The Anglican Cathedral of Second Life

Feeling stressed? This past Sunday Rev Mark Brown preached on stress and offered some practical tools to combat your stress. To listen click on the play button below. (14 minutes in length).
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At this past sunday's service, rather than the usual sermon by Rev Mark Brown, we had a time of Question and Answer.. Some excellent questions were asked including whether we would have the Eucharist in Second Life and whether there is a plan to have a Bishop of the Virtual world!

Click on the play button below to listen to this interesting session.

Rather than the usual sermon at this weekend’s virtual service in Second Life lead by Rev Mark Brown, he is going to have a time of Question and Answer.  So you are invited to come along and find out about this unusual church plant within the virtual world.   All questions welcome.  The service will be held 12pm Sunday, Los Angeles Time.  To find out what time this is for you click here.

If you would like to find out more about this ministry click here.

For details on how to join Second Life so you can attend the service click here.

This past Sunday Rev Mark preached on 1 John 3:1-15 and the stunning reality that we are the children of God. So what does this mean in the face of the huge amount of political stuff flying around at the moment? Click on the play button below to check his passionate message out. (17 minutes in length)

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You are invited to attend one of our services this coming weekend! To visit the Cathedral in SL click here

Note if you are new to SL click on the link above and you will need to sign up by clicking on the orange box in the top right hand corner. Once inside Second Life click the Search Tab (at the bottom of your screen) and click on the Places tab and type in Epiphany Island. Then finally click on the Teleport button on the right hand side.  This will take you to the Cathedral!

The services for this weekend are:

• Evening Prayer - Sunday 12 noon – Led by Rev Mark Brown;(Arkin Ariantho) the topic of his sermon is,   ‘Love is all you need, well mostly..’

• Compline – Sunday 6pm – Led by the Revd Brenda Monroe (Hildeguard Psaltery)

You are also invited to attend the Bible Study led by Sophia Tulip will be held at 11am Sunday at the Conference Center next door to the Cathedral.

These times are SL time which is the same as Los Angeles.  To find out what time this is where you live click here.

Right at the beginning of the Bible is one of the most stunning statements : ‘You are created in the image of God.’ In this 15 minute message Rev Mark preached in the Anglican Cathedral of Second Life this past weekend, he unpacks what this powerful statement means for you. If you feel like a dose of encouragment.. check this out!
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Prayer with or by others is often helpful to us as we navigate the joys and sorrows of life. The Anglican community which meets at the Cathedral on Epiphany Island offer various ways to support people by praying with or for them. Below are the current provisions for prayer support.

During services

Most worship services in the Cathedral have an opportunity for those attending to type prayer requests during a time of open prayer. For those attending who don’t feel confident to offer a prayer themselves, it is always possible for them to send an Instant Message (IM) to the service leader who will offer the prayer on their behalf.  

Prayer cards

At the back of the Cathedral there is the opportunity to post prayer requests on notecards. Others can read the list of prayer requests and can add these to their own prayers. There is also the chance to light a votive candle. Prayer requests may be included during the prayers in worship services.

Prayer partners

Some people choose to meet regularly for prayer in twos or threes. Anyone looking to join such an arrangement can send a notecard to Helene Milena and the details will be listed for others to read. Details may include the times it may be most convenient to meet and possibly how many would be in a group, or anything else that would be helpful to someone choosing to be a prayer partner. The Anglicans in Second Life group is offering this co-ordinating facility but it is up to individuals to arrange prayer partnerships.

One to one

Leaders of services and others are happy to pray with people on a one to one basis. Contacting one of the team while they are in-world by Instant Message may mean being able to arrange to meet straight away, depending on the availability of that person. Otherwise a notecard or IM can be sent when the team member is offline which can be picked up later.  

The service leaders are Arkin Ariantho, Gareth Janus, Hildeguard Psaltery and Helene Milena. Members of the prayer team are Joyous Schism, Charlie12string Lax, Wilfried Ansome and Able Shepherd.

I think this ministry of prayer is very important and I hope that the team involved will grow over time. Anyone else interested in being involved should contact me in the first instance.

Details of the prayer support and prayer partners are available for visitors to the island on our noticeboard to the north of the Cathedral.