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Week
of 9 February 2003
Africa
Zambia: Lusaka, Cathedral
of the Holy Cross (Lusaka)
Australia
South Australia: Kingscote, St
Albans (Adelaide)
South Australia: Parnada, St
Richard (Adelaide)
South Australia: Penneshaw, St
Columba (Adelaide)
Biblical
Oremus
Bible Browser: Oremus has obtained permission
to make the copyrighted New Revised Standard
Version, including the Anglicized version, searchable
by chapter and verse.
England
Lightcliffe, St
Matthews (Wakefield)
Lufton, Saints
Peter and Paul (Bath and Wells)
Resources
Liturgical
Commission proposed additional collects: (78kb download document)
Due to receive first consideration at General Synod at the
end of
the month. [Alternatively go to http://england.anglican.org/synod/index.html and click
on 'General Synod Papers' in the left-hand menu.]
Episcopal
Elections or Announcements
Anglican Church of Canada: The
Right Reverend Douglas Blackwell, Suffragan
Bishop of Toronto is retiring 30 April. Archbishop
Finlay has called
an Electoral Synod for Saturday 26 April.
Church
of England: The Queen has approved the nomination of the Very Reverend
Stephen Platten BEd, BD, Dean of Norwich, for election as Bishop of
Wakefield. Events
Canada: Quebec, Montreal, May 19 - 22:
Affirming
Anglican Catholicism North American Conference
2003
Exchanges
Ireland --> Australia
Married couple (no children) looking for exchange
late 2003; i.e. Oct/Nov. Archdiocese of Armagh,
semi-rural parish, 200 families, modern rectory,
use of car, two services each sunday and use
of two lay readers so will have much time off
to tour and visit. We are looking something
short-term with an interest to looking at something
longer, i.e. 12-18 months. Contact paul@revwhittaker.freeserve.co.uk
News
Centre
Convicted terrorist to become Anglican priest. Bishop writes a book
about the paranormal. Roman Curia snorts at New Age. Religious leaders and
the war. Divorces before church weddings. Canon Geraint Vaughan-Jones. New
Bishop of Wakefield. Synod in Church of England. Woman-free zone proposed
in England.
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USA
Arizona: Phoenix, Holy
Innocents (Arizona)
Louisiana: New Iberia, Episcopal
Church of the Epiphany (Western Louisiana)
Michigan: Dexter, St
James (Michigan)
New York: Troy, St Paul (Albany)
Tennessee: Johnson City, St
John (East Tennessee)
Virginia: Arlington, St
Andrew (Virginia)
Vacancies
Centre
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Vestments
and Church Furnishings
J&M
Sewing Service: This firm specialises in church robes and
vestments.
Jackson Leng,
Ecclesiastical Furnishings: From vestments to church furniture,
they search out antique and diverse ecclesiastical articles.
Luzar
Vestments:
'Suppliers of New, Antique and
Second-Hand Church Vestments and Ecclesiastical
Items'.
Needlework
Restoration and Ecclesiastical Embroidery:
Specialises in repairs to samplers,
needlepoint, tapestry, crewel work and Georgian
silk pictures. Also undertakes commissions
for contemporary and traditional church furnishings,
gold work, and embroidery.
Worth
Noting
African
Anglicans: 'Conservative Christians in Africa think America
has lost its way. So they're joining forces with American conservatives
to bring the faith back to the United States. Hear about the
new breed of African missionaries—working in America'.
National Public Radio takes a look at the state of the Episcopal
Church. (This story originally broadcast on 27 January 2003.)
The link is
to an archived RealAudio clip
of just short of 10 minutes.
Author
gives the Resurrection a modern spin: The New Haven Register
reviews the new book by the Reverend William H. Shepherd 'If
A Sermon Falls in the Forest: Preaching Resurrection Texts' (published
in January by CSS Publications, Lima, Ohio), 'that aims to help
lay preachers
and
pastors show how
the
Resurrection is part of the present, not the dusty past'.
'Complete
in the Beauty of Holiness: Anglican Identity
and Aesthetics' [NOTE:
This is a PDF file of about 60KB.] A lecture
given by Mr Bruce Russell on 5 February 2003
at Saint Mark's Church, Saskatoon, as part of
a series, Anglican Distinctives, organized by
the College of Emmanuel and Saint Chad for the
Diocese of Saskatoon.
The
Stranger: A Providence Journal story about life as a homeless
person. (To
read
it you must register with Providence Journal.
It's free but tedious. The story is worth it.) |
