Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Monday, March 26, 2007, in Lent.
Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.
* Today in Scripture: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 655, Deusdedit became the sixth and first English-born Archbishop of Canterbury. He served as archbishop until 664.
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Mission: Earth Day Sunday set for April 22; NCC resources available for congregations
[Episcopal News Service] "The Food that Sustains Us" is the theme of the National Council of Churches (NCC) Eco-Justice Program's observation of Earth Day Sunday, April 22.
Each year, the NCC produces a resource to help congregations engage in the Earth Day Sunday theme. This year's edition, "Our Daily Bread: Harvesters of Hope and Gardeners of Eden," offers background on farm and food related issues, with worship resources and study ideas for youth and adults.
The packet also includes information and resources for the "Sow Justice" campaign, Christians working together to advocate for a more just farm and food policy.
"The Earth Day materials are timed to coincide with the consideration of the U.S. Farm Bill, up for reauthorization by September 2007," said John B. Johnson, domestic policy analyst in the Episcopal Church's Office of Government Relations.
"The Farm Bill is one of the most important pieces of conservation legislation our country enacts," said Cassandra Carmichael, Eco-Justice Program director for NCC. "It has the potential to deliver justice, not only to God's creatures, land, water, and air, but also to rural communities, small and mid-sized farmers, and people living in poverty. We, as people of faith, should strive for a farm bill that is just and sustainable."
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_84323_ENG_HTM.htm
Learn more, download materials, and list your congregation's Earth Sunday event at http://www.nccecojustice.org/faithharvestforallMarch7.html
Download the Earth Sunday packet at
http://www.nccecojustice.org/faithharvestworship.html
To order free "Sow Justice" postcards, e-mail info@nccecojustice.org or call 202-544-2350.
Episcopal Public Policy Network on the Farm Bill http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3654_82673_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Why I am Still an Anglican: Essays and Conversations" from Continuum International Publishing Group, 160 pages, hardcover, c. 2007, $29.95
[Source: Continuum International Publishing Group] -- The Anglican Church has been no stranger to controversy during its history but the debates raging at the moment are among the hottest it has known. This book asks several prominent Anglicans why they are still in the church and what they love about it. Representing Anglicanism in all its range and diversity, the contributors are positive about the church and their place in it, and show appreciation, rather than resentment, of a Church that is broad enough to contain those of opposing views. This is a personal, partial and affectionate (though by no means uncritical) glimpse of the Anglican Church.
Caroline Chartres is a regular contributor to the Church press. She is married to the Bishop of London. They live in London with their four children.
To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at http://www.episcopalbookstore.org or call 800-903-5544.
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