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Daybook -- Today is Friday, May 12, 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 1957, new buildings were dedicated for Trinity Church, Arlington, Virginia; original structures were located on the estate that is now Arlington National Cemetery. http://www.trinitychurcharlington.org/history-mission3.htm
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Friday Focus
Sudan rebuilding is mission critical for Virginia, Chicago parishes By Matthew Davies
[ENS] Selflessly serving the people of Sudan -- whose lives have been ravaged by a 21-year civil war that claimed two million lives and displaced four million people -- Episcopalians in the Dioceses of Virginia and Chicago have for nine years supported church initiatives for building infrastructure and improving the daily context for thousands of Sudanese. Health clinics and medical missions, as well as primary and secondary schools that serve several thousand students, are among the beneficiaries to date. Refugee relief and resettlement in Sudan, Kenya, and the United States have also been central to the churches' commitment. Dedicated Virginia parishes include Christ Church and St. Paul's in Alexandria, St. Mary's, Arlington, and Church of the Apostles, Fairfax.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_74563_ENG_HTM.htm
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People
Requiescat: Douglas Brown, Holy Cross prior
[SOURCE: Holy Cross Monastery, ENS] The Rev. Douglas C. Brown, OHC, the prior of Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, New York, died at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, New York May 5. He was 61. He collapsed on his way to Noonday Prayer and died shortly there after, according to a statement on the monastery's website (http://www.holycrossmonastery.com/RIP_DCP.htm). Brown was born on November 26, 1944, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, the son of the late Beatrice M. Davison and Charles Brown. Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_74562_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "The Hip Hop Prayer Book," new from Church Publishing Inc., The Rev. Timothy Holder, Editor, 198 pages ISBN: 0-89869-511-2 CODE: 5112
Church Publishing: http://www.churchpublishing.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Product&Productid= 426
[Source: Church Publishing] -- "If Jesus were alive today, he would have been a rapper." -- The Rt. Rev. Catherine Roskam, bishop suffragan of New York. A powerful evangelism tool, developed at Trinity Church of Morrisania in the birthplace of Hip Hop, the South Bronx, "The Hip Hop Prayer Book" offers a means to worship that will draw in the young and speak to those not generally spoken to by the Church. Containing daily prayers, psalms, a variety of services (including a Eucharist), and a selection of Bible stories all designed with the enlivening power of Hip Hop in mind, and prefaces by two bishops of the Episcopal Church and a wealth of contextualizing materials, "The Hip Hop Prayer Book" is designed for in personal worship and by church leaders looking for ways in which to broaden the reach of their congregation. The Rev. Timothy Holder is the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania in the South Bronx of the City of New York and the founding priest and pastor of the HipHopEmass.
Order online through Episcopal Books and Resources, http://www.episcopalbookstore.org; 800.903.5544.
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