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Week of 17 June 2001

Biblical Resources
Bibles in Your Language: Audio, online, and print Bibles in 140 languages.

Canada
Nova Scotia: Halifax, St John (Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)

England
Parishes
Clifton, All Saints (Bristol)

Cathedrals
Truro, Truro Cathedral,
 Diocese of Truro

Episcopal Elections
We received word that the Episcopal Church of Cuba failed to elect a Bishop Coadjutor. Pablo-Oden Marichal and Ulises Agueros were the candidates. At the meeting of a Special Synod held at St Paul's Church, Camaguey, on Friday and Saturday, none received the required votes among the clergy.

The American Convocation of Churches in Europe elects their new bishop this Saturday, 23 June.

The Diocese of Washington (ECUSA) now has its diocesan profile online.

Events
Canada, Toronto, 23-27 June 2001
(Re)making Anglican Tradition(s) in North America
A church history conference commemorating the Tercentenary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Sponsored by the Canadian Church Historical Society, the Episcopal Women's History Project, the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the National Episcopal Historians and Archivists. Hosted by Trinity College and Wycliffe College, University of Toronto.

Australia, NSW: Grafton, 26 June-1 July 2001
The Second International Philosophy, Science, and Theology Festival
Speakers include Bishop Richard Holloway, Bishop of Edinburgh and former Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Howie Firth, Director of the Centre for Communication and Science, Moray College, Scotland, Dr Martin Hendry, astronomer and astrophysicist, University of Glasgow, Dr Lynne Hume, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Studies in Religion at the University of Queensland, Marks McAvity, a former nuclear engineer and naval officer, Professor David Scott, Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, and Professor Peter Swanell, Vice Chancellor, University of Southern Queensland.

Odds and Ends
New Testament Interactive Crossword Puzzles: If you have Java enabled in your browser, you can have fun with an interactive crossword for every chapter of every book in the New Testament. Although only the Book of Acts is currently complete, the webmaster notes that they are 'currently achieving at a rate of three chapters per day'.

News Centre
Abolish the Church! Share the power! Teach religion to our children (but don't make us go to church). Equilibrium in Accokeek. AMiA to consecrate more bishops. Homosexuality and churches. Oldest Anglican church may have to close. Peter Jensen speaks. Money gets tighter in Britain. Was Roman Colosseum built with materials from Jerusalem temple? Adventures in church and state, in several countries. Sending in women priests where the bishop doesn't want them. New report: size does matter. Taking sex more seriously. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Official publications
'The Cross': Diocese of Southern Virginia (monthly)

Positions open
BBC: Head of Religion and Ethics

USA
California: Los Angeles, St Mary in Palms (Los Angeles)
Maryland: Kennedyville, Shrewsbury Parish Church (Easton)
Massachusetts: Worcester, All Saints (Western Massachusetts)
Oklahoma: Norman, St Michael (Oklahoma)
Washington, DC: St Patrick (Washington)
Washington: Walla Walla, St Paul (Spokane)

Worth Noting
'Sympathy for the Deity' Over at Ship of Fools, Steve Goddard investigates the cartoon series 'God, the Devil and Bob', banned by NBC but now showing on BBC television.


Week of 10 June 2001

Australia
Queensland: Coolangatta, The Anglican Parish of Coolangatta and Palm Beach (Brisbane)

Canada
Dioceses
Diocese of Rupert's Land—rupertsland.anglican.org (Note: site is visible only with Microsoft browsers)

England
Devizes, St John the Baptist (Salisbury)
Hednesford, St Peter, St Saviour, and St Michael (Lichfield)
Southsea, St Simon (Portsmouth)
Wigmore Abbey: Nine churches make up this parish. (Hereford)

Resources
The Church Army: Society of evangelists in the Church of England, with branches in Canada and the USA.

Episcopal Elections
Diocese of Sydney: The Reverend Peter Jensen was elected archbishop. See the News Centre for more.

Essays
The Travail of Planting New Churches: In his latest essay, Pierre Whalon shares his parish-tested recipe for beginning a new church. Begin by stopping those committee meetings!

Europe
Monte Carlo: Monaco, St Paul (Europe)

Events
Canada, Toronto, 23-27 June 2001
(Re)making Anglican Tradition(s) in North America
A church history conference commemorating the Tercentenary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Sponsored by the Canadian Church Historical Society, the Episcopal Women's History Project, the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the National Episcopal Historians and Archivists and hosted by Trinity College and Wycliffe College, University of Toronto.

News Centre
Three centuries of the Act of Settlement. Help wanted at the BBC. Church and state in Britain and Nigeria and Uganda. 100 new church schools for England. Reflections on saints and sainthood. Paying and paying for bishops. Rwandan nuns sent to jail. Bankruptcy looming in Canada. Controversy over Sydney's new archbishop. Anglican service in Greek cathedral; German lumber in English cathedral. 1.25 centuries of the Mothers' Union. Woodland burials. Colorado bishop lashes out. Churches and charity; lack of progress for pilgrims in Ireland. Choosing godparents. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Official Publications
Diocese of Atlanta (ECUSA): Diolog, bimonthly
Diocese of Oxford (C of E): The Door, ten times each year

Positions open
Episcopal Church in the USA: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Closing Date:  29 June 2001
Description and more information.

