Week
of 20 December 2009
Advent Resources
Thinking Antiphons. Our friends at Thinking Anglicans are publishing a series of reflections on the O Antiphons. So far, see O Sapientia, O Adonai, O Radix Jesse, and O Clavis David.
Festival of Lessons and Carols. Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly (Public Broadcasting Service) has a fine collection of audio and video about this wonderful service. See especially the interviews with Victoria Sirota and William Edwards.
Africa
Parishes
Oke-fia, All Souls (Osun)
Book of Common Prayer
Na Soqoni Tabu: Na Veitarataravi Ni Noda Veiqaravi Kei Na Kalou (1966). AO Editor Richard Mammana has digitized this service for Holy Communion in Fijian. Fijian is a major Austronesian language spoken in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
Book
Reviews
Peter McGeary reviews Prayer and Prophecy: The Essential Kenneth Leech, edited by David Bunch and Angus Ritchie.
Jeremy Craddock and Adam Ford review a selection of books on evolution, Darwin, science, Darwinism, and theology for the Church Times (London).
England
Parishes
Battersea, St Luke (Southwark)
Battersea, St Matthew (Southwark)
Battersea, St Peter (Southwark)
Mears Ashby Group (Petersborough)
Tooting, All Saints (Southwark)
Resources
Mothers' Union Guildford
Mothers' Union in Manchester
Episcopal
Elections
Ongoing
The Diocese of Wyoming has announced a slate of nominees for its next bishop. See the bishop-search website.
Events
Canada: Alberta, Edmonton, 18-20 May 2010: Vital Church Planting Conference
Sponsored by the Diocese of Edmonton, Fresh Expressions Canada and the Wycliffe College Institute of Evangelism. 'a venue where some of the most creative and entrepreneurial leaders of our church—bishops, clergy and lay leaders from across the country—are gathering to network, learn, pray, and strategize together. After three years hosted in Toronto, we are looking forward to our first VCP West to be held in Edmonton'.
Letters
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News
Centre
Church and state in Zimbabwe. More on the Kairos/Canada dispute.
Billboard furor in New Zealand. Church and politics in Nigeria. Who's
going to church, and why. Consecration of the Bishop of Guyana. Final
draft of proposed Anglican Covenant. RCs being drawn to Anglican
Use liturgy. British bishop apologizes for Taliban remarks. Rewards
for virgins. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
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in the Communion
Reformed Episcopal Church Diocese of Central and Eastern Canada: Based in Ontario.
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USA
Parishes
Montana: Upper Yellowstone Churches [St Mark, Big Timber; St John, Emigrant; St Andrew, Livingston] (Montana) [Music attack]
Texas: Austin, St Julian of Norwich (Texas)
Texas: Marlin, St John (Texas)
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Wales
Resources
Llandaff Mothers' Union
Worth
Noting
'Because I love God': Stephen Bates writes for the Guardian (London). 'With some leading Anglicans calling for gay people to be killed (and the archbishop [of Canterbury] staying quiet), we visited one congregation to see if they're still proud to be CofE.'
Rejoice, rejoice. Diarmaid MacCulloch writes for the Observer (London). 'The Church of England has taken a pounding from critics, but Rowan Williams has reasons to be cheerful as Christmas approaches, says a leading Anglican historian and commentator.' |
