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Week of 22 February 2004

Associations and Guilds
Catholic Clerical Union. Founded in 1886 as the Clerical Union for the Maintenance and Defence of Catholic Principles. Membership in regional branches and at-large open to clergy and seminarians.

England
Blackpool, St John the Evangelist (Blackburn)
Brisland, Parish Church of St Protus and St Hyacinth (Truro)
Castle Vale, St Cuthbert (Birmingham)
Chorley, St George (Blackburn)
Douglas-in-Parbold, Christ Church (Blackburn)
Edgbaston, Edgbaston Old Church (Birmingham)
Edgbaston, St Germain (Birmingham) - warning: plays music at you
Falmouth, King Charles the Martyr (Truro)
Gilling East, Holy Cross (York)
Hall Green, St Peter (Birmingham)
Handsworth, St Andrew (Birmingham)
Port Isaac, Collegiate Church of St Endellion (Truro)
Rievaulx, St Mary (York)
St Columb, Parish of St Enoder (Truro)
Sproxton, St Chad (York)
Stonegrave, Stonegrave Minster (York)

Resources
Update on Commskit: The Beds and Herts Churches Media Trust. We confirmed that the price for their web hosting service is only UK£45 per annum. This includes 100 Mb of disk space and 1000 free pop mail boxes, as well as a second level domain for your church, for example, yourchurch.commskit.org.uk. For those of you who need mail capabilities and are tired of the free-hosting sites' ad clutter, Commskit is worth considering. (Cross-listed under Web site creation and hosting.)

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Episcopal Church of Scotland
Four candidates short-listed for the next Bishop of Argyll and The Isles.

Exchanges
USA, Gulf Coast Alabama -> Ireland, Scotland, England.
Exchange for three or four weeks, summer of 2004. Sunday service only for great congregation. Car and home available. Close to beaches, Gulf of Mexico. Four hours to New Orleans, Atlanta. Married with wife, looking for vacation. Have enjoyed working where we stay. Contact stmarys@alaweb.com

USA, New York-> United Kingdom, Europe
Spring, summer, or fall 2004, three to five weeks. We have four bedrooms (sleep up to 8 comfortably) two and one-half baths, two-car garage, in-ground swimming pool, about a two-hour drive (or train ride) from Manhattan and one mile to a lovely beach on Long Island Sound. Willing to take services. For part of the time we have arranged for Sundays to covered by substitute priests. In other words, if the exchange is for five weeks, I'd arrange for my replacement to have two Sundays off during that period. I'd much prefer a parish and responsibilities like my own: a quite small parish, part-time work. I'm semi-retired; 3 days a week on average, but I would be willing to explore any combinations / permutations. Email with questions or for more information: the Reverend Nils Blatz, enils@att.net.

Lent
Resources for Lent: Our collection of links. Are you aware of something we've missed that should be on this page? Tell us.
New: Shrove Tuesday Traditions and Rubrics: The Revd Ray Beaver's collection of lighthearted rubrics, notes. and links to the celebration of Shrove Tuesday.

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

News Centre
Upcoming bishop shortage in Canada. West Tennessee passes unity resolution. Via Media to meet in Atlanta. Flying bishops offer aid to Canadian dissidents. Bishop of Nairobi asked to return the money, refuses. Nigerian bishop speaks out. ABC issues charge to Lambeth Commission. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
Dioceses (extraprovincial)
Venezuela — venezuela.anglican.org

Parishes
Georgia: Perry, St Christopher's-at-the-Crossroad (Atlanta)
Massachusetts: Quincy, Christ Church (Massachusetts)
Missouri: Monet, St Stephen (West Missouri)
New Jersey: Dunellen, St Francis (New Jersey)
New York: Salem, St Paul (Albany)

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.

Website creation and hosting
Update on Commskit: The Beds and Herts Churches Media Trust. We confirmed that the price for their web hosting service is only UK£45 per annum. This includes 100 Mb of disk space and 1000 free pop mail boxes, as well as a second level domain for your church, for example, yourchurch.commskit.org.uk. For those of you who need mail capabilities and are tired of the free-hosting sites' ad clutter, Commskit is worth considering. (Cross-listed under England/Resources.)

World
Sudan: Diocese of Kadugli & the Nuba Mountains

Worth Noting

Anglican rosaries: Robin Cuneo, writing in the Erie Times News (Pennsylvania), comments on the growing popularity of the Anglican rosary.

Most Americans take Bible stories literally: a recent ABC News poll found that six out of ten Americans accept the Bible as literal truth.

Standing Commission on Episcopal Church Communications: The commission was created at General Convention 2003, and, before the committee could be convened, ECUSA launched a radically new website at http://episcopalchurch.org/. The standing commission would like your help in assessing how well this new site meets the needs of the Church. You can help in one of two ways, depending on how much or how little time you are able to spend. See http://scecc.ecusa.anglican.org/assessment/ to learn how you can participate.

Tyrant. Dictator. Heretic. Totalitarian. Revisionist. Maverick. Renegade: The Vancouver Sun profiles the Rt Revd Michael Ingham, Bishop of New Westminster.

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) offers 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.

Support Anglicans Online
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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.