Prayer reminder from North West Australia
Members of the Diocese of North West Australia seek prayer for “humility, faithfulness and wisdom” for the DNWA Election Synod later this month.
They will meet in Geraldton to elect a new Bishop on 10th-12th February.
Moore College approved as Self-Accrediting Institution
Moore College has been approved as a self-accrediting institution, which is great news. In announcing it, the considerable work of Alan Höhne in achieving this status is acknowledged. Read more here.
The 2011 Highlights in Church Legal News
AS Haley, the Anglican Curmudgeon, has posted his 2011 Highlights (or perhaps lowlights) in Church Legal News –
“This blog’s principal focus is tracking the vicissitudes and adventures of the Episcopal Church (USA) in the secular courts, as it engages in an unprecedented campaign of ‘intimidation by lawsuit’ against the dioceses and parishes who have reached the limits of their tolerance with the national Church’s leadership in general, and with its individual bishops in particular. For – make no mistake – it is the collected bishops of the Episcopal Church who are enabling the Presiding Bishop and her personal Chancellor to bring more than seventy-five separate lawsuits across the country…”
New book on the way from David Peterson
‘Transformed by God’ – Something to look forward to in April 2012.
Related: Transformed by God: David Peterson interviewed at Oak Hill.
Tewantin Community Gathering of Care and Support
It would be good to uphold in your prayers Mark Calder and the Anglican Church at Noosa as they seek to help their local community after yesterday’s tragic fire.
(Update: audio and the hand out from the meeting has been posted here.)
Queen’s Christmas message 2011
“God sent into the world a unique person – neither a philosopher nor a general, important though they are, but a Saviour, with the power to forgive.”
– from Queen Elizabeth II’s 2011 Christmas broadcast. (text here)
Carols from St Andrew’s Christmas Eve
ABC Television will broadcast the service of Carols from St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney this Christmas Eve.
Watch it around Australia on ABC1 6:00–7:00pm on Saturday 24th December.
Archbishop of Sydney calls on ALP delegates to reject ‘false rhetoric’
Here’s a Statement released by Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Peter Jensen:
Archbishop of Sydney calls on ALP delegates to reject ‘false rhetoric’
The ALP has a proud history of achievement in genuine matters of equality, so it is disappointing to see it divided over the false rhetoric of ‘equality’ surrounding same-sex marriage.
The present law defining marriage is not a denial of rights. Issues of inequity regarding the financial and legal status of same-sex relationships have already been addressed by the Parliament and I have supported these changes.
There is no doubt the ALP conference has a difficult decision and this is a painful subject for many, but it is incumbent on delegates to consider the long-term consequences.
Redefining marriage will have unintended and unwelcome consequences for the meaning of parenthood, our openness to other forms of marriage, sex education and our commitment to religious freedom.
Dr Peter F Jensen
Archbishop of Sydney
2/12/2011.
(Source: SydneyAnglicans.net)
At the Centre of the Storm — accounting for Biblical Theology in the 21st Centiry
Mark Thompson shares news of a new MA course at Moore College, starting in 2012.