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Posted On : March 21, 2013 12:01 AM | Posted By : Admin ACO ACNS: http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2013/3/21/ACNS5364 By ACNS staff As Archbishop Justin Welby prepares for his inauguration in Canterbury today, the 85 million members of the Anglican Communion are being invited to pray for him and his ministry. The Anglican Communion Office has today issued a prayer that Anglicans and Episcopalians can say before Archbishop Welby becomes the 105th occupant of the Chair of St Augustine. Archbishop Welby’s Confirmation of Election took place in St Paul’s Cathedral in London on 4 February. That was a relatively low-key legal ceremony, whereas today’s service will include African dancers, Punjabi music, a Burundian blessing, and strong representation from the other main Christian Churches around the world. This makes plain the importance of the global Anglican Communion to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the drive towards the deeper unity of all Christians. ENDS A praye...

Posted On : February 28, 2013 5:48 PM | Posted By : Webmaster ACNS: http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2013/2/28/ACNS5330 Related Categories: Lambeth From Lambeth Palace In the final Eucharist of the Faith in Conflict conference at Coventry Cathedral, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, gave an address on the theme of reconciliation, describing it as “recognition of diversity and a transformation of destructive conflict to creativity. It holds the tensions and challenges of difference and confronts us with them, forcing us to a new way of life that accepts the power and depth and radicality of the work of the Holy Spirit in our conversions”. The address will be available as a podcast on the cathedral website, along with the other keynote addresses: http://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/whats-on/sermons-talks-and-resources/other-sermons-and-talks.php The full text is below: The Crooked, Straight Path of Reconciliation Ruth 1:15-18 Luke 10:29-37 It is a pleasur...

 Memorise: "And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire" (Matthew 3:10)  Read: Daniel 4:13-14 13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; 14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches  Message: "I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven" (Daniel 4:13). The big, beautiful and fruitful tree in king Nebuchadnezzar's dream was under observation. You are under observation. You are constantly being watched by unseen forces. Some leaders believe the higher they climb, the more difficult it becomes for anyone to monitor them closely. That is not true! The reality is that the hig...