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“This is not the time for complacency nor apathy”

From "Matthew Davies" Date Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:12:22 -0500 Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife . Today's ELO Newslink includes: * TOP STORY - For World AIDS Day, Anglican ... via Worldwide Faith News

The Church of Ireland has issued this press release: Church of Ireland General Synod's Standing Committee agrees response to Consultation on Draft Anglican Covenant. via Thinking Anglicans

“Keep the Promise - Advent in a Time of AIDS”

In observance of World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have the opportunity to reflect with other Christians on the worldwide response to the HIV and AIDS pandemic ... via Worldwide Faith News

“We want someone who the rest of us will not be ashamed of”

Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu reportedly made a thinly-veiled plea on Wednesday for the ruling ANC party not to elect Jacob Zuma as leader, urging it to reject anyone who would shame the country. via Independent Online

The Archbishop of Canterbury has said that churches need to be brave, imaginative and honest in the fight against the spread of HIV and Aids. via Ekklesia Daily News

As a faithful Christian, I thought I would add my voice to the Anglican Church saga and shed some light for reflection by our revered leaders. via The Herald

“Donors and health-care funders need to take the role of Anglican health systems into account. Without the FBOs the hope of universal access to prevention, treatment and care is lost.”

A Cathedral where people can come to be voluntarily tested for HIV, hospitals offering antiretroviral therapy, home-based care to help with adherence to medication regimes, youth groups offering support and ... via Worldwide Faith News

“We originally thought of maybe having a little coffee shop setting with the bands coming in to play”

Coffee, social justice and rock music - three things you don't normally see together. via Mississauga

The leader of the world's Anglican congregation, England's Archbishop of Canterbury, has blasted U.S foreign policy on Iraq as being completely at odds with Britain's benevolent imperial past. via Jordan News.Net

“I think some people might think this only involves Episcopal or other hierarchical churches”

Newport's St. James argues in Supreme Court it has the right of ownership to church property. via Daily Pilot - Newport Beach & Costa Mesa

“We have only one global hegemonic power. It is not accumulating territory: it is trying to accumulate influence and control. That's not working.”

Posted on 11/24/2007 11:42:20 PM PST by Roberts THE Archbishop of Canterbury has said that the United States wields its power in a way that is worse than Britain during its imperial heyday. via Free Republic

“But people liked him so much, they would always ask for him”

Keith Kiddell, a minister who provided comfort in times of need for fire departments in Mississauga and Etobicoke, was also padre of the Royal Canadian Legion. via Mississauga

“We hate the evil practice. Imagine section 96 of a report from the People's Forum pleads to the Commonwealth to include issues of gays in the people's rights.”

PEOPLE advocating for the rights of homosexuals and those against the practice are using the People's Space at Hotel Africana in Kampala to air out their views. via AllAfrica.com

“But, as you know, when you avoid confrontation, you can wind up causing confrontation.”

The schism in Canadian Anglicanism turned ugly at week's end with threatened fights over ownership of church buildings, hints of swift punishment for rebellious priests and the uncrating of an alternative ... via The Globe and Mail

“Unification of the Korean peninsula is not an easy task”

Peace and reconciliation in Korea will require a shared process for governments, religious denominations, and social systems, said presenters, participants and the Episcopal Church delegation at the ... via WebWire

“We made good progress with the Orthodox in Ravenna”

Pope Benedict and his cardinals discussed Catholic relations with other Christians on Friday, highlighting efforts to work closely with the Orthodox and to meet the challenge of fast-growing Protestant ... via The Star Online

“This is a full-blown schism now within the Canadian church and it is a direct attack upon the catholicity of the church and the gospel of Jesus Christ”

A second retired bishop with conservative views left the Anglican Church of Canada on Thursday over its position on homosexuality and will serve in Canada under the authority of the more orthodox archbishop in ... via Canada.com

Anglican national churches were divided on whether the U.S. Episcopal Church had responded adequately to concerns about gay bishops, church authorities said Thursday. via PR-inside.com

Looks welcoming doesn't he? Temptingly so. And it seems as if he is preparing to be just that. via Times Online

Work toward peace, reconciliation and unification on the Korean peninsula is reaching a productive intensity. via The Honolulu Advertiser

“Weremain confident in the success of our legal position. The release adds, "The decision of the Episcopal Church and the diocese to reinterpret scripture caused the 11 Anglican church to sever their ties.”

