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Week of 26 August 2007

Africa
Dioceses
Malawi: Diocese of Southern Malawi — http://southernmalawi.anglican.org
Nigeria: Diocese of Calabar — http://calabar.anglican.org
Nigeria: Diocese of Damaturu — http://damaturu.anglican.org
Nigeria: Diocese of Ibadan — http://ibadan.anglican.org
Nigeria: Diocese of Kaduna — http://kaduna.anglican.org
Nigeria: Diocese of Lagos — http://lagos.anglican.org
Nigeria: Diocese of Lagos West — http://lagoswest.anglican.org

Australia
Australian Capital Territory: Hawker, Christ Church (Canberra and Goulburn)

New South Wales: Parish of Braidwood [Union Church, Araluen; St Paul, Ballalaba; St Andrew, Braidwood; St Stephen, Majors Creek; Gundillion] (Canberra and Goulburn)

Book Reviews
Creation, Evolution and Meaning, by Robin Attfield, reviewed in the Church Times by Adam Ford. 'To believe in an intelligent Creator is one thing; to argue for Intelligent Design (ID) is quite another. Intelligent Design is the new brand-name for Creation Science... Belief in an intelligent Creator allows for truth to be conveyed through parable and myth (the creation stories of Genesis, for example), and sees the Creator as working through the laws of physics, chemistry, and biology, producing people in a vast and ancient universe through the process of evolution. ID closes the mind; belief in an intelligent Creator opens faith to the exciting reality we inhabit.'

The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology, edited by Andrews Hass, David Jasper, and Elisabeth Jay. [ED. Linked last week to the Church Times review, this link will take you to additional information from Oxford University Press description.] 'A defining volume of essays in which leading international scholars apply an interdisciplinary approach to the long and evolving relationship between English Literature and Theology.'

Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations, by Martin Goodman, is reviewed by Cally Hammond, also in the Church Times. 'A patient search for answers to a riddle and a mystery surrounding the relationship between two great cities of the ancient Mediterranean — Rome and Jerusalem... First, the riddle. Why was Jerusalem destroyed in AD 70? What happened to turn the Romans into agents of divine displeasure, destroying angels? ... Now for the mystery. Why were the Jews prevented from rebuilding their Temple, when everyone in the ancient world, pagan or Jewish, knew that without a temple Jewish religion could never again be practised in the way that God had ordained?'

The Origins of the Scottish Reformation, by Alec Ryrie, is reviewed by Judith Maltby in the Church Times. 'Ryrie argues, in a fascinating chapter, that Scotland’s version of the Counter-Reformation seems to have owed more to older Erasmian and conciliarist traditions than to the energetic and muscular re-branding of Roman Catholicism emerging from Trent, and the new religious orders.'

Through the Eye of a Needle: Theological Conversations Over Political Economy, edited by John Atherton and Hannah Skinner, is reviewed with Michel Glautier's The Social Conscience: Can a Caring Society Exist in a Market Economy? Through the Eye of a Needle, also in the Church Times: '“Guilt is no basis for personal or societal revival, contrary to what many preachers still assume,” writes Peter Brain in the foreword. The book tries — he says — to bring the reality of life and the reality of God into the same discussion.' And The Social Conscience: 'The heart of his argument is that society is an extension of the family, and that the Social Conscience, founded on moral values that are common to all beliefs, should be the sovereign authority.'

Canada
Manitoba: Winnipeg, St Peter (Rupert's Land)

Church History
A Memoir of the Right Reverend Walter Burd, Sixth Bishop of Saskatchewan, by Frederick Burd (2005). The Diocese of Saskatchewan has just published a memoir of its sixth bishop.

