St. Brice's Anglican Church
North Bay ON
P1B 4B8
Who we are
Welcome to St. Brice’s Anglican Church!
St. Brices is St. Brice's is a vibrant Anglican Parish who want to know Christ and make Him known.
We are more than a beautiful church located in the heart of North Bay. We are a group of Christian people, rooted in an ancient tradition, striving to make the message of God’s love known and experienced in our present society. We are “Ambassadors for Christ” and we are called to bring God’s grace, love, and peace to everyone.
We gather together each Sunday to be nurtured by the scriptures, prayer, music, and the sacraments of bread and wine – food for our Christian journey. Throughout the week we participate in a variety of ministries to strengthen and care for one another as well as ministries to reach out and touch those in our wider society and the world.
We are a growing community of Christians of all ages, committed to sharing Jesus’ words of grace and hope. We offer a place of hospitality, healing, and love. Our worship services are uplifting, with relevant messages and glorious music.
It is our hope that you will find a spiritual home here; that you will feel God’s love through Jesus Christ in our worship, fellowship and common life together.
Grace and peace be with you always.
St. Brices is St. Brice's is a vibrant Anglican Parish who want to know Christ and make Him known.
We are more than a beautiful church located in the heart of North Bay. We are a group of Christian people, rooted in an ancient tradition, striving to make the message of God’s love known and experienced in our present society. We are “Ambassadors for Christ” and we are called to bring God’s grace, love, and peace to everyone.
We gather together each Sunday to be nurtured by the scriptures, prayer, music, and the sacraments of bread and wine – food for our Christian journey. Throughout the week we participate in a variety of ministries to strengthen and care for one another as well as ministries to reach out and touch those in our wider society and the world.
We are a growing community of Christians of all ages, committed to sharing Jesus’ words of grace and hope. We offer a place of hospitality, healing, and love. Our worship services are uplifting, with relevant messages and glorious music.
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Leadership
Leader Name:
Rev. Dr. Peter Armstrong
Leader Position:
Rector
Phone:
Leader Email:
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Leader Bio:
Peter Armstrong was born in Ontario in 1963, and grew up in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Following an undergraduate degree from the University of King’s College in Halifax, N.S., in 1985, he worked in England before discerning a call to ordination. Peter graduated with an M.Div. from Wycliffe College, Toronto, before being ordained in September 1989. After assisting in an Anglican parish in Liverpool, N.S., he went on to serve in the rural parish of New Germany, N.S. [1990-1997], St. Matthias’, Halifax, N.S. [1997-2006], and in a team ministry in northern Nova Scotia [A.C.P.C., 2006-2015], before accepting a call to serve currently as rector of St. Brice’s, North Bay, beginning in March 2015.
Peter earned a Doctorate of Ministry on the topic of “team ministry” in May 2015, from the Toronto School of Theology. Peter and his wife, Nancy, have two adult daughters. Peter likes the characterization of his theology as “generous orthodoxy.” While self-identifying generally within the evangelical tradition of Anglican Christianity, he is firmly committed to ecumenism and working within the wider Church.
Hobbies include reading, canoeing, and working on the family summer home in Nova Scotia.
Peter earned a Doctorate of Ministry on the topic of “team ministry” in May 2015, from the Toronto School of Theology. Peter and his wife, Nancy, have two adult daughters. Peter likes the characterization of his theology as “generous orthodoxy.” While self-identifying generally within the evangelical tradition of Anglican Christianity, he is firmly committed to ecumenism and working within the wider Church.
Hobbies include reading, canoeing, and working on the family summer home in Nova Scotia.
Other Church Leaders:
Honorary Assistant, the Venerable Marie Loewen
Administration
Admin Name:
Diane McCaskill
Phone:
Admin Email:
Click here to contact Diane McCaskill
St. Brice's Anglican Church Service Times
St. Brice’s Church offers a traditional-style service at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings; a more modern form of worship is offered at the 11:00 a.m. service. On the first Sunday of each month, we combine our services at 10:00 a.m. to all worship together. St. Brice’s is one of three Anglican churches in North Bay.
