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>Episcopal Life Daily
>December 10, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* WORLD REPORT - CUBA: New bishop to be announced in January
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Anglican coalition calls Canterbury's
response to L.A. election, lack of Uganda statement 'perverse'
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Copenhagen receives support from thousands
of online visitors
* WORLD REPORT - HONG KONG: U.N. conference inspires Christians to go
green for Christmas
* WORLD REPORT - SOUTH AFRICA: Zuma can play crucial role in
Copenhagen, says Archbishop Makgoba
* PEOPLE - Teaching award presented to EDS professor Kwok Pui Lan
* DAYBOOK - December 11: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - St. Nicholas - A Closer Look at Christmas

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>WORLD REPORT

>CUBA: New bishop to be announced in January

>By Marites N. Sison

[Anglican Journal] A new bishop will be appointed for the Episcopal
Diocese of Cuba. This, after two special electoral synods failed to
elect a successor to Bishop Miguel Tamayo Zaldivar, who plans to
retire early next year after serving as interim bishop for six years.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117672_ENG_HTM.htm

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ENGLAND: Anglican coalition calls Canterbury's response to L.A.
election, lack of Uganda statement 'perverse'

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] A coalition of British Anglican organizations
that supports the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) Christians has expressed disappointment with
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams for his "repeated intervention
in the affairs" of the Episcopal Church after he issued a statement of
concern within 12 hours of the Diocese of Los Angeles electing the
Rev. Canon Mary Douglas Glasspool, an openly gay and partnered woman,
as bishop suffragan.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117647_ENG_HTM.htm

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ENGLAND: Copenhagen receives support from thousands of online visitors

[Church of England] Tens of thousands of people have taken up the
challenge to 'tread gently' in step with the U.N. Climate Change talks
at Copenhagen by visiting the Church of England's online Advent
calendar in the 10 days since it opened at www.whywearewaiting.com.
Current figures stand at more than 30,000 viewings.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117646_ENG_HTM.htm

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HONG KONG: U.N. conference inspires Christians to go green for Christmas

>By Francis Wong

[Ecumenical News International, Hong Kong] Hong Kong Christians who
are used to the impact of typhoons and live in one of the world's most
crowded cities are among believers all over the globe who have
committed themselves to practical measures to combat human-induced
climate change.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117682_ENG_HTM.htm

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SOUTH AFRICA: Zuma can play crucial role in Copenhagen, says Archbishop  Makgoba

[Anglican Church of Southern Africa] Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba
of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa has told President Jacob
Zuma that he is well placed to speak out on issues of ecological debt
and eco-justice at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117654_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Teaching award presented to EDS professor Kwok Pui Lan

[Episcopal Divinity School] Dr. Kwok Pui Lan, William F. Cole
Professor of Christian Theology and Spirituality at Episcopal Divinity
School, received the American Academy of Religion (AAR) Excellence in
Teaching Award at the organization's 2009 Annual Meeting in Montréal.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_117655_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On December 10, 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 10, 1640, Puritans introduced a
petition to the English Parliament seeking to abolish the church
episcopacy, "with all its dependencies, roots and branches." The House
of Commons accepted what has become known as the "Roots and Branch
Petition," but the House of Lords rejected it, and the episcopacy
remained in the Church of England.

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>CATALYST

"St. Nicholas - A Closer Look at Christmas" from Thomas Nelson
Publishers, by Joe Wheeler & Jim Rosenthal, 278 pages, hardcover, c.
2005, $34.99

[Thomas Nelson Publishers] This beautiful, fully illustrated coffee
table book provides a closer look at Christmas and the St. Nicholas of
history and legend. Full of historical information and rare
illustrations from Christian traditions around the world, this book
will entertain, inform, and inspire readers as it teaches the true
meaning of Christmas giving.

Joe Wheeler and Jim Rosenthal use stories and pictures to reclaim the
historical St. Nicholas that inspired the Santa Claus story.
Ultimately the authors show that the tradition of St. Nicholas can
make the celebration of Christmas more meaningful.

To order, please visit Episcopal Books and Resources online at
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, call 800.903.5544, or visit your
local Episcopal bookstore.