<html><head><base href="x-msg://138/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Anglican Communion News Service <<a href="mailto:acnslist@anglicancommunion.org">acnslist@anglicancommunion.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">22 septembre 2011 17:24:42 HAEC<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:bishop@tec-europe.org">bishop@tec-europe.org</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>ACNS4942 Invitation for Anglicans to take part in unique Bible survey</b><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); position: static; z-index: auto; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Invitation for Anglicans to take part in unique Bible survey<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Posted On : September 22, 2011 4:02 PM | Posted By : Admin ACO<br>ACNS:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/9/22/ACNS4942" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/9/22/ACNS4942</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Related Categories:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/ACO--Bible-in-the-life-of-the-Church" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; ">ACO - Bible in the life of the Church</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">By Stephen Lyon, Co-ordinator Bible in the Life of the Church Project<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">As part of the Bible in the Life of the Church project we are undertaking a Communion-wide survey of the way Anglicans understand and engage with the Bible. We rightly say the Bible is central to our life together but we also engage with it and interpret it in different ways. What are those differences? Why might there be differences? What can we learn from those who differ from us?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">We are undertaking this survey by means of a questionnaire that is now available online and in a downloadable paper form. It takes about 10-15 minutes to complete and we want as many Anglicans as possible to get involved – either individually or through their local churches.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">We also want to use the questionnaire as a way that churches can explore further the way they engage with the Bible, the processes used. So we have written a five-session course outline that looks in more depth at the issues that lie behind the questionnaire.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The results from the survey will be included in the final reports that come from the project when it reports to Anglican Consultative Council at its next meeting in November 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Below are the various ways you can be involved in the survey and the necessary links or contacts.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">1. Get your church or group to participate together using paper or online completion. For details look at “Guidelines for distribution and collection”<span style="color: rgb(70, 70, 70); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.aco.org/ministry/theological/bible/survey.cfm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.aco.org/ministry/theological/bible/survey.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">2. Take part individually in the survey online by going to:<span style="color: rgb(70, 70, 70); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/bilcsurvey" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://tinyurl.com/bilcsurvey</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">3. Use the survey as part of a bible-study programme. For details of the five-session course Leaders’ notes look at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 70, 70); "><a href="http://www.aco.org/ministry/theological/bible/survey.cfm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.aco.org/ministry/theological/bible/survey.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">For more details about the project as a whole go to:<span style="color: rgb(70, 70, 70); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.aco.org/ministry/theological/bible/index.cfm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.aco.org/ministry/theological/bible/index.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">To contact Stephen Lyon email:<span style="color: rgb(70, 70, 70); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:stephenplyon@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">stephenplyon@gmail.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(234, 242, 251); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>