DKS
Anglican Church Seeks Synod Sponsors
Posted on: 04/20/2010 10:02
The Anglican Church of Canada is inviting corporate sponsorship of its national convention this year, selling space for brand logos on delegate documents, advertising signs in its meeting spaces and a private lunch for executives with the church’s senior archbishop.
It’s the first time in its 117-year history that the Canadian church made its governing synod available for a mess of pottage - to use the language of the Bible’s Old Testament allusion to Esau selling his birthright for a lentil stew. For that matter, no other Canadian church is known to have sold advertising at its formal gatherings and access to its leaders.
So much for PETA! I can see it now "The 41st General Council, sponsored by Fair Trade coffee, pure spring water in returnable bottles aToyota, makers of the leading green car..."
Lunch with the Moderator, anyone?
Search
Recently Active...
Comments
RevJamesMurray
Posted on: 04/20/2010 12:59
What's next? Corporate logos on the minister's stole?
I've seen churches sell advertising in the programs for special concerts & events before.
DKS
Posted on: 04/20/2010 13:08
What's next? Corporate logos on the minister's stole?
I've seen churches sell advertising in the programs for special concerts & events before.
Don't you have a Scout or Guides Canada stole? Same thing. We are selling ads in our church pictorial directory to pay for the inclusion of our 50 shut-ins and to cover costs. I have seen many Roman Catholic parishes sell ad space on the back of their bulletin to parishoners. And I can see some advantages to that.
kilnerad
Posted on: 04/20/2010 20:39
What's next? Corporate logos on the minister's stole?
I've seen churches sell advertising in the programs for special concerts & events before.
Don't you have a Scout or Guides Canada stole? Same thing. We are selling ads in our church pictorial directory to pay for the inclusion of our 50 shut-ins and to cover costs. I have seen many Roman Catholic parishes sell ad space on the back of their bulletin to parishoners. And I can see some advantages to that.
Sounds to me like the mark of the beast
DKS
Posted on: 04/20/2010 21:27
What's next? Corporate logos on the minister's stole?
I've seen churches sell advertising in the programs for special concerts & events before.
Don't you have a Scout or Guides Canada stole? Same thing. We are selling ads in our church pictorial directory to pay for the inclusion of our 50 shut-ins and to cover costs. I have seen many Roman Catholic parishes sell ad space on the back of their bulletin to parishoners. And I can see some advantages to that.
Sounds to me like the mark of the beast
In UnitedChurchSpeak it's the mark of Empire...
Alex
Posted on: 04/20/2010 22:13
I have an alternate idea for raising funds. How about selling certain pews at the front to people. They would then have exclusive use of these pews for a year.
Also At GC and conferences, etc, we could charge speakers 20 dollars for each minute at the mike. This would raise funds, and things would be decided much quicker as well.
It would be a win-win situation.
kilnerad
Posted on: 04/20/2010 22:45
What's next? Corporate logos on the minister's stole?
I've seen churches sell advertising in the programs for special concerts & events before.
Don't you have a Scout or Guides Canada stole? Same thing. We are selling ads in our church pictorial directory to pay for the inclusion of our 50 shut-ins and to cover costs. I have seen many Roman Catholic parishes sell ad space on the back of their bulletin to parishoners. And I can see some advantages to that.
Sounds to me like the mark of the beast
In UnitedChurchSpeak it's the mark of Empire...
DKS I didn't know there was a name for that dialect of "Christianeze" hahahahahaahaha!!!
I'm starting to picture Nike swooshes to replace the dove and fire on a nice Pentecost stole...the mark of the sweat shop overcomes the sign of the Spirit hehehehehehehe
joejack
Posted on: 04/20/2010 22:50
Are they going with Molson's, Labatts, Carling or Canadian Club? It's the Anglican Church of Canada brought to you by Molsons and by Trojans for your safety and protection.
Alex
Posted on: 04/20/2010 23:22
Alex
Posted on: 04/20/2010 23:26
DKS
Posted on: 04/21/2010 06:43
I have an alternate idea for raising funds. How about selling certain pews at the front to people. They would then have exclusive use of these pews for a year.
Also At GC and conferences, etc, we could charge speakers 20 dollars for each minute at the mike. This would raise funds, and things would be decided much quicker as well.
It would be a win-win situation.
That's called a pew rent. The ability to charge pew rents is vested in the Trustees of a congregation and is still one of the abilitites of a congregation's Board of Trustees.as outlined in the United Church of Canada Act and the Trusts of Model Deed.
When we were doing a lot of discussion at Toronto Conference, our first limit on time was 90 seconds. We had a count down timer. I used the TTC subway door closing chime as the audible cue. I could just as easily use a cash register "cha-ching". The only down side is I would be afraid of Jesus reappearing and doing his moneychangers in the temple act.
DKS
Posted on: 04/21/2010 06:44
Are they going with Molson's, Labatts, Carling or Canadian Club? It's the Anglican Church of Canada brought to you by Molsons and by Trojans for your safety and protection.
Anglicans? Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry and Glenfiddich single malt.
DKS
Posted on: 04/21/2010 06:47
DKS I didn't know there was a name for that dialect of "Christianeze" hahahahahaahaha!!!
Hang around this church long enough and you wiwl become fluent to the point of using it without thinking. You know you have been absorbed when your spellchecker does not stop at JNAC, JSC or UCW.
Some would say it is the Mark of the Beast. Others suggest it is a precurser to the Second Coming.
joejack
Posted on: 04/21/2010 07:11
Are they going with Molson's, Labatts, Carling or Canadian Club? It's the Anglican Church of Canada brought to you by Molsons and by Trojans for your safety and protection.
Anglicans? Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry and Glenfiddich single malt.
Sorry, I forgot my head there for a moment. Especially for the 'high church' who want to get high in style.