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Week of 11 June 2000

Associations and Guilds
North American Guild of Change Ringers -- http://www.nagcr.org

Australia
Sydney: St James King Street. The oldest church building in Sydney, consecrated 1824 -- http://www.stjameschurchsydney.org.au/

Canada
Diocese of Quebec: Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Quebec City -- http://www.ogs.net/cathedral

England
Crewe: St Barnabas (Chester) -- http://members.netscapeonline.co.uk/westtstreet/

Resources
Young Synod: 'A fast growing youth organisation set up individually in dioceses, with the view to becoming a national Anglican youth body for the UK this year. Pioneered in Exeter Diocese, Young Synods have been planted in Norwich and Birmingham—and other dioceses are beginning plans for their own'. -- http://www.youngsynod.com (cross-listed under Youth)

Music
Change Ringers Web Directory. If you know what change ringing is, this seems to be the largest collection of online resources related to it. If you don't, this would be a good place to learn. -- http://www.changeringers.karoo.net/

Gallery Music and Psalmody: A web site 'especially for people who research and enjoy the music sung by church and chapel bands in the 1700s and early 1800s'. Most informative, with good links. -- http://www.sgpublishing.co.uk/gm/gm.html

John Taylor Bellfounders -- http://www.taylorbells.co.uk/
McShane Bellfoundry -- http://www.mcshanebell.com/
Whitechapel Bell Foundry -- http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/

Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. It's an English society, but a friend writes, 'This is the bellringers international association to which virtually every ring of bells in the entire world is affiliated.' -- http://www.cccbr.org.uk/

North American Guild of Change-Ringers. -- http://www.nagcr.org/

New Zealand
Northcote, near Auckland: St John the Baptist (Auckland) -- http://www.textuspublishing.com/johnbaptist/johnbaptist.htm

News Centre
London Observer notes that children are hard to fool about religion. Church of England members say they want women bishops. Opponents of the idea gather for a picture. Fire descends on a church on Pentecost. An Alpha program specifically for gays. Amazing church technology in California. Clifford Longley makes it online. Publisher in rubber gloves excommunicated in North Carolina. North India bishop detained in Singapore. Church admits there is a shortage of miracles. English clergy instructed to offer healing services. Anglican Sisters report on the Solomon Islands. We have nothing to say about Camilla or sex scandals. Elmer Gantry visits England. Coventry Cathedral has capacity crowds. River Thames seeking trophy currently held by Tacoma Narrows. Convent needs saviour. Blame allocation in Uganda. New Bishop in Carlisle. Steeple cells. An interview with +Griswold. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Staff
Tod Maffin, the founding editor of Anglicans Online, will have his own radio show on the Canadian Broadcasting Company. -- http://www.anglicanjournal.com/126/06/canada08.html

Theological Resources
The Christaquarians: 'Is there a movement of New Age Christians? Who are the Christaquarians? What do they believe? Do they really exist?' Two English academics post their investigations on in a web site that includes talks and presentations, chapters of books, and bits of their own dissertations. -- http://www.kempire.freeserve.co.uk/

Prayer in Cyberspace? 'This site uses the confessions of St Augustine to explore the authenticity of intercessory prayer on the internet'. -- http://www.cyberprayer.faithweb.com/

USA
Alabama: Huntsville, Holy Cross-St Christopher (Alabama) -- http://home.hiwaay.net/~dwood
Alaska: Anchorage, St Mary (Alaska) -- http://www.corecom.net/~stmarys/
California: Oakland, St James -- http://stjamesoakland.faithweb.com/
Kentucky: Louisville, Grace (Kentucky) -- http://www.usit.com/gracehop
Pennsylvania: Paoli, Good Samaritan (Pennsylvania) -- http://www.good-samaritan.org
Washington: Seattle, St Luke (Olympia) -- http://www.stlukesseattle.org

Youth
Young Synod: 'A fast growing youth organisation set up individually in dioceses, with the view to becoming a national Anglican youth body for the UK this year. Pioneered in Exeter Diocese, Young Synods have been planted in Norwich and Birmingham—and other dioceses are beginning plans for their own'. -- http://www.youngsynod.com (cross-listed under England: Resources)

