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January 21Standing Committee Meeting

Amesbury, MA

January 22Grace Anglican Church

Bridgewater, MA

January 25-27Summit for LifeWashington, DC

PRAYER CORNER

Continue to pray for theADNE and the resources we needto do the work God has given us todo. Pray for the SOMA NewEngland Conference, for protectionagainst the Enemy in the midst ofspiritual warfare. Pray for Bishop Bill, for traveland safety as he speaks andministers at various ecumenicalevents over the next couplemonths.

Introduction

We met together January 9-13, 2017, in Melbourne, Florida during the first week ofEpiphany. Our time together was a balanced mix of worship, teaching, business, andfellowship.

We give thanks for the full participation of the Rt. Rev. Mark Lawrence, Bishop of theDiocese of South Carolina. We are grateful for the ministry of David Clifton, Directorof Worship and Music Arts at Apostles Anglican Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, whosemusic enriched our worship each morning and evening. During our meeting wereceived formal greetings from Archbishop Welby and Archbishop Okoh. We also sentgreetings to the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Nigeria which wasmeeting at the same time.

During our meeting, we received updates from a variety of initiatives that have beenundertaken within the Church, and we worked to approve new resources for worship(liturgy) and teaching (catechesis). As usual in these conversations we experiencedboth the gifts and tensions inherent in a three streams church: Evangelical, Anglo-Catholic, and Charismatic. We give thanks for the breadth of Anglicanism, and theunity that we in the Anglican Church in North America have in Christ.

Assembly 2017: Mission on Our Doorstep

We heard about the progress being made for our next gathering as a Province. Thetheme for Assembly 2017 is "Mission on Our Doorstep" and will be held June 28-30,2017, in Wheaton, Illinois. The Assembly gathering is open to everyone, and willfeature speakers and guests from around the world. In addition to the plenaryspeakers and workshops, there will be specific tracks such as church planting, youth,Caminemos Juntos (hispanic ministry), Anglican Multi-Ethnic Ministries (AMEN),and chaplaincy. Registration will open in the next couple weeks.

Pray for the Council of Canons:Alex Cameron, Ross Kimball,Andrea Mueller, and SusanSkillen.

Pray for All Saints AnglicanChurch (Attleboro, MA) as theycontinue their search for a new rector.

As always, refer to the ADNECycle of Prayer each week.

EVENTS

SOMA New England

w/Abp. Ben KwashiThe Power and Ministry of theHoly Spirit in the Church today

February 3-4All Saints' Anglican Cathedral

Amesbury, MA

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Ministry: Matthew 25 Initiative

We give thanks for the confidence in the Anglican Church in North America held byan anonymous donor who has pledged more than $1 million in matching funds todouble the money that we raise to impact people's lives. The Matthew 25 Initiativefocuses on the teaching of Jesus, "I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirstyand you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and youclothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me"(Matthew 25:35-36), reflecting the heart and priorities of the Lord.

Worship: Liturgy

The Liturgy Task Force presented most of the remaining texts for a proposed Book ofCommon Prayer 2019. These texts, after discussion and amendment, were adopted as"working texts," to be published on the Provincial website (www.anglicanchurch.net)for present liturgical use and for the gathering of online feedback towards thefinalization of these texts by 2019.

The texts presented were:

The Rites of Healing:Reconciliation of PenitentsMinistry to the SickCommunion of the Sick

Great Litany and SupplicationOccasional Prayers and ThanksgivingsConsecration and Dedication of a Place of WorshipAsh WednesdayPalm SundayMaundy ThursdayGood FridayHoly SaturdayGreat Vigil of Easter

All of these texts will be available on the Provincial website within the next coupleweeks. One diocese requested that its contemporized 1552 Rite for Holy Communionbe included in the 2019 Book. While the rite was not accepted for inclusion, the requestenabled the College to address how it will commend such rites and canonically affirmthe long-term place of historic Prayer Books and of Prayer Books in use at the time ofthe formation of the Province.

Five psalms exemplifying a Renewed Coverdale Psalter, inspired by the work C.S.Lewis and T.S. Eliot, were also shared, as were a number of historical texts andcalendar tables proposed for inclusion in the Prayer Book.

Among other matters reported were:

1. a plan to refresh the Texts for Common Prayer webpage (for ease of use) on theProvincial website;

2. an easy-to-use online resource (www.legereme.com) for reading the Daily Officeand for determining appropriate Eucharistic collects, lessons and prefaces; and

3. a timetable for incorporating feedback toward finalizing the BCP 2019.

The Liturgy Task Force will invite final comments on the working texts of the officesand eucharists during 2017 (for final adoption by the College in January 2018) and ofall other Prayer Book rites and texts in 2018 (for final adoption by the College in

IN CASE YOUMISSED IT

Time and the Liturgical Year

What time is it? At first glance itmight not seem like it, but this isone of the most importantquestions a human being can ask!Thankfully, there's an Anglicananswer! Or better, there is aChristian answer, which theAnglican tradition helps proclaim!

