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>Episcopal News Service
>January 20, 2010

Episcopal News Service is available at  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens.

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Aftershock rocks Haiti, Diocese of Haiti expands its  recovery role
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - PENNSYLVANIA: Bishop appeals church court's decision
* MISSION - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity celebrates beginnings
of modern ecumenical movement
* CALENDAR - Upcoming special events and services
* SPIRITUAL REFLECTION - January 24, 2010 - Third Sunday After the
Epiphany - Year C
* DAYBOOK - January 21: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Another Brush with God - Further Conversations about Icons

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>TOP STORIES

Aftershock rocks Haiti, Diocese of Haiti expands its recovery role

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] As a major aftershock rocked the Haitian
capital of Port-au-Prince and Léogâne, more news emerged Jan. 20  about
the growing role of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti's in the country's
short-term relief efforts and long-term recovery.

The news included reports of babies being born and the loss of more
people served by the diocese.

A magnitude 5.9 aftershock struck just after 6 a.m. local time about
35 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, according to the U.S. Geological
Survey, which had earlier in the day calculated the aftershock at 6.1
on the Richter scale. It was one of 28 temblors the USGS recorded up
until 4:43 EST Jan. 20. A magnitude 6.0 quake is 10 times less in
magnitude than a magnitude 7.0, such as the one that devastated
Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area eight days ago.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_118634_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

PENNSYLVANIA: Bishop appeals church court's decision

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Bishop
Charles Bennison on Jan. 19 appealed a decision by an ecclesiastical
trial court, asking that a 2008 ruling that the bishop engaged in
conduct unbecoming a member of the clergy be overturned.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_118633_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity celebrates beginnings of modern
ecumenical movement

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
includes a Scottish flavor this year as Christians around the world
remember the 100th anniversary of the 1910 World Missionary Conference
in Edinburgh that is widely regarded as a major milestone in the
modern ecumenical movement.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_118625_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>CALENDAR

A round-up of upcoming special events, services, concerts and diocesan
conventions taking place throughout the Episcopal Church is available
at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/calendar.htm

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>SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS

January 24, 2010 - Third Sunday After the Epiphany - Year C

(RCL) Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke  4:14-21

>By the Rev. Suzanne E. Watson

[Sermons That Work] A few years back, the Thompsons were invited to
celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary with their oldest
daughter. To commemorate the couple's ruby anniversary, their daughter
had invited them to a lovely country club for dinner. When they
arrived and opened the big double doors to what they assumed to be the
dining room ...

>Surprise!

Over 200 of their friends and family members were gathered in the
grand ballroom to celebrate the occasion with them. There were guests
from near and far, marking the many blessings and periods of their
lives - brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews, high-school friends,
college roommates, colleagues, children, and grandchildren. The
evening was filled with stories, toasts, and there was a tremendous
outpouring of love. It was a wonderful, love-filled, and unexpected
surprise.

Full reflection:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_118304_ENG_HTM.htm

More Spiritual Reflections:  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On January 21, 2010, the church remembers Agnes, martyr at Rome.

* 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 21, 1549, in the first of four Acts of
Uniformity, the British Parliament required all Anglican public
services to exclusively use of The Book of Common Prayer. On January
21, 1902, Alexander Hamilton Vinton was elected the first bishop of
the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts.

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>CATALYST

"Another Brush with God - Further Conversations about Icons" from
Church Publishing, Inc., by Peter Pearson, 130 pages, paperback, c.
2009, $28

[Church Publishing, Inc.] This is the sequel to A Brush with God,
presenting for advanced beginners, and intermediate and advanced level
iconographers greater detail and instructions for creating entirely
new icons. One major feature of the book will be full-page format
sketches that artists can use as the basis of their own icons-this is
a rare and much-requested resource.

To order, please visit Episcopal Books and Resources online at
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, call 800-903-5544, or visit your
local Episcopal bookstore.