Week of 4 June 2000

Canada
Toronto (North): St Margaret (Toronto) -- http://www3.sympatico.ca/stmargarets

England
Accrington, Christ (Blackburn) -- http://www.thisischristchurch.org.uk
Aylesbury: Holy Trinity, Walton (Oxford) -- http://www.holytrinity-walton.org
Blackpool, Marton St Paul (Blackburn) -- http://www.stpaulschurch.freewire.co.uk/
Deepcar, St John the Evangelist (Sheffield) -- http://www.saintjohns.co.uk

Resources
Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education: A college with an Anglican foundation. The web site details the work of the college chaplaincy. -- http://www.chelt.ac.uk/chaplaincy/

Dioceses
Diocese of Chichester -- http://chichester.anglican.org

Essays
Pierre Whalon: 'Planting a Rainbow', a look at why African-American missions seem to have gone missing in the Episcopal Church in the USA--and what can be done about.

Ireland
Drogheda: Restoration Appeal for St Peter's, Drogheda following an arson attack on the church in May 1999. -- http://drogheda.armagh.anglican.org

Music
Eayre & Smith Ltd is the largest independent bellhanging company in Britain, and does business worldwide. -- http://www.eayreandsmith.co.uk/
The Verdin Company, the worlds largest supplier of church bells. -- http://www.verdin.com/

News Centre
Attending church makes you live longer. This is valuable so that you can hear more news about Charles and Camilla, of which we have some today. Stacy Sauls elected Bishop of Lexington. Ruth Gledhill visits a church by the beach. On collecting bibles and selling them by the page. News about the state of the world in Fiji. Methodists moving towards unity with Anglicans. Two thirds of the English still believe. A Roman theologian writes about Anglican authority. The ABC on Peter Carnley; no, that's not +ABC. Church decor before Victoria. Angela Palacious ordained a priest in the Bahamas; first woman priest there. Bishops assaulted in Nigeria. Organist sues vicar over right to 'live in sin'. All this and more, including some English humour, in the News Centre.

Preaching and Sermon Resources
Calvary Church in Memphis, Tennessee offered an impressive roster of Lenten preachers. The sermons are available in text and RealAudio. -- http://calvaryjc.org/lenten.html The parish's Sunday sermons are online, as well. -- http://calvaryjc.org/homilyarchives.html

USA
Delaware: Christiana Hundred (Wilmington-Greenville), Christ (Delaware) -- http://christchurchde.org
Georgia: Savannah, St George (Georgia) -- http://cg.zip2.com/savannahnow/Groups-stgeorges
Massachusetts: Westwood, St John (Massachusetts) -- http://www.ultranet.com/~stjohns/
New Jersey: Freehold, St Peter (New Jersey) -- http://stpetersfreehold.org/
New York: Ithaca, Episcopal Church at Cornell (Central New York) -- http://cny.anglican.org/parishes/ithaca/ecc Well done, Fr Jeffrey!
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, All Souls' Church for the Deaf (Pennsylvania) -- http://www.allsoulsdeaf.org/
South Carolina: Seneca, Ascension (Upper South Carolina) -- http://members.trivergent.net/ascension

Resources
Episcopal Conference of the Deaf -- http://www.ecdeaf.org/

Wales
Colwyn Bay and Bryn-Y-Maen -- http://www.zyworld.com/colwynbayparish/

Dioceses
Diocese of St Asaph -- http://stasaph.anglican.org

World
Sri Lanka: Diocese of Colombo and Diocese of Kurunegala. These are extra provincial Dioceses under the care of Canterbury. This web site, hosted in England by the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, has basic information. -- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/riponcc/srilank2.htm

Resources
Sri Lanka: Theological College of Lanka -- http://www.gswi.com/tcl/

Week of 28 May 2000

Associations, Guilds
Recovered Alcoholic Clergy Association: 'RACAL began in 1968 and is a fellowship of recovering clergy, seminarians, and religious throughout the Anglican Communion. We have about 350 members and publish a quarterly newsletter and sponsor two annual retreats'. -- http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/8872/

