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>Episcopal Life Daily
>December 7, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Christmas message from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts  Schori
* TOP STORY - Los Angeles women bishops' elections create 'bit of a
wave'; tsunami of reaction, expectations
* TOP STORY - The making of bishops is topic of Dec. 13 bulletin inserts
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - WYOMING: Diocese announces five nominees for next  bishop
* WORLD REPORT - Church bells to ring climate alarm as faith joins
science in Denmark
* PEOPLE - Grant M. Gallup, Integrity pioneer, dies at 77
* DAYBOOK - December 8: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Glory of Christmas - Deluxe Assorted Note Cards

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>TOP STORIES

Christmas message from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori's
Christmas message for 2009 is available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_117552_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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Los Angeles women bishops' elections create 'bit of a wave'; tsunami
of reaction, expectations

Election raises issues of diversity, consents, covenants

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] Los Angeles diocesan Bishop Jon Bruno's Dec.
5 acknowledgement that the weekend elections of two women suffragan
bishops could create "a bit of a wave" across the Episcopal Church and
the Anglican Communion, may have been an understatement.

By Dec. 7 a flood of local, national and international support,
praise, skepticism and criticism had poured in as well as speculation
about the impact of the elections of the Rev. Canon Diane Jardine
Bruce and, more specifically, the Rev. Canon Mary Douglas Glasspool,
an openly gay and partnered woman, on local and global church
relations.

Bruno addressed such concerns, as well as those about diversity,
during a meeting with reporters at the conclusion of the Dec. 4-5
"Faith & Our Future" convention held at the Riverside Convention
Center in Riverside, California.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_117577_ENG_HTM.htm

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The making of bishops is topic of Dec. 13 bulletin inserts

When does a bishop become a bishop? At his or her election? If you
answered "yes" to that question, then it's time to brush up on your
knowledge of the canons of the Episcopal Church. And since this is
"election season" - with eight bishop elections completed in the past
few months - it's a good time to look at the process. Episcopal Life
Weekly continues its occasional series of bulletin inserts on church
governance by addressing this topic on Dec. 13 with information
provided by the Episcopal Church's Office of Public Affairs.

Bulletin inserts may be downloaded here.

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

WYOMING: Diocese announces five nominees for next bishop

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming
(http://wyomingdiocese.org) has chosen five priests to stand for
election as the diocese's next bishop.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_117574_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

Church bells to ring climate alarm as faith joins science in Denmark

>By Peter Kenny

[Ecumenical News International, Geneva] When church bells start
ringing in Copenhagen, and all around the world, on Dec. 13, they will
not be heralding an early arrival of Christmas. Rather they will peal
out a call to action and prayer to respond to impending climate
change.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117571_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Grant M. Gallup, Integrity pioneer, dies at 77

>By Kevin D. Pearson

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Grant M. Gallup died Nov. 26 in
Managua. He was 77.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_117572_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On December 8, 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 December 8, 1962, John Melville Burgess was
consecrated as suffragan bishop of Massachusetts, the first African
American bishop of the Episcopal Church to serve a predominantly white
diocese.

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>CATALYST

"Glory of Christmas - Deluxe Assorted Note Cards" from The Printery
House, 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", envelopes included, in deluxe gold gift box,
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[The Printery House] Reach out to friends and loved ones this season
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Printed on beautiful stipple-finished white paper with matching
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This assortment contains three each of the four designs.

To order, please visit Episcopal Books and Resources online at
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