Spring 2012 Compass Rose Society Communicator

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Spring 2012

M E S S A G E F R O M O U RP R E S I D E N T

DEAR FRIENDS,

As I write, we have just com-

pleted our board o directors

meetings held at the oces o

The Episcopal Church in NewYork City. We stayed at the

Desmond Tutu Center on the

historic grounds o General

Theological Seminary. The

meetings were very productive culminating in

a reception or potential members. While there,

many o us visited and prayed in the beautiul

chapel dedicated to the Good Shepherd.

During our meetings we received two requests

or unds. Both speak to the core purposes o the

Compass Rose Society, and the board and I inviteyou to support them.

First, Canon Kenneth Kearon, Secretary General

o the Anglican Communion has asked us to raise

$50,000 to complete the unding o the redesign

o the Anglican Communion website.

When the Compass Rose Society was rst

launched out o the vision o Archbishop George

Carey, enhanced communication throughout

the Communion was our primary objective.

His question, having returned rom visiting the

church in the war-torn Sudan was, How can

we tell the story o one Province o the Anglican

Communion to the other Provinces? In response,

Anglican World magazine was published unded

through the eorts o the Compass Rose Society.

Today the Internet and social media are rapidly

surpassing print media as the basic methods o

mass communication and websites are already

critical or organizations to communicate their

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Historic Canterbury is site for 2012A N N U A L G E N E R A L M E E T I N G

By Norris Battin

The 2012 Annual General Meeting o the Compass Rose Societywill be held October 5 and 6 in Canterbury, Kent, UK.

The Reverend Canon Nicholas Wheeler will be our eatured speaker

We rst met Fr. Nick on our communion visit to Brazil in April 2011

where he was our guide to the City o God, a poor, urban neighborhood

in Rio de Janeiro. Fr. Wheeler, a Portuguese speaker, worked as a pries

in London beore becoming Priest Missioner in the City o God in

partnership with USPG Anglicans in World Mission.

USPG Anglicans in World Mission is a major Anglican mission

agency o the Anglican Communion. It is ocused on sustaining

relationships between churches and supporting their partners in growing

the churchs capacity or mission, particularly through leadership de

velopment and health work. Its in partnership with Anglican Churches

in over 50 countries, unding programs in 12 provinces o Arica and

Asia, and relating to many others including those in Latin America and

the Caribbean.

Fr. Wheelers mission and outreach experiences in the parish o Chris

the King in The City o God will be an inspiring story or us to hear.

Father Nicholas Wheeler.


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A B O U T C A N T E R B U R Y

You can nd more inormation about Canterbury Cathedral here: www.canterbury-cathedral.org

AGM Program Highlights

The program begins at 2 p.m. Friday, October 5th with the initial

business session o the annual meeting. At 5 p.m. members meet

with the archbishop or Questions and Answers ollowed by

a reception in Old Palace at 6:30 p.m. and dinner hosted by

Archbishop and Mrs. Williams at Canterbury Cathedral Lodge at

7:15 p.m. On Saturday, October 5th the business meeting

reconvenes at 9:30 a.m. and concludes at 5 p.m. At 7 p.m. Dean

Robert Willis will lead a candlelight service in the Cathedral

ollowed by a tour.

The online registration invitation email was sent to members

on April 13, 2012. I you have not yet received your email

invitation to the AGM, please contact Debbie Crossling Barker,

([email protected] / 905.607.1348), provide her with

your most current email address and we will ensure you receive

your invitation.

Two of Canterburys many traditional pubs. The Old Buttermarket is just across from the cathedral gate.

Attendees at the 2011 Annual General Meeting pose for a group photoat Lambeth Palace. This years photo will be taken in the Campanile Gardenat Canterbury Cathedral.

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Heres a bit o background rom the Visit Canterbury website www.canterbury.co.uk : Canterburys skyline is

dominated by the stunning Cathedral, the oldest in England. But the cathedral is only part o the story; the ancient ruins

o St. Augustines Abbey and St. Martins Church orm Canterburys UNESCO World Heritage Site while other ancientruins such as the Castle are reminders o the citys history, heritage and culture. Although Canterbury is a place steeped in

tradition it is also a modern and vibrant city. Luxury hotels, ne restaurants serving ood rom across the globe, nightclubs

and welcoming pubs combine to give a complete experience. For those who have a yearning or retail, Canterburys array

o shop windows beckon with a kaleidoscope o colours, inviting you to sample whats on oer. Many o the high street

names are here as well as a delightul range o independent retailers. The Kings Mile has an atmosphere all o its own

while the citys St. Dunstans, West Gate Towers and Northgate areas have a range o specialist and individual outlets.

