Anglican Communion News Service

A weekly roundup of Anglican Communion news plus opinion, reviews, photos, profiles and other things of interest from across the Anglican/Episcopal world.

This edition includes...

• This week's Anglican Communion news
• Anglican Life - Anglicord launches cancer campaign
• Anglican Life - 42 years of Mothers' Union leadership in Trinidad & Tobago
• Anglican Life - Continuing Indaba - 10 days of engagement and reflection
• Anglican Life - Worship at 9,000 ft in Pakistan
• Anglican Life - New online library for theology and ecumenism
• Anglican Life - Religious leaders in Burundi tackle HIV
• Comment - Remembering the founding of the Church of South India
• Video - Anglicans breathe life into Congo
• Network of the Week - Meet of the International Anglican Women's Network
• Digital Communion - See what Archbishop Rowan got up to in Derby
• Bookshelf - The Mission of God and the Anglican Communion
• The coming week's Anglican Cycle of Prayer.

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ANGLICAN NEWS

• Wales - Cathedral turns into a circus for children’s day
• England - Church of England publishes latest statistics on web
• Canada- Lutheran pastor appointed dean of Anglican cathedral in Canada
• Global - And it was good… a Lent Course for the Anglican Communion for 2012
• Global - Mission Hospitals Face Uncertain Future
• England - All aboard with Shrinking the Footprint and Transport for London
• Kenya - Clinton's anti-child-marriage initiative finds relevance in churches
• Middle East - Anglican bishop in Jerusalem granted permission to remain in the city
• Ecumenical - Communique: International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue
• USA - Verdict called 'travesty of justice' as Muslim students who heckled Israeli ambassador found guilty
• England - Next Bishop of Durham says, 'The Church needs to be in the business of growth'
• Ireland - Ordination and Consecration of The Revd John McDowell as Bishop
• Global - Take up of CMS’s new Pioneer Mission Course exceeds all expectations
• England - Church House Publishing launches app version of Bible reflections book
• Communion - Celtic Bishops gather in Scotland for bi-annual conference

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ANGLICAN LIFE

Women Die Waiting – new documentary highlights breast cancer tragedy in Gaza

By Jane Still, Anglicord

Women Die Waiting, a new documentary exploring the dire situation for women in Gaza who are diagnosed with breast cancer, was screened this week at the launch of Anglicord’s Women Die Waiting campaign. The film, introduced by Mr Bryan Dawe one of Australia’s finest political satirists, highlight the fact that breast cancer in Gaza is often diagnosed at an advanced stage and the surgical remedies available inside Gaza are not sufficient to treat it.

Women must then apply for permits to leave Gaza for treatment in surrounding countries. This is a lengthy process and often their permits are arbitrarily revoked at the checkpoints. As a result, many women die waiting for treatment.

“Regardless of the reasons for the blockade of Gaza, women should not be left to die of breast cancer,” said Misha Coleman, CEO of Anglicord, who recently led a delegation of Australian Parliamentarians to Palestine to learn about the impact of the blockade.

“Radiation treatment is not available in Gaza, because the importation of radioactive material is prohibited,” Ms Coleman said. “Chemotherapy, the other mainstay of breast cancer treatment, is also not available, due to the unreliable provision of medications.”

Anglicord’s Women Die Waiting campaign was be officially launched by Maria Vamvakinou, the Federal Member for Calwell, who has been a long term advocate for the people of Palestine. “We take availability of health care for granted in this country, because we live in a democratic and free society that respects the rights of all, and we all are equal before the law,” Ms Vamvakinou said earlier this year in a speech to the Australian Parliament. “While cancer itself does not discriminate, issues relating to late-stage detection and access to appropriate treatment does, and it certainly does for the women in Gaza.”

To learn more and watch the documentary click here

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Mothers’ Union Presidents

From The Anglican Outlook of the Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago.

When the members of the Mothers’ Union gathered at the Hayes’ Court, St Clair, residence of His Lordship the Bishop on May 11 for the launch of the MU’s 90th anniversary celebrations, six past presidents of the organization who were there took time for this picture with the current president Phyllis Raghunanan. Together, they represent 42 years of MU presidency.

The presidents (past and present) are, from left (standing): Esla Crawford (1997–2002); Margaret Maxwell (2003–2008); Joan Jones (1976–1984); Phyllis Raghunanan, the current president who assumed office in 2008; Mavis Carrington (1991–1996); and the Revd Gloria Waldron (1985–1990).

Sitting: Beryl Patrick-Doyle (1969–1975).

Photo Credit: Dominic Nicholas, The Anglican Outlook

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Continuing Indaba - 10 days of engagement and reflection

From the Diocese of Derby website

A three way international dialogue between Christians from Mumbai, New York and Derby continues in Derbyshire next week. Known as Indaba, the group of Christian men and women from three distinct centres of population will meet, pray, talk and listen to a wide range of issues reflecting the engagement of Christianity with local culture and communities.

They will meet with the Bishop of Derby, Dr Alastair Redfern, and many colleagues who will offer their own wisdom and insight into ‘being the church’ in Derbyshire today.

They will visit rural and urban communities and look at a wide variety of issues including inter faith issues, working with young people, being a Christian in a secular culture and spend time looking at mission, worship and spirituality.

“I really enjoyed the conversations we had recently in New York and now the exchanges will take place here in Derbyshire – and I am greatly looking forward to the 10 days together,” said Christine Wilson, Archdeacon of Chesterfield today.

The Derby encounter, October 3 - 12, 2011

Monday 3 October
The groups will arrive in Derby from Mumbai and New York and after settling in will be given an orientation and welcome before evening prayers in the Bridge Chapel.

Tuesday 4 October
Today's theme is Pluralism and Public Space and will begin with a short introduction to the county of Derbyshire. The groups will then travel to Duffield for lunch and a talk by Bishop Alastair on Pluralism and Public Space. Later the groups will meet John Davies, Dean of Derby at the Cathedral for a talk on the works of the Cathedral and the Dean's engagement with civic and secular society.

Wednesday 5 October
Today's theme is Mission and Context and will begin with a talk from Revd Richenda Leigh, Derby University Chaplain at the Multi-faith centre at the University. The group will then visit Normanton to walk around the area and to visit St Augustine's to hear about the work of Restore, a project working with local sex workers. The group will also hold discussions around Mission and the Normanton context and hear from Neil Barber about their mission in the area.

Thursday 6 October
Continuing yesterday's theme of Mission and Context, the group will visit a local church school and meet Head teachers for discussion. They will then visit Locko Park for a talk and discussion with Bishop Humphrey on Establishment and Patronage. Later the group will visit Tissington Hall to meet with Sir Richard. Andy Larkin will then offer reflections on Rural Ministry.

Friday 7 October
Today's theme is Mission and Ministry and will begin with an introduction to the Diocesan Mission and Ministry Team, followed by a talk from Michael Mitton on Pioneer Ministry - Fresh Expression. After lunch the group will hear from the team about training and learning for mission.

Saturday 8 October
The group will move to their host families and enjoy a local programme and rest time. In the evening the group will meet in Spondon for Playback theatre and a feast at St Werberghs School

Sunday 9 October
The group will spend time in their host parishes today.

Monday 10 October
Today's theme will be Social Justice and will begin at St Thomas' Brampton before visiting Danesmoor to view the new building and meet people there. They will also hear about Sanctum a fresh expression of Church. The group will then move on to Pilsley to see their re-ordered church building and Holmewood to hear the story of the Miner's Strike and its impact on the local community from Anette Love. In the evening the group will visit Chesterfield to visit Church on the Bus and the Gates. The group will join night prayers with Pioneer Minister Mark Broomhead at the Gates.

Tuesday 11 October
Today the group will hold an encounter conversation and enjoy a final evening meal together before flying home on Wednesday.

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Worship at 9000 ft

From Frontier News, Pakistan's Peshawar Diocese newsletter

“I lift up my eyes to the hills --- where does my help from? My help comes from Lord,….” (Psalm 121:1-2 )
St. Xavier Church, Thandyani, Pakistan

St Xavier Church

Photo Credit: Frontier News

Worship on the mountains is always a spirit-filled experience. During the British reign in the Sub-continent, many churches were built on the hill stations, as the British Army Officers and Missionaries used to spend the hot summer season in hilly areas. The St. Xavier is one of those churches, which were built by the Britishers at hill stations, in the Himalayan range. Thundyani, near Abbottabad, is around 9,000 feet above the sea level. The St. Xavier Church was built in 1914, with the rock stones and the floor of the church is made of wood. The church gives an awesome look up on the mountains and many people experienced a spiritual touch during worshiping in the Church.

