Week of 22 April 2001
Canada
Ontario: Etobicoke, St Agnes in Longbranch (Toronto) -- http://www.st-agnes.ca
England
Leicester, Holy Trinity (Leicester) -- http://www.ht-leicester.org.uk
Merrow, St John the Evangelist (Guildford) -- http://www.saintjohns.org.uk
Swindon, St Michael and All Angels (Bristol) -- http://www.stmichaelschurch.co.uk
Episcopal elections
On a new page in our Resources section, we list for you all the information brought to our attention
by AO readers. The latest: the Anglican Media Sydney web pages for the election of the next Archbishop of Sydney.
Essays
Pierre Whalon's latest essay: What Will it Take to Double Our Size? Musing about evangelism
in ECUSA.
Europe
France: Paris, St George (Europe) -- http://www.stgeorgesparis.com
Events
USA: New York, 28 April 2001
Annual meeting of the New York Chapter of the Society of King Charles the Martyr at St Paul's Episcopal Church, Brooklyn. This annual
event is held on the anniversary of the canonization of Charles I of England. -- http://www.stoafutura.com/skcm/
England: Oxford, July-August 2001
The C.S. Lewis Foundation announces the first in a series of summer academic programmes to be held at The Kilns, the former home of
the late author and Christian apologist C.S. Lewis. Entitled "Branches To Heaven: The Geniuses of CS Lewis", the programme is
based on the book of the same title written by conference leader Dr. James Como, who will explore the range of Lewis' genius while addressing
the surprising reason for his enduring literary and spiritual influence. The summer programme will offer unique access to Lewis
home to a small group of participants. -- http://cslewis.org:80/news/branches.htm
Internet-related, communications, etc.
Webcasts: Live webcasts every Sunday of the primary choral Eucharist at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco (Diocese of California). 6pm
GMT (11am PDT). -- http://www.gracecathedral.org/church/service/
E-chaplain: At the UK portal everywoman.co.uk, 'the Reverend Dr Carrie Pemberton
(Diocese of Ely) serves as "e-chaplain" and answers posted questions and enquiries regarding life and faith. In addition, she
serves as an ecumenical minister in a new village on the edge of silicon fen in Cambridgeshire, has worked in India as a secondary school
teacher, and in Africa as a tertiary trainer and development worker'.
A recent question: 'My girlfriend and I are thinking about
getting married next spring. However she is Buddhist and I am Church of England. Can we get married in Church as well as enjoy a Buddhist
ceremony in Sri Lanka?' -- http://www.everywoman.co.uk/community/ask.asp (Note:
On Macs, the page design is very wide and requires scrolling to the far right to get to the 'Ask the expert' link and the FAQ.)
New Zealand
Wellington, Anglican Chinese Mission Church (Wellington) -- http://www.acm.org.nz
News Centre
Christianity causes another divorce, but nothing so grand as the one that CS Lewis wrote about. Taking money from the collection plate.
Infallible faith or infallible religion? Bones touring Ireland make even Lesley Hornby look chunky. On 'faith communities'. Buying and
selling old churches. Remembering a passed Goon. Bishops hold rare public argument about foot-and-mouth; we resist the obvious use of
foot-in-mouth to describe the outcome, because we can't decide who won the argument. +ABC learns from New Agers, he says, and he notes
that he has held this office for ten years. The Times on episcopal clothing, the Irish Times on inter-communion. A new four-year BA course
in Theological Studies and Business Practice. A third of Americans don't know enough about the Episcopal church to have an opinion. British
women don't want to marry priests. A bishop and his motorcycle. Chocolate rabbits and the world's slowest clock. Peter Tatchell in the
news again, and he has assaulted no one. A riveting article about life in Uganda and a sad article about farm life in England. All this,
and more, in the News Centre.
Not in the Communion
The Free Protestant Church in the United States: 'The Free Protestant Episcopal Church follows the beliefs of the Church of England as
defined by the Reformers of the Protestant Reformation in England, beginning with Thomas Cranmer. ... Unlike other Anglican jurisdictions,
we explicitly accept the reform teaching of the 39 Articles of Religion in the sense they were originally written. The Free Protestant
Episcopal Church came to North America in 1958, but in recent years, has become inactive. In 2001 the Free Protestant Episcopal Church
in the US (FPEC-US) is being refounded'. -- http://netministries.org/see/churches.exe/ch17160
USA
Alabama: Birmingham, All Saints (Alabama) -- http://www.allsaintsbhm.org
Michigan: Southgate, Grace (Michigan) -- http://episcopal-church.org
Montana: Great Falls, St Francis (Montana) -- http://www.geocities.com/stfrancischurchgtfalls
New Mexico: Albuquerque, St Mark's-on-the-Mesa (Rio Grande) -- http://stmarksonthemesa.org
South Carolina: North Augusta, St Bartholomew (Upper South Carolina)
-- http://www.saintbart.org
Virginia: Alexandria, Church of the Resurrection (Virginia) -- http://www.WelcomeToResurrection.org
Wales
Resources
The Church in Wales Jubilee Fund: 'The Jubilee Fund supports international development projects in Jerusalem, Gaza, Argentina and China'.
-- http://www.jubileefund.org.uk
Worth Noting
In the Lion's Court, by Derek Wilson
The Sunday Times reviews the new book by Antonia Fraser on power, ambition, and sudden death in the reign of Henry VIII.
Is ANWR Worth Saving?
by Chip Duncan
'When Sarah mentioned that the caribou were "sacred," I took the leap. As a filmmaker, I'd produced numerous hours of television
on spiritual subjects, so the idea of a sacred animal roused my attention. Though I'd expected to go down a more animistic road, I probed
enough to find out that many of the Gwich'in of Arctic Village were practicing Episcopalians. In fact, the small log church was visible
from Sarah's hillside. "Why Episcopalians?" I asked. "I don't know," said Sarah. "I guess they were just the
first ones to show up here."'
Under the Molehill, by John Bossy
The Sunday Times reviews the new Elizabethan spy story, set in 16th-century London.
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