Clergy say farewell to the Bellerbys

Photo: The Rev. & Mrs. Guy Bellerby outside of Bishopsthorpe on Friday evening.

The clergy of the Diocese bid Godspeed to Guy, Peggy and Lyam Bellerby Friday night at a farewell party at Bishopsthorpe.  After dinner, Bishop Burton expressed his gratitude to Mr. & Mrs. Bellerby, both for their work in the Diocese and for their friendship.  "Guy has always held before us the primacy  of God's Word and its clarity as it comes to us in the Scriptures," said the Bishop, "which has been particularly needed at the moment, when many would prefer the Bible to be a distant vista in soft focus rather than a present, sharp-edged sword."  Mr. Bellerby in turn spoke of the extraordinary quality of the relations among the clergy in the Diocese and how difficult it will be to leave it.  "Nobody 'gets' the Diocese of Saskatchewan.  Few people outside of the Diocese have any idea how incredibly wonderful, complex, and rich ministry is here."

St. David's Honorary Assistant, the Rev. Geoffrey Hopper, 85, who is retiring from active service in the parish, was also honored.  Both Mr. Hopper and Mr. Bellerby were presented with an engraved Diocesan plaque.  Mrs. Bellerby was presented with a painting by distinguished Prince Albert artist George Glen.

The Rev’d Guy Bellerby is to be the new Rector of St. Mary's Parish, Nanoose Bay, on Vancouver Island. Having served the Parish of St. David, Prince Albert, as Rector for nearly eleven years, he will begin his new ministry on October 1st.

A parish farewell will take place at the church on September 18 at 6 p.m.

Guy and Peggy Bellerby will be much missed at St. David's and throughout the Diocese. Mr. Bellerby has held a variety of Diocesan offices, including Regional Dean of Prince Albert and delegate to the General and Provincial synods.

The Bellerbys are not strangers to British Columbia, having been for many years parishioners of St. John's, Shaughnessy, of which Mrs. Bellerby's father, the Rev. Harry Robinson, was Rector. Mr. Bellerby studied for the ministry at two Vancouver theological colleges - Regent College and the Vancouver School of Theology - and served a curacy in the Diocese of New Westminster before coming to the Diocese of Saskatchewan in 1996. We wish the Bellerby family every blessing and happiness as they return to British Columbia.

St. Mary’s, Nanoose Bay, is in the Diocese of British Columbia, an hour’s drive north of Victoria.

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[karen waterman]

St. Mary's is two hours north of Victoria, I wouldn't want anyone to have trouble finding us.
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