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Daybook -- Today is Wednesday, January 24, 2007, in Epiphany. The Church calendar remembers the Ordination of Florence Li Tim-Oi, first woman priest in the Anglican Communion (1944).
* 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 1573, poet John Donne, dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, was born. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Donne
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Diocesan Digest
GULF COAST: Presiding Bishop visits Louisiana, Mississippi http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81543_ENG_HTM.htm
VIRGINIA: Bishop inhibits clergy; diocese responds to filings by separated churches http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81537_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan News: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_19507_ENG_HTM.htm
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World Report
A round-up of world news and reports from Anglican provinces since January 17:
AFRICA: Tutu warns ahead of World Social Forum, war on terror cannot ignore poverty http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81306_ENG_HTM.htm
BURUNDI: Famine and floods cause national crisis http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81547_ENG_HTM.htm
ENGLAND: Archbishops welcome British Airways uniform policy review http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81352_ENG_HTM.htm
ENGLAND: Archbishops write Tony Blair on Sexual Orientation Regulations http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81546_ENG_HTM.htm
ENGLAND: Church seeks ambassador for sport
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81280_ENG_HTM.htm
More World News: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_77937_ENG_HTM.htm
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Weeks Ahead
Full calendar: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81473_ENG_HTM.htm
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Events
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January 24, 2007
* NATIONAL: New National Episcopal Health Ministries Teleseminar
January 25, 2007
* PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida: Tapestry: A Colorful Pattern of Ministries
January 26, 2007
* GREENSBORO, North Carolina: Diocese of North Carolina to meet in convention * NEW YORK CITY: Symposium on Art and Religion * RICHMOND, Virginia: Diocese of Virginia to meet in convention * ROANOKE, Virginia: Diocese of Southwestern Virginia to meet in convention * WASHINGTON, D.C.: Diocese of Washington to meet in convention
January 27, 2007
* GARDEN CITY, New York: Holy Eucharist in celebration of Bishop Martin * LIVE OAK, Florida: Diocese of Florida to meet in convention * ORLANDO, Florida: Diocese of Central Florida to meet in convention
January 31, 2007
* NEW YORK CITY: Dean Samuel T. Lloyd to speak at Winter Parish Dinner
February 1, 2007
* LADUE, Missouri: Diocese celebrates Absalom Jones/Richard Allen * VALDOSTA, Georgia: Diocese of Georgia to meet in convention
February 2, 2007
* ALEXANDRIA, Virginia: Celebration of Black alumni at Virginia Theological Seminary * VICKSBURG, Mississippi: Diocese of Mississippi to meet in convention
February 3, 2007
* FORT WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania: Workshop on enriching your marriage
February 6, 2007
* NEW YORK CITY: Trinity Choir performs Carissimi and Monteverdi * NEW YORK CITY: Organist Janette Fishell to perform at Church of the Holy Trinity
February 7, 2007
* RALEIGH, North Carolina: Episcopal Urban Caucus 2007 Assembly
February 8, 2007
* FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina: Diocese of East Carolina to meet in convention
February 9, 2007
* AUSTIN, Texas: Diocese of Texas to meet in convention * GATLINBURG, Tennessee: Diocese of East Tennessee to meet in convention * SAN DIEGO, California: Diocese of San Diego to meet in convention * ST. LOUIS, Missouri: Krewe Mardi Gras Ball '07 * WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia: Diocese of Southern Virginia to meet in convention
February 11, 2007
* PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: Presiding Bishop to preach at Absalom Jones celebration
February 13, 2007
* NEW YORK CITY: Fifth Annual Lecture in Christian Spirituality
February 14, 2007
* ROTORUA, New Zealand: Bringing Christ to A Post-Christian World
February 15, 2007
* TUSCALOOSA, Alabama: Diocese of Alabama to meet in convention * MEMPHIS, Tennessee: Diocese of West Tennessee to meet in convention
February 16, 2007
* PORTLAND, Oregon: Lecture and Workshop with Marcus Borg
February 22, 2007
* CORPUS CHRISTIS, Texas: Diocese of West Texas will meet in convention * CUMBERLAND FALLS, Kentucky: Diocese of Lexington to meet in convention * EUFAULA, Alabama: Diocese of Central Gulf Coast to meet in convention
February 23, 2007
* ANCHORAGE, Kentucky: Diocese of Kentucky to meet in convention * CAMBRIDGE, Maryland: Diocese of Easton to meet in convention
February 24, 2007
* FORT WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania: Prayer workshop * PORTLAND, Oregon: Second Annual Children's Day at the Cathedral
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Music
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February 2, 2007
* BEVERLY HILLS, California: Evensong on the Feast of the Presentation
February 11, 2007
* PLAINS, Virginia: Calder Quartet at Grace Church
Full calendar: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81473_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Thorn, Fire and Lily: Gardening with God in Lent and Easter" from the Continuum International Publishing Group, by Jane Mossendew, 184 pages, paperback, c. 2003, $17.95
[Source: Continuum International Publishing Group] -- The Garden is God's - every plant in it has a spiritual significance. Each calls to mind a specific feast, a biblical event, a Saint, a virtue; helps in the remembrance of the past and present grief and joys. Gardening for Easter covers the period from Ash Wednesday to Easter day, and gives proof of the close link between prayer and gardening.
Jane Mossendew explains how the featured plants illuminate Lenten themes including prayer, fasting and almsgiving. There is a plant for every day of the main Lenten liturgy and Easter Sunday.
This book includes cultivation notes, history and lore, guidance on appropriate meditation, Bible readings, intercessions and places of spiritual retreat.
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