Week
of 30 August 2015
Book of Common Prayer
Surat Sambiang: A Prayer Book in the Sea Dayak Language (1957). This translation of the BCP into Iban for use in the former Diocese of Borneo is now available online.
Book Reviews
Greg Garrett reviews The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings, by Philip and Carol Zaleski, for Huffington Post.
Tissa Devendra reviews Murders at the Vicarage for The Island (Colombo).
England
Parishes
Penlee Cluster (Truro)
Resources
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (LPW): 'makes grants towards the VAT incurred in making repairs and carrying out necessary alterations to listed buildings'.
Listed Places of Worship Roof Repair Fund: 'This Fund was set up after the Chancellor of the Exchequer committed £15m of funding in 2014. After the programme opened for applications the significant demand resulted in the Chancellor committing a further £40million to the Listed Places of Worship: Roof Repair Fund in the 2015 Budget. This new money brings the total funding available to £55million.'
Episcopal
Elections
The Diocese of Northern Indiana has begun a bishop-search process.
The Diocese of Pennsylvania has begun a bishop-search process.
Events
USA: Missouri, Ferguson, 8-12 October 2015: Young Adult Pilgrimage
'Bishop Stacy Sauls, Chief Operating Officer of the Episcopal Church, has announced a new initiative and partnership to encourage young adults to engage in racial reconciliation and justice at the important site of Ferguson, MO. The primary focus of the Young Adult Pilgrimage to Ferguson is to learn to engage in racial justice and reconciliation in a locale that has experienced significant racial tensions since the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown.'
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News
Centre
Artist's 15-year project drawing to close. NZ flag discussions. RIP: the Most Revd Samir Hana Kafity. Rhode Island to illuminate its role in slavery. Indigenous province proposed in Canada. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Nigeria
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Shepherd Wellness Community. 'the only AIDS Community Center in western Pennsylvania and the only AIDS community serving the 11-county region of southwestern Pennsylvania. SWC is often the first place a person seeks help after an HIV positive diagnosis.' Affiliated with the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
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Worth
Noting
Desmond Tutu, archbishop of the world: Tinyiko Maluleke writes for Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg). |