The Earthquake 2005 hit a very big area of the Hazara Division, including Thanyani. The St. Xavier Church and the Comb edge cottage of the Diocese of Peshawar were also badly damaged. One of the walls, pillars, ceiling and floor were badly damaged, due to the horrible earthquake. Due to lack of resources, the Diocese couldn?t take any quick action to re-build this church.

In the year 2009, Revd. Riaz Mubarik, the Priest In-charge of Abbottabad & Hazara Parish, along with the representatives of the Diocesan Youth Fellowship surveyed the St. Xavier Church, and estimated the cost of the construction work of the church. The Diocese of Peshawar, the Diocesan Youth Fellowship and the congregation, plus, the parish committee of the St. Luke?s Church, Abbottabad assured Revd. Riaz Mubarik about their support and helped him in taking the initiative to re-build the Church building.

Finally, the construction work started in July 2009, along with some expert builders, the youth volunteers also took part in the construction work.

Although it was very hard work, as the working conditions and weather in the hilly area were harsh, it was an uphill task, in the real sense of the word. But the team kept their spirits high, worked hard and steady worked and completed the task in Aug, 2011.

A special thanksgiving and sanctification service for the renovation of the Church was held at St. Xavier Church, Thandyani, on Sunday, 18 Sep. 2011, was led by the Bishop of Peshawar. This special Service, at the hill top Church in Thandyani, was attended by the congregation of St. Luke?s Church, Abbottabad, Christian community of Peshawar, the Diocesan Officers, Head of institutions and the Diocesan youth fellowship members.

The believers gathered infront of the St. Xavier Church, Thandyani on Sunday morning, the Bishop and the priests opened the door of the Church with thanksgiving and prayer, and led the people into the Church while singing hymns and Psalms.

The Rt. Revd. Humphrey S. Peters led the Holy Communion Service at St. Xavier Church, Thandyani. In his message, the Bishop quoted references from (Luke 2:40-49), focused on verse 49, where Jesus said “Why were you searching for me? …Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?” the Bishop said that God's children are always eager to be in His Temple, but more than that we need to become God's living temple, so everyone could notice God Himself dwelling in us.
 
He especially mentioned about the St. Xavier Church that this Church on the hill top is to glorify God's name, and is a great witness/testimony for the people of this area. The Bishop motivated the people to use the Church for His glory by conducting regular Worship Services.

After the Holy Communion Service, Revd. Riaz Mubarik gave a Power-point presentation, in which he explained the whole process of the construction work. He also mentioned the Diocese, youth fellowship, and other people who helped in re-construction the Church, and thanked all of them for their kind support. He also thanked the Bishop of Peshawar for his help and guidance throughout the process.

After his presentation, the Bishop said the words of thanks, he specially thanked Revd. Riaz Muabrik and his wife for their efforts, commitment and dedication. He also thanked the congregation of Abbottabad, which stood side by side with their Priest in-charge. The Bishop also acknowledged the hard work of youth fellowship. He thanked all the people, who gathered at Thandyani for the Consecration/sanctification of the St. Xavier Church, and the parish of Abbottabad for organization such a nice programme. After the Bishop?s address, the Archdeacon S. P. Asghar led the closing prayer. The programme ended with a fellowship Lunch organized by the Parish, St. Luke’s Church, Abbottabad.

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WCC launches online library for theology and ecumenism
By John Zarocostas, ENInews

The World Council of Churches (WCC) launched on 23 September the first online digital library covering theology and ecumenism, called GlobeTheoLib, saying it will help close the information gap between North and South.

"The time has come to launch a new model of ecumenical sharing of theological resources in order to prepare world Christianity for the 21st century," said WCC general secretary the Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit in a statement.

The library, which will initially contain nearly half a million articles, represents "a key to social development, church development and the integrity of the churches' witness," said the Rev. Dietrich Werner, of WCC's program on ecumenical theological education, at the launch at the WCC's headquarters in Geneva.

The library can be accessed at www.globethics.net/gtl and uses the electronic platform of Globethics.net, a Geneva-based organization that manages a digital library on ethics containing more than 650,000 documents.

GlobeTheoLib is available free of charge to registered users and will offer resources in ecumenism, biblical and church studies and contextual theologies, Werner said. He added that it will help promote the sharing of theological perspectives between fast-growing churches in the global South and established churches in the North.

It could become "the richest source for theological knowledge in our times," said Ivan Zhelev Dimitrov of the Conference of Orthodox Theological Schools.

