http://www.acn-us.org Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:50:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Anglican Communion Network (ACN) is pleased to announce a new initiative focused on evangelizing and discipling children and youth in North America through orthodox Anglican churches. “Reaching children and youth of the 21st century is a top priority for the Network,” said the Rev. Canon Daryl Fenton, Chief Operating ... http://www.acn-us.org/archive/2006/04/acn-announces-children-youth-initiative.html A Mid-western Anglican Church with a Big Heart for the World One thousand sheets of drywall are loaded onto tractor trailers headed for Pearlington, Mississippi to rebuild churches and homes. Is this the loading dock of a FEMA warehouse? One hundred and fifty donated bicycles are repaired and loaded onto a container ... http://www.acn-us.org/archive/2006/04/network-parish-in-focus-series-st-luke%e2%80%99s-church-akron-ohio.html The Anglican Communion Network is pleased to announce the rollout, effective April 1, of its Qualified Retirement Plan for clergy. ACN-related clergy who are not in or otherwise eligible for the Church Pension Fund of the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA) are invited to enroll. The Plan Provider selected by the Network ... http://www.acn-us.org/archive/2006/04/network-announces-retirement-plan-for-clergy.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 24, 2006 Overland Park, KS - Clergy and lay leaders of 63 American congregations under the Anglican provinces of Uganda, Southern Cone (South America), Kenya and Central Africa gathered at Christ Church, Overland Park, Kansas, from March 22-24, 2006. These American churches of the worldwide Anglican Communion, ... http://www.acn-us.org/archive/2006/03/representatives-of-63-congregations-meet-in-kansas.html PRESS RELEASE Contact: Jenny Noyes Phone: 412-325-8900 x108 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2006, 12 p.m. Anglican Communion Network Announces Church Planting Initiative Pittsburgh, PA— Fifty-four Anglican church planting enthusiasts attended a two-day Visioning Seminar in Southern California March 10-11 led by the Rev. Tom Herrick, National Director for Church Planting for the Anglican Communion Network ... http://www.acn-us.org/archive/2006/03/acn-announces-church-planting-initiative.html Pittsburgh, PA – Two new Anglican Relief and Development Fund (ARDF) emergency relief projects are expected to be approved within the week. They will help bring water to school children in Kenya and provide food for those facing famine in Tanzania. Both of these relief projects meet urgent needs caused ... http://www.acn-us.org/archive/2006/03/anglican-relief-and-development-fund-responds-to-east-africa-drought.html The following quote was released from The Rt. Rev. Robert Duncan, Bishop of Pittsburgh and Moderator of the Anglican Communion Network today: Bishop Chane’s comments betray a profound lack of empathy or understanding for the position that Archbishop Akinola and all Christians in Nigeria find themselves in. During the last ... http://www.acn-us.org/archive/2006/03/bishop-robert-duncan-responds-to-bishop-chanes-letter.html Pittsburgh, PA – Since the beginning of 2006, eleven parishes with their clergy and ten individual clergy have affiliated with the Anglican Communion Network (ACN). Another eleven affiliates are slated to be approved within the week. This steady stream of new affiliate churches and individuals comes from within the Episcopal ... http://www.acn-us.org/archive/2006/03/growing-numbers-of-churches-affiliating-with-the-network.html Six months after America’s worst natural disaster, Anglican Communion Network (ACN) dioceses and parishes are still responding to the devastation of hurricanes Katrina and Rita by raising funds, sending short-term clean-up teams, and collecting truckloads of supplies, food and clothing. The Rev. Marcia King, a May 2004 graduate of Trinity School ... http://www.acn-us.org/archive/2006/03/network-dioceses-and-churches-continuing-hurricane-relief-efforts.html The Anglican Communion Network (ACN) and the Diocese of Singapore have taken the next step in their mission partnership which began last spring. The partnership is intended to spur on mission work in Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Indonesia. The idea was originally presented by then Bishop John Chew, ... http://www.acn-us.org/archive/2006/02/acn-and-diocese-of-singapore-advance-mission-partnership.html