The City Church and the Returning Men : Montreal and Toronto Conferences
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article547
- Author
- Burke, Northcote R. (Northcote Richard), 1903-1968
- Reed, Ernest Samuel, 1909-1970
- Scott, Elton, 1893-1961
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Bulletin [Council for Social Service]
- Date
- 1945 April 16
- Author
- Burke, Northcote R. (Northcote Richard), 1903-1968
- Reed, Ernest Samuel, 1909-1970
- Scott, Elton, 1893-1961
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Date
- 1945 April 16
- Issue
- 121
- Page
- 1-12 p.
- Notes
- "The three articles in this Bulletin were given at the Montreal Conference which concerned itself with returning Service personnel, to which we referred in Bulletin No. 117. The substance of the first two addresses was repeated at a conference of city clergy held recently in Toronto under the auspices of the Archdeaconry of York and Chairmanship of the Venerable F.J. Sawers. The challenge of these addresses runs deep into parish life and Church organization. While we believe that friendship, the spirit of true fellowship, and intelligent interest on the part of the congregation are the fundamental requirements of the crisis, (as always in the Church), we cannot help but think that Diocesan authority, as well as clergy and laity in parishes, must have regard to some of the changes suggested by our contributors. That is not to say that all suggested changes are wise or practicable. Nor does it imply that changes should be made only because returning men and women want them (or at this unusual juncture of their lives as they think they want them). The whole congregation and church must be considered, and age-long teaching and worship values must be retained in spite of the likes or dislikes of any particular group. It does mean, at least, however, that in many places a new spirit must be put into our services and into our congregational attitudes towards the community. As this epochal turn of world events is a crisis in secular history, so it may well be in the externals (at least) of Church organizations and attitudes". -- [Foreword].
- Contents: [Foreword] / W.W. Judd -- The Fellowship of The Church / Northcote Burke -- Worship and Evangelism / Elton Scott -- The Social Implication of The Church / E.S. Reed -- Government Booklets Obtainable Free.
- Subjects
- Canada - Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945 - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ex-service men - Civil re-establishment
- City churches - Anglican Church of Canada
- Hospitality - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Friendship - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Military chaplains - Anglican Church of Canada
- Liturgical renewal - Anglican Church of Canada
- Public worship - Anglican Church of Canada
- Evangelism - Anglican Church of Canada
- Reconstruction (1939-1951) - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Location
- General Synod Archives