Week
of 29 April 2007
Associations,
Guilds
Anglican and Eastern Churches
Association: Founded in 1864 'To advance the Christian religion,
particularly by teaching members of the Anglican and Orthodox Churches
about each other, in order to prepare the way for an ultimate union
between them, in accordance with our Lord's prayer that "all
may be one". All its members are urged to work and pray constantly
to this end.'
Anglican
Lutheran Society: 'Since 1984 the Anglican-Lutheran Society
has provided a meeting point where people can deepen their knowledge
and understanding of the Lutheran and Anglican traditions within
the Christian Church.' The US branch has a
separate website.
Australia
Parishes
South Australia: Semaphore, St
Bede (Adelaide)
South Australia: St Marys, St Mary (Adelaide) [Only navigable in Internet Explorer]
Book
Reviews
In the Church Times, Christopher Hill reviews Anglicans in Rome: A History, by Frederick Bliss SM.
In the Church Times, John Wolffe reviews Callum G. Brown's Religion and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain.
Also in the Church Times, Gavin Ashenden reviews Theology in the Public Square: Church, Academy and Nation by Gavin D'Costa.
Canada
British Columbia: Peachland, St
Margaret (Kootenay)
Saskatchewan: Saskatoon, St Mark (Saskatoon)
Church
History
A
Memorial of the Right Reverend Carlton
Chase, D.D., First Bishop of New-Hampshire,
1844 to 1870, with a Biographical Sketch
(c. 1871). Carlton Chase (1794-1870)
served as first Bishop of New Hampshire,
as well as assisting bishop for the Diocese
of New York from 1849 to 1862.
England
Dudley, St Edmund, King and Martyr (Worcester)
Dudley, St James (Worcester)
Great Witley, St Michael and All Angels (Worcester)
Loudwater, St Peter (Oxford)
Matchborough, Christ Church (Worcester)
Pensnett, St Mark (Worcester)
Stourbridge, St Thomas (Worcester)
Parish
of Stubbington [Holy Rood, Stubbington; St Edmund, Crofton Old Church] (Portsmouth)
Waterlooville, Hart
Plain Church (Portsmouth) [Anglican-Methodist joint parish]
Episcopal
Elections or Announcements
Ongoing
The Diocese of Nevada has released a diocesan profile and timeline
in connection with its bishop
election scheduled for 12-14 October 2007. More information, including
forms for how to apply, is
available here.
The Diocese of Oklahoma will hold an election for its next bishop on Saturday, 5 May 2007. Information about nominees is available on the New Bishop for Oklahoma website; balloting information will be available in 'near' real time on Saturday.
Complete
On 27 April 2007 the United Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney elected Dean Robert Gillies as its next diocesan bishop. The diocesan website has no information about this, but Christianity Today has this article with some biographical information. Consecration is scheduled for September.
Events
United Kingdom: London, 27 April to 23 September: Sacred:
Discover What We Share
Admission is free to this large and promising exhibit of sacred texts
from Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Letters
to Anglicans Online
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a read. Write a letter of your own to
us for possible publication.
News
Centre
Oxford professor slams Anglican primates. Nigerian archbishop to visit Virginia.
Lambeth Conference plans move forward. ABC to spend sabbatical in USA. ABC
urges UK politicians to 'recover moral energy' Church and State in Zimbabwe.
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USA
Florida: Apalachicola, Trinity Church (Central Gulf Coast)
Florida: Crestview, Church of the Epiphany (Central Gulf Coast)
Florida: Eustis, St Thomas (Central Florida)
Florida: Miami, Holy Family (Southeast Florida)
Florida: Milton, St Mary (Central Gulf Coast)
Florida: Plantation, St Benedict (Southeast Florida)
Florida: Port St Lucie, Church
of the Nativity (Central Florida)
Florida: Port St Lucie, Holy
Faith (Central Florida)
Florida: West Palm Beach, Grace
Church (Southeast Florida)
Florida: West Palm Beach, Holy Spirit (Southeast
Florida)
New York:
Mount Vernon, Church of the Ascension (New York)
New York: White
Plains, St Francis and St Martha (New York)
New York: Yonkers,
San Andres (New York)
Washington: Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island, St Stephen (Olympia)
Washington: Snoqualmie, St
Clare of Assisi (Olympia)
Independent organizations
Colorado Haiti Project: 'a state-wide non-profit organization founded in 1989 to provide Colorado citizens and youth the opportunity to extend aid to the poorest of the poor in rural Haiti'. 'Our flagship effort is the Episcopal mission of St. Paul's in the village of Petit trou de Nippes, 80 miles west of Port-au-Prince on the southern peninsula of Haiti.'
Friends of St Vincent's Center for Handicapped Children: 'a small group of volunteers formed to help the children and staff at St. Vincent's Center for Handicapped Children [in Port-au-Prince, Haiti] obtain the resources needed to educate and care for the children. The Friends of St. Vincent's is an interfaith outreach ministry of St. James's Episcopal Church in West Hartford, Connecticut.' Founded in 1997.
Schools
and education
Episcopal Day School. Augusta, Georgia. For
boys and girls from three years through grade eight.
The
Episcopal Day School. Brownsville, Texas. Coeducational; accepts
students from age three through grade six.
The
Episcopal Day School. Southern Pines, North Carolina. Coeducational;
accepts students from age three through grade five; founded in 1959.
St
Mark's Day
School. Jacksonville, Florida. Coeducational; Early Learning
through pre-kindergarten and grade six.
St
Stephen's Episcopal
Day School. Coconut Grove, Florida. Coeducational; pre-kindergarten
through grade six.
Vacancies
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Canada: Huron
University College (Huron). Dean
of Theology
For more information on these and other vacancies, visit our Vacancies Centre.
Worth
Noting
The
Rector of Stiffkey: 'He was one of the most scandalous figures
of the age. But who was the rector of Stiffkey?' Find out in the
Independent.
Why
People Leave the Church: John Garvey writes in Commonweal (New York). 'Despite
the failings of the institution, I remain committed to it because I have
been influenced personally by many serious, holy men and women who were
themselves nourished by a church that has many flaws but also many saints.
A rich experience of the church can anchor you, despite the frustrations.' |
