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Week of 30 July 2007

Australia
Schools and education
Investigator College. Two campuses in South Australia. 'Low-fee co-educational college affiliated with the Anglican and Uniting Churches.'

Book Reviews
The English Chorister: A History, by Alan Mould, is reviewed by Edward Wickham in the Church Times. [Ed. An absolutely charming review to read, whether you end up reading the book or not.]

Shakespeare’s Hybrid Faith: History, Religion and the Stage, by Jean-Christophe Mayer, is reviewed by Gillian Woods in the Church Times. 'He contends that “religion, for Shakespeare, was not so much a matter of systematic allegiance as one of constant debating and questioning.” Not Shakespeare the closet Catholic then, nor Shakespeare the pious Protestant, but rather Shakespeare the man of his theological age, invigorated and troubled by a range of religious attitudes.'

Theology Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Critical Christian Thinking, by Clive Marsh, is reviewed with Religion and Film: An introduction, by Melanie J. Wright reviewed, by Hugh Rayment-Pickard, also in the Church Times. 'Clive Marsh’s clearly written and accessible book .. uses particular films as the basis for theological reflection [while] Wright offers a general theory of the relationship between cinema and religion. [Both are] well-written but very different books that will no doubt have a wide appeal, but to different audiences.'

Church History
A Memorial Tribute to the Rev. Thomas Gallaudet, D.D., L.H.D. (1902). This small collection of sermons and addresses commemorates Thomas Gallaudet (1822-1902), listed on the US Episcopal Church's calendar of lesser feasts and fasts for his pioneering work in deaf education and worship. Gallaudet, whose father founded the institution that is now the American School for the Deaf, himself established St Ann's Church for the Deaf in New York City in 1852.

England
Cathedrals
Birmingham, Cathedral Church of St Philip, Birmingham

Parishes
Blackheath, All Saints (Southwark)
Benefice of Stoulton with Drakes Broughton and Pirton and Norton juxta Kempsey [St Edmund, Stoulton; St Barnabas, Drakes Broughton; St James the Great, Norton juxta Kempsey; St Peter, Pirton] (Worcester)

Resources
i-Church. Developed by the Diocese of Oxford, 'a Christian community of the Church of England in the Diocese of Oxford. It is a web-based community for those who wish to explore Christian discipleship, but who are not able, or do not wish, to join a local parish church.'

Events
USA: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, 2008: Celebrate 250
'Celebrate 250 is an initiat[i]ve of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh celebrating with Pittsburgh 250: Imagine! A full-featured website celebrating 250 years of Anglican Roots and the Flowering of Christianity in Southwestern Pennsy[l]vania is slated for launch in Fall of 2007.'

Ireland
Parishes
Ballyholme, St Columbanus (Down and Dromore)

Japan
Schools: Kindergartens
St Mark's Kindergarten. Ise, Mie Prefecture. [MIDI attack]

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
British churches rally to aid flood victims. English bishop threatens Lambeth boycott. Interview with the Antichrist. Archbishop of York warns conservatives. Bishop of Jos attacked again by gang. Australian priest escapes sanctions over sex abuse. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Start Here
An Invitation to Prayer. 'Lord teach us how to pray.' That request was put to Jesus by his own disciples - which should encourage us if we feel we don't know how to pray. They needed help, and so do we, especially at troubled times such as these. But there isn't just one right way to pray - what works well for one person may not for another.'

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USA
Parishes
Arkansas: Bentonville, All Saints (Arkansas)
Iowa: Fort Dodge, St Mark (Iowa)
Iowa: Grinnell, St Paul (Iowa)
Iowa: Orange City, Savior (Iowa)
Iowa: Waverly, St Andrew (Iowa)

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.

Bermuda: Anglican Parish of Pembroke, (Bermuda). Associate Priest

For more information on this and other listings, see our Vacancies Centre. Also scan vacancy pages on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.

Wales
Parishes
Churches together in Chepstow and District [St Mary, Chepstow; St Christopher, Chepstow; St Tewdric, Mathern; St Peter, St Pierre; St Andoenus; Mounton; St Luke, Titshill; St Mary, Tidenham; St Michael, Tidenham Chase; several other churches of various affiliations] (Monmouth)
Parish of Penarth and Llandough [St Augustine, Penarth; Holy Nativity, Penarth; Saint Dochdwy, Llandough] (Llandaff)

Worth Noting
Re-writing History: the Episcopal Church struggle: A new report and analysis from Ekklesia associate Savitri Hensman.

