Episcopal Life Daily February 19, 2008
Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.
Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:
* TOP STORY - Anglican Women's Empowerment focus of February 24 bulletin inserts * WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Mary Queen of Scots execution warrant acquired by Lambeth Palace Library * WORLD REPORT - UGANDA: Church confirms its Anglican Communion membership * PEOPLE - Three join board of Episcopal Relief and Development * TEACHING - Black Episcopal colleges celebrate, reestablish focus at 'A Day of Recognition' * FEATURE - From riots to rebirth: Episcopal 'umbrella' continues to rebuild once-thriving city of Newark * DAYBOOK - February 20, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History * CATALYST - Christian Worship Worldwide
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TOP STORIES
Anglican Women's Empowerment focus of February 24 bulletin inserts
[Episcopal Life Weekly] Bulletin inserts for Sunday, February 24 present information about Anglican Women's Empowerment, an organization that has participated since 2004 in the annual meeting of the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW). This year's UNCSW gathering will be held in New York beginning February 25.
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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WORLD REPORT
ENGLAND: Mary Queen of Scots execution warrant acquired by Lambeth Palace Library http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_95014_ENG_HTM.htm
UGANDA: Church confirms its Anglican Communion membership http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_95020_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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PEOPLE
Three join board of Episcopal Relief and Development
[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal Relief and Development (http://www.er-d.org) (ERD) has announced that Nelson Famadas of the Diocese of Puerto Rico (Province IX), Teri Lawver of the Diocese of New Jersey (Province IX), and the Rev. Luther Ott of the Diocese of Mississippi (Province IV) have joined its board of directors.
"The new members demonstrate considerable talent and personal commitment to the church in support of the mission of Episcopal Relief and Development," said Idaho Bishop Harry B. Bainbridge III, chair of ERD's board. "I look forward to their contributions to the important work before us."
"We welcome Mr. Famadas, Ms. Lawver and the Rev. Luther Ott to the Episcopal Relief and Development family," said Robert W. Radtke, president of ERD. "Their contribution as board members is vital to the success of our work."
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_95047_ENG_HTM.htm
More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm
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TEACHING
Black Episcopal colleges celebrate, reestablish focus at 'A Day of Recognition'
By Daphne Mack
[ENS] Howard University in Washington, D.C., was the site for "A Day of Recognition," which brought together presidents, students, chaplains and faculty of the three historically black Episcopal colleges -- St. Augustine's in Raleigh, North Carolina; St. Paul's in Lawrenceville, Virginia; and Voorhees in Denmark, South Carolina -- to acknowledge them for the roles they play in their communities and society.
"This event helps to connect the three colleges and facilitate communication," said the Rev. Canon Angela S. Ifill, missioner for the Office of Black Ministries. "We wanted the students to leave here with information from the various workshops they attend, a better understanding of the Episcopal Church and the assurance that someone else cares about them."
Sponsored by the Office of Black Ministries of the Episcopal Church and the Association of Episcopal Colleges, "A Recognition Day" was a two-fold opportunity to present the church to students as a viable option as they consider their futures, and for the church and the colleges to explore new ways of collaboration. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori participated in the February 16 gathering themed "Celebrating a Legacy of Excellence."
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_95044_ENG_HTM.htm
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FEATURES
From riots to rebirth
Episcopal 'umbrella' continues to rebuild once-thriving city of Newark
By Mary Frances Schjonberg
[Episcopal Life] The past and future of Newark, New Jersey, is rooted, in part, in the Episcopal Church. There is no better place to get a sense of those roots than to stand outside the back of Trinity and St. Philip's, the Episcopal cathedral in downtown Military Park.
While Anglicans worshipped in Newark from the late 1600s, the city's relationship with what is now the Episcopal Church has roots in a theological and agricultural dispute. On a fall Sunday in 1733, Newark native Josiah Ogden harvested his wheat to save it from drenching rains, thus violating a prohibition against working on Sundays. First Presbyterian Church of Newark disciplined him, and he left the congregation. Ogden reportedly connected with Anglican missionaries and helped found a church.
That group in 1742 laid the cornerstone to the building in Military Park, defying and infuriating the Puritan religious establishment. Parts of that first church building are incorporated in the current cathedral (the nave was damaged by British troops during the Revolution and was torn down and rebuilt in 1810).
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_95006_ENG_HTM.htm
More Features: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78936_ENG_HTM.htm
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DAYBOOK
On February 20, 2008...
* 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 February 20, 1469, Thomasso de Vio Cajetan, famous cardinal who convinced Pope Clement VII to reject Henry VIII's request to divorce Catherine of Aragon, was born in Gaeta, Italy.
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CATALYST
"Christian Worship Worldwide" from Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., by Charles E. Farhadian, editor, 301 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $20
[Source: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.] As Christianity has boomed in the non-Western world, several significant questions have emerged regarding how worship and culture relate. Charles Farhadian here presents a timely investigation of the interaction between culture and worship.
Leading scholars -- experts in history, mission, culture, and liturgy -- offer diverse essays addressing worship in the context of worldwide Christianity. At the heart of Christian Worship Worldwide are several case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific that explore the contours of particular nations, cultures, and liturgical actions. These essays show how Christian plurality is most vividly exemplified in the context of worship, where language, song, culture, and indigenous theology come together.
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More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm