Anglicans from all over the world went to Edinburgh, Scotland, March 20-24, to evaluate and plan the work of the world office of the Anglican Communion and to look at the program of the Anglican Consultative Council.

Participants heard reports on peace and justice, women, evangelism, refugees, youth, family and interfaith work. They also discussed plans for the Lambeth Conference of bishops, to be held in Canterbury in 1998. The Rt. Rev. James Ottley, former Bishop of Panama, reported on his new ministry as Anglican observer at the United Nations.

Members of standing committees and staff came from Anglican provinces throughout the world, including the United States, Canada, Wales, Scotland, New Zealand, England, Jerusalem and the Middle East, Pakistan, the West Indies, Ireland, East Asia, Nigeria, and Portugal.

"This meeting enables us as a world church to look ahead to the future and evaluate plans to meet the demands of the next millennium," said the Rev. Canon John L. Peterson, secretary general of the Anglican Communion. "We are a family that is committed to praying for each other and for God's world."

The group attended the Eucharist at St. Mary's Cathedral in which the archbishops of Canada and Wales took part.