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Week of 15 February 2004

Biblical Resources
EasyEnglish Info. The Wycliffe Associates (UK) have developed EasyEnglish, a simplified English vocabulary with limited but correct grammatical structures to make the Bible, Bible commentaries, and other materials available to those just learning English or for those who already have a limited mastery. (Cross-listed in Theological Resources.)

England
Castleton, St Mary Magdalene (Salisbury)
Cookham, Holy Trinity (Oxford)
Cookham Dean, St John the Baptist (Oxford)
Lillington, St Martin of Tours (Salisbury)
Longburton, St James (Salisbury)
St Paul's Green, St Paul (Salisbury)
Sherborne, The Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin (Salisbury)

Resources
Commskit: The Beds and Herts Churches Media Trust (that's Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire) offer a full internet package for churches and Christian groups for 45 UK pounds per annum. The trust is ecumenical and a registered charity. Internet service is not limited to the area and includes an impressive array of services and support, including inexpensive one-day classes. (Cross-listed under Web site creation and hosting.)

Letters to Anglicans Online
Have a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible publication.

Music Resources
Richardson and Gray. Located in Ludlow, Shropshire, England, this small company will design a tour for your choir, lending their expertise to arrange appropriate venues for your performances, as well as helping with all usual travel and accommodations details. When possible they like to arrange at least one concert performance in a community similar to your own.

News Centre
Church and politics in Australia. Anti-apartheid archbishop dies in Durban. General Synod in England. US Executive Council issues statement. Elvis Priestly gets in the news again. Global South archbishops issue another condemnation. Inclusive Church petition given to ABC. Canada government to appeal court decision. Bishop of Nairobi still in trouble. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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Theological Resources
EasyEnglish Info. The Wycliffe Associates (UK) developed EasyEnglish, a simplified English vocabulary with limited but correct grammatical structures in order to make the Bible, Bible commentaries, and other materials available to those just learning English or for those who already have a limited mastery. (Cross-listed in Biblical Resources.)

USA

Parishes
Michigan: Detroit, Hispanic Ministry (Iglesia Santa Maria) of the Cathedral of St Paul (Michigan)
Michigan: Sault Ste Marie, St James (Northern Michigan)
Mississippi: Clarksdale, St George (Mississippi)
Mississippi: Olive Branch, Holy Cross (Mississippi)
New Jersey: Boonton, St John (Newark)
New Jersey: Woodbury, Christ Church (New Jersey)
Texas: Richardson, Epiphany (Dallas)

Schools
Mississippi: Clarksdale, St George. K-3 through sixth-grade day school, co-educational.
Mississippi: Jackson, St. Andrew's Episcopal School. Co-educational secondary school.
Mississippi: Laurel, St John's Day School. K-3 through 6.
Mississippi: Natchez, Trinity Episcopal Day School. High school, co-ed. with emphasis on sports.
Mississippi: Picayune, The Saint Francis Academy. An Episcopal residential treatment facility for children.
Mississippi: Vicksburg, All Saint's. Grades 7 through 12 day and boarding, small, co-ed.

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.

Web site creation and hosting
Commskit: The Beds and Herts Churches Media Trust (that's Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire) offers a full internet package for Churches and Christian groups for £45 per annum. The trust is ecumenical and a registered charity. The internet service is not limited to the area and includes an impressive array of services and support, including inexpensive one-day classes. (Cross-listed under England Resources.)

Worth Noting
The Case of Job: Putting God on Trial: Robert Sutherland, a Canadian lawyer, an Anglican, and a Senior Fellow at the Mortimer J. Adler Centre for the Study of the Great Ideas has published a literary, legal and philosophical study of the Book of Job. Several chapters are available on the website http://www.bookofjob.org.

Early Christian Families In Context: An interdisciplinary dialogue, by David L. Balch and Carolyn Osiek, editors. Published by Eerdmans. Reviewed by Thomas Graumann

Minimalist music for cathedral centenary: The Guardian (London) reports on Sir John Tavener's new 'Atma Mass', which will premiere in Liverpool Cathedral on 18 July.

Visual Culture Of Wales: Medieval Vision, by Peter Lord. Published by University of Wales Press. Reviewed by Gillian Evans in the Church Times.