Norris Battin chairs the Compass Rose Societys communications committee. Now retired, he was formerly a communications executive

in the health care industry in the United States.


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The Compass Rose Society held its spring 2012 board of

directors meeting at The Episcopal Church headquarters in New

York City during the fourth week of April. We greatly enjoyed the

hospitality of Presiding Bishop, Katharine Jefforts Schori and the

diligent support of her staff.

We are also grateful to the Rev. Lang Lowery, President of

General Theological Seminary for the use of their facilities dur-

ing our meeting. We enjoyed the verdant campus, the chapel of

the Good Shepherd and the refectory where we held a reception to

introduce New York Episcopalians to the Society.

General Theological Seminary is the oldest seminary of TheEpiscopal Church it was founded in 1817 and is a leading

center of theological education in the Anglican Communion.

The seminary was chartered by an act of The Episcopal Churchs

General Convention and its name was chosen to refect its

founders vision that it be a seminary to serve the whole Church.

Located on the west side of Manhattan, GTS sits in the heart

of Chelsea, a largely residential area that is known as a center

of the New York art world, with over 200 galleries in the neighbor-

hood. Chelsea Square on which the seminary sits, is at the center

of the Chelsea Historic District, which is listed on the National

Register of Historic Places. The seminary is frequently noted for

the beauty of the gardens on its campus which is characterized

by a row of neo-Gothic buildings and tree-shaded lawns

uncharacteristic of its urban setting. GTS is also home to the

Desmond Tutu Center, a modern, full-service conference facility.

COMPASS ROSE SOCIETY

Board of Directors Meet

at The Episcopal Church Headquarters

and General Theological Seminary

in New York City

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Diocese o Olympia

Seattle, WA, United States

Dr. Jane Lee Ching Yee

Shaukeiwan, Hong Kong

Dr. Sheree H. Wen

Seattle, WA, United States

General Theological Seminary

New York, NY, United States

Huron University College, Faculty o Theology

London, ON, Canada

St. Marys

Bonita Springs, FL, United States

Compass Rose SocietyBoard of Directors:

Mr. B. Norris Battin, Newport Beach, CA

Mr. Robert Biehl, Houston, TX

The Reverend Sarah Buxton-Smith, Bualo, NY

The Very Reverend Samuel G. Candler, Atlanta, GA

The Reverend Canon Jan Naylor Cope, Washington, DC

The Right Reverend George Councell, Trenton, NJMr. Joey Fan, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

The Most Reverend Terence Finlay, Toronto, ON

Mr. Robert Foltz, Bonita Springs, FL

Ms. Constance Fraser Gray, Winston Salem, NC

The Reverend Canon Kenneth Kearon, London, UK

The Reverend Rick Lord, Vienna, VA

The Right Reverend Victoria Matthews, Christchurch,

New Zealand

Mr. Marshal McReal, Seattle, WA

The Reverend Canon John Peterson, Hendersonville, NC

The Right Reverend Philip Poole, Aurora, ON

Ms. Janie Stevens, Houston, TX

Ms. Della Wager Wells, Atlanta, GA

Ms. Antonia Wong Tuen-Yee, Central, Hong Kong

Ms. Beverley Paterson Wood, Aurora, ON

General Theological Seminary is located in the Chelsea neighborhood

of New York City


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The Secret of Good Communion Communications? COMMUNITYBy Jan Butter

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The 1948 Lambeth Conerence was such a success that atwice-yearly publication was established to help maintain andstrengthen the bonds o aection between bishops o the Com-

munion. When last year I stood in the archive room o Dioc-esan House in Hartord, Connecticut, holding a copy o the veryrst Pan AnglicanReview o the Worldwide Episcopal Churchmagazine I refected, my role, my remit, it all started with this.

