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Week of 18 May 2008

Africa
Dioceses
Diocese of Antsiranana http://antsiranana.anglican.org

Book Reviews
Gladstone: God and Politics, by Richard Shannon, reviewed by Michael Wheeler.

Truly Divine and Truly Human: The Story of Christ and the Seven Ecumenical Councils, by Stephen W. Need, reviewed by Andrew Davison.

Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis, by Michael Ward reviewed by Mike Starkey.

Church History
The Church of England in Northern and Central Europe (1885). The retired Bishop of Rangoon addresses the challenges and promises of expatriate English religion on the Continent.

A Handbook on Welsh Church Defence, by Alfred George Edwards (1894). Edwards writes a densely-argued case against the disestablishment of the Church in Wales; he subsequently served as first archbishop of the disestablished church.

England
Parishes
Belvedere, St Augustine of Canterbury (Rochester)
Bostall Heath, St Andrew (Rochester)
Bures, St Mary (St Edmundsburg and Ipswich)
Falconwood, Bishop Ridley Church (Rochester)
Hutton, All Saints and St Peter (Chelmsford)
Welling, St John the Evangelist (Rochester)

Japan
Parishes
Toyohashi, Church of the Ascension (Chubu)

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Church and State in Britain and Zimbabwe. Peeking at signups for Lambeth and GAFCON. Two women bishops in a row in Edmonton. Uganda archbishop vs US presiding bishop. ABC writes to Anglican bishops. Paul Handley interviews Gene Robinson. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Not in the Communion
Anglican Way Institute: A ministry of the Reformed Episcopal Church sponsoring annual conferences. 'Through worship, prayer, teaching, practical instruction, and fellowship, we seek to form the essentials of the Anglican Way in the youngest adult generation that they might become mature disciples equipped to disciple the nations according to Jesus' Great Commission.'

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Thanks
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USA
Parishes
New York: Avon, Zion Church (Rochester)
New York: Headwaters Mission [Trinity Church, Boonville; St Paul, Constableville; St Mark, Port Leyden] (Central New York)

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.

Australia: (Adelaide) Mission Facilitator

Canada: Parish of Arundel and Weir (Montreal) Rector

For more information on this and other listings, see our Vacancies Centre. Also scan vacancy pages on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.

Wales
Parishes
Parish of Llandyfodwg and Cwm Ogwr [St David, Wyndham; St Twyfodwg, Glyn Ogwr] (Llandaff)
Parish of Llansantffraid, Bettws and Aberkenfig [St Bride, Llansantffraid; St David, Bettws; St John, Aberkenfig] (Llandaff)

World
Dioceses
Diocese of Chota Nagpur http://chotanagpur.anglican.org

Youth resources
Beulah Enterprises. Opening the world of imaginative spiritual play. 'We offer for sale high quality, unique and innovative resources to inspire imaginative spiritual play, celebration, and learning. As we grow we will provide financial support to the Children’s Mission and job skills training and employment opportunities for inner-city families.'

Worth Noting
After the Fires of London: Christopher Howse writes in the Telegraph (London) 'Of the 36 Anglican churches in the City of London, only 12 should stay open for worship with full-time clergymen, a commission under Lord Templeman recommended in 1994. The rest might be put to other ecclesiastical use or "appropriate secular purposes".'

Preparing for the Lambeth Conference: Dave Walker, our favourite artistic Anglican opinionator by a very long shot, has a fine cartoon as usual.

The Struggle to be Truthful: Simon Barrow writes on the messy business of interpreting church attendance statistics. 'The problem of truthfulness in all this (the quest to portray accurately what is being measured or claimed about something) is that statistics are subject to a host of variables that don’t immediately assist headline writers and summarisers.'

Week of 11 May 2008

Africa
Resources
Family Life Education Programme: 'The Family Life Education Programme (FLEP) is programme based in Southern Uganda, in the Diocese of Busoga. Its mission is to improve the health and welfare of the people of the Busoga region, and this is achieved through a variety of health and social programmes.'

Australia
Schools and Education
Beaconhills College. Berwick, Victoria. High School in the Diocese of Melbourne. An independent school operated by three parishes: two Anglican, one Uniting Church.

Book Reviews
Stephen Platten reviews Ecumenical Reception: Its Challenge and Opportunity, by William G. Rusch and Rome and Canterbury: The Elusive Search for Unity, by Mary Reath.

Sharing the Blessing: Overcoming Poverty and Working for Justice, by Kathy Galloway, reviewed by John Armson.

James Ussher: Theology, History and Politics in Early-modern Ireland and England, by Alan Ford, reviewed by Judith Maltby.

Discussion boards
The Anglican Examiner: An online forum devoted to religion and public affairs from an Anglican perspective.

England
Parishes
Dorking, St John the Baptist, Capel (Guildford)

Resources
ACORA Link. Archbishops' Commission on Rural Areas (Faith in the Countryside) Chichester Branch. This website is updated with some frequency, and it provides a good amount of information on 'Recording - Informing - Challenging - Celebrating the Rural Church'.

Events
England: Leighton Buzzard, 24 May 2008: Community of the Resurrection Companions Day: The Emmaus Road in the 21st Century
'It has been a long tradition for the Community of the Resurrection to hold an annual day for Companions, Associates, and Friends. Anyone interested in the work of the Community and Friends are also welcome. The superior and a number of members of the Community will also be present.' For more information please contact kevinmalden@yahoo.co.uk or write to CCR, 7 Prae Close, St Albans, Herts, AL3 4SF, United Kingdom.

England: Durham, 9 July 2008: English Cathedral Music: The Long Nineteenth Century to the Present
'This study day will consider the English cathedral music tradition from the long nineteenth century to the present, especially explorations of its qualities as a musical tradition and its unique place in both national and religious identity. The term 'English Cathedral music' embraces music performed by all heirs to the tradition, including college chapel choirs and other choral ensembles, both here and abroad, that come within its influence.' We wish we could attend.

Ireland
Parishes
Diamond Grange, St Paul (Armagh)
Milltown, St Andrew (Armagh)

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Fewer conservatives to boycott Lambeth. Two new bishops in Uganda. Church of Nigeria formally bans polygamy. Canadian court rules for Diocese of Niagara. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
Parishes
Illinois: LaSalle County Episcopal Ministry [Christ Church, Ottawa; St Andrew, Farm Ridge; St Paul, LaSalle; Christ Church, Streator] (Chicago)
Pennsylvania: Somerset, St Francis-in-the-Fields (Pittsburgh)

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.

USA: St Andrew, Wellesley (Massachusetts) Music Director / Organist.

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World
Parishes
Brazil: São Luís do Maranhão, Ponto Missionário em São Luís do Maranhão (Recife)

Worth Noting
The celestial fire that brings us new life and inspiration: Bishop Geoffrey Rowell writes in The Times (London). 'Our calling is to "set love in order”, to be shaped and ordered, we might say, by the internet of the Spirit, the Lord and the Giver of life, who "alone can order the unruly wills and passions of sinful men”. And that grace and that life is at the heart of the Church’s being, and of what it is to be human, and so at Pentecost we pray: 'Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, and lighten with celestial fire!" for "the Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world. Alleluia!" [Amen—Ed.]

Trinity Sunday resources: Our friends at Full Homely Divinity have posted a characteristically fine collection about hymns and customs connected with Trinity Sunday. Mark your calendars! (If you have not completed your celebration of Whitsunday, some helpful resources are available here.)

We condemn torture, rape - anything that uses another’s body for our own purpose - Shouldn’t we show embryos similar respect?: The Archbishop of Canterbury writes in The Daily Mail on the House of Commons debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.