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Week of 22 May 2005

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Australia
New South Wales: Brighton-le-Sands, St Mark (Sydney)
New South Wales: Dural, Arcadia and Kenthurst, Dural District Anglican Churches (Sydney)
New South Wales: Kellyville, St Stephen (Sydney)
New South Wales: Menai, St Paul (Sydney)
New South Wales: Mortdale, Christ Church (Sydney)
New South Wales: Ryde, St Anne (Sydney)
Victoria: Melbourne, St Theodore (Melbourne)

Resources
GFS Australia: 'An organisation within the Anglican Church which seeks to minister to children, youth and their families.'

Gippsland Youth Ministries: 'A team of people responsible for ministry to youth in the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. The team includes representatives from all major diocesan Youth Initiatives.'

Kidsplus Brisbane: Brisbane diocesan branch of GFS Australia.

Perth GFS: Perth diocesan branch of GFS Australia.

Canada
Alberta: Fort McMurray, All Saints (Athabasca)

Resources
Anglican Worship Resources: 'Founded as the [Canadian] Anglican Church Bible and Prayer Book Society, AWR has helped congregations, missions, camps, Church Schools and other church groups across Canada obtain hymn books, prayer books, bibles, and many other resources which enhance worship.'

Church History
Albert Maclaren: Pioneer Missionary in New Guinea, by Frances Synge (1908). Albert Maclaren (1853-1891) was the first Anglican missionary to work in New Guinea. He died after just six fruitful months of evangelism along distinct High Church lines, leaving the beginnings of a strong local church. This biography includes extensive extracts from his diary and a frontispiece portrait.

Story of a Melanesian Deacon, by Clement Marau (1906). Marau (c. 1859-1923) was ordained to the diaconate by missionary bishop John Selwyn in 1890, and to the priesthood in 1903. This autobiographical account covers his own work as a missionary deacon in the Solomon Islands. A later chronicler of Melanesian Anglican history referred to him as 'the most respected' and 'the ablest of all the native clergy, a beautiful musician, playing both upon the organ and the violin.' A frontispiece photograph of Deacon Marau is included along with the text.

England
Barton-le-Clay, St Nicholas (St Albans)
Bowburn, Parish of Cassop cum Quarrington, Christ the King (Durham)
Eaton Bray with Edlesborough, St Mary the Virgin (St Albans)
Egglescliffe, St John the Baptist (Durham)
Jarrow Grange, Christ Church (Durham)
Sedgefield, St Edmund (Durham)
Selly Oak, St Mary (Birmingham)
Stevenage, St Peter (St Albans)
Sunderland, St Chad (Durham)
Tanfield, St Margaret of Antioch (Durham)
Toddington, St George of England (St Albans)
Winlaton, St Paul (Durham)

Miscellaneous Resources
Church Missionary Society: Mid-Africa Ministry: MAM was founded in 1921 and has worked in partnership with the Anglican Church in Burundi, Rwanda, south-west Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo for over 80 years. It united with the CMS in February 2002.

GFS Platform UK: UK Branch of the Girls' Friendly Society. 'GFS Platform operates a variety of projects around the UK and also maintains a worldwide presence in 23 countries.' The group 'works holistically with over 3,500 girls and young women in a range of settings providing support, care and education.'

Episcopal Elections or Announcements

Anglican Church of Australia
The Right Reverend Jeffrey William Driver, current Bishop of Gippsland in Victoria, was yesterday elected the new Archbishop of Adelaide. (For more information see the News Centre.)

Events
England: 12 July: The Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing
The Award, which is sponsored by the Lambeth Fund in partnership with SPCK, was inaugurated by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams to encourage the most promising theological writing of the current age, and to identify it for a wide audience. The biennial prize commemorates Dr Ramsey, who was Archbishop of Canterbury 1961-1974, and his commitment to increasing the breadth of theological understanding of people in general. This year's winner (the first) will be announced on 12 July.

Ireland
Resources
The Girl's Friendly Society, Ireland: 'The GFS is motivated by Christian and biblical principles of faith and service and works within individual parishes of the Church of Ireland. It encourages all its members to participate in the life and work of their branch, church, parish and local community.'

Mothers' Union in the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough: Local branch of this important Anglican women's organisation.

