St. Simon’s Church North Vancouver is a member of the Anglican Mission in Canada under the leadership of Bishop Silas Ng and is a renewal-oriented church. With a strong commitment to outreach in our community and to help support our missionaries locally and around the world, St. Simon’s NV is committed to “making disciples of all nations”, and has endorsed the Montreal Declaration  of Anglican Essentials.

Rev. Dr. Ed Hird - Rector

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Reverend Ed has been the Rector for St. Simon's Church NV since 1987, having been ordained in 1980. Ed has also served at St. Philip's Vancouver and St. Matthew's Abbotsford. Ed and his wife Janice have three sons: James, Mark and Andrew. He is the Past President for Alpha Canada, once serving as the National Chair for Anglican Renewal Ministries of during which he was one of three co-signers of the Montreal Declarations of Anglican Essentials.

For the past 25 years, Ed has been privileged to write over 300 articles as a columnist on spiritual issues for North Shore and other newspapers. In the last number of years, Ed has had the opportunity to lead conferences and retreats in Honduras, Rwanda, Washington State, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Ontario.

Ed is also the author of the book, "Battle for the Soul of Canada" which blends in Canadian history with the writings of the Apostle Paul to Timothy http://bit.ly/ZMOCUl , and co-author of 2nd Cup of Hot Apple Cider http://amzn.to/Xs9jZk .

Rev. Alex Angioli - Rector's Warden
Rev. Alex was recently ordained and serves at St. Simon's Church as the Rector's Warden.
He is a Registered Clinical Counselor and has a Masters in Counselling Pyschology.

He has served in a number of  parishes in Montreal during  the 1980's.

You can visit his website at:
www.alexangioli.com/

To view Rev. Dr. Ed's articles, please click here

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People's Warden
Peter Turner
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Music Director
Janice Hird
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Secretary
Cathie Bolan

BCP Traditional Services

This service follows the traditional format found in the Book of Common Prayer.
The service begins at 9:00 am in the gymnasium of the Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School (KGMS) located at 420 Seymour River Place, just off the Old Dollarton Highway in North Vancouver.
See map on the right.

Contemporary Communion

This service, which begins at 10:30 am, follows a contemporary format in the Anglican tradition and celebrates Eucharist each Sunday. The service is also located in the gymnasium of the Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School in North Vancouver.
TUESDAY
6:30 pm - Choir Practice
All are welcome!
WEDNESDAY
7:30pm
Bible Study with Rev. Ed and Janice.
Contact Rev. Ed Hird for more info.
THURSDAY
10:00 am
Rev. Ed leads the Bible Study the lesson for the upcoming Sunday's sermon.
At Simon's Church, we believe in the importance of the Great Commission,"to go and make disciples..." (Matthew 28:19).
Here are some of the people we support in their ministries.
Click on the logos to go their group's web site.
Elsie Quick
Partners In Hope
Vancouver, BC
Sharyn Thomson
Burkina Faso
Africa

Jane Holloway
YWAM
Hilary King
Embrace Rwanda
Africa