Week
of 23 November 2008
Advent
Yes, we know it's not Advent yet, but you may want to look at these Advent
resources so as to be ready for the season when it is here.
30 November 2008: UK:
Advent Lessons and Carols
will be streamed on the internet in coordination with BBC Radio 3's broadcast
from the chapel of St John's College, Cambridge at 16:00 (UK local time). Service will be available for
'on demand' listening through
Wednesday, 3 December 2008. (The complete schedule of upcoming Choral Evensongs is available
here.)
Australia
Parishes
Western Australia: Lakelands, St James (Perth)
Western Australia: Maddington, St Luke (Perth)
Book of Common Prayer
The 1662 BCP as engraved by Charles Sturt in 1717 in now available online. 'There is no actual printing of text—the entire book, including the text, was engraved by hand on 188 silver plates, which allowed extreme detail to be recorded. The entire project took three years to complete and was financed by the sale of advance subscriptions.' This masterpiece is well worth the time to download and examine; the pictorial engravings are lovely.
Book
Reviews
John Drane reviews Love: A Brief History through Western Christianity, by Carter Lindberg. (The Church Times)
John Atherton reviews Doing God: Religion and Public Policy in Brown's Britain, by Mark Chapman. (The Church Times)
Mavis Arnold reviews Embracing Women: Making History in the Church of Ireland, by Ginnie Kennerley. One of the first women to be ordained in the Church of Ireland, the author had to overcome some initial misgivings on the part of those to whom she ministered (one changed her will, to direct that no woman should officiate at her funeral). (The Irish Times)
Canada
Parishes
British Columbia: Vancouver, St Helen (New Westminster)
Nova Scotia: Parish of Antigonish and Country Harbour [St Paul the Apostle, Antigonish; St Mary the Virgin, Bayfield; Holy Trinity, Country Harbour] (Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)
Nova Scotia: Bridgewater, Holy Trinity (Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)
Nova Scotia: Parish of Ship Harbour [St Stephen, Lower Ship Harbour; St Matthew, Owl's Head; St John, Oyster Pond St James, Upper Lakeville] (Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)
Church
History
Handbooks on the Missions of the Episcopal Church. Project Canterbury has digitized several volumes in this early twentieth-century series. These brief introductions to American Anglican missionary work include many photographs: See Philippine Islands (1923), the West Indies (1926), Hawaii (1927), Liberia (1928), Japan (1934), Mexico (1936). (The volume on China [1922] is available from Archive.org.)
England
Parishes
Gravesham, All Saints (Rochester)
Milton, St Peter and St Paul (Rochester)
Milton-next-Gravesend, Christ Church (Rochester)
Parish of Northfleet and Rosherville [St Botolph, Northfleet; St Mark, Rosherville] (Rochester)
Purley on Thames, St Mary (Oxford)
Southfleet, St Nicholas (Rochester)
Episcopal
Elections
Ongoing
The Living Church (Milwaukee) reports that the Diocese of Central Ecuador will hold an episcopal election on 20 December 2008 in Quito. Candidates have been announced, and the period for nominations by petition is now closed.
Nominations open in December for the Diocese of Georgia's scheduled September 2009 election of its tenth diocesan bishop. For more information, see the dedicated bishop-search website.
Japan
Resources
2009: 150th Anniversary of Anglicanism in Japan. Various resources related to the commemoration of the beginnings of the NSKK are available online. See here and here.
Letters
to Anglicans Online
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publication.
New
Zealand
Cathedrals
Napier, Cathedral of St John the Evangelist Diocese of Waiapu
News
Centre
Archbishop to retire in Melanesia. Dissenting with grace. New bishop for
Northwest Texas. Bishop of Harare declares it's a moral crisis. Church and
state in Congo, Sri Lanka, UK. US National Cathedral slashes jobs, budget.
Plans and dreams for a new Anglican province? All this, and more, in the
News Centre.
South Africa
Schools and Education
St Andrew's College. 'This premium Anglican boarding school caters for 450 pupils from across the globe. From Grade 8 to Matric, pupils experience individual attention with a focus on fostering individual talent.' For boys; affiliated with the Diocese of Grahamstown.
Diocesan School for Girls. 'Founded in 1874 by Bishop Nathaniel Merriman, DSG is one of the oldest girls' schools in the country. Situated in spacious grounds in Grahamstown, its campus adjoins its brother school, St Andrew's College. The DSG also has close links with St Andrew's Preparatory School where the girls attend classes with the boys in the Pre- Primary School and the Junior Primary section.' Affiliated with the Diocese of Grahamstown.
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USA
Parishes
Michigan: Southfield, St David (Michigan)
North Carolina: Sandhills Cluster [All Saints, Hamlet; St David, Laurinburg; St Francis, Pinehurst; The Penick Village, Southern Pines] (North Carolina)
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. Seeking
a position? Check our Vacancies Centre as well as scan vacancy
pages on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.
Wales
Resources
Plant Dewi. 'at the heart of our Diocese. Our community development ministry continues to grow from strength to strength. The projects we have set up display in a very practical way the outpouring of Christ's love to all people. They fulfil our desire to Venture in Mission as a serving Church. [...] characterised by equality for all, serving the needs of local communities and building up healthy and lasting relationships between individuals, groups, communities and indeed the whole diocese.' Bilingual website, affiliated with the Diocese of St Davids.
World
Parishes
The Bahamas: Grant's Town, New Providence, St Agnes (The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands)
Worth
Noting
Anglicans who've lost their memory: Christopher Howse writes in the Telegraph (London). 'Like an unwatched pan of milk, readers of the Church Times have seethed up and boiled over in response to an analysis of the Church of England by the ever-controversial historian Jonathan Clark'. Thinking Anglicans has a helpful summary of the ongoing press debate on this topic.
Fashioning the world anew with winged thoughts: Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks writes for the Times (London). 'Great words make people think in new ways. We are as big or small as language makes us. At its best, language is an epiphany, revealing to us the glory of the human spirit and the radiance of the created world.'
A kingdom, but not as we know it: Christopher Rowland—Dean Ireland Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford—writes for Ekklesia on disestablishment of the Church of England. 'It has always struck me as a very strange phenomenon that a church rooted in Scripture can so readily try to offer theological support for an established church.'
Your Church Wedding: 'Whether you're just contemplating marriage, or already planning your wedding day, your church wants to help and support you. And, on October 1st 2008 a new law came into effect, meaning there are now more churches to choose from for your special day and for generations to come.' From the Archbishops' Council of the Church of England.
Sound & Spirit (produced by WGBH, Boston (US) distributed by PRI) provides
a selection of one hour podcasts. Eclectic and cross-cultural, playlists and bibliographies are also available.
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