Women bishops: a lot of ground for the Synod to make up; Paralympians to celebrate Games in St Paul’s; The spirit of the Olympics; Invite to night prayer with the Archbishop of York
Women bishops: a lot of ground for the Synod to make up
Madeleine Davies, Church Times – Consultations over women bishops have been progressing slowly, it emerged this week.
Legislation to permit women to enter the episcopate is due to return to the General Synod at an extraordinary meeting in November. Before then, the House of Bishops has to decide what provision for traditionalists it will put in the final draft legislation, if any.
Last month the steering committee proposed seven possible options in relation to clause 5(1)(c), the amendment inserted into the legislation by the House of Bishops in May, which prompted angry protests and led to the adjournment of a final decision when the General Synod met in York earlier in July.
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2012/24-august/news/uk/women-bishops-a-lot-of-ground-for-the-synod-to-make-up
Paralympians to celebrate Games in St Paul’s
Church Times – St Paul’s Cathedral will echo with an unaccustomed sound on the Sunday after next: a three-a-side wheelchair-basketball game is to be played beneath the dome during a service to mark the opening of the Paralympic Games the following Wednesday.
The Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Richard Chartres, will preside, and the service will begin when Chris Holmes, the blind Paralympian swimmer, runs in through the Great West doors with a laurel wreath, and places it on the altar. Baroness Grey-Thompson, who won 16 Paralympic medals during her sporting career, will give the address. Lord Coe and Dame Tessa Jowell MP are expected to attend.
On Monday, Bishop Chartres welcomed the “holiday from cynicism” provided by the Olympic Games, which gave the country “a taste of what things could be like if we lived all the time as we have prayed”.
In a message to the 2700 young people who volunteered to be “ambassadors for Christ” during the Games, Bishop Chartres said: “Without seeking to undermine the Prime Minister’s emphasis on the virtues of competition, I think that you all deserve a medal.”
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2012/17-august/news/uk/paralympians-to-celebrate-games-in-st-paul%E2%80%99s
The spirit of the Olympics
See Church Times leader –
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2012/17-august/comment/leader-comment/the-spirit-of-the-olympics
Invite to night prayer with the Archbishop of York
Members of the audience at this years York Mystery Plays are being invited to say night prayer with the Archbishop of York. Compline is being said by Dr John Sentamu for the cast, crew and audience after every evening performance. The plays tell God’s story from creation to the last judgement and have been performed by the people of York for centuries
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/invite.to.night.prayer.with.the.archbishop.of.york/30527.htm