Ordinations & Celebration of New Ministry
Join us May 10 for this Historic Celebration at All Saints Anglican Church, Amesbury
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Greetings to you in the name of our risen Lord and Savior!
You are invited to join us on Saturday, May 10, at 2 p.m. for a special ordination and ministry induction service at All Saints Church and Ministry Center, 67 Friend St., Amesbury, MA 01913. All clergy are invited to arrive by 1:30 p.m. and vest (wearing red) for this wonderful celebration.
I am pleased to announce that four individuals will take Holy Orders on this special day:
The Rev. Malcolm Reid will be ordained to the priesthood,
Mr. Brian Barry will be ordained to the Transitional Diaconate,
Mr. Ross Kimball will be ordained to the Transitional Diaconate, and
Mrs. Martha Learned will be ordained to the Permanent Diaconate.
We will also be celebrating and licensing 2 clergy members, the Rev. Alex Cameron and the Rev. Michael Rennier, for new ministry here in New England. Please do join us, RSVP’ing to BarbaraC@acn-nec.org or 978-388-0009.
In Christ,
+Bill
New United Structure Created
Common Cause Partners Build a New Anglican Future in Orlando, FL Dec. 18
The first meeting of the Common Cause Leadership Council created the structure necessary for building a federation of orthodox Anglicans in North America. Three delegates from each of the ten Common Cause partners gathered in Orlando, Florida December 17-18. The Council unanimously elected Bishop Bob Duncan as Moderator. Delegates also elected Canon Charlie Masters of Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) as General Secretary and Mrs. Patience Oruh of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA) as Treasurer. The Leadership Council recognized the ratification of a statement of theology and formed the committees called for by the Common Cause articles of confederation adopted in September 2007. A communiqué from the Common Cause Leadership Council can be found below.
The Communique ...
We, the gathered bishops, priests and lay representatives of the Anglican bodies federated in Common Cause held the first annual meeting as the newly formed Common Cause Leadership Council of the Common Cause Partnership on December 18th, 2007, in Orlando, Florida.We created the structure called for in the Articles of Federation now adopted by nine of our partners. We elected officers of the Federation and formed an executive committee, as well as other committees and task forces. We have also begun work to harmonize and strengthen our common call to Christian education and mission. We expect these committees and task forces to begin work early in the New Year. We are beginning to explore the expanding possibilities for ecumenical contact with fellow Christians in North America and around the world.
Our actions today dramatically reversed the fragmentation and separation of the past. We stand committed to the "faith once delivered to the saints" as expressed in our now ratified theological statement. The Common Cause Partnership is united in faith with the vast majority of members of the worldwide Anglican Communion. We are especially grateful for the support and recognition given to us by the provinces of the Global South that have encouraged us to come together in common cause for the Gospel. We are particularly thankful for the presence with us of Archbishop Yong Ping Chung, the recently retired primate of the Province of Southeast Asia and one of the earliest supporters of the rebirth of orthodox Anglicanism in North America, representing the Anglican Coalition in Canada.
Each Common Cause Partner will continue to live out its unique role, maintaining its distinctive ministry and character, noting the provision of the Articles of Federation that "the autonomy of the individual Jurisdictions and Ministries, and their constituent bodies, is in no way restricted or superseded by membership." In the months and years ahead we anticipate a growing number of joint mission initiatives that will strengthen our witness as united and faithful Anglicans in North America. "So in Christ, we who are many, form one body..." (Rom. 12:5). To God be the Glory.
For More info, go to the new Common Cause Website: www.united-anglican.org.
Biblical, Missionary, Unified, and Anglican...
The Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes, commonly referred to as the Anglican Communion Network (ACN), is a united, biblically driven missionary movement dedicated to bringing the "true and legitimate" expression of Anglicanism to North America, making disciples of Jesus Christ. ACN allows Episcopalians to remain in communion with the vast majority of the worldwide Anglican Communion who have declared either impaired or broken communion with the Episcopal Church USA. For many Episcopalians, the ACN has come to represent the hope for a return to the historic faith and order of Anglicanism.
Core Values
The Unchanging Gospel
Commitment to Prayer
Missionary Zeal
Serving Those in Need
We will live as brothers and sisters who will lay down our lives for one another in the face of risk and opposition.
Strategic Partnerships
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We will forge lively partnerships with biblically faithful Christians of other Churches and with Anglicans in other associations in North America.
We will reach out with the compassion of Jesus to the poor, the broken, the lost and those who are persecuted for the cause of Christ.
We will embody a passion to lead every unbeliever in each generation to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, in fulfillment of the Great Commission, globally and locally.
We will bathe our movement in prayer, seeking to follow the mind of Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.
We will uphold the uniqueness of Christ crucified and risen, the only Lord and Savior of the world, and the authority of Scripture, the rule and ultimate standard of faith.
To be a united Anglican missionary movement in North America of such irresistible spiritual power in Word and Sacrament that people are drawn to a personal relationship with God in Jesus Christ and become members of the Body of Christ, His Church. We will be known for our commitment to evangelical faith and catholic order.
To be a united missionary movement of Anglicans in fellowship with global Anglicanism, making disciples who make disciples of Jesus Christ and planting churches that plant churches in North America and to the ends of the earth.