Phase One of a three-phase legal process to determine ownership of the property of 11 Virginia congregations that voted to leave the Episcopal Church including The Falls Church ended abruptly in a Fairfax ... via Falls Church News-Press

“Because of the unabated theological decay in the Anglican Church of Canada, many long-time Anglicans have already left their church and left Anglicanism”

As more sections of the Anglican Church of Canada move toward blessing gay marriages, a group of conservative Anglicans has started pulling out of the Canadian organization and putting themselves under the ... via Canada.com

Well Anglican Bishop Donald Harvey has quit and pledged allegiance to the "Province of the Southern Cone in South America.," prompting the Canadian Church to warns foreign bishops from interfering in Canada. via Gay news blog

“The question has been asked, - Where do we go from here?' Much consultation will take place ... When and how this will be implemented will be dealt with in the days that lie ahead. We are aware of the vote's ramifications”

The Diocese of Niagara has joined the growing ranks of Canadian dioceses that have voted in favour of same-sex blessings. via Thinking Anglicans

“It is a perversion if you say to me that a person chooses to be homosexual”

Regulars Interact London, United Kingdom 18 November 2007 07:15 Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu has slammed the church for being "obsessed" with homosexuality, in a BBC radio programme to be broadcast Tuesday. via Mail & Guardian

“It's important to note that the decisions made today are preliminary decisions that need to be ratified by another convention”

The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth took the first steps Saturday to withdraw from the national church as part of a growing rift over Scriptural interpretation and homosexuality, giving preliminary approval to constitutional amendments.

The conservative diocese is among four of the 110 Episcopal dioceses _ including Pittsburgh, San Joaquin, Calif., and Quincy, Ill. _ that have approved similar measures to break away and align with an overseas Anglican leader. The dioceses contend U.S. church leadership has wrongly abandoned Scriptural authority and traditional teachings on truth, salvation and the divinity of Jesus Christ. Read more

“The Government needs to undertake a policy reorientation that incorporates the benefits of marriage to society as a whole, rather than relegating it to just another lifestyle choice.”

Comments A unique alliance of senior politicians and churchmen will tomorrow make a historic stand against an attempt by the Government to "drive the last nail in the coffin of the traditional family". MPs and ... via Daily Mail

“All our view of Scripture needs to be seen through the lens of Jesus.”

It's easy to look at homosexuality as the dominant issue dividing Protestant denominations today. via Chicago Tribune

“They have to eat. She has to pay the rent.”

Anglican leadership unaware of fundraiser for accused molester A benefit for accused child molester Pedro Briceno -- held at St. via Toronto Sun

The former Church of Ireland Primate, Lord Robin Eames, is leading an Anglican Communion delegation in North Korea, on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams. via The Belfast Telegraph

“It is a quite serious time for us all. this is the first installment of the first aspect of this trial. It will likely stretch out over a long time.”

The Rev. John Yates, rector of The Falls Church, took the witness stand late yesterday in the Fairfax Circuit Court trial to establish who owns the church property and that of 11 other former Episcopal ... via Falls Church News-Press

“Hopefully the fact that churches are using SmartWater will prove to be a deterrent for thieves. "Anything that makes people think twice about stealing from churches in Peterborough can only be a good thing.”

