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'Signs on the Way' now available on web

June 23, 2008

[Anglican Communion News Service] The faithful around the Anglican Communion have a unique opportunity for Bible study with their bishops during the upcoming 2008 Lambeth Conference of Bishops.

"Signs on the Way" -- focusing on St. John's Gospel and complementing the Bible studies in which the bishops and their spouses will take part during the Lambeth Conference -- is now available on the web.

It is offered as a way for people throughout the Anglican Communion to be "present in spirit at the Lambeth Conference, supporting their bishops before, during and after the gathering."

The studies are structured so that they can be used either by groups or by individuals. They can form the basis of personal devotions, a church study group or a diocesan meeting.

"The Bible studies we offer to you are produced by the same international team of people who were also responsible for the Bible studies at the Lambeth Conference," the introduction says. "In the Bible studies written for the bishops and their spouses the focus is on the 'I am' sayings in the Gospel of John. These present studies, however, focus on the 'signs' carried out by Jesus in the Gospel of John. The signs take us to the heart of Jesus' ministry and mission -- indeed John 20:30-31 -- suggests that it is through such signs that we come to discover that 'Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,
and that through believing ... have life in his name.'"

PDF files of the series in two size formats can be found here.

A text version of the series is available here.

Other resources, such as conference posters and bookmarks with prayers for the Lambeth Conference and the Spouses Conference, are available here.

A calendar of events for the July 16-August 3 gatherings is here.

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