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Week of 28 December 2003

Canada
Ontario: Parish of Powassan, Chisholm, Callander & Restoule (Algoma)

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
A child is born in Bethlehem. These days it's too dangerous for children. Not much else going on in the Anglican world.
What little news there is this week is in the News Centre.

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USA
Parishes
California: San Francisco, St Luke (California)
Washington: Olympia, St John (Olympia)

Vacancies Centre
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Worth Noting
Anglican church rues lost unity: Alex Kirby, writing for the BBC, reflects on the inescapable end of the worldwide Anglican Communion and on churches that set store by sexual definitions.

An unworthy Archbishop: an editorial in The Telegraph reflecting on Rowan Williams' 2003.

The Blessed Evangelical Mary: Timothy George, writing for ChristianityToday, asserts that we shouldn't ignore her any longer.

Where the Bible leads me: Barbara Brown Taylor, writing in The Christian Century, reflects on sex and the Bible.

It's time to cross the fine line that divides our two Churches: Tom Utley, writing in The Telegraph, talks about his visit to an Anglican church on Christmas eve instead of his usual Roman Catholic church.

Church swapping: Laurie Goodstein, writing in The New York Times, reports on the wave of church switching, both to and from the US Episcopal Church, resulting from the recent ordination of an openly gay bishop.

Week of 21 December 2003

Advent Resources
Our collection of links for Advent and Christmas.

England
London (Strand), St Mary le Strand (London)

Music
Choir of Barking Parish: Join a choir in east London that's been active for 150 years.

Japan
Chiba City, St Mary (Yokohama)

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
First female indigenous priest in Brisbane. Battle for church building in South Carolina. North Dakota bishop search controversy. Anglican Communion Secretariat moves. Another new conservative organization in USA. Anglican Church of Canada and residential schools. Beliefnet nominates V Gene Robinson for award. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Greyfriars (Glasgow and Galloway)

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USA
Indiana: Angola, Holy Family (Northern Indiana)
Indiana: Crown Point, St Christopher (Northern Indiana)
Maine: Camden, St Thomas (Maine)
Ohio: Cincinnati, Calvary (Southern Ohio)
Pennsylvania: Ambler, Trinity (Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania: Collegeville, St James (Pennsylvania)
Virginia: Roanoke, St Elizabeth (Southwestern Virginia)
West Virginia: Star City, St Thomas Becket (West Virginia)

Schools
New York: Harlem Episcopal School. An exciting new day school in central Harlem, Kindergarten through eight grade, will open in St Luke's Church next year. School 'for all faiths and socioeconomic backgrounds that focuses on rigorous academics, character development and strong parental participation.' The school occupies space in St Luke's. Look under Strategy for Growth on their site for exciting images and plans.

Vacancies Centre
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
And unto them a sermon is born: Peter Gorrie, writing in the Toronto Star, discusses the variety of Christmas sermons: short to long, simple to Christmas cocktail.

The Anglicans' annus horribilis: Bruce Kaye, writing for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, reflects on what a bad year it's been for Anglicans in Australia.

The Church can't stop people from falling in love: In The Observer, Rachel Cooke offers a thoughtful and thought-provoking look at varied churches and people in the C of E, from the rapidly-growing 'evangelicals' to the 'radically tolerant'.

The Consolations Of God: Great Sermons of Phillips Brooks, by Ellen Bilbur, editor. Reviewed by Eric James.

Five Gold Rings: Powerful Influences on Prominent People, by Anna Jeffrey. Reviewed by Martin Warner.

Serving Two Masters: Parish Patronage in the Church of England since 1715, by Bernard Palmer, reviewed by David L. Edwards.

Tolerance is the key to our society: An editorial in The Observer about the role of the church in modern life.

Unholy orders: Colin Slee, writing for The Observer, reflects on the furore over the appointment of Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading.