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York-Scarborough Area is one of four episcopal areas in the the Diocese of Toronto. Each area is under the oversight of an area bishop, who is a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Toronto.
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Kathy and Bishop Yu at Lambeth
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Bishop Yu graduated from Wycliffe College in Toronto in 1981 and served as an assistant curate at the Church of the Epiphany in Scarborough until 1983. He was the incumbent of the parish of Coldwater-Medonte until 1990, then incumbent of St. Theodore of Canterbury until 1997. He was the incumbent of St. Timothy’s, Agincourt from 1997 until his election as bishop on Jan. 7, 2006. He holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Toronto School of Theology, thesis title, "Being Christian in a multi-faith context". Other publications include "Preaching the true and living word" (HK, 2009), "Homosexuality and the Anglican Church in Canada: a pastoral approach." in The Homosexuality Debate: Faith seeking understanding. Catherine Sider Hamilton (ed.), Toronto: ABC, 2003. "A parish response to cultural diversity." in Canadian Anglicanism At the Dawn of a New Century, M. Darrol Bryant,(ed.) Toronto, Edwin Mellen Press, 2001, Manual 2000, Wycliffe Internship Program. Toronto: Wycliffe College, 2000, "The St. Andrew Day Statement" in Anglican Life and Witness: A Reader for the Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops 1998, Vinay Samuel and Chris Sugden (ed.), London, SPCK, 1997. Bishop Yu is the convener of the Evangelism and Church Growth Initiative (ECGI) of the Anglican Communion. . .
He is married with three grown children.
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Will you see a doctor, or a personal trainer?
 This picture was taken in 2006. I have grown larger since that time, and it is time to reverse the trend.
I know what to do. If I go see my doctor for a physical, he will want me to eat healthy. He will have indicators on weight, cholesterol, blood sugar and a host of other things, first as an assessment, then targets for me to reach – ouch! Or I can go to a gym and have someone prescribe the kind of exercises to reduce my waistline. Either one will help; if I am ambitious and truly want to lose weight, I can do both.
I am speaking metaphorically, of course. If you think your church has grown somewhat complacent, or idle, or weighed down. We have the equivalent of a diagnostic tool and personal trainers. It is a joy to be in a Diocese which can offer these opportunities.
Natural
Church
Development (NCD) offers a diagnostic tool as to how healthy your church is. Its 8 indicators will tell you how likely you are to grow and, more importantly, what to work on next. Many parishes in the Diocese have embarked upon it and those churches that followed through will tell you that the program works.
A newer regiment concerns the missional church. Many things are happening over a wide front, including the Vital Church Planting conference, visioning days, and now, a six week “Mission Shaped Introduction” for parish teams, just to get a taste of what that buzzword is all about. We are fortunate to have two courses running in the area. Please contact Carol or Jenny if you are interested.
Both are roads to health, both are effective. Some of you may have to choose, some are already well on your way to one and want to try out another. It seems clear that churches in the Diocese of Toronto are on the move, moving to health, moving out in the love of Christ to be His witness. My prayer for you is that you will take steps on the road together, and pray for me that I will actually do something, and not simply procrastinate.
Blessings for a great summer!
Your friend and bishop
Patrick
- June 25 – July 2 Vacation
- July 5 – 6 Consecration of Bishop Tom Corston,
Timmins
- July 7 – 8 Annual Reviews with Clergy
- July 11 – 17 Vacation
- July 20 – August 26 Annual Reviews with Clergy
- Aug. 8 St. Andrew by-the-Lake
- Aug. 15 St. Matthew the Apostle, Oriole
- Aug. 22 St. Dunstan of
Canterbury
- Aug. 27 – Sept. 13 Vacation
- Sept. 15 College
9:30 – 1:00
- Sept. 15 DLT
1:00 – 4:00
- Sept. 16 Regional Deans meeting,
St.
Luke
4:00
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4:30 p.m.
- Sept. 16 Area Council meeting, St. Luke,
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
- Sept. 18 Area Music Day,
St. John’s
, York Mills,
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Sept. 19 Transfiguration
- Sept. 19 St. Margaret Tamil Congregation,
4:00 p.m.
- Sept. 26 St. Michael the
Archangel
, 25th Anniversary of moving into building,
10:00 a.m.
- Sept. 26 St. Peter’s,
Scarborough
, Induction Rev. Erin Martin, Incumbent
4:30 p.m.
- Sept. 28 New Century Group,
12:30 p.m.
- Sept. 29 St. Theodore of
Canterbury
, Advisory Board meeting,
7:30 p.m.
- Sept. 30 College
10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Sept. 30 Diocesan Council
4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
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