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>Episcopal Life Daily
>October 23, 2008

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Executive Council promises support, money to continuing
Episcopalians
* TOP STORY - Participants of first Network of Ministry Innovators
Conference set to implement plan
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - LOUISIANA: Episcopal Communicators sew hope in New
Orleans
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - MONTANA: Diocese lives the resurrection, leaders
tell Executive Council
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - PITTSBURGH: Virginia Bishop Suffragan David Jones
takes on consultant role
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Central Interior assembly says 'yes' to
blessings
* DAYBOOK - October 24, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - A Deeper Faith: A Journey into Spirituality

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>TOP STORIES

Executive Council promises support, money to continuing Episcopalians 

Members commit church to search for reconciliation

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service, Helena, Montana] The Episcopal Church's
Executive Council October 23 renewed its ongoing support of dioceses in
which the leadership has left or plans to leaves the church, and pledged
the church to seek reconciliation "without precondition on our part."

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori told council members that she
appreciated their sense that irreconcilable differences are inconsistent
with the gospel. "It is profoundly unchristian and unhopeful to say that
differences can be irreconcilable," she said.

House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson echoed that sentiment during
a post-meeting news conference, noting that the remaining members of
Diocese of San Joaquin "have done some very, very hard work ... in
reconciliation in trying to draw in people who were, shall we say, on
the fence." Executive Council said October 23 that "it stand ready to
help," Anderson added.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_101892_ENG_HTM.htm

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Participants of first Network of Ministry Innovators Conference set to
implement plan

>By Daphne Mack

[ENS] Thirty-two leaders in the field of church planting, development
and evangelism in the Episcopal Church assembled at the Intercontinental
New Orleans Hotel to create and develop a network that listens to what
is happening both in the world and church, and responds faithfully to
the spirit's leading.

The first-ever Network of Ministry Innovators Conference met in
conjunction with the Black Ministries Conference October 19-23 in New
Orleans, Louisiana, to allow practitioners to share their discoveries
and best practices with the larger church in hopes of creating resources
and support systems that will nurture a fresh spirit of leadership and
vitality. 

"The Network of Ministry Innovators have listened deeply to
participant's stories, discerning what it is that works, the challenges
and the best practices of local innovative ministries," said the Rev.
Thomas Brackett, the Episcopal Church's program officer for church
planting and redevelopment, and conference co-facilitator. 

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_101889_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

LOUISIANA: Episcopal Communicators sew hope in New Orleans
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_101891_ENG_HTM.htm

MONTANA: Diocese lives the resurrection, leaders tell Executive Council
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_101856_ENG_HTM.htm

PITTSBURGH: Virginia Bishop Suffragan David Jones takes on consultant
role
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_101879_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

CANADA: Central Interior assembly says 'yes' to blessings
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_101854_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On October 24, 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 October 24, 1865, the 28th General Convention of
the Episcopal Church concluded in Philadelphia. On October 24, 1885,
James R. Woodford, hymnist, died in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. On
October 24, 1958, Martin F. Shaw, English sacred music organist, died.

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>CATALYST

"A Deeper Faith: A Journey into Spirituality" from Penguin Group, by
Jeff Golliher, 259 pages, hardcover, c. 2008, $22.95

[Penguin Group] The spiritual journey is an adventure that has few road
maps. Filled with amazing highs and deep lows, the journey of the soul
can be confusing, confounding, and at times elusive. Seekers both new
and seasoned need a guide to help them through each phase of growth and
learning. 

A modern-day Merton, Episcopalian priest and cultural anthropologist
Jeffrey Mark Golliher is such a guide. He uses the form of letters to a
spiritual seeker to act as a mentor and friend, answering questions that
we all can relate to, as well as telling stories from his own life and
from the lives of the thousands he has counseled and helped over the
years. The book follows the liturgical seasons of the Christian
calendar, as Golliher brings into focus the perils and promises that a
life filled with holiness and awe will bring. 

Divided into three sections -- "Responding to the Call," "Making the
Passage," and "The path of Love" -- Golliher's work ushers his reader
through the rhythms of the soul, bringing wisdom to the road traveled by
all who seek a great understanding and deeper connection to God. 

This is a book for any reader who wants spiritual nourishment,
espceially during the dark nights when doubt reigns supreme and faith is
hardest to find. Graceful without being preachy, A Deeper Faith is the
story of believing when all else fails and of holding on to the promise
of a devotional life. Honest, revealing, and important, this is a modern
classic of an ancient rite of passage, the path of a soul, written by a
man who has traveled the path and come back to help each of us.

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