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Week of 27 March 2005

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Australia
Schools
New South Wales: Moama, Moama Anglican Grammar School (Riverina) A brand new co-educational with planned campus to open in 2006 for grades 7 through 12.

Canada
Fort McMurray, St Thomas (Athabasca)
Saskatchewan: Saskatoon, St Timothy (Saskatoon)

Church History
The Lives of the Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688. Enriched and Illustrated with Personal Letters, Now First Published, from the Bodleian Library. By Agnes Strickland (1866) This volume includes biographies of Archbishop William Sancroft and Bishops John Lake, Thomas White, Francis Turner, Thomas Ken, William Lloyd and Jonathan Trelawny. The six were committed to the Tower in 1688 for refusing to read James II's Declaration of Indulgence exempting non-Anglicans from penalties based on their religious convictions.

England
Barnsley, St Edward the Confessor (Wakefield)
Buxton, Trinity (Derby)
Denby, St Mary the Virgin (Derby)
Derby, St Alkmund (Derby)
Glossop, All Saints (Derby)
Glossop, Whitfield Parish [St James, St Luke] (Derby)
Grimethorpe, St Luke (Wakefield)
Guilsborough, St Etheldreda (Peterborough)
Honley, St Mary the Virgin (Wakefield)
New Whittington, St Barnabas (Derby)
Plymouth, Emmanuel (Exeter)
Repton, St Wystan (Derby)
Smisby, United Benefice of Ticknall, Smisby, and Stanton by Bridge with Barrow upon Trent, Twyford and Swarkestone [St James; St George, Ticknall; St Michael, Stanton by Bridge; St James, Swarkestone; St Wilfrid, Barrow upon Trent; St Andrew, Twyford]
Staincross, St John the Evangelist (Derby)
Stapenhill, St Peter (Derby)
Walton, St John (Derby)
Yeovil, Somerset, Parish of Preston Plucknett (St James Yeovil and St Peter Yeovil) (Bath and Wells)

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Complete
The Revd Santosh Marray has been elected bishop of the Diocese of the Seychelles. He replaces the Rt Reverend French Chang-Him.

The Rt Revd Dr Alastair Redfern, currently Suffragan Bishop of Grantham, is to be the next Bishop of Derby. Details here.

Essays
'On a recent survey in the Church of England': Jamie McMahon, a graduate student at Jesus College of Cambridge University, studies the survey and comments on its accuracy.

Events
UK, London: 29 April 2005. Inciting Insight: The Holy Spirit. A fulcrum conference.

Letters to Anglicans Online
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New Zealand
Te Awamutu, St John (Diocese of Waikato)

News Centre
Easter message from the Archbishop. New bishop in Derby. New bishop in the Seychelles. Canada talks about England. Press releases in Scotland. Money rejected in Uganda. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Official Publications
Diocese of Southern Ohio: The Interchange (published monthly)

Odds and Ends
Holy Land Photos: Images from the lands of the Bible, available free to everyone.

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USA
California: Belmont, Good Shepherd (California) This site is invisible to search engines. Quite a feat.
Indiana: Bean Blossom, St David (Indianapolis)
Michigan: West Bloomfield, Advent (Michigan)
New Jersey: Helmetta, St George (New Jersey)

Vacancies Centre
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Seeking a position? Scan vacancies on diocesan web sites with vacancies listings throughout the communion.

World
Jordan: Amman, Youth Ministry of the Church of the Redeemer (Jerusalem)

Worth Noting
A Tainted Easter Message: Colbert King, writing for the Washington Post, comments on the recent news from the Diocese of South Rwenzori.

The Battle Rages On: Deborah Caldwell, writing for Beliefnet, interviews Frank Griswold, primate of the US Episcopal Church.

A Brief History of Saints, by Lawrence S. Cunningham, is reviewed in the Church Times. 'He [Lawrence S. Cunningham] makes no apology for writing from within the heart of the Roman Catholic tradition, while acknowledging that Orthodoxy and Anglicanism both make saints. He offers his book as a “gift”, in order to explain why and how saints have been created.'

In the End — The Beginning, by Jürgen Moltmann, is reviewed in the Church Times by Alec Graham. 'This little book deserves attentive reading from both the general reader and the scholar, as well as providing a useful way into the thinking of Jürgen Moltmann for those who are unfamiliar with it.'

Primates call for breathing space: an interview with Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, published by the national newspaper of that church.

Wrestling for Blessing, by Marilyn McCord Adams, is reviewed in the Church Times by Eric James. 'It is one of the most surprising and challenging religious books I have read in my more than 50 years of ordained ministry.'

Week of 20 March 2005

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Lenten and Holy Week Resources

Resources
Anglicare Australia: 'Anglicare Australia is the national network of care and social justice agencies of the Anglican Church. Anglicare members invest in excess of $500 million in assistance each year to needy families, youth and children, the aged, unemployed and homeless Australians, as well as working with Indigenous Australians to overcome disadvantage.'

Anglicare South Australia: 'Anglicare SA is a South Australian agency which works to give people a fair go. All sorts of factors: age, poverty, homelessness, unemployment, can marginalise people in our society. Anglicare SA works to help them reach their full potential'.

Canada
Ontario: Brockville, Trinity (Ontario)

Resources
Church Lads' Brigade, Newfoundland: 'The CLB has a long and glorious history. It was founded ... in 1891 in the Parish of St. Andrew's Fulham in London, England by Walter Mallock Gee. Just one year later, it was started in Newfoundland due to the efforts of a young man named Harold Blackler. Our history has been uninterrupted since that date'.

Church History
Medieval Wall Painting in the English Parish Church: This site, developed by Anne Marshall of The Open University, presents photographs of wall paintings in English churches.

