Funny Anglican ads are 'pretty cool'
By Sharon Boase
The Hamilton Spectator
(Dec 9, 2006)

The Anglican Diocese of Niagara has joined the 21st century.

Loath to let the United Church of Canada (UCC) steal the limelight with their edgy magazine ads and website, local Anglicans have launched a media campaign of their own featuring the ever affable Bishop Ralph Spence.

In a series of newspaper and radio ads, the diocese uses lighthearted humour to promote its churches as a place to reconnect with the true spirit of Christmas.

One newspaper ad has a little girl on Santa's knee with the caption, "Jesus, on the other hand, loves you regardless of whether you're naughty or nice." A radio spot has Spence pledging to buy lunch for any church newcomer who isn't greeted with a smile. "My wife, Carol, is making an awful lot of peanut butter sandwiches," quipped Spence. the rest