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Week of 15 November 2009

Advent Resources
We've linked to our page well in advance of Advent, so you can prepare for Advent! We'll add any news listings just below.

The Center for Excellence in Preaching offers a collection of Advent resources, including lectionary material, sample sermons, and basic information. Although compiled from a specifically Reformed perspective, it looks useful to all Christians.

Australia
Parishes
Australian Capital Territory: Deakin and Yarralumla, St Luke (Canberra and Goulburn)
Australian Capital Territory: Lanyon Valley, Lanyon Valley Anglican Church (Canberra and Goulburn)

Book Reviews
Jonathan Ewer reviews Joyful Christianity: Finding Jesus in the World, by Cally Hammond and The Road Well Travelled: Exploring Traditional Christian Spirituality, by David Winter.

Dana Delap reviews The Celtic Resource Book, by Martin Wallace and Together for a Season: All-age Resources for Feasts and Festivals of the Christian Year, edited by Gill Ambrose.

Penny Seabrook reviews a roundup of Advent books.

England
Parishes
Bottesford with Ashby Team (Lincoln)
Weymouth, Emmanuel Church (Salisbury)

Japan
Parishes
Fukagawa, St Saviour (Tokyo) [Sunday school website]

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Sound and light in Durham. On the Gospel of Prosperity. Vatican publishes text of Anglicanorum Cœtibus. Uganda church 'clarifies' its stance. Destructive restoration at Mirfield? ABC warns of chaos and uncertainty. Same-gender blessings for Southern Ohio. First Pakistani woman priest ordained. Christians demand return of confiscated Malay bibles. Nassau priest wants permission to lie about his age. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Religious Orders
Sisters of Jesus' Way: An Evangelical Anglican community of Sisters in the Diocese of Chester (UK), founded in 1979. Guest house ministries include retreats and support groups.

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USA
Parishes
Colorado: Central City, St Paul (Colorado)
Minnesota: Grand Rapids, Christ Church (Minnesota)

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.

Canada: St Peter's Church, Erindale (Toronto) Children, Youth and Family minister

World
Dioceses
Philippines: Diocese of Santiago - http://santiago.anglican.org

Worth Noting
Alban Webinars: 'The Alban Institute was founded in 1974 as a major resource for American congregations facing the challenges of a changing society.' Its newest resources are webinars (website seminars).

A sermon at a Service to mark the Passing of the World War One Generation: This sermon was 'given by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day 2009, following the deaths of the last remaining UK veterans of World War One. The service marked the passing not only of the veterans of that conflict, but also the whole generation whose lives spanned the twentieth century.' Read or listen on the ABC's website.

Seven Bishops for Copenhagen: 'We weren't sure if they would run with the idea, however out of the seven Bishops we photographed five agreed to have the writing on their heads which I think is a great success rate and I was really impressed with how up for the idea they were.' No, not these seven bishops.

Week of 8 November 2009

Advent Resources
We've linked to our page well in advance of Advent, so you can prepare for Advent! We'll add any news listings just below.

Advent Traditions.com: Advent calendars of all shapes, materials and sizes may be ordered through this site.

Africa
Dioceses
Nigeria: Diocese of Nsukka - http://nsukka.anglican.org
Nigeria: Diocese of Ogoni - http://ogoni.anglican.org

Australia
Parishes
New South Wales: Wallsend, St Luke (Newcastle)

Book Reviews
Euan Cameron reviews Cardinal Wolsey: A Life in Renaissance Europe, by Stella Fletcher.

Bridget Nichols reviews A Theology of Women's Priesthood, by Ali Green.

Kenneth Stevenson reviews Embracing Purpose: Essays on God, the World and the Church, by Geoffrey Wainwright.

Church History
British State Prayers Project. 'For four hundred years, from the 1540s to the 1940s, English monarchs and British governments summoned the nation to special acts of public worship, whether in times of crisis (e.g. conspiracies, plague, bad weather) or celebration (e.g. military victories, royal births). Most of these events are unstudied, and their long history - a remarkable continuity between early-modern and recent times - remains obscure. This project will for the first time bring together information and texts for these special observances, define their nature and purposes, and demonstrate their wider religious, political and cultural significance.'

England
Parishes
Coley, St John the Baptist (Wakefield) [MIDI Attack]
Market Rasen, St Thomas (Lincoln)
Middle Rasen, St Peter and St Paul (Lincoln)
Spalding, St John (Lincoln)

Episcopal Elections
Ongoing
The Diocese of Western New York has an informative website about its ongoing bishop-search process. 'The Bishop Search Committee has one purpose and one purpose only: to be guided by the Holy Spirit in calling the most qualified priests to be candidates for the 11th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York. There is no litmus test: we invite applications from everyone. We are of one mind about valuing openness and diversity.'

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Prince of Wales attends church. In Canada. Dunedin elections a liberal bishop. Church of England keeps mum on bad investment. Church school burnt down in Pakistan. Church and State in Uganda. Anglican silence on Uganda anti-homosexuality bill. Four new dioceses in Sudan. Thought for the Day: Reform or die. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
Parishes
Iowa: Council Bluffs, St Paul (Iowa)
Iowa: Marshalltown, St Paul (Iowa)
Iowa: Mount Pleasant, St Michael (Iowa)
Nevada: Fallon, Trinity Church (Nevada)

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.

World
Dioceses
Pakistan: Diocese of Sialkot - http://sialkot.anglican.org

Worth Noting
Letters of Bishop John Dauglish to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Read his epistles to the SPG in the Nassau Quarterly. Don't know who Bishop Dauglish is? Another reason to read his letters then.

Meet the Primate-elect — Nigerian-style: An interview with the Right Reverend Nicholas Okoh. Well, sort of an interview.

Thirty-five years of women in charge: The Guardian writes of the parallels between women ascending to the priesthood and the rise of women as rabbis in Judaism.