Lambeth Daily

‘We are witnesses,’ says Peter in our reading from Acts, ‘of what Jesus did in Judea, Jerusalem and Galilee’ (10.39). We have a story to tell.  But to be ‘witnesses’ can, at first, sound almost as if it’s not strong enough or particular enough. Witnesses get called in law suits;  they’re bystanders very often, who can tell you what happened.  It could be almost anybody.  But the apostolic witness is something different.

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Audio from Press Conference, Sunday August 3rd, chaired by Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane, with the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.

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I began the second of these plenary addresses with a reminder of the question, ‘What is Lambeth ’08 going to say?’ And I suggested that we also needed to ask ‘Where are we going to speak from?’ I hope that in recent days there has been some growing clarity about both of these questions and how we answer them

 

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The Reflections Group has  been privileged to serve the Lambeth Conference in their capacity as Listeners  in and for their indaba. Face to face conversations, often exchanging  conflicting and challenging points of view, have led to deeper understanding and  new insights. The task of the Listener  has been to capture the spirit of these encounters.

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Whenever attendees of the 2008 Lambeth Conference hear the word “steward” they’ll probably conjure up an image of a green-ribboned, neon orange-clad young person trying valiantly to direct wandering bishops to the correct location or seat. In Saturday evening’s crowded plenary, steward Sarah Kerr reminded bishops and other leaders that they, too are stewards

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The Rt Revd Dr. Brian Colin Castle

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The Rt Revd Stacy Fred Sauls

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The Most Revd Godfredo Jucio David

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The Rt Revd Chester L Talton

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The iconic image of a floodlit Canterbury Cathedral would be a thing of the past if the Revd Ian James had his way.

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As bishops spent a second day discussing Covenant proposals, Paul Kwong, Primate of Hong Kong; Phillip Aspinall, Bishop of Brisbane and Primate of Australia; and Charles Jenkins, Bishop of Louisiana, reflected on the strengths and weaknesses of the Conference and of the Covenant process so far.

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Audio from Press Conference, Friday August 2nd, chaired by Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane, with The Most Revd Paul Kwong, The Rt Revd Charles Edward Jenkins and Mrs Margaret Sentamu.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury came to the Spouses’ Venue to bless the Vine which the spouses have been making throughout the Conference. He said: ‘On behalf of “the other Conference” we want to thank you for being here and for all you have said and done. You have reminded us of things we could have forgotten and thank you for anchoring us

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God our Father, in whom is all quietness and concord: teach us to overcome all dissensions within your Church

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Lives in war torn parts of Africa are being transformed thanks to the hard work of the Anglican Church, the Spouses Conference heard yesterday.

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“I believe firmly that the Anglican Communion is going to continue by God’s grace and divine providence, but we do have problems,” observed Archbishop Drexel Gomez, Primate of the West Indies and chair of the Covenant Design Group.

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Audio from Press Conference, Friday August 1st, chaired by Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane, with The Most Revd Drexel Wellington Gomez, The Rt Revd Trevor Mwamba and Mrs Alice Chung Po Chuen .

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The Rt Revd Sospeter Ndenza

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The Rt Revd Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell

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The Rt Revd Filadelfo Oliviera Neto

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The Lambeth Conference isn’t just a story of Bishops and the ‘great and good’. One of the largest groups of people around on the campus is the 300 volunteers from Canterbury Diocese – they are the ones with the yellow lanyards and/or sashes.

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The Lords Prayer in 40 languages.

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O Lord, who has set before us the great hope that your kingdom shall come on earth and have taught us to pray for its coming:

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God did not forget Africa in the creation process, Dr Maria Akrofi told a meeting of African spouses today.

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The Revd Jackie Cray, the newly ordained wife of the Bishop of Maidstone, Kent, England, introduced the spouses to the session by reflecting upon the journey that they had travelled together which had led them to this point in the programme. 

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Our meditation this morning is the first in the month of August, for our Lambeth gathering being the first one in the first decade of the new millennium. As we begin let us remind ourselves of John’s message to continue strengthening the faith of our people that Jesus is God–man and is the sustainer of this creation.

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Fostering Our Common Life: The Bishop, the Covenant, and the Windsor Process
Trevor Mwamba, Bishop of Botswana. Gabriel Shoji Igarashi, Bishop of Kyushu, Japan
John Neill, Archbishop of Dublin. Orlando Oliveira de Santos, Bishop of Southern Brazil. Profile: Lambeth Stewards and Anglican Youth

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Audio from Press Conference, Thursday July 31st, chaired by Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane, with The Most Revd Gerald James (Ian) Ernest, The Rt Revd Colin Robert Johnson and the Revd Jackie Cray.

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The Rt Revd Sebastian Bakare

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