Week of 2 September 2007
Africa
Parishes
Nigeria: Ado-Ekiti, All
Saints (Ekiti)
Resources
Anglican
Students' Fellowship Obafemi Awolowo University:
'The fellowship changed [its] name from Anglican Youth
Fellowship to Angllican Students' Fellowship in 1996
as part of ongoing changes in the mother church and also
to have a national identity.' Located in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
University of Cape
Town Anglican Students's Society: 'We praise and
worship together, to deepen our understanding of the
Christian Faith and to reach out to each other and to
others. A lot of social and spiritual events take place
during the ANSOC year.'
Australia
Schools
and education
Brighton
Grammar School. Melbourne, Victoria. 'An Anglican private school exclusively for boys, providing a broad, academically based education from ELC to Year 12.'
Camberwell
Girls Grammar
School. Canterbury, Victoria. Anglican girls' school 'from prep through
grade 12'.
Camberwell
Grammar School. Canterbury, Victoria. Anglican boys' school established
in 1886.
Caulfield
Grammar School. Five campuses in Australia and China, as well as a
virtual campus. 'Since its foundation in 1881, Caulfield Grammar School
has grown to become one of Australia's most well known and influential
coeducational schools through its innovative approaches to teaching and
learning.'
Firbank Grammar.
Brighton, Victoria. Coeducational; early learning through Year 12. Established
in 1909 by the Archbishop of Melbourne.
Korowa
Anglican Girls' School.
Melbourne, Victoria. Established in 1890. For girls from age three through
Year 12. Website includes sections in Chinese.
Lowther
Hall Anglican Grammar
School. Essendon, Victoria. 'Lowther Hall is a school for girls from
Kindergarten to Year 12. The present enrolment is around 800, ensuring
a family size atmosphere which allows for both intimacy and individual
attention.'
Book Reviews
The
Cambridge Companion to the Qur’an, by Jane
Dammen McAuliffe, editor. It is reviewed by Philip Lewis
in the Church Times. 'In
14 well crafted chapters, the story of the Qur’an
moves from context to text to textual history and its
impact... Two chapters, in particular, stand out. The
first, by the editor herself, offers an insightful analysis
of how the developed commentary tradition worked, as
exemplified in the exegesis of Surah 109 by a famous
12th-century Baghdad scholar, Ibn al-Jawzi... The other
.. is by a German scholar, Angelika Neuwirth — “Structural,
linguistic and literary features”. This makes it
clear that the Qur’an, first and foremost, is not
a book to study, but a text to recite.'
The
Expansion of Evangelicalism: The age of Wilberforce,
More, Chalmers and Finney,
by John Wolffe. It's reviewed by William Whyte in the
Church Times. 'Wolffe’s
book is a self-consciously global history: one that deals
with the expansion of Evangelicalism in Australia and
the United States as well as in England and Scotland...
The book will be of value to anyone interested in modern
church history, as well as to those who have just come
across Wilberforce and want to know what the fuss is
about.'
In
Search of the Lost: The Death and Life of Seven Peacemakers
of the Melanesian Brotherhood,
by Richard Anthony Carter. It's reviewed
by Leigh Hatts, also in the Church Times. 'Fr Carter
has written an important account of the death of the
seven Brothers in the Solomon Islands. They were murdered
in 2003 by militants during a conflict in which their
church was fearless, and committed to opposing the use
of arms. It was the church alone that was trusted with
collecting and destroying arms. Those who publicly surrendered
guns were sprinkled with holy water, and the rifles were
doused in the hope that they would rust even before they
were dropped into the sea.'
The
New Lion Handbook: The History of Christianity,
by Jonathan Hill. It is reviewed by Ian Bradley, yet
again in the Church Times. 'This handbook represents
a formidable achievement. In 550 closely packed pages,
it tells the story of Christianity over the past 2000
years on a truly global scale... The last chapter comes
to an abrupt finish with a description of the modern
Ethiopian Church. It could have done with some concluding
observations and reflections.'
Canada
Parishes
Alberta: Edmonton, St Mary (Edmonton)
Church History
Among
the Menabe; Or, Thirteen Months
on the West Coast of Madagascar,
by George Herbert Smith (1896).
This illustrated account of an
unsuccessful attempt at establishing
an Anglican mission on the western
coast of Madagascar is by a missionary
of the Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel.
England
Parishes
Grays
Thurrock Team Ministry [St Peter and St Paul, Grays Thurrock;
St Mary, Little Thurrock; St Clement, West Thurrock; All
Saints, Chatford Hundred] (Chelmsford)
Headland Benefice [St Michael, Bempton; St Oswald, Flamborough;
St Peter, Reighton; St Leonard, Speeton] (York)
Huntington
Anglicans [All Saints, Huntington; St Andrew, Huntington] (York)
Londesborough Group [St Giles, Burnby; St Martin, Hayton;
St Mary, Huggate; All Saints, Londesborough; St James, Nunburnholme;
All Saints, Shiptonthorpe; St James, Water] (York)
Myland, St Michael (Chelmsford)
Northallerton
Parish [St Lawrence, Kirby Sigston; All Saints, Northallerton;
St James, Romanby] (York)
Theydon
Garnon,
All Saints (Chelmsford)
Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Ongoing
The Diocese of Chicago has announced the
names of five
nominees for episcopal election. At large
nominations will be received until 11 September
2007 at 5 pm. The dedicated
bishop-search website
has more information on this already
controversial election process.
