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
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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)
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USA: Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry (Pittsburgh) Adjunct Instructor of Church History
World
Parishes
India: Adoormala, St Paul (East Kerala)
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. |