Whereas many world religionsseek salvation as an escape fromtime, Christianity proclaimssalvation as a redemption oftime (Schmemann, For the Life ofthe World, 47-8). Keeping sacredtime did not begin with theChristian movement, however, forthe Church calendar traces itsorigins to the principal feasts ofJudaism:

1. the Feast of UnleavenedBread (Passover; Deut16:1-8),

2. the Feastof Weeks (Pentecost; Deut16:9-12), and

3. the Feast of Booths (Deut16:13-17).

In order to commemorate God'sredemptive acts and continualblessings, these three feast daysrequired special worship at thetemple in Jerusalem. According toChristians, however, theredemptive acts of Godcommemorated in Judaism findtheir fulfillment in God's invasion ofand triumph over time throughJesus Christ . . . <<Continue Reading>>

January 2019). Over 300 suggestions have already been received and cataloguedthrough liturytaskforce@anglicanchurch.net, to which 2017 and 2018 responses will beadded, considered, and incorporated as the Liturgy Task Force seeks to finalize atwenty-first century successor to the Book that is Anglicanism at prayer.

Order: Holy Orders Task Force

In 2012, the task force was asked to develop resources to help guide the bishops'future discussions on holy orders in general, and the ordination of women inparticular. At our meeting this week, the Holy Orders Task Force presented Phase 4 oftheir work to the college. The College thanked the task force for the hard work thatthey have done on this topic in just a few short years. Having received the report atthis meeting, the conversation then turned to the timeline for addressing these issues.The Phase 4 report is being formatted and combined with the previous documentsfrom the task force. This report will be passed on to the GAFCON Primates and to ourecumenical partners for feedback, and released to the whole Church in late February.The bishops will pick up these discussions at their next two meetings, in June andSeptember of this year.

The task force's report does not represent the position of the college, as our formaldiscussions on this topic are just now beginning, but it is our hope that this documentwill begin to give us a common language for conversation in the College, and aiddialogue in the larger Church.

We are well aware that this is a passionate topic. We would remind our members ofthe clergy and laity that in all our conversations, whether they be in person, or onsocial media, our conduct must always honor Christ, and model his sacrificial love.

Teaching: Catechesis

We received an update from The Rev. Dr. Joel Scandrett and The Rev. Art Going,members of the Committee for Catechesis. The work of the committee is to encouragethe whole church to embrace catechesis as a critical means of discipling; to be a churchinvesting and engaging in lifelong disciple-making.

The College adopted a revision to Parts 1 and 2 of the Catechism, with the goal ofproducing a final version of the Catechism in the coming year. The Bishops approvedchanges that were presented, and endorsed the plan to place pastoral prayers formerlyin the introduction in the relevant sections of the text, and to add prayers for pastoralapplication to other sections.

The Committee continues to focus its work on three audiences and three challenges:

Outsiders becoming insiders - learning from the ancient church how to docatechetical evangelism through patterned practices in an environment of warm,evangelical hospitality.Forgetters becoming rememberers - renewing our commitment to lifelongcatechesis-laying the foundation for all other ventures in discipleship;completing the revision of To Be A Christian: An Anglican Catechism.Beloved children becoming belief-ful adults - rediscovering the crucial role offamily for discipling our children for Christian life and mission.

Youth Ministry: Young Anglicans Project

We received an update from the Rev. Steven Tighe, Provincial Canon for Youth, andhead of The Young Anglicans Project. Young Anglicans works for an effective Christ-

The ADNE Year in Review 2016

2016 was an busy and excitingyear for the ADNE as we pushedinto God's plan for us in NewEngland and experienced Histransforming love in and amongour brothers and sisters. Here aresome highlights from the year:

3DM discipleship launch atAll Saints' AmesburyNew WineskinsConference: Raleigh, NCBishop Ron JacksonConsecrated in OhioClergy Conference, 2016Bishop Bill invited torepresent the AnglicanChurch at ArmenianGenocide Memorial Servicein BostonThe Consecration of thenew Archbishop of KenyaGrace Anglican Church,Bridgewater, beginsOrdination of DeaconsLance Williams, DavidCurrie, and Susan Currie2016 Provincial Council:Charleston, SCOrdination of Fr. ThomFlowers to the priesthood2016 DiocesanCommunicators ConferenceIsaiah 40 HealingConference at Christ theRedeemer, DanversInstallation of Fr. MicahThompson at St. Timothy's:Burlington, VTVideoInspire! Arts Conference2016Installation of Fr. JeremyPhelps at Good Shepherd:Forestdale, MAOrdination of DeaconsCraig Vickerman and AdamGosnellSynod, 2016: Living StonesBuilt into a Spiritual HouseAll Saints', Amesburynamed All Saints' AnglicanCathedral

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centered ministry to teenagers in every church of the Anglican Church in NorthAmerica. To that end they are working to train, and network youth leaders, provideresources to make church youth ministry prosper, and to advocate for ministry toadolescents at the parish, diocesan and provincial level.Young Anglicans has these projects underway:

The "Engage" initiative to help small churches and church plants reach anddisciple teenagers through one on one Bible reading. At this point seven diocesesare involved at some level with the program.Youth ministry training webinars, all available on the web through the YoungAnglicans Project website.An Anglican Gap Year program (aGAPe Year). Designed as a year-longdiscipleship program for high school graduates wanting to spend a year inmission and ministry before college. Directors have been hired and are raisingsupport with our first class expected in September of 2017.A conference for training diocesan youth directors in Dallas, October 24-26, 2017.National Anglican Youth Ministers conference in conjunction with the Rootedconference will be next October 25-26, 2017, in Dallas.Two youth leader networking video conferences every month for youth leadersQuarterly newsletter goes out to the 2,500 Anglicans interested in youth ministryon our mailing list, and via social media.Making and maintaining connections with other ministries in the AnglicanChurch in North America, including Anglican Global Mission Partners (AGMP),Caminemos Juntos, the Catechesis committee, and Always Forward.