England
Hartshorne, St Peter (Derby)
Hayfield, St Matthew (Derby)
Rugby, St Andrew (Coventry)
Yeovil, Parish of Preston Plucknett [St James, St Peter] (Bath and Wells)

Resources
Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade: A uniformed organisation operating within the Anglican Communion. The Church Lads' Brigade was founded in 1891 and the Church Girls' Brigade was founded in 1923. In 1978 these two organizations combined to form The Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade. Branches can be found all over the UK.

Korean Anglican Church Centre meets at St Mary Magdalen, Munster Square, London.

Korean Anglican Community Centre, London: 'Serves the Korean community in conjunction with the Anglican Communion Worldwide, the British Government Bodies such as Camden Council and Kingston Council and the Korean Embassy'.

Essays
Pierre Whalon writes about the Episcopal Church's House of Bishops and the shade of James Pike in his latest essay.

Letters to Anglicans Online
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Liturgical Resources
White Street Bead Company: Custom-made Anglican prayer beads.

New Zealand
Resources
Anglican Social Justice Commission of New Zealand: The SJC 'supports and encourages Anglicans in understanding and
practising "social justice", and in integrating it into the centre of our faith journey. The Commission seeks to do this through various educational and training initiatives. Secondly the Commission also functions as a public voice of the Church on social issues, and makes representations on issues to Government, media and wider New Zealand society.'

DEFT Seminars: DEFT is the Distance Education, Formation and Training Unit of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia. It 'promotes open learning for contemporary Christians, connects those in education and personal growth and spiritual exploration and stimulates new ventures in thought and practice.'

The Kinder Library: This library serves the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia and the Methodist Church of New Zealand. It is located at St John's Theological College/Trinity Methodist Theological College in Auckland.

News Centre
Report from Toronto on Dromantine. Pastoral letter to Nigerians. New plan of action for South African church. US House of Bishops issues Covenant. Ten new bishops consecrated in Nigeria. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Not in the Communion
FCE (Evangelical Connexion)/A Connexion of Covenanting Churches: Formed in 2004 to adhere to the 1927 union of the Free Church of England (est. 1844), and the Reformed Episcopal Church of Great Britain and Ireland (est. 1876). Unlike the Free Church of England, this group rejects Freemasonry as incompatible with Christianity. Its doctrinal standards are the 39 Articles of Religion (revised) and the 1785 Book of Common Prayer.

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USA
California: Altadena, St Mark (Los Angeles)
California: Corona, St John (Los Angeles)
California: Fontana, St Luke (Los Angeles)
California: Menlo Park, St Bede (California)
Colorado: Breckenridge, St John the Baptist (Colorado)
Colorado: Lafayette, Santiago (Colorado)
Colorado: Ouray, St John (Colorado)
Colorado: Thornton, Intercession (Colorado)
Maine: Brewer, St Patrick (Maine)
South Carolina: Columbia, Good Shepherd (Upper South Carolina)
Virginia: Charlottesville, St Paul (Virginia)

Independent Organizations
American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem: 'The American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem is a non-profit, non-political partnership nurturing the Church in the Holy Land ... Our efforts support the work of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem in two major hospitals, several schools, 29 parishes and 35 service organizations in Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan, an area of 121,000 square miles'.

Resources
Associates of Holy Cross: A discussion, fellowship, and support group for Associates and probationary Associates of the Order of the Holy Cross.

The Bishop's Task Force on Marriage and Blessing of the Diocese of California: Includes a Resource Guide and list of online resources on blessing of gay couples.

Episcopal Forum of South Carolina: 'The vision of the Episcopal Forum of South Carolina is to seek unity with diversity through the loving inclusion of a broad range of scriptural understanding and belief within the Episcopal Church of the United States of America.'

Sheltering Arms Foundation: Successor foundation to the Sheltering Arms Orphanage, founded by Episcopalian Deaconess Annette Relf in 1883. It is now 'a grantmaking organization that supports programs benefiting Minnesota children and families. The foundation's mission is to enhance the lives of children and help them reach their full potential, especially those children experiencing barriers to success.'

Via Media USA: An alliance of associations of laity and clergy, Via Media USA 'is committed to promoting and protecting the faith, unity, and vitality of The Episcopal Church as the American expression of Anglican tradition.' A list of alliance members can be found on their site.

Vacancies Centre
List a parish or diocesan opening for one month at AO -- at no charge. What a bargain! The more you use our free service, the more useful it will become for all.

Seeking a position? Scan vacancies on diocesan web sites with vacancies listings throughout the communion.

Worth Noting
Bombay to Bloomsbury: A Biography of the Strachey Family, by Barbara Caine, is reviewed in the Church Times by John Whale. 'The Strachey family fostered the changed view of the aptitudes of women that gradually opened to them the Anglican priesthood.'

Liturgy: An Encounter with the Divine, by Keith Pecklers, is reviewed in The Tablet by Rowan Williams. This readable, attractive and theologically alert book is one of the more impressive items in what has so far been a rather uneven New Century Theology series from Continuum.

The Passion, by Geza Vermes, is reviewed by Anthony Harvey. [This is the Lead Book Review, so the URL will not be good after this week.] '“What really happened?” is the question he [Vermes] claims to be answering. The implication, of course, is that the gospel accounts on which any reconstruction must be based, along with the interpretations offered by most modern commentators, have hitherto concealed rather than disclosed the truth.'

One Electorate Under God: A Dialogue on Religion and American Politics, edited by E. J. Dionne Jr, Jean Bethke Elshtain and Kayla M. Drogosz, is reviewed in the Church Times by Kenneth Leech. 'The book is one of the dialogues on religion and public life initiated by the Pew Charitable Trust, and consists of a series of short essays by 50 contributors, of whom 40 are men and ten are women.'