investigation to the bombing of the Shaja ih Family Healthcare Centre in Gaza City on Jan 10, 2009.

One notes, with some amusement, that the PWRDF site has misspelled his name “Hitlz”; a Freudian slip, perhaps.

Sadly, it’s been corrected now. I did take a copy before the correction, though; you can see it on the right.

If Fred wants to investigate someone, how about the Hamas nut cases who train their children to become suicide bombers?

Giving Hiltz the benefit of the doubt for the moment by allowing that it is conceivable that he could be a ChristianAdd an Image, surely he should be able to see that motivation plays a part in what has happened in Gaza.

  • Israel wants to be left alone; Hamas fires rockets and calls for the destruction of Israel.
  • Israel wants to defend its civilian population, Hamas wants to use its population as a weapon.
  • Israel makes every attempt to avoid civilian casualties – even to the extent of warning civilians in target areas, Hamas deliberately targets civilians – even its own.
  • Israel accidentally bombs a clinic, Hamas rejoices at the propaganda opportunity.

As the Anglican Church of Canada disintegrates around him, Fred Hiltz can find little better to do than engage in political bigotry; pathetic.

Canadian Anglican Primate, Fred Hiltz: Financial Wizard

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Canadian Anglican Primate, Fred Hiltz is never reticent about telling the Canadian Government how to run the affairs of state, particularly when it comes to money. As a contributor to Kairos, a Canadian ecumenical organisation that agitates for its version of social justice, he has this to say:

KAIROS understands this financial crisis as a systemic failure in global financial markets. Over the last 30 years, governments have increasingly deregulated these markets, allowing them to be manipulated in favour of short-term interests of the wealthiest and most powerful.

“Canadians look to their Members of Parliament for strong leadership to address poverty, adequate housing and affordable health care,” says Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. “We also call for action in making the eradication of poverty the top priority for our foreign aid policy. Now is the time for the federal government to affirm our place as a responsible neighbour in the global village.”

Obviously the answer is more government intervention in the financial markets.

Let’s see how well Fred Hiltz manages his own organisation:

The Council of General Synod (CoGS) on Nov. 16 approved, but not without dissent from some members, the 2009 General Synod budget. Although pruned by $1.3 million, the budget still projects a deficit of $745,639, with revenues anticipated at $8.6 million and expenditures at $9.4 million.

And:

Major developments in the financial management of General Synod took place in the fall and winter with the resignation, effective Dec. 31, of treasurer Peter Blachford, and the layoffs Nov. 25 of seven staff at the national office in Toronto.

The layoffs were part of a plan to cut the 2009 budget by $1.3 million, reduce the deficit to $800,000 and to try to put an end to what had been a pattern in recent years of incurring deficits.

And we mustn’t forget:

The Anglican Church of Canada has experienced a huge decline over the past 40 years, according to a new independent survey.

Over the period of 1961 to 2001 the Canadian region of the worldwide Anglican Church has lost 53% of its members, with numbers declining from 1.36 million to just 642,000.

An even more worrying sign for the worldwide Church is that the survey suggested that the decline is accelerating. In the period between 1981 and 1991 the Church membership decreased by 13%, however between 1991 and 2001 the numbers reduced by a greater proportion of 20%.

So, Fred, what’s the solution to your mess in the Anglican Church of Canada?

Obviously, more government intervention in the Anglican Church of Canada.

Freebie Friday at St. Hilda's

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A baby girl was baptised at St. Hilda’s ANiC this morning. Her mother is a young Christian woman who has been attending St. Hilda’s during the last year or so. A little less than ten years ago, every Friday lunchtime she used to walk from the high-school she attended to St. Hilda’s building for a free lunch at Freebie Friday. Part of the free lunch is a short talk on the Gospel by St. Hilda’s Pastor Paul; seeds sometimes fall on fertile ground, take root and grow, resulting in a saved sinner and great joy in heaven. The student who used to come for free lunches is now a fine young Christian who has baptised her baby and brought other Freebie Friday alumni to Sunday worship.

The last court ruling on the dispute between the Diocese of Niagara and St. Hilda’s ANiC, was that – until final ownership of the building is settled – the building must be shared between the diocese and St. Hilda’s. The diocese was given the Sunday morning time slot, so St. Hilda’s is meeting in a school gymnasium for Sunday worship. But St. Hilda’s ANiC is still present in the church building during the week and, for the moment, Freebie Friday continues.

Freebie Friday began just over ten years ago. St. Hilda’s building is located close to a high-school; every lunchtime there was a steady trickle of children past the church on their way to the mall. We wanted to try and convey to the children the idea of the free gift of salvation that Jesus offers us as the result of his atoning death on the cross: just as salvation is free, so is lunch.

The lunch is run and paid for by volunteers from St. Hilda’s and it quickly became popular: there are two sittings which attract about a hundred children every Friday. The principal of the high school regularly expresses his gratitude for this ministry.

The children sponsor two World Vision kids with their own money and buy yearly Christmas gifts for them. Recently they paid for three wheelchairs for the Free Wheelchair Mission, an organisation that provides wheelchairs as a gift of mobility for the physically disabled poor in developing countries.

Which brings me to the reason why we are fighting in the courts to keep our building. The diocese of Niagara has a congregation of about five people using St. Hilda’s building; it is managed by two priests. If they win ownership of the building, Freebie Friday, along with other ministries will stop. St. Hilda’s ANiC would not be able to continue it because it has to take place at a location close to the school; the diocese will not continue it because, even if they had the inclination, they do not have the people needed to keep the building open, let alone engage in time consuming ministries. Even their own priests admit that their congregation is not viable.

If the diocese wins the court battle for the building, after a decent interval it will be sold and bulldozed; God’s work in that place will cease.

This is why we fight.

The Anglican Church of Canada and politics

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This is on the website of the Niagara diocese:

The current Canadian Government has called an election for October 14th 2008. The Church does not take any positions on the various parties and candidates that are running. Obviously each ballot that is cast, must be done so according to the conscience of the individual.
However, as a Christian community and as an Anglican Church we can at least pose questions that should be addressed during the upcoming weeks.
The first thing that we would like to do is encourage every citizen in this country to exercise their responsibility to vote. We all must contribute to the future of Canada by exercising our vote.
Secondly, we will place some resources as they come available in the column on the right. These are for discussion and they are guides.

There is only one entry on the ‘Resources’ sidebar: Eight Ways to Make Poverty an Election Issue
Which, when you click on it, takes you to the website of Make Poverty History.
Now, gently reader, take a wildly haphazard guess as to which political party endorses Make Poverty History?

Why, the NDP, of course!

“The NDP will continue to work with progressive parliamentarians from all political parties and civil society efforts such as the Make Poverty History campaign dedicated to ending poverty around the world and here in Canada, to make 0.7 by 2015 a reality,” said McDonough.

I bet that comes as a shock to everyone. And, of course, it makes nonsense of the statement above “The Church does not take any positions on the various parties and candidates that are running”

Which brings me to the point of all this: the Anglican Church of Canada has ceased to be a Christian organisation; instead it is a political one, albeit a particularly ineffective specimen.

c/p Essentials blog