After a passionate debate, Kootenay diocesan synod passed a motion encouraging all parishes to use inclusive language and imagery in reference to humankind and to God whenever possible.
"A diocesan resource libray to serve clergy and lay leadership has been set up in the synod office of the diocese of Kootenay. The library will include video cassettes and resources for Bible study groups, inter-generational groups, baptism and confirmation groups, youth groups and others."
Alexander John Doull was born in Halifax to a Church of Scotland family. Orphaned within days of his birth, he received his higher education and ordination in England before returning to Canada, first to Montreal, before moving to Victoria B.C. as dean of the Cathedral in January 1910. On 25 November 1914 he was elected the first bishop of Kootenay, resigning in June 1933 to take up a position as assistant bishop and archdeacon in Sheffield before ill health compelled his resignation and return in the Okanagan Valley in 1935. "Alarmed by the vast number of non-Anglo-Saxon immigrants to British Columbia the bishop considered also that the province of Quebec was becoming injurious to Canada and he implored Anglo-Canadians to unite to counteract the influence of the French-speaking sections of the population" (p. 104). "The unemployment of the depression days was also of grave concern to him and he strongly supported the resolution brought forward at the diocesan synod (Vernon, 26-27 May 1931) which would establish movable camps as a means of relief" (p. 104). Bishop Doull attended the Lambeth Conferences of 1920 and 1930 and "was selected to serve with seventy others on the Committee for Church Union" (p. 105). "Throughout his entire ministry this matter of church union had been of utmost importance and he rejoiced when the United Church of Canada was formed in 1925, and he continued to speak for a union that would include all Christian people" (p. 106).
Author "is a daughter of Bishop Doull". -- p. 108.
Archbishop David Crawley has ordered inspections of all church bells in the Diocese of Kootenay after a freak accident in which a parishioner was killed by a falling bell.
The latest marketplace ministry venture in the Diocese of Kootenay involves skiing with the bishop on the weekends. Archbishop Crawley brings communion services to the ski areas around Kelowna.
From "Highway". "More than 100 young people and 34 adults from the Okanagan Valley went to Mexico recently to build several houses during a week-long construction blitz. Rev. Bryan Porter of St. Margaret's Church, was part of a group of 15 who travelled to Tecate, Mexico. The project was co-ordinated by Amor Industries in Mexico, which has sponsored thousands of houses in the past few years".