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Week of 29 July 2001

England
Horfield, Holy Trinity (Bristol)

Episcopal Elections
Ongoing
The Diocese of Washington (ECUSA)
Accepting nominations for the Eighth Bishop of Washington. If you know of persons you wish to have considered as nominees, please contact the Search Committee as soon as possible—and no later than July 31, 2001. The Diocesan Profile is online.

Complete
Diocese of Colombia (ECUSA)
Francisco José Duque Gómez was consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Colombia on 14 July, 2001. Francisco José Duque Gómez, the fourth bishop, is the first Colombian 'cradle Episcopalian' elected to lead the diocese.

Events
USA: New York City, 19 September
The William Reed Huntington Memorial Sermon for 2001 will be given by the Rt Rev'd Christopher Epting, the new ecumenical officer of the Episcopal Church in the USA. This annual event, jointly sponsored by the Anglican Society, the New York Diocesan Ecumenical Commission, and Grace Church on Broadway, will be at Grace Church on Wednesday, 19 September at the 6pm Eucharist. For more: http://anglicansociety.org/events.html

Liturgical resources
Anglican Prayer Beads: Background, practice, and a source for obtaining Anglican rosaries.
The Anglican Rosary: A Form of Contemplative Prayer: The symbolism, the practice.

News Centre
News from Australia's General Synod. Alpha course in the news again. Plans to build world's largest church in London. No, it's not Anglican. News about the Rt Revd Jack Iker. Herefords saving old church. Dispute in a Milwaukee cathedral. Bishop of London threatens to quit if churches close. ABC in Jerusalem. People are marrying less, and later. More on Islamic law in Nigeria. English priests return Russian icons. Surprise resignation of Canadian bishop. New bishop in Colombia. Melanesian brothers win prize. More missionaries to Britain. Still fighting in Accokeek. Canon banned from preaching. Nigerian primate speaks out against AMiA. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

New Zealand
Heathcote: Parish of Heathcote and Mount Pleasant (Christchurch)

Odds and Ends
Mediæval Stained Glass Windows: An online exhibition focussing on the collection of 400 stained glass panes dating to the 13th and 14th centuries, preserved in three churches in Esslingen, Germany. 'The windows give a unique insight into the medieval world, and into the technical and artistic aspects of the production of stained glass'.

Positions open
Church of England
Church House Publishing, Sales and Marketing Manager
Located in Church House, Westminster, London
Deadline: 27 August 2001
Details

The Church in Wales
Information Communication Technology Support Officer
Location: 39 Cathedral Road, Cardiff
Deadline: 27 August 2001
Details

Preaching resources
fatherjones.com: Father Jones is a GenX ECUSA priest who has been online, as he says, 'since the beginning'. (Hmm. Wonder what that means, in a 'terminus a quo' sense.) Fatherjones.com offers sermons, theological tools and satirical commentary to intelligent Christians.

Scotland
Edinburgh: St John (Edinburgh)

USA
Cathedrals
Kansas: Topeka, Grace Cathedral, Diocese of Kansas
Louisiana: Shreveport, Cathedral of St Mark, Diocese of Western Louisiana

Parishes
Arkansas: Heber Springs, St Francis (Arkansas)
Arkansas: Helena, St John (Arkansas)
Arkansas: Jacksonville, St Stephen (Arkansas)
Arkansas: Springdale, St Thomas (Arkansas)
Connecticut: Ansonia, Christ Church (Connecticut)
Connecticut: Bridgeport, St Mark (Connecticut)
Connecticut: Bristol, Trinity (Connecticut)
Connecticut: Darien, St Luke (Connecticut)
Connecticut: East Haven, Christ and Epiphany (Connecticut)
Connecticut: Essex, St John (Connecticut)
Connecticut: Huntington, St Paul (Connecticut)
Connecticut: Killingworth, Emmanuel (Connecticut)
Connecticut: Litchfield, St Michael (Connecticut)
Connecticut: Ridgefield, St Stephen (Connecticut)
Connecticut: Shelton, Good Shepherd (Connecticut)
Connecticut: Simsbury, St Alban (Connecticut)
Connecticut: Stamford, St Francis (Connecticut)
Connecticut: Tariffville, Trinity (Connecticut)
Connecticut: Vernon, St John (Connecticut)
Florida: Pensacola, Christ Church (Central Gulf Coast)
Florida: Pensacola, St John (Central Gulf Coast)
Florida: Wauchula, St Ann (Central Florida)
Kansas: Lawrence, Episcopal Campus Ministry at University of Kansas (Kansas)
Kansas: Wichita, St Bartholomew (Kansas)
Kansas: Wichita, St Christopher (Kansas)
Kansas: Wichita, St John (Kansas)
Kansas: Wichita, St Stephen (Kansas)
Missouri: Springfield, St James (West Missouri)
New Mexico: Albuquerque, St Chad (Rio Grande)
New Mexico: Clovis, St James (Rio Grande)
New Mexico: Santa Fe, Holy Family (Rio Grande)
North Carolina: Spruce Pine, Trinity Church (Western North Carolina)
North Carolina: Raleigh, Church of the Holy Cross (North Carolina)
Utah: Clearfield, St Peter (Utah)
Utah: Midvale, St James (Utah)
Utah: Park City, St Luke (Utah)
Utah: Vernal, St Paul (Utah)
Washington: Battle Ground, Holy Spirit (Olympia)
Washington: Freeland, St Augustine in-the-Woods (Olympia)
Washington: Friday Harbor, St David (Olympia)
Washington: Gig Harbor, St John (Olympia)
Washington: Grangeville, Holy Trinity (Spokane)
Washington: Lacey, St Benedict (Olympia)
Washington: Lakewood, St Mary (Olympia)
Washington: Maple Valley, St George (Olympia)
Washington: Marysville, St Philip (Olympia)
Washington: Mill Creek, St Francis (Olympia)
Washington: Monroe, Our Saviour (Olympia)
Washington: Moscow, St Mark (Spokane)
Washington: Mt Vernon, St Paul (Olympia)
Washington: Poulsbo, St Charles (Olympia)
Washington: Pt Angeles, St Andrew (Olympia)
Washington: Pt Gamble, St Paul (Olympia)
Washington: Pt Townsend, St Paul (Olympia)
Washington: Puyallup, Christ Church (Olympia)
Washington: Redmond, Holy Cross (Olympia)
Washington: Sammamish, Good Samaritan (Olympia)
Washington: Sandpoint, St Agnes (Spokane)
Washington: Seattle, Christ Church (Olympia)
Washington: Seattle, Epiphany Parish (Olympia)
Washington: Seattle, Trinity (Olympia)
Washington: Seattle, St Peter (Olympia)
Washington: Seattle, St Stephen (Olympia)
Washington: Sedro Woolley, St James (Olympia)
Washington: Sequim, St Luke (Olympia)
Washington: Silverdale, St Antony of Egypt (Olympia)
Washington: Snoqualmie, St Clare (Olympia)
Washington: Spokane, Resurrection (Spokane)
Washington: Tacoma, St Luke Memorial (Olympia)
Washington: Vancouver, All Saints (Olympia)
Washington: Vashon Island, Holy Spirit (Olympia)

