Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Dunoon

Thursday Eucharist — cancelled this week.

Sunday, 12 August — Holy Communion from the Reserved Sacrament, led by the lay team.

Looking Ahead:

Tuesday, 14 August — 7.30pm Coffee and Cake at the Rectory to mark the end of The Growing Season & to share our experiences.

Monday, 20 August — Discussion on the Draft Anglican Covenant, 7.30 pm at the rectory. The covenant can be found here. The Faith and order board have offered questions to guide our thinking, which you can find below.

The Faith and Order board has suggested a number of questions to help our thinking which can be found below.

From the Faith and Order Board:

Some key questions as we reflect upon the text of this draft Covenant -

Background Issues

- Do the Provinces of the Anglican Communion share a common origin? Are there common documents to which we can all appeal?

- Will this proposed Covenant re-establish trust within the Communion and restore order?

- What is for the common good - truth or unity?

Practical Issues

- Should an Anglican Covenant facilitate, above all, our continuing conversations over contentious issues or respond to particular crises?

- Who decides that a particular issue is an essential matter of common concern?

- If decisions are to be made in areas of disagreement who is to make them? Should they be made by those concerned primarily with the needs of a particular province or by those concerned primarily with the unity of the Communion?

The Future of the Covenant

- Should this proposed Covenant be dynamic or static? Will it be reviewed as we change and develop?

- Would we wish this proposed Covenant to allow us to be doctrinally permissive, pragmatic and inclusive?

These are important questions that we should take the time to consider. In reflecting upon this proposed Covenant it is not enough simply to express unease. “If not this, then what else?” is a question we must be prepared to answer as we study this text.

Rt Rev D Chillingworth
Rev Canon Dr M Fuller
Rev James Milne

April 2007