Challenge and Change - Hern, Allen
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A naïve teenager in Northern Ontario, A United Church minister, A resident in a Catholic Convent, A teacher in the Government High School in Nassau, the Bahamas, A world traveler. What do these have in common? They are various phases in the life of Reba Ethel Hern, the second woman ordained into the ministry of the United Church of Canada in 1937. A fascinating woman whose story has been waiting to be told. Challenge and Change: The Travails and Joys of a Complex Woman is a celebration and exploration of the life of Reba Hern-the second woman in all of Canada to be ordained into the United…mehr

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A naïve teenager in Northern Ontario, A United Church minister, A resident in a Catholic Convent, A teacher in the Government High School in Nassau, the Bahamas, A world traveler. What do these have in common? They are various phases in the life of Reba Ethel Hern, the second woman ordained into the ministry of the United Church of Canada in 1937. A fascinating woman whose story has been waiting to be told. Challenge and Change: The Travails and Joys of a Complex Woman is a celebration and exploration of the life of Reba Hern-the second woman in all of Canada to be ordained into the United Church ministry, a strong, independent woman who stepped outside the box, breaking ground for others through a wide variety of experiences and numerous major world events-a woman ahead of her time. After thirteen years of ministry, Reba burned out and entered a Catholic Convent for five years, following which, this native of Sault Ste Marie, ON, travelled to Nassau, Bahamas where she spent the next sixteen years teaching Religious Knowledge and English in the Government High School. During that time, Reba was on hand for the birth of a black government and for the Independence of the Bahamas from British Colonial rule. From this position, she began to travel the world, a recreation she continued after retiring to Tsawwassen, BC, in 1974. Challenge and Change illustrates the degree to which opportunities for women have progressed since WW II and investigates these questions: How did women secure the right to become ministers in a profession which had traditionally been male dominated? What was it like for a white woman to live and teach black students in a predominately black culture? What was the country of the Bahamas like? How did the Bahamas achieve its independence? What is it like to travel in countries in which English is a secondary language or where bathroom facilities consist of a hole in the floor?
Autorenporträt
Allen Hern grew up on a dairy farm in northern Ontario, near the small town of Thessalon, and fifty miles east of Sault Ste. Marie. At 19 years old, a near death experience from a ruptured appendix brought him to the awareness of his mortality. "Nineteen-year olds don't die. Old people die. Right?" It also brought him to an awareness of spiritual need. "If I ever were near death, I would have time for an eleventh-hour conversion, wouldn't I?" This led to a five-and-a-half-year teaching career which included a radical change of thinking and a new direction for life. It also included marriage to Sheila, his delightful and faithful wife of 56 years. Pastoral ministry included two churches in Ontario, (Port Perry and Lively) and four in British Columbia, (Kamloops, Port Moody, Kelowna and Lake Cowichan). From there he and his wife semi-retired to Kamloops in 2008, where he served another ten years as associate pastor of First Baptist Church. In 2018, he retired again after 50 years in ministry. Allen and Sheila have three children, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. "Some of our greatest blessings call us Nana and Papa." A note of great sadness and yet of great joy is the reality that God has called two of their grandchildren, Emily and Joshua, into the fullness of His glory and the everlasting joy of His presence. Yet He has also given them the most delightful grand-daughter-in-law. In retirement he and Sheila continue to live in Kamloops where he has written two biographies. The first is this tribute to his parents. The second as yet unpublished memoir is entitled "Challenge and Change - the Travails and Joys of a Complex Woman". Follow his much older cousin through ordination as the second woman ordained into the ministry of the United Church of Canada in 1937. Her 13-year ministry ended in burnout and five years in a Catholic Convent. During her subsequent 16 years as a teacher of Religious Knowledge and English in the Government High School in Nassau, the Bahamas, she began travelling the world which continued into her retirement in Tsawwassen, B.C. It is a fascinating story. Ask for notification of its publication. You may reach Allen and Sheila at # 13, 1285 14th Street, Kamloops, B.C., V2C 8K9 hern@telus.net For those who are interested, the author has written a small appendix to this book called "Handsful of Honey", which he would gladly send to any requesting it.