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Week of 27 December 2009

Christmas Messages from around the Communion
The Anglican Communion Office

Archbishop of Dublin

The Church in Wales

Primus of Scotland

Archbishop of York

Book of Common Prayer
Ka Buke o ka Pule Ana a Me Ka Hooko Ana (1862). Portions of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer are now available online in Hawaiian in a transcription by AO editor Richard Mammana, with an introduction by Chad Wohlers.

Book Reviews
Joanne Grenfell reviews The Story of Holy Island: An Illustrated History, by Kate Tristram.

Bernard Palmer reviews Unutterable Love: The Passionate Life and Preaching of F. W. Robertson, by Christina Beardsley.

John Armson reviews Writing in the Sand: Jesus, Spirituality and the Soul of the Gospels, by Thomas Moore with An Altar in the World: Finding the Sacred beneath Our Feet, by Barbara Brown Taylor.

England
Parishes
Lower Churn Benefice (Gloucester)

Resources
Mothers' Union, Diocese of Bristol

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Diocese in Uganda proposed to be split. Archbishop of Wales vs BNP. Archbishop of Canterbury survives. Archbishop of York condemns Uganda bill. Police still disrupting Anglican services in Zimbabwe. Astral mystery in Nova Scotia. Church of England seeks to attract young folk. Bishop 'abandons' church to vie for parliament. Research shows sharp decline in faith in Britain. Shoplifting is sometimes OK? All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Scotland
Parishes
Burntisland, St Serf (St Andrews Dunkeld and Dunblane)

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USA
Parishes
Maine: Eastport, Christ Church (Maine)
Maine: Lisbon Falls, St Matthew (Maine)
Massachusetts: Holbrook, St John (Massachusetts)

Vacancies Centre
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Worth Noting
The bells are ringing—but for how long?: Rachel Shields writes for the Independent. 'An essential part of the soundtrack of Britain, church bellringing relies on a dwindling number of skilled ringers who dash from tower to tower.'

A guide to Christmas worship for novice churchgoers: From BBC News Magazine. 'Churchgoing can be daunting: we live in an age of choice, and religion is no exception. But wherever you go, bear in mind Christmas is a season of goodwill. You will be welcome, even if you feel something of a stranger.'


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 to Anglicans Online
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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.

Not 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)

Vacancies Centre
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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.'

 

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