Then just recently, I discovered that exactly a century beore,at the 1848 Lambeth Conerence, the bishops wrote, It appearsthat the want has been much elt o some centre o communicationamong the Churches in England, Ireland, Scotland, America, India,the colonies, and elsewhere, through which ecclesiast ical doc-uments o importance might be mutu-ally circulated, and in which copies othem might be retained or reerence.They thereore recommended the cre-

ation o a communications departmentsupported by special contributionsbased at the Society or PromotingChristian Knowledge (SPCK). For rea-sons lost to us, this recommendationwas downscaled to the production oan encyclical letter sent to Anglicanbishops worldwide. Nevertheless, it isclear that, as ar back as the mid-19thcentury, such was the desire o theAnglican Communion to learn romand share with one another, that itsleaders invested time and resources in

producing and sending a publicationaround the globe.

More than 160 years later, theneed to communicate intraprovincially has not changed. In act,in 2000, the Primates meeting communiqu stressed, Morethan ever, in an age o rapid and abundant electronic communi-cation, our engagement with each other must be o the highestquality. In 2007, The Episcopal Churchs then CommunicationDirector, Canon Robert Williams advised that, The lack o com-munications inrastructure [across the Anglican Communion] isat the heart o many tensions that could be eased by improveddialogue.

What has changed are the range o communications channelsand the audiences. Pan Anglican magazine gained a broaderreadership and was published right through to the early 60s.Beyond that, well into the Noughties, its successor AnglicanWorld magazine, became the main way Communion membersboth clergy and laityshared news and inormation. However,over the past decade, the Anglican Communion has beenincreasingly served by e-news, inormation rom the AnglicanCommunion News Service and www.anglicancommunion.org.

Today, it is social media (orms o electronic communicationthrough which users create online communities to share inor-mation, ideas, personal messages, and other content) that has

become a leading method o global communication. By makinganyone with access to the Internet able to publish, it challengeshow we understand communication across our global commu

nity. Church now exists in an age when major news outlets reporwhats tweeted and posted on Facebook by the general public;when personal blogs rise to become major news outlets; whenpolitical revolutions oment online; when what is said in onecountry is instantly heard in another; when people can and docome to Christ ater attending online church services.

It is easy to get overwhelmed by the speed and complexity othe digital developments, and to be tempted to breathlessly runto catch up. The Church must not, however, become dazzled by

the medium and orget the message. Imust, above all, make use o this latesmechanism or entering into a dialoguewith people about the Good News o

Christ. The Anglican Communion, as aglobal aith community, must not losesight o the need that drove the bishopso 1848 and 1948 to publish their magazines: the need to learn rom, sharewith and connect with each other, andto celebrate what God is doing throughthem or his Kingdom.

Thanks to some orward-thinkingpeople and generous supporters, theAnglican Communion has had, othe past decade, a mechanism to dojust this: the aorementioned Anglican

Communion News Service and wwwanglicancommunion.org. Sadly, theormer has been without a ull-time

news editor or several years now, while the latter is antiquatedand bloated with hard-to-access inormation. A group o communication proessionals rom around the Communion recentlymet in London and identied improving these as a major priority

Other challenges to eective Communion communicationhighlighted by the group include the gap between inormationtechnology haves and have nots (one attendee had just launchedher churchs iPad app, the other has to pick up his mail anda cellphone signal in a neighboring country.) The group alsohighlighted that an inadequate understanding o the purposeo church communications combined with an imbalance in theavailability o resources, technology and training means that noenough provinces prioritize communications as a lie-givingministry o the Churchonly a handul issue provincial newsmore than once a month, or example.

The Roman Catholic Church has a massive communications operation comprising digital, radio and print in a myriado languages with hundreds o sta. The Anglican Communiondoes not need such a communications behemoth. What it doesneed is a cadre o adequately trained, dedicated communicatorsaround the worldat least one per Provincethat can connec

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Rebuildinganglicancommunion.org

so it becomes not only a source for

must-have information, but a place

of dialogue, sharing and fellowship

is a major priority for us. The cost

to redesign this key vehicle for the

Anglican Communion is $104,000 of

which $54,000 has already been raised.

At its April meeting the Compass Rose

Society Board generously agreed to raise

$50,000 towards this project and so we

are asking for your help. Just 50 gifts

of $1,000 will ensure this vital resource

for our global family can be built.


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Whether we know it in the beginning or not, the relationships

created through the act o giving leaves indelible marks on who

we are and we are orever changed. I am grateul to my riends

my mentor and my amily or reminding me that even in earGod does amazing things. Even when we are thrown out o ou

comort zone, God is there.

Even when we are in a country so ar away rom home, witness

ing devastation, amine or drought, hope still resides in the hearts

o those we meet as strangers but leave calling amily. Thank you

or welcoming me into your amily. Thank you or the work tha

each o you do at home and abroad. Thank you or never letting

ear stop you rom answering Gods call in your lie.

