Ed Dallow November 3, 2005 One Comment
This Article is originally from the Fall 2005 edition of good idea!, also available here in a fully formatted PDF file.
The version below was updated January 3, 2009
Many people in our society would say they are “exploring their spirituality.” Some of them at one time or another will check out the church, to see if [...]
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This Article is from the Spring 1999 edition of good idea!, also available here in a fully formatted PDF file.
Numbers are not everything, but when they change dramatically, it is worth asking what is going on. In the past three and a half years, Christ Church, Cataraqui, has grown from 100 family units on the parish list and an [...]
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Ed was born and grew up in St. George, Ontario, where he was a member of Holy Trinity Anglican Church. He joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1958 as a Soldier Apprentice, and has since served with the Royal Canadian Engineers, The Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment of Canada, and the Logistics Branch of the Canadian Armed Forces. He has also served in Command and Staff positions with various Regiments and Combat Groups in Canada, Northwest Europe, and the Middle East. After a rewarding 30 year career, Ed retired from the Canadian Armed Forces in 1988 with the rank of Major. In 1990, Ed graduated from Montreal Diocesan Theological College and was ordained a priest in the Anglican Church in the Diocese of Ontario. His first parish was Camden East, Odessa with Morven, a three point rural parish outside of Kingston. After spending 4 years in that parish Ed was chosen to become rector of Christ Church Cataraqui, a small parish in Kingston Township (now part City of Kingston). During his 10 years as rector, the parish became financially self-supporting, experienced significant numerical growth, and constructed a new multi-use worship facility. Ed served as Rector of Christ church and Archdeacon of Kingston until his retirement from parish ministry in 2006 in order to devote more time to ministry with the Ontario Provincial Police. Initially appointed as OPP Provincial Chaplain in 2003, Ed is now the OPP Director of Chaplaincy with the responsibility for recruiting and training chaplains to be deployed in the six regions policed by the OPP in the Province of Ontario. Ed is also padre for a local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion as well as the Kingston Branch of St. John Ambulance. In 2005 he was invested by the Lt. Governor of Ontario as a Serving Member of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Ed is now an Associate of Christ Church Gananoque. Married for 46 years to Lynn, a native of Holland, they have two married sons and three grandchildren.
In addition to offering a Parish Development workshop on Welcoming Visitors, he also offers workshops on Evangelism and Discipleship (From Being a Visitor to Being a Disciple) and Spirituality (Sabbath Dancing – Awakening the Sacred Within).
