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>Episcopal Life Daily
>October 26, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Bulletin insert outlines work of Episcopal Church's
Native American ministries
* MISSION - In growing Haiti diocese, ecumenical partnership builds
new churches and schoolrooms
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - LOS ANGELES: Interfaith group hopes to combat  'Islamophobia'
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - NEW YORK: Trinity awards spiritual formation grants
* WORLD REPORT - SUDAN: Province elects seven new bishops
* WORLD REPORT - SWEDEN: Lutheran decision on same-sex marriage draws
flak from Africa, England
* DAYBOOK - October 27: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - The Jesus Prayer - The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes
the Heart to God

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>TOP STORIES

Bulletin insert outlines work of Episcopal Church's Native American  ministries

Several national and international ministries of the Episcopal
Church's Office of Native American/Indigenous Ministries, which works
for the full inclusion of Native Peoples in the life and leadership of
the church, are outlined in the first of a set of two bulletin inserts
from Episcopal Life Weekly for use on Nov. 1 and 8.

Bulletin inserts for Nov. 1 may be downloaded here:
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/95270_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

In growing Haiti diocese, ecumenical partnership builds new churches
and schoolrooms

>By Lauren Stanley

[Episcopal News Service, Île de la Gonâve, Haiti] "This is why the
Episcopal Church is growing here in Haiti," said Bishop Jean-Zache
Duracin as he climbed a steep hill on the Island of La Gonâve,
following a path that sometimes narrowed to only inches.

"We go where the people are. If we need to drive for two hours, then
walk for an hour, then ride a donkey for another hour, that is what we
do. We go to the people, and the church grows."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_116060_ENG_HTM.htm

More Mission: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

LOS ANGELES: Interfaith group hopes to combat 'Islamophobia'
Muslim and Christian speakers view torture as a moral issue

By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] Terry Beasley converted to Islam a short six
months ago but on October 25 said she has already experienced a
lifetime's worth of "hatred from people with Muslim-phobia."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_116072_ENG_HTM.htm

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NEW YORK: Trinity awards spiritual formation grants

[Trinity Wall Street ] Trinity Wall Street has awarded five $25,000
grants to organizations within the Episcopal Church to launch new
yearlong programs in which young adults live together in spiritual
community and perform full-time service.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_116065_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

>SUDAN: Province elects seven new bishops

[Episcopal Church of the Sudan] The Episcopal Church of the Sudan on
Oct. 24 elected seven new bishops in All Saints Cathedral, Juba.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_116053_ENG_HTM.htm

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SWEDEN: Lutheran decision on same-sex marriage draws flak from Africa,  England

>By Trevor Gundy and Fredrick Nzwili

[Ecumenical News International, London/Nairobi] A decision by the
(Lutheran) Church of Sweden to allow same-sex marriages to be
celebrated in churches has been criticized by Lutheran churches in
Africa and also by the (Anglican) Church of England.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_116049_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On October 27, 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 October 27, 1978, the complete New
International Version of the Bible was published by Zondervan
Publishers of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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>CATALYST

"The Jesus Prayer - The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to
God" from Paraclete Press, by Frederica Mathewes-Green, 181 pages,
paperback, c. 2009, $16.99

[Paraclete Press] The most complete introduction to the most
mysterious prayer of Christian tradition.

In the earliest centuries of faith, Christians in the deserts of
Palestine and Africa sought a short prayer that could be easily
repeated, in order to acquire the habit of "prayer without ceasing."
The result was The Jesus Prayer:

"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me."

This jewel of Eastern Christianity aims at enabling a person to be in
God's presence, rather than to focus on feelings or thoughts about
God.

The first section of The Jesus Prayer offers a concise overview of the
history, theology, and spirituality of Orthodoxy, so that the Prayer
can be understood in its native context. Following, is a
conversational question-and-answer format that takes the reader
through practical steps for adopting this profound practice in
everyday life.

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