Wales
Resources
Anglican Chaplaincy at the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education: A web site developed by the first full-time(ish) Anglican Chaplain (or chaplain of any sort) to this University Sector College since February. 'As Anglican chaplain I function with ecumenical backing and with openness to other faiths, therefore the URL points to the opening multi-faith page'.

St Asaph Diocesan Ministerial Training Course: A training course for ordinands, reader candidates and laity.

Worth Noting
'1894 Church will receive new facade, its third' (New York Times): As an architectural apple, All Saints Episcopal Church fell pretty far from the tree. (Note: Read quickly, as NY Times articles are only available for free for a week.)

'A minister who appreciates a good felon' (New York Times): 'On Good Friday, the Rev. Gordon H. Duggins, who seems to perpetually sweat under his heavy black suit and tight clerical collar, preaches the same sermon every year. It is called "Why Heaven Needs Felons."'

'The men who risked all to translate the Bible' (Christian Science Monitor): A review by Paul Williams of the new book by Benson Bobrick about the struggle to translate the Bible into English.

'Her burning desires' (The Sunday Times): A review by Kevin Sharpe of Bloody Mary's Martyrs, by Jasper Ridley.

Week of 22 July 2001

Australia
Western Australia: Perth, Mount Lawley, St Patrick (Perth)

Books, Magazines
Catalyst, a quarterly journal by GenX clergy and laity of the Episcopal Church.

Church history
Sunday School Books: An online collection of 163 Sunday school books published in America between 1815 and 1865. Includes page images and full texts.

England
Huyton, Huyton Deanery (Liverpool): In-depth information about 11 parishes.
York, All Saints, North Street (York)

Resources
Church Care, a new site for the maintenance of C of E churches. If you can't find the information you need, you can ask specific questions 'which will be answered by the Church of England's Council for the Care of Churches or Ecclesiastical Insurance, as quickly as possible.' The background of the new site is explained in the current edition of the Church of England Gazette.

The Church Society: 'The original forebear of the Society was the Protestant Association, hence the assertion once made by The Times that we are the "senior evangelical body in the Church of England" ... Most of the great defenders of Protestant Anglicanism in the 19th and 20th centuries were associated with the Society including Bishop Ryle, W.H. Griffith-Thomas, Philip Hughes, and Jim Packer'.

Ireland
Cathedrals
Trim, Cathedral Church of St Patrick (Meath and Kildare)

Liturgical Resources
The Liturgical Customary of the Church of the Advent, Boston, Massachusetts: With each major section available for download in PDF, the 'Customary sets forth our ceremonial as it has evolved over the last thirty years.  Our principal source texts are Ritual Notes, 11th ed. (ECR Lamburn), and The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described (Fortescue and O’Connell)'.

News Centre
Our wrap-up report on the Church of England Synod. ABC to visit Jerusalem. The Times on Alpha. Church property for sale. Where are the young clergy? More fuss about the BBC's agnostic head of religious broadcasting. More about sex. Peter Tatchell invited to church. African bishops take various stands. More on the Panacea Society's upcoming auction. The Church Times and the F-word. Two views on religious education. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Positions open
Church of England
Church House Publishing, Sales and Marketing Manager
Located in Church House, Westminster, London
Deadline: 27 August 2001
Details

USA
California: San Gabriel, Church of Our Saviour (Los Angeles)
Georgia: Atlanta, St Bede (Atlanta)
Maine: Saints Mary and Jude (Maine)

Vestments
A Heavenly Stitch: Custom made church vestments; profits support Cabrini House, a ministry and home for single women in Phoenix, Arizona.

Worth Noting
A book review by Adrian Tinnison in The Times of His Invention so Fertile: A Life of Christopher Wren, by Jonathan Cape. (In last week's Worth Noting [below] you'll find a link to another review in the Sunday Times.)

Youth
Fidel Reid's site: A site created by a young Anglican in Jamaica, president of the University Community Anglican Youth Fellowship.