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
New archbishop in Adelaide. US delegation to ACC meeting named. Reaction to ARCIC document on Mary. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
California: Newport Beach, St James (Los Angeles)
California: North Hollywood, St David (Los Angeles)
California: Pomona, St Paul (Los Angeles)
Florida: Williston, St Barnabas (Florida)
Georgia: Snellville, International Church (Atlanta)
Georgia: Snellville, St Matthew (Atlanta)
Georgia: Warner Robins, All Saints (Atlanta)
Nevada: Ely, St Bartholomew (Nevada)
Nevada: Henderson, Epiphany (Nevada)
Nevada: Tonopah, St Mark (Nevada)
Pennsylvania: Beaver, Trinity (Pittsburgh)
Pennsylvania: Bradford, Ascension (Northwestern Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania: Crafton, Nativity (Pittsburgh)
Pennsylvania: Carnegie, Atonement (Pittsburgh)
Pennsylvania: Greensburg, Christ Church (Pittsburgh)
Pennsylvania: Newcastle, Trinity (Northwestern Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh, St Paul (Pittsburgh)
Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh (Brackenridge), St Barnabas (Pittsburgh)
Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh (Warrendale), St Christopher (Pittsburgh)
Pennsylvania: Uniontown, St Peter (Pittsburgh)
Pennsylvania: Verona, All Saints (Pittsburgh)
Texas: Lindale, St Luke (Northeast Texas)
Texas: Rockport, St Peter (West Texas)
Washington: Vancouver, St Luke (Olympia)
West Virginia: Martinsburg, Trinity (West Virginia)

Resources
Alleluia Fund for Mission: The AFM is an annual giving opportunity in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta to create a fund for the support of new parishes in the diocese.

Church Toolbox: 'A free resource for the wider church sponsored by the Diocese of Virginia Commission on Congregational Development.'

The Consultation: Umbrella network for Integrity, the Episcopal Urban Caucus, the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, the Episcopal Women's Caucus, the Union of Black Episcopalians, the Episcopal Ecological Network, the Episcopal Church Publishing Company, the Episcopal Network for Economic Justice, Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry Advocates, Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission and the Province 8 Native American Ministries Network.

Episcopal Church Building Fund: Founded in 1880 to 'aid in the building, improvement, and repair of churches, rectories, parochial, and diocesan buildings by providing assistance in planning and loans, and to aid in the development of congregations through providing training, education, and resources.' [Shocking, disturbing MIDI attack]

Episcopal Peace Fellowship: Headquartered in Chicago, this organisation's mission statement includes the following: 'In loyalty to the person, teaching and Lordship of Jesus Christ, my conscience commits me to His way of redemptive love: to pray, study, and work for peace, and to renounce, so far as possible, participation in war, militarism, and all other forms of violence.'

Global Episcopal Mission Network: 'An association of dioceses of the Episcopal Church, together with partner dioceses throughout the Anglican Communion, committed to the engagement of diocesan bishops, leadership and people in Global Mission.'

St Benedict's Toolbox Annex: A wonderful site dedicated to showing readers 'how ideas from the sixth century can guide us to a Christ-centered life today.' It is a companion website for the new book St. Benedict's Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Everyday Benedictine Living, by Jane Tomaine (Morehouse, 2005).

Retirement communities
Deerfield. Retirement centre affiliated with the Diocese of Western North Carolina. Located in Asheville, North Carolina.

Goodwin House Foundation. This foundation supports residential retirement communities in northern Virginia, and is affiliated with the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.

Vacancies Centre
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World

Brazil
Diocese of Brasília

Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity (Recife)

Resources
Missionary District of Amazonia

Centro de Estudos Anglicanos. Centre for Anglican Studies, founded in 1998. Site in English and Portuguese. The Portuguese-language section includes numerous articles on Anglican missions, history, theology, ethics and spirituality.

Worth Noting
The Devoted Life:An Invitation to the Puritan Classics, edited by Kelly M. Kapic and Randall C. Gleason, and Day by Day with the English Puritans:Selected Readings for Daily Reflection, edited by Randall J. Pederson, are reviewed jointly in the Church Times by Alison Shell. 'Part of the Puritan mission was to write clearly and compellingly about the great work of salvation. These two books both provide tasters of Puritan writing for the non-specialist, though they have very different briefs.
    Pederson’s volume gives a year’s worth of bedside reading, gleaned from no fewer than 74 Puritan authors. The Devoted Life, on the other hand, is a volume of essays introducing significant Puritan texts. Inevitably, John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress figures here; more controversially, so does John Milton’s Paradise Lost.'

Frederic William Dwelly, 1881-1957, First Dean of Liverpool, by Peter Kennerley, is reviewed in The Church Times by Michael Perham. 'Dwelly was an extraordinary man. There are mysteries in his life, not least that of his marriage to Mary Dawsin, of whom almost nothing is known.' [An extremely interesting review of a book that sounds very much worth our time.]

New Light on a Forgotten Visionary: The Works of Thomas Traherne (Vol.1), edited by Jan Ross is the Lead Book Review in this week's Tablet. 'There seems always to have been something elusive and strange about the life and writings of Thomas Traherne.'

Week of 15 May 2005

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Australia
Parishes
New South Wales: South Turramurra, St Philip (Sydney)
New South Wales: West Lindfield, All Saints (Sydney)
New South Wales: West Pennant Hills, St Matthew (Sydney)
New South Wales: West Pymble, St Matthew (Sydney)

Resources
Anglican Superannuation Australia. 'We are a discretely Anglican organisation which offers superannuation services for clergy and Anglican lay employees in dioceses, Anglican schools, welfare agencies and other church organisations throughout Australia. Our services are provided professionally, efficiently and with a care that is easily identified with the Anglican culture.'

Broughton Publishing: e-pray from LabOra. Formed in 2002, Broughton Publishing is responsible for all the liturgical publishing activities of the national Anglican Church of Australia, particularly the worship software, e-pray.

Canada
Resources
The Shingwauk Project. This digital archive, started in 1999, provides extensive information on the Shingwauk School and its successor institution, Algoma University College. The Shingwauk School was founded in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario in 1873 as a residential Anglican school for Ojibwe students. (Cross-listed in Church History.)

Church History
British Settlers in Argentina: Studies in 19th and 20th Century Emigration. This website provides a wealth of information about English and Welsh emigration to Argentina, including Anglican baptismal, confirmation and marriage records and photographs of Anglican churches. Some text in Spanish.

The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835. CCEd 'is a collaborative project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and bringing together scholars from King's College London, the University of Kent at Canterbury and the University of Reading. Its objective is to create a relational database documenting the careers of all Church of England clergymen between 1540 and 1835.' Made available to the public on 29 April 2005.

A History of the English Church in New Zealand, By H.T. Purchas (1914). A comprehensive look at the first century of Anglican life in New Zealand.

Letters of a Westchester Farmer, By Samuel Seabury (1774-1775). Anti-revolutionary pseudonymous pamphlets by the first bishop of the Episcopal Church.

The Order for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist According to the Use of the Anglican Church in Korea, Original Korean text and Authorized English Version, 1962 revision of the 1938 Korean BCP. Formatted into PDF by the Rev. Simon Ryu, deacon at Seoul Cathedral, 2005

The Shingwauk Project. This digital archive, started in 1999, provides extensive information on the Shingwauk School and its successor institution, Algoma University College. The Shingwauk School was founded in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario in 1873 as a residential Anglican school for Ojibwe students. (Cross-listed in Canadian resources.)

England
Colney Heath, St Mark (St Albans)
Finchley, St Mary (London)
Louth, St James (Lincoln)
Princes Risborough, St Mary [with St Peter, Ilmer] (Oxford)
Riseley, All Saints (St Albans)
Skellingthorpe, St Lawrence (Lincoln)

Resources
Church Pastoral Aid Society. This evangelical organisation was founded by Lord Shaftesbury in 1836. Today CPAS has responsibility for nominating to over 500 benefices in the Church of England.

Churches Conservation Trust. 'Set up to care for Church of England churches no longer needed for parish use. All our churches are architecturally or historically important with most Grade I or Grade II.'

First Contact. Volunteer scheme of the Church Army, the largest evangelistic organisation in the Church of England.

Events
England: St Albans, 25 June 2005: St Albans Festival Pilgrimage.
The annual Pilgrimage to St Albans. For more information: http://www.inclusivechurch.net/diary/index.html

USA: North Carolina, Lake Logan Episcopal Center, Canton, August 7-13, 2005: Congregational Leadership for the 21st Century
Epiphany Institute, held each August in the mountains of North Carolina, was founded in response to the challenges facing church leaders today. Inspired by real-world experience and developed by a consortium of veteran clergy, the Epiphany Institute program addresses congregational development issues not in isolation, but as part of a comprehensive landscape. Drawing on the tradition of the Magi, Epiphany calls participants to "Look Up" to re-orient themselves to the light of Christ. Part retreat, part professional conference, church development program provides the reflective opportunities needed for leaders' own spiritual journey as well as the congregational tools and direction needed for guiding today's churches.; $800 to $1100 (based on participation/accommodation choices); Epiphany Institute, 130 39th Avenue Place, NW, Hickory, NC 28601, (864)324-1351; Email: akridge@epiphanyinstitute.org
For more information or to register: www.epiphanyinstitute.org