I will admit that at one point during the trip over to London

ear crept in and kept asking me, What on earth are you going to

be able to contribute to this group? You are a novice, a seminarian

a person who is not in a position to be o much help.

The reality is all those items are true. I am a novice seminarian

o very little means but what I can oer and did oer is presence

I got to witness this amazing group o people, hear their stories

o call and the process they went through to answer Gods call in

their lives. I got to hear these stories and understand that every

person is called to love and serve no matter who you are, where

you are rom or what you do or a living. We are all called

That is a powerul message but what is even more powerul is to

sit in a group o people who actively answer that call over and

over and over again. I got to oer mysel as someone new to

the scene o ministry, to glean rom those present how ministry

takes on many dierent styles, approaches, and ormation but to

witness the understanding that our call is still inspired by GodEven though we come rom various backgrounds vocationally

and geographically, our hearts are still stirred to love God by

loving our neighbor.

When I returned to Virginia Theological Seminary, I had a

chance to speak with the Student Government about my experi-

ence with the Compass Rose Society. I wanted to make sure we

were creating ways or all people involved at VTS to give back in

ways that allowed them to be opened by the Spirit.

Members o our Missionary Society took this challenge on

by providing a walk-a-thon on campus instead o hosting it in

town making it dicult or people to get there without a vehicle

We have also created ways to tap into peoples gits and talentsto raise money or a health clinic in Myanmar by hosting a nigh

o music. We raised money in both events but we also created

community, which in itsel is invaluable.

The communities we impacted were places we had visited

made relationships and were inspired by the hope o the home

less nearby and the grace o the Burmese people in Myanmar

Even in a world where darkness and despair seem to grab mos

o the headlines, God whispers in our hearts, stirs our souls and

we answer by witnessing to the reality that with God and in God

anything is possible.

In June 2011, I received an email asking i I would be interested

in representing Virginia Theological Seminary at the Compass

Rose Society meeting taking place later in the year in London.

I took a moment to re-read the email to make sure I was the intendedrecipient and that I understood the content clearly. VTS wants to

send me to London to represent the seminary, I told my riends

as we gathered around the table to which they replied, That is

pretty awesome! All I kept thinking is, Im scared.

I have never been outside o the country beore unless you

count an all-inclusive resort in Cozumel as outside the country.

I sought input rom my parents, my mentor and my riends and each

o them said that I would be a ool to turn down this amazing

opportunity. I almost turned it down because o ear. Ater a couple

o days o thinking, praying and listening, I emailed back and

said, Yes. It would be my honor to represent VTS at the Compass

Rose Society Meeting.I almost let ear prevent me rom saying yes to one o the

most amazing experiences I have ever had. You all dont know

me. I dont know you. However, we share the bond o the holy

supper and our baptism into Christ and we are connected, even

i we dont know each other.

With plane tickets and itinerary in hand, I few to London

and while I was waiting to have my passport checked a voice

behind me in line spoke, I see you are rom VTS (I had a tag

on my briecase). I went to CDSP. I turned and greeted a ellow

seminarian that was in London to visit a recent CDSP graduate. I

asked, Youre not here to visit Erin, are you? Indeed she was

there to visit Erin, a woman I shared a room with at my rstCommission on Ministry in my discernment process, a woman

rom my home.

Our Church is small but the needs o the world are great.

When we dont let ear stand in the way o where God is calling

us and in the way o the work God is calling us to do, we meet

as strangers but we leave as amily. When doing the work that

God calls us to do, we give back to God our gits in whatever

capacity we are able to give. Through that work we are united.

We meet at table. We meet in prayer. When we oer ourselves

up in service we are met over and over, time and again and we

are given so much more in return.

In every conversation and story I heard while at the CompassRose meeting, I listened to people sharing their experiences o

giving o their time and resources. More than that, I heard about

people within the Compass Rose Society getting so much more

back rom the people they served, the relationships that ormed

and the knowledge that they werent just sending money, they

were bringing all o who God created them to be in order to

meet and be in relationship with the people living in the place

God called them to. Even i people were earul at some point,

the call was still bigger than their ear. Gods call is bigger than

our ear.

