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>Episcopal Life Daily
>September 8, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Seven Episcopal bishops urge covenant endorsement at all
church levels
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - FLORIDA: 'The Piecemakers' ministry surrounds
wounded veterans
* WORLD REPORT - CUBA: Church again fails to elect bishop coadjutor
* WORLD REPORT - INDIAN OCEAN: Anglican Archbishop urges Madagascan
leaders to put people first
* WORLD REPORT - Presidents of global church group rue lack of women
in top posts
* PEOPLE - George Werner to lead U.S. Representatives in prayer
* OPINION - In search of communion: Cross-country pilgrimage reveals
keys to church growth
* DAYBOOK - September 9: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - A Lector's Guide & Commentary to the Revised Common
Lectionary - Year C

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>TOP STORIES

Seven Episcopal bishops urge covenant endorsement at all church levels

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal Life Online] Seven Episcopal Church bishops who met
September 1 with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams say that
dioceses and congregations ought to endorse the proposed Anglican
covenant, either in its current partial draft form or when a text
becomes final.

The call came in a September 7 statement which also urged the church's
General Convention to adopt an Anglican covenant when it next meets in
2012.

Bishops Mark Lawrence of South Carolina, Gary Lillibridge of West
Texas, Edward Little of Northern Indiana, Bill Love of Albany, Bruce
MacPherson of Western Louisiana, Michael Smith of North Dakota and
James Stanton of Dallas met with Williams at Lambeth Palace in London.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_114535_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

FLORIDA: 'The Piecemakers' ministry surrounds wounded veterans

[Episcopal News Service] St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Jacksonville,
Florida, is hosting an exhibition September 8-9 of more than 40 quilts
made for 31 wounded U.S. Armed Services veterans who will attend a
spiritual retreat sponsored by the Diocese of Florida.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_114530_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

CUBA: Church again fails to elect bishop coadjutor

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church of Cuba has failed to
elect a bishop coadjutor for the second time in three months. None of
the three episcopal candidates, during a September 5 special synod
meeting in Havana, received the required two thirds majority of votes
from both the laity and the clergy.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_114527_ENG_HTM.htm

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INDIAN OCEAN: Anglican Archbishop urges Madagascan leaders to put people
first

>By Fredrick Nzwili

[Ecumenical News International, Nairobi] Anglican Archbishop Ian
Ernest of the Indian Ocean province is calling on political leaders in
Madagascar to set aside their political agendas, and put people first.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_114496_ENG_HTM.htm

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Presidents of global church group rue lack of women in top posts

>By Jerry L. Van Marter

[Ecumenical News International, Geneva] Three women who serve as
presidents of the World Council of Churches have expressed
"considerable concern and great disappointment" about the lack of
women in senior staff leadership positions in the world's biggest
church grouping.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_114495_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

George Werner to lead U.S. Representatives in prayer

[Episcopal News Service] The Very Rev. George L. W. Werner, former
president of the Episcopal Church's House of Deputies, will lead the
United States House of Representatives in prayer when it convenes
September 10.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_114558_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>OPINION

>In search of communion

Cross-country pilgrimage reveals keys to church growth

>By Deb Cuny

[Episcopal Life] In October 2008, Deb Cuny, 28, embarked on a journey
to discern her calling. She sold her belongings, rented out her house
and left her nonprofit job to travel in an Airstream trailer while
working on organic farms, seeing the country and visiting dozens of
churches. This fall, she begins seminary in Berkeley, California, as
the next step in her lay ministry. Here, she describes her pilgrimage
and its lessons.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_114497_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

On September 9, 2009, the church remembers Constance, Nun, and her
Companions, commonly called "The Martyrs of Memphis," 1878.

* 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 9, 1087, William I, "The Conqueror"
of England and founder of several monasteries, died.

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>CATALYST

"A Lector's Guide & Commentary to the Revised Common Lectionary - Year
C" from St. Mark's Press, by J. Ted Blakley, 361 pages, paperback, c.
2009, $20

[St. Mark's Press] A Lector's Guide and Commentary assists those whose
calling, responsibility, and privilege it is to proclaim the Word of
God through the public reading of Holy Scripture. It provides a brief,
reliable commentary for each lectionary reading, and then offers
suggestions for how the text can be delivered, so that the biblical
Story might have its full impact on the Christian community gathered
for worship. Pronunciations for unfamiliar words and names are also
included.

The Guide is for use by any congregation or tradition that follows the
Revised Common Lectionary, and even includes the adaptations
authorized for use in The Episcopal Church.

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Guide has also been written with other groups and uses in mind. For
example, it can be used to trigger discussions in a Sunday school
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