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This page last updated 29 April 2012  

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Week of 29 April 2012

Australia
Parishes
New South Wales: Cockburn Valley Anglican Church (Armidale)

Book of Common Prayer
BCP2011. This modern-language prayer book, based on the 1549 BCP, 'is for trial use and review by the Reformed Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church in North America. This trial version has not been authorized, at present, for general use except as permitted by the ordinary of each diocese.'

Book Reviews
In The Church Times (London) Celia Deane-Drummond reviews Christianity and the Renewal of Nature: Creation, Climate Change and Human Responsibility, edited by Sebastian C. H. Kim and Jonathan Draper.

In Prospect magazine, Rowan Williams reviews What Money Can't Buy, by Michael Sandel and How Much is Enough? by Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky.

England
Parishes
London (Clarence Gate), St Cyprian (London)
London (Marble Arch), Church of the Annunciation (London)

Resources
the2012. 'an initiative of the Diocese of London to train, encourage and release the next generation as they seek to live and share the Gospel at this defining moment for our capital city'.

Events
USA: Western Washington, 17 May: The Church and Social Media: An Evening with Meredith Gould
'So you’ve accepted social media into your hearts and you’re beginning to employ them as part of your church’s communication strategy. What are the Gospel underpinnings for ministry in social media? Are your current efforts effective? Could they use a shot in the arm? What would that look like?'

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
New and Dreadful Bishop of Wellington. Chair appointed for Canterbury Crown Nominations. Progress towards forming Nigerian Communion. Art treasures found in NZ church. Smallest church in Britain, or at least in England. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
Parishes
Illinois: Bloomingdale, First Asian Church (Chicago)

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: Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry (Pittsburgh) Adjunct Instructor of Church History

Worth Noting
The Blue Book: 'the collection of reports to the [American] Episcopal Church's 77th General Convention of the work completed by its committees, commissions, agencies and boards (CCABs), during the 2010-2012 triennium, is now available to download'.

George Eliot’s dialects live on in my corner of Derbyshire: Matthew Parris, in The Spectator, looks for glottal connections between the present and the past.

How To Select the New Archbishop of Canterbury: David Keen, the Opinionated Vicar, has some suggestions.

Narnia, Hogwarts or Neverland?: 'Evangelicals prefer Narnia, Catholics have a wanderlust for Wonderland, and mainline Protestants are split between hitching a ride to Hogwarts, Narnia or Neverland.' Daniel Burke writes for Religion News Service.

What makes a competent priest?: The Anglican Church of Canada invites answers to this question in connection with the Draft Proposal of Competencies for Ordination to the Priesthood.


Week of 22 April 2012

Australia
Cathedrals
South Australia: Port Pirie, Cathedral Church of SS Peter and Paul (Willochra)

Church Times Book Reviews
David Adam reviews Lectio Divina: The Sacred Art, by Christine Paintner.

William Jacob reviews British Missionaries and the End of Empire: East Central and Southern Africa, 1939-64, by John Stuart.

Barbara Butler reviews From Santa Maria With Love, by Margaret Hebblethwaite.

England
Parishes
Wimbledon, St John the Baptist (Southwark)
Wimbledon, St Matthew (Southwark)

Episcopal
Ongoing
The Diocese of Western Massachusetts has a dedicated bishop-search website. You can read about nominees and schedules there.

Letters to Anglicans Online
Have a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible publication.

News Centre
New bishop for Pittsburgh. Female priest writes about entering a physique competition. St Cuthbert Gospel acquired by English consortium. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

South Africa
Cathedrals
Pretoria, St Alban's Cathedral (Pretoria)

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USA
Schools and Education
Virginia: Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School, Richmond. 'independent, tuition-free, faith-based middle school for students of limited resources primarily from Richmond’s East End neighborhood'.

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.

France: The American Cathedral in Paris (Episcopal Churches in Europe) Dean and Rector

Wales
Resources
Vocation Wales. 'All Christians are called by God. He calls us to be disciples of Jesus and to continue his mission in the world. Some will also be called to particular ministries in the church as deacons, priests, bishops, evangelists, readers, lay eucharistic ministers, monks, nuns, and a variety of other ministries.' The site is also available in Welsh.

Worth Noting
Loose Canon: 'In the first of a weekly series in The Guardian, Giles Fraser, the former canon of St Paul's, reflects on his new role as parish priest in a rundown inner city church.'

So Great a Cloud of Memories: Derek Olsen writes for The Living Church (Milwaukee) on the eschatology and ecclesiology of Holy Women, Holy Men.

 
 

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