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Daybook -- Today is Monday, April 17, 2006, in Eastertide. [The offices of the Episcopal Church Center are closed in observance of Easter Monday.]
Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm
Today in History: In 1986, the Presiding Bishop and the Archbishop of Canterbury question U.S. action in military air strike against Libya http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_numbe r=8 60]80.
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To our readers: "Alleluia, Christ is risen" -- and with these new days of Eastertide comes a new format for the daily releases of the Episcopal News Service. More links and brief updates are featured to make for faster and more informative reading. Please see schedule below for weekly features.
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Monday Mission: Earth Day spotlight on fossil fuel impact By Phina Borgeson [ENS] From Canterbury to Wellington, Anglican church leaders have beenspeaking out on climate change and deploring the growing dependency on fossil fuels. In February, more than 80 prominent American Evangelicals issued "Climate Change: an Evangelical Call to Action." The devastation of hurricane Katrina showed that the predicted disproportionate impact of climate change on the poor can happen here in the United States, while the shortages of gasoline in Katrina's wake underscored increasing dependence.
[full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_73690_ENG_HTM.htm]
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Monday Music: UK-LA beat goes on as choir returns to Westminster Abbey [ENS] Westminster Abbey has invited the choir of St. James' Church, Los Angeles, to sing services August 20-27 as choir-in-residence. It is the choir's second such pilgrimage following a similar visit in 1999. In preparation for the trip, music director James Paul Buonemani led the choir in a March 12 "Lenten Procession of Lessons and Anthems" based on the popular Advent and Christmastide services of King's College, Cambridge. Actor Michael York was guest lector for the liturgy, which featured music ranging from Gregorian chant to Arvo Pärt. "The poetry and music combined to express the sentiments of penitence, passion, forgiveness and redemption," said Buonemani, music director at St. James' Church since 1995. The Wilshire Center church is home to the Great Music at St. James series and the renowned 1911 Murray Harris John David Falconer Memorial organ.
[More: www.saintjamesla.org]
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Catalyst: Signs & Wonders, from Episcopal Books and Resources [ENS] Ever wondered where to order those familiar blue-and-red "Episcopal Church welcomes you" street signs for your congregation? They're a click away in the online inventory at Episcopal Books & Resources
[http://signs.episcopalchurch.org/], or call 800.903.5544.
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Coming Up . . . The following weekly topical features -- including the
"Catalyst" listings from Episcopal Books and Resources -- are scheduled for
NewsLink Online: -- Monday Mission, Music, Catalyst -- Tuesday Teaching, Toward Columbus (General Convention), Catalyst -- Wednesday World, Weeks Ahead, Catalyst -- Thursday Themes, People, Diocesan Digest, Catalyst -- Friday Forum, Catalyst
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