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Week of 5 March 2000

Church history
What happens when a church disappears? 'The Old Elk Run (Anglican) Church is a property in ruins; that is, it is an historical site, but there is no building. Old Elk Run Church was the first Anglican Church in Fauquier County, Virginia and former Chief Justice John Marshall was a descendent of the first Rector'. -- http://www.mnsinc.com/jhammond/final2.htm

England
Astley, Clive, Grinshill and Hadnall: combined home page for four parishes in Shrewsbury (Lichfield) -- http://www.nimrifs.freeserve.co.uk/
Burnham, St Peter (Oxford) -- http://www.stpeters-church-burnham.org.uk
Hammersmith, St John (London) -- http://www.saint-john.net
London, Westminster, St Stephen with St John Rochester Row (London) -- http://www.StStephens-RochesterRow.org.uk
Northampton, All Saints (Peterborough) -- http://www.allsaintsnorthampton.freeserve.co.uk
Reading, Berkshire, St Mary Magdalen, Tilehurst (Oxford) -- http://www.stmarymagdalen-tilehurst.fsnet.co.uk/
Tamworth, St Francis (Lichfield) -- http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/lichfield/tamworth/stfrancis/
Wymondham, Wymondham Abbey (Norwich) -- http://members.aol.com/wymabbey

Lenten resources
Our page of links and resources for the season.

News Centre
English clergy and AIDS. A coverup attempt by the (late) Bishop of Salisbury. Bishop sought in Barbados. Bishop elected in Nassau. Bishop not elected in Panama. Bishop not consecrated in Atlanta. New prayers in old places. +Wakefield writes a Credo. +Edinburgh bails Afghan hostages. +Melbourne speaks out, surprising those who thought they knew him. BBC religious coverage seen as unchanging. Rowan Williams enthroned as Primate of Church in Wales. And (roll of drums, please) The Church of England is engaging in Synodic News Releases.

Position openings
Diocese of New York (ECUSA): Director of Communication Resumes by 15 March
Episcopal Church in the USA: Director of Communication Posted 18 February, open until filled

Religious orders
The Community of Celebration: A religious order, located in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, whose roots reach back more than 30 years to the inner-city Church of the Redeemer in Houston, Texas. 'Membership includes men and women, married and single, adults and children, clergy and laity. The Community's mission is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ by living in community and offering ourselves in service to the Church and to the world'. -- http://www.communityofcelebration.com

USA
Georgia: Valdosta, Christ (Georgia) -- http://www.christchurchvaldosta.com/
Massachusetts: Hamilton, Christ (Massachusetts) -- http://www.oikos.mayne.com/xchceweb
Massachusetts: Millis, St Paul (Massachusetts) -- http://www.hometown.aol.com/stpaulsmillis
Michigan: Detroit, Christ Church Cranbrook (Michigan) -- http://www.christchurchcranbrook.org/
Missouri: Springfield, Christ (West Missouri) -- http://www.christchurchepiscopal.com
New Hampshire: Exeter, Christ (New Hampshire) -- http://www.christchurchexeter.org
New York: Saratoga Springs, Bethesda Episcopal Church (Albany) -- http://www.bethesdachurch.org
North Carolina: Greenville, St Paul -- http://www.stpaulsepiscopal.com/
North Carolina: Wilmington, St Paul -- http://stpaulsepiscopal.churches.wilmington.org
Pennsylvania: Hilltown, Good Shepherd (Pennsylvania) -- http://goodshepherdhilltown.webjump.com

Week of 27 February 2000

England
Beckenham: St Barnabas Beckenham (Rochester) -- http://www.stbarnabasbeckenham.org.uk/
Hatfield: St Lawrence, (Sheffield) -- http://www.hatfield-church.freeserve.co.uk
Rotherham: the Parish of Rotherham, All Saints and St Barnabas (Sheffield) -- http://www.longacre.freeserve.co.uk
Virginia Water: Christ (Guildford) -- http://virginiawater.co.uk/christchurch

Resources
Common Worship mailing list (See under Discussion, just below)

Discussion
Anglodeacons: A mailing list primarily for deacons in the Episcopal Church, Anglican Church of Canada, and other Anglican churches. Others are also welcome. Ormonde Plater is the moderator. To subscribe, send a blank message to anglodeacons-subscribe@onelist.com

Common Worship mailing list: 'An email discussion group for people to discuss aspects of Common Worship, to speak freely about Common Worship and to swap ideas and best practice with others as clergy and lay people alike get to grips with the new material. It is an unofficial list. To subscribe: http://www.coin.org.uk/cgi-bin/lwgate/COMMON-WORSHIP/

