South East Asian woman ordained into Church of England ;Woman priest sees daughter ordained at GloucesterCathedral; New online library for evangelism; Cathedrals across the UK to hold services for those whose babies have died.
South East Asian woman ordained into Church of England
The Revd Eileen Harrop has become the first female from South East Asia to become a Church of England ordained minister. She was ordained by the Archbishop of Canterbury on 30th June at Canterbury Cathedral, becoming the first female in a long and historic line of family members to serve as a Church minister.
http://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2012/07/south-east-asian-woman-ordained-into-church-of-england.aspx
Woman priest sees daughter ordained at Gloucester Cathedral
BBC News – One of the first women to be ordained a priest in 1994 sees her daughter ordained at Gloucester Cathedral.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-18659427
New online library for evangelism
A new online library has been launched for people interested in evangelism and new forms of church, which will provide them with free access to research papers and theses.
The website, SCOLER (The Sheffield Centre Online Library of Evangelism Research) is a joint initiative between Church Army’s team of researchers at The Sheffield Centre and the Churches Group for Evangelisation.
The purpose of the library is to make deeper thinking around evangelism and new forms of church available to people who want to study further, and to demonstrate this level of learning to the wider church.
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2012/7/2/ACNS5137
Cathedrals across the UK to hold services for those whose babies have died.
Cathedrals in England, Wales and Scotland are to hold services for remembrance services for people who have suffered miscarriage, early term loss or early infant loss.
The Saying Goodbye services, at such cathedrals as Llandaff in Cardiff, St Mary’s Episcopal in Edinburgh, St Paul’s in London and York Minster, will provide an opportunity for people to join with others who have experienced a loss.
The services are being organised free of charge by CCEM an international event management company owned by Zoe and Andy Clark-Coates.
“We want to provide a place and time for people to come together to acknowledge their loss and offer an opportunity to say a collective goodbye,” said Zoe. “My husband and I have lost five babies ourselves – we want the Saying Goodbye services to help other couples to say a wonderful goodbye to their children, as every life deserves to be recognised.
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2012/7/2/ACNS5136