VTS WANTS TO SEND ME TO LONDON

By Ginny Wilder

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M E S S A G E F R O M O U R P R E S I D E N T

messages. Under the leadership o Jan Butter, Director or Com-

munication o the Anglican Communion, a new website which

is interactive, easy to navigate, engaging, accessible, inorma-

tive and creative is ready to go.The Compass Rose Society has been asked to help make

this possible. Please consider directing a git toward the rede-

signed website o the Anglican Communion. You can be sure

your git will make a huge dierence in helping the Anglican

Communion communicate its message. I will be writing you to

ollow this up.

We also received a direct request rom the bishop in Jerusa-

lem, Suheil Dawani, last years speaker at our annual meeting

in London. He is concerned about the educational opportuni-

ties available to the young people in his church and has asked

the Compass Rose Society to provide scholarships to enable

young people to receive a high-quality education to prepare

them or their utures. As you know, education is essential to

alleviating poverty and creating a better world. And education

costs money.

For an investment o $1,000, you can provide a one-year

scholarship or an elementary student and or $1,500, a schol-

arship or a high school or university student. I wonder how

many scholarships the Compass Rose Society can help the

Bishop provide.

By now you will have received a letter and a brochure rom

me inviting you to participate in creating these scholarships.

Thank you or considering this request.

During the reception in New York, Canon Kearon refected

eloquently on what sort o people members o the CompassRose Society are. We know, he said, what the members do,

but who are they?

He suggested (and I am paraphrasing here) that CRS members

are people with a vision or the church beyond the our walls o

their parish church. They support the local church but care pas-

sionately or the wider church. They are people who recognize

and celebrate the diversity o a church which nds itsel in 165

countries o the world.

They are people who value international relationships

within Anglicanism. They are people who seek to support the

ministry o the archbishop o Canterbury in and through the

Anglican Communion. They are people who value the unity othe church and see that unity is strengthened through bonds o

aection created in the course o communication and personal

contact. In my experience that is an apt and accurate descrip-

tion o our members. Thank you or what you are doing and or

who you are.

I do want to acknowledge the extraordinary hospitality and

welcome our patron the Archbishop o Canterbury and Mrs.

Williams have extended to the Compass Rose Society over the

past decade. Few groups have the privilege to sit down or

dinner annually with the archbishop in his home. In October,

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Compass Rose SocietyGifts to Date Total $7.2 Million

Since it was established in 1997, The Compass Rose

Society has donated $7.2 million to support the work

o the Anglican Communion. Three quarters o this

has unded the work o the Anglican Consultative Council,

and sixty percent o that has supported their commu-

nications projects. 15 percent o the donations have

supported the Diocese o Jerusalem and the Middle East.

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Archbishop Rowan and Jane Williams will be hosting us o

a reception and dinner at Old Palace on the grounds o tha

ancient place o pilgrimage Canterbury Cathedral. As you know

ater 10 years o dedicated theological, spiritual and humble

service to the Communion, the archbishop has accepted a new

post beginning in January 2013.

Please join us or a personal arewell on this historic occa-

sion October 5 and 6. Registrations are limited and as you can

imagine are lling up quickly. I you have not yet received your

emailed invitation, please contact Debbie Crossling Barker a

[email protected] / 905.607.1348 to ensure we

have your current email address on le so you are able to

register or this event.

Unortunately, we will not be attaching a Communion visit

study trip to this years AGM; however, plans are underway o

one in the spring, 2013.

A nal word. As you may know, the by-laws o the Compass

Rose Society anticipate that members pledge an annual git o

approximately $2,000 - $3,000 to maintain their membership.

We are so grateul or the gits already received this year

Financial gits are necessary rom our entire membership and

help to sustain and support the work o the archbishop o

Canterbury in and though the Anglican Communion. Annua

gits and new membership subscriptions ensure that our core

ministry continues. Annually, the Compass Rose Society seeksto provide $400,000 to the work o the Anglican Consultative

Council or communications and church networks that are al

so vital or the international work o our church.

Know that this comes with my love and aection or what

you do and who you are. May the Holy Spirit unleashed at

Pentecost move widely in our midst.

Yours in Christ,Bishop Philip PoolePresident, Compass Rose Society


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BECOME A COMPASS ROSE

SOCIETY MEMBER

Join as an individual member or orm a parish, diocesan or cathedral

chapter o any number o members. Share in the annual meeting - this

year at Canterbury, typically dinner at Lambeth Palace with Com-

pline in the archbishops chapel - meet ellow Anglicans on communion

visits throughout the world or study our Anglican heritage on location.Individual membership includes an invitation or the member (or

couple) and up to two guests to attend the Societys events in London

and communion visits or study trips scheduled each year. With a parish

membership, the rector and guest and two designated parish members

may attend. Four members o a chapter may attend. With a diocesan

membership, the bishop, a guest and two designated members may attend.

