Developed by the School of Ministry forthe 189th Annual Convention ofthe Episcopal Diocese of North CarolinaThe Windsor Report itself: The report – which runs 93 pages, including appendices – may be downloaded from the internet in several ways. Perhaps easiest is using a pdf format, which will require Adobe Acrobat version 4 or better. There is a pdf link to the report on the homepage of our own diocesan website, www.episdionc.com. There is a good link to the text of the report on the Communion home page, www.anglicancommunion.org. The pdf version is at www.anglicancommunion.org/windsor2004/downloads/windsor2004full.pdf. If you do not wish to use the pdf format, you may simply read the report on line at www.anglicancommunion.org/windsor2004/index.cfm. Morehouse Publishing has issued the report in paperback, listing at $8.95. It is available from Education Liturgy Resources, 134 College Street, Oxford, NC 27565. Phone: (919) 693-5547. We encourage you to read the entire report, which runs for 60 pages (there are an additional 30-plus pages of appendices), rather than simply turning to the recommendations, which appear in sections C and D. Section A examines the nature of communion, including its biblical foundations; Section B continues with an analysis of “fundamental principles,” with special attention to biblical interpretation and “diversity within communion.” These first two sections are essential for thoughtful discussion and discernment. Information about The Windsor Report: Much of what is available is via the internet. A variety of church publications, including Episcopal Life, Church Times, diocesan newspapers, and church organization newsletters have provided information about the Windsor Report, but the easiest access to information remains the world-wide web. (The Church Times issue of October 22, 2004, provides full coverage but that issue is not available online.) Rather than presume computer competence among all of our parishioners, those organizing parish discussion groups might locate and print out resources you find most helpful. What follows here are some sites we find useful: § Anglican Communion. The key site is that of the Anglican Communion itself. As noted above, the Communion home page (www.anglicancommunion.org) has a clear link to the Lambeth Commission on Communion. We recommend that you go to www.anglicancommunion.org/commission/index.cfm, which is the Commission’s home page, where you can choose to see the mandate of the Commission, official responses, the reception process, commission documents, and news items. (Note that its “summary guide” is a summary only in the sense that it outlines the report. It does not describe the substance of the report, which is why we produced our summary handout.) § Episcopal Church USA. The website of our national church (www.episcopalchurch.org) is not very helpful in guiding you to information about the Windsor Report, but there is some good information here. Click on the link for “Life and Work of the Church” on the home page, then click on “Info Desk” in the left column. There you’ll find a box on the Lambeth Commission, at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_51516_ENG_HTM.htm. At this Episcopal News Service page you can access videos of Archbishop Eames’ and our Presiding Bishop’s news conferences, statements by US bishops, and other statements and news reports. § Anglicans Online. This site offers a wealth of information on all aspects of Anglicanism, but we could find no direct way to identify resources on the Windsor Report. We therefore suggest you go to http://anglicansonline.org, click on “News Centre” and “News Archive” and look at their headings. Choosing October-December 2004 in the archive is productive. § Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes. The ACN, critical of Episcopal Church USA decisions, provides text of several statements regarding the Windsor Report. Click on “More News” under “News Highlights” at www.anglicancommunionnetwork.org. § Diocese of North Carolina. Our website provides a link to the first Episcopal News Service report on the release of the report as well as a Pastoral Letter from the Bishops, “A Pilgrimage Toward Healing and Reconciliation.” § Episcopal Divinity School. Prof. Ian Douglas wrote “An Imagined Conversation on the Lambeth Commission with the Rev. Ian T. Douglas, Ph.D.” at the request of the Rt. Rev. Thomas Shaw, Bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts, who was looking for a resource on the Lambeth Commission on Communion for the clergy of Massachusetts. In it he has set the context for both the Commission and its report. It may be downloaded from www.eds.edu. Click on “What’s New.” Study guides for the Windsor Report. Bishop Curry has encouraged all congregations to “engage in study during 2005 focused on… what it means for us as Christians with differing ideas and beliefs about many matters to live together as One Body,” a theme closely related to the communion concerns of the Windsor Report. He noted two resources that may prove useful for a 2005 Lenten series: § Good News: A Congregational Resource for Reconciliation. This is a three-session curriculum with video and booklet based upon meditations by Bishop Steven Charleston, President and Dean of Episcopal Divinity School (EDS). This resource does not discuss either human sexuality issues or the Windsor Report directly, but it is certainly relevant as it helps congregations reflect on our call to be one in Christ. The booklet is available for $5 from EDS (www.eds.edu); booklet and video are available from Trinity Church Wall Street (www.trinitywallstreet.org). Click on “Trinity Television,” then “Video Catalog.” Cost is $20. The School of Ministry has the video and will loan it on request. § Growing Toward God: Desmond Tutu. This is a newly-developed curriculum based on a lecture by Bishop Tutu on “Reconciliation and Transformation.” He addresses reconciliation from an interior, faith-based place, with transformation coming out of our faith in God’s love for us all – again not specifically focused on human sexuality issues or the Windsor Report, but thoughtful and relevant. The resource, incorporating a DVD, workbook and resource guide, is available from Trinity Church Wall Street as above. Cost is $70. The School of Ministry has the DVD and will loan it on request. We know of only one study guide – there may be more; please let us know if you come across them – that is specific to the Windsor Report. § The Middle Way: A Congregational Resource for Discussing the Lambeth Commission Report has been prepared by Bishop Charleston at EDS, in which he offers a context for members of the Anglican Communion to study, discuss, and interpret this report. Focused upon dialogue and reconciliation, the resource invites small groups to meet together for three hours: Two hours are spent on studying the context of the Windsor Report, one hour, approximately, on the report itself. Read the session plans carefully; while thoughtful and creative, this approach may not be for everyone. The resource may be downloaded directly from www.eds.edu. As above, click on “What’s New.” | 