Wonderful Exchange: An exploration of silent prayer, by Alexander Ryrie. Reviewed by Sister Agatha Mary in the Church Times, along with Lost In Wonder: Rediscovering the spiritual art of attentiveness, by Esther de Waal and A Retreat With Henri Nouwen: Reclaiming our humanity, by Robert Durback, editor.

Week of 8 February 2004

Australia
New South Wales: Aberdeen, St Mark (Muswellbrook parish), (Newcastle)
New South Wales: Muswellbrook, St Alban (Parish Church of Muswellbrook), (Newcastle)
New South Wales: Spring Creek, St Paul (Muswellbrook parish), (Newcastle)
Victoria: Bedigo, View Hill Fellowship (Bendigo)

England
Kettering, Saints Peter and Paul (Peterborough)

Resources
Vestments and Christian Art: 'We believe that every minister, priest and church needs the right tools to carry out their ministry and that includes the symbols they use. This means we are committed to providing a free design service for each and every customer. We don't believe that church vestments have to be expensive designer works or from a standard catalogue.' (Cross-listed in Vestments.)

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Epsicopal Church in the USA
The Diocese of North Dakota announced on 7 February the election of the Reverend Canon Michael Smith as the next diocesan bishop. Details here.

Europe
Portugal: Estroil, St Paul (Diocese in Europe)

Letters to Anglicans Online
Have a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible publication.

New Zealand
Balmoral, St Alban (Auckland)
Blockhouse Bay (southwest Auckland), Church of the Savior (Auckland)
Epsom, St Andrew (Auckland)
Kerikeri, St James Shared Ministry (Auckland)
Orewa, St Chad (Auckland)

News Centre
Old bush church closes in Australia. English bishop speaks out. Tenth anniversary of women priests in England. Reflections on ABC's tour of Middle East. Irish Primate talks to Americans. Some Zimbabwe church leaders join AIDS fight. Diocese of Pittsburgh takes nonsurprising action. First African primate of Kenya dies. Vicar prosecuted for changing church building. More protests against Kenya bishop. No protests against American missionaries. Reparation and backlash in South Africa. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Odds and Ends
Directorium Anglicanum: 'Do you believe that there is room in the Episcopal Church both for those who cannot in good conscience accept the ordination of women or gays and for those who do? Are you comfortable in a parish where a socialist and a monarchist can have an amiable sherry and where Anglo-Catholic dragon ladies say the rosary with young married couples and exotic bachelors? Are you planning to sit back and have another gin, confident by God's grace we will muddle through all of the current excitement? Do you wonder where all the fun went?'

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USA
North Carolina: Tryon, Holy Cross (Western North Carolina)
Texas: Houston, St Andrew (Texas)

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.

Vestments
Vestments and Christian Art: Based in England, this small firm believes that 'every minister, priest and church needs the right tools to carry out their ministry and that includes the symbols they use. This means we are committed to providing a free design service for each and every customer. We don't believe that church vestments have to be expensive designer works or from a standard catalogue'. (Cross-listed in Resouces, England.)

Worth Noting
Contending with Anglican Realignment: In The Witness (ECUSA), the Reverend Mark Harris writes: 'For a very brief period of time -- less than 160 years -- Episcopalians have been able to point to the shadow of something almost solid that we called the Anglican Communion, and in which we took comfort. But it was hard to define the nature of this Anglican Communion...'

The Evolution Of The English Churches, by Doreen Rosman. Reviewed in the Church Times by Dr David Edwards.

+Michael's last day as primate, by Rodney Andrews, in the Anglican Journal. The Bishop-elect of Saskatoon reflects on the legacy of Archbishop Michael Peers, who has stepped down as head of the Anglican Chuch of Canada.

Time for the church to step out of the market: Chris McGillion, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, reviews the new-to-Australia book 'Silence and Honey Cakes', by Rowan Williams.

Violence in God's name: Religion in an age of conflict, by Oliver McTernan. Reviewed by the Rt Revd Richard Harries in the Church Times.

Vision of unity allows diversity: Richard Randerson, writing in The New Zealand Herald, discusses the origins of New Zealand's successful church diversity.