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Week of 2 August 2009

Australia
Resources
Spiritus: 'Spiritus brings together into one organisation the combined strengths and heritage of St Luke's Nursing Service, Anglicare Southern Queensland and Anglican Care of The Aged. We deliver community care [...] helping our clients maintain their independence and live a healthier life in their own homes.'

Book Reviews
Adrian Thatcher reviews two books on sex for the Church Times (London).

Richard Cross reviews The New SCM Dictionary of Church History, Volume 1: From the Early Church to 1700, by Robert Benedetto. (Church Times, London)

John Binns reviews Orthodoxy: Evolving Tradition, by David N. Bell. (Church Times, London)

Canada
Parishes
Ontario: Brooklin, St Thomas (Toronto)
Ontario: Haliburton Anglicans [St George, Haliburton; St Margaret, Wilberforce] (Toronto)
Ontario: Ida, St John (Toronto)
Ontario: Parish of Perrytown [St Anne, Bewdley; St George, Gores Landing; St Paul, Perrytown] (Toronto)

England
Parishes
Hurworth, All Saints (Durham)
Ipswich, St Augustine (St Edmundsbury and Ipswich)
Ipswich, St Thomas (St Edmundsbury and Ipswich)
Rendlesham, St Felix and St Gregory (St Edmundsbury and Ipswich)
Welland, St James (Worcester)

Episcopal Elections
Ongoing
The Diocese of Kentucky has a useful collection of pages about its bishop search and transition committee. 'This webpage will evolve throughout the course of the search and transition, detailing the current work of the committees and anticipating the next steps in this exciting journey.'

Events
Australia, 13 September 2009: Back to Church Sunday
'thousands of people across Australia will be inviting someone special back to church with them. People lose touch with church for all sorts of reasons but millions would come back with an invitation.'

USA, 13 September 2009: Back to Church Sunday
'What would happen if every church member invited just one person to church?'

UK, 27 September 2009: Back to Church Sunday
'half a million people will be inviting someone special back to church with them'.

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Squib. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
Parishes
Missouri: Columbia, Hope Church (Missouri)
New Hampshire: Berlin, St Barnabas (New Hampshire)
New Hampshire: Claremont, Trinity Church (New Hampshire)
New Hampshire: Lancaster, St Paul (New Hampshire)
Rhode Island: Hope Valley, St Elizabeth (Rhode Island)

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
Crowning glory or clowning folly: Steve Parish writes for the Guardian (London) on a proposed £10m corona for Westminster Abbey.

Look, no hands: Christopher Howse writes for the Telegraph (London) on church clocks. His enthusiasm was inspired by Hugh Rock's new book with the likely title of Church Clocks.

TV and parables of our time: 'Diane Winston appreciates good television, studies it, and brings many of its creators into her religion and media classes at the University of Southern California. In what some have called a renaissance in television drama, we examine how TV is helping us tell our story and work through great confusions in contemporary life.' A fine recent episode from American Public Media's Speaking of Faith programme.

Week of 26 July 2009

Africa
Dioceses
Liberia: Diocese of Liberia - http://liberia.anglican.org

Book Reviews
Bernice Martin reviews Words Made Flesh: Writings in Pastoral and Practical Theology, by Elaine Graham.

James Woodward reviews Speaking of Dying: A Practical Guide to Using Counselling Skills in Palliative Care, by Louis Heyse-Moore.

Canada
Parishes
British Columbia: Trail, St Andrew and St George (Kootenay)

Church History
Bishop Butler Society. 'Bishop Joseph Butler lived from 1692 to 1752 and served successively as bishop of Bristol and of Durham in the Church of England. He is the author of Fifteen Sermons preached at the Rolls Chapel and the Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed.'

England
Parishes
Freckleton, Holy Trinity (Blackburn)
Greenlands, St Anne (Blackburn)
Stalmine, St James (Blackburn)

Essays
What Didn't Happen at General Convention 2009—and What Did?. Bishop Pierre Whalon writes for AO, answering both of these worthwhile questions.

Events
Canada: Nova Scotia, Halifax, 3-11 June 2010: General Synod 2010
'The next General Synod national meeting will be held at St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. While in Halifax, General Synod delegates will join with the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island to celebrate 300 years of continuous worship in their diocese.'

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
C of E: reach out to the bald and bulging. Zimbabwe government blocks consecration of bishop. Mombasa clerics clash over Kadhi courts. Untouched by sub-human hands? More aftermath of the US General Convention. English bishops hold their nerve. C of E General Synod reports now available. No one expects the Spanish inquisition. Archbishops recommend against sharing chalice. A matter of loaf and death. Where the bishop gets the stink. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Not in the Communion
Igreja Anglicana Reformada: 'The Reformed Anglican Church is a missionary district born with the desire to reach the millions of Brazilian who don't know Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. Also, we began our missionary work as a response to the crisis of faith and leadership in Brazilian Church. The district's mission is concentrated in church-planting, discipleship and training new leaders for the 21st Century.'

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USA
Parishes
Michigan: Flushing, Trinity Church (Eastern Michigan)

Schools and Education
Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys. Washington, DC. 'Launched in the fall of 2008, [this school] provides a faith-based, academically rigorous, family-oriented, and financially accessible Episcopal education to boys in chronically underserved areas east of the Anacostia River.'

National Cathedral School for Girls. Washington, DC. 'Episcopal, independent college preparatory school for girls in grades 4-12.' Founded in 1900.

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
Guidance on communion during swine flu pandemic: 'The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have written to Bishops in the Church of England recommending the suspension of the sharing of the chalice at communion. The Archbishops' letter follows advice from the Department of Health not to share "common vessels" for food or drink.'

The Real Decline of Churches: Diana Butler Bass writes for Beliefnet. 'For decades now, the conventional wisdom about church growth has been that only conservative churches—those that take the Bible literally and embrace conservative politics—could grow. But it appears that conventional wisdom is being seriously questioned.'