Essays
'Don't call me Mrs: When the local Catholics couldn't face my surname, I went church shopping'. Donna Cornachio writes about becoming Episcopalian in Salon: 'I am taking classes to learn how to be an Episcopalian and I'm primed for the usual jokes: that I'll start taking the crust off my white bread ...' -- http://salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/02/23/faith/index.html

The Right Reverend Paul Marshall, Bishop of the Diocese of Bethlehem (fourteen counties in eastern and northeastern Pennsylania, USA), has been writing a monthly column for local daily newspapers for three years. Eight now feature it; the papers have a combined circulation of 500,000. The bishops writes in his February article that Christianity no longer possesses the moral right to proselytize Jews.-- http://www.diobeth.org/secular-columns4.html

Events
Prayer for Primates Meeting in March (Prayer begins Monday, 28 February)
Beginning Monday, 28 February, a prayer vigil begins. From the organizers: 'Our hope and prayer is that there will be prayer coverage every hour between tomorrow (28 February) and the ending of the Primates meeting--about 400 hours of prayer if people pray in one-hour increments. The prayers ... will contribute to lessening the tension in our beloved church and will empower the Primates in Portugal to "be still" and listen with their hearts to one another, listen to the Spirit within, and listen to the Voice beneath the voices.
     'The email address to let us know when you would be willing to pray is prayer@anglicanvigils.org. When people email their names, the date(s) and time(s) they will pray (and if they wish, their location), we will add their names to a prayer vigil calendar. The calendar can be accessed through the Anglican Vigils web site (http://www.anglicanvigils.org), the Lundi-Lambeth web site (http://maffin.net/june/lundi1.htm), or directly: http://www.calendars.net/cals/angvigil.
      'Lundi-Lambeth' and 'Anglican Vigils' have no agenda, no desire to sway theological perspectives, no inclination to do anything except bring before God, these men of God who, in response to God's call, now serve the Anglican Communion as Primates'. For more information email June Maffin (June@maffin.net) or Pam Phillips (webpsalms@iname.com).

Liturgical Resources
1928 ECUSA BCP Sunday and Daily Lectionary Bible Readings (KJV / AV) with Psalms; online and in self-extracting ZIP format. Updated by noon US Eastern time every Sunday. -- http://www.prayer-works.org

News Centre
Church of England will soon have a synod. Lambeth rebuts 'ABC says to tattle' story. Boston Globe writes about sermons. Melbourne elects a moderate evangelical as its archbishop; trepidation on the eastern hill. Mississippi elects somebody named 'Duncan Gray' as bishop. Innovative. Sydney cathedral reopens. Andrew Brown does not write a hatchet piece. The Pope goes to Egypt but uses an airplane to go up the mountain. A breathtakingly sad story in Atlanta. Jesus faces England. Dean Milburn remembered. God at 2000 leaves them spellbound. ABC warns us about the internet. Famous boy chorister remembered. An ecumenical condemnation of Sydney Mardi Gras. BBC vs Church of England, Round 3. Controversial dean installed in Seattle. Andrew Brown writes a hatchet piece. HM The Queen ignores it. Some Lutherans organising against the Concordat. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

New Zealand
Otahuhu, Holy Trinity (Auckland) -- http://geocities.com/holytrinitynz/

Position openings
Diocese of New York (ECUSA): Director of Communication Resumes by 15 March
Episcopal Church in the USA: Director of Communication Posted 18 February, open until filled

USA
Parishes
Connecticut: New Haven, Trinity (Connecticut) -- http://www.trinitynewhaven.org
Georgia: Valdosta, Christ (Georgia) -- http://www.christchurchvaldosta.com/
Maryland: Mount Washington, St John (Maryland) -- http://www.saintjohns.ang-md.org/
Pennsylvania: Lykens, Christ (Central Pennsylvania) -- http://www.forministry.com/17048ce

Resources
Church Development Institute: Leadership training programs in congregational development for clergy and lay leaders, conducted by CDI Trainers, a network of trainers and consultants, in Episcopal dioceses and on a national basis. -- http://www.cditrainers.org/

Wales
Paincastle group of parishes: Bryngwyn, Newchurch, Llanbedr Painscastle and Llandewi Fach (Swansea and Brecon) -- http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/swanbrec/s507/index.html

World
Dioceses
The Diocese of St Helena -- http://sthelena.anglican.org