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>Episcopal News Service
>February 3, 2010

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

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - Haiti earns attention of diocesan conventions across
the Episcopal Church
* WORLD REPORT - SOUTHERN AFRICA: Ndungane joins faith groups seeking
socially responsible mines
* MISSION - Presiding bishop to speak at National Episcopal Preaching
Conference
* CALENDAR - Upcoming special events and services
* SPIRITUAL REFLECTION - February 7, 2010 - Fifth Sunday After the
Epiphany - Year C
* DAYBOOK - February 4: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EBAR PICK: A Time to Turn: Anglican Readings for Lent and Easter Week

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

Haiti earns attention of diocesan conventions across the Episcopal
Church

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal Church dioceses meeting in convention
over the last two weekends remembered Haitians in their prayers, with
some diocese pledging long-term recovery support in response to the Jan.
12 earthquake that devastated their country.

Other highlights of the eight diocesan gatherings included the
investiture of Bishop Shannon Johnston as the 13th bishop of Virginia
and the announcement by Washington Bishop John Chane of his intention to
retire in 2011.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_119104_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Ndungane joins faith groups seeking socially
responsible mines

>By Munyaradzi Makoni

[Ecumenical News International, Cape Town] Faith groups in southern
Africa have condemned irresponsible mining practices by corporations
they say have claimed lives, damaged the environment and impoverished
communities.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_119091_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

Presiding bishop to speak at National Episcopal Preaching Conference

April 19-22 event co-sponsored by Kanuga and the Episcopal Preaching
Foundation

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will
join other keynote speakers in April as part of the National Episcopal
Preaching Conference, an inaugural event aimed to inspire, inform and
empower clergy and seminarians.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_119093_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

February 7, 2010 - Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany - Year C

(RCL) Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11

>By the Rev. Dr. J. Barrington Bates

[Sermons That Work] Although there have been many technological
developments, fishing hasn't really changed much in the last two
thousand years. In spite of all our diesel-powered boats, radar,
detailed and accurate charts of the sea, satellite-assisted navigation,
and the like, fishing is still pretty much the same kind of activity it
was in Jesus' time.

Full story:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_118606_ENG_HTM.htm

More Spiritual Reflections:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On February 4, 2010, the church remembers Cornelius the Centurion.

* 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 February 4, 1555, John Rogers, the first
Protestant martyr under Queen Mary I of England, was burned at the stake
for heresy.

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>CATALYST

EBaR Pick: "A Time to Turn: Anglican Readings for Lent and Easter Week"
from Church Publishing, Inc., by Christopher L. Webber, 131 pages,
paperback, c. 2004, $13

[Church Publishing, Inc.] For centuries Lent has been a time when
Christians stop and take stock of their lives. It is a time for
revisiting the story of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. It is a
time of focusing on our sinfulness and the need to repent, as well as a
season in which we focus on putting aside our luxuries and making sure
that others have what they need. All of these themes, and more, are
explored in this collection of Anglican readings that begin with Ash
Wednesday and end on the Saturday of Easter Week.

These readings are arranged in a regular sequence through each week of
Lent. Sunday readings focus on God's love, Mondays on the need for
discipline, Tuesdays on fasting, Wednesdays on prayer, Thursdays on sin,
Fridays on the cross, and Saturdays on baptism.

A Time to Turn draws on the best sermons, books, poems, and hymns of
Anglican writers throughout the centuries, with a reading for each day,
followed by the brief suggestion for focusing the reader's meditations.
Writers include Christina Rossetti, John Donne, Philips Brooks, John
Keble, Thomas Traherne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and many others. Brief
biographies are included, along with a bibliography for those who would
like to read more from a given writer.

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