Week
of 11 December 2005
Advent
Resources
A
devotion for the last days of Advent from Full
Homely Divinity.
'We offer here another way of using the Great O’s. One may
use as much or as little of this devotion as is appropriate. It
could be used at any time of day, but the beginning or the end
of a meal is suggested. The simplest use would be to say the antiphon,
or to sing the verse of the hymn. Then, say the Lord’s Prayer
and conclude the devotion with a prayer appropriate for the season.
If the devotion is used before a meal, the usual mealtime grace
would be said in place of, or in addition to, the seasonal prayer.'
Walking
our Partners Through Advent.
An Advent Calendar with
links to ministries supported by the Anglican Appeal from the National Church
of Canada.
Africa
South Africa: Sophiatown, Christ
the King (Johannesburg)
Canada
Alberta: Edmonton, St Timothy (Edmonton)
Ontario: Churchill, Anglican Parish of Churchill and Cookstown (Toronto)
Church
History
An
Exposition of the Creed,
by John Pearson (1877 edition by E. Burton). This work in progress makes
this important classic of Anglican divinity available in Adobe Acrobat
format. The first four articles are available, and they print clearly on
8.5" x 11" paper for reading with full Greek text and footnotes, as well
as other formatting from the original. Pearson (1613-1686) was Bishop of
Chester; his Exposition of the Creed was first published in 1659.
The
Relations between Religion and Science, by
Frederick Temple (Bampton Lectures, 1884). Temple (1821-1902) was
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1897-1902. In these
eight lectures, he examines the philosophical relationship between
religion and science, taking into account the intellectual contributions
of Paley, Butler and Darwin.
"A
Selection of Fundamentals": The Intellectual Background of the
Melanesian Mission of the Church of England, 1850-1914, by Sara
Harrison Sohmer (University of Hawai'i doctoral dissertation, 1998).
This fascinating intellectual history of an important Anglican missionary
sphere examines evangelicalism, intellectual liberalism, imperialism
and the Oxford Movement in a very worthwhile interdisciplinary study.
England
Resources
Anglican
Church Planting Initiatives. Sheffield, England. Provides 'advice,
coaching and consultancy to Anglicans and other denominations and streams
when time permits on planting churches, mission projects, church growth
and leadership.'
Fresh
Expressions.
Lambeth Palace, London. 'aims to be rooted and grounded in prayer and
to focus on four key areas: renewing vision, gathering news, supporting
growth and developing training. We will be working in partnership
with the national and regional mission staff of the Church of England
and the Methodist Church and a range of partner agencies.'
Winchester and Portsmouth
Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers. Includes extensive information
on striking competitions, a guild diary, the guild archive, membership
and newsletters.
Southwark
Diocesan Evangelical Union. 'SDEU
is linked with a national network of Diocesan Evangelical groups
to the Anglican Evangelical Assembly and the Church of England Evangelical
Council which seek to represent evangelical concerns within the Church
of England.'
Episcopal
Elections or Announcements
The Diocese of Newark has begun its search for
the 10th Bishop. Their profile is on the web
at
www.bishopsearch.dioceseofnewark.org.
Letters
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News
Centre
Radar locates Confessor's tomb. Scotland and Wales announce CP policy. More information
on Malawi rejection. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Not
in the Communion
Ecumenical Anglican
Catholic Church: 'The Ecumenical Anglican Catholic Church is non-discriminatory,
non-political, and non-restrictive. We believe in a traditional Anglican
form of worship supporting the finest in Catholic heritage, liturgy,
and ritual. The unquestionable validity of our apostolic succession comes
from Africa, England, Rome, and Russia. We are born out of a sense of
escaping the ecclesiastic hypocrisy and human bigotry of men in positions
of authority within the church. We refute the "alphabet soup" confusion
of Anglicanism.'
Religious
Orders
The
Order of Mission: Sheffield,
England. Established in 2003 by the Archbishop of York. Members of
the Order are working in partnership with a variety of churches and denominations
around the world, to raise up, equip and support missional leaders
who will pioneer new expressions of church for our day and in our cultures.
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Mary (Southwest Florida)
Idaho: Lewiston, Church
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New York: Highland Mills, St
David (New York)
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Stephen (New York)
New York: Staten Island, St John (New York)
New York: Tuxedo Park, St
Mary (New York)
Washington: Kenmore, Redeemer (Olympia)
Washington: Orcas Island, Emmanuel (Olympia)
Washington: Puyallup, Christ Church (Olympia)
Washington: Vancouver, Good
Shepherd (Olympia)
Resources
The Ministree. 'Resources
for families, communication ministry and the Episcopal Church. A tree
depends upon its branches for the exchange of nourishment and these
pages seek to find similar connections between those who serve the
church and those the church seeks to serve.'
Vergers
Guild. From Dallas, TX, comes a site to
help people know what to wear and fill in any blanks in the primary
national site for vergers: Vergers
Guild of the Episcopal Church.
Schools
and education
Grace and St Peter's
School.
Baltimore, Maryland. 'a coeducational independent Episcopal day school
that enrolls children from preschool through fifth grade.' This parish
school, affiliated with Grace and St Peter's Church, traces its history
to 1806.
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.
Australia: New South Wales,
Newcastle. Associate Rector
United States: New Jersey. Diocesan Bishop
For more information
on these and other vacancies see our Vacancies Centre.
Seeking a position?
Scan vacancy pages on diocesan web sites with vacancies listings throughout
the communion.
World
Turkey: Bornova, Anglican
Chaplaincy in Izmir [St John the Evangelist, Alsancak; St
Mary Magdalene, Bornova] (Diocese in Europe)
Worth
Noting
Approaching
Christmas, by Jane Williams, reviewed in the Church Times by
Leigh Hatts.
The
Church of Ireland in Victorian Dublin, by John Crawford, reviewed
by Michael Wheeler.
Coronation:
A history of kingship and the British monarchy, by Sir Roy Strong,
reviewed in the Church Times by Ian Bradley; also included is an
interview with Roy Strong by Rachel Harden.
God's
Advocates: Christian Thinkers in Conversation,
by Rupert Shortt, reviewed by George Pattison.
How
Firm a Foundation,
by Richard B. Tudor. Tudor writes in The Living Church (Milwaukee)
that the time is ripe for the growth of a confessional movement in
the Episcopal Church USA.
Modern
Voice of Victorian Doubt.
Robert Gray reviews Arthur Hugh Clough: A Poet's Life in The Tablet. |
