Week of 16 December 2007
Advent
Advent Art calendar. 'Advent
Art is an online advent calendar showcasing the work of 24 Gloucestershire artists. The diversity of each of these digital treats reflects
the creativity of the arts community in our area. We have put this calendar together as a
tribute to the arts, the artists and the audiences that give meaning to our work. There is no theme, it is simply art for art's sake.'
Full
Homely Divinity Advent
calendar.
Liturgy: Worship that works — spirtuality that connects: O
Antiphons.
Paperless Christmas Advent calendar.
The
Crossroads Initiative O Antiphons of Advent.
The Great O Antiphons from
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
Associations, Guilds
Anglican Indigenous Network: 'We are indigenous minority peoples living in our own lands. We
are committed to the Anglican tradition while affirming our traditional spirituality. We have discovered that we have many things in
common: a common spirituality, common concerns, common gifts, common hopes. We believe that God is leading the Church to a turning point
in its history and that the full partnership of indigenous peoples is essential.'
Australia
Parishes
South Australia: Port Adelaide, South Australia (Adelaide)
Book Reviews
Christianity, Climate Change and Sustainable Living,
by Nick Spencer and Robert White reviewed by Professor Sir Ghillean Prance, a former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,
and Scientific Director of The Eden Project. 'It certainly contains enough accurate scientific
information to raise the alarm. It also outlines the theological reasons for action, and gives much practical advice on environmentally
sound living.'
Selfish Genes
and Christian Ethics: The Theological-ethical Implications of Evolutionary Biology,
by Neil Messer reviewed by the Revd Jeremy Craddock, who was formerly a forensic biologist. '[Unlike
Dawkins and Stephen J Gould,] Neil Messer started out in molecular biology, and is therefore well able to understand the arguments
about the gene. Being a theologian who has teaching and research interests in Christian ethics, biomedical ethics, and the science
and theology debate, he can talk with authority about the ethical implications of Darwinism — much more so than people who
can see only one side of the argument.'
Places of
Redemption: Theology for a Worldly Church, by Mary McClintock
Fulkerson reviewed by Canon Professor Percy, Principal of Ripon College. [Read
parts of the book.] 'Congregations often marginalise people with profound disabilities, or those people who are racially, sexually,
or economically “other”. They may not intend to, of course. But our churches are also our comfort zones, and therefore
are places in which we are often blind to our prejudices, and unconscious of our exclusivity... For all who want to understand
how congregations can practise (not just preach) deep hospitality, this work provides an effervescent and critical ecclesiological
framework to engage with. It deserves to be widely read and attentively studied.
Canada
Parishes
British Columbia: Victoria, St Martin in the Fields and St Columba (British Columbia)
Church History
The
History of the Church of England in Queensland, by Keith Rayner (1962). This doctorial thesis was written by the retired Archbishop
of Melbourne and Primate of Australia.
England
Parishes
Westcliff-on-Sea, St Michael and All Angels (Chelmsford)
Westcott, Holy Trinity (Guildford)
Resources
St Nicholas Cole Abbey: A National Centre for Religious Education. London. 'Since
1144, St Nicholas Cole Abbey has variously served the City of London in many ways. Now there is an additional opportunity for it to serve
the country as a whole, by providing a unique and much-needed National Centre for Religious Education. The Centre's work and activities
will reach out, to benefit children and teachers nationwide. Its resources will be web networked to all schools through its associated REonline.'
Letters to Anglicans Online
Have a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible publication.
New Zealand
Parishes
Auckland (Point Chevalier), Church of the Ascension (Auckland)
News Centre
Christmas and Advent messages from ABC. Australian Primate condemns Israeli occupation. Reconstituting the Diocese of San Joaquin. ABC
did not endorse Southern Cone invitation. New Anglican representative to Rome. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Not in the Communion
Province of Convocation of The Restoration Episcopal Churches: Diocese of Saint James.
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USA
Parishes
Indiana: Goshen, St James (Northern Indiana)
Indiana: Mishawaka, St Paul (Northern Indiana)
Indiana: New Albany, St Paul (Indianapolis)
New Hampshire: Laconia, St James (New Hampshire)
New York: Cohoes, St John (Albany)
Vermont: Woodstock, St James (Vermont)
Resources
St Andrew's Place. Birmingham, Alabama. 'a nonprofit corporation established in 1973,
as a ministry of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Alabama, in response to the need for community residences for deinstitutionalized
clients of the state mental health system. With help from the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, the program located three large homes within
walking distance of St. Andrew's Church that were easily converted to group home use. The program began operations with 21 residents
and over the years has grown to accommodate over 30 residents.'
Sawyerville Work Project.
'a project sponsored by the Youth Department of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama and the Episcopal Black Belt Ministries; a day camp
for economically disadvantaged children and youth in Hale County, Alabama; an opportunity for senior high youth and college students
to experience the challenge and reward of servant leadership in the context of Christian community'.
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.
Worth Noting
Buying Green for Christmas? Sure?: 'A new report ranks major
chains stores on their efforts to reduce their carbon emissions. Wood Turner of ClimateCounts.org gives the nonprofit's advice on where
the eco-conscious should shop.' From American National Public Radio.
O
Little Town of Wintershall: Joanna Moorehead writes in the Times (London) on a remarkable nativity play in Surrey.
Paperless Christmas: There
is enough of Advent left to enjoy all of this very fine Advent calendar. |