Outreach: The Telos Collective

This week Bishop Todd Hunter shared with the bishops a new task force that has beencommissioned. The Telos Collective: Anglicans at the Intersection of Gospel andCulture, is a small, strategic alliance of the best missional minds in the AnglicanChurch in North America who will gather each year to think, plan, and dream abouthow best to reach the culture for Christ. Archbishop Beach asked Bishop Hunter ofthe Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others to found and lead the Telos Collective.Hunter is now inviting dedicated leaders from across the province to attend theannual Intersection Conference, an intensive "missional greenhouse" where leaderswill receive specialized training in a collaborative setting and return home to continuethe conversation. The first conference is slated for May 18-20, 2017.

Church Planting: Always Forward

We received an update on our church planting initiative, Always Forward. The goal ofAlways Forward is to assist in planting Gospel-centered, missional, sacramentalchurches by equipping dioceses to become church planting networks. This yearAlways Forward held a well-attended church planting conference in Denver,facilitated church planter leader training in Atlanta, launched the new AlwaysForward Podcast for Anglican church planters, and developed a framework forassessing and organizing a diocese for the work of church planting.

In 2017, primary initiatives will focus on developing a Strategic Leaders Initiative forthe identifying, equipping, and supporting of diocesan church planting leaders, andan online training program for planters. The annual church planting conference willbe held in conjunction with Provincial Assembly in June, and in the fall, AlwaysForward will host a church planting simulcast to encourage local planters to gettogether for training and collaboration while engaging in group-based learning. Thereare also plans for collaboration with other Gafcon provinces to work towards a global,collaborative church planting network.

GAFCON New Years 2017

My dear people of God,

Receive New Year's Greetings inthe name of Jesus Christ, who isthe same yesterday, today andforever (Hebrews 13:8).

As 2017 AD begins, let us notforget that the way we measuretime itself bears witness to JesusChrist as Lord of history. The erain which we live began with hisbirth and it will end with his return.As global political and economicinstability increases and thechallenges of terrorism, hungerand environmental breakdownstubbornly persist, we weep withthose who weep, but it is also ourgreat duty and joy to be entrustedwith the message of God's love sowonderfully revealed in JesusChrist for lost people and a brokenworld . . .<<<ContinueReading>>>

Bishop Coadjutor for the Central States and Suffragan for Mid-America

We gave thanks for the life and ministry of Royal Grote, Presiding Bishop of theReformed Episcopal Church, who died this past November. As Archbishop Beach saidin his address, "His legacy in this College and in our Province will long beremembered. The tone he exhibited among us, especially with difficult issues and withdifficult people was amazing and so Christ-like and Christ-affirming. Being aroundhim made me want to like more like Jesus!"

As Bishop Ray Sutton now takes on the role of Presiding Bishop of the ReformedEpiscopal Church sub-jurisdiction, we gave our consent to the Diocese of Mid-America for the election of a suffragan bishop to assist him in his duties. We also gaveour consent to the Diocese of the Central States to elect a bishop coadjutor.

Conclusion

God is entrusting this Church with powerful and diverse ministries to reach NorthAmerica with the transforming love of Jesus Christ. These Gospel initiatives are theresult of tens of thousands of sacrificial efforts, large and small, being made by lay andclergy members throughout this province every day. In the words of St. Paul: "I thankmy God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you allmaking my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the firstday until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bringit to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." (Philippians 1:3-6)

Please continue to pray for Christ's Church.

The SOMA New England Conference is coming up soon!February 3-5, 2017

Register Now!

If you haven't yet registered for SOMA New England, be sure to register now! Registration closes inone week on January 27, 2017. Nigeria's Archbishop Ben Kwashi of Jos, who is on the frontline ofChristian mission and evangelical expansion in difficult territory, will be our guest speaker andminister. Come and hear his testimony and teaching on the power of the Holy Spirit to transform

individuals and ministries in even the most difficult situations!

February 3rd is for clergy only (and their spouses) to receive instruction and prayer.

February 4th is open to all and includes a celebratory dinner at All Saints' Anglican Cathedral,Amesbury.Sunday, February 5th, will be Holy Communion at 10 AM at All Saints', with Abp. Kwashigiving us an additional time of teaching.

You don't want to miss this exciting opportunity! For a schedule of events, more information and toregister, visit: http://www.ad-ne.org/event/soma-conference-new-england

For more information on SOMA, visit: http://www.somausa.org