http://stmatthews.org.nz/images/logo_st_matthews.gifhttp://stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=88Articlesen-nzArchdeacon Glynn Cardy has sent the following response to the Revd Peter Carrell in the Diocese of Nelson as part of open conversation on the letter by the Co-bishops of Waikato concerning the "marriage-like" service of one its priests to his partner in London.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=174&sid=882008-07-29 10:00:00The Revd Peter Carrel from the Diocese of Nelson has offered his comments on Glynn's open letter to the bishops of Waikato.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=173&sid=882008-07-17 13:00:00http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=172&sid=882008-07-14 16:00:00+Gene asks for prayer as he departs for Lambethhttp://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=171&sid=882008-07-08 15:00:00Archbishop Peter Jensen explains how Scripture condemns homosexuality...well kind of...http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=170&sid=882008-07-03 16:00:00Archbishop Rowan Williams calls Conservatives' decision problematic. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori says life will go on.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=169&sid=882008-07-01 09:00:00Archbishop David Moxon and Co-Bishop Philip Richardson recently sent an open letter to their diocese regarding the "marriage" of one of their priests to his partner recently in London. This created an international firestorm. The Waikato priest, David Lord, subsequently turned in his license. Archdeacon Glynn Cardy has sent the bishops an open letter in response to the bishops.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=166&sid=882008-06-30 15:00:00http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=168&sid=882008-06-30 13:00:00http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=167&sid=882008-06-29 21:00:00Bishop Marc Andrus of the Diocese of California is encouraging all couples, regardless of sexual orientation, to obtain secular marriages before seeking the church's blessing, as a way to support same-gender couples and "our continued witness to God's inclusive love."http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=165&sid=882008-06-15 13:00:00Kim Benton, a former priest at St Matthew's, working in Burma responds to a request for how we can help.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=164&sid=882008-06-05 15:00:00Over 200 supporters filled St Matthew's to commemorate those who have died of HIV/AIDS. http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=163&sid=882008-05-20 16:00:00Anglican clergy may now legitimately conduct marriages outside a church building.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=162&sid=882008-05-14 15:00:00The NZ AIDS Foundation and Auckland Community Church will hold the 25th Annual Candlelight Memorial this Sunday, 18 May, 6:30pm at St Matthew-in-the-Cityhttp://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=161&sid=882008-05-13 15:00:00Not sure what NZ Herald's intentions are by misleading headline. Auckland City Council is considering an opportunity to purchase land between the church and the proposed redevelopment of the Auckland City Mission for badly needed green space. The Herald's headline suggests something quite different.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=159&sid=882008-05-08 08:00:00Friday’s NZ Herald editorial reduces this act to being “pointless vandalism” that “warrants only scorn”. St Matthew-in-the-City strongly disagrees and honours all who protest for peace and justice. http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=158&sid=882008-05-02 18:00:00The Diocese of Perth has announced the appointment of Kay Goldsworthy as their next bishop. She will be the first woman to hold this office in Australia.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=157&sid=882008-04-15 11:00:00The congregation will hold its Annual General Meeting this Sunday, 13 April at 11:30am.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=156&sid=882008-04-08 15:00:00The Revd George Armstrong, an activist anti-war priest in Auckland and non-stipendiary priest at St Matthew-in-the-City, recently shared the following memories of a Good Friday 40 years ago during the height of the Vietnam War.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=155&sid=882008-03-22 14:00:00A Canadian Bishop who is part of a high-level advisory group to the worldwide Anglican Communion has been elected Bishop of Christchurch.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=154&sid=882008-03-18 15:00:00The Rt Rev. Gene Robinson, although an elected diocesan bishop in the Episcopal Church has not been invited to attend the Lambeth Conference of bishops of the Anglican Communion. Lambeth Palace offered him a place in the Marketplace - the exhibit hall for the conference. Here is his letter in response:http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=153&sid=882008-03-12 07:00:00The NZ Herald has published a perspective piece by Archdeacon Glynn Cardy on the value of Lent to help remind us of the value of self-restraint.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=152&sid=882008-03-04 08:00:00Sunday, 17 February, the New Zealand Association of Rationalist and Humanists invited Clay Nelson to speak on the "Value of the Secular Society."http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=151&sid=882008-02-18 13:00:00On the First Sunday of Lent St Matthew's inaugurated a radically new liturgy reflecting her progressive Christian theology.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=150&sid=882008-02-15 10:00:00American ethicist and theologian Larry Rasmussen to give a series of talks at the Community of St. Luke's and to preach at St Matthew-in-the-City 24 February.http://stmatthews.org.nz/news.php?nid=149&sid=882008-02-14 13:00:00