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Week of 26 November 2000

Advent Resources
Our links to the best resources on the web for the season. Like to add an Advent-related link? Fill out our 'submit' form. We'll be adding to the page throughout Advent.

Australia
Resources
The Julian Centre, in the Diocese of Adelaide, South Australia, is a centre for spirituality based in suburbia, which strives to make strong connections between spirituality and daily life. The Centre provides spiritual direction, retreats, counselling and discussion on contemporary spiritual issues -- http://www.chariot.net.au/~stephen1/julian

Books, Magazines, and the Like
Killing the Buddha is a new webmagazine about serious issues of faith (though sometimes explored in an irreverent manner). It's updated weekly, and while it looks at all faiths, will regularly include articles of interest to Anglican/Episcopalians. Future issues may include articles examining the Episcopalian/Lutheran merger, from a decidedly unconventional perspective, and a report from the field on 'Canon 9' priests and the controversy that surrounds them. -- http://www.killingthebuddha.com

Canada
Buckhorn, St Matthew and St Aidan (Ontario) -- http://www.kawartha.net/~bait1/church/indexhtml#st-matt

England
Cirencester, Parish of St John the Baptist, Cirencester with Holy Trinity, Watermoor and St. Lawrence, Chesterton (Gloucester) -- http://www.cc3.org.uk
Digswell, Digswell Village Church, an Anglican and Methodist joint congregation (St Albans) -- http://digswellvillagechurch.org.uk
Great Dunmow, St Mary (Chelmsford) -- http://www.stmarysgreatdunmow.org.uk (Note: The Javascript navigation bar does not work within Internet Explorer 5 on a Macintosh. Sigh.)

Music
The British Institute of Organ Studies: A society devoted to study and conservation of the pipe organ. Maintains the National Pipe Organ Register [NPOR] and British Organ Archive [BOA]. -- http://www.bios.org.uk

'I am the Very Model of Today's Episcopalian', an MP3 recording of the alternative Episcopal lyrics to Gilbert and Sullivan's 'I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General', performed by the Virginia Theological Seminary choir at their Fall 2000 talent show. -- http://www.mp3.com/vulgate

News Centre
AN Wilson says Christianity faces extinction. Secret of great music in an Irish church. An argument that is not about sexuality. A challenge confirmation in Pennsylvania. Vatican publishes new rules on exorcism. A survivor writes about the Church of England General Synod. Ruth Gledhill answers your questions; well, somebody's questions. More blather about Common Worship. Gutenberg Bible online. Church of England disarms. African bishop wants cheap booze legalised. HM the Queen demonstrates the art of subtlety. Bizarre politics in the mother country. Art world shaken by discovery at Assisi. Archbishop more exciting than football. And today's ratzinger: RC theologian declares hamburgers both Protestant and anti-social. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Not in the Communion
Society of the Wilderness, a religious order in the Reformed Episcopal Church. -- http://apostlesrec.com/wilderness/rule1.htm

Positions Open
As we learn of them we list senior positions within the churches and provinces of the Anglican Communion.

England: Church of England, Chief Legal Adviser -- http://www.cofe.anglican.org/jobvacs/job.asp?ID=247
USA: Trinity Church, Wall Street (New York), Archivist and Records Manager -- http://trinitywallstreet.org/jobs_open.html#pahist

USA
Illinois: Sycamore, St Peter (Chicago) -- http://www.geocities.com/spc_syc/
Massachusetts: Wellesley, St Andrew (Massachusetts) -- http://www.standrewswellesley.org
Ohio: Hudson, Christ Church (Ohio) -- http://www.christchurchhudson.org
Washington, DC: St Margaret (Washington) -- http://stmargaretsdc.org

Resources
Youth ministries of the parish church of Bishop Seabury in Groton, Connecticut. 'We hope that it will grow into a resource for students and youth workers worldwide'. -- http://hometown.aol.com/seaburyyouth/index.html

Vestments
Our new resource page that collects, in one place, all our links about vestments, clerical outfitters, and the like.

