Week
of 21 October 2007
Africa
Resources
Anglican Information
Archive: 'a network acting as a free conduit for news and information
related to the Anglican Diocese of Lake Malawi, and the Province
of Central Africa. It is organised by an international team of those
who know and love Africa and Malawi well. We reserve the right to
reflect on the news as we receive it for the benefit of our worldwide
audience.'
Australia
Parishes
Queensland: Mackay and
District Anglicans [Holy Trinity, Mackay;
St Ambrose, North Mackay; St Charles, West Mackay] (North
Queensland)
Book
Reviews
All That Is: A Naturalistic Faith for the Twenty-First Century by Arthur
Peacocke (Philip Clayton, editor) is reviewed by Jeremy Craddock.
[See contents and more] 'Arthur Peacocke’s last book, written when he knew he was dying. In a 50-page essay, he seeks to distil his thinking over many years; then come ten responses, of about ten pages each, by other theologians.'
Adam Ford reviews three books: The Language
of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis Collins [See contents and more], Christ of the Everyday by Jeff Astley, and
The Big Questions by Jonathan Hill.
‘Collins discovered the digital elegance of DNA. Uncovering this most re-markable of all texts (which he calls the “language of God”) was, he records, “an occasion for worship”. He sees God working through evolution (theistic evolution), and is puzzled by the fashion for creation-ism in the United States.’
‘Have courage,
counsels Astley; tread your own journey, be brave — do your own thing.’
Hill's 'aim is the critical pursuit of wisdom, which leads him to plunge immediately into questions raised by Early Church theology. Supported by a rich selection of paragraph-length quotations from his sources, he leads the reader clearly through the conundrums of faith, hopping easily from the third century to the 20th, and back again.’
The Blackwell
Companion to the Bible and Culture, edited by John F. A. Sawyer is reviewed
by Richard Harries [See contents and more]. 'The influence of the Bible in the past has been incalculable, and this Companion sets out at least some of the ways in which that can be traced. John Sawyer admits that, despite its 30 substantial essays, it is highly selective, and readers will not find in it all they might hope
to see discussed. Nevertheless, this is probably as comprehensive an approach as one could expect to find anywhere, and there is much of interest and use.'
Temptation
and Testing by Paul Butler is reviewed by Jeremy Crossley. 'Reminding us that the Greek word for temptation can also mean testing, he explains the original significance of the word, and shows how we can respond to temptation in such a way that we grow more and more into the likeness of Jesus. And that is the aim of the whole book.'
Canada
Parishes
British Columbia: Brentwood Bay, Brentwood Chapel (British Columbia)
British Columbia: Saanichton, St
Mary (British Columbia)
British Columbia: West
Coast Shared Ministry [St Columba, Tofino;
St Aidan on the Hill, Ucluelet] (British Columbia)
Resources
The Church Bookroom: Kingston, Ontario. 'a ministry of the Diocese of Ontario
dedicated to providing books and other resources for Christian education,
faith, worship and ministry. We are committed to providing personalized service
to individuals, churches and the wider community.'
International
Order of St Luke the Physician:
Ontario chapter. 'a ministry of the Diocese of Ontario dedicated
to providing books and other resources for Christian education, faith,
worship and ministry. We are committed to providing personalized service
to individuals, churches and the wider community.'
Church
History
"A
More Ample Ordination": Sermon
in Reply to the "First Subsidiary
Reason" Given by Wm. Bacon Stevens,
of the P.E. Church, on Friday, September
30th, 1881, for Re-ordaining a Moravian
Presbyter, A Deacon, by William Henry
Rice (1881). This sermon includes a long
discussion of the re-ordination by an
American Episcopal bishop of a Moravian
clergyman in 1881. It is an important
waymark in Anglican-Moravian relations.
England
Deaneries
Alresford
Deanery [30 churches] (Winchester)
Battle
and Bexhill Deanery [18 churches] (Chichester)
Crewkerne and
Ilminster Deanery [60 churches] (Bath and Wells)
Dover Deanery [21 churches] (Canterbury)
Parishes
Ashford, Christ Church (Canterbury)
Canterbury, City
Centre Parish [St Peter with St Alphege and St Margaret; St Mildred
with St Mary de Castro ] (Canterbury)
Deal, St Andrew (Canterbury)
Deal, St George (Canterbury)
Resources
Launde Abbey: Retreat house
and conference centre of the Diocese of Leicester.
Episcopal
Elections or Announcements
Complete
On 12 October 2007 the Diocese of Quebec elected Dennis Drainville
as coadjutor bishop. The Anglican Journal has more
information here.
Japan
Kindergartens
Aiko Kindergarten. Ashiya,
Hyogo Prefecture. Affiliated with the Diocese of Osaka.
Hanazono Kindergarten. Odawara,
Kanagawa Prefecture. Affiliated with the Diocese of Yokohama.
Shimodate Kindergarten.
Shimodate, Ibaraki Prefecture. Affiliated with the Diocese of Kitakanto.
Letters
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a read. Write a letter of your own to
us for possible publication.
News
Centre
Anglicanism said to be growing again. MontrŽal votes for same-sex blessings. Australian General Synod begins in Canberra. Food fight in Central Africa. Melanesian Brothers' conference on Guadalcanal. New Japanese hymnal, first since 1959. C of E parishes to rebel against their bishops. US Presiding bishop speaks to her flock. Archbishop of Sydney explains his thinking. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
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Anglican
Orthodox Church in Canada: Site includes a brief history of
this group with a presence in Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia.
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USA
Parishes
Vermont: Slate Valley Regional
Ministry [St Mark, Castleton; St Luke, Fairhaven; Trinity Church,
Poultney; St Paul, Wells] (Vermont)
Vacancies
Centre
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United
States: Church of the Good Shepherd, Punta Gorda, Flordia:
Director (Headmaster/Headmistress) Lower - Middle School (Southwest
Florida)
For
more information on this and other listings, see our Vacancies
Centre. Also scan
vacancy pages on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.
World
Parishes
St Vincent: St
Matthew's Parish [St Matthew, Biabou; St Sylvan, Stubbs;
St Mark, Greggs] (Windward Islands)
Worth
Noting
A different kind of truth: finding love and redemption in the Anglican Church. Princeton student, Emily Garcia, tells her story.
Anglicanism
and Protestantism: Alister McGrath writes in the Church of Ireland
Gazette.
Converting
to the RCL: Alan Lewis of Calvary Church,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania writes in The Living Church (Milwaukee)
on lectionary change afoot.
Wealth
creation can atone for the sins of Mammon: Peter Mullen writes
in the Times (London). 'But we should not serve money: for that is
the sin of Mammon. The City [of London] must look beyond itself to
the values of the City of God.' |
