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25.01.2022 The Good Friday stories from the gospels are deliberate, difficult reading and tell each from a different perspective the story of God’s redemption of the world... in the crucifixion of Jesus and the events leading up to it. In the midst of this brutal event, there is great love and great hope. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3: 16-17

24.01.2022 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence ensuring that the churches of the Anglican Communion are a living witness to the equality of men and women made in the image of God.

22.01.2022 https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2107H094S00

21.01.2022 Two women and two men, all originally from Sydney, joined with Christopher Waterhouse from the St James Institute, Fr Andrew Semple of St James King Street, and Fr Daniel Dries of Christ Church St Laurence, to explore the call to ministry and the journey to ordination. Four different perspectives and experiences but all united in the body of Christ within the Anglican Church in Australia, immersed in new ministries in changing and challenging times.

20.01.2022 The apostle Paul is a controversial figure in the church, especially for egalitarians. In the spring 2021 issue of Mutuality, we want to revisit Paul’s theology..., his writings, and his humanity. We want writers to explore how Paul’s overarching theological framework is egalitarian. We want articles that reassess how we interpret classic passages about women, but also how other passages might help us read those passages in a new light. We want to know more about how understanding the world where Paul lived, the lands he visited, and the other Christians he worked with might change how we understand and interpret his perspective. Lend your voice to CBE’s spring issue of Mutuality. Submissions due December 8. More information can be found here: http://ow.ly/Z3oI50Bv2GL See more

18.01.2022 We must listen to the survivors - https://www.smh.com.au//the-church-stripped-bare-high-rate #fixinghereyes #Jesus

18.01.2022 Deborah's story is a #lectionary reading for Anglicans this week. I am so glad her story is in the Bible!!! #womenleaders #womenprophets https://margmowczko.com/deborah-and-the-no-available-men-a/

17.01.2022 The Standing Committee of the Anglican Church of Australia has made 10 Commitments to prevent and respond to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), after undertaking ...the first known Australian Church study into the prevalence of IPV within its faith community. #intimatepartnerviolence #domesticviolenceawareness #domesticviolenceprevention #AnglicanChurch

15.01.2022 Members and friends of the Movement for the Ordination of Women (MOW) are warmly invited to attend the MOW Australia Ltd AGM via Zoom on the afternoon of Saturday 3 October 2020. MOW are seeking nominations for the positions of President, Vice-President and two General Representatives. If you are a member, please do try to attend the Zoom meeting. If you are unable to attend, please send your proxy to Elaine Lindsay, Secretary (details below). New Members are also encouraged ...to join with us as we strive to profess Christ’s all-embracing church throughout the Anglican Church in Australia. All are welcome! For more information, please email Elaine Lindsay: [email protected] President: Lesley McLean Vice-Presidents: Val Graydon, Margaret Lawther Secretary: Elaine Lindsay Treasurer: Kathleen Toal General Representatives: Jan Malpas, Sue Bishop, Lu Piper, Jenny Stirling Sydney MOW Convenor: Phillip Seale

10.01.2022 Rev Sharon Hollis has been declared President-elect of the Uniting Church in Australia. Rev. Hollis is the first ordained woman and the third woman to serve as ...President-elect, previously the Moderator of Uniting Church Victoria & Tasmania, and currently serving as a resourcing minister to promote a culture of safety for vulnerable people throughout the Synod. We are very excited to hear from her, in conversation with Dr Janice McRandal for our next free zoom session "HORIZONS: Church, Women, Families, Pandemics". Register here to join us: https://www.trybooking.com/BKRHN See more

10.01.2022 30 October: feast of "Holy Women of the New Testament" - is this a New Zealand construct? Do other churches celebrate this?

10.01.2022 The Rev'd Kaye Pitman was one of the six women ordained priest in 1992, the first time it was possible in our diocese of Brisbane. You can read her story as par...t of "FROM BISCUITS TO BISHOP: A celebration of Anglican women’s history in the Diocese of Brisbane" https://www.stjohnscathedral.com.au/womens-exhibition/ See more

