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Daybook -- Today is Friday, December 8, 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 1875, the St. Paul's Society, the precursor of the Episcopal Church at Princeton University, was founded by the Rev. Dr. Alfred Baker. http://webscript.princeton.edu/~ecp/ECPAbout/History
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World Report
CANADA: Youth initiative gets CAN$400,000 matching grant http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_80327_ENG_HTM.htm
ENGLAND: Airline worker still appealing against cross ban as British Airways reviews policy http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_80328_ENG_HTM.htm
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Multimedia: Grace Phiri of the Zambian Anglican Council
[ENS] -- Grace Phiri, national health advisor for the Zambian Anglican Council (ZAC), is involved in health policy formulation in the Anglican Church in Zambia and interprets government health policies to ensure effective implementation of the Church's health programs. She has been instrumental in piloting a malaria prevention and control program through ZAC.
Phiri is a registered nurse who has trained at the Kitwe and Ndola Schools of Nursing, and the University of Zambia. She has served as regional coordinator for CARE International and as a provincial public health nurse for the Zambian Ministry of Health. Prior to her position with ZAC, Phiri worked as a district director of health, responsible for executing health service delivery.
In an interview with Episcopal News Service, Phiri speaks about her responsibilities with ZAC and how the partnership with Episcopal Relief and Development has aided the Church's mission and helped to build capacity for development in the five dioceses of Zambia.
Video and audio streams of Phiri's interview are available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_79136_ENG_HTM.htm.
The full text of Phiri's interview is available at: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_80341_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Unwrapping the Gifts: The Twelve Days of Christmas" from Cowley Publications, by Curtis G. Almquist, SSJE, 80 pages, paperback, c. 2006, $13.95
[Source: Cowley Publications] -- The twelve days of Christmas follow from December 25 until January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany, the traditional date when the Magi arrived to present gifts to infant Jesus. For many, the meaning of these days is lost. By Christmas night people are saturated with the holiday hype, overfed by music and food, and may already be disappointed that the presents received are not enough. The book is not a bah humbug about Christmas customs and presents. This is simply an invitation to go deeper than the tinsel and wrappings, beyond the presents given and received, to the source of all the good gifts in life. Readers are invited to unwrap gifts that will last, praying the twelve days of Christmas.
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