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>Episcopal Life Daily
>May 14, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - ALASKA: Flood cleanup begins; Episcopal villages
still threatened
* PEOPLE - Devon Anderson named executive director of Episcopalians
for Global Reconciliation
* DAYBOOK - May 15, 2009: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Grace on the Go - Powerful Prayers to Ease Money Worries

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

ALASKA: Flood cleanup begins; Episcopal villages still threatened

Long-term recovery assistance a necessity, officials say

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] Disaster-weary Alaskans on May 14 began
clean-up efforts in some areas and kept a watchful eye on others,
hoping floodwaters threatening three Episcopal villages would recede.

Diocesan officials, who had yet to receive damage assessments because
of the sheer geographic size of affected areas, said they believe they
will need to replace at least one church and repair or possibly
replace two others.

No flood-related deaths or injuries had been reported, although
Shirley Lee, communications and youth ministry coordinator for the
Episcopal Diocese of Alaska said "people don't often mention it, but
several dogs and pets were lost, and of course that does impact
people."

Families that had been evacuated from Tanana to St. Matthew's
Episcopal Church in Fairbanks were expected to remain in local hotels,
while single adults were to be moved to the nearby University of
Alaska, she said.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_107728_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Devon Anderson named executive director of Episcopalians for Global
Reconciliation

>By Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service] The board of directors of Episcopalians for
Global Reconciliation (EGR) on May 14 announced the Rev. Devon
Anderson has been named executive director, replacing the Rev. Michael
Kinman, as of May 15.

EGR is a grassroots organization that uses the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) to organize Episcopalians to eradicate world poverty.

"It's about building leadership and leadership capacity in the church,
and trying to set measurable goals and strategies organized around
global policy," said Anderson in a telephone interview, adding that
she is excited to work with EGR and its board in this mission.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_107725_ENG_HTM.htm

More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

>On May 15, 2009...

* 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 May 15, 1686, Robert Ratcliffe arrived in
Boston with orders from England's King Charles II to found the
Anglican Church in Massachusetts.

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>CATALYST

"Grace on the Go - Powerful Prayers to Ease Money Worries" from Church
Publishing, Inc., by Barbara Bartocci, 111 pages, paperback, c. 2009,
$10

[Church Publishing, Inc.] Barbara Bartocci returns with another
practical, imaginative installment in the popular Grace on the Go
series, which is designed to present simple connections and time for
prayer in the ordinary moments of our busy, hectic lives.

This new guide is particularly timely and addresses the challenges of
dealing with money worries in an uncertain economy.  In a handy 4 x 6
format that readers can carry in purse or pocket and with a price
that's easy on the wallet, this volume offers the encouragement and
inspiration of quick prayers for those who are experiencing money
problems-from worries about debt, to unemployment, to relationship
difficulties.

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

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