Tuam schools service; Lecture series; Story telling success; Dock Church is thankful;
Archbishops' Council on way forward on women bishops; Actions against Facebook and Starbucks; Low pay traps millions
Reports from Zimbabwe, Sudan, Congo, Egypt, China, Greece and Latin America
A new collection of music for Evensong for upper voices has just been published by the Royal School of Church Music. Open thou our lips marks the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer which laid down the order for this Anglican evening service; it is a pattern in daily use by many cathedrals and churches throughout the world.
For the people of Syria
Advent Prayer Path in Belfast, Clogher Advent service, Ordination 50th anniversary; Parish Tercentennary; Media review - Alcohol free Belfast centre for St Patrick's Day; Reports on suicide, child birth and child abuse symptoms
Advent Prayer Path in Belfast
St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, is hosting an Advent Prayer Path for anyone wanting to take time out to pray and reflect as the busyness of Christmas approaches.
The Prayer Path will be l
Years of traditional mission activity have helped us to realise that there is no ‘us and them’ only an ‘us’.This was the message of the Revd Dr Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, who preached at a special service to launch the renaming of the 311-year-old mission agency USPG – now known as Us.
Two well-known church musicians are among those to receive honorary awards from the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) next year.
Prayer for the government
Celebration of Prayer Book on British Culture; Work continues on implementing the Anglican Methodist Covenant; Support for referendum on gay marriage; Major new Church initiative to help poor of Middlesborough
Conducting Songs of Praise, Major conference at Maynooth, Recitals, New Irish Arts Youth Choir CD, New songbook from The Getty’s, and online songwriting school
Dire warnings of a parliamentary reaction.
I have been most fortunate in my ministry to have had a few very good clerical friends with whom I could be totally frank and open. One such died a few days ago.
For those affected by flooding
Church Plant Seminar; Prayer request from Egypt; Centring Prayer Workshop; Advent Quiet Day; Poll majority back same sex marriage; claim that Savita case has been hijacked; Rising costs of childcare in NI
Amazing childhood of the future Archbishop of Canterbury; C of E backing a living wage; Brit concern at marriage breakdown; Women bishops - Tablet editorial and other comments; Major report on teaching of Christianity in schools; New resource on Christian - Moslem inter-faith marriage
In a new book, Pope Benedict has pointed out that there were no animals present at Jesus’ birth. An Irish journalist comments - Way to ruin the Christmas buzz!
Deconstruction of Christchurch cathedral must wait on new plans
For the people of Egypt
Organist and Dean at loggerheads; RB McDowell’s legacies; Election of women bishops; Bishop of Cloyne appointed; Bishops reaffirm Roman Catholic moral teaching; NI Catholics 'want to stay in UK'
Scottish Religious hate crime up; Westminster Abbey series on TV; Women bishops - Lord Carey; War Cry goes digital
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Archbishop of Canterbury-elect Bishop Justin Welby, and Prince Ghazi of Jordan have unveiled plans to work on reconciliation in Nigeria.
For the persecuted church
The Church of Ireland correspondent to The Irish Times states today that “the C of I community has been much exercised in recent weeks by the proposals for the re–alignment of teacher training which may see the Church of Ireland College of Education in Rathmines subsumed into a much larger entity based on Dublin City University.”
Allegations by the former Director of Music that she had been bullied have been questioned at a tribunal.
The chapel programme includes a memorial service for Professor Trevor West, Carols by Candelight, singing at the lighting of the Houses of the Oireachtas Christmas Tree and a fundraising concert for Dublin’s Simon Community
Michael Perham, the Bishop of Gloucester, has questioned the Church’s equality law exemption in a statement issued yesterday. The full statement is available online and link is included in this report. The statement is summarised in this press release from the diocese.
The world leading Anglican newspaper is not short of copy this week.
The C of E’s financial strategy, women bishops fallout - Lord Carey’s views, plus German and Jamaican reaction.
World Aids Day Event; Major renovation of Down Church with Dublin bell; New MU banner dedicated; Choir’s Golden Jubilee Dinner; Clogher Choral Evensong & Installation