ANGLICAN churches across the city are to be issued with a special weapon to deter thieves from ripping lead from their roofs. via Peterborough Today

Riazat Butt, religious affairs correspondent Saturday November 10, 2007 The Guardian The Archbishop of Canterbury is facing renewed pressure to postpone the 2008 Lambeth conference of the world's Anglican ... via Guardian Unlimited

“Church members continue to give generously to charitable causes compared with the population at large.”

The number of women ordained to the priesthood in the Church of England overtook the number of men ordained for the first time last year. via Times Online

A trial is set to start Tuesday in a fight over church properties of almost a dozen Virginia congregations that voted to leave the Episcopal Church. via WJLA-TV Arlington

“In terms of per passenger, it is the most polluting way of travel”

A new industry-funded study released Monday appears to have been commissioned to fend off what is already a major issue in Europe and is quickly becoming one in North America: emissions from commercial ... via Dose

Posted on 11/09/2007 5:32:04 AM PST by NYer Tony Blair will convert to Roman Catholicism within weeks when he is received into the church by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, ... via Free Republic

“That is something you cannot solve in one meeting. We need to do more work”

Leaders meeting in Kenya belonging to all main Christian traditions, and from countries ranging from Armenia to Zimbabwe, have pledged to convene international, local and regional meetings to deepen ... via Ekklesia Daily News

“Not everyone who's out of step is able and creative. No one who is able and creative is in step.”

AS ANYONE working in the trade will tell you, even the nicest people sometimes have the urge to punch their psychiatrist. via The Age

“We have many Sudanese people and several congregations in the Diocese of Melbourne and I applaud the enrichment of our church by Sudanese migrants”

Melbourne's Anglican archbishop is calling on the federal government to reconsider cutting the quota of Sudanese refugees allowed into Australia. via The Age

The election of a new bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago is getting a lot of attention this weekend. via WBEZ-FM Chicago

“This is the same old speculation.”

TONY Blair, the former prime minister, is set to become a Roman Catholic within weeks, it emerged yesterday. via The Scotsman

“It is little wonder that the numbers in the Anglican Church are dwindling if this is the type of nonsense they are prepared to countenance.”

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has criticised what he calls "the outrageous stand" taken by the Anglican Church over last month's police raids. via Stuff

“Conservatives in America and elsewhere cannot wait in limbo any longer. They need a safe haven now”

Traditionalist Anglican leaders have stepped up pressure on their deeply split Communion by urging it to postpone its consultative conference and pledging more support for rebels against liberal local churches. via WNED.org

N ew trials dates were set on Monday for President of the National Association of Taxi Operators, Edgerton Newman, who is charged with carnal abuse and Prince Vale, 25, labourer of a Kingston address, who is ... via Jamaica Gleaner

“That this Standing Committee of General Synod supports the resolution of Te Runanganui calling for the review or repeal of the anti-terrorism legislation.”

Wider Anglican support for Maori Anglican stand in the wake of the Ruatoki raids There's been a swift, unequivocal show of support from the top level of the wider Anglican Church to the stand taken by Te ... via Scoop

“This is not a witch-hunting exercise, but really a matter of necessity and critical moral issues”

A CHILD protection group has called on the Anglican Church to defrock a priest due for release from jail tomorrow after serving time for child sex offences. via The Courier Mail

A lawsuit alleging decades of abuse of former students has been launched against Ontario's Grenville Christian College, the Anglican Church of Canada and two of its priests, and a Massachusetts group known as ... via Bene Diction Blogs On

Parishioners from three Church of Ireland parishes have joined traditional Anglicans from 12 other countries in requesting that the Catholic church receive them into full communion. via National Catholic Reporter

“Community makes us who we are and who we are becoming”

Bonnie Anderson, others urge Episcopalians to be informed and committed to mission. via WebWire

“This is pharaoh and the Hebrews in Egypt all over again. "Acts of suppression are the instruments of the powerful to bring the people in line with an acceptable system. "Moses said: `Let my people go.' Maybe we can say: `Leave our people alone'”

Anglican Maori incensed by police tactics in the Bay of Plenty terrorism raids are calling on the Government and police to apologise to Tuhoe and Ruatoki people. via XtraMSN Real Estate

“As a diocese we have come to a fork in the road”

Representatives from the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh voted overwhelmingly Friday to approve constitutional amendments that are the first step in leaving the national church in a widening rift over ... via Gay.com UK Features

“The bigger reality for us is having to accept the whole concept of obedience, and that is a harder cultural pill to swallow than I realized. I'm forced to encounter my own resistance and bias.”