Events
USA: Missouri, St Louis, 14-15 September
2007: Making Disciples Conference
Biblical scholar Luke Timothy Johnson will speak on discipleship
in the New Testament.
USA: Washington,
Seattle, 21-25 October 2007: Orthodoxy: Living Communion in Worship and
Belief
The Fall 2007 Conference of Affirming Catholicism USA will include confirmed
speakers Randall Balmer, James Lemier and Frederick Quinn.
Exchanges
Rector/incumbent of an Anglican parish in the Rocky Mountain town of Jasper,
Alberta in Canada is looking for a two-Sunday priest exchange in England
in spring of 2008, preferably close to or in London. Contact the Revd
Dr Adela D. Torchia for more information:
atorchia at telus.net.
Ireland
Resources
Church's
Ministry of Healing in Ireland. 'Our time is mostly
focused on preaching, teaching and prayer ministry. We
would see people by appointment. Parish groups and Healer
Prayer Unions exist throughout the country. Please contact
your local minister or ring us if you need further information.'
Japan
Resources
Supplemental Data
on the Nippon Seikokai:
This site provides Anglican links and lectionary and historical
resources in Japanese.
Letters to Anglicans Online
Have a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible publication.
Liturgical
resources
A
New History of the Book of Common Prayer. Charles Wohlers
has digitized and annotated a 1910 edition of this classic
historical commentary of the Book of Common Prayer by Francis
Procter and Walter Howard Frere.
News Centre
Kenya consecrates Americans as bishop; Uganda to follow. New UK magazine launched for Christian girls. All this, and more,
in the News Centre.
Not in the Communion
Province
of the Transfiguration - Anglican Rite: 'can be
best summed up as an small Anglican Rite Catholic Jurisdiction
that shows the unconditional love, compassion, mercy
and charity within our ministries, which embraces every
human being regardless of their state or condition in
life for Jesus Christ said in the Gospel of Matthew that
we are to love our neighbor as ourselves'.
Resources
Valley Forge Choir
of Men and Boys: 'The Choir does not normally sing Sunday
morning services. The Choir is available to sing traditional
Choral Evensongs and concerts. They rehearse at the Anglican
Church of the Transfiguration in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania,
two days a week for the boys; one evening a week for the
men and teens.' It is affiliated with a church that now serves
as the cathedral for a group known as the Diocese of the
Holy Cross, formerly part of the Province of Christ the King.
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USA
Parishes
Maine: Jefferson, St
Giles (Maine)
Massachusetts: Dartmouth, St Peter (Massachusetts)
Massachusetts: Fall River, Church of the Ascension (Massachusetts)
Massachusetts: Wellfleet, St James Chapel (Massachusetts)
Massachusetts: Woburn, Trinity Church (Massachusetts)
Michigan: Bay City, Trinity Church (Eastern Michigan)
Michigan: Gladwin, St
Paul (Eastern Michigan)
Michigan: Marysville, All Saints (Eastern Michigan)
Michigan: Midland, Holy
Family (Eastern Michigan)
Michigan: Owosso, Christ Church (Eastern Michigan)
Conference
Centres, Retreat Places
Page Center: Camp and conference centre of the Episcopal
Diocese of Northern Michigan.
Independent
organizations
National Association of Episcopal Christian
Communities. 'an inclusive association that shares and communicates the fruits
of the Gospel, realized in community, with the church and the world. Our vision
is of a church, all of whose members realize the fruits of the Gospel in community.'
Schools
and education
Whitaker School
of Theology. Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1954. 'Known as
the "School Without Walls", the school has taken quality
educational offerings to the people, right where they live, throughout
the diocese.'
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.
Vestments
Angel
Work Designs: 'Custom designed and embroidered vestments
and paraments by Anne Louise Gillilan. My great joy as an artist
is to produce works that have spiritual significance for whom
they are designed and add to the joy of worship.'
World
Resources
Church of South India
Institute of Technology. Located in
Secunderabad.
Church
of South India Kanyakumari Medical Mission. 'an organization functioning
in Kanyakumari Diocese catering to the medical needs of more than five
hundred thousand people living in various rural, and urban areas of Kanyakumari
District, Tamil Nadu, India'.
Diocesan
Missionary Prayer Band, India.
'In 1960, with a call to do the gospel work among the hill-tribals living
in the Eastern Ghats of Tamilnadu, a few young students of the Bible college,
Bangarapet, organized a prayer group.' It changed its named in 1979, and
is affiliated with the Church of South India's Diocese of Kanyakumari.
Worth Noting
Commitment
or Numbers: The Guardian (London) carries this article
by David Self. 'If the church prefers commitment to numbers,
that is its prerogative. If, on social issues, it wishes
to be out-of-step with public opinion, that is its decision.
If, as a result, it appears irrelevant, it must not be surprised
if it loses the perks of being part of the establishment.'
Jerusalem
the Golden:
This is an undated, illustrated/illuminated version of John Mason Neale's
famous translation of Bernard of Morlaix's hymn.
Lost
Opportunity:
Joseph Neiman reflects in The Living Church (Milwaukee) on the recent sale
of the cathedral of the Diocese of Western Michigan.
Young
Anglican Follows Vocation: The Anglican Journal (Canada) carries this
fine article by Henrieta Paukov on a nun of the Sisterhood of St John the
Divine who will turn 30 this year. |
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
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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. |
