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Daybook -- Today is Wednesday, May 10, 2006, in Eastertide.
* Today in Scripture: Daily Office meditation at http://eds.libsyn.com * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1963, the cornerstone of St. Alban's Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana, was laid containing a time capsule tracing regional church history to 1839. http://www.stalbanfw.org/about.htm
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World Report:
* CANADA: Bishops speak out against Nigerian laws on homosexuality * CEYLON: Diocese faces post-tsunami challenges * IRELAND: Archbishop Eames to retire * MIDDLE EAST: Holy Land documentation site launched by Anglican Communion Office * NEW ZEALAND: Anglicans elect tripartite leadership
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_74478_ENG_HTM.htm
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Weeks Ahead:
* PASADENA, California: All Saints Church to hold global sustainability event * PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania: Trinity Cathedral's spring recitals continue * SEATTLE, Washington: Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Mpilo Tutu to preach * BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania: Music and the Arts at Trinity Episcopal Church * CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: Presiding Bishop set to deliver commencement address * BERKELEY, California: Commencement at Church Divinity School of the Pacific * RIVERSIDE, California: St. Michael's to host workshop * WASHINGTON, D.C.: State Day to honor Kentucky * NEW YORK CITY: New York Episcopalians will unite for AIDS walk * NEW YORK CITY: Trinity Church-St. Paul's Chapel to present live internet telecast
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_74477_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Cleon Makes His Choice," from LeaderResources Paperback, 85 pages, http://www.leaderresources.org/cleon, $8.95
[Source: LeaderResources] An entertaining story of a young boy growing up during the period when the church was established and choosing to be a Christian was an important and sometimes dangerous choice. For use with the Mustard Seed Series Sunday School Program, and an interesting story about the beginnings of the church told at a 4th-5th grade reading level. Use this book with other curricula to talk about the early church or as a gift for a child.
Order online through Episcopal Books and Resources, http://www.episcopalbookstore.org; 800.903.5544.
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