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Week of 12 December 2010

Africa
Dioceses
Democratic Republic of Congo: Diocese of Katanga - http://katanga.anglican.org

Australia
Parishes
New South Wales: Bega, St John (Canberra and Goulburn)

Canada
Parishes
New Brunswick: Campobello Island, Welshpool, St Anne (Fredericton)
New Brunswick: Saint John, St Mary and St Bartholomew (Fredericton)

Church Times Book Reviews
Andrew Davison reviews The Church: A Guide for the Perplexed, by Matt Jenson and David E. Wilhite with Eucharist: A Guide for the Perplexed, by Ralph N. McMichael.

Lavinia Byrne reviews The Celtic Quest: A Contemporary Spirituality, by Rosemary Power.

Gillian Leslie reviews St John of the Cross, by Peter Tyler.

England
Parishes
Chigwell Row, All Saints (Chelmsford)
Laindon, St Nicholas (Chelmsford)
Mersea Benefice (Chelmsford)
Newland, St Leonard (Worcester)
Roydon, St Peter (Chelmsford)
Shenfield, St Mary (Chelmsford)
South Ockendon, St Nicholas (Chelmsford)
Wivenhoe, St Mary the Virgin (Chelmsford)

Episcopal Elections
The Diocese of Pittsburgh has scheduled an episcopal election for 21 April 2012. More information is available here.

Europe
Parishes
Netherlands: Zwolle, Anglican Church (Diocese in Europe)

Events
Bethlehem and Washington DC, 18 December 2010: Joint American-Palestinian Service
'Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will lead the service in the United States, with Bishop John Bryson Chane of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, Washington National Cathedral Dean Samuel T. Lloyd and Bishop Richard H. Graham of the Metropolitan D.C. Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In Bethlehem, the service will be led by Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem Suheil Dawani, Bishop Munib Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, and the Rev. Mitri Raheb of Bethlehem's Christmas Lutheran Church.'

Events
USA: New York City, through 27 February 2011: Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
'Three Faiths includes 200 rare and precious works created over the past 1,500 years. Among them, great works of the miniaturist's art and of calligraphy, drawn from all three faiths, delight the eye, as they have done since their creation centuries ago. Manuscript materials are accompanied by some of the most significant printed works of the past 550 years. The scrolls, codices, illuminated manuscripts, and printed volumes are complemented selectively by important bindings, early photographs, prints, maps, and liturgical or ritual objects dating from the fifth century of the Common Era (CE) to the present.' At the New York Public Library.

Letters to Anglicans Online
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New Zealand
Parishes
Richmond, Holy Trinity Church (Nelson)

News Centre
Ancient Christian site in UAE opens to visitors. Worship, Baghdad style. Disgraced Australian bishop officially removed. Wikileaks reveals an Anglican document. Loaves and fishes for sale in the narthex? Baby Jesus sonogram sparks Christmas controversy. Glastonbury dethorned. Dioceses in West Yorkshire might merge. Archbishop to help flush toilet saga. Strong words from Bishop of Texas. More troubles for US seminary. Solar lighting is a gift. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
Parishes
California: Marysville, St John (Northern California)
California: Quincy, Christ the King (Northern California)

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.

USA: Oregon, Portland. Director of Spiritual Care, Legacy Health - Good Samaritan Medical Center

Worth Noting
Churchyleaks: The Guardian reproduces the text of a US diplomatic cable predicting 'winners and losers' in Anglican-Vatican relations. More here from Thinking Anglicans.

Does your church tweet?: The Center for Church Communication says that 'Your church doesn’t need to be on Twitter, but if you’re on there (and promoting it on your home page), you should at least be paying attention when people send you messages'.

How might the Anglican Covenant work in England?: Savi Hensman thinks about this at Ekklesia. 'Whatever the specific issues and responses, it seems likely, however, that the Anglican Covenant in its present form is set to cause more problems than it solves.'

Week of 5 December 2010

Advent Resources
Advent Surprise Calendar 2010. From bustedhalo.com.

Advent Calendar from the Archbishop of York. 'The Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu is to post 24 messages online in preparation for the birthday of Jesus, our Lord and Saviour. His online calendar will reveal a new message every day and this will include prayer, reflection, music, food, presents and the joy of Christmas. '

Advent and Christmas Seasons. This informative page from the United States Conference of [Roman] Catholic Bishops provides some useful material.

Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Advent Calendar. 'The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance is a broad international network of churches and Christian organizations cooperating in advocacy on food and HIV and AIDS. The Alliance is based in Geneva, Switzerland.'

Africa
Parishes
Nigeria: Neni, St Thomas (Awka)

Australia
Parishes
Sydney: Huskisson, Huskisson Anglican Church (Sydney)

Book of Common Prayer
Niobrara Wocekiye Wowapi: The Niobrara Prayer Book (1991). AO Editor Richard Mammana has digitized this Lakota translation of the 1979 BCP of the US Episcopal Church for Chad Wohlers' website. 'The Lakota language represents one of the largest Native American language speech communities left in the United States, with approximately 6,000 speakers living mostly in northern plains states of North Dakota and South Dakota.'

Canada
Parishes
British Columbia: Parish of the North Peace [St Matthias, Cecil Lake; and St Martin, Fort St. John; Church of the Good Shepherd, Taylor] (Caledonia)

Church Times Book Reviews
Andrew Davison reviews The Christian West and Its Singers: The First Thousand Years, by Christopher Page.

Steve Tomkins reviews An Illustrated History of Gospel: Gospel Music from the Early Spirituals to Contemporary Urban, by Steve Turner.

Fraser Steel reviews Betjeman and the Anglican Imagination, by Kevin J Gardiner.

Jeremy Craddock reviews Galileo: Watcher of the Skies, by David Wootton.

Church of England
Cathedrals
Peel, St German's Cathedral, Diocese of Sodor and Man

Parishes
Oxford (Grandpont), St Matthew (Oxford)
Castletown, St Mary on the Harbour (Sodor and Man)
Douglas, St Ninian (Sodor and Man)
Ramsey, St Paul (Sodor and Man)

Events
USA: New York City, 19 December 2010: 100th Annual Reading of Clement Clark Moore poem
Church of the Intercession, 4 p.m. 'After the reading, there will be a lantern procession to Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum, where a wreath will be laid at the grave site of Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), the son of Dr. Benjamin Moore, the sixth rector of Trinity Parish. In 1882, as a Christmas present for his six children, Clement C. Moore wrote the poem that became a classic for all to cherish.'

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Church helps bees weather winter. New Bishop for Northern Michigan. Persecution of Pakistani Christians. Historic lead roofs targeted by thieves. Hue and cry over potential sale of paintings. Bishop installations in Cuba, Rwanda, UK. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
Parishes
Iowa: Chariton, St Andrew (Iowa)
Iowa: Decorah, Grace Church (Iowa)
Iowa: Indianola, Episcopal Church (Iowa)
Texas: Episcopal Church in Parker County (Fort Worth)
Texas: Stephenville, St Luke (Fort Worth)

Wales
Resources
Y Cynnlun Grant Addoldai Rhestredig. Welsh-language version of the website for the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.

Worth Noting
General Synodalia: As ever, the best coverage and collection of resources has been done by Thinking Anglicans.

The pews in the north transept: a remembrance: Adam Thomas writes for Daily Episcopalian, which is part of Episcopal Café.

Requiescat in pace: The sermon from the Requiem Eucharist to celebrate the life of Colin Bruce Slee OBE is now available online. This obituary notice from the Church Times (London) is worth reading, too.