For more inormation, contact the Right Reverend Philip Poole,

president o the Society, at [email protected] .

ONLINE RESOURCES:

Join the Compass Rose Society Facebook Group

Follow us on Twitter: @tomcranmerTo view photos on Flickr, email [email protected]

To view or post video or viewing by the membership go to

www.youtube.com/group/compassrose

The Compass Rose Society Daily, http://paper.li/tomcranmer

OTHER WEB LINKS OF INTEREST:

The Archbishop o Canterbury: www.archbishopocanterbury.org

Episcopal Lie Online: www.episcopalchurch.org

Anglicans Online: http://anglicansonline.org

Thinking Anglicans: http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk

Forward Movement Publications: www.orwardmovement.org

MISSION PARTNERS:

Diocese o Southern Malawi: www.angoma.org.mw/

Diocese o Jerusalem: www.j-diocese.org

Diocese o the Highveld: www.diocesehighveld.org.za/

La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico: www.iglesiaanglicanademexico.org/

Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil: http://www.ieab.org.br/

NOTE TO MEMBERS:

Please let us know i you would like to receive The Communicatorby

email only. Send a note to [email protected]

THE COMPASS ROSE SOCIETY:

Supporting the global mission o the Archbishop o Canterbury

in and through the Anglican Communion.

THE COMPASS ROSE COMMUNICATOR:

An bi-annual publication o the Compass Rose Society

Norris Battin, Communications Committee Chair;

Comments welcome: [email protected]

Scan the QR (quick response) code to

go to the CRS website. The links printed

in the text here are live there.

The Secret of Good Communion Communications?

COMMUNITY

to share content and best practice and tell the Anglican Com-

munions story. The narrative o the Body o Christ is very

powerul, said group member, the Rev. Dr. Joshva Raja and

currently the Anglican Communion is not properly equipped

to share that narrative.

We need all our churches to recognize communications

ministry as valuable and support communicators in their eorts.At a time when communications has become social and

global, the way or the Anglican Communion to strengthen its

ability to communicate is to capitalize on community; to share

communal resources, best practices and technology. Only

then can it eectively share its story o Gods Good News

eectively with itsel and the world.

Jan Butter has been the Anglican Communions Director for Communicationsince 2010. His passion is to see all members of the Anglican Communionequipped to share, with each other and the world, the story of their partin Gods mission. Before joining the Anglican Communion Ofce, he wasHead of Global Advocacy Communications for one of the worlds largestrelief, development and advocacy organizations, World Vision in the UK,

Sri Lanka and New York. He started his career as a print journalist.



VTS Wants to Send Me to LondonThe Compass Rose Society lives that reality every day

through the relationships they create within and around the

world. It would be really easy to say, Yeah, I understand that,

but seeing that kind o reality and hope and call in the

people present at this gathering really carried the message

home or me. It is not just about the money. The success o

this society is built on the strength o the relationships that are

ormed through answering Gods call, overcoming the ear owhere that call might take you and seeing just how much our

lives are impacted in witnessing the Christ in you meeting the

Christ in your neighbor. That is pretty awesome stu.

I am standing on the precipice o a transition rom seminar-

ian to priest. I was ordained last December and I just nished

the General Ordination Exams. The next big step or me is to

nd employment and I will be honest and say the whispering

o ear and doubt have circled through my mind on many

occasions asking the same questions, What on earth can you

contribute? What do you have to bring to the table? I am

guring out my answers to these questions but what keeps

actoring into my thinking is the importance o being open tolistening - really listening to what God is asking o us and

being willing to say yes to Gods call.

God will meet us in the middle o our discomort, o our

ear. By participating in the Compass Rose Societys annual

meeting, I got to experience this rsthand and I am orever

changed.

Ginny Wilder recently graduated from Virginia Theological Seminarysponsored from the Diocese of Western North Carolina. Before comingto seminary, she served for 10 years as the training and developmentmanager for Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. She wasordained a transitional deacon in December 2011 and has taken a call tobe the associate rector at Trinity Parish in Wilmington, Delaware.

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