England
Chadwell Heath, St Chad (Chelmsford)
Coggeshall, St Peter ad Vincula (Chelmsford)
Heslington, Heslington Church (York) [Local Ecumenical Partnership among the Church of England, the Methodist Church and the Roman Catholic Chaplaincy to the University of York]

Hull, Holy Trinity (York)
Hull (Newland), St John (York)
Leigh-on-Sea, St Clement (Chelmsford)
Market Weighton, All Saints (York)
Middlesbrough, St Martin of Tours with St Cuthbert (York)
Walthamstow, St Peter's-in-the-Forest (Chelmsford)

Westway, St Katherine (Chelmsford)

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Ongoing
On 21 August 2007 the Diocese of Alabama announced the names of six candidates for the election of a bishop suffragan. Biographical information on the nominees can be read on the diocesan website in Adobe Acrobat files. An election is scheduled for 30 September 2007.

Japan
Schools
Bokuyo (Good Shepherd) Kindergarten: Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture. A kindergarten affiliated with the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Akashi.

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

Music Resources
Quilisma Publications: Includes many PDF files of liturgical music.

New Zealand
Resources
Anglican Roman Catholic Commission of Aotearoa New Zealand
: 'Meeting twice annually in Auckland, we pray for unity and examine issues affecting the search for unity between the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.'

News Centre
Additional African bishops for America coming soon. Ghostwriter identified for recent Akinola letter to his church. Bishop Tutu urges full participation in Lambeth 2008. ABC writes prayers for Princess Di commemoration. Church of Nigeria to require HIV test before marriage. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Not in the Communion
The Anglican Catholic Diocese of New Orleans: Lists parishes in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.

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USA
Colorado: Cherry Hills Village, Church of the Holy Spirit (Colorado)
Mississippi: Southaven, St Timothy (Mississippi)

Washington: Anacortes, Christ Church (Olympia)
Washington: Sammamish, Good Samaritan (Olympia)

Independent organizations
National Association of Episcopal Interim Specialists. 'an association that exists to encourage and support transitional ministry in the Episcopal Church. With its emphasis on training for this specialized ministry the members of NAEIMS are working throughout the church in various situations of change and transition, helping congregations discover new possibilities for ministry.'

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.

Web Resources
Commskit. [Update] Originally listed in 2004, Commskit has greatly increased the services it offers; however, the cost has remained the same.|'As part of its commitment to assisting churches and Christian groups to develop and improve their communications, Commskit, the internet arm of the Beds and Herts Churches' Media Trust, is able to offer a complete domain, web and email internet package for £45 per annum, all inclusive. For this remarkably low payment, you receive the domain of your choice (as long as it is available to register!) eg. mychurch.org.uk, 100 MB of web space, 1000 email addresses, unlimited dial-up accounts and a secure password-protected web-based control panel for managing your account.'

World
Dioceses
India: Diocese of Agra — http://agra.anglican.org
India: Diocese of East Kerala — http://eastkerala.anglican.org
India: Diocese of Jabalpur — http://jabalpur.anglican.org
India: Diocese of Jaffna — http://jaffna.anglican.org
India: Diocese of Kanyakumari — http://kanyakumari.anglican.org
India: Diocese of Karnataka South — http://karnatakasouth.anglican.org
India: Diocese of Lucknow — http://lucknow.anglican.org
India: Diocese of Nandyal — http://nandyal.anglican.org
India:
Diocese of Thoothukudi-Nazareth — http://thoothukudi-nazareth.anglican.org

Worth Noting
Bishop's News from Peru: Harold William Godfrey, Bishop of Peru, blogs on his diocese's response to the devastation of a recent earthquake.

Mthatha Mission: Jesse Zink is an Episcopal Church USA missionary working at the Itipini medical clinic outside Mthatha, South Africa. This is his weblog.

Vergers and Precious Metals: The BBC's Sunday Religion and Ethics programme includes two stories worth noting. The first on vergers, and the second on an increasing incidence of bell thievery by people in search of at-hand precious metal.


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.

Support Anglicans Online
Shop: From AO T-shirts to mugs, you can find it in our shop. Your purchase supports Anglicans Online.
Donate: Give any amount you like via a secure online server.

Thanks
...to all who have helped us through their gifts. We are deeply grateful to those who allow their names to be listed and those who choose to remain anonymous.

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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