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>Episcopal Life Daily
>July 10, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Integrity Eucharist celebrates church's diversity
* TOP STORY - Budget committee asks for ideas to meet funding gap
* TOP STORY - Deputies delay approval of Central Ecuador bishop election
* TOP STORY - Resolution B033 continues to spark passionate debate
* TOP STORY - Young adults' message: 'We ARE here!'
* TOP STORY - Convention newcomers and veterans serving with optimism
* TOP STORY - Church unity, Moravians celebrated at General Convention
eucharist
* TOP STORY - Anglican primates, international guests called to consider
economic justice at Nixon Library dinner
* TOP STORY - Mandatory lay pensions get committee endorsement
* TOP STORY - Convention Daily newspaper
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Niagara diocese to offer same-sex blessings
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Archbishop responds to DFID White Paper on
development
* MULTIMEDIA - Image Gallery: General Convention, July 10
* MULTIMEDIA - Image Gallery: General Convention, July 9
* OPINION - Dance of prayer and praise: kneel or stand?
* OPINION - Reader responses to Episcopal Life's coverage of the 76th
General Convention
* DAYBOOK - July 11: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - The Moses Basket

Comprehensive coverage of the Episcopal Church's 76th General Convention  is
available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/107145_ENG_HTM.htm.

>For the General Convention Media Hub, visit
>http://gchub.episcopalchurch.org.

News in Spanish (Noticias) is available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81848_ENG_HTM.htm

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>TOP STORIES

Integrity Eucharist celebrates church's diversity

>By Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service -- Anaheim, California] "What right does anyone  have
to draw lines beyond to whom God's grace, care and favor extend? asked
Bishop Barbara Harris in her July 10 sermon celebrating God's grace on  all
the baptized, including the Episcopal Church's lesbian, gay, bisexual  and
transgendered members.

Harris, retired suffragan of Massachusetts and the first female bishop
ordained in the Anglican Communion, preached to more than 1,200 people
gathered for a Eucharist service hosted by Integrity USA, a support  group
for gay and lesbian Episcopalians. New Hampshire Bishop Gene Robinson,  who
lives in a long-term relationship with a male partner, celebrated.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112351_ENG_HTM.htm

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Budget committee asks for ideas to meet funding gap

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service -- Anaheim, California] The Program, Budget and
Finance (PBF) committee invited Episcopalians at a hearing July 10 to  come
up with "imaginative and realistic" ideas about how to pay for the  ministry
of the church in the next three years, given the expectation that its  income
will be $15 million less than originally anticipated.

Deputy Holly McAlpen, chair of the funding sub-committee, told the  hearing
that diocesan giving is now expected to be down as much as 5 percent a  year
or $13.5 million, with an additional $1.3 million decline in income from
investments.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112348_ENG_HTM.htm

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Deputies delay approval of Central Ecuador bishop election

>By Melodie Woerman and Jerald Hyche

[Episcopal News Service -- Anaheim, California] Central Ecuador, which  has
been without a diocesan bishop for three years, will have to wait a  little
bit longer to find out whether the election of the Rev. Luis Fernando  Ruiz
Restrepo will be validated by the House of Deputies.

Approval of the election stalled on July 10 when the Rev. Lourdes  Inapanta,
a Central Ecuador deputy, asked the house to withhold its consent.  However,
the Consecration of Bishops committee recommended that Ruiz' election by  the
House of Bishops on March 17 at its spring meeting be approved. The
agreement of the House of Deputies is needed to make the election  official.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112347_ENG_HTM.htm

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Resolution B033 continues to spark passionate debate

>By Melodie Woerman

[Episcopal News Service -- Anaheim, California] A second one-hour  meeting of
the House of Deputies as a Committee of the Whole on July 10 saw  deputies
speak with passion and commitment about the impact of B033, a resolution
adopted by the 2006 General Convention. It calls for restraint in  electing
as bishops those whose "manner of life," widely understood to mean
homosexuality, would cause concern for the rest of the Anglican  Communion.

In a departure from parliamentary procedure, the 27 speakers were  determined
by random selection on July 9, as deputies drew numbered slips of paper.
Those holding the lowest numbers were entitled to speak. Of those who  spoke,
19 advocated some form of rejection of B033, while eight asked that it  be
preserved.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112343_ENG_HTM.htm

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>Young adults' message: 'We ARE here!'

>By Sharon J. Tillman

[Episcopal News Service -- Anaheim, California] The Young Adult Festival
(YAF) has a single message to General Convention: "We are here and we  are
committed to the Episcopal Church." Each triennial General Convention
features a YAF and the current theme is "Together," a variation of the
convention theme, ubuntu, a Xhosa word that means "I am because you  are."

Young adult ministry is a convergence of technology, face-to-face time  and a
love of Christ, said a group of participants in the YAF, being held July
10-14. Young adult ministry serves those 18-30 years old.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112342_ENG_HTM.htm

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Convention newcomers and veterans serving with optimism

>By Sharon Sheridan

[Episcopal News Service -- Anaheim, California] When nine-time Utah  deputy
Stephen Hutchinson arrived for General Convention 2009, he was on  familiar
turf.