10.01.2022 Getting to know people CBE Sydney: Nicky Lock, Committee member and Public Officer. Getting to know each other 1. Tell us a little about you: ... I spent the first few years of my life living in a suburb just outside New York city where my father, an oil company executive, had been posted by his English employer. I learnt to talk there and developed a broad NY accent which gave my peers at my first school back in UK much to tease me about, especially when I did not know what ‘plimsolls’ were for sport but insisted that I only had ‘sneakers’. Through my school years I loved music and dance for extra curricular activities, but maths and science were my favourite subjects. A career change when I came to Australia in 1987 saw me training as an emotionally focused therapist, always with a focus on integrating theology and psychology. Now I see clients, supervise other counsellors and therapists and am a course Coordinator and adjunct lecturer in pastoral counselling in the school of theology at St Mark’s National Theological Centre in Canberra. Family life includes a supporting husband, three adult children and their partners and 6 soon to be 7 grandchildren- life is full, varied and interesting! 2. When did you first become interested in thinking about how the Bible calls women and men to lead and serve as equals? Recently I discovered that the church where I went to Sunday school in New York State was one of the first Episcopal parishes in the US to elect women to the vestry, in 1958 while I was there as a 4 year old! However, more realistically, I am a product of growing up in the 60’s and 70’s and have always been a passionate advocate for gender equality in all aspects of life, a passion which extended my faith journey when the women’s ordination movement in UK began in earnest in the 80’s. 3. What is your favourite bible passage on the equality of men and women in serving Jesus? I always want to start with Genesis 1:27 and 28 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground. Here we see how both men and women are created in God’s image AND they are given together a joint commission. Next in Genesis 2:18 we begin to see something of the relationship between women and men, when we see the adamah (later named as Eve) called the ‘ezer kenegdo’. Ezer is often translated as ‘helper’, but it is the word which is used frequently to refer to God in his role as saviour, rescuer, or protector. Next the qualifier ‘kenegdo’ which has implications of ‘standing boldly opposite’. The adamah is no shrinking violet helper, but rather she is an equal partner in the task that God has set for the humans. 4. What is happening in your Christian circles that supports Graham Hills’ call for women to be to be released to teach, to lead, to preach, to serve, to pastor, and to minister in every area of the church. I am very fortunate to go to an Anglican Church in Sydney which is affirming of women in all roles in ministry and we regularly have women priests preaching at our main services. I have also spent time teaching trauma counselling in Africa and Indonesia and seen many ordained women who are both priests and bishops in these countries: godly women who are fine leaders and preachers of the word. Sadly in my own diocese, whilst numerous women have good theological education, their ministry, excellent as it is, is often limited to working with women and children.

08.01.2022 Two new Bishops will be consecrated in two separate services taking place at York Minster on Monday 21 September. The Revd Canon Sophie Jelley, former Director ...of Mission, Discipleship and Ministry in the Diocese of Durham and Canon Missioner at Durham Cathedral, will be consecrated as Bishop of Doncaster in the Diocese of Sheffield. Sophie will be consecrated in the morning by The Archbishop of York, The Most Reverend Stephen Cottrell, assisted by the Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler and the Bishop of Sheffield, Pete Wilcox. In the afternoon, the Revd Dr Andrew Emerton, former Dean of St Mellitus College, London, will be consecrated as Bishop of Sherwood in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. Andrew will be consecrated by the Bishop of Durham, the Right Revd Paul Butler, assisted by the Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally and the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham, Paul Williams. The Archbishop of York will preside at both services. Celebrating the consecrations, Archbishop Stephen said: I rejoice and I am looking forward to the consecrations of Bishop Sophie and Bishop Andy in York Minster. I invite you to join with me in celebration and in prayer for them and their families, for the Dioceses of Sheffield and Southwell and Nottingham. May God bless these, His servants and friends, as they embark on the next stage of their vocations as Bishops in the church of God. Commenting on Sophie’s consecration, The Bishop of Sheffield, the Right Revd Dr Pete Wilcox said: I am relieved and excited in equal measure that we now have a firm date for Canon Sophie’s consecration, delayed by the pandemic since 25 March. Sophie has inhabited the role of Bishop-designate to full effect, but it will be such a joy to welcome her fully into her episcopal ministry. I am especially glad that it will enable her to share collegially with me in the ordination of our priests and deacons at the end of September. I am also delighted that this will be Archbishop Stephen’s first consecration at York Minister and I look forward to the occasion immensely. Welcoming Andy’s consecration, The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham, the Right Revd Paul Williams said: I am very thankful that Archbishop Stephen has confirmed that Andy Emerton will be consecrated Bishop of Sherwood on 21st September and delighted this will take place at York Minster, albeit with understandable restrictions at this present time. We greatly look forward to Andy’s ministry among us as bishop and to the part he will play in growing the Kingdom of God in this part of the East Midlands, alongside many other lay and ordained leaders. One of his first tasks will be to share with me in the ordination of 20 new priests and deacons on his first weekend as bishop. Sophie and Andy’s consecration services will take place in the context of the Eucharist and will include readings, prayers, music and a sermon. The services will be held under careful guidelines because of the Coronavirus pandemic with strict limits on the numbers attending. Both services will be live-streamed via You Tube so that friends, family and congregations can experience the services. https://www.archbishopofyork.org//consecrations-york-minst

08.01.2022 Wanting to take a deeper look into what the Bible has to say about relationships between women and men, gender and power? Take a look at this excellent theological resource here http://www.anglicancommunion.org/media/348551/TEAC-Just-relationships-women-men.pdf

08.01.2022 As Christians continue to debate the role of women in ministry, we need to ask why today’s church doesn’t have more teams comprised of men and women as Paul’s w...ere. We need to ask why typical debates about women and their roles end up with women being restricted from areas of service that the Bible nowhere prohibits. We need to ask deeper questions about how we regard women who do serve on ministry teams. https://www.christianitytoday.com//women-of-color-church-p

07.01.2022 A new post in time for Ascension Day this Thursday the 13th of May. Mary Magdalene was the herald of Jesus’s resurrection and also the herald of his impending ascension.