Church of England
Chief Financial Officer, Diocese of Norwich
Closing Date:  29 June 2001
Description and more information.

USA
Missouri: Bolivar, St Alban's in the Ozarks (West Missouri)
Washington: Edmonds, St Alban (Olympia)

World
Dioceses
Diocese of Uruguay—uruguay.anglican.org

Parishes
Nassau, Bahamas: Holy Trinity (Nassau and the Bahamas)


Week of 3 June 2001

Australia
Resources
Anglican Church of Australia General Synod 2001: The General Synod meets in Brisbane in July. Although portions of the site are still under construction, there is a good deal of pre-Synod material available. Amongst other features, the site will provide live updates during the Synod.

Canada
Ontario: Toronto, St Gabriel the Archangel, Richmond Hill (Toronto)

England
Bramcote (Nottingham), St Michael and All Angels (Southwell)
Middlesbrough, St Agnes Easterside (York)
Middlesbrough, St Barnabas Parish Church of Linthorpe and Ayresome (York)

Episcopal Elections
Ongoing
The American Convocation of Churches in Europe has announced the three nominees for its first elected bishop. The web site is not yet updated, but the nominees are the Reverend Dr Mark Harris, Diocese of Delaware, the Reverend Gray Temple Jr, Diocese of Atlanta, and the Reverend Pierre W. Whalon, Diocese of Central Florida.

The Diocese of Sydney: The Sydney Morning Herald has a large feature on the candidates for the election of the next Archbishop. The Election Synod will meet from June 4 to 8 to elect the new Archbishop of Sydney.

Complete
The Diocese of Central New York elected the Reverend Gladstone B. Adams as its tenth bishop, on the seventh ballot.

Events
USA: Texas, 12-13 June, 2001
Trinity Episcopal Church in Dallas is holding a two-day conference: New Tool for Evangelism and Church Growth: Morning Prayer for the 21st Century.' For generations, Morning Prayer was the distinctive Episcopal service. Today it's increasingly hard to find. And that's too bad. Because the service of Morning Prayer is not only one of the loveliest liturgies anywhere, it's also one of the most evangelistically useful. In fact, Morning Prayer has rightly been called "the Episcopal version of a seeker service." When presented with freshness and Biblical clarity, it may be the ideal liturgical vehicle for presenting the Gospel message'.

News Centre
Martyr's day in Uganda. Conflict continues at Accokeek. Saturday reports on Lincoln Cathedral, festivals, the Holy Ghost, and Pentecost. Archbishop and Pope meet in private. England to ask atheists about women as bishops. Ruth Gledhill meets Dr Creflo Dollar. New rector in Sydney. Spelling error in Scotland. Voting in several dioceses. A distressing murder in a London vicarage. Stolen hotel towels returned in Liverpool. South Africa wraps up Truth and Reconciliation. Major squabbling in Nigeria. Tumult in the Solomon Islands. Sing ding, sing dong. Real bells declared illegal, but rung anyhow. Experiments in church and state. Mail-order burial. Witchcraft old and new. A video christening. Easter break in England. The end of the line for the pipe organ? All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Music
American Guild of English Handbell Ringers: A USA-based organization for handbell ringers, directors, and enthusiasts.

Not in the Communion
Anglo-Catholic Church in the Americas: 'A continuing church, not in communion with the See of Canterbury. We subscribe to the principles of the Affirmation of St. Louis. Parishes in the Eastern United States and Puerto Rico'.

Positions open
The Anglican Parish of Pembroke in the Diocese of Bermuda seeks to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced priest in the catholic tradition, with proven gifts of evangelism, to work alongside the new rector, Father Gary S. Colville. The person appointed will need to take responsibility for church growth, particularly with the two mission churches. Other responsibilities will include the development of work with younger people and their families. Expressions of interest should be made by email to stjohnsangch@ibl.bm. Please include current CV. Our web site is www.anglican.bm/j3n.html.

USA
Kentucky: Fulton, Trinity (Kentucky)
Maryland: Kennedyville, Shrewsbury Parish (Easton)
Missouri: Cape Girardeau, Christ Church (Missouri)
New Jersey: Hackettstown, St James (Newark)
New York: Astoria, Church of the Redeemer (Iglesia del Redentor) (Long Island)

Worth Noting
'Authority in the Church: Scripture, Reason and Tradition—Interpreting the Legacy of Richard Hooker': Conference Papers
In September 2000 a conference was held at the University of Exeter to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Richard Hooker. Some of the papers delivered at the conference are now available and they include Paul Avis on 'Exploring Issues of Authority in the Spirit of Richard Hooker' and Geoffrey Rowell on 'Interpreting Authority: Tradition'.

The holy island ground: Inis Cealtra, or Holy Island, in Ireland's County Clare, is home to remarkable church buildings and monuments. Eileen Battersby of the Irish Times writes about her visit to one of Ireland's most peaceful monastic sites.

Is God in the genome? Shane Green writes in The Age (Melbourne) about genetic encoding of the soul.

Knocking on heaven's door: Nancy Banks-Smith reviews in the Guardian (London) a new BBC television mystery that could have been solved more quickly by people familiar with the lives of the saints.

The Story of Hannah Riddell and Hansen's Disease, by the Reverend Timothy Nakayama: An Anglicans Online special.


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