"I started in Anaheim, and I've come full circle," he said.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112340_ENG_HTM.htm

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Church unity, Moravians celebrated at General Convention eucharist

>By Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service -- Anaheim, California] Unity is not about  buying
the world a Coke and teaching it to sing, said House of Deputies  President
Bonnie Anderson in her July 10 sermon during a General Convention  eucharist
that celebrated the Episcopal Church's ecumenical relations.

"To me, unity is about the experience of being transformed in  community,"
said Anderson. "Unity is not about getting along, though that would be  nice
from time to time. It is not about the absence of conflict or the
unattainable expectation that we can all believe exactly the same thing,
except, of course, in our beloved Jesus Christ."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112302_ENG_HTM.htm

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Anglican primates, international guests called to consider economic  justice
at Nixon Library dinner

>By Pat McCaughan

[The Episcopal News, Diocese of Los Angeles] Bishop J. Jon Bruno of the
Diocese of Los Angeles welcomed primates of the Anglican Communion,  local
and international guests and volunteer General Convention supervisors  July 9
to a special appreciation dinner at the Richard M. Nixon Presidential
Library in Yorba Linda, California.

"We see hands of healing and the presence of the holy in this world and
especially in this diocese, and as you know we do things a little
differently in the Diocese of Los Angeles," Bruno told the gathering,  amid
laughter and applause. "We've learned from our Middle Eastern sisters  and
brothers to do hospitality beyond expectation. That is to say, if we  have
something, it belongs to you."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112288_ENG_HTM.htm

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Mandatory lay pensions get committee endorsement

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service -- Anaheim, California] The 76th General  Convention
committee on the Church Pension Fund unanimously recommended July 10  that
the Episcopal Church establish a mandatory pension system for its lay
employees.

Because Resolution A177 would amend parts of Canon 1.8, it must pass  through
the convention's committee on canons. It will then go first to the House  of
Bishops for consideration.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112284_ENG_HTM.htm

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>Convention Daily newspaper

[Episcopal News Service -- Anaheim, California] During the Episcopal
Church's General Convention July 8-17 in Anaheim, California, Episcopal  Life
is producing a daily newspaper offering in-depth coverage of the  triennial
gathering. The Daily also includes Perspectivas Latinas, offering news  in
Spanish, and Triennial Today, featuring news of the Episcopal Church  Women
meeting, which runs concurrently with General Convention.

All editions of The Daily are available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/107152_111761_ENG_HTM.htm.

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

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>WORLD REPORT

CANADA: Niagara diocese to offer same-sex blessings

>By Marites N. Sison

[Anglican Journal] As of September 1, the Diocese of Niagara will allow  its
priests to bless same-gender couples who have been civilly married.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_112304_ENG_HTM.htm

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ENGLAND: Archbishop responds to DFID White Paper on development

[Lambeth Palace] The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams,  welcomed
the launch this week of the U.K. Government White Paper, "Building our
Common Future," which commits additional support for the world's poorest
people affected by conflict, climate change and the global economic  crisis.
The White Paper recognizes the "unique contribution of faith groups" in
delivering development on the ground, in providing advocacy leadership  and
in connecting communities in the U.K. and overseas.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_112306_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MULTIMEDIA

Image Gallery: General Convention, July 10

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/107152_112293_ENG_HTM.htm

Image Gallery: General Convention, July 9

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/107152_112309_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>OPINION

>Dance of prayer and praise: kneel or stand?

>By Pat Royalty

[Episcopal News Service] I must admit to a certain level of annoyance  when,
a few years ago, the recommendation came saying that what we had been  doing
in the church was (again) to be undone. Now we were to stand while  praying.

I joined the Episcopal Church when all was consistent and clear: sit for
instruction, kneel for prayer and stand for praise. I loved the kneeling  - I
was meant to be on my knees, arising from a lively sense of guilt of  what I
have done and left undone. What's more, this seemed beyond a mild
suggestion, it was a bold request that one stand during all prayers,
especially during the 50 days of Easter.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_112317_ENG_HTM.htm

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Reader responses to Episcopal Life's coverage of the 76th General  Convention

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal Life Online has received several
responses to its coverage of the 76th General Convention. A selection of
letters is available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112346_ENG_HTM.htm.

More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On July 11, 2009, the church calendar remembers Benedict of Nursia,  Abbot of
Monte Cassino, c. 540.

* 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 July 11, 1533, Pope Clement VII excommunicated
England's King Henry VIII for remarrying after his divorce.

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>CATALYST

"The Moses Basket" from Wm. B Eerdmans Publishing Co., by Jenny Koralek  &
Pauline Baynes, 32 pages, hardcover, baby - preschool reading level, c.
2003, $16

[Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.] Long, long ago in the land of Egypt, a
Hebrew mother and her daughter, Miriam, hide a newborn baby boy in a  basket
that they float down the Nile River to save the child's life. Rescued  from
the river by the Egyptian princess, Pharaoh's daughter, the boy is named
Moses. When he grows up, he leads the Israelite people out of slavery. Beautifully written and sumptuously illustrated, this picture book
presentation of a favorite Bible story will delight young readers.

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