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Week of 6 May 2007

Australia
Parishes
South Australia: Southern Vales Parish [St Ann, Aldinga; St Margaret of Scotland, McLaren Vale; St Philip and St James, Old Noarlunga; St Stephen, Willunga] (The Murray)

Schools and education
Wontulp Bi-Buya College. Cairns, Queensland. 'Combined Church Indigenous Training and Research Centre Inc provides education programs for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in Queensland, Australia. The College is the Queensland Partner of Nungalinya College, Darwin.'

Book Reviews
In the Church Times, John Austin Baker reviews In Search of Humanity and Deity: A Celebration of John Macquarrie's Theology, edited by Robert Morgan.

In the Church Times, Robin Griffith-Jones reviews two new books on Judas.

Also in the Church Times, Kenneth Leech reviews Michael Yelton's Empty Tabernacles: Twelve Lost Churches of London.

Church History
The Archivist of the Diocese of New York and Project Canterbury have collaborated on two large new directories of material by bishops of New York: Horatio Potter (1802-1887) and Henry Codman Potter (1835-1908). Particular gems in these significant collections include The Presentation of a Loving Cup to Mr. Nicholas N. de Lodygensky (1908)—behold the picture at bottom—and The Minister of Christ Not of the World (1856).

England
Parishes
Beckingham, All Saints (Lincoln)
Parish of Inkberrow with Cookhill, Kington with Dormston [St Peter, Inkberrow; St Paul, Cookhill; St James, Kington; St Nicholas, Dormston] (Worcester)
Sherburn in Elmet, All Saints [with Holy Trinity, Barkston Ash; All Saints, Saxton with Towton] (York)
Whittington, St Philip and St James (Worcester)
Worcester, St Barnabas with Christ Church (Worcester)

Miscellaneous resources
An Anglican-Methodist Covenant: 'A Covenant between the Methodist Church of Great Britain and the Church of England was signed on 1 November 2003.' As is meet, it has its own website.

The Anglican Stewardship Association. 'The low level of giving by many Church of England people is the main cause of the Church's financial problems. [...] The Church must promote a spirituality which relates faith to money in every area of its life and that of its members. ASA enables the local church to work towards this goal by offering a continuing teaching programme so members learn to give generously and respond sacrificially to God's love.'

The Church and Community Fund. 'The CCF gives grants to community projects run by parish churches, deaneries, dioceses and other bodies connected to or working in partnership with the Church of England.' Founded in 1915, formerly known as the Central Church Fund.

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Ongoing
The Diocese of Québec has announced that it will elect a bishop coadjutor in October 2007. The bishop will succeed the current diocesan in early 2009. For more information, visit the diocesan site.

Complete
The Diocese of Oklahoma elected Dr Edward J. Konieczny as next Bishop of Oklahoma on 5 May 2007. Consecration is scheduled for 15 September 2007. Ballotting results and biographical information are available on the dedicated bishop-search website.

Events
United Kingdom, 30 September 2007: Back to Church Sunday
'Back to Church Sunday offers high quality fairly traded resources so you can invite and welcome a friend on one special Sunday of the year. Sponsored by the Diocese of Manchester.'

Australia, 29 June to 1 July 2007: Rural Ministry in the 21st Century
The Diocese of Ballarat is hosting a conference entitled Rural Ministry in the 21st Century. 'Workshops on this theme will be led by a number of the best thinkers & practitioners in Australia; the keynote speaker will be Dr Andrew McGowan, Warden of Trinity College, Melbourne and the event will end with a Eucharist at which the preacher will be Dr Philip Freier, Archbishop of Melbourne. The conference will be of interest to anyone engaged in Rural Ministry.'

Hong Kong
We have moved our extensive Hong Kong listings to a dedicated page. Have a look; we're quite sure that this represents the largest concentration of Anglican websites per square kilometre in any province.

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
New bishop in West Malaysia. Nigerian Archbishop consecreates in Virginia. ABC is on tour in Asia. Canadian bishops' statement sent to General Synod. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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Schools and education
Episcopal Day School of Christ Church Parish. Pensacola, Florida. Coeducational, pre-school through grade eight. Founded in 1856.

St Patrick's Episcopal Day School. Washington, DC. Coeducational, pre-school through grade eight.

All Saints Episcopal Day School. Carmel, California. Coeducational, pre-school through grade eight.

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: Anglican Church Grammar School (Brisbane). Vicar of Churchie

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

World
Dioceses
Diocese of Peshawar — http://peshawar.anglican.org

Worth Noting
Speaking of Faith: American Public Media provides this very fine regular radio show hosted by Krista Tippett. Some recent shows we found particularly wonderful were The Evolution of American Evangelicalism; Restoring the Senses: Life, Gardening and an Orthodox Easter; and Truth and Reconciliation. We know of few better marriages of intelligent faith, good web design and high-quality radio programming.

Stolen Goods: Tempted to Plagiarize: Thomas G. Long writes in the Christian Century (Chicago) on sermon-stealing. 'With a few clicks of the mouse, I had uncovered a crime wave of homiletical petty larceny.'

When a Founding Myth Becomes a Weapon: Peter Doll writes in the Church Times (London): 'founding myths have a visceral power, which can help bind nation or Church together. But the myth becomes dangerous when used as a weapon of self-defence, or confused with the complexity of history'.

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
Have 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. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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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 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.

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.'