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Daybook -- Today is Tuesday, October 24, 2006.
* Today in Scripture: Daily Office meditation: http://www.forwardmovement.org/todaysreading.cfm * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1865, the 28th General Convention of the Episcopal Church concluded in Philadelphia.
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People
Desmond Tutu and John Allen speak at Trinity Church, Wall Street http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_78861_ENG_HTM.htm
William G. Andersen, Jr. dies at 71
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_78863_ENG_HTM.htm
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World Report
IRELAND: Bishops meet with Sinn Fein
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_78858_ENG_HTM.htm
LAMBETH PALACE: Archbishop of Canterbury preaches at Chaoyang Church, Beijing http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_78856_ENG_HTM.htm
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Teaching: Addiction and Adolescents is focus of November conference
[Source: Episcopal Divinity School] -- Without regard to economic, social, racial or religious background, addiction amongst adolescents is challenging families throughout society. In this instance, the role of the pastoral leader is critical.
A one-day conference "Listening for the Still, Small Voice, Addiction and Adolescents: A Spiritual Journey from Illness to Recovery," will be held November 29, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., at Trinity Church, Boston.
Open to parish, youth and campus ministers as well as lay youth group leaders, the conference aims to provide an understanding of addiction, the spiritual dimensions of the illness and recovery, and their role in helping adolescents and their families recover and heal.
The keynote speakers include the Rev. John MacDougall, director of Spiritual Guidance, and Jim Kane, national outreach director, Hazelden Foundation; Dianne Seger, manager Clinical Services, Hazelden Center for Youth and Family; Kris Kampf, clinical supervisor, Gray Wolf Ranch; and Kevin M. Cross, M. Div student, Episcopal Divinity School.
Topics will include:
* Addiction - What is it? What does it have to do with spirituality? * Addiction and Adolescents * Recovery - How? What is the role of spirituality? * A.A. - what is it? What are the spiritual dimensions of the steps? * Treatment Resources and Options - identifying and using our local resources * The role of the spiritual care giver * Making Church "user-friendly" for adolescents and families in recovery
Cost of the conference, $30, includes lunch.
For registration and information, email Kevin Cross at kcross@eds.edu or call 781-704-6581.
The conference is sponsored by the Evangelical Education Society of the Episcopal Church, No Ordinary Time, The Hazelden Foundation, Gray Wolf Ranch and the Episcopal Divinity School.
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Catalyst: "Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers" from Oxford University Press, by Christian Smith with Melinda Lundquist Denton, 346 pages, hardcover, $25
[Source: Oxford University Press] -- In most discussions and analyses of American teenage life, one major topic is curiously overlooked: religion. Yet most American teens say that religious faith is important in their lives.
What is going on in the religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers? What do they actually believe? What religious practices do they engage in? Do they expect to remain loyal to the faith of their parents? Or are they abandoning traditional religious institutions in search of a new, more "authentic" spirituality? Answering these and many other questions, Soul Searching tells the story of the religious and spiritual lives of contemporary American teenagers.
It reports the findings of The National Study of Youth and Religion, the largest and most detailed such study ever undertaken. Based on a nationwide telephone survey of teens and their parents, as well as in-depth face-to-face interviews with more than 250 of the survey respondents, Soul Searching shows that religion is indeed a significant factor in the lives of many American teenagers.
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