european assembly 2017
From the Newsletter for the General Church in Britain:
“After consultation with the Rt. Rev. Brian W. Keith, Executive Bishop of
the General Church, we have begun the process of planning for a European
Assembly in 2017.
“An initial, informal and enthusiastic group met during our recent AllAge Weekend at Purley Chase Center to begin this planning process. Much of
our discussion revolved around necessary initial steps, including formation of
a formal organizing committee, setting a date, and possible venues.
“A decision was made to convene the first meeting of the 2017 European
Assembly Organizing Committee in late January 2016. This meeting is likely
to be at Swedenborg House, London.”
Anyone interested in serving on the committee or supporting its work was
asked to contact the Revs. Göran R. Appelgren, Alan M. Cowley or Howard
A. Thompson.
truly they are sons of the academy
At the Charter Day annual meeting of the Corporation of the Academy of the
New Church, Memorial Resolutions were presented for former Corporation
members Edward F. Allen Jr., H. Keith Morley and B. Dean Smith. Following
is the bulk of these Resolutions:
Edward Franklin Allen Jr.
Ed Allen died October 6, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska, at age 81. He
was the son of Edward F. and Sue Allen. Ed graduated from the Academy
of the New Church Boys School in 1952 and earned a Bachelor of Science
degree in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado A&M (now Colorado State
University) in 1956. After graduation he entered the United State Air Force.
He served as an ANC Corporation member from 1989 to 2001.
Although Ed liked to say he graduated from the Boys School “without
distinction,” he was very much the student throughout his life. In his memorial
address the Rev. Kurt Ho. Asplundh said: “It would appear that Ed did not
slack in the matter of seeking intelligence from the Word to be able to serve the
Lord. One of his stated goals as the newsletter editor in Phoenix was ‘to relate
church teachings to life.’”
Ed liked to say of his father after a breakfast or lunch that he received his
one-hour dissertation credit. If you ever had that time with Ed Junior you could
say the same about him. He always had a book or pamphlet to give that was
his latest interest. It could be from Emanuel Swedenborg, St. Thomas Aquinas,
Emanuel Kant, Hugo Odhner or any bishop named Pendleton, among many
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