GlobeTheoLib will accept documents in any language, but user languages are currently English, French, German, and Spanish. There are plans to add Greek, Russian, Indonesian, Chinese, Arabic and Portuguese, organizers said. Christoph Stuckelberger, executive director of Globethics.net, said the theological library offers "new possibilities for international networking, exchange and digital sharing."

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A world free of HIV and AIDS related stigma, infections and deaths.

By Rosemary Cottingham, Communications Officer of the Anglican Church of Burundi

Earlier this year the Burundi Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Affected by HIV and AIDS was launched and a retreat held. This new network is part of an international network, INERELA+ whose vision is to see a world free of HIV and AIDS related stigma, infections and deaths.

Throughout Burundi inter-faith groups are being established to equip and empower members to live openly as agents of hope and change in their communities, overcoming stigma, denial and discrimination, and influencing policies made at local and national level.

These groups will promote and implement SAVE - Safer practices, Access to treatment, Voluntary counselling and testing, and Empowerment of people and communities.

SAVE was a new initiative to tackle the issues surrounding HIV and AIDS launched in Burundi in October 2010. Forty participants from different Churches received initial training supported by Christian Aid Rwanda-Burundi and lead by Rev. Canon Dr. Gideon Byamugisha, Goodwill Ambassador for Christian Aid on HIV and AIDS.

Personal testimonies of living with HIV and AIDS from Canon Gideon and others reinforced the need to implement more effective strategies and networks at all levels of national life in order to improve prevention, treatment, care and support.

BUNERELA+ will encourage the development of policies, programmes, tools and resources that reduce vulnerability to HIV especially among marginalised and excluded groups and encourage adoption and application of SAVE as a holistic and non stigmatising strategy. It will also advocate for a more comprehensive approach in Burundi and the Great Lakes region with the view of eradicating AIDS in Africa by 2031.

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COMMENT

Looking back to the founding of the Church of South India on its 64th birthday

September 27, 2011, marked the 64th birthday of the Church of South India (CSI). Just a month after India's independence,  the new church was officially inaugurated at St. George’s Cathedral, Chennai, in the presence of some 4000 people, many of whom travelled from other states to be at this historic occasion. The presiding bishop, Rt Revd C.K. Jacob, was from the Anglican diocese of Travancore and Cochin. CSI was formed when several churches agreed to unite and it is now a Province of the Anglican Communion

The following is an extract from the book A South India Diary by Bishop Lesslie Newbigin, a former bishop of CSI, recalling the excitement and solemnity of that momentous day. Bishop Newbigin was a Church of Scotland missionary who came to India, in 1936. He  was the first Bishop of Madurai-Ramnad diocese from 1947 to 1954 and later Bishop of Madras between 1965 and 1974. In the period between these two appointments, he was the General Secretary of the International Missionary Council and the Geneva-based Associate General Secretary of the World Council of Churches. A fluent Tamil speaker, Newbigin also served as Deputy Moderator of the CSI between 1954 to 1960 and again from 1966 to 1974. 

At seven o’clock in the morning everything is still fresh and cool after last night’s rain, and the cathedral looks its best in its setting of wide lawns and leafy trees. There is still an hour before the service is due to begin, but the cathedral and the vast pandal alongside it are already beginning to fill up.  People from all over South India are arriving in a constant stream, and here and there one recognizes one of the delegates from churches in other parts of the world. The inevitable photographers are everywhere laying their ambushes.

The last five days of retreat and conference have been a wonderful preparation for this great day. In three days of silence we have had a blessed opportunity for steadying will and desire and directing them towards God alone. Then in the last two days we have been able to take counsel together about the multitudinous problems which will face us when we scatter on Monday to our fourteen dioceses. One has begun to realize what a vast difference there is between a Scheme of Union, however detailed, and a United Church. It has been a constantly increasing joy to find that on all the essentials we are already so much at one that matters of detail can be settled without any anxiety or friction. More and more messages have poured in from all parts of the world, assuring us that the prayers of countless Christian people are with us. Now the hour is about to strike for the great adventure in obedience.

As the cathedral bell strikes eight, the service of inauguration opens and the long procession representing the three uniting Churches moves up the centre aisle of the cathedral. We join in prayer and then listen to the reading of the great High Priestly prayer in the power of which alone all these long years of wrestling with our divisions have been possible. Then on our knees we confess afresh that our unity, holiness, truth are in Him alone and not in us. One by one the authorized representatives of the three Churches come to the chancel steps and read out the resolutions of their governing bodies accepting the Union, and then go to the Holy Table and lay thereon signed copies of the Scheme of Union, and the signatures of all the ministers assenting to it. As each one does so he kneels before the Table and he and we together offer up silently to God a life given up that it may be won.