We invite you to visit us Sundays at 9 or 11 o’clock, or 10 a.m. on the first Sunday of the month. In July and August, we have a combined service at 10 a.m. so please stay for coffee or lunch. We cordially invite you to join us in many of our activities.
It's been more than 2 years since the last service times update. Please make sure to contact the church to confirm service times.
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We invite you to visit us Sundays at 9 or 11 o’clock, or 10 a.m. on the first Sunday of the month. In July and August, we have a combined service at 10 a.m. so please stay for coffee or lunch. We cordially invite you to join us in many of our activities.
It's been more than 2 years since the last service times update. Please make sure to contact the church to confirm service times.
Please contact the church to confirm Service Times or SUBSCRIBE to updates below
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Worship Languages
English
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Sunday School / Children and Youth Activities
Other activities & ministries
Community Food Bank - Thursday 9 - 10:30 am
Teen Lunch Program - Fridays
Messy Church - First Friday of the month at 5:00 pm
Teen Lunch Program - Fridays
Messy Church - First Friday of the month at 5:00 pm
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St. Brice's Anglican Church History
St. Brice’s Church was founded in 1917, under the name of St. Simon, as a mission church of St. John’s Church in North Bay to meet the needs of members of the congregation who wished to attend services conducted in a higher church tradition. The new community thrived under the leadership of the first incumbent, the Rev. William Archer Hankison, and St. Simon’s became a separate parish in 1928.
In 1930 the original church building was sold. Construction of a new building started in 1932, financed with the help of a generous donation from the Rudd family in England. Until the new building was opened in 1933 services were held in the church hall. At this time the name was changed to St. Brice’s in accordance with the wishes of the Rudd family. This church is dedicated to St. Britius (St. Brice), in loving memory of William Ferris Rudd, Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who fell, leading his men for King and Country, at Serre, in France, November 13th, 1916, at age 29. Also in loving memory of William Ferris Rudd’s father and mother. Twice each year the Rudd family is still remembered during the Sunday service.
Over the last thirty seven years the church complex has been enlarged and renovated. In 1976 a narthex was added to the front of the building. In 1987 a link was constructed between the narthex and the church hall. In 2001, the seating capacity in the main church was increased and the narthex and link to the hall were renovated. Recently, both the church and hall have undergone major renovations in order to comply with Fire Department Regulations. The church now has a narthex, offices, reading room, and a large church hall linked to the narthex.
In 1930 the original church building was sold. Construction of a new building started in 1932, financed with the help of a generous donation from the Rudd family in England. Until the new building was opened in 1933 services were held in the church hall. At this time the name was changed to St. Brice’s in accordance with the wishes of the Rudd family. This church is dedicated to St. Britius (St. Brice), in loving memory of William Ferris Rudd, Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who fell, leading his men for King and Country, at Serre, in France, November 13th, 1916, at age 29. Also in loving memory of William Ferris Rudd’s father and mother. Twice each year the Rudd family is still remembered during the Sunday service.
Over the last thirty seven years the church complex has been enlarged and renovated. In 1976 a narthex was added to the front of the building. In 1987 a link was constructed between the narthex and the church hall. In 2001, the seating capacity in the main church was increased and the narthex and link to the hall were renovated. Recently, both the church and hall have undergone major renovations in order to comply with Fire Department Regulations. The church now has a narthex, offices, reading room, and a large church hall linked to the narthex.
Abide with us
O Holy Spirit of God, abide with us; inspire all our thoughts; pervade our imaginations; suggest all our decisions; order all our doings. Be with us in our silence and in our speech, in our haste and in our leisure, in company and in solitude, in the freshness of the morning and in the weariness of the evening; and give us grace at all times humbly to rejoice in Thy mysterious companionship.
St. Brice's Anglican Church listing was last updated on the 9th of November, 2021