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Australia reconsiders women bishops. New Westminster parish properties to be returned. Dissident priests in Connecticut (no actual news). New Westminster offers blessing compromise. Church and State in Uganda. Australian Archbishop to lead Panel of Reference. Vatican comments on Anglicans. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Odds and Ends
AnglicanWiki. 'This is an attempt to codify the vast expanse of Anglicanism throughout time and space. This, of course, is not fully possible, but like Anglicanism itself, a project worth the effort. Please feel free to participate by creating an account, signing in, and adding some entries.'

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USA
Parishes
California: Rancho Cucamonga, St Clare of Assisi (Los Angeles)
California: San Clemente, St Clement's-by-the-Sea (Los Angeles)
California: San Marino, St Edmund (Los Angeles)
California: Santa Paula, St Paul (Los Angeles)
California: South Pasadena, St James (Los Angeles)
Georgia: Columbus, Trinity (Atlanta)
Georgia: Dahlonega, St Elizabeth of Hungary (Atlanta)
Georgia: Marietta, Annunciation (Atlanta)
Kentucky: Somerset, St Patrick (Lexington)
New Jersey: Succasunna, St Dunstan (Newark)
North Carolina: Carolina Beach, Holy Cross (East Carolina)

Independent organisations
DoveTracts, Inc. Not-for-profit publishing organisation founded by the Rt. Rev. Keith Ackerman, Bishop of Quincy, Illinois.

Episcopal Church Missionary Community. 'Founded in 1974, ECMC is a voluntary society enabling Episcopalians be more knowledgeable, active, and effective in fulfilling our Lord's Great Commission to make disciples of all nations.'

Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation. Committed to 'God's mission of justice, wholeness, and reconciliation in Jesus Christ.' Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Five Talents. Five Talents is an Anglican initiative to combat poverty in developing countries using micro-enterprise development.

National Association of Episcopal Interim Specialists. NAEIMS provides a variety of services for clergy and parishes engaged in the interim process.

Retirement communities
The Penick Village. Continuing care retirement community of the Diocese of North Carolina. Located in Southern Pines, North Carolina.

Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community. Continuing care retirement community sponsored by the Diocese of South Carolina and the Diocese of Upper South Carolina.

Vacancies Centre
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World
Falkland Islands: Port Stanley, Christ Church Cathedral (Falkland Islands) [Southernmost cathedral in the world]

Worth Noting
The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics, edited by William Schweiker, is reviewed in the Church Times by David Atkinson. 'William Schweiker of the Chicago Divinity School [draws] on the skills of writers of the calibre (in Christian ethics) of Don Browning, Robin Gill, Thomas Ogletree, and Gene Outka, this breaks new ground in bringing together in one volume in-depth discussion of the moral outlook and practices of the world’s religions, together with an exploration of some of the issues and themes of contemporary religious ethics.'

A Brief History of Death, by Douglas J. Davies, is reviewed in the Church Times by Julien Litten. 'Douglas Davies looks at some of the most significant aspects of death — the act of dying; grieving; burial; the artistic interpretation of death; places of memory; the fear of death, disasters or tragedies — and weaves them into a narrative about changing attitudes to death and dying.'

Fields of Faith: Theology and Religious Studies for the Twenty-First Century, David F. Ford, Ben Quash and Janet Martin Soskice, eds., is reviewed in the Tablet by Fergus Kerr. A festschrifft for 'Nicholas Lash [who] occupied the Norris-Hulse Chair of Divinity in the University of Cambridge from 1978 until he retired in 1999.... In his Teape Lectures, delivered in India in 1994, Lash contends that the modern concept of 'a religion' distorts Judaism, Christianity and Islam, as well as the religious traditions of India, China and Japan.'

State of the Family 2005. Annual report by Anglicare Australia. 'State of the Family 2005 reflects on the implications of the changing nature of families in Australia today on our communities and social fabric, and in particular on those individuals and families who experience particular disadvantage, stress or marginalisation.'