A sk members of the Anglican Mission in America what they like about their association of churches, and you're likely to hear two answers. via Campus Life

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, is due to hold talks today with the body set up by the British Government to decide on the best way to address the legacy of the Troubles in the North. via Irish Independent

The Anglican Bishop of Hereford, who lost a controversial discrimination case involving a gay church youth worker earlier this year, has been dubbed 'bigot of the year' by a leading lesbian and gay human rights ... via Ekklesia Daily News

A bid by Connecticut Episcopal leaders to force members of a renegade Bristol parish to vacate their church building is getting some extra legal muscle. The national church has filed papers in court seeking intervenor status in a lawsuit against Trinity Episcopal Church brought by the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. It accuses the Rev. Donald Helmandollar and church leaders of trespassing on church property. Members of the Trinity parish voted to leave the Episcopal Church last May because of disagreement over the 2003 election of an openly gay New Hampshire bishop and the church's blessing of same-sex unions. Around the same time, Trinity members voted to join the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, a self-described mission of the conservative Anglican Church of Nigeria. According to the lawsuit against Trinity, the property in Bristol is held in trust for the diocese and does not belong to the parish. When Trinity chose to align itself with the Anglican convocation, the lawsuit says, its members lost their rights to control the property. Trinity parishioners and Helmandollar, who was removed from ministry by Connecticut Bishop Andrew Smith in June, insist they have the right to continue worshiping at the Bristol church. Attorney Howard M. Wood III, who is representing Trinity, said the national church's decision to intervene in this case is 'consistent with the national [church's] policy of looking over the shoulder of local counsel to insure that the national's policy of no compromise and no selling the buildings to churches ... is followed through.' He also accused the national church of using the 'strategy of intimidation and punishment of local church leaders' by canceling their liability insurance and suing them personally. Read more

“If we can find them an asylum, a safe home in their native land, then the full flowering of their genius will burst forth and propagate.”

Although he was here for just 24 hours for a meeting with Israel's chief rabbis, the archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. via Jerusalem Post

“Here I stand. I can do no other. I will neither compromise the Faith once delivered to the saints, nor will I abandon the sheep who elected me to protect them.”

Contributed by Cary McMullen - Posted: November 2, 2007 6:51:55 PM Today was the first day of the convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. via The Ledger

“Four years into this, we are more polarized, not less, and there is no prospect of resolution, only of a mediated separation as an alternative to the public scandal of ever-spiraling litigation or canonical proceedings.”

Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh said the diocese has arrived at a "defining" moment of decision, urging deputies to the annual convention to treat each other with charity during the coming year of ... via Living Church

Tutu has long spoken out against injustices in South Africa Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu has warned that South Africa is in danger of losing its moral direction. via BBC

“I shall regrettably be compelled to see that appropriate canonical steps are promptly taken to consider whether you have abandoned the Communion of this Church...and whether you have committed canonical offenses that warrant disciplinary action.”

In a letter to Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan on the eve of his diocesan convention, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church has warned that she will take "disciplinary action" if he persists, and the ... via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“In light of recent events, some of you may be wondering why I am still standing for election”

Parishioners across the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago had the opportunity to grill eight nominees - including a lesbian priest - vying to become the next bishop. via Gay news blog

“Youths, imara ihe iga eme Ma gi emeghi ya Ime ya ozo Oburu amaghi ihe”

Of all the stratagems, to know when to quit is the best. Little pots soon run over. via Nigeriaworld