Service of Evening Prayer in the presence of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury                 

 17 September 2010 at 6:15 pm

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will attend a Service of Evening Prayer at Westminster Abbey during his visit to England and Scotland in September 2010. The Abbey service at 6.15pm on Friday 17 September will be the only ecumenical service of the Papal Visit.
The Pope will attend the Abbey service after a meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Rowan Williams, at Lambeth Palace and an address to a gathering of political and civil society at Westminster Hall.

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Gospel Choir comes to St Stephen Walbrook in the City of London

Sunday worship will take on a new dimension as the renowned St Patrick’s Gospel Choir joins an historic Anglican church for monthly Sunday Vespers service in the heart of the City of London. The initiative, supported by St Stephen Walbrook, St Patrick’s Gospel, Premier Christian Radio, and the London Internet Church, is an attempt to accompany traditional Vespers (Evening Service) with the sounds of gospel resonating in the acoustical splendour of the Wren masterpiece church located just next to the Mansion House at Bank. “The building, prayer, incense and the music combine to make a glorious offering of praise to the Lord and we are very excited about the opportunities this co-operative ministry can bring us all,” said Archdeacon Peter Delaney, parish priest at St Stephen.

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The Archbishop Meets With African Bishops

26 August - (Lambeth) The Archbishop of Canterbury has today returned from a three-day visit to Uganda where he attended the All Africa Bishops Conference on effective leadership for sustainable development, convened by the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa (CAPA). He also had the opportunity to meet with the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni and to visit children at the Mildmay HIV Centre outside Kampala.  Details and images of the visit to the Mildmay centre can be found here: http://archbishopofcanterbury.org/2974.

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From the Bishop of London ... General Synod July 2010 ... What actually happened?

Dear Friends,
Most of us get information about what is happening in the rest of the church beyond our own patch from the mass media. Understandably in a fierce ratings war and in the struggle to get religious news of any kind reported there is tendency to hype and dramatise and to give undue prominence to extreme voices.
Almost every week we are told that that the Church of England faces “the greatest crisis since the reformation” and “that a split is imminent”. Actually the weather at the 2010 General Synod in York was much more temperate than in July 2009. 

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A New Pentecost

The Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper, Rector of Trinity
The Very Rev. Robert Osborne reads the Prayers of the People from Winnipeg via Skype.
                            "Because there are no churches in Saudi Arabia.”

It was a simple message — just a few lines filled in on a parish website form. The form in question asked people why they watch worship webcasts that originate from Trinity Church. I will tell you something candidly. As a priest standing before a congregation, it is quite an experience to be mindful not only of those gathered in Trinity Church, but also of those  watching from afar:  England, Kenya, Australia, Germany, and in towns and cities across the United States. Not to mention Saudi Arabia.

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Archbishop Tutu 'saddened' by President Obama's decision to cut HIV/AIDS spending

by Matthew Davies [Episcopal News Service]

Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Desmond Tutu has called it "deeply distressing" that President Barack Obama has decided "to spend less than he promised to treat AIDS patients in Africa."
Tutu, writing in the New York Times on July 20, said he is "saddened" that Obama has chosen to cut U.S. contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an international financing institution that has committed $19.3 billion in 144 countries to support large-scale prevention, treatment and care programs against the three diseases.
Tutu described the fund as "the premier model for results-driven aid".

A New Yew Tree at Lambeth Palace

The Bishop of London has planted a yew tree in the gardens of Lambeth Palace to celebrate the UN International Year of Biodiversity. The tree was donated by the Conservation Foundation, which has launched a campaign to find the 7,000 Millennium Yews ten years on, many of which were planted in churchyards.

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