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21 January 2012: The last sermon of Mr Fix-it
The New York Times
highlights
the ministry of Bill Tully at St Bartholomew Episcopal Church
in New York city. When he arrived, parishioners were suing the church
over a planned development, and the congregation had shrunk from 800
to 150 - it is now 3,000. He wanted to create a new reality and not
fight old battles. People told him, 'We need to fix this building',
and he said, 'No, let's fix the congregation first.'
20 January 2012: ABC and ABY suggest 'open-ended engagement' with North American breakaways
The US Episcopal News Service reports that Archbishops Rowan Williams of Canterbury and John Sentamu of York have suggested that the Church of England and the Anglican Communion ought to be in "an open-ended engagement" with the Anglican Church in North America. Thinking Anglicans has this analysis of it; the comments following that analysis are worth reading.
20 January 2012: Crossing the bar
Holy Trinity, Hull
(which is the largest parish church in England)
will hold monthly informal services in a pub for people who might feel
more comfortable there than in church. No alcohol will be served, but
it will flow in the nave of Holy Trinity when it hosts a real-ale
festival, according to an article in the Church Times.
This is Hull
notes
that the festival had traditionally been held at Hull City Hall, but
that the organizers felt that the cooler church would be beneficial
for storing and serving the range of ales and ciders on offer.
20 January 2012: St Alban's church breathes again
The city website of Johannesburg
reports
that the toxic pigeon droppings have been removed from the turret of
St Alban's church, allowing restoration of the leaking roof. The
mission church was founded in 1898 to serve the coloured community.
When that community was forcibly removed in the 1960s, the diocesan
offices were located there (till 1987), to help assure the viability
of the church.
19 January 2012: A miracle of rice and beans - and ambulances
Toronto Star columnist Joe Fioritto reports again
on the efforts of Padre Hernan Astudilo and his Latino congregation of
San Lorenzo, who over the past decade have bought and delivered 22
used ambulances and 48 school buses to Latin America. In his spare
time, he has started working with the migrant workers of Niagara-on-the-Lake, picking peaches and grapes, and
bringing back fruit for the food bank at San Lorenzo.
18 January 2012: London protesters lose St Paul's eviction battle
The Telegraph (London) reports that the protesters camping outside St Paul's cathedral today lost their court battle to continue with their three month campaign.
17 January 2012: Zimbabwe thugs back on the job after holiday break
Newsday (Harare) reports that 'Security forces have once again reportedly barred a meeting by Bishop Chad Gandiya of the Anglican Church, that had been scheduled to take place ... just outside Harare.'
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