Moore College Open Events 2013

Open Nights 2013
27th May and 26th August

Open Weeks 2013
27th May – 31st May
26th August – 30th August

Open Day 2013
28th September

See all the details at the College website.

Archbishop Peter Jensen’s last Easter message

Archbishop Peter Jensen has released his last Easter message as Archbishop of Sydney.

Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney
2013 Easter Message

This is my 12th and final Easter message as Archbishop of Sydney.

As I think on my time as Archbishop, naturally I look back and try to judge myself – not with much success!

Like you, I have a real judge. Think how much more God, who knows all the secrets of our hearts, must be able to hold me to account. It should make us tremble.

But I am filled with hope. Why?

Because of Easter. What happened at the first Easter reminds me of the love of God.

Through the death of Jesus even I, and all of us, can have forgiveness as we turn to him in sorrow and trust him for our lives. Our failures are not the last word over our lives. And, through the resurrection of Jesus I have a great and undeserved hope of my own resurrection and future.

I can only quote the words of John Newton, the man who wrote the song, Amazing Grace: ‘I am a great sinner, but Christ is a great Saviour’. Thank the love of God for that.

Dr Peter F Jensen,
Archbishop of Sydney,
Easter, 2013 AD

Watch it below – and log in to Vimeo to download a copy for use in church.

Easter Message 2013 from Sydneyanglicans.net on Vimeo.

The text is also available at SydneyAnglicans.net (PDF), and there’s a report here. And you can listen to the audio here.

Majoring on the majors: Phillip Jensen on John Chapman

“God gives different gifts to different people. The important thing is not the gifts we’re given, but what we do with them. Being a godly man, Chappo always used his gifts for the gospel, and always for other people. He could have used them for himself, but he never did. That was his godliness on display. …”

– Phillip Jensen remembers John Chapman. He touches on a good deal of recent history, in both Sydney and Armidale. Edifying and interesting.

Related: John’s interview for AFES in 2012.

Lady Patricia Loane

We are sad to report that Lady Patricia Loane, widow of Sir Marcus Loane, has died in Sydney.

Archbishop Peter Jensen on the new Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop Peter Jensen was asked for his thoughts on the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, in a 3 minute segment on SBS TV.

He said the new Archbishop would be “enormously welcomed” and respected if he were to visit Australia.

See it here – ‘Anglican Aussies welcome new Archbishop of Canterbury’.

(Photo: SBS.)

The Marcus I Knew and Loved

Greg Blaxland, former SAMS missionary, and well-known to many of our readers, has just published “The Marcus I Knew and Loved”, subtitled An Autobiographical Appreciation of Sir Marcus Lawrence Loane.

In his Preface, he writes,

The pages that follow do not purport to be a complete life story… Rather, they are a simple, loving, autobiographical appreciation of a truly great man of God…

Many share such a high estimate of Sir Marcus Loane.

It’s available as an e-book (in ePub, Mobi, or PDF formats), and can be purchased for $US9.99 here.

(Larger image of the cover.)

Archbishop Peter Jensen’s statement on Pope Francis

The Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Peter Jensen today joined other Christian leaders in welcoming the election of the new Pope, saying “The papacy continues to have huge global significance in testing times for humanity. We join those who pray that Pope Francis will use the office to further the gospel of Jesus Christ for the sake of all humanity.”

via SydneyAnglicans.net

Other statements – via The Bible Society.

Moore College Graduation 2013 — Report

“Last night 92 graduates received their awards from the college. City Recital Hall was packed with over 600 guests who were family, friends of the graduates and supporters of the college…”

– story from the Moore College website.

Also on the website: An Invitation to the Commissioning of Dr Mark Thompson as the 13th Principal of the College, on Thursday 6th June, 7:00pm at St. Andrew’s Cathedral.

Chappo’s preaching

“From the day that Jesus saved John, there was no-one more impressive or wonderful for John than Jesus. Did he ever get tired of telling people about Jesus in the gospels, or of stringing together the things Jesus did so you could see his greatness?”

– Another reminder that remembering John Chapman means pointing to Jesus. Simon Manchester writes in The Briefing. (Photo: St Thomas’ North Sydney.)

St. Helen’s Thanksgiving service for Chappo

The video from the Thanksgiving service for John Chapman, held at St. Helen’s Bishopsgate in London a week ago (1st March 2013), is now available on Vimeo.

Participants include William Taylor, Dick Lucas, Richard Bewes and Hugh Palmer.

Dick Lucas remembered the first time he met Chappo – and Hugh Palmer preached from Romans 1.

The video runs for 51 minutes and is most edifying.

Moore College Graduation 2013

Moore College 2013 Graduation Tuesday 12th March –

“Moore encourages you to extend this invitation to others in your church, lay members, clergy and staff.”

– Details from Moore College.

In a little while – thanking God for Chappo

“My generation missed Chappo. I think I heard him preach once, maybe twice. By the time I went through Moore Theological College he was no longer the one giving sermon feedback. Others were the regular evangelists up at the Katoomba conventions when I attended them.

I heard a number of his jokes — even I knew of his encouragement of younger Christians with words along the lines of ‘Don’t worry, the first 40 years are the hardest’ — but I heard most of these stories from others who knew him better, or had heard him more often.”

– Coinciding with the day of a special Thanksgiving service in London, Sam Freeney explains why The Briefing (March/April 2013) will carry some special appreciations of our dear brother John Chapman.

The ACL commits to Prayer for the election of the next Archbishop of Sydney

The Election Synod to choose a new Archbishop of Sydney is set for August 5th – 9th 2013.

The ACL is planning Prayer Meetings in June to pray for the election.

The February meeting of the Council of the Anglican Church League passed this Resolution, which was proposed by ACL President The Rev. Gav Poole –

“The ACL confirms its longstanding practice of not promoting a preferred candidate for the Archbishop’s election.

It is noted that all members, councillors and executive are free to participate in the election on a personal basis.

And the ACL commits itself to organise prayer meetings around the diocese calling upon God for a new Archbishop who will uphold the Evangelical character of our diocese.”

Please stay tuned for details of the forthcoming Prayer meetings, and please commit to seeking the Lord in prayer on this matter.

Pierced for our transgressions

“The Bible speaks with a clear and united witness. Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed. The Servant was pierced for our transgressions. He died, as Caiaphas prophesied, in the place of the people. He was set forth as a propitiation for our sins. He became a curse for us, bearing our sins in his body on the tree, drinking the cup of God’s wrath, giving his life as a ransom for many.”