Wales
Resources
Ministry: Opportunities for Employment and Voluntary Service: A series of pages on vocation developed by the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon. -- http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/swanbrec/action5.html

Worth Noting
'Audacious Anglicans': Two Canadians plan a book that will document the lives of Anglican men and women who have greatly affected the world. Help them determine who's who. -- http://www.ottawa.anglican.ca/audacious_anglicans/

'Bible's King David exposed as despot who did not kill Goliath'. -- http://www.independent.co.uk/enjoyment/Books/News/2000-11/david191100.shtml

'A Fourth Way: On the Anglican Communion as an Ecumenical Fellowship', Mark Harris, a priest of the Episcopal Church in the USA, looks at the limits of communion: 'I would (in good company) contend that (i) for most Episcopalians there is nothing about the Episcopal Church that requires fixing (outside our normal processes of perfecting our life together) and that (ii) there is no power in the Anglican Communion to fix it anyway, for the Anglican Community is a glorious example of Ecumenical Hospitality, not an example of patriarchal ecclesiology'. -- http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/joy120.html

'God's Own Knowledge' is an essay on an important new movement in Anglican theology called 'Radical Orthodoxy'. The essay, at a website called Killing the Buddha, is a profile of several prominent Anglican theologians, including John Milbank, Graham Ward, Catherine Pickstock, and Rowan Williams, and their work to bring about a postsecular theology that restores mystery to the heart of understanding of God. -- http://www.killingthebuddha.com/gods_own.htm

If You're Devout, Get Out! In the long run, Stephen L. Carter believes, politics has corrupted religion, even in noble causes. A review of 'God's Name in Vain: The Wrongs and Rights of Religion in Politics', by Stephen L. Carter. -- http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/11/26/reviews/001126.26staplet.html

'The Next Archbishop of Canterbury': Andrew Brown speculates delightfully at Ship of Fools. -- http://ship-of-fools.com/Features/NextABC/Canterbury.html

Week of 19 November 2000

Australia
New South Wales: Sydney, St Stephen's Newtown (Sydney) -- http://members.optushome.com.au/stephennewtown

Canada
Resources
Integrity/Calgary: 'Fellowship and support for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered people and friends'. -- http://members.aol.com/IntegrityCalgary

England
King's Lynn, All Saints (Norwich) -- http://www.allsaints.kingslynn.btinternet.co.uk
Parwich, St Peter (Derby) -- http://www.parwichchurch.co.uk
Scarborough, St Saviour with All Saints (York) -- http://home.freeuk.net/st.saviour/index.htm

Essays
'Una reflexión sobre el diálogo entre la Iglesia Católica-Romana y la Iglesia Anglicana' (A reflection on the dialogue between the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches), by Rodrigo Contreras. Mr Contreras, a Mexican Anglican and a member of the cathedral parish at San Jose de Gracia Cathedral in Mexico City, writes in Spanish; in addition to providing online his original essay, Anglicans Online have translated it into English. -- http://anglicansonline.org/resources/essays/index.html

News Centre
Synod has a thousand stories; we tell you nine of them. Church condemns jailing of teenagers. Australian archbishop signs 'Recognised Churches' legislation. A parish will become a police station. Christopher Howse on British Jews. Clergy want to wear t-shirts and jeans in church. Episcopal communicators to prove the existence of one of their members. Australia releases draft legislation about women bishops. Obituary of late Dean of Derby. Unmarried women in Nigeria must flee. More reflection on Sharia. Optimism in Bury St Edmund; presidential election politics. And 'Who wants to be a vicar?'. All this, and quite a bit more, in the News Centre.

Not in the Communion
The Anglican-Episcopal Church: 'To proclaim the word of God as set forth in the Holy Scriptures and the teachings of the Early Church Fathers. Apostolic, sacramental, liturgical, scriptural, evangelical, the Anglican[-Episcopal] Church provides a means for the faithful to worship in a manner consistent with Biblical doctrine and centuries-old Anglican tradition. We use the King James Version of the Bible. In the Anglican Communion, the Book of Common Prayer (1928 edition) plays the identity-sustaining role-. -- http://www.anglican-west.org/ (Note: The Java script navigation bar does not work within Internet Explorer 5 on a Macintosh. One is stuck on the home page.)

Odds and Ends
Through the Years with Gaiters: An Anglicans Online special report

Positions open
As we learn of them we list senior positions within the churches and provinces of the Anglican Communion.