Now  the three volumes lie side by side on the Table. There lie our separate selves. We have been proud of them, these great names, great principles, secure traditions of faith and worship, beloved patterns of holiness. We shall sometimes look back because the flesh is weak. But ‘pearls for pearls’ is the law of God’s Kingdom. Lord receive these goodly pearls which Thou gavest! We are praying again: ‘Thou has heard the prayers of Thy people and blessed the labours of Thy servants and has brought us to this day for the glory of Thy name. In obedience to Thy will and led by Thy Spirit as we accept one another as fellow members and fellow ministers, do Thou strengthen the bonds between us and unite us and make us one body, Thyself O Christ being its Head. Make us all of one heart and of one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace of faith and charity.’

Now we are on our feet and the Bishop’s voice is ringing through the cathedral. ‘By authority of the governing bodies whose resolutions have been read in your hearing . I declare that these three Churches …are now become one Church of South India.’A great peal from the organ breaks in upon the words and in a moment four thousand voices burst into the Te Deum in one tremendous shout of praise. All the long-frustrated desires of these last painful years have burst through the dam and are flowing in one irresistible flood. We look at each other with a kind of wonder; we are no longer friendly strangers but brothers in one household. With God all things are possible. Is this a dream or is this really true? Surely the heavenly choir is joining with us as we sing, and all those good men of faith who went before us not having received the promises but having seen them and greeted them from afar. ‘To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry Holy, Holy, Holy.’

We are brought down to earth by discovering that something has gone wrong with the singing. The printer has skipped ‘the goodly fellowship of prophets,’ and there is a temporary breach of unity between those who follow the book and those who sing from memory. It is fitting that we remember that we are earthen vessels. ‘O Lord have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted, let me never be confounded.’

We are seated again and ready for the second part of the service, that which concerns ‘the unification of the ministry.’ Bishops and other ministers whose authority had hitherto extended only to the bounds of the separate Churches are commissioned with prayer to exercise that ministry throughout the wider fellowship that is now ours. We sing a hymn that lifts our hearts and minds up to the ascended and regnant Christ, who having led captivity captive gave gifts unto men. And then in the bright morning sunshine for a brief interval before the second service.

What has been done?  Not, if we speak strictly, the inauguration of a ‘Church.’ There can be but one Church. What has been done is that something which hid the true character of the Church has been repented of, and a very small step has been taken towards putting it away. Even that little step could not have been taken without the tremendous and ceaseless constraint of God’s Word and Spirit. Now there is a sense of joy and release. God save us from settling down again.

Fifteen minutes later we are slowly moving up the aisle of the cathedral for the second service of the day. Nine presbyters of the Church of South India are to be made bishops. As the service moves on it is borne in on one that here the truly Catholic and the truly Evangelical are one, that at the heart of true worship these things do not need to be patched together but are found to belong together. As we kneel at the rail the figure Christ rising from the tomb faces us to meet the sickening sense of utter unfitness for so great a task. Then our first communion together, about 3,500 communicants taking part, a true foretaste of the heavenly banquet and a season of joy that none of us will forget.
  
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NETWORK OF THE WEEK

Every few months members of the Anglican Communion's International Anglican Women's Network share a little about themselves and their role as network members. This month it's the turn of Archdeacon Carole Hughes IAWN's Provincial Link for the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

It is with delight that I introduce myself as a representative of the Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia on the IAWN. I am an Anglican Priest, who has recently taken up a role in the Episcopal team in the Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand, as the full time Archdeacon of the central Auckland region.

I have been in this role for only 6 weeks and so far I am excited and positive about the many opportunities I have had to experience ministry and worship in different contexts across the city. My major focus is to support ministry development and to enable more effective ministry and mission in Auckland, as well as offer advice and pastoral support of those in licensed ministry. I have spent 13 years in parish ministry and I am keen to now support others in their local context. Resource sharing is one of my priorities, including encouraging others to do so.