More Cake, Vicar? USPG has new fund raising campaign. Get the recipes and poster from USPG.

Week of 22 July 2007

Australia
New South Wales: Merrylands, Merrylands Anglican Church (Sydney)
Queensland: Caboolture, St Laurence (Brisbane)

Book Reviews
Globalizing Theology: Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity, by Craig Ott and Harold A. Netland, is reviewed by Martyn Percy in the Church Times. 'In a book about theology and globalisation, one might expect a rich and varied collation of voices — or at least some dialogue. But this text mostly provides us with monologues [from the United States], albeit with hints of perception gleaned through limited listening.'

A History of Global Anglicanism, by Kevin Ward, is reviewed by Michael Doe in the Church Times. 'He has attempted to write a history of the Communion from the perspective not of a colonising Church of England, but rather of the way in which Anglicanism was appropriated and expressed by local people.'

Panentheism: The Other God of the Philosophers: From Plato to the Present, by John W. Cooper, is reviewed by John Saxbee, also in the Church Times. An extensive and clear historical, theological and philosophical introduction to Panentheism by an 'unashamed apologist for revealed religion, God being sovereign and transcendent.'

Canada
Resources
Diocesan Choir School. 'As Part of the Diocese of Fredericton, in the Anglican Church of Canada, Choir School exists to enhance the God-given gift of sacred choral singing in its choristers, for use in the wider Church.'

Church History
Rules, Order of Admission, and Office of the Companions of the Melanesian Brotherhood (1953). The indefatigable Bishop Terry Brown of Malaita in the Church of the Province of Melanesia has digitized the manual of the Melanesian Brotherhood in two Pacific languages: Mota and Kwara'ae.

England
Appley Bridge, All Saints (Blackburn)
Buckland, St Mary the Virgin (Southwark)
Caterham, St Mary the Virgin (Southwark)
Forest Hill, St Augustine (Southwark)
Lee, Good Shepherd with St Peter (Southwark)
Mortlake with East Sheen [St Mary, Mortlake; Christ Church, Mortlake; All Saints, East Sheen] (Southwark)
St Annes on Sea, St Thomas (Blackburn)

Episcopal
Ongoing
The Diocese of Nevada has announced the names of five nominees for its next diocesan bishop. The election process timeline is available on the diocesan website; nominations by petition may be made from 18 July through 1 August.

Letters
Have a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible publication.

News Centre
Church and State in Australia. Tribunal finds English bishop guilty of discrimination. New demands from some Global South primates. C of E candidate refuses ordination by gay-friendly bishop. Nominations for Primate of Southern Africa. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Not in the Communion
Resources
Anglican Order of Friars Preachers: 'founded in the Continuing Anglican Church to foster religious vocations and to maintain the apostolate of preaching salvation and the orthodox catholic faith'.

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USA
Connecticut: Stamford, St Andrew (Connecticut)
Hawai'i: Honolulu, St Elizabeth (Hawaii)
Hawai'i: Kailua, Emmanuel Church (Hawaii)
New York: Brooklyn, St Paul (Long Island)
Oregon: Springfield, St John the Divine (Oregon)
Pennsylvania: Lehighton, All Saints (Bethlehem)
Pennsylvania: Palmerton, St John (Bethlehem)
Virginia: Southwick, Southwick Community Church (Virginia)

Vacancies Centre
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Wales
Newtown Parishes [All Saints, Newtown; Llanllwchaiarn Church; St Gwynog, Aberhafesp] (St Asaph)
Raglan Group [St Cadoc, Raglan; St John, Llandenny; St Peter, Bryngwyn] (Monmouth)
Parish of Rhyl [St Thomas; St Ann; Holy Trinity with St John the Baptist] (St Asaph)

Worth Noting
Authority figures: John M. Buchanan writes in the Christian Century (Chicago) with questions for new clergy. 'Preachers always need to ask about the intent of the prophetic sermon: Is it delivered to convince the congregation and enable change, or is it offered simply to get something off the preacher's chest?'

Science and politics can mean nothing without faith: Geoffrey Rowell writes in the Times (London) on lessons gleaned from recent travel to Switzerland and Romania. 'We have to live by faith, for we can live in no other way. The question is, in what shall we put our faith?'