England: Church of England, Chief Legal Adviser -- http://www.cofe.anglican.org/jobvacs/job.asp?ID=247
USA: Trinity Church, Wall Street (New York), Archivist and Records Manager -- http://trinitywallstreet.org/jobs_open.html#pahist

USA
Resources
California: Diocese of California's School for Deacons -- http://www.sfd.edu/
Kentucky: All Saints Episcopal Conference Centre, Diocese of Kentucky -- http://www.allsaintscenter.org/

World
Barbados: St Peter, St Philip-the-Less (Barbados) -- http://www.angelfire.com/in/philiptheless

Resources
Africa: High Hope International Mission, a joint US-African project dedicated to aiding orphans in Uganda. -- http://orthodoxanglican.org/high-hope

Worth Noting
'A Fourth Way: On the Anglican Communion as an Ecumenical Fellowship', Mark Harris, a priest of the Episcopal Church in the USA, looks at the limits of communion: 'I would (in good company) contend that (i) for most Episcopalians there is nothing about the Episcopal Church that requires fixing (outside our normal processes of perfecting our life together) and that (ii) there is no power in the Anglican Communion to fix it anyway, for the Anglican Community is a glorious example of Ecumenical Hospitality, not an example of patriarchal ecclesiology'. -- http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/joy120.html

'Audacious Anglicans': Two Canadians plan a book that will document the lives of Anglican men and women who have greatly affected the world. Help them determine who's who. -- http://www.ottawa.anglican.ca/audacious_anglicans/

'The Next Archbishop of Canterbury': Andrew Brown speculates delightfully at Ship of Fools. -- http://ship-of-fools.com/Features/NextABC/Canterbury.html

Week of 12 November 2000

England
Chertsey, St Peter's Shared Church, Chertsey, Anglican, URC, Methodist (Guildford) -- http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/StPeters
Eastern Green, St Andrew (Coventry) -- http://standrews-eg.org.uk
Knowsley Village, St Mary (Liverpool) -- http://www.stmary.knowsley.btinternet.co.uk
Quedgeley, St James (Gloucester) -- http://freespace.virgin.net/thomas.stickland/church/welcome.htm
Witton, St Helen, Northwich Parish Church (Chester) -- http://welcome.to/northwichparishchurch

Resources
An Alternative Guide to Suffolk Churches: A personal review of more than 400 churches. An informative and interesting site, but be warned that many large photos take quite some time to download.-- http://www.suffolkchurches.org.uk

News Centre
Massive Uganda prayer against Ebola. Correction in the age of cholera. Praying while black. Remembering those who served in wars. Queen demonstrates that she knows when the Millennium ends. George Bush and Al Gore discuss 'Common Worship'. The mouse that roared 'Hyfrydol'. Flog books, not writers. Asking Belgium for permission to fix churches in England. A memorial service for Lord Runcie. This year's answer to Testamints. No, Virginia, there really are no more English clergy. Put on your gaiters and do some forensic linguistics with us. +Spong unhappy with treatment of women in C of E. Nigerian women agitate for husbands. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Odds and Ends
Through the Years with Gaiters: An Anglicans Online special report.

Parish Office (replacement section for the old 'Church Administration')
'In the parish office you will find the people who know how to keep the church running. They buy things, fix things, understand things, deal with the public, answer the telephone, print the service leaflets—all manner of activities. We've gathered in this section those links that we believe will be of use primarily to the hard-working people in the parish office, links that pertain to the building, running, and maintaining church buildings, ecclesiastical appointments, vestments, publications, and the like'.

Antique Church Furnishings: An Anglican company in England offering 'original pre-war church fixtures and fittings, from fonts to pulpits'. -- http://www.churchantiques.com. We think we remember a time when, upon hearing the phrase 'pre-war', we knew which war they were referring to.

Positions open
As we learn of them we list senior positions within the churches and provinces of the Anglican Communion.

England: Church of England: Chief Legal Adviser -- http://www.cofe.anglican.org/jobvacs/job.asp?ID=247
USA: Trinity Church Wall Street (New York), Archivist and Records Manager -- http://trinitywallstreet.org/jobs_open.html#pahist

USA
Maryland: New Market, All Faith Parish (Washington) -- http://www.allfaithchurch.com
Massachusetts: Westboro, St Stephen (Western Massachusetts) -- http://www.ststeph.com

World
Belize: San Ignacio Town, St Thomas (Belize) -- http://freespace.virgin.net/maria.stevenson/cayostand.html

Worth Noting
'The Next Archbishop of Canterbury': Andrew Brown speculates delightfully at Ship of Fools. -- http://ship-of-fools.com/Features/NextABC/Canterbury.html

'Audacious Anglicans': Two Canadians plan a book that will document the lives of Anglican men and women who have greatly affected the world. Help them determine who's who. -- http://www.ottawa.anglican.ca/audacious_anglicans/