My latest book, ‘A time in Lent’, is a collation of some Lenten Studies programmes, and the main intention of this publication is to encourage resource sharing. This initiative is with much thanks to the General Synod Centre for Anglican Women’s Studies, of which I am the Convenor. This Centre is a General Synod initiative set up to serve and to advance the interests and needs of the women of our Church, particularly those undertaking theological training. Our projects include mentoring programmes for newly ordained women, networking and regular newsletters and communication to women of our church, encouraging women to publish and share resources, and organising a hui (gathering) for ordained women across Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. It is a privilege to work with wonderful, inspirational women. What I value the most is our ability to laugh and cry with one another, to pray for and deeply value each other’s contribution, and to support and care for one another.

I think that the biggest challenge for women in our church is to continue to remind the wider church about our mission to respond to the poor, the alienated and all those who
struggle. Often women are the ones who do the actual work in the midst of those in pain, and to tell and value their stories as part of the wider story is vital. There is also a need for good women role models in leadership, and we seem to be struggling in our church for women to be nurtured and elected into leadership positions. For example, New Zealand is known for having the first Diocesan woman bishop, but we still continue to only have one woman bishop two decades on. There is still work to be done in terms of attitudes toward women in leadership, as well as support and valuing our contribution.

For the past four years I have been a guest lecturer in liturgy at St John’s Theological College, and I am also part of the Bishop’s Ministry Advisory team, who interview and recommend candidates for ministry selection, as well as working on the Post Ordination Training facilitation team in the Diocese of Auckland. These roles provide opportunities for me to encourage, support and celebrate with women, as well as men, in all that they contribute to the church and wider society. It is also about realising dreams and responding to the call to love and nurture others.

May our journey together be full of hope and inspiration as we experience Christ amongst us in love, compassion and restoration.

Carole
Archdeacon Carole Hughes
Auckland Central Region, Anglican Diocese of Auckland, PO Box 37242, Parnell, Auckland 1151, New Zealand carole@auckanglican.org.nz

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VIDEO

Anglicans in the Congo: Breathing life into a troubled nation

By Matthew Davies, Episcopal News Service

The Anglican Church of the Congo provides a safe haven for orphans and women who've been raped and abandoned, the innocent victims of war and disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Video: bit.ly/rkZ3lI

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DIGITAL COMMUNION

The Archbishop of Canterbury's visit to the Diocese of Derby

Ever wondered what the Archbishop of Canterbury does on his diocesan visits? Find out by visiting the Diocese of Derby's Flickr page here 

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BOOKSHELF

The Mission of God and the Anglican Communion

Author: Michael Doe

In this timely work, Michael Doe shows the rightful position of mission as the lifeblood of the Church, and shows how our understanding of it as Christians is crucial for what we present to the wider world. He considers the Anglican roots within the nature of mission, current tensions in the Church and how they relate to social engagement, the history of mission and Church structures.

An underlying theme of this book is power; how power has been exercised in God’s Church, and how it should be used in the Anglican Communion today. He questions how that relates to the way we understand power in the mission of God, and especially in what we see in Jesus Christ.

ISBN 9780281064540, 128 pages. Paperback. (198 x 129 mm)  £10.99

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ANGLICAN CYCLE OF PRAYER Click here for the full ACP

Friday 30-Sep-2011
Psalm: 90    Gen 31:22-35
Springfield - (Province V, USA) The Rt Revd Daniel Hayden Martins

Saturday 01-Oct-2011
Psalm: 91    Gen 31:36-55
St Albans - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Alan Gregory Clayton Smith
St Albans - Bedford - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Richard Neil Inwood
St Albans - Hertford - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Paul Bayes

Sunday 02-Oct-2011     Pentecost 16
Psalm: 119:129-144    Acts 18:18-28
St Asaph - (Wales) The Rt Revd Gregory Cameron

Monday 03-Oct-2011
Psalm: 92    Acts 19:1-10
St David's - (Wales) The Rt Revd John Wyn Evans

Tuesday 04-Oct-2011     Francis of Assisi, 1226
Psalm: 93    Acts 19:11-22
St Edmundsbury & Ipswich - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd William Nigel Stock
St Edmundsbury & Ipswich - Dunwich - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Clive Young

Wednesday 05-Oct-2011
Psalm: 94:1-2, 14-23    Acts 19:23-41
St Helena - (Southern Africa) The Rt Revd Richard David Fenwick

Thursday 06-Oct-2011
Psalm: 95    Gen 32:3-21
St Mark the Evangelist - (Southern Africa) The Rt Revd Martin Andre Breytenbach

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