05.01.2022 During this past week, Dr Julia Baird has both written on the findings of the National Anglican Family Violence Project published in its report released this week and on Thursday night on The Drum, featured a story from ‘Jane’, a survivor of clergy spouse domestic violence whose husband was in Sydney Anglican Church ministry. Jane’s story confirms findings from the NAFVP and elsewhere that the use of Scripture, and in particular the doctrine of male headship and female submis...Continue reading

05.01.2022 Whether you are discerning your own sense of call, or can see the potential for leadership or ministry in someone else, please follow that thought simply by ha...ving a chat about vocation, invites Archbishop Phillip Aspinall during Vocations Month, which runs from 15 July to 15 August annually. #Anglican #Vocation #Church

02.01.2022 On another Facebook page, Mikaela Bell has made the following observations that I've shared with her permission (and edited slightly). ________ I've seen a coup...le of posts lately about people struggling when they are confronted by Christians who demand to see one specific verse that says women can be pastors, or something like that. I just came across an N.T. Wright quote that might be useful in that kind of situation. The quotes is from his essay, "How the Bible Reads the Modern World" where he talks about how modernism, the philosophy that has dominated in the West since the Enlightenment, wants to elevate left-brain skills (quantitative thinking, scientific analysis, detail, etc) over right-brain skills (creativity, emotion, big-picture stuff, etc). N.T. Wright says, "In my own academic field, it is much easier to get a doctorate in biblical studies if you do a relentlessly left-brain analysis of a small part of the text, whereas if you attempt a fresh vision of the big picture, within which it might all make sense, someone is bound to ask you, in tones that reflect only too accurately the cultural assumptions that lie behind them, 'But where is that in the text?'--meaning, 'Give me one verse that says precisely what you're saying,' whereas the answer often lies not in a single verse (as if one's interpretation of a great painting could be narrowed down to one square inch of canvas!) but in the full sweep of the chapter, the book, the collection of books in question." This is relevant not just for the gender-roles debate, but because refusing to see Scripture as a big picture has the effect of reducing God and the story he is telling with the human race into something much smaller. The Bible becomes an extended personal salvation tract. The Resurrection becomes an isolated miracle instead of evidence of New Creation. Christianity becomes a list of orthodox beliefs to check off while we're waiting to die and go to heaven. Our God is too small because we can only look at the giant painting with a magnifying glass. So the next time someone asks for a specific verse, point out to them that they have to step back and look at the whole picture. And if you want to read the essay, it's in Wright's book, "Surprised by Scripture."

02.01.2022 The August/September edition of St James’ Connections features several articles about the call to ordained ministry. You are invited to join in a Pannel discussion next Saturday, 8th August from 2.00pm (details below in St James Connections) with two women and two men who during the past year or so have been ordained as priests in the Anglican Church of Australia. Please join the discssion as they reflect on their journeys and their new vocations in ordained ministry in these challenging times.

02.01.2022 To mark the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (25 November to 10 December 2020), the International Anglican Family Network has joined with the International Anglican Women’s Network to look at responses to domestic abuse and gender-based violence around the Communion. With one in three women experiencing physical and/or sexual abuse, and with domestic abuse increasing everywhere, this is the shadow pandemic during COVID-19. Stories from around the Anglican Communion show different responses, from a structured diocesan response in Melbourne, Australia, to the story of vermicompost and economic empowerment in Bangladesh. https://iafn.anglicancommunion.org//iafn-iawn_newsletter-g

01.01.2022 Congratulations to Trinity College Chaplain the Revd Dr Colleen O’Reilly AM for her investiture at Government House Victoria this week. Dr Colleen was recognise...d for significant service to the Anglican Church of Australia and religious education. And it was a familiar face that had the honour of presenting Colleen with her pin: Dr Muriel Porter, Adjunct Faculty Member at TCTS. See more

01.01.2022 Archbishops Justin Welby and Stephen Cottrell have announced the Rt Revd Dr Emma Ineson as the new Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. Currently Bishop of Penrith, Dr Ineson will take up the position from 1st June 2021.

01.01.2022 We congratulate the Reverend Kimbalee Hodges and the Reverend Sarah Dulley on their ordinations as Deacons in the Church of God, today at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. May God bless them and those they minister with.

01.01.2022 Some wonderful moments from last summer at Lambeth Palace, celebrating 25 years of women’s ordination to the priesthood in the Church of England.