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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

>Episcopal Life Daily
>September 16, 2008

>Episcopal Life Online is available at
>http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORIES - Presiding Bishop, other Episcopalians join interfaith
call for justice in Gulf Coast
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - IOWA: Mission team to deliver clean-water units to
Swaziland
* WORLD REPORT - ZIMBABWE: Archbishop of York gives cautious welcome to
power-sharing deal
* MULTIMEDIA - Update from the Diocese of Louisiana
* MULTIMEDIA - Katie Mears of the Diocese of Louisiana
* DAYBOOK - September 17, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - A Land as God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America

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>TOP STORIES

Presiding Bishop, other Episcopalians call for justice in Gulf Coast

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and
other Episcopalians are among 105 ecumenical and interfaith leaders who
have signed on to a statement declaring that "the slow pace of recovery
and the new needs caused by Ike and Gustav's destruction have created a
moral crisis along the Gulf Coast that demands a powerful response from
people of faith."

The statement, issued by the Gulf Coast Civic Works Campaign, notes that
"while the nation has learned to better prepare for this latest
hurricane, whether by inaction or injustice, we have still failed to
protect the wellbeing of Gulf Coast survivors, new residents and their
families, especially the children, the poor, the sick, and the
vulnerable through just long-term rebuilding policies which fully
support human rights."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_100708_ENG_HTM.htm

More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

IOWA: Mission team to deliver clean-water units to Swaziland
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_100706_ENG_HTM.htm

More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm

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>WORLD REPORT

ZIMBABWE: Archbishop of York gives cautious welcome to power-sharing
deal
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_100705_ENG_HTM.htm

More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MULTIMEDIA

Multimedia files available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/89878_97371_ENG_HTM.htm

>Update from the Diocese of Louisiana

[Episcopal News Service] Update from the Diocese of Louisiana in the
aftermath of Hurricane Gustav.

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>Katie Mears of the Diocese of Louisiana

[Episcopal News Service] Katie Mears of the Diocese of Louisiana gives
an on-the-ground report on Hurricane Gustav.

More Multimedia: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On September 17, 2008, the Church calendar remembers Hildegard
(1098-1179)and Ember Day.

* 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 September 17, 1979, the Council of Anglican
Provinces of Africa (CAPA) held its inaugural meeting at the Chilema Lay
Training Center in Malawi.

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>CATALYST

"A Land as God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America" from Perseus
Books Group, by James Horn, 337 pages, paperback, c. 2005, $15.95

[Perseus Books Group] Although it was the first permanent English
settlement in North America, Jamestown is too often overlooked in the
writing of American history. Founded thirteen years before the Mayflower
sailed, Jamestown's courageous settlers have been overshadowed ever
since by the pilgrims of Plymouth. But as historian James Horn
demonstrates in this vivid and meticulously researched account,
Jamestown -- not Plymouth -- was the true crucible of American history.
Jamestown introduced slavery into English-speaking North America; it
became the first of England's colonies to adopt a representative
government; and it was the site of the first white-Indian clashes over
territorial expansion. A Land As God Made It offers the definitive
account of the colony that give rise to America.

To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, or call 800-903-5544 -- or visit your
local Episcopal bookseller, http://www.episcopalbooksellers.org

More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm