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Week of 8 December 2002

Advent resources
Our collection of links and resources.

NEW The BBC's splendid collection of Advent resources, from radio and telly to special programmes and a super Advent calendar. (You'll need the Flash plug-in. But it's worth it.)

England
Kent, St Leonard (Canterbury)

Exchanges
England --> Anywhere 'English speaking' (April - July, 2004)
'Parish Priest and family in suburban south Manchester, England, looking to exchange with priest elsewhere in the world in 2004 for eight to ten weeks [sabbatical]. Duties would be one service a week plus one mid-week service. Modern, friendly eucharistic worship. Airport 15 minutes. Trams into city. Easy access to Lake District, Wales, Yorkshire Dales. Car available. Family welcome. Five bedroom house. Friendly cat. Contact Julian Heaton at user@stjohaltrincham.freeserve.co.uk'.

News Centre
Bushfire appeal in Australia. Royal wedding in South Africa. New Director for Anglican Centre. Sex-abuse news in Melbourne. Sex-abuse news in Tasmania. Sex-abuse news in Britain. Three women ordained in Kenya. Church and state in Nigeria. Church and state in England. Archbishop Williams confirmed. New staff at Anglican Church of Canada. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Odds and Ends
Church and State: The BBC's delightful 'history trail', which looks at the tangle between, well, church and state in the UK. Incorporates quizzes, articles, images, and although directed to young people, will delight older types, too.

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USA
California: Fallbrook, St John (San Diego)
California: Orange, Trinity (Los Angeles)
Florida: Jacksonville, St Mark (Florida)
Georgia: Moultrie, St Margaret (Georgia)
Kentucky: Lexington, St Raphael (Lexington)
Texas: Taylor, St James (Texas)
Washington: Shoreline, St Dunstan (Olympia)

Educational resources
Rice University, Canterbury Association (Texas)

Vacancies Centre
Have a post to fill in your parish? A vacancy on your diocesan staff? Advertise beyond your own national church. List your opening for one full month at AO for free. Looking for a position? Check out vacancies on diocesan web sites throughout the communion. Visit the Vacancies Centre for more.

Worth Noting

Speak for England: In the Spectator, the Saturday leader urges Rowan Williams to uncover and speak about and for the real Church of England.

Week of 1 December 2002

Advent resources
Our collection of links and resources. Have others we should list? Let us know.

NEW Faith at Home: Advent ideas and resources for families and church school teachers

NEW Project Canterbury, Tracts for the Times: Tract 16, Advent

NEW A Trail of Hope: Meditations for Advent 2002, by Native American university students. (Please note: This is a PDF file, available as a free 'daily meditation' or preview download. The entire series of meditations is only available in book form.)

Associations, Guilds, etc.
The Society of St Willibrord: Promoting relations between Anglicans and Old Catholics. (Text in German only.)

Australia
Western Australia: Claremont, St Michael and All Angels (Perth)

Canada
Ontario: Richmond Hill, St Mary (Toronto)

England
Bardsley, Holy Trinity (Manchester)
Pinner, St John the Baptist (London)
Skelmanthorpe, St Aidan (Wakefield)

Resources
Canterbury Cathedral International Study Centre: Details of theological courses and information about the conference centre.

News Centre
World AIDS day. Editorials about the new Archbishop. Richard Holloway speaks up again. Rowan Williams already being disruptive. Interviews with Rowan Williams. Report on recent Church of England General Synod. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Diocesan Publications
Diocese of Bethlehem: Diocesan Life (Updated monthly, available only as a PDF)

Support Anglicans Online
Help support the world's most widely read Anglican web site, run entirely by volunteers since 1994. Shop: From T-shirts to mugs, you can find Anglicans Online imprinted items. All the income goes to support Anglicans Online. (Always wanted to wear a T-shirt that proclaimed, in tasteful typography, 'This isn't a T-shirt. It's a vestment'? Now you can.) Donate: Give any amount you like to Anglicans Online via a secure online server.

USA
Texas: Lubbock, St Christopher (Northwest Texas)
Texas: Lubbock, St Paul (Northwest Texas)

Vacancies Centre
Have a post to fill in your parish? A vacancy on your diocesan staff? Advertise beyond your own national church. List your opening for one full month at AO for free. Looking for a position? Check out vacancies on diocesan web sites throughout the communion. Visit the Vacancies Centre for more.

Worth Noting
Fire and brimstone: James Roose-Evans, writing in The Guardian, reviews the book A Brand From the Burning: The Life of John Wesley, by Roy Hattersley.

A Spiritual New Beginning: At Virginia Seminary, Professionals Put Aside Their Careers for Classes in Search of Religious Fulfillment, an article in the Washington Post by Frederick Kunkle.