Week
of 19 August 2007
Africa
Dioceses
Kenya: Diocese of Katakwa — http://katakwa.anglican.org
Resources
Anglican Student's
Federation: 'tertiary student wing of the Church of the Province
of Southern Africa'.
Australia
Parishes
Queensland: Toowong, St
Thomas the Apostle (Brisbane)
Queensland: Wynnum, St Peter (Brisbane)
Resources
Anglican Men's Society in Australia: Founded in Australia in 1905; has branches
or members in every state.
Genesis
Publications: 'Publications for Anglicans in Australia and New Zealand'.
Publishes education and liturgical resources in English and Maori.
Mothers Union, Diocese of Sydney: Each year, the MU visits 10,000 new mothers
in maternity units in New South Wales.
Book
Reviews
In the Church Times, Richard Harries reviews The
Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology.
Also in
the Church Times, Christopher
Lewis reviews Jesus and the Trojan War: Myth
and Meaning for Today, by Michael Horan.
Yet again
in the Church Times, David Winter reviews The Reading and Preaching
of the Scriptures, Volume 6: The Modern Age, by Hughes Oliphant
Old.
Canada
Parishes
Newfoundland and Labrador: Parish
of Bonne Bay South [Church of
the Ascension, Wiltondale; Church of the Epiphany, Woody Point;
Church of the Resurrection, Birchy Head; Saints Simon and Jude,
Trout River] (Western
Newfoundland)
Church
History
Popular
Misconceptions of the Episcopal Church,
by William Reed Huntington (1891). Influential
priest W.R. Huntington (1838-1909) addresses
some misconceptions we come across still:
that the church 'magnifies empty forms
and ceremonies', 'is given over to worldliness',
'is narrow and exclusive', 'is honeycombed
with Romanism', and 'that it is a house
divided against itself'.
England
Parishes
Bristol (Fishponds), All Saints (Bristol)
Bristol (Fishponds), St John (Bristol)
Benefice of Cherbury
with Gainfield [St Mary, Buckland; St Peter, Charney Bassett; St
Margaret of Antioch, Hinton Waldrist; Holy Ascension, Littleworth; St
Mary, Longworth; Grange Barn, Lyford; St Mary, Lyford, All Saints, Pusey] (Oxford)
Drayton Beauchamp, St
Mary the Virgin (Oxford)
Leiston, St Margaret of Antioch (St Edmundsbury and Ipswich)
Olveston,
St Mary the Virgin (Bristol)
Redland, Redland
Parish Church (Bristol)
Warfield
Churches [St Michael the Archangel, Warfield; All Saints, Warfield;
St Peter, Warfield; Eternity, Bullbrook] (Bristol)
Woose Hill, Woose
Hill Community Church (Bristol) [Local
Ecumenical Partnership with Methodists]
Wroughton,
St John the Baptist and St Helen (Bristol)
Episcopal
Elections or Announcements
Ongoing
The
Diocese of Maine has announced the names of three candidates in its episcopal
search.
A website with the odd name of 216.147.73.15 has more information, including
profiles and résumés. An election is scheduled for 26-27 October 2007.
The Diocese
of Québec's episcopal search committee has announced the names
of five nominees for bishop coadjutor. The diocesan website says that more information on the candidates will be available soon.
Events
USA: Illinois, Mundelein, August 2007: Whose Church Is It Anyway? Generation Remix
Sponsored by the Diocese of Chicago, this interactive conference will feature workshops, hands-on use of resources, experiencing a portion of a specific curriculum or program, and brainstorming sessions for exploring questions and exchanging ideas and experiences. There will be over 50 learning experiences on topics related to adult learning, youth and young adults, children, lifelong Christian Formation, congregations, mission, peace and justice, technology, and stewardship.
USA:
Louisiana, New Orleans, 20-25 September 2007: Archbishop of Canterbury
Visits New Orleans
The Archbishop of Canterbury announced in April that he intends to visit the
United States this autumn in response to the invitation from the House of Bishops
of the US Episcopal Church to attend its New Orleans meeting. The Diocese of
Louisiana has launched an informative website about that upcoming visit.
Japan
Kindergartens
Ryozen Kindergarten: Yonago, Shimane
Prefecture. Affiliated with St Nicholas Church, Yonago.
Resources
Seikokai Shuppan: Publishing
wing of the Nippon Seikokai; includes online ordering information.
Letters
to Anglicans Online
Have
a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible
publication.
New
Zealand
Resources
Genesis Publications: 'Publications
for Anglicans in Australia and New Zealand'. Publishes education and liturgical
resources in English and Maori.
News
Centre
Archbishop of Nigeria writes to his flock. NZ archbishops petition government
for hunger striker. Sales of religious books said to be flourishing.
Progress in Lake Malawi bishopric feud. Plans ramp up around ABC visit
to New Orleans. Peter Jensen bans John Spong. Manchester bishop to move
to Cyprus. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Not
in the Communion
Anglican Catholic Communion USA:
Site includes 'a series of pages that contain our entire statement of
doctrinal essentials and order of faith'; parishes in Alabama and Florida.
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USA
Parishes
Texas: Edinburg, St Matthew (West
Texas)
Independent
organizations
Episcopal Jewish Alliance
for Israel. 'We are a group of citizens concerned
by the unbalanced condemnations of the Jewish state issuing from the headquarters
of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, and from elsewhere in the worldwide
Anglican Communion.' Founded in 2002.
The
Laymen's Club.
Established in 1892 to facilitate lay activities at the Cathedral of
St John the Divine in New York City.
National
Association of Episcopal Resource Centers. 'We are women and
men, lay and ordained, who offer program support and manage resources
available to all people in our dioceses. Some of our Resource Centers
are also ecumenically and interreligiously affiliated..
Schools
and Education
Central
Florida Episcopal
Schools Association. This site provides a directory of schools
in the Diocese of Central Florida.
St Andrew's Episcopal School. Ridgeland,
Mississippi. 'an independent, co-educational, college preparatory day school
serving 1150 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade'.
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.
Seeking
a position? Check our Vacancies Centre as well as scan vacancy
pages on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.
Wales
Parishes
Llanfair Caereinion, Llanllugan and Manafon [St Mary, Llanfair Caereinion; St Mary, Llanllugan; St Michael, Manafon] (St Asaph)
Worth
Noting
A
Church in Need: Weekend America, a US public radio
programme, recently featured a story about St John's Church in Elizabeth,
New Jersey. The parish is having to choose between preserving its architectural
heritage or continuing its commitment to community outreach.
Learning
Curve:
L. Gregory Jones writes in the Christian Century (Chicago). 'A commitment
to the art of learning invites congregations, judicatories and seminaries
to work together to develop criteria for "learning clergy" who
have the capacities to cultivate their intelligence through the interplay
of creativity, analysis, practical skills and wisdom.'
The
Young and the Godly:
American National Public Radio (Washington DC) has begun a series of
radio stories on young clergy, some of whom are Anglicans.
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