Canada
New Brunswick: Parish of Minto and Chipman (Fredericton) -- http://www.zyworld.com/SaintMichaels/Home.htm

Music
Choral Public Domain Library: A site that collects and makes available public domain choral works, many of a religious nature, available for download. -- http://www.cpdl.org

HymnQuest 2000: A new CD-ROM developed by the Pratt Green Trust, a charity devoted to the advancement of hymnody and music in worship. 'The CD-ROM contains over 24,700 first lines and choruses, the full text of more than 12,500 hymns and songs from some 270 hymn books and publications. The opening bars of over 12,300 melodies can be both viewed and heard, and the indexes list tune names and metres; biblical, thematic, liturgical and seasonal references, as well as information and pictures of authors, composers and translators. It is even possible to search for tunes by playing the opening notes on a Virtual Keyboard'. A caveat: This software is only available for sale in the UK & Eire.(Of course if you're in the States, there is the ECUSA 1982 Hymnal on CD-ROM ...) -- http://www.hymnquest.com

OrganAssist: A PC program using MIDI to record/playback organ music on both digital and pipe instruments. The developer notes: 'This program will play recorded music on any other supported organ giving churches the chance to share music. I do not believe this has been achieved before'. -- http://www.organassist.com

New Zealand
Otago: Caversham, St Peter (Dunedin) -- http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/patrick/church.html

News Centre
A pastoral letter to every Anglican in Canada. Geoffrey Rowell on stewardship of the earth. English commision recommends 'As You Like It' for theme of the church. Bishops talk about unity, and, oddly enough, they all say about the same thing. New primates in Japan and Jerusalem; new bishops in Panama and Egypt. Reports on the church as singles haunt. Welsh primate talks about child abuse. Wells cathedral reverts. +Oxford says that God doesn't care about plumbing. Church of Ireland annoyed at lack of intercommunion. Coup in Fiji; a new TV series in Australia, odd art in England, press releases from Mississauga, a new variation on the concept of Lay Presidency, and some fairly desperate measures to deal with declining church attendance in England. We think the English should just ship their empty churches to Canada, which will likely be needing them soon. Whew: this is a jam-packed News Centre this week, isn't it? Yes, folks, there's all this, and more, in the News Centre.

USA
California: Ross, St John (California) -- http://jps.net/stjohns
Georgia Calhoun, St Timothy (Atlanta) -- http://www.pointlink.net/~stimothy
Michigan: Grand Rapids, Grace (Western Michigan) -- http://www.GraceChurchGR.org
Michigan: Muskegon, St Paul (Western Michigan) -- http://www.iserv.net/~stpauls

Resources
The New Commandment Task Force: 'Promoting reconciliation in the Episcopal Church by (a) teaching the members of the Church to be more loving in their words and actions toward each other as they deal with their disagreements, and (b) conducting four Regional Reconciliation Meetings designed to find reconciling ways to deal with the Church's internal disagreements over issues related to homosexuality'. -- http://members.aol.com/newcmndment/

Cathedrals
Diocese of Spokane: Spokane, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist -- http://www.stjohns-cathedral.org/

Wales
St Asaph: All Saints Sinan, Parish of Cefn (St Asaph) -- http://www.geocities.com/sinanchurch

World
Israel: Jerusalem, Christ Church (Middle East) -- http://christchurch.itac.org.il/ Consecrated in 1849, it was the 'first protestant church to be established in the Middle East'.

Resources
Anglican International School, Jerusalem: 'An independent, non-profit making, pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 (3-18 years) co-educational English medium day school, which promotes Christian beliefs and values. Our governing body is composed of representatives from local and international organizations, faculty members and parents. Students and teachers come from both the local and international communities...Today it serves a broad international clientele, which also includes a number of missionary organisations in addition to the UN, Consulates, and the media. We are the first school in Israel to offer the International Baccalaureate Programme Ð the first exams for which are taking place in May 2000'. -- http://aisj.itac.org.il/