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

>Episcopal Life Daily
>September 1, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Bulletin inserts focus on the Listening Process
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - LOS ANGELES: Fighting fires is outreach for Sierra
Madre priest
* WORLD REPORT - SUDAN: Archbishop appeals to government,
international community following deadly attacks
* OPINION - Readers respond to 'Women's ordination: not all
consequences were positive'
* DAYBOOK - September 2: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Transitional Ministry - A Time of Opportunity

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>TOP STORIES

Bulletin inserts focus on the Listening Process

[Episcopal News Service] Listening to the experiences of gay and
lesbian Christians may have been commonplace in some dioceses and
congregations for decades, but no official Anglican Communion-wide
effort got underway until just over three years ago. Episcopal Life
Weekly bulletin inserts for September 6 report on the second phase of
the process, called the Continuing Indaba and Mutual Listening
Project, which is launching with the help of a $1.5 million grant.

Bulletin inserts are available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/95270_ENG_HTM.htm.

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

LOS ANGELES: Fighting fires is outreach for Sierra Madre priest

Shifting weather patterns make for 'a dangerous day'

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Michael Bambergerwas on high alert
September 1 as Los Angeles County's "Station Fire," which had already
charred an area the size of Las Vegas, roared unchecked within four
miles of his Sierra Madre church.

Bamberger, a priest for 28 years and a volunteer firefighter for 20,
had spent the last several days juggling both vocations.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_114143_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

SUDAN: Archbishop appeals to government, international community
following deadly attacks

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal
Church of the Sudan (ECS) has called on the Government of Southern
Sudan and the international community "to act swiftly" to prevent
further attacks such as those that left more than 40 dead and many
more wounded in Twic East County, Jonglei State, on August 28.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_114141_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>OPINION

Readers respond to 'Women's ordination: not all consequences were  positive'

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal Life Online has received a number
of responses to the Opinion article "Women's ordination: not all
consequences were positive" by Alda Marsh Morgan.

Full article: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_114135_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

On September 2, 2009, the church remembers The Martyrs of New Guinea  (1942).

* 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 2, 1752, Great Britain replaced the
inaccurate calendar created by Julius Caesar in 46 BC with the
Gregorian calendar.

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>CATALYST

"Transitional Ministry - A Time of Opportunity" from Church
Publishing, Inc., edited by Molly Dale Smith, foreword by Loren Mead,
194 pages, paperback, c. 2009, $20

[Church Publishing, Inc.] "Transition" is the word we use to describe
the time following significant change. In congregations, that change
might be the departure of the pastor, a catastrophe such as Hurricane
Katrina or 9/11, or simply the changes caused by growth. Transition
calls for clergy with special training to respond to the needs
generated by the special time. "Task, training, and time limit" are
the hallmarks of transitional ministry. Trained intentional interim
clergy must have the skill and experience to lead congregations during
transition.

However, transitional or interim ministry has a bad reputation in some
places. As one diocesan leader said, "We have never had a church in
this diocese that was so bad off that an interim was needed." Indeed,
there are some "sick" churches, but most congregations have some good
things happening and some things that need attention. Intentional
interim ministry can be medicine for the sick, but in most cases it is
better compared to vitamins that are taken to promote health.

This book seeks to clear up misconceptions about transitional ministry
and present an accurate and up-to-date picture of transitional
ministry and to describe the various settings in which this
specialized ministry can be helpful.

Chapter authors, all expert in transitional ministry in mainline
Protestant denominations, include: Robert Friedrich, John Keydel,
George Martin, Loren Mead, Barry Miller, Nancy Miller, Ineke Mitchell,
Ken Ornell, Molly Dale Smith, and Rob Voyle.

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