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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publication.
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
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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. |
