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Week of 18 October 2009

Book Reviews
Naomi Starkey reviews Does God Hate Women? by Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom.

Kevin O'Donnell reviews Seeking Life: The Baptismal Invitation of the Rule of St Benedict, by Esther de Waal.

Martyn Percy reviews The Church in Anglican Theology: A Historical, Theological and Ecumenical Exploration, by Kenneth A. Locke.

Canada
Parishes
Nova Scotia: Parish of Three Harbours [St Paul the Apostle, Antigonish; St Mary the Virgin, Bayfield; Holy Trinity, Country Harbour] (Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)

England
Parishes
Eythorne Benefice (Canterbury)
Wingerworth, All Saints (Derby)

Episcopal Elections
Ongoing
The Diocese of Upper South Carolina has announced the names of five candidates in its search for an eighth diocesan bishop. More information is available here.

Events
USA: Virginia, Alexandria, 2009-2010: The Prayer Book At 30
'On September 12, 1979, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church approved the 1979 edition of the Book of Common Prayer for final adoption. Unlike its predecessors the 1979 edition included a paradigm shift designed to meet the different needs and hopes of a late Twentieth Century Church. Each of the lectures in the Prayer Book at 30 series will focus on innovative aspects of the Book of Common Prayer 1979, comparing expectations with actual experience, and looking for emerging trends in its continuing use.'

Exchanges
England --> New Zealand
'I am 52 and Vicar of a church in the Diocese of Liverpool, England. The church was built in 1747 and is situated near the coast, 15 miles north of the city. My wife is Jill and she is a primary school teacher. We would like to arrange an exchange with a member of the clergy and/or teacher in New Zealand for a period of two to four months starting in August 2010 or as soon as possible after that.' Contact Paul Ormrod on paul.ormrod1@btinternet.com.

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Gambling in Sydney. New bishop for Pittsburgh. Owadayo to retire. Church and State in South Africa. Politics and women bishops in the Church of England. Cost of English bishops is increasing. New secretary general of the Anglican Indigenous Network. Australian priests in trouble. Compass Rose Society annual meeting minus guest speaker. Heritage funding to help Hobart's cathedral. A fire-eating vicar. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Scotland
Parishes
Broughty Ferry, St Mary (Brechin)
Downfield, St Luke (Brechin)

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USA
Parishes
Arizona: Benson, St Raphael in the Valley (Arizona)
Arizona: Tucson, St Alban (Arizona)
Oklahoma: Holdenville, St Paul (Oklahoma)
Virginia: Altavista, St Peter (Southwestern Virginia)
Virginia: Fincastle, St Mark (Southwestern Virginia)

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
Glo Bible, Glow: 'high-resolution photos, virtual tours, interactive timelines and a slick, youthful publicity campaign'. A gallery worth a look is here from the Guardian (London).

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
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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.