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The Bishop who leads the Anglican Communion’s Consultative Council (ACC) – the church’s major forum, says churchgoers worldwide do not want to hear Bishops talking about division and schism.

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The following letter will be sent to the children of the Communion who sent items for the Competition of the Compass Rose.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams spoke today the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) meeting of his hopes for the forthcoming conference. He said that he was concerned that the gathering will help bishops be "better equipped for mission" and to focus on "training and devleopment" for the participants. Archbishop Williams also said he would like to see the bishops and the bishops' spouses meet together and that the regional meetings should "identify actuals areas of need".

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Students, teachers, Sunday School staff and all - yes, parents and grandparents - reading this, encourage an Anglican Communion project by printing out and colouring in the attached pdf and sending the finished product for display at the meeting of world Anglican Episcopal leaders in England next week. There will be prizes in each age group: Ages 5-7, 8-10, 11-14. The Compass Rose symbolises the fact that our churches are found all around the world. We are a rainbow people, as Archbishop Tutu always says. Let's see that rainbow come alive in this competition.

The Editor
Canon Jim Rosenthal

Competition is now closed

The Bishop of Auckland and Chairman of the Anglican Consultative Council, the Rt Revd John Paterson, preached on Sunday 17 October 2004, at Sung Eucharist at St Paul's Cathedral in London on the Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity. The full text of his sermon can be found Here