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The Lectionary from Advent 2017 – Advent 2018 is now available @ R22 each excluding postage

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A quote of the costs will be sent to you.  Orders are sent on receipt of payment.

Thank you

Canon Cynthia Botha

ACSA Publishing  011 375 2709

 

 

An Elective Assembly will be held to elect a new Bishop for the Diocese of Khahlamba, beginning on Wednesday December 6th.

The assembly will choose a successor to Bishop Mazwi Tisani, who has retired. Please pray for the preparations, for the Assembly and for the Diocese.

Bishop Nkosinathi Ndwandwe, at present Suffragan Bishop of Natal, will be enthroned as Bishop of Mthatha on Saturday 9 December 2017. Please pray for him, his family and his new Diocese.

Click here to download the PDF

 

Kindly be advised that after the 5th ballot, the clergy and representatives of the laity of the Diocese of Mthatha decided today to delegate to the Bishops of the Church of this Province the power of choosing their next Bishop.

Please do continue to pray for the Diocese of Mthatha. – The Venerable Horace Arenz, Provincial Executive Officer

An Elective Assembly will choose a successor to the retiring Bishop of Mthatha, the Right Revd Sithembele Mzamane, this week.

Please pray for the Elective Assembly and for the candidates nominated for election:

• The Revd Canon Bonginkosi Justice Mditshane – Rector of St Alphage, Gxulu;
• The Revd Jemuel Tembinkosi Ngombane – Rector of St Andrew’s, Ngangelizwe;
• The Very Revd Mcibesi Pinayana – Dean of the Diocese of Mthatha and Vicar-General.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Mrs Emma Mashinini, Order of Simon of Cyrene, of the Diocese of Pretoria who passed away yesterday.

Please hold her family and close friends in prayer during their time of bereavement and beyond.

May her soul rest in eternal peace to rise in glory.

 

Please pray for Provincial Standing Committee to be held from 27-29 September 2017.

 

Eternal God,

Your Son sent out the twelve to proclaim the Kingdom and to heal:

send your Spirit to empower your Church today

to proclaim the good news of the Kingdom,

to bring healing where there is distress, and

to equip our generation for worship, witness and service,

that the world may know that you have sent us;

for you reign in glory as Creator, Redeemer and Power of love,

one God, now and always.

Amen

Revising APB 1989  Update #12

A Prayer Book for Southern Africa Tomorrow – Today

Under Southern Skies – In an African Voice

Celebrating Sunday

On-line Survey of the Trial Use Period

Eastertide 2017: 16 April-4 June 2017

Greetings in the name of the risen Christ!

On behalf of the Secretariat of the Anglican Prayer Book Revision Sub-committee we trust that you are well and whole-heartedly commend you to God’s life-giving Spirit this season of Pentecost!

As you know, parishes throughout ACSA were encouraged to make use of materials from Celebrating Sunday during Eastertide by identifying “trial use parishes” in which the new liturgies could be used. Hopefully you have been able to experiment with the new liturgy and the time has come to ask for your feedback. This will help the Prayer Book Revision Sub-committee, and others involved, move forward in continuing to shape the new liturgy.

Below are two links to online surveys on the survey platform Survey Monkey. The first is a link to the “Rectors” survey and the second to the “Congregational” survey.

We would like to hear from everyone and anyone who used or had experience of Celebrating Sunday.

Rectors, Worship Leaders, Musicians, etc., are invited to use this link to access the short survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJDFNGS

Parishioners, worshippers and anyone who has exeprienced Celebrating Sunday ‘from the pew’ are invited to use this link to access the short  Congregational survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W6P2BWY

The surveys will take a few minutes to complete and the data gathered will greatly assist the Prayer Book revision process. The survey wull close on 30 June 2017.

Thank you for supporting this important work in the life of God’s Church.

This Update was prepared by the Prayer Book Revision Secretariat:

The Reverend Ashley Meyer, Rector, Holy Trinity, Bothasig, Diocese of Saldanha Bay

The Very Mcebisi Pinyana, Dean of Mthatha

The Reverend Matthew Wright, Rector, St Paul’s Scottburgh, Diocese of Natal

The Revd Andy Kruger, Priest-in-Charge, Trinity Church, Cranford, Diocese of New Jersey, USA

The Very Reverend Bruce Jenneker, Rector, All Saints, Durbanville, Senior Priest of the Diocese of Saldanha Bay

Archbishop of Canterbury’s Call to Prayer

The ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ prayer initiative, is the Archbishop of Canterbury’s call to prayer for the entire Anglican Communion, starting on Thursday, Ascension Day (25 May), and running until Pentecost (4 June).

 We hope that as many church and individuals as possible will participate in this important time of prayer. Please note that there are numerous resources available on the Thy Kingdom Come website: www.thykingdomcome.global. The resources are categorized for churches/cathedrals, individuals, and families and young people.

 If you decide to participate in this initiative, please do not forget to pledge your commitment and let your ‘light shine’ on the global map of prayer at www.thykingdomcome.global/#Pledge2PrayCounter

Applications are invited for educational grants for children of clergy from the Robert Selby Taylor Will Trust.

The deadline for this year’s applications is July 31, 2017.  However, applications for other assistance from the Trust can be made throughout the year.

Applications have to be submitted to Bishopscourt, endorsed by the Bishop of the Diocese in which the clergy applying for a grant are licensed.

The grants do not cover the costs of clergy studies or pre-school and preparatory education.

The Robert Selby Taylor Will Trust Fund should be regarded as ‘last resort’ rather than first port of call for funding.

To download full details and an application form, click on the links below:

2017 – 18 application

Page 4 Education 2017 – 18

 

Eastertide Material

Click on the relevant language to download material:

English

Afrikaans

isiXhosa

The blue A5 file containing the Constitution and Canons of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa is once again available @ R120 each.

It contains all the amendments to the Canons arising from Provincial Synod 2016.

Supplementary pages for those who already have the file are also available, @ R60 a set.

Orders to orders@anglicanchurchsa.org.za

 

 

There will be a period of Monitored Trial Use of Celebrating Sunday, the Province’s new resource produced as part of the development of a new Prayer Book, during  Eastertide 2017, from 16 April to 4 June.

Please download the PDF below to learn more.

Prayer Book Revision Update #11

The Liturgical Committee’s notes on using Celebrating Sunday at Epiphany.

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