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Week of 21 October 2001

Australia
Queensland: Gold Coast, Gold Coast Deanery (Brisbane)

Canada
Labrador: Cartwright, Anglican Parish of Cartwright (Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador)

England
Finedon, St Mary the Virgin (Peterborough)
Millbrook, All Saints (Truro)
St John-in-Cornwall, St John the Baptist (Truro)
Woodley, Emmanuel Church (Oxford)

Resources
Campaign for the Reform of Ordinand Selection: seeking to reform the Church of England's selection procedures so that far fewer will be rejected. Curiously, this website provides no way to respond except by snailmail.
Come to the Feast: a book to be published soon by SCM-Canterbury Press that is a companion and reader's guide to Common Worship Holy Communion. This is a web page for that book.

Episcopal Elections
Ongoing
The Diocese of Missouri has announced the names of the four candidates for Bishop Coadjutor.

Complete
We have a report that the Revd Bob Gepert has been elected 8th Bishop of Western Michigan. We have not yet confirmed this report with official sources.

Europe
Germany: Bonn, St Boniface (Diocese in Europe)
Germany: Cologne, All Saints (Diocese in Europe)

Events
4 November 2001, Worldwide
International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Over 200 million Christians are persecuted throughout the world, up to 150,000 killed per year for their faith in Christ. See http://www.persecutedchurch.org/.

10 November 2001, Rhode Island, USA
Requiem Mass and Annual Meeting of the American Branch of the Guild of All Souls.

14-27 July 2002, Oxford, England
The CS Lewis Summer Institute. Over 2000 conferees from around the world are expected to gather at this triennial event to consider the life and legacy of C.S. Lewis and explore the larger implications of that legacy in the realms of both mind and spirit.

Music
Coventry Music: a record label 'dedicated to creating premiere recordings of timeless music of the Christian faith, recorded around the world.'
Recorded Anglican Cathedral Music. 'This site is the catalog of a large collection of recorded Anglican cathedral music.'
Starshine Music: 'A recently established venture specialising in quality music for schools and youth groups. Our Christmas musicals and our new Christmas Songbook are proving to be very popular across the UK.'

New Zealand
Resources
Nelson Night Shelter: a short-term emergency shelter in the Diocese of Nelson. The web page is clearly for people who want to donate money to it and not people who need to stay there.

News Centre
Edward Norman on church leadership. Archbishop Eames on the IRA. Judge rules that South Carolina law awards church to congregation, not diocese. A discussion of the name 'Osama'; a report on an Arabic-language RC service in London. Obituaries of Elizabeth Hoare and Lord Hailsham. Much discussion of the bones of the saints. More light on the words of the Bishop of Chester. George Carey meets Yasser Arafat. Anthrax scares reach Anglican places. More riots in Nigeria. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Odds and Ends
Anglican Prayer Network: 'The Anglican Prayer Network is a fellowship of Christian men and women; we express our faith, as found in the orthodox Anglican tradition; our ministry focuses on praying for men, women, and children who are in need of it.'

USA
Arkansas: North Little Rock, St Luke (Arkansas)
Virginia: Burke, Good Shepherd (Virginia)
Virginia: Chancellor, Messiah (Virginia)
Virginia: Charlottesville, Church of the Cross (Virginia)
Virginia: Falls Church, Potomac Falls Church (Virginia)
Virginia: Louisa, St James (Virginia)
Virginia: Millwood, Cunningham Chapel Parish (Virginia)

Resources
Military Prayer: a site encouraging prayer for members of the US and allied military. Don't miss the 'Noon prayer challenge' linked from its front page.

Vestments
Augsburg Fortress Online: Dealers in education resources, books, worship resources, music, ecclesiastical arts, and gifts. Owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
C M Almy: makers of fine church goods and furnishings.

Worth Noting
Waging an unholy war: A review by Geoffrey Moorhouse in The Guardian of Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade by James Reston Jr.

The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and stories in Islamic literature: A review by Saad Souissi in the Church Times of a book by Tarif Khalidi published by Harvard University Press.

Youth
Noon Prayer: web page of the All Angels Chapter of the Junior Daughters of the King and Christians In Action (CIA) Youth Group, Lincoln County, New Mexico.

Week of 14 October 2001

Australia
NSW: Manly, St Matthew (Sydney)

Canada
Ontario: Guelph, St George (Niagara)
Quebec: Westmount, St Stephen (Montreal)

England
Astbury, St Mary (York)
Long Melford, Suffolk, Holy Trinity with St Catherine (St Edmundsbury)

Resources
College of Preachers UK: The College was founded in 1960 by Lord Coggan and a group of friends. It exists to support preachers, both lay and ordained, of all denominations of the Christian Church who seek to improve the quality and effectiveness of their preaching.

Episcopal Elections
Complete
The Diocese of Southern Virginia has elected the Revd Carol Gallagher as suffragan bishop. Details on the diocesan web site.
The Diocese of Gippsland has elected the Ven. Jeff Driver, currently rector of St Paul's Manuka (Canberra/Goulburn) and Archdeacon of Canberra/Goulburn, as its tenth Bishop.

Events
3 November 2001, Philadelphia, USA
A Day Conference on Vocation to the Religious Life. At St Clement, Philadelphia, PA, USA. See http://www.s-clements.org/.

4 November 2001, Worldwide
International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Over 200 million Christians are persecuted throughout the world, up to 150,000 killed per year for their faith in Christ. See http://www.persecutedchurch.org/.

News Centre
Bishop consecrated in West Virginia, elected in Gippsland, and appointed by the government in England. On loving the enemy. More traffic noted to couch and to pew. Various columns about Islam and Muslims. British firefighters attend service at St Paul; it does not burn. A reflection on the Ottoman empire and its leaders. Bishops opine about bombings. Rioting in Nigeria. Ashafa Abdullahi Aliyu Tanko Moh'd Nuraini Ashafa on religious war. Anthrax has not cured foot-and-mouth disease (remember foot-and-mouth disease?). Jedi knights make the short list. Evaluating the holiness of wars. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

USA
Ohio: Galion, Grace (Ohio)
Ohio: Toledo, Trinity (Ohio)

World
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Christ Church (Rio de Janeiro)

Resources
Africa Inland Mission has a web page describing activities in the Diocese of Nebbi, in Uganda.

Worth Noting
A day at Ground Zero: Reflections by the Revd Dr Stephen L White, Princeton's Episcopal chaplain, on a day spent at St Paul's Chapel in Manhattan.

John Donne: Man of flesh and spirit: A book review by Dr Peter McCullough, writing in the Church Times, of the new book by David L Edwards.

The First Epistle to the Corinthians: The New International Greek New Testament Commentary: A book review by the Revd Dr Richard Burridge, writing in the Church Times, of the new book by Anthony C. Thiselton.

Through Our Long Exile: Contextual theology and the urban experience: A book review by the Revd Dr John Pridmore, writing in the Church Times, of the new book by Kenneth Leech.