Anglican Communion weekly news review; Anglicans to host major conference on health and healing; Korean church group proposes peace projects for WCC’s 10th Assembly
Anglican Communion weekly news review
A weekly roundup of Anglican Communion news plus opinion, reviews,and other things of interest from across the Anglican/Episcopal world.
This edition includes…
· This week’s Anglican Communion news
· Anglican Life – Archbishop Rowan: “Don’t give up”
· Anglican Life – Exhibit to celebrate church’s history
· Anglican Life – Melanesian Messenger relaunched
· Anglican Life – St Margaret’s Hospital opening on schedule
· Anglican Life – Lord Eames concerned over Forces’ chaplains cuts
· Comment – Sport as a mirror for society
· Digital Communion – ANZP’s prayer book online
· Bookshelf – My Brother Vivian …and the Christian Martyrs of Papua New Guinea
· The coming week’s Anglican Cycle of Prayer.
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/index.cfm
Anglicans to host major conference on health and healing
The Anglican Health Network (AHN) will host a two-day conference in the UK in April next year to draw together the experience of churches engaged in health services and healing ministries. AHN Coordinator, Revd Paul Holley, commented: ‘In a changing health landscape, there are clear signs that churches are engaging afresh with the health sector.’ The conference programme will consider the wide variety of health and healing initiatives offered by parishes, healing agencies and Christian hospitals. Speakers are drawn from the UK, Europe and the United States and will provide insight into new innovations in the field of faith and health.
The event will be shaped around three themes:
· Health, dying and human flourishing
· The healing ministries of the church amongst individuals and communities
· The church in the governance and delivery of health services
It will take place at the National Motorcycle Museum near Birmingham International Airport on 24th and 25th April 2013.
Revd Holley, announced that the registration system is now open, “We have put together a line up of speakers that will bring innovative thinking to the interplay between churches and health services. We are delighted now to invite participants to join us for what will be a ground-breaking conference.”
The conference is co-hosted by Anglican Health Network and Parish Nursing Ministries UK, with sponsorship from the Guild of Health. Many of the key UK healing agencies have come together in order to plan the event:
· Burrswood Hospital
· Acorn Christian Healing Foundation
· St. Marylebone Healing and Counselling Centre
· Project for Spirituality, Theology & Health, University of Durham
· Holy Rood House
· Wholecare
· USPG
· Mind and Soul
For further information, visit the conference website: http://www.anglicanhealth.org/ConferenceHome.aspx
Or contact Paul Holley on: paul.holley@anglicanhealth.org
Korean church group proposes peace projects for WCC’s 10th Assembly
The Korea Host Committee for the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) are proposing a number of events for the gathering that focus on the “reconciliation and unification on the Korean peninsula,” according to a new report called “Korea Peace Project.”
http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=5805