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>Episcopal News Service
>January 5, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Presiding bishop receives honorary doctorate in Liberia
* WORLD REPORT - BERMUDA: Church celebrates first female priest
* MISSION - Diocese of Puerto Rico serves island's increasing needs
through health, social services
* DAYBOOK - January 6: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Introducing the Lessons of the Church Year

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>TOP STORIES

Presiding bishop receives honorary doctorate in Liberia

>By Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service -- Suakoko, Liberia] Presiding Bishop
Katharine Jefferts Schori received an honorary doctorate degree from
Cuttington University here during a special convocation Jan. 4.

Liberia Bishop Jonathan B. Hart and Cuttington University President
Henrique F. Tokpa conferred the degree as more than 300 people watched
in the university's Epiphany Chapel. Jefferts Schori arrived in
Liberia Jan. 2 for a weeklong stay at the invitation of the Episcopal
Church of Liberia.

"It's a great honor and privilege to join you here at Cuttington. It
has been remarkable experience to not only hear about but to see some
of the remarkable work you are doing here," Jefferts Schori said
during the convocation. "I see beautiful rice fields, I see very
beautiful goats ... my husband and I raised goats for more 20 years in
Oregon.

Prior to receiving the honorary doctorate, the presiding bishop toured
Cuttington University's rice field, rubber plantation, animal farm and
library.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_118215_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

BERMUDA: Church celebrates first female priest

[Episcopal News Service] Although the Rev. Joanna Pauline Hollis was
ordained to the priesthood in Santa Barbara, California, Anglicans in
her native Bermuda have recently seen her ministry showcased in their
local media.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_118222_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

Diocese of Puerto Rico serves island's increasing needs through
health, social services

>By Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service -- Ponce, Puerto Rico] Teen pregnancy has long
been a problem in Loíza, a small, impoverished town on Puerto Rico's
northeast coast, so when the Rev. Ana Méndez became vicar of Misión
Santiago y San Felipe there two years ago she immediately recognized a
need for services, she said in a recent interview.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_118224_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

On January 6, 2010, the church calendar remembers The Epiphany.

* 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 January 6, 548, the Jerusalem church observes
Christmas on this date for the last time as the church moves to
celebrating the birth of Jesus on December 25.

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>CATALYST

"Introducing the Lessons of the Church Year" from Church Publishing,
Inc., by Frederick Borsch, 279 pages, paperback, c. 2009, $25

[Church Publishing, Inc.] Many of us have difficulty hearing the Bible
as it is read to us in church Sunday after Sunday through the year.
Even with the best intentions we come to the Word of God "cold"
because we have not been given the skills and the preparation to hear
and understand the content of Scripture.

These brief and insightful introductions to all the readings of the
church's three-year lectionary cycle are designed to sharpen our
listening and increase comprehension of Scripture by summarizing each
passage, setting it in a liturgical and historical context, connecting
it to the season, and drawing out its relevance to our lives and
faith, week by week.

This is an ideal tool for Christian formation as well as homiletical
preparation. The style is clear, straightforward, well grounded in
biblical scholarship, and Anglican in its theological approach. Extra
features include an essay on the Bible and Christian formation, five
brief use guides, an index to the biblical readings, and a summary of
the seven most common Bible translations used in church services.

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