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Week of 11 October 2009

Africa
Parishes
Nigeria: Ikare, St John (Akoko)

Book of Common Prayer
Orden de la Santa Comunión del Libro de Oración Común, nuevamente traducido al castellano. The Revd. John Lynch has published a new translation into Spanish of the 1662 BCP's order for Holy Communion.

Book Reviews
John Binns reviews The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, by Philip Jenkins. (Church Times, London)

Mark Oakley reviews three books of a devotional character for the Church Times, London.

England
Parishes
Canwell, St Mary, St Giles and All Saints (Lichfield)
Halstead, St Margaret (Rochester)
Knockholt, St Katharine (Rochester)
South Gillingham Team (Rochester)

Episcopal Elections
Ongoing
The Diocese of Minnesota plans to elect a bishop on 30-31 October 2009. Pending consents, a consecration is scheduled for 13 February 2010. More information is available here.

Letters to Anglicans Online
Have a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible publication.

New Zealand
Parishes
Whangarei District Churches (Auckland)

News Centre
Archbishop of York asks government to tackle prostitution. Covenant would not be Anglican, says Selby. Church of England committee wrestles with compromise on female bishops. Church of England on proposed EU hedge fund regulations. New Diocese in South Africa. New Bishop of Dover. Recent court actions involving US Episcopal Church. All this, and a little more, in the News Centre.

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USA
Parishes
Arkansas: Blytheville, St Stephen (Arkansas)
Arkansas: Camden, St John (Arkansas)
Wyoming: Casper, St Stephen (Wyoming)
Wyoming: Powell, St John (Wyoming)
Wyoming: Sundance, Church of the Good Shepherd (Wyoming)

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
Never more the sound of bells: Christopher Howse writes for the Telegraph (London) on bellmaking in the UK. 'When people ask what Britain is to produce in its struggle to climb from the recession, the answer is a bundle of disparate skilled specialities. One of these, bell-founding, does not figure on any graph of GDP. It is not just a business, but a living tradition.'

Sermon to mark the end of military operations in Iraq: This sermon was delivered on 9 October 2009 by the Archbishop of Canterbury at a service of commemoration to mark the end of [UK] military operations in Iraq, held at St Paul's Cathedral, London. 'The healing and the building up have been at the heart of the efforts of those we commemorate today.  No short-term job, as those in Iraq who are now continuing the work will testify.'

Word on the Street: The former Bishop of Worcester, Dr Peter Selby, has given a detailed critique of the Archbishop of Canterbury's July statement entitled Communion, Covenant and Our Anglican Future. 'The bullying, the threats, the withdrawal of communion, the unilateral invasions of others' territories, have made Anglicanism quite unrecognisable to a significant number of people' he writes.

Week of 4 October 2009

Africa
Parishes
Tunisia: Tunis, St George (Egypt)

Australia
Parishes
Queensland: Woolloongabba, Holy Trinity Church (Brisbane)

Book Reviews
Philip Welsh reviews If You Meet George Herbert on the Road, Kill Him, by Justin Lewis-Anthony.

Richard Harries reviews two books on Samuel Johnson.

William Jacob reviews Christian Mission: How Christianity Became a World Religion, by Dana L. Robert.

England
Parishes
Darenth, St Margaret of Antioch (Rochester)
Dunkinfield, St Mark (Chester)
Hadlow, St Mary (Rochester)
Knightsbridge, St Paul (London)

Episcopal Elections
Ongoing
The Diocese of Louisiana has announced the names of candidates for its episcopal election to be held 5 December 2009. Information about nominees and others aspects of the election process can be found here.

Events
USA: Without ceasing: Diocesan Conventions
The website of the Episcopal Church USA includes this calendar of the many and frequent diocesan conventions of that province.

Letters to Anglicans Online
Have a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible publication.

News Centre
Bishops in the news in Zambia, Kenya, and Nigeria. Notes from the Pacific tsunami. Papal visit to UK expected to be announced soon. Archbishops in the news in Wales and Canada. Mozambique church thriving. Canada denies visa to Burmese Anglicans. British church ownership laws surprise farm owners. Priest in the news in Wales. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
Parishes
Maryland: Oxford, Holy Trinity Church (Easton)
Pennsylvania: Jeanette, Church of the Advent (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. For more information on this and other listings, see our Vacancies Centre. Also scan vacancy pages on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.

USA: Trinity Cathedral (Oregon) Director of Music

World
Parishes
Brazil: Registro, Paróquia de Cristo Rei (São Paulo)

Worth Noting

In the sight of God . . . and the caterers: In the Church Times, Pat Ashworth explores why there's no better place for nuptials than the nave.

Opportunities for Christians in 'post-secular age': In The Times (London), Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, looks for the bright side in a post-Christian age, commenting 'For those of us who are believers, this is a huge opportunity. It is a very exciting time to be a servant of Jesus Christ'.

Toward a Better Way: 'Conservatives cannot afford to play a semantic game that salutes catholic order as a concept (as in the Anglican Communion's nascent covenant) but rejects it in daily practice because expensive property is at stake. [...] Both sides depict themselves as victims who have been forced into lawsuits by malevolent forces. Both sides sink millions of dollars into legal fees, even while loudly proclaiming how much they would rather spend these funds on Christian mission.' An editorial article from The Living Church (Milwaukee) worth reading.

Towards a Pauline education that is free: Ruth Gledhill interviews Martin Stephen, High Master of St Paul's School for Boys. 'Maybe the answer is not to abolish faith schools but to change them so they can operate a less exclusive admissions process.'