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Week of 30 November 2003

Anglican Lists and Web Forums
Inclusive Episcopalians: A new site formed in response to some 'negative discussions' on MSN. While brand new and with only slight conversation thus far, it is worth a visit if you're interested in a 'safe haven for inclusiveness'.

Australia
New South Wales: Scone, Scone Grammar School (Newcastle). What appears to be a new residential (and day?) school with a new and unfinished web site. We can't discern if the school is co-educational.

Canada
British Columbia: View Royal, Parish of All Saints (British Columbia)
Ontario: Portland, Parish of the Rideau (Ontario)
Prince Edward Island: Summerside, St John and St Mary (Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)

Church History
Shaping the Values of Youth: Sunday School Books in 19th century America. Use this link to go to the complete collection of 19th century books, with introduction and listing by genre. If you wish only 19th-century hymnals, click here. These books were drawn from collections at Michigan State University and Central Michigan. (Cross-listed in Worth Noting.)

England
Wigan, Parish of St Anne (Liverpool)

Essays
The Blight of Parallel Jurisdictions, by the Right Reverend Pierre Whalon, Bishop in Charge, Convocation of American Churches in Europe: Bishop Whalon looks at just what is parallel — and what isn't. And why it matters.

Of the internet and gum trees, by Father Sean Mullen: Why typing will never take the place of touching.

Letters to Anglicans Online
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New Zealand
New Lynn, St Thomas (Auckland)

News Centre
Sex abuse investigation continues in South Australia. Frank Griswold resigns as co-chairman of ARCIC. Nigerian bishops condemn ECUSA. Funeral practices in Uganda. Heightened security at Istanbul church. Harare priest challenges bishop. Primate of South East Asia re-elected. Nova Scotia elects woman as suffragan. Sydney and Canberra disagree on Freemasonry. Archbishop blows the whistle on rugby abuse in SA.

Odds and Ends
Heavenly Hunks Calendar 2004: The Portsmouth Cathedral Choir Association announces a second calendar, after the great initial success of its 2003 hunks. 'The Bishop of Portsmouth, the Rt Rev Kenneth Stevenson, has fully endorsed this project, which has been set up by the Portsmouth Cathedral Choir Association, and said: "I support anything that involves young people having fun as part of the church and congratulate these lads who have bared more than their souls to raise money for these charities!"' The BBC took note.

Social Justice
Episcopal Farmworker Ministry: A site that informs those in the United States about who is responsible for the fruits and vegetables on their table. Learn about their work and the mission that is co-located here. (Cross-listed under USA/North Carolina.)

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USA
Alaska: Eagle River, Holy Spirit (Alaska)
California: Reedley, Good Shepherd (San Joaquin)
Florida: Pensacola, St Christopher (Central Gulf Coast)
New Jersey: Basking Ridge, St Mark (New Jersey)
New Jersey: Glen Rock, All Saints (Newark)
New York: Lake Ronkonkoma, St Mary (Long Island)
North Carolina: Newton Grove, Episcopal Farmworker Ministry (East Carolina)

Vacancies Centre
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Worth Noting

Conquer the Sodomites: The Sydney Morning Herald published, in its Opinion section, a mock 'parish newsletter' whose purpose is presumably to poke fun at the obsession with sex in the Diocese of Sydney.

God in Peckham Rye: William Dalrymple, writing in The Guardian (London), argues that the characterization of Britain as anti-religious is not accurate.

Shaping the Values of Youth: Sunday School Books in 19th century America. Use this link to go to the complete collection of 19th century books, with introduction and listing by genre. If you wish only 19th century hymnals, click here. These books were drawn from collections at Michigan State University and Central Michigan. (Cross-listed in Church History Resources.)

The big man in the bulletproof limousine: Glenn McKenzie, writing for the Associated Press, describes the Most Revd Peter Akinola and his influence on Anglicans worldwide.

The church is not the buildings: JDF Jones, writing in the Financial Times, writes about empty old churches in the English countryside.

Who decides who's a Christian? James Murray, writing in The Australian (Canberra), comments on recent statements by the Archbishop of Sydney that he knew who was obedient to biblical teaching and who was not.

Week of 23 November 2003

Australia
New South Wales: Sydney, Holy Trinity (Sydney)

Schools
Bathurst, All Saints College (Bathurst) Grades 6 through 12, day and boarding, co-ed.
Bathurst, Macquarie Anglican Grammar School (Bathurst) Kindergarten to grade 9, co-ed.

Canada
Manitoba: Cathedral Church of St Matthew, Brandon

Parishes
Ontario: Lyndhurst, Parish of Leeds Rear (Ontario)
Ontario: Bracebridge, St Thomas (Algoma)

England
Farnborough, St Giles (Rochester)
Hoo, St Werburgh (Rochester)
Orpington, St Nicholas (Rochester)

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
African gays in Johannesburg churches. Sydney archbishop ponders split from Canterbury. Sydney launches crusade to convert UCC members. Bitter church feud in Pakistan. Abuse claim in Tasmania. Church politics in Nigeria. Adelaide church 'thwarts abuse victims'. ABC visits Turkish bomb site. Anglican church in unnamed province has people being nice to each other. (Just kidding.) All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Official Publications
Alaska (Seafarer of Southeast Deanery)

Religious Orders
Community of St John the Baptist: A religious order for Episcopal women. (Cross-listed USA Resources.)

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USA
Alaska: Anchorage, Christ Church (Alaska)
Alaska: Wasilla, St David (Alaska)
Colorado: Gunnison, Good Samaritan (Colorado)
Colorado: Longmont, St Stephen (Colorado)
Florida: Bon Secour, St Peter (Central Gulf Coast)
Florida: Pensacola, Holy Cross (Central Gulf Coast)
Florida: Port St Joe, St James (Central Gulf Coast)
Illinois: Oak Park, St Christopher (Chicago)
Minnesota: Northfield, All Saints (Minnesota)
Nebraska: Omaha, Holy Family (Nebraska)
Nebraska: Elkhorn, St Augustine of Canterbury (Nebraska)
New Jersey: Ridgewood, St Elizabeth (Newark)
North Carolina: Southern Shores, All Saints (East Carolina)
Texas: Horizon City, St Brendan (Rio Grande)
Virginia: Richmond, St Clare (Virginia)
Wyoming: Pinedale, St Andrew's in-the-Pines (Wyoming)

Resources
St Marguerite's Retreat House A retreat house, of the Community of St John the Baptist, on 93 acres in Mendham, NJ.

Vacancies Centre
Go ahead: list a parish or diocesan opening for one month at AO for free. Seeking a position? Scan vacancies on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.

Worth Noting
The Decline of Christendom in Western Europe, 1750-2000 by Hugh McLeod and Werner Ustorf (editors). Dr John Wolffe's review in the Church Times maintains that 'this book is a very timely contribution to an understanding of the concept of Christendom'.

Rose Macaulay, by Sarah LeFanu. On the lighter side: Terence Handley MacMath reviews this new biography.

Soldiers or Pilgrims: John Wilkins writes in The Tablet of the debate within the Catholic churches on how to relate to the modern world.

Church and State in Kenya: an editorial in the Daily Nation (Nairobi) about the relationship between church leaders and government leaders.

Understanding Old Testament Ethics: Approaches and Explorations, by John Barton, is reviewed by Dr John Goldingay in the Church Times.

Whence is that goodly fragrance? Bill Bowder, writing in the Church Times, comments on a plan by an English bishop to add buckets of manure to diocesan liturgy.