Episcopal Life Online Newslink August 6, 2007
Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.
Today's ELO Newslink includes:
* TOP STORY - In Minneapolis, interfaith service for bridge victims draws more than 1,400 * TOP STORY - August 12 bulletin insert features American martyr Jonathan Daniels * DIOCESAN DIGEST - NEW JERSEY: Bishop informs diocese of Parkinson disease diagnosis * WORLD REPORT - JAMAICA: Anglican hymnals to include reggae songs * WORLD REPORT - MIDDLE EAST: Afghanistan needs 'more inclusive Jesus,' says South Indian church worker * WORLD REPORT - MIDDLE EAST: Iran installs Azad Marshall as new Anglican bishop
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TOP STORIES
In Minneapolis, interfaith service for bridge victims draws more than 1,400
By Susan Barksdale
[Episcopal News Service] On August 1, the sudden collapse of the Interstate 35 West bridge over the Mississippi River brought the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul together in shock and disbelief. On the evening of August 5, a service at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis, just a few minutes from the bridge site, brought them together in prayer. More than 1,400 people packed the nave, overflowing into the aisles, the narthex, and the side chapel for an interfaith service of healing. The rear gallery was packed with reporters and camera operators covering the service for local and national media.
The service was sponsored by the Minnesota Council of Churches, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Downtown Clergy association, the Hindu Society of Minnesota, the Jewish Community Relations Council, the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of Minnesota, and the Minneapolis Caucus of ISAIAH (a family-service organization). Readers and prayer leaders came from the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Native American, and Hispanic communities.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_88827_ENG_HTM.htm
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Episcopal Life This Week: Jonathan Daniels, American Martyr
Jonathan Daniels is noted in the Episcopal Church's lectionary on August 14. The August 12 Episcopal Life bulletin insert examines the life of Daniels and his role in the civil rights movement.
Bulletin inserts are available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_8852_ENG_HTM.htm
More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
NEW JERSEY: Bishop informs diocese of Parkinson disease diagnosis http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_88824_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
JAMAICA: Anglican hymnals to include reggae songs http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_88829_ENG_HTM.htm
MIDDLE EAST: Afghanistan needs 'more inclusive Jesus,' says South Indian church worker http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_88826_ENG_HTM.htm
MIDDLE EAST: Iran installs Azad Marshall as new Anglican bishop http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_87111_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm